TOKYO, June 15 (Reuters): Japanese Defence Minister Taro Kono said on Monday that he had suspended plans to deploy two U.S.-made Aegis Ashore air defence radar stations designed to detect and counter North
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SEOUL, June 15 (Reuters): South Korea will face another wave of coronavirus infections, with as many as 800 new cases a day by July, if the government does not introduce stricter social distancing guidelin
MANILA, June 15 (Reuters): Veteran Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, whose website has put President Rodrigo Duterte under tough scrutiny, was convicted of libel on Monday and faces up to six years in jai
GENEVA, June 15 (Reuters): The top U.N. human rights body will hold an urgent debate on allegations of "systemic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protests" in the United Sta
SEOUL, June 15 (Reuters): South Korea's President Moon Jae-in urged North Korea on Monday to refrain from raising tension and return to dialogue, after threats trumpeted by state media in Pyongyang to
MOSCOW, jUNE 15 (Reuters): A Russian court found former U.S. marine Paul Whelan guilty of spying for the United States on Monday and sentenced him to 16 years in jail, a move the U.S. ambassador to Moscow
BEIJING, June 15 (Reuters): Several districts of the Chinese capital put up security checkpoints, closed schools and ordered people to be tested for the coronavirus on Monday after an unexpected spike
LONDON, June 15 (Reuters): A U.S. fighter plane crashed off the coast of northeast England on Monday, sparking a search and rescue operation for the pilot in the North Sea. The U.S. Air F
Moscow, June 15 (IANS): The ongoing riots in the US show deep-rooted internal crises in this country, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview. "What has happened (in the US) is t
Bangkok, June 15 (IANS): Thailand's draconian lese majeste law has never been practically enforced in the last few years because King Maha Vajiralongkorn advised against the use of it, Prime Minister Prayut
Beijing, June 15 (IANS) Chinese health authority said on Monday that it received reports of 49 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Chinese mainland on Sunday, of which 39 were domestically transmitted and 10 we
Washington, June 15 (IANS) The overall number of global COVID-19 cases was nearing 7.9 million, while the death toll has surged to over 432,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Mon
London, June 14 (IANS): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson along with other political leaders have marked the third anniversary of the 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy in London with video messages as part of a virtual
Washington, June 14 (IANS) The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has surged to over 7.7 million, while the death toll was nearing 430,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Sun
New York, June 14 (IANS) New York has witnessed new lows in the number of daily COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths since the pandemic hit the worst-affected US state, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.
Washington, June 14 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said in his remarks to graduates of the US Military Academy that the country was "ending the era of endless wars". "We are ending
Seoul, June 14 (IANS) South Korea held an emergency security meeting on Sunday and urged North Korea to keep reconciliatory deals as Pyongyang continued threats against severing inter-Korean relations and even
Beijing, June 14 (IANS) At least 19 people were killed and 172 others injured in a tanker blast in China's Zhejiang province, local authorities said on Sunday. The tanker loaded with liquified
New Delhi, June 14 (PTI): China has reported 66 new coronavirus cases, the largest since the disease was controlled in its first epicentre Wuhan in April, prompting the authorities to go into a 'wartime'
ROME, June 13 (Reuters): Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 78 on Saturday, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the tally of new cases increased by 346. The total death
