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Amnesty calls for halt to arms sales to Saudi-led coalitionAP, Cairo An international rights group urged Western governments on Wednesday to stop supplying weapons to...
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Senate rebukes Trump over Syria, Afghanistan pulloutsAFP, WashingtonThe US Senate approved by a large majority Monday an amendment critical of President Donald Trump’s decision to...
Taliban takes centre stage as Kabul cut out of peace talks
AFP, Kabul :President Ashraf Ghani is being pushed to the sidelines as the Taliban ignores his overtures for peace and negotiates instead with his friends,...
Pak PM, President back rebels in Indian Kashmir
AP, Islamabad :Pakistan’s prime minister and president on Tuesday offered support for rebels in the Indian part of the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir as...
Trump promises sunny State of Union speech but clouds thicken
President Donald Trump promises a shift to sunny optimism in the State of the Union speech but with his congressional Democratic nemesis seated right behind...
‘Lord’ Modi just like the British, Rahul Gandhi says
AFP, New Delhi :Prime Minister Narendra Modi is lording it over India just like the British, opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said in a blistering pre-election...
Pope Francis holds historic public mass in UAE
AFP, Abu Dhabi :Pope Francis held a historic public mass for an estimated 170,000 Catholics at a stadium in the capital of the United Arab...
Military steps in as Australia floods bring crocs to the streets
AFP :Australia’s military has been deployed to tackle devastating “once-in-a-century” floods that have inundated homes, schools and airports in the country’s northeast, forcing hundreds to...
Erdogan slams US ‘silence’ over Khashoggi killing
Al Jazeera News :Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lashed out at the United States for not taking a tougher position against Saudi Arabia over...
Gang-weary Salvadorans elect Nayib Bukele as new president
AFP :Salvadorans on Sunday elected Nayib Bukele, the popular former mayor of San Salvador, as the Central American country’s new president-a result that ends the...
Nepal woman suffocates in banned ‘menstruation hut’
A 21-year-old Nepali woman died of suffocation in a windowless “menstruation hut” after she lit a fire to keep warm, say police.Parwati Bogati was found...
US-Mexico border: Pentagon to deploy an extra 2,000 troops
The US is to send an additional 2,000 troops to its border with Mexico, the Pentagon has announced.It will bring the total number of troops...