Berlin: Germany on Monday criticised as “unacceptable” Russia`s decision to recognise passports issued by separatist rebels in Ukraine`s eastern regions of Lugansk and Donetsk. “The recognition of travel documents of the self-declared, so-called people`s republics of Lugansk and Donetsk undermines the unity of Ukraine,” said Chancellor Angela Merkel`s top spokesmanRead More

Islamabad: Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has said that Afghanistan`s intelligence agency — the National Directorate of Security (NDS) — was playing into Indian hands, and was being used as a tool for facilitating terror groups in Pakistan, media reported on Monday. “This operation (Zarb-e-Azb) cleaned up all the campsRead More

Kuala Lumpur: North Korea`s envoy to Malaysia on Monday said the police investigation into last week`s murder at Kuala Lumpur`s main airport could not be trusted, and insisted the victim was not Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Whereas Malaysian authorities have identifiedRead More

Baghdad: The US military is not in Iraq “to seize anybody`s oil”, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said, distancing himself from remarks by President Donald Trump before arriving on an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Monday. “I think all of us here in this room, all of us in America haveRead More

Jerusalem: Israel’s leader says President Donald Trump told him it was a “new day” in Israeli-American relations. Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet Sunday that last week’s meeting with Trump in Washington was “historic” and strengthened the two countries’ longtime alliance. After eight years of testy ties with Barack Obama, NetanyahuRead More

London: Around 350,000 children are trapped in western Mosul, Save the Children warned today as Iraqi forces launched a fresh offensive on jihadists defending the strategic city. “Iraqi forces and their allies, including the US and UK, must do everything in their power to protect children and their families fromRead More

London: The UK needs to do more on the students visa issue despite the “pluses” from British Prime Minister Theresa May’s announcement about special categories of visas, the new Indian envoy here has said. Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha, who presented his credentials to Queen Elizabeth II last week, told the ‘DailyRead More

Munich: Iran’s foreign minister is brushing aside new pressure from the United States, declaring that his country is “unmoved by threats” but responds well to respect. President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticised the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran, the US and five other world powers. His administration said Iran wasRead More

Seoul: Malaysia’s investigation into the murder of the North Korean leader’s half-brother shows that the Pyongyang government was behind the assassination, South Korea said today. Malaysian police have arrested one North Korean suspect and are seeking four more North Koreans who left the country last Monday, the day Kim Jong-NamRead More

Washington: A US Navy aircraft carrier strike group has begun patrols in the South China Sea, an official statement said. The US Navy in the statement announced the Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 began the routine patrols on Saturday. The group included a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVNRead More