US President Trump escalated his trade war with China on Friday, raising tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods from 10 per cent to 25 per cent, prompting a swift rebuke from Beijing as trade talks held in Washington failed to produce a breakthrough.


Trump raises China tariffs, Beijing to hit back (3rd Lead)


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Taiwan on Friday made a strong pitch for India's inclusion in the UN Security Council (UNSC), saying it needs to be reconstituted as the veto power is with very few countries which is disproportionate to the membership of the United Nations.


It is 'unfair' that India is not in UNSC: Taiwan


Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested two Chinese nationals at the Islamabad airport on Friday as part of its ongoing investigation into alleged fake marriages and human trafficking operations by Chinese gangs.


2 Chinese nationals arrested at Islamabad airport


Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the government in Tehran will not hold negotiations with the US after it imposed new sanctions on Tehran, targeting revenue from its exports of industrial metals, officials said on Friday.


Iran won't hold negotiations with US post sanctions


US President Donald Trump has said that former Secretary of State John Kerry should be prosecuted for discussing the 2015 nuclear deal with Iranian officials after leaving office.


Trump: Kerry must be prosecuted for meeting Iranians


China on Friday said it would respond in kind after the US has more than doubled the taxes on Chinese imports worth $200 billion from 10 per cent to 25 per cent, a move that worsens the damaging trade war between the two countries.


China to respond to new US tariffs


In the trend of India and the US intensifying naval links to protect maritime freedom in the Indo-Pacific region, the US Navy chief will visit India next week, four days after the Indian Navy ships concluded exercises with the US and its allies in the South China Sea.


US Navy chief to visit India next week


Sibiu (Romania), May 10 (IANS/AKI) The European Union should make greater efforts towards dialogue with Russia and should nurture its strategic relationship with the US, Italy's populist Premier Giuseppe Conte said at an informal summit on Thursday, according to sources in his office.


EU should hold dialogue with Russia: Italy


Geneva, May 9 (IANS/AKI) The United Nations has appealed for all refugees and migrants to be evacuated from detention centres in conflict areas of Libyan capital Tripoli, where deadly fighting between rival militias flared last month.


Evacuate all refugees trapped in Tripoli war zone: UN


North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday, South Korea's military said, just five days after the communist nation launched a barrage of projectiles into the East Sea.


N. Korea fires two short-range missiles: Seoul (2nd Lead)


US President Donald Trump has accused China of "breaking" the deal in trade talks and is likely to increase tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods on Friday, prompting Beijing to vow to hit back with "necessary countermeasures".


Trump says China 'broke' deal; Beijing vows retaliation


The Karnataka government has contributed Rs 10 crore to the cyclone-hit Odisha for relief assistance to the affected people, an official statement said on Thursday.


Karnataka gives Rs 10 cr aid to cyclone-hit Odisha


Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido's deputy has been detained by the country's intelligence services in a dramatic operation in eastern Caracas.


Venezuelan opposition leader's deputy arrested


Tripoli, May 8 (IANS/AKI) The United Nations mission in Libya said on Wednesday it is "deeply concerned" at a spike in abductions, disappearances and arbitrary arrests of activists and reporters in the war-torn country since fighting broke out in the capital, Tripoli, in early April.


UN 'deeply concerned' at arrests, abductions in Libya


A group of Taliban fighters on Wednesday attacked an international aid group in the centre of Afghanistan's capital, injuring at least nine people, officials said.


Taliban target international NGO in Kabul, 9 injured


The world's largest oil company Aramco will provide additional crude oil to domestic oil refiners to meet shortages arising from the US decision to lift Iran sanction waivers from major oil importing countries, including India.


Saudi Aramco offers to increase oil supply to India


China on Wednesday urged all parties to uphold the Iranian nuclear deal after Tehran announced to partially pull out of the pact by resuming high uranium enrichment.


China says essential to uphold Iranian nuclear pact


Pakistan on Wednesday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia over alleged ceasefire violations by Indian forces across the Line of Control (LoC) which it said killed three civilians.


Pakistan summons Indian envoy over ceasefire violations


US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has made an unannounced visit to Iraq after abruptly cancelling a planned trip to Germany amid escalating tensions with Iran.


Pompeo visits Iraq amid tensions with Iran


The Finance Ministry is closely watching the economic costs of oil imports from other alternative markets like Iraq and Saudi Arabia, following the United States' withdrawal earlier this month of the waiver granted last year to some countries by the US on its Iran sanctions.


India monitoring costs of importing non-Iranian oil


Indian and French naval ships took to the seas off Goa as part of the sea phase of Varuna, the largest Indo-French naval exercise till date, a statement issued by the Indian Navy on Wednesday said.

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