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North Korean state media on Wednesday hailed Kim Jong-Un as the "Great Sun of the 21st Century" as the country made final preparations for a rare ruling party congress seen as the young leader's formal coronation. Getting ready for the rare gathering -- the first of its kind for nearly

Fierce clashes raged overnight on the edges of Syria's second city Aleppo after a major rebel offensive, an AFP correspondent said Wednesday. A coalition of opposition groups fighting under the name "Fatah Halab" -- or Aleppo Conquest -- launched the assault on President Bashar al-Assad's forces with a tunnel bomb on

North Korea is reported to have conducted a submarine-launched ballistic missile test on 23rd April described it as a ‘great success’. ‘It fully confirmed and reinforced the reliability of the Korean-style underwater launching system and perfectly met all technical requirements for carrying out underwater attack operation,’ the North Korean news

Sri Lanka and Cuba, two of the prominent member states of the Non-Aligned Movement have a long standing diplomatic partnership spanning 57 years. In their foreign policy ideals, both nations have reiterated the commitment of both countries to the Non-Aligned Movement, for which both are founding members, and to the

The massive car bombing outside a building of the National Directorate for Security in Kabul on 12th April killed 64 people and injured more than 300 others. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. US asked Pakistan to take concrete action against the Haqqani network and Afghanistan’s deputy presidential spokesman

Since NATO troops withdrew from Afghanistan at the end of 2014, Taliban has been incessantly trying to regain control of the country and Afghan army has been fighting a losing battle. The Taliban stronghold Helmand province in fact is the most dangerous province in the country. Out of a total

Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba is the first by a US president since Calvin Coolidge went in 1928. American investors, expat Cubans, tourists, scholars, and scam artists will follow in Obama’s wake. Normalisation of the bilateral relationship will pose opportunities and perils for Cuba, and a giant test of maturity