Published On: July 4, 2019 11:09 AM NPT By: Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, July 4: Taliban and U.S. negotiators are scrambling to rewrite a draft agreement that will outline the withdrawal of American and NATO troops from Afghanistan as well as detail a verifiable Taliban guarantee to fight terrorism ahead of a summit Sunday in Qatar.
Published On: July 4, 2019 10:48 AM NPT By: Reuters
SINGAPORE, July 4: An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck northwest of Canada’s Vancouver island, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Thursday.
Published On: July 4, 2019 10:41 AM NPT By: Reuters
MUMBAI, July 4: India’s monsoon rains in the week ending on Wednesday were below average for the fifth time in a row, although the deficit was the lowest since the start of the season after it revived in central and western regions.
Published On: July 4, 2019 10:31 AM NPT By: Reuters
BEIRUT, July 4: A rigged motorcycle exploded in Syria’s Sweida city, which the government controls, killing three people and injuring seven others on Wednesday night, an official there said.
Published On: July 4, 2019 10:16 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, July 4: A tornado blew through a city in northeast China, damaging factories and buildings, killing six people and injuring another 190, state media reported Thursday.
Published On: July 4, 2019 08:32 AM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, July 4: Top representatives from the United States and China are arranging to resume talks next week to try to resolve a year-long trade war between the world’s two largest economies, Trump administration officials said on Wednesday.
Published On: July 4, 2019 07:31 AM NPT By: Reuters
TOKYO, July 4: Heavy rains in southern Japan let up by Thursday, but authorities maintained evacuation orders for more than a million people, warning against a risk of more landslides, which have killed one person, with another missing.
Published On: July 3, 2019 07:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
PARIS, July 3: Iran will gain nothing by departing from the terms of its nuclear agreement, the French foreign ministry said on Wednesday, responding to Tehran’s announcement that it will boost the enrichment level of its uranium.
Published On: July 3, 2019 07:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
COLOMBO, July 3: Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka fell sharply in May and June from a year ago, as visitors shunned the Indian Ocean island after the Easter Sunday attacks, the tourism bureau said on Wednesday.
Published On: July 3, 2019 06:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
MOSCOW, July 3: Some crew members have survived a fire that killed 14 sailors onboard one of the Russian navy’s deep-sea research submersibles, the nation’s defense minister said Wednesday.