Japan’s PM to visit Tehran hoping to ease US-Iran tension
AFP, Tokyo :Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heads to Iran this week on a rare diplomatic mission, hoping to ease tensions between the Islamic Republic...
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US envoy launches new push on Afghan talks with Taliban
AP, Islamabad :Renewed efforts are underway to jumpstart stalled peace talks with the Taliban as a U.S. envoy is in Kabul and Pakistani and Afghan...
Rising misery as Ethiopia struggles to stem ethnic tensions
AFP, Cherqo :More than a year after his house in southern Ethiopia was razed to the ground, his coffee plantation destroyed and cattle stolen, Teketel...
General strike launched in Sudan after security crackdown
AP, Khartoum :Shops were closed and streets were empty across Sudan on Sunday, the first day of a general strike called for the start of...
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Four shot dead in India political gun battleAFP, KolkataA gun battle between supporters of India’s ruling right-wing party and a regional rival has killed four...
Fear, anger as border guards tighten net in southern Mexico
AFP, Tapachula :Sitting inside a truck at a checkpoint near Mexico’s southern border, a soldier is scrolling through images on a screen, looking for human...
Sri Lanka MPs clash with President over Easter attacks probe
AFP, Colombo :Sri Lanka’s parliament warned President Maithripala Sirisena not to scuttle a controversial investigation into security lapses before the Easter suicide bombings, the Speaker’s...
Modi makes unscheduled stop at bombed Lankan church
AFP, Colombo :India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday made an unscheduled stop at a Catholic church bombed during the Easter suicide attacks ahead of his...
Thousands of Venezuelans cram border with Colombia
AFP, Colombia :Several thousand Venezuelans, desperate for food and medicine, packed a border crossing to Colombia on Saturday, hours after President Nicolas Maduro partially reopened...
Sudan police fire tear gas as civil disobedience campaign begins
AFP, Khartoum :Sudanese police fired tear gas Sunday at protesters taking part in the first day of a civil disobedience campaign, called in the wake...
UK PM candidate Gove admits taking cocaine
Reuters, London :Michael Gove, a leading contender to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May, said he had used cocaine and has “deep regrets” about taking...
US gives Turkey till end of July to backtrack on Russian missile deal
The United States on Friday gave Turkey until the end of July to abandon its purchase of a major Russian missile defense system, which Washington...