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The United States warned China on Saturday against threatening its neighbours' sovereignty and said Washington was investing in new military technology in the next five years to keep Asia stable. Washington and Beijing have been vying for influence in the region, which hosts potential flashpoints such as the South China Sea, the Korean Peninsula and the Taiwan Strait. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/30YKQQs

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Beijing warned on Friday that the US should not underestimate China's military as the top defence officials from both countries met on the sidelines of a security forum. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2XlLjK8

The UN atomic watchdog says Iran continues to stay within the limitations set by the nuclear deal reached in 2015 with major powers, though its stockpiles of low-enriched uranium and heavy water are growing from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2HLhmxQ

The diplomatic tax exemption programme - usually granted to foreign diplomats and consulars - provides sales and use, occupancy, food, airline, gas, and utility tax exemptions to eligible foreign officials on assignment in the Unites States. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2Mlf0tV

A volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali erupted Friday, spewing a plume of ash and smoke more than 2,000 metres into the sky. Mount Agung, about 70 kilometres from the tourist hub of Kuta, has been erupting periodically since it rumbled back to life in 2017, sometimes grounding flights and forcing residents to flee their homes. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2W0dyg1

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The Chosun Ilbo newspaper said Kim Hyok Chol, who laid the groundwork for the Hanoi meeting and accompanied Kim on his private train, was executed by firing squad for "betraying the supreme leader" after he was turned by the US. The paper also said Kim Jong Un's interpreter Shin Hye Yong was sent to a prison camp for a mistake at the summit. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2KdRiwY

The three countries signed the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement in November, to update the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, and Trump this month cleared a major stumbling block to approval by removing contentious US tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel and aluminum. But the US president put the accord at risk by announcing tariffs on Mexico over illegal immigration. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2wACnoh

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Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has endorsed punishment for a retired three-star army general, a brigadier and a civil officer on charges of espionage and leakage of sensitive information to foreign agencies, a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media arm, said on Thursday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2EJST9Y

Pakistan's former military ruler General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf's health suddenly deteriorated on Thursday and was rushed to a hospital here, according to a media report. Musharraf, 75, has been restricted from meeting or talking to anyone, The Nation newspaper reported from Dubai. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2WA6I57

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The report released by the US Department of Treasury states the US blocked nearly $400,000 in funds of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and $1,725 of the Jaish-e Mohammed. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2MfMfyF

In an unprecedented development, Israeli lawmakers have voted to dissolve Parliament after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a coalition government before a midnight deadline, triggering a fresh general election to be held on September 17. It is the first time in Israel's history that a prime minister-designate has failed to form a coalition. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2I8Jji4

Afghan authorities say a suicide bomber targeting a military academy in the capital of Kabul has killed at least six people. The Interior ministry says six others were wounded in the bombing on Thursday. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but insurgents have targeted this academy in the past. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2KiEx4l

Britain's review of a US request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on espionage charges has been moved to June, with his lawyer telling court on Thursday the whistleblower is in poor health. The next hearing will possibly taking place at the Belmarsh prison where Assange is serving a separate 50-week sentence for skipping bail. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2YVlscm

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A California hospital disclosed the birth of the world's smallest baby ever to survive, weighing a mere 245 grams (8.6 ounces) — the same as a large apple — when she was born. The girl, nicknamed Saybie by hospital staff, was born 23 weeks and three days into her mother's pregnancy at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns in San Diego. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2MiSMIP

A Pakistani man killed his HIV positive wife Wednesday in southern Pakistan, where hundreds of people have tested positive for the virus in recent weeks, stirring panic and casting a light on the country's dismal public health standards. The murder took place in a village near the epicentre of the outbreak on the outskirts of Larkana city in Pakistan's Sindh province. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2XcnGUr

The four ships, including two Saudi tankers, were attacked by "naval mines almost certainly from Iran", Bolton told a press conference in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi. US experts are part of a five-nation team that is investigating the May 12 attacks that damaged the four vessels in the Sea of Oman off the UAE emirate of Fujairah. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2JHaYdf

Facing a string of cabinet resignations and a vote of no confidence he looked sure to lose, veteran leader Peter O'Neill told parliament he had handed his letter of resignation to the country's governor general. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2YNpZxw

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Iran's foreign ministry on Tuesday insisted it did not currently see the need for mediation with the United States, as it played down the chances of a military clash with Washington. Spokesman Abbas Mousavi told a press conference that Tehran "does not feel any tension or (the possibility of) clashes" and said concerns had been "created by others" from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2EEtK0r

Growing numbers of outcast Rohingya refugees are risking their lives by crossing the closed Myanmar-Bangladesh border with narcotics pills packed into their stomachs, police said Tuesday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2I8jtdQ

The man at the centre of the crisis in Netanyahu’s coalition-building, former Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman, is sticking to his guns in a stalemate over military draft exemptions for Jewish seminary students. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2Kbayey

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The United Nations children's agency said attacks on schools in Afghanistan tripled in 2018, compared to the year before. UNICEF on Tuesday said the number of attacks on schools went from 68 in 2017, to 192 in 2018. The agency says one of the reasons for the spike was that schools were used as voter registration and polling centers in last year elections. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2X9IYlu

The CDU chief's comment came after her party and its centre-left coalition partner SPD suffered their worst scores in Sunday's European election -- a result partly blamed on the fact that some 70 YouTube stars had urged Germans not to vote for either party. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2HGuS5K

A US climber has died after descending from Everest, officials said Tuesday, taking this season's toll to 11 including several deaths blamed on overcrowding on the world's highest mountain. Christopher John Kulish, 61, had already climbed the 8,848-metre (29,029-feet) peak, and was safely back at a camp below the summit on Monday evening. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2X8nfdy

Pakistan has tried to downplay India's decision not to invite Imran Khan for Modi's swearing-in on Thursday, saying the Indian PM's "internal politics" does not permit him to extend an invitation to his Pakistan counterpart. The government on Monday announced it has invited leaders from BIMSTEC countries to Modi's swearing-in ceremony, leaving out Pakistan.​ from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2I1Ca33

The three summits in Mecca, Islam's holiest city, allow US ally Riyadh the chance to present unified Islamic, Arab and Gulf fronts against its arch-rival Tehran. Iran itself has not yet confirmed whether it will attend the meeting of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC), of which it is a member. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2I3UfgC

Taiwan has landed war planes on a normally busy highway to simulate a response to a Chinese attack on its airfields. President Tsai Ing-wen presided at the exercise in the southern county of Changhua. China considers the island its own territory, to be annexed by force if necessary. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2HFfyGs

President Donald Trump said Monday he is not "personally" bothered by recent short-range North Korean missile tests and doesn't believe they violated U.N. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2XajX9M

Afghan politicians are set to attend a two-day meeting with the Taliban in Moscow this week, officials confirmed Monday, as fighting continues to rage in Afghanistan amid troubled peace talks between the US and the militants. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2JGfrwD

The motion was backed by lawmakers from the Social Democrats and the far-right Freedom Party, which was in coalition with Kurz until a week ago when its leader became embroiled in the video sting and stepped down. Kurz ended their alliance and led what was effectively a minority government. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2KcDi6J

Three jailed or fugitive Catalan politicians hope to use their freshly won seats in the European Parliament as loudspeakers for their separatist cause in northeastern Spain - although actually being sworn in as lawmakers will be the first obstacle they have to overcome. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2W3uxCW

Pakistan and the UK have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to start the process for the extradition of former finance minister Ishaq Dar, who has been declared an absconder in a graft case linking to the Panama Papers scandal from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2wodgW0

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is not "personally" bothered by recent short-range missile tests that North Korea conducted this month. Standing beside Trump at a news conference after hours of talks, Abe disagreed with the US president, saying the missile tests violated UN Security Council resolutions and were "of great regret." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2HD0ZTK

Israel voiced openness on Monday to US-mediated talks with Lebanon on resolving a dispute over the neighbours' maritime border that has dogged Mediterranean oil and gas exploration. Such talks, Israeli energy minister Yuval Steinitz's office said in a statement after he met US envoy David Satterfield, could be "for the good of both countries' interests in developing natural gas reserves and oil" by agreeing a border. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2I3DnGP

Maithripala Sirisena told Colombo-based diplomats from Australia, Canada, Japan, the US and European states that security forces were successful in getting at all those responsible for the April 21 bombings. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2QA7BW9

North Korea on Monday called US national security adviser John Bolton a 'war monger' and 'human defect' after he described its recent tests of short-range missiles as a violation of UN Security Council resolutions. The statement by an unidentified North Korean foreign ministry spokesperson came as president Donald Trump visited Japan for meetings with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at which the nuclear standoff with North Korea was expected to be high on the agenda. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2McVXBP