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South Korea residents on border with North fear spike in tensions

By Hyun Young Yi and Hyunsu Yim PAJU, South Korea (Reuters) - When North Korea sent hundreds of balloons carrying trash over the border to South Korea last week, the move sparked emergency alerts and

ANC to speak as South Africa waits to find out who will govern

By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The African National Congress will give an early indication on Wednesday of its response to last week's election, which ended its 30-year run as the majority

Swiss air force lands fighter planes on motorway in training exercise

PAYERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) -Switzerland's armed forces landed fighter jets on a stretch of motorway in the west of the country on Wednesday, testing the ability of combat aircraft to operate from

Top news app in US has Chinese origins and ‘writes fiction’ with the help of AI

By James Pearson LONDON (Reuters) - Last Christmas Eve, NewsBreak, a free app with roots in China that is the most downloaded news app in the United States, published an alarming piece about a small

Jordan makes biggest drugs bust in years at border with Saudi Arabia

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan has foiled two plots to smuggle millions of captagon pills through a border post near Saudi Arabia, in the biggest seizure in years of drugs smuggled by

US, South Korea conduct joint bombing drills

Seoul (South Korea), June 5 (ANI) The United States flew a B-1B bomber over the Korean Peninsula for the first joint bombing drills with...

Prominent Pakistani rights activist arrested on trafficking charges

Islamabad, Jun 5 (PTI) Prominent Pakistani human rights activist Sarim Burney was arrested on Wednesday on human trafficking charges by the country's top...

Death toll increases to 30 in Sri Lanka due to continued inclement weather

Colombo, Jun 5 (PTI) At least 30 people have died due to extreme rains and floods that have devastated Sri Lanka since May...

Islamabad High Court stays execution of five former Pakistan Navy officers sentenced to death in Navy Dockyard attack case

Islamabad, Jun 5 (PTI) A top court in Islamabad has stayed the execution of five former Pakistan Navy officers previously sentenced to death...

Amanda Knox asks Italian court to overturn slander verdict

By Silvia Ognibene FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) -American Amanda Knox accused Italian police of threats and violence as she sought on Wednesday to overturn a conviction for slander in the last

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Is support reducing for Kolkata doctors? Mamata not the only one who has to course correct

West Bengal is ready to welcome its daughter home for Durga Puja, but the family is unable to keep the deep-rooted discord within from spilling out. At its head is Mamata Banerjee.

How Modi govt’s Atmanirbhar policy could have hobbled BSNL’s efforts to catch up in 4G race

Restrictions on use of equipment from global vendors have necessitated new indigenous technology being developed, tested & deployed—further delaying BSNL's 4G & 5G launch.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?