Melania ‘mistook former female Australia FM for partner’
AFP, Australia: Australia’s former foreign minister says she was mistaken for the spouse of a politician by US First Lady Melania Trump, in her latest...
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Ethiopia mourns crash victims as plane’s ‘black box’ found
AP, Ethiopia :Ethiopian Airlines has grounded all of its Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft as “an extra safety precaution” following the crash of one of...
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Guinea-Bissau votes in hope of ending long leadership deadlockAFP, Bissau Voters in Guinea-Bissau went to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament in the...
North Koreans go to polls in ‘rubber-stamp’ election
AFP, Pyongyang :North Koreans went to the polls Sunday for an election in which there could be only one winner.Leader Kim Jong Un’s ruling Workers’...
Iran demands Pakistan acts ‘decisively against terrorists’
AFP, Tehran :Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has demanded Pakistan act “decisively against anti-Iranian terrorists” in a phone call with the country’s premier, Tehran said, a...
US citizens will need new visa to visit Europe
CNN, Brussels :The European Union (EU) has said that US citizens will need a new type of visa, a European Travel Information and Authoriation System...
Venezuela’s Maduro thanks military for defeating ‘coup’
BBC Online :Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has praised the armed forces for staying loyal to him and defeating a “coup” led by the US and...
May faces heavy Brexit defeat in parliament, eurosceptics warn
Reuters, London :British Prime Minster Theresa May’s Brexit deal faces a heavy defeat in parliament on Tuesday because she has so far secured no major...
Britain may never leave EU If Brexit deal rejected, says May
AFP, Grimsby :Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday called on the European Union for “one more push” to strike a Brexit compromise deal and told...
‘Never-ending’ numbers in last IS scrap shock US-backed fighters
AFP, Near Baghouz :US-backed fighters have been hoping for weeks that the final day has come for the Islamic State group’s “caliphate”, but its last...
N Korea may be preparing a missile or space launch
AFP, Tokyo :North Korea could be preparing to launch a missile or rocket in the near future, according to satellite images of activity at the...
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Colombia to allow Venezuelans to enter on expired passportsReuters, BogotaColombia will allow Venezuelans to cross the border using expired passports in view of the difficulty...