china urges Trump to follow int’l standards
Beijing: The Chinese Government urged US President Donald Trump to analyse the trade deficit with Beijing on the basis of international standards, after he signed two executive orders to combat trade abuses of other countries on Friday.
S Korean ship sinks: 22 crew members missing
Seoul: Search and rescue efforts are underway to find 22 crew members of a South Korean ship that sank in the South Atlantic last week. Two sailors were safely picked up in a life raft, the Seoul Government said.
Paraguay protests: top officials sacked
Asuncion: Paraguay’s President Horacio Cartes has sacked the Interior Minister and the chief of police after Friday night’s violent protests against a bill that would allow the President to run for a second term in office. The protesters stormed the Congress and set fire to the building.
4 missiles fired into Pak from Afghanistan
Peshawar: Four missiles fired from Afghanistan on Sunday landed in northwest Pakistan’s restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials said. One of the missiles hit a shop and other landed near a mosque in Shungak area in the remote Parachinar in Kurram Agency. Two other missiles hit a graveyard in Kachkina area.
B’desh HC upholds death of 2 Islamists
Dhaka: A top court in Bangladesh on Sunday upheld the death penalty of two Islamist militants for the brutal murder of a secular blogger in 2013 that had set off a chain of attacks on liberal writers in the Muslim-majority country.
Indian among 5 killed in Nepal road accident
Kathmandu: An Indian man was among five people who have been killed when a truck hit a stationary bus in western Nepal. The speeding truck with an Indian registration number plate hit the Kathmandu-bound passenger bus from behind during wee hours on the East-West Highway on Saturday.
Myanmar: Suu Kyi’s party retains support
Yangon: Official results from Myanmar’s election committee show that Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling National league for Democracy party has retained voters’ loyalty in its Yangon strongholds.
Armenia vote: Exit polls predict ruling party win
Yerevan: The ruling Republican Party led parliamentary elections in Armenia on Sunday, held for the first time since constitutional reforms transformed the ex-Soviet country into a parliamentary republic, an exit poll said.