Category: WORLD NEWS

Washington, May 14 (DIN NEWS) In a surprising overture to China, President Donald Trump says he would help a Chinese telecommunications company get “back into business,” saying too many jobs in China are at stake after the U.S. government cut off access to its American suppliers. At issue is the Commerce Department’s move last month to block the ZTE Corp., a major supplier of telecoms networks and smartphones based in southern China, from importing American components for seven years. The US accused ZTE of misleading American regulators after it settled charges…

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Islamabad, May 13 (DIN NEWS) Pakistan has prevented a US diplomat involved in a fatal road accident in Islamabad to leave the country, a move that could further strain the bilateral ties. Pakistani media showed footage of a US plane at Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi near Islamabad that reportedly arrived yesterday to fly back defence attache Colonel Joseph Emanuel Hall. A security official said that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) refused to give clearance to Hall flying out of the country as his name was on the blacklist and he…

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Surabaya, May 13 (DIN NEWS ) Suicide bombers on motorcycles and including a woman with children targeted today Mass congregations in three churches in Indonesia’s second largest city, killing at least 11 people and wounding dozens in one of the worst attacks on the Christian minority, police said. The first attack struck the Santa Maria Roman Catholic Church in Surabaya, killing four people, including one or more bombers, police spokesman Frans Barung Mangera told reporters at the scene. He said two police officers were among a total of 41 wounded. The…

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Lima, May 12 (DIN NEWS) Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has held extensive talks with the top leadership of Peru during his visit here, as the two countries marked 55 years of diplomatic relations. The Peruvian leadership resolved to significantly enhance trade relations with India as it acknowledged that Peru can learn and benefit from the success story of India. The two countries celebrated 55 years of diplomatic ties in Lima yesterday. During the delegation-level talks, Naidu spoke about India’s strength in supply of quality and cost effective generic medicines, information…

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Baghdad, May 12 (DIN NEWS) Iraq began voting Saturday in its first parliamentary election since declaring victory over the Islamic State group, with the country hoping to shore up a fragile peace and rebuild. Polling stations opened around the conflict-scarred nation under tight security as the jihadists still pose a major security threat despite a sharp fall in violence. The ballot comes with tensions surging between key players Iran and the United States over the nuclear deal, sparking fears of a destabilising power struggle over Iraq. Roughly 24.5 million voters face…

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Toronto, May 11 (DIN NEWS) A Canadian Sikh minister was asked to take off his turban at a Detroit airport during a security check despite passing through the metal detector without any problem, prompting senior US officials to apologise, media reports have said. Navdeep Bains, Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, described the incident in an interview with the French-language paper La Presse yesterday. Bains was returning to Toronto after meetings with Michigan state leaders in April 2017 and had already passed through regular security checks at the Detroit…

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Janakpur, May 11 (DIN NEWS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited the famed 20th century Janaki temple in this Neplease town and offered special prayers. Modi, who arrived here today on a two-day state visit to Nepal, directly went to the Janaki temple, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Sita, from the airport. Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli welcomed his Indian counterpart upon his arival at the temple complex. Modi will spend around 45 minutes in the temple. Modi took part in the Shodasopachara Pooja at the Janaki temple, local media…

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London, May 10 (DIN NEWS) British telecoms and television broadcasting company BT announced today that it will axe 13,000 jobs in administration and management. BT said in a statement alongside its annual results that it will shed the jobs over the next three years as it seeks to slice off an extra 1.5 billion pound (USD 2.0 billion, 1.7 billion euros) in costs. The latest revamp will mainly affect back office jobs, or support positions that tend to be based outside London, and middle management roles. It will however seek to…

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Jerusalem, May 10 (DIN NEWS) Israeli raids overnight hit “nearly all the Iranian infrastructure in Syria”, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said today after strikes Israel says were in response to rocket fire at its forces it blamed on Iran. “We hit nearly all the Iranian infrastructure in Syria,” Lieberman told a security conference. “They need to remember the saying that if it rains on us, it’ll storm on them. I hope we’ve finished this episode and everyone understood.” Israel’s army said today it had hit dozens of Iranian military targets in…

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Dhaka, May 9 (DIN NEWS) India has sent to Bangladesh its second relief consignment to help tens of thousands of displaced Rohingya Muslims who fled Myanmar following a military crackdown, triggering one of the world’s worst refugee crises. Over 600,000 Rohingyas have fled Myanmar’s violence-hit Rakhine state to neighbouring Bangladesh since August when the military intensified crackdown against alleged militant outfits of Rohingya Muslims. Indian Navy Ship INS Airavat sailed from Vishakhapatnam and reached Chattogram port (formerly Chittagong) Port yesterday where Indian High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla handed over the…

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