Moscow, November 30 Russian President Vladimir Putin snubbed a meeting with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Paris on Monday as the body of a pilot killed when Ankara downed one of Moscow’s warplanes was flown home. Turkish authorities, meanwhile, again pledged not to apologise over last Tuesday’s downing ofRead More

Kathmandu, November 30 Nepal’s Indian-origin Madhesi leaders today submitted their 11-point demand to the goverment during their first meeting with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to end the political logjam, but no breakthrough emerged from the tripartite talks attended by Opposition Nepali Congress. After the talks, the government and theRead More

Paris, November 30 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a brief meeting with Pakistani Premier Nawaz Sharif as world leaders converged here for the Conference of Parties (CoP) climate summit that got underway. “PM @narendramodi meets PM Nawaz Sharif at COP 21 in Paris,” external affairs ministry spokesman VikasRead More

Colorado Springs (US), Three persons were killed and several wounded when a gunman opened fire at a family planning centre in Colorado in a standoff that dragged on for five hours before he surrendered. A large area of snow-covered Colorado Springs was placed on lockdown into the last evening, just aRead More

Moscow/Brussels, The leaders of Russia and France avoided each other’s gaze as they made short, stiff statements in the Kremlin on Thursday before talks on countering Islamic State in Syria. Francois Hollande wants to unite major powers in a single “grand coalition” to fight the militants behind the Paris attacks butRead More

Manila, November 28 Thousands turned out for climate change marches in Manila and Brisbane today, part of a weekend of action across the globe to demand results from next week’s historic Paris summit. Religious clergy, students and activists marched through the Philippine capital calling for curbs on emissions to muteRead More

Valletta (Malta), November 28 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said for sustainable peace, Pakistan is ready for dialogue with India without conditions, Geo News reported. He also said Pakistan intends to maintain friendly relations with all its neighbours, including India and Afghanistan. Sharif stated this when he met British PremierRead More

Jerusalem, For the first time, the Israeli military has successfully tested from a ship an advanced surface-to-air missile co-developed with India which will be deployed to secure vital offshore assets like gas fields. “A Barak 8 missile fired from an Israeli Navy ship successfully intercepted an enemy target registering 100 perRead More

Istanbul/Moscow, November 26 : Russia threatened economic retaliation against Turkey on Thursday and said it was still awaiting a reasonable explanation for the shooting down of its warplane, but Turkey dismissed the threats as “emotional” and “unfitting”. In an escalating war of words, President Tayyip Erdogan responded to Russian accusations thatRead More

Beijing, November 26: China will strengthen its cooperation with Africa in the fight against violent extremism after an attack last week by Islamist militants in Mali killed 19 people, including three Chinese citizens, China’s foreign minister said on Thursday. Chinese President Xi Jinping called for relevant departments to boost security workRead More