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GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights investigator called on Thursday for all states to declare a moratorium to prevent so-called "killer robots" being deployed on the battlefield. Christof Heyns, U.N. special rapporteur on executions, said that ...

United States President Barack Obama Thursday defended the use of drones as a "just war" of self-defence against terrorists as he outlined the future of his counter-terrorism policies. Read Obama's full speech here Obama defended drone strikes, saying they "have saved lives" by eliminating terrorists, and are a legal part of a "just war" against their organisations. There have been civilian casualties that "haunt" him, Obama said, but that risk must be balanced against the threat from terrorist ...

Indicating unease over India's growing closeness with the United States, Russia on Thursday said it does not "feel comfortable" at being put on the same plane as New Delhi's "newly-acquired partners", who had earlier imposed sanctions on this country. Russian Ambassador Alexander M Kadakin reminded how his country had always stood by India as the closest friend and underlined that the two countries are in "greater need of each other" in the "strikingly new world". Maintaining that "our ...

Top Russian officials have blasted the United States defence and security policies even as Russias security chief was in Washington discussing ways to improve relations between the two countries. Lack of trust remains a holdover of the Cold War the missile ...

The United States called on Europe to act decisively to boost its economy and counter the risk of a protracted stagnation. WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday called on Europe to act decisively to boost its economy and counter the risk of a protracted ...

Israel's hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday assured the United States that resuming peace talks with the Palestinians tops his agenda, amid prevalent scepticism about the Obama Administration's effort to bring both sides to the negotiating table. "This is something that both you and I want, and I hope also the Palestinians want," Netanyahu said at the start of his meeting with visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry. Kerry arrived in Israel today on his fourth trip since he ...

PM's speech at the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony for the Indian National Defence University at Gurgaon Min of Coal IMG Reviews Applications for Allocations Coal Blocks to PSU Min of Commerce & Industry Government Revises Market Development Assistance for ...

Sanket Sant, a citizen of India, came to the United States at age 21, earning a master's degree in engineering, followed by a doctorate and then landing a well-paying job at a firm making semiconductor equipment. Then, he waited for the US government to ...

As Afghanistan enters the endgame of its 13-year-long partnership with the United States, President Hamid Karzai has added a new twist to its reliable relationship with India by presenting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with a “wish list” for military equipment. Speaking to reporters, he further said it was “very difficult” to achieve peace in his country without Pakistan’s help as the latter had “the key to ending both terrorism and radicalism.” It is ...