Sri Lanka on Tuesday accused the UN rights chief of "unwarranted interference" by calling for an international probe into allegations that government forces killed thousands of civilians at the climax of a Tamil civil war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's rating is at its highest in the last few years, results of a sociological survey conducted by the All-Russia Public Opinion Research Centre (VCIOM) made public on Thursday suggested.
TEHRAN, YJC. Iran's missile-making has focused on the precision, so much so that new generations of the missiles are said to miss by no more than 5 meters.
A powerful bomb blast in India's restive northeast -- plagued for decades by separatist violence -- has killed nine labourers and injured about 21 other people, police said Saturday.
A military strike on a Boko Haram Islamist camp in Nigeria's restive northeast has killed 150 Islamists and 16 soldiers, army spokesman Ibrahim Attahiru told AFP Wednesday.
Israel and its US ally have hit a troubled patch in their close relationship, caused by differences over Iran's nuclear plans and peace with the Palestinians.
Tehran, YJC. Four years into expert negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, the country's negotiators left the talks because a new set of sanctions by the US targeted the country's economy anew.
The United States plans to send two more missile defence warships to Japan to counter the threat posed by North Korea's "provocative" actions, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said Sunday.
Tehran, YJC. Iranian parliamentary delegation has called off a trip to Europe counting it as a response to the recent anti-Iranian resolution by the EP.
A Boeing spokesman said that the aerospace giant has been granted permission by the US Treasury Department to sell plane parts to Iran following the nuclear deal between Tehran and six major world powers.