BEIJING: China's military warned on Saturday on its founding anniversary of growing risks along its borders, including in the disputed waters of the South and East China Seas. The Chinese military, the world's largest, has embarked upon an ambitious modernisation programme in recent years. Tha

NEW DELHI: In a significant move that will save millions of animals, Nepal's Gadhimai temple trust on Tuesday announced a ban on animal sacrifice at the Gadhimai festival, the world's biggest animal sacrifice event held every five years. The trust also urged devotees not to bring animals to the f

BEIJING: A woman was killed after she plunged through flooring over an escalator in a Chinese department store, reports said on Monday, thrusting her toddler to safety as she fell to her death. Xiang Liujuan, 30, was holding her son in front of her as they went up the stairway on Saturday, the Wuha

PYONGYANG: North Korean officials warned the United States that another war on the Korean Peninsula would leave no Americans alive to sign a surrender document as the country marked today's anniversary of the armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War more than six decades ago. Pyongyang and

Clashes have broken out between Israeli police and a group of Palestinian worshipers after the regime’s forces stormed the holy al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Israeli-occupied Old City of al-Quds (Jerusalem). On Sunday morning, the Israeli troopers forced their way into the sacred Muslim site by

BEIJING: Easing rules for foreign students to attract global talent, Chinese financial hub Shanghai has approved the first work permit for an international student who has just graduated doing away with mandatory two year experience. The new policy do away with the requirement of at least two yea

CHICAGO: A gunman opened fire in a crowded US cinema killing two people and injuring several before turning the gun on himself Thursday, shortly after President Barack Obama deplored the nation’s weak gun controls. More than 100 people were in the theater when the man armed with a handgun began sho

NEW YORK: Protesters poured into New York’s Times Square to denounce the Iran nuclear deal as a threat to Israel and global security, demanding that Congress reject the agreement. Speakers, including Republican politicians, called on Congress to throw it out, whipping up the crowd that included sup

Israeli security forces on an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian on Wednesday when clashes broke out with residents, Palestinian sources said. A Palestinian witness told Reuters Israeli forces entered the village to carry out arrests in the village of Bruqin and t

SYDNEY: Australian officials urged vigilance on Monday following nationalistic and anti-Islam rallies, to ensure sentiment does not boil over into ugly race riots similar to those seen in 2005. Hundreds of people attended Reclaim Australia rallies around the country over the weekend, with violent c

WASHINGTON: More than a half century of Cold War and lingering enmity came to an abrupt but quiet end on Monday as the United States and Cuba restored full diplomatic relations. The new era began with little fanfare when an agreement between the two nations to resume normal ties on July 20 came i

French Formula One driver Jules Bianchi has died of critical head injuries sustained at last year's Japanese Grand Prix, his family said in a statement on Saturday. He was 25. Bianchi had been in coma since the accident at Suzuka in October 2014. He passed away at a hospital in Nice, near his par

At least nine people have died in explosions at prayers for the Muslim festival of Eid in the Nigerian town of Damaturu, the army says. The two female suicide bombers included a 10-year-old girl, said Nigerian army spokesman Col Sani Usman. There were two blasts at a venue where volunteers wer

WASHINGTON: Iran should use a nuclear deal agreed this week with six world powers to improve its economy, and not to pursue “adventures” in the Middle East, Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said on Thursday. “We hope that ... if the deal is implemented that the Iranians will use this deal in order t

Islamabad, July 16 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday summoned the Indian envoy here and registered a protest over violation of its airspace by an Indian 'drone'. The Pakistan Foreign Office summoned Indian High Commissioner T.C.A. Raghavan and registered a strong protest with him, reported Geo TV. F

DUBAI: The nuclear deal with world powers is a political victory for Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, adding that the agreement meant Tehran would no longer be regarded as an international threat. "No one can say Iran surrendered," Rouhani told a cabinet meeting broadcast on stat

Paris (AFP) - Mexican soldiers marched down Paris's famed Champs-Elysees avenue Tuesday for France's traditional national day military parade under the watchful eye of their president Enrique Pena Nieto. The Mexican leader was the guest-of-honour this year at France's July 14 parade, but his st

The UN has said the world can end the AIDS epidemic within 15 years, but senior officials said that would only be possible by breaking the pharmaceutical industries "tight grip" on government policies. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said reaching the goal would be difficult but achievable in a re