US President Donald Trump has announced he will visit Normandy, France, in June to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.


Trump to visit Normandy for 75th D-Day anniversary


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In the era of the fourth Industrial Revolution when automation looms, people's opportunities and well-being have to be re-examined, according to India's Deputy Permanent Representative K. Nagaraj Naidu.


4th Industrial Revolution requires re-examination of opportunities


India has said that UN member countries should send more all-women units to peacekeeping operations instead of mixed units, as a sure means to increase female participation.


UN members should send female peacekeeping units: India


The US on Thursday charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with one count of conspiracy to hack a computer to disclose classified information that "could be used to injure the the US", which is linked to the 2010 release of reams of secret American documents, just hours after British authorities arrested him in London.


Assange held, charged with conspiracy in US (3rd Lead)


WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested here on Thursday at the Ecuadorean Embassy, where he had been living since 2012, after Ecuador withdrew the asylum it had granted him.


Assange held in UK on US extradition warrant (2nd Lead)


Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday asked Britain to return to Islamabad the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond, which is claimed by India, Afghanistan, Pakistan and also Iran.


Pakistan Minister asks Britain to return Koh-i-Noor


Sri Lanka on Thursday approved a proposal to launch an integrated tourism digital plan to boost the number of arrivals to the island nation.


Sri Lanka to launch integrated tourism digital plan


France has denied reports that Pakistani pilots under an exchange programme with Qatar were being trained to fly Rafale fighter jets.


Pakistani pilots training on Rafale fake news: Envoy


South Korean President Moon Jae-in is in the US for talks with his American counterpart Donald Trump that will focus on ways to bring North Korea back to the dialogue table over denuclearization.


Moon to meet Trump on stalled N. Korea dialogue


India has a lot of scope for reducing some food and fertiliser subsidies, while also taking steps to ensure that the growth is inclusive and poverty is reduced, according to Paul Mauro, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Fiscal Affairs Deputy Director.


India has scope for cutting food, fertiliser subsidies: IMF


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey's procurement of the Russian S-400 air defence systems is a national security deal and is in the delivery stage, the media reported on Wednesday.


Erdogan calls S-400 deal 'national security decision'


Ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, UK Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday expressed regret over the worst bloodbath committed by the British Army during the colonial period, terming it as a "shameful scar" on British Indian history.


UK PM expresses regret over Jallianwala Bagh massacre


Nearly half a million children are at "direct risk" in Libya as rogue general Khalifa Haftar's forces advance on the UN-recognized government in the capital of Tripoli, according to Unicef.


Half a million children at risk in Libya: Unicef


European Council President Donald Tusk says the EU should consider offering the UK a "flexible" delay to Brexit of up to a year, with the option of leaving earlier if a deal is ratified.


Tusk suggests Brexit delay of up to year


UK Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday visited German Chancellor Angela Merkel in another last-minute Brexit trip, with Britain due to leave the EU in three days.


Theresa May meets Merkel with Brexit delay request


The UN Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday warned that attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Libya could amount to war crimes.


Libya crisis: UN issues war crimes warning


Mauritius remains compliant to international norms and best practices as it continues to drive quality investments into India, the Indian Ocean island country's Economic Development Board (EDB) said on Tuesday.


Drive quality investment in India, says Mauritius


China has financed and constructed Sri Lanka's first new railway line after the island nation became independent in 1948.


Sri Lanka opens first new Chinese-funded railway line


French President Emmanuel Macron had phone conversations "over the last two days" with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj and rogue military commander Gen. Khalifa Haftar in a bid to ease tensions in the North African country, the French presidency has said.


Macron tries to de-escalate violence in Libya


Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday called the US "the leader of world terrorism" after Washington designated Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a "foreign terrorist organisation".


US 'leader of world terrorism', says Rouhani


The US is considering to impose tariffs on about $11 billion of goods from the European Union in response to the bloc's subsidies for European aircraft manufacturer Airbus.

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