UNITED NATIONS: China and Russia blocked a proposed UN Security Council statement on Friday that would have expressed concern over the tense situation in Myanmar's Rakhine state, diplomats said, reports AFP. Myanmar's military carried out a four-month offensive against the Rohingya in northern…

JERUSALEM: Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday threatened to destroy Syrian air defence systems after they fired ground-to-air missiles at Israeli warplanes carrying out strikes, reports AFP. "The next time the Syrians use their air defence systems against our planes we will destroy…

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe headed Sunday for a four-day trip to Europe, hoping to discuss security issues and make progress on trade as regional tensions soar over accelerating North Korean threats, reports AFP. Abe's trip, which will take him to Germany, France, Belgium and Italy,…