Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from August 17, 2019

Yemen rebels claim attack that set Saudi oil field on fire

Drones claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked a massive oil and gas field deep inside of Saudi Arabia's sprawling desert on Saturday, causing what the kingdom described as a "limited fire." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OYXHQw

EU calls for 'inclusive dialogue' over Hong Kong tensions

The European Union on Saturday called for "inclusive dialogue" to calm tensions in Hong Kong, where ten weeks of protests have plunged the city into crisis and prompted mainland China to take a more hardline tone. "Engagement in a process of broad-based and inclusive dialogue, involving all key stakeholders, is essential," EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said in a statement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MnQd7M

Russian opposition activists picket for free elections

Russian opposition activists staged a string of pickets in central Moscow on Saturday to call for free elections and for charges against protesters detained at recent rallies to be dropped. Moscow has been rocked by weekly protests for more than a month since the authorities barred opposition candidates from running in an election for the city's legislature in September. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Z4GvwX

Hong Kong's divide: One protest for democracy, one for China

Pro-democracy protesters marched on one side of Hong Kong's famous harbor on Saturday to demand the government heed their demands. Across the water, a pro-government rally called for an end to the often violent protests. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2YXZiur

US issues warrant to seize Iranian tanker off Gibraltar

The Grace 1 was seized by British Royal Marines at the western mouth of the Mediterranean on July 4 on suspicion of violating European Union sanctions by taking oil to Syria. Gibraltar lifted the detention order on Thursday after the British territory's chief minister said he had secured written assurances from Tehran that the cargo would not go to Syria. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2KVKrqu

Eight killed, 10 injured in Ukraine hotel fire: Emergency services

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Zb4uGL

Hong Kong tense as weekend of protests begins with teachers' rally in rain

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2P1k0oT

China flexes muscle near Hong Kong amid more weekend rallies

Members of China's paramilitary People's Armed Police marched and practised crowd control tactics at a sports complex in Shenzhen across from Hong Kong in what some interpreted as a threat against pro-democracy protesters in the semi-autonomous territory. Chinese state media have only said that the Shenzhen exercises were planned earlier and were not directly related to the unrest in Hong Kong. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/31NM93Z

North Korea's Kim supervised 'new weapon' test again: KCNA

Friday's launch was the North's sixth test in recent weeks as it protests the annual US-South Korea military exercises which Pyongyang considers rehearsals for invasion. Defence officials in Seoul said Pyongyang fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles Friday, that flew some 230 kilometres (140 miles) before splashing down in the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZcjOmm

Trump meets top advisers to discuss progress of Afghan peace deal

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/30aE74N

In U-turn, Israel says barred US Dem can visit, she rejects offer

Israel said Tlaib could visit on humanitarian grounds.But then the interior ministry released a letter 'signed' by Tlaib in which she vowed not to advocate boycotts during her visit. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2KOviHt

Court dashes 9-yr-old girl's quest to sing with Berlin's boys' choir

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Mm9mqB

Trump OKs $8bn F-16 sale to Taiwan

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/31FMo0Y

Brother of Afghan Taliban chief killed in Pak mosque blast

Police said more than 20 people were wounded and the death toll could rise.The imam of the mosque near Quetta, was among those killed. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2KCaaVX

Imran discusses Kashmir with Trump over phone

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2TBXpOj