BEIJING -- China on Thursday expressed firm opposition to the visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a disputed area, urging the Indian side not to take action that could complicate the boundary issue.
"China's position on the China-India boundary question is consistent and clear-cut," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang in response to reports that Modi visited the so-called Arunachal Pradesh Thursday. (China-India- Dispute)
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KABUL -- The number of civilian casualties in conflict-hit Afghanistan documented by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in 2017 reached more than 10,000.
"The key finding in the report is that more than 10,000 civilians died and injured as a result of conflicts in 2017, the majority of civilians killed are the consequence of attacks by anti government elements, and it includes not only the Taliban but also the Daesh or Islamic State (IS)," UNAMA chief and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan Tadamichi Yamamoto said. (Afghanistan-Casualties-2017)
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KATHMANDU -- Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Thursday stepped down to pave the way to the left alliance for formation of a new government.
After making an address to the nation following a cabinet meeting this morning, Deuba put forth his resignation in the wake of completion of the electoral processes of provinces, House of Representatives and National Assembly. (Nepal-PM-Resign)
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CANBERRA -- The Australian Prime Minister has been labelled as "deceitful" over his public rejection of enshrining an indigenous voice in the nation's constitution.
Noel Pearson, an indigenous leader from Cape York in far north Queensland, and other members of the Referendum Council on Thursday expressed their outrage with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over an answer he gave in Parliamentary Question Time on Tuesday. (Australia-PM-Criticism) Enditem
