U.S., Iran holding secret talks to renew diplomatic ties, Times reports
Iranian and American officials have held secret talks to discuss renewing diplomatic relations if a deal is reached on Iran’s nuclear program and sanctions are lifted, the Times reported early on Monday. According to the report, the two nations are discussing the possibility of opening a U.S.... read more »
Israeli police fear continued Arab rioting
Israeli police were deployed Monday in a high state of alert throughout Arab communities in the Galilee and central Israel as sporadic rioting continued over the shooting death of an Arab Israeli by police on Friday night. Stones were hurled Monday morning at a bus in the Wadi Ara region, and... read more »
Japan-Korea relations in the freezer even as Tokyo and Beijing shake hands
Seoul: Kim Bok-dong was 14 when she was abducted and forced into eight years of sexual slavery in the Japanese army barracks of southern China and South-east Asia. “There are no words that can describe what soldiers did to me,” she recounted. “At the end of each day I could not... read more »
Cabinet reshuffle: Technocrats in Team Modi for reforms push
In the coming months, the government has promised to move on big-ticket issues such as land acquisition, infrastructure, skill development and also to step up growth in industry and agriculture. Suresh Prabhu, 61, the new railway minister, is also the PM’s sherpa for the G-20 summit later this... read more »
