NEW DELHI, June 25 (Agencies): Indian PM Narendra Modi has said his government plans to hold elections in Jammu and Kashmir soon.He told regional leaders in Delhi on Thursday that polls could be held after an exercise to redraw the boundaries of assembly seats was carried out.This was the first...
Read moreYANGON, June 25 (Al Jazeera): An estimated 230,000 people have been displaced by violence and fighting in Myanmar this year and are in need of assistance, the United Nations humanitarian agency has said.Myanmar has been in crisis since army chief Min Aung Hlaing led a coup against the elected government...
Read moreWASHINGTON, June 25 (AFP): Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani faces the cold reality of the end of US military presence in Afghanistan Friday when he meets with President Joe Biden in the White House.Under increasing threat from an emboldened Taliban insurgency, Ghani will be hoping for a significant commitment of US...
Read moreUNITED NATIONS, June 25 (Arab News): The United Nations (UN) accused Israel of flagrantly violating international law by expanding settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, saying settlements are illegal and urging the country's new government to halt their enlargement immediately.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UN Mideast envoy Tor...
Read moreMOSCOW, June 25 (AFP): The Kremlin said on Friday it "regretted" a decision by EU leaders to reject a proposal by Germany and France to resume summit meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin."President Putin was and remains interested in establishing working relations between Moscow and Brussels," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov...
Read more18 die in fire at martial arts centre in ChinaBEIJING, June 25: A fire has torn through a martial arts training centre in China, killing 18 people with most of the victims children who were staying there. The blaze broke out at 3am on Friday on Thursday) and was later...
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