Premier: China doesn't want 'trade war' with Washington

Published On: March 15, 2017 02:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, March 15: China's No. 2 leader said Wednesday his government hopes for positive relations with Washington and has no desire for a trade war nor plans to devalue its currency to boost exports.

Trump paid $38 million in taxes in 2005: White House

Published On: March 15, 2017 02:27 PM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON, MArch 15: President Donald Trump paid $38 million in taxes on more than $150 million in income in 2005, the White House said on Tuesday, responding to an MSNBC report that the network had obtained two pages of the returns.

Scotland's leader seeks new independence referendum

Published On: March 13, 2017 06:36 PM NPT By: Associated Press

LONDON, March 11: Scotland's leader will seek authority to hold a new independence referendum in the next two years because Britain is dragging Scotland out of the European Union against its will, she said Monday.

Japan plans to send largest warship to South China Sea: sources

Published On: March 13, 2017 04:15 PM NPT By: Reuters

Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three sources said, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War Two.

Under Trump, the Moon regains interest as possible destination

Published On: March 12, 2017 04:45 PM NPT By: Agencies

WASHINGTON, March 12: Dismissed by former US president Barack Obama as a place explorers had already seen, the Moon has once again gained interest as a potential destination under Donald Trump’s presidency.

Man faces 10-year sentence after scaling White House fence

Published On: March 12, 2017 04:40 PM NPT By: Agencies

WASHINGTON, March 12: An intruder carrying a backpack was arrested after scaling a fence around the White House and entering the grounds, the U.S. Secret Service said on Saturday, in the latest breach of security at the president’s official residence.

NEW DELHI, March 11: India's governing Hindu nationalist party was headed to landslide victories Saturday in key state legislature elections that are seen as a referendum on the performance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nearly 3-year-old government.

South Korea's president formally ousted by court

Published On: March 10, 2017 05:05 PM NPT By: Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea, March 10: A South Korean court ruling that formally ended Park Geun-hye's presidency Friday has also stripped her of all the privileges she could have enjoyed as a former head of state, including the right to be buried alongside her late dictator father at a national cemetery.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney is urging Iraq and the world's nations not to let the Islamic State extremist group "get away with genocide."

BERLIN, March 9: Comments from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other Turkish officials accusing Germany of "Nazi practices" cannot be tolerated and need to stop, Chancellor Angela Merkel told Parliament on Thursday.