Indian PM Narendra Modi’s Speech on Obama Visit in Full
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Barack Obama held a joint news conference in New Delhi on Sunday after a holding talks. It is a great pleasure and privilege to welcome back President Obama and the First Lady in India. Mr. President, we are honored that you accepted... read more »
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Outshines Michelle Obama With Airport O...
U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to India began with a pair of style statements. It was not Mr. Obama who sent a sartorial message, but his wife First Lady Michelle Obama and his host, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Few men wear paisley as well as Mr. Modi who donned a saffron-colored... read more »
Indonesia Search Team to Float AirAsia Fuselage
JAKARTA: Indonesian salvage teams launched today an operation to raise the fuselage of AirAsia Flight 8501 from the sea bed as they recovered four more bodies from the wreckage of the crashed jet. The bid came a day after divers were able to enter the main section of the jet, which crashed in the... read more »
Japan Awaits Hostages’ Fate After Islamic State Deadline Passes
Japan’s government and public await the fate of two Japanese captives threatened with execution, 24 hours after the passing of a deadline on Islamic State’s demand for a $200 million ransom. The government considered the cutoff point to have been 2:50 p.m. Tokyo time on Friday. Islamic State... read more »
Jammu and Kashmir: 5 security personnel, 3 militants killed in attack at army artillery ca...
Five members of the Indian security forces were killed in a suicide attack on an army artillery camp in northern Kashmir early on Friday as militants step up violence in the disputed region... read more »
Russia’s Putin calls for Russians to be self-reliant
Speaking to both chambers in the Kremlin, Mr Putin condemned Western governments for seeking to raise a new iron curtain around Russia. Russia has been hard-hit by falling oil prices and by... read more »
Protests After Grand Jury in Eric Garner Chokehold Case Doesn’t Indict Officer
A Staten Island grand jury on Wednesday ended the criminal case against a white New York police officer whose chokehold on an unarmed black man led to the man’s death, a decision that... read more »
Hong Kong student leaders mull protest retreat
Members of the Hong Kong Federation of Students said on Thursday that they’re mulling whether to stay or go, with spokeswoman Yvonne Leung telling a local radio station that the group... read more »
India votes against UNGA resolution on nuclear weapons
India, along with the US and Pakistan, has voted against a provision in a UN resolution calling on to “promptly” accede to the NPT as non-nuclear- weapon nation “without... read more »
