International

Photo: Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, second from left, and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, right, speak with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, left, as he departs the Office of the United States Trade Representative in Washington, Friday, May 10, 2019. Washington, May 11 : Trade talks between the U.S. and China broke up Friday with no agreement, hours after ...

Photo: Worshippers chant slogans against the United States and Israel during a rally after Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 10, 2019. Washington, May 11 : The U.S. will move a Patriot missile battery into the Middle East to counter threats from Iran, the Pentagon said Friday, reflecting ongoing concerns that Tehran may be planning to attack America forces ...

Photo: Iraqi security forces and civilians gather at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 9, 2019. An Iraqi security official says a suicide bomber has attacked a marketplace in Baghdad’s Sadr City suburb, killing and wounding civilians . Baghdad , May 10 : The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing ...

Varanasi, Benares, Kashi. The same city by different names. Where the spiritual meets the political this election season in India – a confluence of faith and power. Narendra Modi’s advent in this city of temples as a star candidate in 2014 saw his power surge in New Delhi when he became prime minister. Brand Modi remains bigger than his party, ...

Photo: Electoral commission agents start counting the votes in Wednesday May 8, 2019 general elections in Johannesburg, South Africa. Johannesburg, May 9 : South Africans voted Wednesday in presidential and parliamentary elections, with signs of a relatively low turnout and voters saying they were disillusioned by widespread corruption and unemployment. Despite the demise of apartheid 25 years ago, South Africa ...

Photo: Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong smiles after a press conference with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Tuesday, April 9, 2019.  Singapore, May 9 : Singapore reportedly has passed a law criminalizing publication of fake news and allowing the government to block and order the removal of such content. The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill ...

Seoul, May 9 : North Korea has described its firing of rocket artillery and an apparent short-range ballistic missile over the weekend as a regular and defensive military exercise and ridiculed South Korea for criticizing the launches. Pyongyang’s state media on Thursday carried a statement by an unnamed military spokesman who called Seoul’s criticism a “cock-and-bull story.” Seoul’s presidential Blue ...

Photo: Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Federalist Society’s annual Executive Branch Review Conference, Wednesday, May 8, 2019, in Washington. Washington, May 9 : Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that the Trump administration intends to challenge the right of federal district courts to issue rulings blocking nationwide policies, arguing that such injunctions are obstructing President Donald Trump’s agenda ...

Photo: A Pakistani Christian woman, listens to officials at a prison in Sheikhupura near Lahore, Pakistan. Islamabad, May 8 : Pakistani media say Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row, has left Pakistan for Canada to be reunited with her daughters. Wilson Chawdhry of the British Pakistani Christian Association told The Associated ...

Photo: Pakistani security personnel surround a damaged police van in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 8, 2019. Lahore, May 8 : A suicide bomber attacked security forces guarding a famous Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least eight people and wounding 23 others, police said. Officials said it was not clear if the target was ...