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New Delhi, Jun 11: Chinese President Xi Jinping has reportedly skipped a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during the just concluded SCO summit in Astana after the murder of two Chinese teachers in Balochistan. Though Sharif had met the presidents of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Russia, a customary meeting with Xi was 'conspicuously absent'. Chinese state-run media

Beijing/New Delhi, Jun 10: Amid strife in bilateral ties with China, PM Narendra Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday with the Indian side describing the discussions as "cordial and positive" and noting that the two leaders agreed on the importance of working together. Modi is understood to have thanked Xi for India's accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. "Both leaders

Kansas City, Jun 10: A man accused in a bar shooting in suburban Kansas City that left one Indian national dead and another wounded was indicted by a federal grand jury on hate crime charges, the US Justice Department announced Friday. The indictment against Adam Purinton, 52, of Olathe, Kansas, comes after a February 22 shooting at Austin's Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kansas. Witnesses have said

London, Jun 9: Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday she would form a new government to provide certainty and lead Britain in talks with the European Union to secure a successful Brexit deal. May said she could rely in parliament on the support of her "friends" in Northern Ireland`s Democratic Unionist Party after her governing Conservatives failed to win a majority. "We will continue to work

Astana (Kazakhstan), Jun 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Kazakhstan ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit. "PM Narendra Modi meets President of China Xi Jinping on margins of SCO Summit in Astana," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Gopal Baglay tweeted with pictures of both the leaders. After participating in the summit on

London, Jun 9: British Prime Minister Theresa May's bet that she could strengthen her grip on power by calling an early election backfired spectacularly on Friday, with her Conservative Party on the verge of losing its parliamentary majority and May facing calls to resign. The outcome - an astonishing turn following a campaign that began with predictions that May would win in a historic landslide

Washington, Jun 8: Former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday accused the Trump administration of defaming him and telling lies about the agency, but declined to offer his opinion on whether President Donald Trump sought to obstruct justice by asking him to drop an investigation into the former national security advisor. Comey told U.S. lawmakers at a hearing before a Senate panel he was confused

London, Jun 8: Muslims voting in the UK polls could have a significant impact in as many as 39 constituencies, a community group said ahead of today's general election. Millions of Brits are set to go out to vote on Thursday, with Prime Minster Theresa May and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn the front-runners in a race that has divided the pollsters. The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) identified

Yangon, Jun 8: Myanmar's military said Thursday it has found the wreckage of a plane in the Andaman Sea that went missing with around 120 people on board, along with several bodies. A navy search ship scouring the waves found the bodies of a man, woman and child, as well as pieces of luggage, safety jackets and a tyre presumed to be from the aircraft's wheel. "We have found the plane and some dead

Naypyidaw, Jun 7: A plane has vanished with 116 people on board, according to reports. The military jet vanished between the cities of Myeik and Yangon according to the office of the army chief and an airport source. The commander-in-chief's office said the search and rescue was ongoing. An airport source, who asked not to be named, said the plane was carrying 105 passengers and 11 crew. Ships and