‘Save us from the Satans’: Sri Lanka Christians pray after surviving attacks
Reuters, Batticaloa :A dozen rifle-toting soldiers guarded a small community hall as day broke in the eastern Sri Lankan town of Batticaloa on Sunday morning....
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4,500-year-old burial ground discovered near Egypt’s Giza pyramids
AFP, Cairo, Egypt: :Egypt’s antiquities ministry on Saturday unveiled a 4,500-year-old burial ground near the Giza pyramids containing colourful wooden coffins and limestone statues dating...
Pope urges migrant-skeptic Bulgarians to open hearts, homes
AP, Bulgaria:Pope Francis urged Bulgarians on Sunday to open their hearts and homes to migrants, arguing that a country like Bulgaria, which is losing so...
British PM tells Labour: ‘Let’s do a deal’ on Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday urged main opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to work with her to break the Brexit deadlock, telling him:...
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Damascus accuses Kurd-led alliance of ‘treason’AFP, Damascus The Syrian government has accused Kurdish leaders of “treason” for organising a conference with allied Arab tribes to...
Local elections deliver Brexit bashing for May and opposition
Reuters, London :English voters frustrated with the deadlock over Brexit punished both Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives and the main opposition Labour Party in local...
North Korea fires short-range missile into sea: Seoul
AFP, Seoul :North Korea launched several unidentified projectiles into the sea Saturday, the South Korean military said, in what could be Pyongyang’s first short-range missile...
Taliban say gap narrowing in talks with US
AP, Islamabad :The Taliban on Saturday said the gap is narrowing in talks with Washington’s special peace envoy over a timetable for the withdrawal of...
China putting minority Muslims in ‘concentration camps,’ US says
Reuters, Washington :The United States accused China on Friday of putting well more than a million minority Muslims in “concentration camps,” in some of the...
Trump-Putin talk 3-way nuclear deal that includes China
CNN, Washington :US President Donald Trump on Friday said that he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about a potential nuclear deal with Russia and...
Sexual assault in US military jumped 13 per cent in 2018: Report
AFP, Washington :Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan called for tougher action against sexual assault in the US military Thursday after an annual Pentagon report said...
Afghanistan loya jirga demands ‘immediate and permanent’ ceasefire
AFP, Kabul :A historic “loya jirga” peace summit in Kabul ended Friday with delegates from across Afghanistan demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire-and President Ashraf...