SEOUL, May 20 (AFP): US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Sunday discussed North Korea's recent threats to cancel its unprecedented summit with Washington, Seoul's presidential office said.After weeks of warm words and diplomatic backslapping, Pyongyang abruptly threatened to pull out of the planned summit next...
Read moreCOLOMBO, May 20 (AP): Sri Lanka commemorated the ninth anniversary of the end of its civil war as a divided nation, with minority Tamils calling for an international investigation into alleged wartime atrocities and the government defending soldiers from allegations.President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday presided over a war memorial ceremony...
Read moreFARAH, May 20 (Reuters): Taliban fighters closed in on another district in Afghanistan on Sunday as officials sought to reassure an increasingly angry public that security would improve.On Sunday, the insurgents were besieging the governor's compound in Ajrestan district in Ghazni, south of the capital Kabul, although officials said reinforcements...
Read moreLONDON, May 20 (Agencies): The Royal Family has thanked those who travelled to Windsor for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.Thousands of people lined the streets to see the couple on their big day, with many more watching the ceremony on television around the globe.The wedding celebrations ended...
Read moreRAMALLAH, May 20 (Reuters): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been hospitalised in the West Bank due to complications after minor surgery last week, a Palestinian official said on Sunday.It was the third time Abbas, 82, had been hospitalized in a week. He underwent minor ear surgery on Tuesday and was...
Read moreA Muslim man has been beaten to death while another has been critically injured in India's Madhya Pradesh for allegedly slaughtering cattle on Friday, reports The Indian Express. The deceased has been identified as 45-year-old Riaz, while the other victim was identified as 33-year-old Shakeel. The Indian Express reports Shakeel...
Read moreHAVANA, May 20 (Reuters): Cuban authorities said the fiery crash of an aging Boeing passenger jet on Friday shortly after takeoff from Havana had killed 110 of the 113 on board, making it the Caribbean island's deadliest air disaster in nearly 30 years.Flags flew at half-mast in Cuba on Saturday,...
Read moreCourt jails ex-diplomat for spying for PakistanNEW DELHI, May 20: An Indian diplomat convicted of passing state secrets to Pakistan's intelligence services has been jailed for three years, her lawyer said Sunday. Madhuri Gupta was found guilty in a New Delhi court on Friday of "spying and wrongful communication of...
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