A tribunal recently quashed China’s claim of historic rights on the South China Sea last week. BEIJING: China will not stop construction on the islands in strategic South China Sea which was awarded to the Philippines by an international tribunal, a top Chinese admiral today said, dismissing the pressure from Washington. “We will never stop our construction on the Nansha (Sparatly) Islands halfway. The Nansha Islands are China’s... 

Washington: The United States demanded an immediate end to renewed fighting in the capital of South Sudan, ordering all non-essential personnel out of the troubled country. South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir. “The United States strongly condemns the latest outbreak of fighting in Juba between forces aligned with President Salva Kiir Mayardit and those aligned with First Vice President Riek Machar Teny, including reports we have that civilian... 

Republicans accuse the Barack Obama administration of stonewalling important documents and witnesses. WASHINGTON: Republicans on the House Benghazi Committee faulted the Obama administration today in a report on the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. The panel’s chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, and other Republicans accuse the Obama administration of stonewalling important documents and witnesses. Democrats say the panel’s... 

Washington: Terror outfits like the ISIS are “perverting” Islam to justify their “murderous, false agenda” as part of which they claim the mantle of the religion to describe themselves as “holy warriors” fighting with the US, the White House has said. Terror outfits ‘perverting’ Islam to justify agenda: White House “What is true that many of those organisations pervert the religion of Islam to... 

The two leaders headed to a restaurant called ‘Quintonil’ to bond over vegetarian dinner. In a special gesture, Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto on Thursday drove Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a restaurant for Mexican vegetarian fare. Modi in restaurant mexico “In a very special gesture, President @EPN personally drives @narendramodi to a restaurant for Mexican vegetarian fare,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted...