Politics

North Korea fires second ballistic missile over Japan making Tokyos hackles rise

North Korea has fired a missile eastwards that passed over northern Japan in what Tokyo has described as an unprecedented threat. South Koreas military said that the missile was fired east from the Sunan district in Pyongyang around 7a.m. local time on Friday, 15 September, (11pm BST on Thursday) and was likely to have reached an altitude of about 770km (478 miles) and travelled 3,700km.

Sep 15, 2017

President Trump denies deal with Dems on DACA

No deal was made last night on DACA, Trump tweeted. Massive border security would have to be agreed to in exchange for consent. Would be subject to vote.

Sep 14, 2017

Operation Insaniyat: India sends humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees [VIDEO]

The UNHRC had said that 3,70,000 Rohingyas have fled violence-affected Myanmar's Rakhine state and sought refuge in Bangladesh.

Sep 14, 2017

Celebrating Hindi Diwas 2017: How it all began! [VIDEO]

India has been lobbying for the support of at least 129 UN member-nations to get Hindi the status of an official language of the world body.

Sep 14, 2017

Modi's Ahmedabad politics: Receiving Xi Jinping in Gujarat was a master stroke but Shinzo Abe was brought out of desperation

In 2014, PM Modi was hailed for his out-of-the-box political manouvering by welcoming the Chinese president in Ahmedabad. Three years later, observers feel he received Japanese PM Shinzo Abe in the same city to show his concern for the Gujarati electorate.

Sep 14, 2017

Bullet train: After 80s' Suzuki revolution, another Japanese footprint in transport sector

In the early 1980s, it was Japan's Suzuki which had revolutionised India's automobile sector. Over three decades later, it is again Japan's Shinkansen which is set to revolutionise India's railways sector. And we can't really complain about it even if ordinary trains get derailed.

Sep 14, 2017

Hillary Clinton compares herself to Game of Thrones Cersei Lannister

In her much-anticipated new memoir, What Happened, the former presidential candidate likens her treatment by the Republicans during the election campaign to the humiliation experienced by Lena Headeys Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones.

Sep 13, 2017

China: 'Pleased to see' India, Japan teaming up to build Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train

We stand ready to promote cooperation with India and other regional countries to promote regional development, Chinese spokesperson said.

Sep 13, 2017

AAP leader Ashish Khetan on The Talk: Certain TV channels have taken supari to finish us [VIDEO]

Journalist-turned-politician Ashish Khetan told IBTimes India that some TV channels had apparently been given the contract to finish the AAP.

Sep 13, 2017

EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker warns UK will regret Brexit

Speaking at the annual state of the union address, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker issued a warning to Britian, which is currently slowly progressing with exit negotiations, saying that we will always regret this, and I think you will regret this too.

Sep 13, 2017

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