AFP, JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned US Ambassador Daniel Shapiro Sunday two days after Washington abstained in a vote on a UN resolution against Israeli settlements. Their meeting came after Israel earlier Sunday called in 10 representatives of 14 other states that voted…

AFP, TAIPEI: Taiwan said Monday it was closely monitoring the movements of China’s sole aircraft carrier and five other warships, which earlier passed south of the island on an exercise held amid worsening cross-strait relations.The Liaoning and five escorts sailed 20 nautical miles outside Taiwan’s…

AFP, SEOUL: A handful of South Korean lawmakers on Monday finally got to question the woman at the heart of the impeachment crisis surrounding President Park Geun-Hye, after she snubbed a televised hearing at her detention centre.Choi Soon-Sil, a long-time friend of the president, has repeatedly ignored…

AFP, MARSEILLE: France on Sunday probed the fatal Christmas Eve killing of a 19-year-old in a cafe, the prosecutor’s office said, as an investigation source claimed the victim was shot 15 times. Three attackers stormed the cafe in the southern city of Marseille late Saturday and opened fire using…

AFP, ISTANBUL: The Turkish army on Monday accused Islamic State (IS) jihadists of killing at least 30 civilians seeking to flee the flashpoint Syrian town of Al-Bab which Ankara and its rebel allies have been seeking to capture for weeks.The army said that the civilians were killed with mines and homemade…

AFP, LONDON: George Michael, who has died aged 53, was a teenage heartthrob turned superstar singer-songwriter whose smooth vocals belied a personal life shadowed by drug problems and heartbreak. As one half of boy band Wham! and then as a solo artist, he created some of the biggest hits of the 1980s…

AFP, BEIJING: China has tested the latest version of its fifth-generation stealth fighter, state media reported Monday, as it tries to end the West’s…

Long range ballistic missile Agni-V was yet again successfully test-fired from Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast, yesterday, signalling the coming of age of the country in the nuclear deterrence programme, reports The Hindustan Times.This is the fourth success in a row of Agni-V, which can carry…