North Korea still poses a “serious and imminent threat,” Japan said today in its first annual defence review since tensions eased on the Korean peninsula.
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Facebook banned Myanmar’s army chief and removed other pages tied to the country’s military today after a UN probe called for him to be prosecuted for genocide over a crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
Foreigners will be barred from buying properties in a planned USD 100-billion Malaysian city, the country’s leader said today, after the huge development aimed at mainland Chinese buyers sparked widespread criticism.
Punjab National Bank has told a US bankruptcy court that it suspects Nirav Modi controlled US firms Firestar Diamond, Fantasy and A Jaffe are not mere victims of circumstance but instead ‘active participants’ in the massive billion-dollar fraud perpetrated over seven years by Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi.
Unfazed by industry’s criticism of some past decisions, TRAI chairman R S Sharma has asserted that the regulator is not into a PR role, but is, rather, doing its job transparently with wide stakeholder consultation in the interest of consumers and the sector.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today once again expressed his commitment towards helping people in Kerala who have been displaced or have suffered losses in the aftermath of unprecedented floods in the State.
The two men never pretended to like each other. It was not just their clashing personalities or vastly dissimilar backgrounds. Their differences were fundamental, their values dramatically at odds, and their disagreements public and pointed.
India is assured of three medals in the Asian Games with Saurav Ghosal, Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal Karthik moving into the semi-final of the respective singles events.
Iran hurt India’s pride in kabaddi yet again as it delivered a second straight knockout punch to the sport’s most successful nation in the women’s gold medal match of the 18th Asian Games.