China bus, truck head-on crash kills 18

Published On: June 30, 2018 06:46 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, June 30: The death toll in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on a highway in central China has risen to 18, with another 14 people injured, police say.

KABUL, June 30: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani declared a formal end to his government’s ceasefire with the Taliban on Saturday but called on the insurgents to agree to full peace talks following a three-day truce during this month’s Eid holiday.

PORTLAND, June 30: Liberal activists, parents and first-time protesters motivated by accounts of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border plan to rally in hundreds of cities nationwide Saturday to press President Donald Trump’s administration to reunite the families quickly.

Mexico set 'Amlo' on verge of presidency

Published On: June 30, 2018 12:38 PM NPT By: Agencies

Violence, corruption and poverty explain why leftwing populist Andrés Manuel López Obrador is the frontrunner in election

Canada 'will not back down' over US metals tariffs

Published On: June 30, 2018 10:34 AM NPT By: Agencies

CANADA, June 30: Chrystia Freeland spoke as officials unveiled a $C2bn ($NZ2.2bn) package to support the country's steel and aluminium industries.

10 killed, 10 injured in China coach-truck highway collision

Published On: June 30, 2018 10:23 AM NPT By: Agencies

CHINA, June 30: Police say 10 people have been killed and another 10 injured in a head-on collision between a passenger coach and a truck on a highway in central China.

WASHINGTON, June 30: The U.S. government said in a court filing on Friday that it has the right to detain children and parents caught crossing the U.S. border illegally for the duration of their immigration proceedings.

At least 100 feared dead after boat sinks off Libya coast

Published On: June 30, 2018 07:31 AM NPT By: Agencies

Accident comes as EU leaders reach a deal to handle the influx of migrants and refugees arriving on European shores.

SOUTH KOREA, June 29: South Korea will tighten laws governing the arrival of refugees, the Justice Ministry said on Friday, after a rapid rise in the number of Yemeni asylum seekers sparked anti-refugee sentiment in the racially homogeneous country.

Yemen's warring sides will return to peace talks, U.N. says

Published On: June 29, 2018 02:35 PM NPT By: Reuters

GENEVA, June 29: U.N. Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths expects to get the warring parties in Yemen back to the negotiating table for the first time in years, and both sides have confirmed their willingness to talk, he said in a U.N. radio interview late on Thursday.