‘India can get close to Japan at its own peril’
Beijing: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s just concluded Japan visit continues to rile China, with a State-run daily warning that India could get close to Tokyo “at its own peril” and ties with it “can only bring trouble” to New Delhi.
1989 crackdown: China defends Xi
Beijing: After relatives of over 100 people killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown accused China’s President Xi Jinping of taking the country “backwards towards Maoist orthodoxy”, Beijing on Friday defended its new leadership, saying Chinese enjoyed extensive rights and freedom.
Anti-Taliban fighter killed in Pak blast
Islamabad: A member of an anti-Taliban militia was killed when a bomb went off on the outskirts of Peshawar city in northwest Pakistan on Friday, police said.
Bomb, shooting claim seven lives in Iraq
Baghdad: A bomb exploded amid Sunni worshippers leaving a mosque in west Baghdad, one of two attacks that left seven dead in Iraq, officials said.