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United Nations, Sep 19: President Donald Trump warned today that the US is ready to "totally destroy" North Korea and vowed to confront Iran's "murderous regime" over its weapons programme. In his first address to leaders gathered at the UN General Assembly, Trump warned North Korea not to pursue its nuclear missile programme in his starkest language yet, deriding its young leader Kim Jong-Un with

Washington, Sept 19: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has said that intolerance and unemployment are the key issues that pose a serious challenge to India's national security and development. Gandhi, who is in the US on a two-week-long tour, held a series of meetings, including a roundtable with eminent Indian /South Asia experts hosted by the Center for American Progress (CAP), a Democratic

Yangon, Sept 19: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is poised today to break her silence on a refugee crisis the UN has decried as "ethnic cleansing", in a live TV address that will be closely watched by nationalists in Myanmar who support an army-led campaign against Rohingya Muslims. Communal violence has torn through Rakhine state since August 25, leaving hundreds dead and driving more than 410

Yangon, Sep 18: Pressure grew on Myanmar today as a rights group urged world leaders to impose sanctions on its military, which is accused of driving out more than 410,000 Rohingya Muslims in an orchestrated "ethnic cleansing" campaign. The call from Human Rights Watch came as the UN General Assembly prepared to convene in New York, with the crisis in Myanmar one of the most pressing topics. It

United Nations, Sept 18: US President Donald Trump makes his debut at the United Nations on Monday, with an address on UN reform as a week of intense diplomacy kicks off, dominated by worries about North Korea, Iran and Myanmar. Trump, who once disparaged the world body as a "club" for "people to get together, talk and have a good time," will lay out his views on how to improve the United Nations

Lahore, Sept 18: Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s ailing wife on Sunday won the crucial by-election in Lahore that was seen as a test of support for the family after the Supreme Court dismissed Mr. Sharif from the office in the Panama Papers scandal. Begum Kulsoom won the NA-120 seat in a close contest with cricket-turned-politician Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i- Insaf candidate Yasmin

Lahore, Sept 17: Pakistanis began casting votes on Sunday for the parliamentary seat vacated by ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in a by-election seen as a test of support for the Sharif dynasty ahead of the 2018 general election. Sharif’s ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party hopes a resounding victory in the eastern city of Lahore would show that support for the family was

London, Sept 17: A second man has been arrested over September 15 bomb attack on a London underground train that injured 30 people, police said. The 21-year-old man was arrested in the west London suburb of Hounslow just before midnight on September 16, the Metropolitan Police force said in a statement. He was detained under Britain's Terrorism Act and taken to a south London police station, the

London, Sept 16: British police said they arrested an 18-year-old man on Saturday at a Channel port in their investigation into the bombing of a London Underground train. "The 18-year-old man was arrested by Kent Police in the port area of Dover this morning, Saturday, 16 September, under section 41 of the Terrorism Act," police said in a statement that described the arrest as "significant".

Washington, Sept 16: A day after North Korea fired an intermediate range ballistic missile over Japan, President Donald Trump said he is confident that the US' options towards North Korea are "effective and overwhelming." "After seeing your capabilities and commitment here today, I am more confident than ever that our options in addressing this threat are both effective and overwhelming," Trump