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Saudi crown prince proclaims investment conference a success despite boycott

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2018-10-23 18:01:19 Read More

Khashoggi case erodes Saudi reputation, and allies worry

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2018-10-23 16:56:18 Read More

'Trump wants to meet Putin in Paris on November 11'

Donald Trump wishes to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin when the two visit Paris on November 11 for World War I commemorations, the US president's National Security Advisor John Bolton said on Tuesday. Putin said: "It would be useful to continue a direct dialogue with the president of the United States... for example in Paris, if the American side is interested."
2018-10-23 16:45:49 Read More

Saudi Arabia pledges $3 billion to Pakistan amid balance of payment crisis

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2018-10-23 16:43:44 Read More

Italy stands firm against EU in budget dispute

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Vietnam parliament elects Communist Party chief as president

The 74-year-old Trong is the first Vietnamese leader to hold the two positions since founding President Ho Chi Minh in the 1960s. He succeeds President Tran Dai Quang, who died last month after battling a viral illness for more than a year. Earlier this month, the party's Central Committee had endorsed Trong as the sole candidate for the presidency.
2018-10-23 10:32:25 Read More

Iraq: Blast at market near Mosul kills 6, including 2 troops

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SKorea approves NKorea deals amid conservative opposition

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Erdogan calls for trial in Istanbul of Khashoggi suspects

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called for 18 Saudi suspects in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to stand trial in Istanbul, saying all those involved had to face punishment."My demand is that 18 people be tried in Istanbul," Erdogan said in a speech to ruling party lawmakers in Ankara
2018-10-23 10:10:07 Read More

France's ban on niqab violates human rights: UN rights panel

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2018-10-23 09:58:05 Read More

Turkey's nationalists cut alliance with Erdogan's party

Speaking Tuesday in parliament, Devlet Bahceli of the Nationalist Movement Party, or MHP, said it would field its own candidates in the March 2019 local elections. The split with the ruling Justice and Development Party comes amid conflict over an amnesty for certain prisoners that the nationalists have proposed.
2018-10-23 09:07:31 Read More

Vietnam elects Communist Party chief Trong as new prez

The 74-year-old Nguyen Phu Trong is the first to hold both positions since founding President Ho Chi Minh in the 1960s. Trong, a former chief ideologue of the party, was elected to the Politburo in 1997. He was elected general secretary in 2011 and re-elected in 2016.
2018-10-23 09:03:11 Read More

You're not singing any more: North's anthem played for South Korea

South Korean footballers were left dumbfounded at an international tournament in Indonesia when organisers played the North's anthem instead. Ahead of an AFC under-19 Championship qualifier against Jordan at the Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium on the outskirts of Jakarta, the South's team lined up with their hands on their hearts.
2018-10-23 08:09:49 Read More

Khashoggi-style killing must 'never happen again': Saudi finance minister

The killing of a critic like Jamal Khashoggi is something that must "never happen again", Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Tuesday, as he pledged a full investigation into the journalist's death.Saudi Arabia's leadership will "see to it that the investigation is thorough and complete and that the truth is revealed and those responsible will be held to account"
2018-10-23 07:25:50 Read More

Japan PM heads to China looking for economic common ground

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a rare trip to China this week hoping improved relations will lead to new economic partnerships, as the two countries come under US pressure on trade. The visit is the first by a Japanese premier since 2011 and is part of a years-long process of repairing ties in the wake of a disastrous falling-out in 2012.
2018-10-23 05:59:14 Read More

Trump says US ready to bolster nuclear arsenal

US President sparked concern globally at the weekend by saying he wanted to jettison the three-decade-old Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty signed former US President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader. Trump told reporters that Russia had "not adhered to the spirit of that agreement or to the agreement itself."
2018-10-23 04:51:54 Read More

How the man behind Jamal Khashoggi murder ran the killing via Skype

Saud al-Qahtani, a top aide for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is one of the fall guys as Riyadh tries to stem international outrage at Khashoggiâ€™s death. On Saturday, Saudi state media said King Salman had sacked Qahtani and four other officials over the killing carried out by a 15-man hit team.
2018-10-23 03:48:58 Read More

Journalist Khashoggi's death was 'a plot gone awry': Trump

Trump spoke with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of the world's top oil exporter, on Sunday. "I am not satisfied with what I've heard," Trump told reporters at the White House. "I don't want to lose all that investment that's been made in our country. But we're going to get to the bottom of it."
2018-10-23 02:39:08 Read More

UK's May pleads for support, says Brexit deal is almost done

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Going crackpot over jackpot: Americans go nuts over $ 2.2billion lottery

A record $ 2.2 billion-plus is up for grabs in two American lotteries this week. Foreigners and non-residents are eligible to buy and win the lotteries. You have greater chances of getting struck by lightning (one in million), than winning one of the two lotteries at state, Megamillions or Powerball, which come in at approximately one in 300 million chance.
2018-10-22 16:41:19 Read More

Imran to seek 'significant shift' in China's CPEC projects: Report

The $60 billion CPEC is the flagship venture of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a pet project of Chinese President Xi Jinping aimed at enhancing Beijing's influence around the world through China-funded infrastructure projects.
2018-10-22 15:39:00 Read More

Trump insists White House a 'smooth-running machine'

US President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that his daughter played no role in the abrupt departure of his top lawyer and pushed back at the notion of a White House in chaos, calling it "a smooth-running machine with changing parts."
2018-08-31 00:54:31 Read More

Pichai and the empty chair: Google defies Congress after Trump burn

There is growing disquiet on Capitol Hill over the fabled Silicon Valley major deciding to send a lower level executive to answer questions from US lawmakers instead of its CEO -- India-born Sundar Pichai. One lawmaker has said he may ask for an empty chair to be placed to placed before a Google nameplate to highlight Pichai's decision to stay away from the hearing.
2018-08-30 17:23:33 Read More

Jailed woman who leaked US secrets thanks Donald Trump for tweet

In a Thursday telephone interview from a Georgia jail, Reality Winner told "CBS This Morning" that Trump's tweet was a "breath of fresh air" and it made her laugh. Trump tweeted August 24 that Winner's crime is "small potatoes" compared with "what Hillary Clinton did." Prosecutors have said Winner once wrote in a notebook of her desire to "burn the White House down."
2018-08-30 12:50:26 Read More

UN fears chemical weapons in Syria battle with '10,000 terrorists'

The United Nations called on Russia, Iran and Turkey on Thursday to forestall a battle in Syriaâ€™s Idlib province which would affect millions of civilians and could see both sides using chlorine as a chemical weapon.
2018-08-30 11:31:33 Read More

US accuses Iran of bad faith over sanctions lawsuit

Iran has asked the International Court of Justice to order the United States to lift the sanctions, reimposed after US President Donald Trump pulled out of a multilateral 2015 accord. Iran brought the case at the court in The Hague under a 1955 friendship treaty that predates the country's Islamic Revolution.
2018-08-30 11:00:32 Read More

Korea detente revives North Korean leader's bullet train dreams

Now, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is looking to capitalise on an easing in international tensions with his isolated regime to advance plans for a high-speed rail network to rival those in Europe and neighbouring South Korea.
2018-08-30 08:57:47 Read More

Pompeo to raise issue of terrorism with new Pak leadership: Report

"The secretary of state and the chairman are going to fly in to Islamabad to meet with the new government that's in place there now," Defence Secretary James Mattis said during a news briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday. The need to fight terrorists would be "the primary part" of their discussions with Pakistani leaders, he was quoting by Dawn newspaper as saying.
2018-08-30 08:03:47 Read More

China says trade issues with US can only be resolved through talks as equals

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South Koreans recount awkward reunions with families in North

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US lawmakers call for sanctions over Xinjiang camps

Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang are being detained and tortured and face "egregious restrictions on religious practice and culture" and other abuses. China insists tough measures are needed as part of a "People's War on Terror" to purge separatist and religious extremist elements from Xinjiang.
2018-08-30 06:40:42 Read More

Trump hails Kim, sees no need to resume US-South Korea war games

Trump has hailed his personal relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and said there was no reason to resume the US-South Korea war games. Trumpâ€™s statement came a day after defense secretary James Mattis hinted that drills, which North Korea denounces as rehearsals for invasion, could resume.
2018-08-30 02:45:17 Read More

Trump says China making things 'much more difficult' with NKorea

"China makes it much more difficult in terms of our relationship with North Korea," Trump said at the White House, though he insisted his ties with Chinese President Xi Jinping were "great." "We know that China is providing North Korea with considerable aid, including money, fuel, fertilizer and various other commodities. This is not helpful!" he tweeted.
2018-08-30 01:03:36 Read More

US soldier pleads guilty to trying to help Islamic State

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Interpol rejects request for Musharraf's arrest: Pak govt

The Interpol has rejected Pakistan's request to arrest General Pervez Musharraf as it does not want to interfere in cases of political nature, the government on Wednesday informed a special court hearing the high treason case against the former military dictator who is now in Dubai.
2018-08-29 13:42:10 Read More

UN urges Facebook to 'proactively' fight hate speech

The social media network is the prime source of news and information for many in the country but has also been a platform for the army and Buddhist hardliners to spread hate speech against the Rohingya and other minorities. The site aired support for the military's bloody "clearance operations" last year that forced some 700,000 Rohingya over the border into Bangladesh.
2018-08-29 13:23:02 Read More

China denies Trump's claim it hacked Clinton's emails

â€‹US intelligence agencies have accused Russia of involvement in the hacking of Democratic emails during the 2016 election campaign. The Justice Department has indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers accused of hacking into Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic Party.
2018-08-29 11:49:43 Read More

Pressure builds on Iran's Rouhani as parliament targets two more ministers

The move came only three days after lawmakers sacked the minister of economy and finance blaming him for the collapse of the rial currency and surging unemployment. They had, weeks earlier, dismissed the labour minister. Another motion, signed by 70 lawmakers, aims to impeach the minister of industry, mines and business.
2018-08-29 08:42:20 Read More

Less than half of refugee children enrolled in school: UN

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2018-08-29 07:29:51 Read More

Less than half of refugee children enrolled in school: UN

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Imran Khan to skip UN meet to focus on Pak economy

Foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will head the Pakistani delegation at 73rd UN General Assembly session set to open on September 18. There was a debate in Pakistan whether the new PM would attend the UN session or stay home as part of his austerity drive and focus on economic issues.
2018-08-29 06:53:26 Read More

Woman TV journalist hacked to death in Bangladesh

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Hawaii residents hit by floods from Hurricane Lane as new storm forms

Flash flood warnings were issued on Tuesday for the Hawaiian island of Kauai, with residents on the north coast told to evacuate and others left stranded by high water as the remnants of Hurricane Lane drenched the archipelago and a new storm brewed in the Pacific Ocean.
2018-08-29 01:29:09 Read More

Fire breaks out on Greek passenger ferry, sails back to Piraeus port

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UN chief urges accountability for Myanmar crimes on Rohingya

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for accountability for the "horrendous persecution" of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar on Tuesday, and Sweden and the Netherlands urged the Security Council to refer the crimes to the International Criminal Court.
2018-08-29 01:20:13 Read More

Imran Khan gives 2-week deadline to recover stashed money

On Monday, the task force chaired its first meeting, where various government departments informed the unit of the current status of pending probes of money laundering and financial fraud cases, officials were quoted by The Express Tribune, as saying.
2018-08-28 16:21:51 Read More

Duterte faces new 'crimes against humanity' complaint

Lawyer Edre Olalia says a complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte was sent to an ICC prosecutor by email today that accuses him of ordering, inciting or tolerating the drug killings from the start of his presidency in mid-2016 to this month.
2018-08-28 15:39:12 Read More

No political motive in search results: Google to Trump

"When users type queries into the Google Search bar, our goal is to make sure they receive the most relevant answers in a matter of seconds," Google, whose parent company is Alphabet, said in a statement.
2018-08-28 14:56:13 Read More

Donald Trump accuses Google of hiding 'fair media' coverage of him

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2018-08-28 14:13:33 Read More

Popular French environment minister quits in blow to Macron

Hulot, a former TV presenter and green activist who consistently scored high in opinion polls, quit during a live radio interview following what he called an â€œaccumulation of disappointmentsâ€.
2018-08-28 12:40:46 Read More

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Japanese man freed by North Korea returns to Tokyo: Report

Tomoyuki Sugimoto arrived at Tokyo's Haneda airport from Beijing, where he landed earlier Tuesday, according to public broadcaster NHK and Kyodo news agency.
2018-08-28 12:35:28 Read More

Iran lawmakers reject Hassan Rouhani answers on economic woes

It was the first time Rouhani had been summoned by parliament in his five years in power, and MPs demanded answers on unemployment, rising prices and the sharp depreciation of the rial, which has lost more than half of its value since April. The lawmakers, who have already impeached his labour and economy ministers this month, were unimpressed.
2018-08-28 10:58:10 Read More

UN court has no jurisdiction in Iran sanctions case: US

Iran has argued that US President Donald Trump breached a 1955 treaty with his decision to reimpose the sanctions after withdrawing from a multilateral nuclear accord. But US State Department lawyer Jennifer Newstead told the court in The Hague that it "lacks prima facie jurisdiction to hear Iran's claims".
2018-08-28 10:01:47 Read More

Putin says tech breakthrough a 'key priority' for Russia

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Egypt's Sunni authority says all sexual harassment 'forbidden'

Some 60% of women in Egypt said they had been victims of some form of sexual harassment during their lifetimes in a 2017 report from UN Women and Promundo. In a statement Al-Azhar blasted all forms of harassment as "a forbidden act and deviant behaviour" and said "the one who carries it out is a sinner".
2018-08-28 09:48:42 Read More

Rouhani vows to defeat 'anti-Iranian' officials in the White House

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Malaysia Islamic court postpones caning of women for lesbian sex

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May vows post-Brexit UK will be leading investor in Africa

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday pledged to prioritise investment in Africa as she started a visit to the continent to seek new trade deals during preparations to leave the European Union. "By 2022, I want the UK to be the G7's number one investor in Africa, with Britain's private sector companies taking the lead," May told business leaders in Cape Town, South Africa.
2018-08-28 08:44:16 Read More

Blow for France's Macron as star minister quits

France's environment minister Nicolas Hulot,one of the most popular members of the government, resigned without informing President Emmanuel Macron or Prime Minister Edouard Philippe of his decision.Hulot said he felt "all alone" on environmental issues.
2018-08-28 07:53:21 Read More

UN: China's African swine fever outbreak could cross borders

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After criticism, Trump honors McCain's service to country

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Facebook bans Myanmar military chief, others to stop hate

Facebook has banned Myanmar's powerful military chief and 19 other individuals and organizations to prevent the spread of hate and misinformation. The social media giant was heavily criticized for permitting itself to be used to inflame ethnic and religious conflict against minority Rohingya Muslims.
2018-08-28 03:17:31 Read More

Japan says North Korea still poses a dire threat to its security

A state-run newspaper on Monday cited a draft civil code that would end decades of controversial family planning policies. â€‹â€‹The wide-ranging code would get rid of a policy that has been enforced through fines but was also notorious for cases of forced abortions and sterilisation in the world's most populous country.
2018-08-28 01:51:17 Read More

Under pressure, Trump tersely recognizes McCain, lowers flag

Glowering in public and near-silent for two days, US president Donald Trump relented under pressure Monday by tersely recognizing Sen. John McCain's "service to our country" and re-lowering the White House flag.
2018-08-28 01:14:13 Read More

Iran, Russia, Turkey to hold Syria summit next week: Turkish TV

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will travel to Iran to meet his Russian and Iranian counterparts Vladimir Putin and Hassan Rouhani on September 7, state-run TRT Haber television said.
2018-08-27 14:03:20 Read More

McCain to be buried near best friend at US Naval Academy

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2018-08-27 13:56:30 Read More

Trump nixed statement praising McCain: Report

While tributes have poured in highlighting the Arizona Republican's lifetime of service, Trump issued a single, terse tweet on Saturday that sent his "deepest sympathies and respect" to the bereaved family, without any words for McCain himself.
2018-08-27 13:53:19 Read More

China may scrap limit on number of children: Report

Assad staying in power would be 'grotesque error': Macron

After coming to power in May last year, Macron shifted French policy towards prioritising the destruction of the Islamic State group rather than ousting Assad, warning of a "failed state" if the leader were forcibly removed. But he has previously called the Syrian leader an "enemy of the Syrian people" who should ultimately face a war crimes court.
2018-08-27 12:52:32 Read More

Hassan Rouhani under attack from all sides

The US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers and Washington's reimposition of sanctions have already battered the Iranian economy, and critics say it has exposed the failures of Rouhani's five years in power.
2018-08-27 11:15:31 Read More

Pak's ex-president appears before FIA in money laundering case

Zardari had filed a petition in the court through his counsels Aitzaz Ahsan and Latif Khosa after a local banking court on August 17 issued non-bailable arrest warrants for the former president and other absconding suspects in the ongoing probe. The FIA is investigating 32 people in relation to money laundering from fictitious 29 accounts, including Zardari and his sister Talpur.
2018-08-27 11:13:23 Read More

Iran goes to UN's highest court over US sanctions

Iran filed the case with the International Court of Justice in July, claiming that sanctions the Trump administration imposed on May 8 breach a 1955 bilateral agreement known as the Treaty of Amity that regulates economic and consular ties between the two countries.
2018-08-27 10:09:16 Read More

China hails first-time participation of India, Pak in SCO counter-terror drill

The anti-terror exercise of the Beijing-based Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) being held at Chebarkul town in Chelyabinsk region in Russia from August 22 to August 29 aimed at expanding cooperation among the member countries to deal with the growing menace of terrorism and extremism.
2018-08-27 09:23:57 Read More

Facebook bans Myanmar army chief over rights abuses

"We are banning 20 Burmese individuals and organizations from Facebook - including Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of the armed forces," the social media giant said in a statement on its site, adding that it wants to prevent them from using the service to "further inflame ethnic and religious tensions".
2018-08-27 09:19:23 Read More

Trade cease-fire with Trump boosts German business optimism

The Ifo institute index rose to 103.8 points from 101.7 in July. The result was better than the 101.8 expected by market analysts. Ifo President Clemens Fuest said on Monday that "aside from a strong domestic economy the cease-fire in the trade conflict with the US contributed to the better mood."
2018-08-27 09:09:25 Read More

New PM Morrison tours Australia's drought-stricken Outback

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In Arizona, replacing McCain a political balancing act

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China leader calls for 'anti-separatism efforts' in Tibet

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2018-08-27 07:00:24 Read More

Pak bans VIP protocol to 'influential people' at airports

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Pak bans VIP protocol to 'influential people' at airports

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Donald Trump colours in US flag, gets it wrong

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2018-08-27 01:50:33 Read More

Jacksonville shooting: 3 including suspect killed

Two people were killed and 11 others wounded Sunday when a video game tournament competitor went on a shooting rampage before turning the gun on himself in the northern Florida city of Jacksonville, local police said.
2018-08-27 00:55:41 Read More

Japan's Shinzo Abe seeks fresh term as party head, record tenure as PM

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Neil Simon, Broadway's master of comedy, dies at 91

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2018-08-26 16:41:55 Read More

Owner of hotel in China detained after deadly fire

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'America is waging 'psychological war' against Iran'

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Australia's foreign minister Julie Bishop quits after leadership change

Bishop issued a statement Sunday, saying she'll remain in Parliament. She says, "Today I advised the prime minister that I will be resigning from my Cabinet position as minister for foreign affairs."
2018-08-26 06:33:33 Read More

'No grass': Europe's livestock sector stricken by drought

Mediterranean countries long ago adapted their farming practices to little rain, but this year it is the north of Europe confronting a widespread drought that could see farmers having to send much of their herds to slaughter due to a lack of feed.
2018-08-26 03:29:08 Read More

John McCain, unbridled titan of American politics

John Sidney McCain III had but one employer throughout his iconic and tempestuous career: the United States of America. It was a family tradition. McCain was a direct descendant, he claimed, of a captain in George Washington's army during the Revolutionary War. â€‹
2018-08-26 02:24:20 Read More

Dozens injured in 6.0 quake in western Iran: Reports

Dozens have been injured in a strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck western Iran near the border with Iraq early Sunday, local media reported. The shallow quake hit 26 kilometres (16 miles) southwest of the city of Javanrud in Kermanshah province, the US Geological Survey said, near the site of a powerful quake last year that killed hundreds.
2018-08-26 01:58:14 Read More

15 killed in Bulgarian coach crash

At least 15 people were killed when a tourist coach crashed along a winding road in west Bulgaria on Saturday, the health ministry said. The accident happened when the coach full of Bulgarian tourists on a visit to a monastery, ran off the road and overturned near the town of Svoge.
2018-08-26 00:18:56 Read More

Anniversary of Rohingya crisis marked in Bangladesh camps, Myanmar

Thousands of refugees, from children to the elderly, marched, prayed and chanted slogans in events across sprawling camps in southern Bangladesh. Many wore black ribbons to commemorate what they said was the start of the "Rohingya genocide".
2018-08-25 16:44:30 Read More

Anniversary of Rohingya crisis marked in Bangladesh camps, Myanmar

China slams 'irresponsible' Trump accusations over North Korea

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Pope in Ireland vows to end cover-up of clergy sex abuse

Pope Francis declared Saturday as he arrived in Ireland that he shares the outrage of rank-and-file Catholics over the cover-up of the "repugnant crimes" of priests who raped and molested children, and vowed that he was committed to ending the "scourge."
2018-08-25 14:17:11 Read More

Australian PM starts work as anger over party vote simmers

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Drenched Hawaii on edge as Hurricane Lane slows its roll

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Russian peace talks raise specter of shifting influence

Analysts say the wrangling over a meeting to talk peace offers a window into the enormity of the task of actually reaching a peace pact in a region of competing influences. Pakistan, Iran, Russia, and China have a growing influence even as the US spends billions of dollars covering much of the $6.5 billion spent annually to support the Afghan National Security Forces.
2018-08-25 06:31:27 Read More

Meyer tweets apology to former assistant's ex-wife

Meyer, who is serving a three-game suspension for his handling of abuse allegations and other misdeeds from former receivers coach Zach Smith, was criticized because he declined to address Courtney Smith during a question-and-answer session with reporters on Wednesday night. Attorneys for Courtney Smith and Zach Smith did not respond to messages Friday night.
2018-08-25 06:19:07 Read More

Rohingya protest for 'justice' on crackdown anniversary

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Trump chat for new Australia PM on first full day

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Trump tweets, greets new Australian after week of political chaos

Scott Morrison, the former treasurer under Malcolm Turnbull, took over as leader of the Liberal Party, the senior partner in the conservative Liberal-National coalition. The coalition has consistently trailed the opposition Labor party in opinion polls in recent months and must call a new election by May 2019.
2018-08-25 05:12:38 Read More

Trump tweets, greets new Australian after week of political chaos

Imran Khan's cabinet bans first-class air travel for top officials

The move comes after the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government on Friday revised working hours in government institutions, abolished discretionary funds of the prime minister, federal ministers and members of the National Assembly, reports Dawn news. The decisions were taken during a second meeting of the federal cabinet in a week presided over by Imran Khan.
2018-08-25 04:14:27 Read More

Fire at hot springs hotel in northeast Chinese city kills 18

The fire broke out at the Beilong Hot Spring Hotel in Harbin's Sun Island resort area, according to an employee of the city emergency office who would give only his surname, Wang. He said 18 people were confirmed dead but he had no information about injuries or other details. The fire at the four-story building was extinguished at 7:50 am, state television reported.
2018-08-25 03:58:44 Read More

Amazon tribe never seen by outsiders spotted by drone

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2018-08-25 03:36:46 Read More

Trump again criticizes NFL, networks over anthem

Trump has been a frequent critic of the NFL for not requiring players to stand at attention during the anthem. League owners unilaterally created a policy in May calling for players to do just that or else stay in the locker room during the anthem. The policy is in limbo as the NFL and the players' union discuss alternatives.
2018-08-25 03:17:24 Read More

Daily struggle makes Rohingya forget wounds and worries

Many Rohingya have opened small businesses or market stalls, or found work giving the makeshift hillside shanties in Cox's Bazar a greater sense of permanence in recent months. The flimsy shacks and rancid toilets that overflowed as waves of desperate refugees started pouring into Bangladesh last August have been replaced by sturdier structures.
2018-08-25 03:09:31 Read More

Italy threatens EU funding in migrant row

"The EU has decided to turn its back on Italy once again," Deputy PM Luigi Di Maio wrote on his Facebook page, adding that his country had no choice but to "take a compensatory measure in a unilateral way... we are ready to reduce the funds that we give to the European Union".
2018-08-25 02:39:36 Read More

Mexico businessman wants to buy presidential plane for $99 million

Mexico's leftist president-elect wants to sell the jetliner that comes with the job, calling it a wasteful luxury. Now, he has a potential buyer who wants to use it as an uber-posh taxi for presidents, or guys like Mick Jagger. This businessman, one Gustavo Jimenez Pons, made the offer Thursday at president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's office, the newspaper Reforma reported.
2018-08-25 01:20:55 Read More

Trump aides warn of 'people's revolt' as aides start deserting President

US President Donald Trumpâ€™s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani warned of a "peopleâ€™s revolt" if his client, the President, is impeached, even as the walls appeared to close in on the White House occupant with some of his closest aides bailing out on him.
2018-08-24 16:01:02 Read More

'Pak wants to resolve all outstanding issues including Kashmir through talks'

"It takes two to tango. You can't clap with just one hand. We have a positive stance and will remain hopeful," said Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who was sworn-in as Pakistan's Foreign Minister on Monday. The "current position of the ties between Pakistan and India was not a secret as peace talks are suspended, but we have to see how we can move forward," he said.
2018-08-24 14:47:42 Read More

Top Zimbabwe court confirms Mnangagwa's presidential election victory

In a unanimous ruling of the nine judges of the country's top court, Chief Justice Luke Malaba said opposition leader Nelson Chamisa had failed to prove allegations of fraud during the presidential vote. "Emmerson Mnangagwa is duly declared the winner of the elections held in July 2018," Malaba said in his ruling.
2018-08-24 14:46:33 Read More

Donald Trump slams social media firms as 'silencing millions'

"Social Media Giants are silencing millions of people. Canâ€™t do this even if it means we must continue to hear Fake News like CNN, whose ratings have suffered gravely. People have to figure out what is real, and what is not, without censorship!" Trump said without mentioning any companies by name.
2018-08-24 12:32:58 Read More

Disappointed' S Africa summons US envoy for Trump tweet

South Africa's government said it had summoned the top US diplomat to "convey the unhappiness of the people" over US President's tweet about alleged white-owned farm seizures and the "large scale killing of farmers." Trump's tweet was based on "false information" and served "only to polarize debate on this sensitive and crucial matter," it said.
2018-08-24 11:21:35 Read More

Deep magnitude 7.1 quake strikes Peru

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South Africa blasts Trump over racially divisive tweet

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Trump declares emergency as Hawaii braces for hurricane

US President Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency in Hawaii given the imminent arrival of Hurricane Lane, which is threatening to develop into the most powerful storm in decades in the archipelago. The National Weather Service said Lane â€” located about 200 miles south of Hawaii â€” remained a powerful hurricane, packing winds in excess of 130 miles per hour.
2018-08-24 04:15:49 Read More

US attorney general Jeff Sessions hits back at Trump over criticism

Jeff Sessions, a former US senator from Alabama, was one of the first Republican lawmakers to back Trump's presidential election bid and has implemented his hardline immigration policies in the role of attorney general.
2018-08-24 03:22:48 Read More

Scott Morrison to become Australia's next prime minister

Treasurer Scott Morrison will be Australia's new prime minister after winning a three-way battle for the leadership of the Liberal party on Friday, with incumbent Malcolm Turnbull not contesting the party ballot.
2018-08-24 03:15:50 Read More

South Korean court raises ex-president Park's jail term to 25yrs

Park Geun-hye became SKorea's first democratically elected leader to be forced from office when the Constitutional Court removed her over a scandal that landed the heads of two conglomerates in jail. The court found that Park colluded with her friend, Choi Soon-sil, to receive tens of billions of won from major conglomerates to favour Choi's family.
2018-08-24 03:15:03 Read More

Two killed in knife attack in Paris suburb: Source

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China declines to renew visa for Indian-American woman journalist

â€‹â€‹Megha Rajagopalan on Wednesday said in a tweet that China's foreign ministry declined to issue her a new visa in May. China previously denied visas to other journalists including an Al-Jazeera television reporter and a French magazine journalist over their reporting on Xinjiang.
2018-08-23 04:32:08 Read More

Australian Parliament shut as pressure on PM Turnbull rises

Senior ministers Mathias Cormann, Michaelia Cash and Mitch Fifield had earlier told PM Malcolm Turnbull that he had lost his government's support and must hold a ballot of conservative Liberal Party lawmakers to elect a new leader quickly. It was a major blow to Turnbull's chances of staying in office.
2018-08-23 03:14:50 Read More

Trump, White House deny wrongdoing after Cohen plea deal

The White House pushed back forcefully on Wednesday against suggestions that a plea deal struck by President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen implicated Trump in a crime.
2018-08-23 01:38:53 Read More

Sri Lanka to end execution moratorium soon: President

The five are among 18 people, including a woman, on death row for drug offences whose execution will go ahead, according to Sirisena. He did not give a date for the first hanging.
2018-08-22 16:12:32 Read More

Trump faces legal and political jeopardy after two former aides are convicted

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Putin says US sanctions 'counterproductive and senseless'

"Sanctions are actions that are counterproductive and senseless, especially against a country like Russia," Putin said during a press conference with his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto. Putin added that he hoped Washington would eventually realise "this policy has no future".
2018-08-22 14:53:35 Read More

Indictments? Impeachment? A look at Trump's legal woes

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Iran threatens to hit US, Israel after Trump aide warns of 'maximum pressure'

Iran warned on Wednesday it would hit US and Israeli targets if it were attacked by the United States after President Donald Trump's security adviser said Washington would exert maximum pressure on Tehran going beyond economic sanctions.
2018-08-22 13:31:48 Read More

China's Xi says internet must be 'clean and righteous'

Speaking at a two-day meeting, attended by officials from major state media outlets and the internet regulator, Xi said propaganda efforts needed to be put front and centre, the official Xinhua news agency said. "Uphold a clean and righteous internet space," the report cited Xi as saying.
2018-08-22 12:58:11 Read More

Top Trump aide says US does not seek regime change in Iran

Wrapping up a visit to Israel, US President Donald Trump's national security advisor John Bolton warned Syria's President Bashar al-Assad that the United States would respond "very strongly" if chemical weapons are used against the country's last major rebel bastion.
2018-08-22 11:28:20 Read More

Top Trump aide says US does not seek regime change in Iran

Kremlin calls Facebook's allegations of disinformation campaign puzzling

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call that Facebook's Russia-related allegations made no sense to Moscow and said they looked similar to previous groundless allegations from other sources like Microsoft. "They are all trying to outdo one another with their statements which all look like carbon copies of one another," said Peskov.
2018-08-22 11:23:59 Read More

North and South Koreans prepare to part for last time

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Rohingya mark Eid, one year after Myanmar crisis began

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Challenge narrative of hatred, division by caring for victims of terrorism: UN chief

"Supporting victims and their families is a moral imperative, based on promoting, protecting and respecting their human rights," UN general secretary Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday. â€‹â€‹The UN chief was speaking at an event observed to mark the first International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism.
2018-08-22 06:39:01 Read More

Panic but no injuries as Venezuela hit by 7.3-magnitude quake

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Trump 'directed' hush money, says his ex-lawyer Cohen

US President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty in New York on Tuesday to campaign finance violations and other charges, saying he made payments to influence the 2016 election at the direction of a candidate for federal office.
2018-08-22 02:16:40 Read More

Pakistan on course to defeating terrorism: Army chief

Terrorism is a global menace and requires collective response, he said as international pressure was mounting on Pakistan to rein-in terror groups having safe havens in the country.
2018-08-21 16:40:25 Read More

Myanmar's Suu Kyi says relations with military 'not that bad'

However, Suu Kyi, who has been criticised for failing to speak out against an army crackdown in Rakhine State that the United Nations has called â€œethnic cleansingâ€, said she hoped constitutional change would eventually curb the militaryâ€™s influence.
2018-08-21 16:23:47 Read More

Russian hackers targeted US Senate, think tanks: Microsoft

The world's biggest software company said late on Monday that it last week took control of six web domains that hackers had created to mimic sites belonging to the Senate and the think tanks. Users who visited the fake sites were asked to enter login credentials.
2018-08-21 16:14:04 Read More

Iran unveils first domestic fighter jet

Images on state television showed Rouhani sitting in the cockpit of the new "Kowsar" fourth-generation fighter at the National Defence Industry exhibition in Tehran. State media said it had "advanced avionics" and multi-purpose radar, and that it was "100-percent indigenously made" for the first time.
2018-08-21 16:10:49 Read More

Italian flood death toll rises to 11

Eleven hikers, up from eight, are now reported to have died in flash floods in Italy's southern Calabria region, with five people still missing, rescue services said on Tuesday. Several hiking groups were caught on Monday afternoon by the flooding in the Raganello river gorge in southern Cozenza province, with local authorities saying that 23 people had been rescued.
2018-08-21 09:34:49 Read More

Taliban rockets hit near Kabul presidency; no injuries

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Koreas to shut down some border guard posts: Seoul

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Multiple rockets hit Afghan capital Kabul, clashes underway

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Muslim pilgrims in Muzdalifa prepare for final stages of haj

More than 2 million Muslims gathered at Mount Arafat on Monday for a vigil to atone for their sins, and then descended to Muzdalifa to prepare for the final stages of the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
2018-08-21 04:58:28 Read More

El Salvador, Taiwan break ties, further isolating Asian isle

Taiwan announced on Tuesday that it had broken off diplomatic ties with El Salvador as it believes the Central American country will establish ties with Beijing. The move leaves Taiwan with just 17 allies around the world as a growing number switch recognition to China
2018-08-21 02:45:07 Read More

Australian PM Turnbull survives party leadership challenge

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull survived a leadership challenge by home affairs minister Peter Dutton on Tuesday, a government official said. Turnbull defeated Dutton by 48 votes to 35.
2018-08-21 02:18:51 Read More

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Pregnant New Zealand minister cycles to delivery ward

New Zealand's Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter chose pedal power for Sunday's one kilometre (0.6 mile) journey from her home to Auckland City Hospital for the delivery.
2018-08-21 02:09:42 Read More

Trump's ex-lawyer Cohen faces bank fraud probe

Federal authorities investigating whether US President Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, committed bank and tax fraud have zeroed in on well over $20 million in loans obtained by taxi businesses that he and his family own.
2018-08-21 00:10:14 Read More

Imran Khan moves into military secretary's 3-bed room home

Pakistan's new Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday moved into a modest three-bedroom house of his military secretary along with two servants, a day after announcing that he would not be staying in the sprawling PM House which has a staff of 524 servants, keeping his pledge to cut down the expenditure of the cash-strapped government.
2018-08-20 12:26:19 Read More

Imran Khan's 16-member Cabinet sworn-in, first meeting held

Khan, who was sworn-in as Pakistan's 22nd Prime Minister on Saturday has vowed to initiate massive economic and tax reforms, launch an austerity drive to cut deficit, curb corruption and bring back laundered money.
2018-08-20 12:07:03 Read More

Shots fired at gate of US Embassy in Turkey; no one hurt

There were no casualties and no claim of responsibility for the fleeting attack, in which three of the six bullets that were fired hit the embassy gate and a reinforced window.
2018-08-20 11:37:35 Read More

Iran nuclear deal: Developments since US walkout

Donald Trump pulls the United States out of the landmark nuclear pact between world powers and Iran on May 8, reinstating Washington's sanctions on Iran and companies with ties to the Islamic republic.
2018-08-20 11:25:55 Read More

Muslim pilgrims scale Mount Arafat for peak of haj

Carrying brightly coloured umbrellas under the blazing sun, a sea of worshippers scaled the rocky hill southeast of the holy city of Mecca for a day of prayers and repentance.
2018-08-20 11:22:28 Read More

Jacob Zuma influence-peddling inquiry opens; judges seeks more witnesses

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US rejects Turkey's offer to release pastor: Report

Washington and Ankara are locked in a bitter feud over the nearly two-year jailing of Andrew Brunson over disputed terror charges, which has triggered a trade row and sent the lira into a tailspin.
2018-08-20 11:10:13 Read More

Pope on sex abuse: 'We showed no care for the little ones'

Francis begged forgiveness for the pain suffered by victims and said lay Catholics must be involved in any effort to root out abuse and cover-up.
2018-08-20 11:03:31 Read More

Xi Jinping insists on PLA's absolute loyalty to Communist Party

Since he took over power in 2012, Xi, who has emerged as the most powerful leader after Mao Zedong heading the party, military and the presidency, has been constantly highlighting that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) should function under the absolute leadership of the Communist Party China (CPC).
2018-08-20 08:48:52 Read More

Multiple quakes rock Indonesia's Lombok island, five dead

Multiple earthquakes â€” including a powerful and shallow 6.9-magnitude tremor â€” have rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok, killing at least five people and setting off fresh waves of panic. A series of quakes were recorded by seismologists throughout yesterday, the first measuring 6.3 shortly before midday which triggered landslides and sent people fleeing for cover.
2018-08-20 03:57:21 Read More

Muslims begin annual haj pilgrimage amid heavy rains

Worshippers arrived in the kingdom last week for the five-day ritual - a once-in-a-lifetime religious duty for every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it, which retraces the route Prophet Mohammad took 14 centuries ago. But the several hours of heavy rain and thunderstorms forced pilgrims to take cover in tents and trudge through puddles.
2018-08-20 02:45:28 Read More

Korean families separated by war to reunite briefly after 65 years

Some 180 families torn apart by the 1950-53 Korean War will be temporarily reunited in North Korea starting Monday after the two Koreas renewed exchanges this year following a standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programmes. The reunions, the first in three years, will take place in the North's tourist resort on Mount Kumgang.
2018-08-20 01:43:44 Read More

US points at China, not Russia, on election meddling

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Europe must 'pay price' to save nuclear deal: Iran FM

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Europe had not yet shown it was willing to "pay the price" of defying Washington in order to save the nuclear deal.
2018-08-19 08:52:37 Read More

Iran announces new fighter jet

"Our first priority is our missile capability and we must enhance it... given the enemy's efforts in missile defence," said Amir Hatami in an interview on television late Saturday, according to Tasnim.
2018-08-19 08:07:34 Read More

Third African swine fever outbreak hits China's hog herd

A total of 615 hogs have been infected since Aug. 15 with the swine fever in Lianyungang, in Jiangsu province, where authorities have banned the movement of hogs, related products and animals that are easily infected both into and outside the affected area, the ministry said.
2018-08-19 07:09:49 Read More

Israel closes its people crossing with Gaza over border incidents

Israel closed its only crossing for people with the Gaza Strip on Sunday except for humanitarian cases over border incidents that saw protests and clashes at the weekend. A spokeswoman for the Israeli defence ministry unit that oversees the passage confirmed that the Erez crossing had been closed. Border protests and clashes on Friday left two Palestinians dead by Israeli gunfire.
2018-08-19 07:09:31 Read More

Greeks rebuild lives after debt crisis wrecked dreams

As contracts dried up, she resolved to stay in Athens and became involved in the peer economy that timidly emerged as mainly young Greeks sought to help each other in response to the crisis.
2018-08-19 06:47:56 Read More

Strong earthquake jolts Indonesian island of Lombok

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'Dream or reality?' Koreans to meet after decades apart

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Over 2 million Muslims begin annual haj pilgrimage

From first light Sunday, throngs of the faithful have circled the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca, one of the holiest sites in Islam. The Kaaba represents the metaphorical house of God and the oneness of God. Observant Muslims around the world face toward the Kaaba during their five daily prayers.
2018-08-19 04:27:28 Read More

Promises, promises, Imran Khan raises Pakistani hopes sky high

A cricket legend and firebrand nationalist who is hero-worshipped by supporters, Khan swept to power in last month's election on a populist platform vowing to root out corruption among a venal elite and lift people out of poverty.
2018-08-19 04:20:45 Read More

Strong earthquake hits off Fiji: USGS

The tremor hit at 12:19 pm (0019 GMT) local time 361 kilometres (224 miles) east of the Pacific nation's capital Suva, at a depth of 559 kilometres, the US seismologists said.
2018-08-19 02:19:50 Read More

Strong earthquake hits off Fiji: USGS

Putin says everything must be done for refugees to return to Syria

Speaking ahead of talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel outside Berlin, Putin said that Syria needed assistance to rebuild and to ensure that refugees who had fled the country could safely return to their homes.
2018-08-18 17:46:58 Read More

Mexico navy says finds 50 tons of meth in mountain lab

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Imran Khan's party nominates Dr Arif Alvi for Pak president's post

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Five biggest challenges facing new Pakistan PM Imran Khan

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North Korea urges Donald Trump to be 'bold' on denuclearisation

North Korea has criticised Washington for its "gangster-like" and "unilateral" demands for the complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantling of Pyongyang's atomic arsenal. North Korea has demanded that America agree to declare an end to the 1950-53 Korean War, accusing the US of failing to reciprocate a series of its "goodwill measures".
2018-08-18 10:17:05 Read More

Toll rises to 42 in Italy bridge collapse ahead of funerals

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Imran Khan seeks British PM Theresa May's help to combat money laundering

Hours after Imran Khan was elected the new prime minister of Pakistan on Friday, Theresa May called him to congratulate and offer her best wishes, Dawn newspaper reported. The British PM, during her telephonic conversation with Khan, said that her government is ready to further improve Britain's relations with Pakistan.
2018-08-18 08:05:08 Read More

Chinese President Xi to visit North Korea next month: Report

Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Pyongyang next month at the invitation of NKorea leader Kim Jong Un to attend the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding. It will be the Chinese leader's 1st visit to N Korean capital since he took power in 2012, and 13 yrs after the last visit by a Chinese prez, when Xi's predecessor Hu Jintao visited in 2005.
2018-08-18 07:54:05 Read More

'I met my Islamic State captor on a German street'

Ashwaq Haji, a young Yazidi woman, says she ran into her Islamic State group captor in a German supermarket in February. Traumatised by the encounter, she returned to Iraq the following month. In their ancestral region of Sinjar in northwestern Iraq, thousands of Yazidi women were killed or sold off as sex slaves.
2018-08-18 06:27:56 Read More

Batting for ballots: Sports stars turned politicians

Imran Khan's anointment as Pakistan's new prime minister caps a more than two decade transformation from a World Cup winning cricket captain to a world leader, placing him in charge of a nuclear armed state. But he is not the only one to have swapped playing fields for the hustings. There are five other sport stars who have made a similar switch.
2018-08-18 03:48:32 Read More

Ex CIA directors issue unprecedented Donald Trump condemnation

In a statement, ex-CIA bosses appointed by Republican and Democratic presidents -- including Robert Gates, George Tenet, Porter Goss, Leon Panetta and David Petraeus -- denounced Trump's decision to strip Brennan of his security clearance.
2018-08-17 16:50:46 Read More

Five people still missing after Genoa bridge collapse

Five people are still unaccounted for following the collapse of a motorway bridge in the Italian port city of Genoa this week, the civil protection agency said on Friday, as rescuers continued to search for survivors under the rubble. At least 38 people died when the bridge crumbled on Tuesday and five are seriously injured in hospital.
2018-08-17 16:47:42 Read More

Donald Trump says Turkey has acted badly in Brunson case

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Not nurtured by military: Imran in 1st address to Pak assembly

Sharing that he struggled for over two decades in politics, Pakistan's PM-elect said that no military dictator had nurtured him. "My father was never in politics, I had no political experience, I struggled for 22 years and I am proud that we can lead this country to become what our hero Quaid-e-Azam (Ali Mohammad Jinnah) envisioned. His struggle was the strongest," he said.
2018-08-17 15:58:28 Read More

UN council to commemorate Myanmar crackdown on Rohingya

British Ambassador Karen Pierce, the council president for August, said at a news conference Wednesday that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who called the Rohingya crisis "ethnic cleansing," is expected to brief the council at the session.
2018-08-17 15:58:17 Read More

US imposes sanctions relating to human rights abuses in Myanmar

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Pak lawmakers gather to elect Imran Khan as PM

The populist Tehrik-e-Insaf party got most seats in the July 25 vote but fell short of a majority in the 342-seat house. It has since acquired backing of a total of 180 lawmakers. He needs 172 votes to be appointed to the post. Khan's only challenger could be Shahbaz Sharif, but his Pakistan Muslim League party won only 92 seats in last month's elections.
2018-08-17 11:42:48 Read More

London mayor consults disaster planners over no-deal Brexit

Sadiq Khan said he would consult the London Resilience Forum, which plans responses to disasters such as the Grenfell Tower Fire, about the implications for Britain of crashing out of the European Union without a deal, saying that such a "catastrophic" outcome looked more likely than ever.
2018-08-17 10:53:03 Read More

Turkey will respond if US imposes more sanctions: Minister

Washington had warned yesterday that it would impose more sanctions unless pastor Andrew Brunson, described by US President Donald Trump as a "hostage", was released. Brunson's detention since October 2016 on terror-related charges has soured relations between the two NATO allies, sending the Turkish lira into a tailspin.
2018-08-17 10:39:32 Read More

New US training unit in Afghanistan faces old problems

The problems they have found are the same ones that existed a decade ago when the NATO-led coalition began to reshape Afghan forces into an army on US lines - poor logistics and organization as well as a reliance on static checkpoints that are vulnerable to attack. SFAB advisers also assisted the 203rd Corps on the front lines in Ghazni.
2018-08-17 10:03:08 Read More

Heavy security as Charlottesville anniversary weekend opens

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Iraq PM Haider al-Abadi to visit Iran, Turkey as US sanctions bite

â€‹â€‹Iraq's PM Haider al-Abadi "will head to Turkey on Tuesday and Iran on Wednesday to discuss economic affairs with the two countries," an official said on condition of anonymity. Abadi on Tuesday said Iraq would reluctantly comply with sanctions against Tehran which took effect the same day.
2018-08-11 14:06:54 Read More

A year after deadly Virginia rally, wounds are still raw

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Erdogan vows to defy US 'threats' over detained pastor

Turkey remains at loggerheads with the US in one of the worst spats in years over the nearly 2-year detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson and a host of other issues. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan advised Turks to show solidarity by converting any stashed-away gold or foreign currency to Turkish lira in a bid to wage a "war of independence" against America.
2018-08-11 13:42:13 Read More

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Greek fire death toll at 94: Officials

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IS jihadists in Iraq kill 5 members of family

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Govt forces in control of embattled Afghan city: Officials

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Crews battle growing wildfire near homes in California

Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for Orange and Riverside counties as the fire carved its way along ridges in Cleveland National Forest south of Los Angeles. Firefighters aided by cooler weather have made good progress against a blaze burning for nearly a month .
2018-08-11 02:57:51 Read More

Crews battle growing wildfire near homes in California

Palestinian medic killed by Israeli fire on Gaza border: health ministry

The death of Abdullah al-Qatati along the border in southern Gaza came amid heightened tensions, a day after a deadly flare-up between the Israeli army the territory's Islamist rulers Hamas. Thursday had seen extensive Israeli air strikes on Gaza in retaliation for the launching of more than 180 rockets and mortar rounds by Hamas and its allies on Wednesday night.
2018-08-10 16:42:42 Read More

Emmanuel Macron, Vladimir Putin talk about hunger-striking Ukraine filmmaker

Macron urged the Russian leader to find a humanitarian solution since Oleg Sentsov's health "seems to be dangerously deteriorating," according to a statement from the president's Elysee Palace office. Macron made several proposals, and Putin pledged to respond to them and to release information about the condition of Sentsov, who was on his 89th day without food Friday. Details of the proposals were not provided.
2018-08-10 16:00:49 Read More

UN assembly confirms Bachelet as UN rights chief

Bachelet most recently served as President of Chile (from 2014 to 2018, and 2006 to 2010). She was the first Executive Director of UN-Women between 2010 and 2013. She has also served as Minister of Defence and Minister of Health in Chile.
2018-08-10 14:35:00 Read More

Decks cleared for Imran Khan's oath on August 18

â€‹â€‹Following the acceptance of Imran Khan's apology for violating the code of conduct by casting his ballot publicly on polling day last month, the PTI announced that the party chief will take oath as prime minister on August 18.
2018-08-10 14:07:23 Read More

At least four people killed in Canada shooting: Police

At least four people were killed in a shooting incident in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton, police said on Friday. In a post on Twitter, police urged people to stay inside and lock doors.
2018-08-10 12:12:06 Read More

At least four people killed in Canada shooting: Police

Imran Khan apologies to poll body for voting in open

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), in a 3-1 vote, accepted the apology submitted by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairperson, Dawn news reported. It also ordered the issuance of notification for his victory in Islamabad's NA-53 constituency where he stamped the ballot paper publicly instead of going behind the voting screen.
2018-08-10 11:27:57 Read More

Flames inch close to California homes as thousands evacuate

Firefighters fought a desperate battle to stop the Holy Fire from reaching homes as the blaze surged through the Cleveland National Forest above the city of Lake Elsinore and its surrounding communities.
2018-08-10 03:46:51 Read More

Chinese Muslims protest plans to demolish mosque

Hong Kong's South China Morning post said a crowd gathered Thursday outside the towering Grand Mosque in the town of Weizhou in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region.
2018-08-10 03:43:03 Read More

Koreas prepare for summit as North asks US to ease sanctions

The plans by the Korean leaders to meet come as Washington and Pyongyang try to follow through on nuclear disarmament vows made at a U.S.-North Korea summit in June between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
2018-08-10 02:48:10 Read More

Melania Trump's parents are sworn in as US citizens

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Melania Trump's parents are sworn in as US citizens

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Iran's former hard-line president asks Hassan Rouhani to resign

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British Museum to return looted antiquities to Iraq

The eight objects were confiscated by police in May that year after the dealer failed to produce proof of ownership and were passed to the museum for analysis earlier this year. Three of the objects carry Sumerian inscriptions which identify their origin as the Eninnu temple in the ancient city of Girsu, now known as Tello, in southern Iraq.
2018-08-09 13:15:14 Read More

'Pak poll body demands signed apology from Imran Khan in election code violation case'

â€‹â€‹A four-member bench headed by the chief election commissioner Muhammad Raza Khan heard the case against Khan, the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) after the Election Commission of Pakistan took notice of the photos of him stamping the ballot paper in full public glare in the NA-53 Islamabad constituency.
2018-08-09 13:14:25 Read More

Death toll from Greek forest fire rises to 93

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Russia hands life sentences to 'Grand Theft Auto' gang

Moscow Regional Court sentenced four members of the group that Russian media nicknamed the "GTA gang" to life imprisonment for killing their victims in carefully planned attacks, TASS state news agency reported.
2018-08-09 11:06:09 Read More

Israel launches scores of airstrikes as Gaza fire persists

Hamas is demanding the lifting of an Israeli-Egyptian border blockade that has devastated Gaza's economy, while Israel wants an end to rocket fire, as well as recent border protests and launches of incendiary balloons, and the return of the remains of two dead soldiers and two live Israelis believed to be held by Hamas.
2018-08-09 10:38:59 Read More

US imposing new Russia sanctions over chemical attack

The State Department said Wednesday the US made the determination this week that Russia had used the Novichok nerve agent to poison Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, and that sanctions would follow. It said Congress is being notified of the Aug. 6 determination and that the sanctions would take effect on or around Aug. 22.
2018-08-09 08:16:25 Read More

14,000 fight California fires, some from prisons or overseas

The blaze north of San Francisco has grown to the size of Los Angeles since it started two weeks ago, fueled by dry vegetation, high winds and rugged terrain that made it too dangerous for firefighters to directly attack the flames now spanning 470 square miles (1,217 square kilometers).
2018-08-09 03:47:01 Read More

Death toll in Indonesia quake rises to 164

The death toll from a devastating earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok has risen above 160, an official said, as authorities urgently appealed for medicine, food and clean water for some 156,000 people displaced by the disaster.
2018-08-09 03:31:52 Read More

US imposes sanctions on Russia for nerve agent attack in UK

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said it had been determined that Russia "has used chemical or biological weapons in violation of international law, or has used lethal chemical or biological weapons against its own nationals."
2018-08-09 02:54:37 Read More

Imran accepts Rouhani's invitation to visit Iran

The Iranian president congratulated the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief on winning the general elections, said a statement issued by the PTI. "Both leaders exchanged best wishes and love for the people of both neighbouring countries," the Express Tribune reported.
2018-08-08 17:25:18 Read More

Imran accepts Rouhani's invitation to visit Iran

Saudi rules out mediation in Canada row, mulls new measures

"Canada made a big mistake... and a mistake should be corrected." Jubeir added that Saudi Arabia was "considering additional measures" against Canada. Saudi Arabia on Monday expelled Canada's ambassador, freezing all new trade, after Ottawa denounced a new crackdown on rights activists.
2018-08-08 17:19:13 Read More

Imran Khan's close aide put on no-fly list

The top anti-graft body is conducting a probe into off-shore companies of Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari, who was in charge of Khan's campaign in NA-53 (Islamabad-II). Imran Khan had defeated former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in NA-53.
2018-08-08 11:06:08 Read More

Pakistani troops to receive training at Russian military institutes

Pakistan's defence ties with Russia have moved past the bitter Cold War hostilities in recent years and the chill in the relations between Pakistan and the US has further pushed the country towards Russia and China. Pakistan has shown eagerness to build military-to-military ties with Russia.
2018-08-08 10:28:55 Read More

UK PM Theresa May scolds Boris Johnson for burqa remark after outcry

Johnson, who resigned last month over the way May is negotiating Brexit, wrote in The Daily Telegraph this week that Denmark was wrong to ban the burqa, a head-to-toe cloak which conceals the face with a mesh or is worn in conjunction with the niqab - a face veil that leaves only the eyes exposed.
2018-08-08 10:25:26 Read More

Malaysian ex-PM Najib charged with money-laundering

Appearing at a court in Kuala Lumpur, Najib was charged with three counts of money-laundering over claims he pocketed 42 million ringgit ($10.3 million) from a former unit of scandal-hit sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.
2018-08-08 09:57:55 Read More

Bangladesh photographer moved to hospital from jail

Shahidul Alam, 63, was detained by plainclothes police at his home Sunday after giving an interview to Al Jazeera about the student demonstrations, an arrest which drew condemnation from international rights groups.
2018-08-08 09:56:58 Read More

No one trusts America anymore: Iran's FM Javad Zarif

President Donald Trump says he wants talks with Iran on a new deal covering the full range of its "malign behaviour" in the region, which has been dismissed by Iran. Zarif was speaking a day after Washington reimposed a first tranche of harsh sanctions following its withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal.
2018-08-08 08:35:04 Read More

More than 70,000 homeless after deadly Lombok quake

The shallow 6.9-magnitude quake killed at least 105 people and triggered panic among locals and tourists on Lombok on Sunday, just a week after another tremor surged through the holiday island and killed 17.
2018-08-08 06:35:56 Read More

Venezuela president ties opposition leader to drone attack

Maduro said statements from some of the six suspects already arrested pointed to involvement by Julio Borges, an opposition leader living in exile in Colombia.
2018-08-08 03:51:39 Read More

Malaysian ex-PM Najib charged with money-laundering

The charges, read out in a lower court, were related to three electronic transfers amounting to 42 million ringgit ($10 million) from SRC International, a former 1MDB unit, into Najib's personal bank account.
2018-08-08 02:34:32 Read More

Malaysian ex-PM Najib charged with money-laundering

Security scare at Frankfurt airport delaying Lufthansa flights

Lufthansa said no long haul flight (that include those to and from India) had been canceled, some were delayed. Almost 7,000 passengers have been affected by the delays and cancellations. It is learnt that an unauthorised person had got past the security area.
2018-08-07 16:23:34 Read More

Pak poll body withholds Imran Khan's victory notifications from 2 seats

The 65-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman, set to become Pakistan's next prime minister after being nominated by his party, had contested and won from five constituencies. The ECP has withheld victory notifications of Khan from NA-53 (Islamabad-II) and NA-131 (Lahore-IX) constituencies.
2018-08-07 14:43:32 Read More

Turkey: Officials say envoys to go to US for talks on pastor

The United States last week imposed sanctions on two Turkish Cabinet ministers over the treatment of Andrew Brunson, the pastor of an evangelical church in Turkey who is on trial on espionage and terror-related charges.
2018-08-07 14:32:42 Read More

Ghost town: A tiny English village abandoned during World War II

The first glimpse of this tiny Dorset village is from the long, steep road that takes you from sweeping views of the coast down into a small, wooded valley. At its bottom, Tyneham peeps out from behind a cloak of trees. Or rather, what's left of it.
2018-08-07 13:48:25 Read More

Ghost town: A tiny English village abandoned during World War II

Donald Trump warns countries against doing business with Iran

The unilateral withdrawal came despite other parties to the agreement -- Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the EU -- pleading with Trump not to abandon the pact aimed at blocking Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. The sanctions reimposed on Tuesday -- targeting access to US banknotes and key industries such as cars and carpets -- were unlikely to cause immediate economic turmoil.
2018-08-07 11:14:21 Read More

Anger, fear and defiance in Iran as US sanctions return

Trump's withdrawal from a landmark 2015 nuclear agreement in May had already spooked investors and triggered a run on the Iranian rial long before nuclear-related sanctions went back into force. "I feel like my life is being destroyed" said a construction worker.
2018-08-07 10:54:57 Read More

Northern California blazes now largest in state history

The two fires burning a few miles apart and known as the Mendocino Complex are being treated as one incident. It has scorched 283,800 acres (443.4 square miles or 1,148.4 square kilometers), fire officials said on Monday. The fires, north of San Francisco, have burned 75 homes and is only 30% contained.
2018-08-07 03:15:20 Read More

PML-N nominates Shehbaz Sharif as Pakistan PM candidate

The nomination of the 66-year-old former Punjab chief minister was approved soon after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party named its top leader Imran Khan to be the prime ministerial candidate of the single largest party in the National Assembly.
2018-08-06 15:27:34 Read More

'Chef of the century', France's Joel Robuchon, dies at 73

Chef Joel Robuchon, who at one point had earned more than 30 Michelin stars across nearly two dozen restaurants on three continents, died on Monday at his home in Geneva aged 73, his staff said.
2018-08-06 13:42:17 Read More

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Bangladesh floats death penalty for road deaths to end protests

Bangladesh on Monday promised to introduce the death penalty for deliberate road deaths in a bid to quell more than a week of demonstrations calling for better road safety, as new student-led protests were met with tear gas and rubber bullets.
2018-08-06 13:40:33 Read More

'Support for UK PM's handling of Brexit falls to record low'

Approval of the government's handling of Brexit talks rose as high as 55 per cent in the first half of 2017 but has since fallen as the government struggles to strike a deal on Britain's future relationship with the European Union.
2018-08-06 13:39:57 Read More

Road crash causes explosion, fire near Bologna airport

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Pakistan CJ hints at constituting high-power JIT to probe money laundering allegations against Asif Ali Zardari

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) approached the apex court after Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur failed to appear before a joint investigation team probing alleged money laundering of Rs 35 billion through fake accounts, the News reported.
2018-08-06 12:27:17 Read More

Pak CJ hints at constituting high-power JIT to probe money laundering allegations against Zardari

Human rights group opposes moving Rohingya to island camp

Human Rights Watch said in a report Monday that international experts have identified six sites near the existing camp housing about 700,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar that could provide better and safer conditions and could accommodate more than a quarter of a million people.
2018-08-06 09:34:23 Read More

Donald Trump appears to change story on meeting with Russian lawyer

A decision about whether he sits for an interview with Mueller may also occur in the coming weeks, according to another one of his attorneys, Rudy Giuliani. Trump has seethed against what he feels are trumped-up charges against his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort.
2018-08-06 08:27:51 Read More

China successfully tests first hypersonic aircraft

Launched in a rocket, China's waverider was released in the air after about 10 minutes. It flew independently, made large-angle turning maneuvers, and landed in the targeted area as planned, the statement said.
2018-08-06 08:05:50 Read More

Laos dam collapse death toll rises to 31, scores still missing

Information about the number of dead and missing has trickled out of the disaster zone since the July 23 dam collapse in the secretive state unaccustomed to organizing large-scale rescue operations -- and the global media scrutiny the deadly disaster has drawn.
2018-08-06 05:51:21 Read More

Powerful quake rocks Indonesia, 82 dead, thousands flee homes

At least 82 people were killed when Indonesia's resort island of Lombok was hit by a powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Sunday, triggering widespread panic as thousands fled their homes for emergency shelters as buildings collapsed.
2018-08-06 02:26:26 Read More

Trump admits son met with Russian for info on opponent

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Lisbon breaks record for maximum temp, hits 44 C

Portugal's weather service said the capital reached 44 degrees Celsius (111.2 degrees Fahrenheit) on Saturday, surpassing the city's previous record of 43 C (109.4 F) set in 1981.
2018-08-05 09:41:57 Read More

'Britain likely to leave EU without deal'

The pro-Brexit minister said that the chances of a no-deal Brexit were now "60-40", laying the blame on EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier.
2018-08-05 09:37:46 Read More

Iran receives more airplanes ahead of renewed US sanctions

Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported Sunday that the five ATR72-600 airplanes, which are twin-engine turboprops, had arrived at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport.
2018-08-05 07:31:59 Read More

20 years ago, US embassies in East Africa attacked

The blasts marked the first major attacks by Osama bin Laden's network in its war against the United States, which culminated three years later in the September 11, 2001 plane atrocities on New York and Washington DC.
2018-08-05 06:20:51 Read More

20 killed in bus-tanker collision in northwest Pakistan

â€‹â€‹The accident took place near Samari area of Kohat district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while the ill-fated bus was on its way to Karachi from Buner, Geo News reported. The accident killed 20 people and left 35 passengers injured, it added.
2018-08-05 05:59:33 Read More

20 killed in bus-tanker collision in northwest Pakistan

Venezuela's Maduro: Drone attack was attempt to kill him

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro dodged an apparent assassination attempt when drones armed with explosives detonated while he was delivering a speech to hundreds of soldiers being broadcast live on television, officials said.
2018-08-05 04:13:08 Read More

A decade after Russia war, plight of Georgian refugees continues

Standing in a meadow in the sweltering heat and amid the chirping of grasshoppers, 84-year-old Dato Vanishvili looks through a barbed wire fence and sighs: "It's like living in a prison, here." Around five years ago, the farmer woke up one morning to strange sounds outside his house.
2018-08-05 02:50:39 Read More

California's largest wildfire surges overnight

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South Korea women hold record mass rally against 'spycam porn'

The primary cause of the protests are so-called spycam videos, with news of men caught secretly filming women in schools, offices, trains, or even toilets making headlines on a daily basis. The number of such spycam crimes reported surged from around 1,100 in 2010 to over 6,500 last year, with the offenders ranging from professors to church pastors and even a court judge.
2018-08-04 16:33:35 Read More

UK's youngest ISIS female terrorist plotter jailed for life

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Palestinian teen dies of wounds from border clash: ministry

Muadh al-Suri, 15, was shot in the stomach on Friday in central Gaza, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said, raising the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire during those clashes to two, with over 200 wounded.
2018-08-04 11:59:39 Read More

Pakistan election: 1.67 million votes 'rejected'

A total of 1.67 million votes cast across Pakistan in the 2018 general election were rejected, which was 11.7 per cent more than that of the 1.5 million ballots discarded in the 2013 polls, according to an independent election watchdog report.
2018-08-04 10:40:29 Read More

Saudi Arabia to resume oil exports through Red Sea lane

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2018-08-04 10:22:08 Read More

Scattered protests in Iran as US sanctions loom

Sporadic protests were taking place in cities in Iran for a fourth day, with demonstrators attacking a Shia seminary west of Tehran, according to Iranian news agencies and social media on Saturday, as Iranians brace for a return of US sanctions.
2018-08-04 09:51:04 Read More

US warns Russia, others on enforcing North Korea sanctions

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today warned Russia, China and other countries against any violation of international sanctions on North Korea that could reduce pressure on the North to abandon its nuclear weapons.
2018-08-04 07:39:41 Read More

Pakistan polls: 1.67 million votes rejected, says report

The votes rejected from the count surpassed the margin of victory in 49 (18.1 per cent) of the 270 contested seats of the National Assembly. These include 26 seats in Punjab, 11 in Sindh and six each in KP and Balochistan.
2018-08-04 07:06:41 Read More

Malala calls for rebuilding of schools torched in Pakistan

Malala Yousafzai expressed her anger over the latest attack in a tweet on Friday, saying, "extremists have shown what frightens them most - a girl with a book." â€‹Eleven schools were burned down early Friday. No one was wounded as the buildings were closed at the time.
2018-08-04 06:33:56 Read More

Mike Pompeo calls for pressure to be maintained on NKorea

â€‹â€‹In Singapore ahead of a major security forum, Pompeo said he had urged other countries to strictly enforce United Nations sanctions against North Korea, which reports suggest has made slow progress towards disarmament following a landmark June summit.
2018-08-04 05:12:18 Read More

Tajikistan refutes IS claim of 'terror attack' that killed 4 tourists

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North Korea has not stopped nuclear program: UN report

"(North Korea) has not stopped its nuclear and missile programs and continued to defy Security Council resolutions through a massive increase in illicit ship-to-ship transfers of petroleum products, as well as through transfers of coal at sea during 2018," the experts wrote in the 149-page report.
2018-08-04 04:10:21 Read More

Optimistic about ending N Korea's nuclear programme: Pompeo

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday the process of ending North Korea's nuclear programme would take time but he was optimistic that it would be done within a timeline set by the leaders of the two countries.
2018-08-04 03:59:58 Read More

Despite tensions, Turkey remains a key US ally: Mike Pompeo

Pompeo told reporters on the sidelines of an Asian security forum in Singapore that the two countries would continue to work with each other in the framework of the alliance and on other matters.
2018-08-04 03:37:00 Read More

Despite tensions, Turkey remains a key US ally: Mike Pompeo

Zimbabwe riot police break up opposition press conference

Zimbabwean riot police entered a Harare hotel on Friday to break up a planned press conference by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, who has rejected election results announced in the early hours of the morning.
2018-08-03 13:19:14 Read More

Relatives refuse to accept report on missing Malaysian plane

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Pak court to hear high treason trial against Musharraf on Aug 20

The PML-N government had filed the treason case against the ex-army chief General (retd) Musharraf over the imposition of extra-constitutional emergency in November 2007.
2018-08-03 10:37:04 Read More

Suicide attack hits inside Shiite mosque in eastern Afghanistan: officials

The attack comes as urban areas across Afghanistan have been rocked by an increasing number of attacks in recent months, with both the Islamic State (IS) and Taliban insurgents targeting security forces and government installations.
2018-08-03 10:32:11 Read More

Brexit on the menu at May, Macron dinner

British Prime Minister Theresa May heads to President Emmanuel Macron's "summer Elysee Palace" on the Mediterranean coast on Friday, seeking to soften resistance to a Brexit plan which has upended her government while failing to win over sceptical EU negotiators.
2018-08-03 10:16:15 Read More

'Ways to go' before NKorea meets denuke vow: Mike Pompeo

â€‹â€‹Speaking on Friday before he attends an Asian security forum with North Korea's foreign minister, Pompeo told reporters in Singapore there was "still a ways to go before" achieving the goal of ridding the North of its nuclear weapons.
2018-08-03 09:33:01 Read More

Imran Khan summoned by Pakistan's anti-graft body

â€‹â€‹The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) summoned the 65-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman on August 7 in connection with the misuse of government helicopters which caused Rs 2.17 million loss to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa exchequer, according to a media report.
2018-08-03 08:56:48 Read More

JFK's rocking chair, other iconic memorabilia up for grabs

Eldred's auction gallery in East Dennis, on Cape Cod, is taking bids Friday on a rocking chair that JFK used in the Oval Office, a tie clip in the shape of the PT-109 torpedo boat Kennedy commanded during World War II, and the pen he used to establish the Peace Corps.
2018-08-03 04:58:45 Read More

Trump renews attacks on 'fake, fake disgusting news'

President Donald Trump is renewing his campaign against the media, claiming at a Pennsylvania rally that the media is the "fake, fake disgusting news" and casting journalists as his true political opponent.
2018-08-03 04:44:39 Read More

Australia, New Zealand firefighters fly out to battle deadly California wildfires

â€‹â€‹Australian fire authorities said the contingent of about 100 firefighters set off as conditions turned gusty in the mountains north of Sacramento, where fierce fires were among 100 burning across 13 western US states.
2018-08-03 03:14:05 Read More

Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa wins first post-Mugabe election

After two days of claims and counterclaims, the 75-year-old Mnangagwa secured a comfortable victory, polling 2.46 million votes against 2.15 million for 40-year-old opposition leader Nelson Chamisa.
2018-08-03 02:32:07 Read More

Spain's ruling Socialists would win early election: Poll

The conservative Popular Party came in joint second place along with centrist party Ciudadanos, with 20.4 per cent of the vote each, according to the latest quarterly survey carried out July 1-10 by the Sociological Research Centre (CIS).
2018-08-02 14:10:46 Read More

Spain's ruling Socialists would win early election: Poll

China calls on US to be 'cool-headed' in trade war

Slapping additional tariffs on Chinese imports -- 60 per cent of which are made by foreign firms, including American companies -- will only raise costs for domestic US consumers, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
2018-08-02 13:16:40 Read More

Indian among three killed abducted and killed in Afghan capital: Police

The three men -- one Indian, a Malaysian and a Macedonian -- were working as chefs for the French food services and facilities management giant Sodexo, the ToloNews said, citing a senior diplomat in Kabul.
2018-08-02 08:43:40 Read More

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Frozen in time, Havana looks to put a modern stamp on its 500-year history

The Cuban capital will celebrate 500 years in 2019, with an urban restoration plan aiming to give space to modernity while maintaining respect for its vintage character. "Havana remains frozen in time. The revolution's aims were to look after the country," city historian Eusebio Leal, who's in charge of restoring the historic center, told AFP.
2018-08-02 07:10:35 Read More

Thailand wants Britain to extradite former PM

Yingluck Shinawatra, whose elected government was toppled in a 2014 coup, fled the country in August 2017 after being charged over her government's failed rice policy.
2018-08-02 04:34:27 Read More

US slaps sanctions on Turkey ministers as pastor row ramps up

The United States on Wednesday hit two top Turkish officials with sanctions over the ongoing detention of an American pastor facing terror charges, heaping pressure on Ankara to release the prisoner fueling a bitter diplomatic feud.
2018-08-02 03:18:25 Read More

US slaps sanctions on Turkey ministers as pastor row ramps up

Donald Trump tells attorney general to end Russia probe

Donald Trump on Wednesday told his attorney general to end the high-profile investigation into Russian election meddling that has ensnared key members of his presidential campaign and cast a long shadow over his White House.
2018-08-02 02:40:38 Read More

US 'war remains' begin journey home from South Korea

N Korea handed over the remains in 55 boxes last week and allowed a US military transport plane to move them to the US Osan Air Base near Seoul in S Korea. It was an apparent goodwill gesture by North Korea toward the United States.
2018-08-01 14:29:19 Read More

US judge blocks release of 3D gun blueprints amid uproar

A US judge has temporarily blocked the online publication of blueprints for 3D-printed firearms, in a last-ditch effort to stop a settlement President Donald Trump's administration had reached with the company releasing the digital documents.
2018-08-01 14:16:34 Read More

Brexit no-deal warnings are 'Project Reality', not 'Project Fear': UK

British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt denied on Wednesday that warnings about fallout from a disorderly exit from the European Union were an attempt to scare opponents of the government's preferred Brexit plan into supporting it.
2018-08-01 11:37:22 Read More

12 killed as gunmen strike convoy in Mali

the attack occurred late on Tuesday on the road between Nampala and Coura in the south-central region of Segou, giving no further details, and declining to say whether it was carrying ballot papers. "The convoy was transporting some youths and election materials. There were 12 killed in total, four soldiers and eight terrorists," the spokesman said by telephone.
2018-08-01 11:12:42 Read More

Australia defends ties to toppled Malaysian regime

eign minister today defended her country's ties with Malaysia's former graft-ridden government after Canberra was accused of being complicit in alleged corruption by harbouring a fugitive.
2018-08-01 11:01:42 Read More

Zimbabwe's ruling party wins control of parliament

The ruling ZANU-PF won 109 seats while the main opposition MDC party had 41 in the country's 210-seat House of Assembly. The commission said 58 seats had yet to be declared.
2018-08-01 08:37:07 Read More

Imran Khan to move into official residence: Report

Imran Khan is set to become Pakistan's new prime minister and since his private house is vulnerable to threats, according to a media report, a house in the Ministers' Enclave in Islamabad will be declared his official residence.
2018-08-01 07:26:06 Read More

Donald Trump predicts Iran talks 'pretty soon'

Tehran has not given a definitive response to Trump's statement that he would meet "any time" without preconditions, but skepticism is rife in Iran over the possibility, with one lawmaker saying negotiations would be a "humiliation."
2018-08-01 06:39:28 Read More

Zimbabwe's ruling party wins majority seats: Poll body

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Zimbabwe's ruling party wins majority seats: Poll body

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In the hands of the gods: Vietnam's Golden Bridge goes viral

Designed to make visitors feel like they're taking a stroll on a shimmering thread stretching across thehands of gods, the "Golden Bridge" has attracted hordes of guests since it opened in the Ba Na Hills near Danang in Jun. Images of the bridge have gone viral on social media.
2018-08-01 05:24:15 Read More

Chinese leukemia patient livestreams to pay for treatment

At least once a week, Su Lingmin films herself singing, sharing health tips and chatting with hundreds of fans from her hospital bed. "Now I'm a professional livestreamer," she said with a smile in a video last week."What else can I do?"
2018-07-31 16:47:59 Read More

Trump says he is ready to talk to Iran without pre-conditions

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Spain struggles with spike in migrant arrivals

Since being plucked from a packed inflatable boat by Spanish rescuers in the Mediterranean on Friday, Glenn Alban has slept outdoors on a bed of flattened cardboard boxes in the port of Algeciras in southern Spain.
2018-07-31 16:37:57 Read More

At least 15 killed as gunmen attack Afghan govt building

At least 15 people were killed on Tuesday in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad when gunmen stormed a government building, trapping dozens inside after a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance gate, officials and witnesses said.
2018-07-31 16:25:57 Read More

US, Pakistan resolve to restore bilateral ties: Report

US Defence Secretary James Mattis and Islamabad's Ambassador in America Ali Jahangir met at the Pentagon, the headquarters of the US Department of Defence, where the two held discussions on the ties between their countries and regional security in South Asia, a Pakistan daily reported.
2018-07-31 13:09:35 Read More

Gunmen take dozens hostage in eastern Afghan city

Gunmen stormed a government building in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, taking dozens of hostages after a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance gate, officials and witnesses said.
2018-07-31 11:38:30 Read More

China urges US not to allow stopover by Taiwan president

Beijing considers democratic Taiwan to be a wayward province of "one China", ineligible for state-to-state relations and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control.
2018-07-31 11:33:15 Read More

Israeli court jails Arab poet for inciting terrorism

An Israeli court jailed an Israeli Arab poet for five months on Tuesday after convicting her of incitement to terrorism for a poem and remarks she posted on social media during a wave of Palestinian street attacks.
2018-07-31 11:29:34 Read More

Putin would be the only winner in 'no deal' Brexit: UK minister

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US must return to nuclear deal for talks: Iranian adviser

Iranian leadership has previously ruled out one-on-one talks with Trump after his decision to pull the United States out of the deal under which Iran was given relief from sanctions in return for curbs on its nuclear program.
2018-07-31 08:21:35 Read More

Malaysia civil aviation chief resigns over MH370 lapses

The report released on Monday on the disappearance four years ago of the airliner during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board shed little fresh light on one of the biggest mysteries of modern aviation history.
2018-07-31 06:01:59 Read More

Trial set to begin for ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort

While the main areas of Mueller's investigation are Russia's actions during the 2016 presidential election and any attempts by Trump to obstruct justice, none of those topics are expected to come up in Manafort's trial. In fact, prosecutors said last week they don't expect the word "Russia" to be mentioned at all.
2018-07-31 04:54:47 Read More

Japan's weather-related deaths top 300 in July

First came record rainfall. Disaster authorities say at least 220 people were killed early in the month by severe flooding and landslides in western Japan, with nine more still missing and presumed dead. That was followed by record temperatures topping 40 degrees Centigrade (104 degrees Fahrenheit). The heat has been blamed for 116 deaths.
2018-07-31 04:48:22 Read More

Indonesian court disbands IS-linked group for 'terrorism'

Presiding Judge Aris Bawono Langgeng told the South Jakarta District Court on Tuesday that the network of almost two dozen extremist groups is a "forbidden corporation."
2018-07-31 04:11:03 Read More

North Korea developing new missiles: Source

The evidence obtained this month is the latest to suggest ongoing activity in North Korea's nuclear and missile facilities despite talks with the United States and a June summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump.
2018-07-31 03:30:37 Read More

More than 500 hikers evacuated from Indonesian volcano

More than 500 hikers and their guides have been successfully evacuated from an Indonesian volcano after a deadly earthquake triggered landslides that trapped them on the mountain, an official said Tuesday.
2018-07-31 02:26:20 Read More

Trump: Willing to talk to Iran's leader without preconditions

The overture marks a significant shift in tone and comes as Trump and the Iranians have been escalating their rhetoric following Trump's May withdrawal from the landmark Iran nuclear accord.
2018-07-31 02:22:52 Read More

Pak poll body seeks Imran's reply over controversial vote

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Lawyer for ex-Serbia leader shot dead

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Record suicides of elderly people in ageing Singapore

The number of elderly people committing suicide in Singapore reached a record high last year, a non-government group said today, urging stronger support for the over 60s in the rapidly ageing city-state.
2018-07-30 13:32:25 Read More

Maldives opposition gets new leader, vows to restore democracy

The Maldivian Democratic Party nominated its parliamentary leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih to lead a coalition of opposition groups, party spokesman Hamid Abdul Ghafoor said. Currently, all opponents of President Abdullah Yameen and top dissidents are either in jail or in exile, and Solih is seen as a symbol representing the united opposition against the president.
2018-07-01 13:10:02 Read More

Pope Francis decries new attacks in Syria's Daraa province

Pope Francis has decried intensified attacks in southern Syria, asking that people there be spared more suffering. In remarks Sunday at the Vatican, Francis cited Syria's Daraa province, where a government offensive that began June 19 has killed scores of people and forced 50,000 to flee.
2018-07-01 11:22:32 Read More

Russians protest pension age hike as Putin popularity dips

In a rare show of widespread public opposition to a government proposal, both Kremlin-friendly trade unions and political parties and Putin's top critic Alexei Navalny organised protest rallies in dozens of cities. Analysts say that growing popular discontent over the reform amid plunging living standards may present the most serious challenge to Putin during his nearly 20 years in power.
2018-07-01 11:15:30 Read More

Israel reinforces troops, steps up humanitarian aid to Syria

The United Nations has warned of a catastrophe in southern Syria, where government forces are on the offensive against insurgents in fighting that has forced thousands of people to flee toward the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and the Jordanian border.
2018-07-01 11:14:17 Read More

Japan eases North Korea missile alert system: Report

Japan has lowered its military readiness level against North Korean missiles as Washington embarks on delicate nuclear negotiations with Pyongyang, a report said today, citing multiple unnamed sources close to the matter.
2018-07-01 11:11:13 Read More

Moment of truth for Angela Merkel as rebels weigh migration deals

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was fighting for her political future Sunday, looking to placate conservative rebels over immigration with a hard-fought European deal even as eastern EY states called it into doubt.
2018-07-01 10:49:19 Read More

110 hospitalized in Afghanistan after drinking from river

An Afghan official says that at least 110 people have been hospitalized after drinking from a river in the northern Parwan province. Abdul Khalil Farhangi, the head of the main hospital in Charakar, the provincial capital, said Sunday it was not clear what caused them to become ill. The symptoms included vomiting and headaches.
2018-07-01 10:45:06 Read More

Australia shelves MH370 memorial after relatives protest

The final resting place of the Boeing 777, which had 239 people on board when it disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014, is still unknown despite two massive underwater searches off Australia's west coast.
2018-07-01 08:39:55 Read More

Kim Jong Un asked Xi Jinping to help lift sanctions: Report

Kim made the request during his third meeting with Xi in Beijing last month, and the Chinese president promised to do his "utmost" to satisfy it, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said.
2018-07-01 08:26:58 Read More

Kim Jong Un asked Xi Jinping to help lift sanctions: Report

Thai rescuers establish base inside Tham Luang cave

Monsoon rains have complicated the frantic search for the children, aged 11 to 16, and the coach who have not been heard from since they ventured into the Tham Luang cave last Saturday in northern Thailand and were blocked by heavy rains.
2018-07-01 06:57:11 Read More

Thousands protests across US against Trump's immigration policies

Tens of thousands of people, including Indian Americans, took to the streets in several US cities to protest against controversial immigration policies of President Donald Trump which has resulted in separation of children of illegal immigrants.
2018-07-01 05:58:32 Read More

Protesters flood US cities to fight Trump immigration policy

In major cities and tiny towns, hundreds of thousands of marchers gathered Saturday across America, moved by accounts of children separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border, in the latest act of mass resistance against President Donald Trump's immigration policies.
2018-07-01 04:08:46 Read More

Thousands set to rally in Hong Kong over Beijing's tightening grip

Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong were expecting tens of thousands of people to attend an annual protest rally on Sunday to mark the 21st anniversary of the city's return to Chinese rule as tensions simmer over Beijing's tightening grip.
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Merkel seeks to placate German rebels on migration

Merkel's government has been pushed to the brink over the migration issue after allowing more than one million asylum-seekers into Germany since 2015.
2018-07-01 02:45:47 Read More

Trump says Saudi king agrees to ramp up oil production

The Saudi Press Agency said Trump had called Salman and the two highlighted "the necessity of doing efforts in order to preserve the stability of the oil market and the global economy growth."
2018-07-01 02:42:57 Read More

Thousands in US march against immigration policy

Thousands of demonstrators, baking in the heat and boiling mad against US immigration policy, marched across the country Saturday to protest the separation of families under President Donald Trump's hardline policy.
2018-06-30 17:35:16 Read More

'I beg skies to show mercy': Thais rally behind cave rescue

The song is dedicated to events unfolding in a flooded mountain cave in northern Thailand, where 12 boys aged 11-16 and their soccer coach disappeared a week ago. It was written and performed by students at Lek Nai Tung Kwang school across the country, in Buriram province.
2018-06-30 13:49:58 Read More

Maldives opposition unites to challenge Abdulla Yameen

Opposition parties in the Maldives agreed on Saturday to field a joint candidate in September's presidential elections to challenge incumbent Abdulla Yameen, whose crackdown on dissent has alarmed the international community.
2018-06-30 12:35:47 Read More

Merkel secures deal with 14 EU nations on migrants

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2018-06-30 11:10:22 Read More

US sanctions aim to turn Iranians against govt: Khamenei

US economic pressure on Iran is intended to turn Iranians against their government, supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted as saying on Saturday by his website, as Iran faces a likely reimposition of US sanctions.
2018-06-30 10:25:46 Read More

Kim Jong-un woos China with border visit

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a region near his country's border with China in an apparent attempt to boost economic cooperation with Beijing, Pyongyang's state media reported on Saturday.
2018-06-30 09:42:00 Read More

Put back on terror-financing watch list, Pak vows to improve

Pakistani officials attending a meeting in Paris had tried in vain to persuade the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to keep Pakistan off a list of nations with inadequate controls to prevent terror financing and money laundering.
2018-06-30 09:35:43 Read More

Divers progress in search for missing Thai kids

Rescue divers reached several kilometres inside a flooded cave on Saturday where 12 boys and their football coach have been trapped for a week, offering a flicker of hope for the harrowing search. There has been no contact with the boys and their coach since they went into the cave last weekend.
2018-06-30 09:24:14 Read More

Myanmar transit camps sit empty as Rohingya fear return

The transit camp in Myanmar's Rakhine state stands ready to welcome back 150 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh every day. Fewer than 200 Rohingya Muslims have been resettled in northern Rakhine from the 700,000 who fled a violent army crackdown in August.
2018-06-30 09:13:10 Read More

'North Korea making more nuclear bomb fuel despite talks'

NBC quoted five unidentified US officials as saying that in recent months North Korea had stepped up production of enriched uranium for nuclear weapons, even as it engaged in diplomacy with the United States.
2018-06-30 03:51:11 Read More

Trump to name Supreme Court nominee on July 9

"Iâ€™ve got it down to about five," Trump said, including two women, to replace retiring US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. "Itâ€™s a great group of intellectual talent ... they are generally conservative," Trump said and added that he would not discuss gay rights with the candidates.
2018-06-30 03:23:48 Read More

Prank caller talks to Trump aboard Air Force One

Comedian John Melendez said he called the White House pretending to be an aide to New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez and was ultimately put in touch with the president on Air Force One, in a scenario that raises questions about protocol governing access to the commander in chief.
2018-06-30 02:35:47 Read More

Maryland shooting: Paper covers its own tragedy from car park

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Saudi crown prince proclaims investment conference a success despite boycott

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'Trump wants to meet Putin in Paris on November 11'

Saudi Arabia pledges $3 billion to Pakistan amid balance of payment crisis

Italy stands firm against EU in budget dispute

Vietnam parliament elects Communist Party chief as president

Iraq: Blast at market near Mosul kills 6, including 2 troops

SKorea approves NKorea deals amid conservative opposition

Erdogan calls for trial in Istanbul of Khashoggi suspects

France's ban on niqab violates human rights: UN rights panel

Turkey's nationalists cut alliance with Erdogan's party

Vietnam elects Communist Party chief Trong as new prez

You're not singing any more: North's anthem played for South Korea

Khashoggi-style killing must 'never happen again': Saudi finance minister

Japan PM heads to China looking for economic common ground

Trump says US ready to bolster nuclear arsenal

How the man behind Jamal Khashoggi murder ran the killing via Skype

Journalist Khashoggi's death was 'a plot gone awry': Trump

UK's May pleads for support, says Brexit deal is almost done

Going crackpot over jackpot: Americans go nuts over $ 2.2billion lottery

Imran to seek 'significant shift' in China's CPEC projects: Report

Trump insists White House a 'smooth-running machine'

Pichai and the empty chair: Google defies Congress after Trump burn

Jailed woman who leaked US secrets thanks Donald Trump for tweet

UN fears chemical weapons in Syria battle with '10,000 terrorists'

US accuses Iran of bad faith over sanctions lawsuit

Korea detente revives North Korean leader's bullet train dreams

Pompeo to raise issue of terrorism with new Pak leadership: Report

China says trade issues with US can only be resolved through talks as equals

South Koreans recount awkward reunions with families in North

US lawmakers call for sanctions over Xinjiang camps

Trump hails Kim, sees no need to resume US-South Korea war games

Trump says China making things 'much more difficult' with NKorea

US soldier pleads guilty to trying to help Islamic State

Interpol rejects request for Musharraf's arrest: Pak govt

UN urges Facebook to 'proactively' fight hate speech

China denies Trump's claim it hacked Clinton's emails

Pressure builds on Iran's Rouhani as parliament targets two more ministers

Less than half of refugee children enrolled in school: UN

Less than half of refugee children enrolled in school: UN

Imran Khan to skip UN meet to focus on Pak economy

Woman TV journalist hacked to death in Bangladesh

Hawaii residents hit by floods from Hurricane Lane as new storm forms

Fire breaks out on Greek passenger ferry, sails back to Piraeus port

UN chief urges accountability for Myanmar crimes on Rohingya

Imran Khan gives 2-week deadline to recover stashed money

Duterte faces new 'crimes against humanity' complaint

No political motive in search results: Google to Trump

Donald Trump accuses Google of hiding 'fair media' coverage of him

Popular French environment minister quits in blow to Macron

Japanese man freed by North Korea returns to Tokyo: Report

Iran lawmakers reject Hassan Rouhani answers on economic woes

UN court has no jurisdiction in Iran sanctions case: US

Putin says tech breakthrough a 'key priority' for Russia

Egypt's Sunni authority says all sexual harassment 'forbidden'

Rouhani vows to defeat 'anti-Iranian' officials in the White House

Malaysia Islamic court postpones caning of women for lesbian sex

May vows post-Brexit UK will be leading investor in Africa

Blow for France's Macron as star minister quits

UN: China's African swine fever outbreak could cross borders

After criticism, Trump honors McCain's service to country

Facebook bans Myanmar military chief, others to stop hate

Japan says North Korea still poses a dire threat to its security

Under pressure, Trump tersely recognizes McCain, lowers flag

Iran, Russia, Turkey to hold Syria summit next week: Turkish TV

McCain to be buried near best friend at US Naval Academy

Trump nixed statement praising McCain: Report

China may scrap limit on number of children: Report

Assad staying in power would be 'grotesque error': Macron

Hassan Rouhani under attack from all sides

Pak's ex-president appears before FIA in money laundering case

Iran goes to UN's highest court over US sanctions

China hails first-time participation of India, Pak in SCO counter-terror drill

Facebook bans Myanmar army chief over rights abuses

Trade cease-fire with Trump boosts German business optimism

New PM Morrison tours Australia's drought-stricken Outback

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