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India Cuts Oil Purchases from US, Turns to Iran Ahead of Sanctions

Indian buyers reduced US crude purchases and loaded up on Iranian oil ahead of the restart of US sanctions next month and as the WTI-Brent differential narrowed, according to traders and shipping intelligence firm Kpler. US oil shipments to India fell to 84,000 barrels per day (bpd) last month, down ...

October 5, 2018

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India, Russia Formally Ink $5.4 billion S-400 Air Defense System Deal

India and Russia signed a $5.4 billion S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile deal on Friday during an annual bilateral meet in New Delhi, according to the Economic Times. The delivery of the five advanced S-400 Triumf squadrons will begin in October 2020. The deal has been signed despite the looming threat ...

October 5, 2018

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North Korea Has up to 60 Nuclear Bombs: Seoul

A South Korean minister says that North Korea is estimated to have up to 60 nuclear weapons, in Seoul’s first public comment about the size of the North’s arsenal. South Korea’s Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon told lawmakers on Tuesday that estimates on the size of the North’s nuclear arsenal ranged ...

October 2, 2018

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China Cancels Security Talks with US

China has canceled a security meeting with US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis that had been planned for October, a senior US official said on Sunday, days after a top Chinese official said there was no reason to panic over tensions between the countries. The official, who is involved in ...

October 1, 2018

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Indonesia Quake-tsunami Death Toll Jumps to 384: Disaster Agency

The death toll from Indonesia’s quake and tsunami jumped to 384, the disaster agency said Saturday, as hospitals struggled to cope with hundreds of injured and rescuers scrambled to reach the stricken region. So far, it said all the deaths were recorded in tsunami-struck Palu, a day after waves 1.5 ...

September 29, 2018

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China Demands US ‘Dispel Obstacles’ to Military Ties and Stop Slander

Amid growing tensions over trade, Taiwan and the South China Sea, China demanded the United States “dispel obstacles” to improving military ties and stop slandering it. On Wednesday, in just the latest rift with China, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday the country of seeking to interfere in the Nov. ...

September 27, 2018

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China: US “Shamelessly Preaching Unilateralism, Protectionism, Economic Hegemony”

China accused the United States on Monday of using false accusations on trade to “intimidate” other countries, as the tariff battle between the global giants intensifies. “The US shamelessly began to preach unilateralism, protectionism and economic hegemony, and also began to make false accusations against many countries and regions, in ...

September 24, 2018

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China Summons US Ambassador over Military Sanctions: State Media

China summoned the US ambassador on Saturday to lodge an official protest over sanctions imposed by the United States against a Chinese military organization for buying Russian fighter jets and missiles, state media said. Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang summoned Ambassador Terry Branstad and “lodged solemn representations over US sanctions ...

September 22, 2018

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India Cancels Rare UN Meeting with Pakistan

India said Friday it has cancelled a rare meeting between its foreign minister and her Pakistani counterpart scheduled to have taken place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The Indian foreign ministry said the talks were called off after the “latest brutal killings of our security personnel by ...

September 21, 2018

World

Indian Forces Attack Ashura March in Kashmir

The Indian governmental forces attacked on Thursday a march marking Ashura anniversary in Kashmir considered by Pakistan as part of its territories. The following photos have more:

September 20, 2018