Washington, Sep 5 (IANS) Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine has defended his running mate Hillary Clinton saying that she was unable to discern classified information in emails while she was secretary of state. Kaine’s…
Hong Kong, Sep 5 (IANS) A pro-democracy protest leader was leading on Monday in the Hong Kong Legislative Council elections, according to preliminary results. The poll that took place on Sunday was the first major…
Berlin, Sep 5 (IANS) Regional elections in the Germany’s Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state resulted in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) losing for the first time to the rightwing populist party Alternative for…
Beijing, Sep 5 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened higher on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.11 per cent, at 3,070.71 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.40 per cent higher at 10,682.71 points,…
Tokyo, Sep 5 (IANS) Typhoon Namtheun made landfall near Japan’s Nagasaki city on Monday, with warnings in place for strong gusts, landslides and possible flooding, the weather agency said. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency…
Hangzhou (China), Sep 5 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday told his South Korean counterpart Park Geun-hye that Beijing opposes the US deployment of THAAD anti-missile system in Seoul. “Mishandling the issue is not…
Srinagar, Sep 5 (IANS) Authorities made heavy security deployment in Srinagar and other places of the Kashmir Valley Monday to maintain law and order. “Deployments were made in sufficient strength to maintain law and order…
Washington, Sep 5 (IANS) US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was fighting back in polls and set to spend millions on TV advertisements as the US presidential election unofficially kicked off in force on Monday….
Hong Kong, Sep 5 (IANS) More than half of Hong Kong’s voters participated in elections on Sunday that are pivotal in defining the specially administered Chinese city’s political future. Nearly two million citizens, or roughly…
Washington/Hangzhou, Sep 5 (IANS) A United States spy agency on Sunday apologised for a sarcastic tweet aimed at China over its treatment of American reporters who had travelled with President Barack Obama to cover the…
Washington, Sep 5 (IANS) Senator Bernie Sanders on Sunday said Hillary Clinton “should cease all operations, all contact” with the Clinton Foundation if she wins in November. Pressure continues to build on Clinton over allegations…
Washington, Sep 5 (IANS) President Barack Obama attributes the rise of Donald Trump to his ability to “appeal to a certain group of folks who feel left out” economically and culturally. In an interview to…
PHILADELPHIA, July 29, 2016 (Xinhua) — U.S. Democratic Nominee for President Hillary Clinton speaks on the last day of the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the United States, July 28, 2016. Former U.S….
Damascus, Sep 5 (IANS) The Syrian army wrested back control over a series of military bases in Aleppo on Sunday, reimposing a full siege on rebel-held areas in the eastern part of Aleppo city, Syria’s…
New York, Sep 5 (IANS) Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Ivan Dodig lost in straight sets to Barbora Krejcikova and Marin Draganja in the second round of the mixed doubles category at the US…
Vatican City, Sep 4 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sang popular Bengali devotional songs and walked with members of her delegation from Rome to St Peter’s Basilica where Mother Teresa on Sunday was…
Hangzhou, Sep 4 (IANS) Chinas leaders have been accused of delivering a calculated diplomatic snub to Barack Obama after the US President was not provided with a staircase to leave his plane on his arrival…
Srinagar, Sep 4 (IANS) Former Chief Minister and working president of the regional National Conference (NC) Omar Abdullah on Sunday said the government can neither tire out nor buy the ongoing agitation in the Kashmir…
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) As the Vatican conferred sainthood on Mother Teresa, an organisation promoting scientific thinking on Sunday ridiculed Indian politicians for attending the canonisation ceremony that “promoted superstition” and asked them to distribute…
Srinagar, Sep 4 (IANS) Top Kashmiri separatist leaders on Saturday refused to talk to national opposition leaders who were part of an all-party delegation that arrived here on a mission to restore peace in the…