India supports Afghan peace efforts with Taliban
WEB DESK India has expressed its support for the Afghanistan government’s offer to the Taliban to participate in a peace process without preconditions and called for international backing for the…
French President visits India today
AMN French President Emmanuel Macron will arrive in India today on a four-day visit. The visit aims at strengthening the bilateral economic, political and strategic dimension of engagement between the…
India to build 50,000 houses for quake victims in Nepal
To assist earthquake-ravaged Nepal in its reconstruction effort, India today pledged to build 50,000 houses in its two worst-hit districts. India signed an agreement with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)…
Sri Lanka: Situation improves in violence-hit Kandy district
WEB DESK The situation in the violence-affected Kandy district has improved as no untoward incident has been reported since last night.The curfew was relaxed during daytime but will continue during…
Japan PM Shinzo Abe urges caution on North Korea talks, wants ‘concrete steps
AMN Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe has said North Korea’s offer of denuclearisation talks with the United States could be a ploy to play to buy time and stressed the…
Sri Lanka: one killed, 3 injured in explosion in violence-hit Kandy
AMN / WEB DESK At least one person was killed and three injured during an explosion yesterday evening in violence-hit Kandy district as several shops and establishments belonging to minority…
Gary Cohn resigns as Trump’s top economic advisor
Among those being considered for Cohn’s replacement, per people familiar: Andy Puzder, the fast-food executive who withdrew his labor secretary nomination last year after decades-old reports of domestic assault were…
Donald Trump cautious on N Korea nuclear disarmament talks
WEB DESK US president Donald Trump has reacted cautiously to the news that North Korea is willing to talk about giving up its nuclear weapons if it did not feel…
Sri Lanka: Violence continued as govt declares emergency
WEB DESK Violence continued in some areas of Kandy district even as Sri Lanka promulgated emergency for one week to prevent spreading of violence to other areas. Several mosques were…
Russian military plane crash in Syria, 39 killed
WEB DESK A Russian military transport plane crashed in Syria yesterday killing all 39 people on board, Russian officials said. The Kremlin said in a statement that the plane, a…