Change expected in El Salvador Presidential election
AFP, San Salvador :Nayib Bukele is favorite to win when voters head to the polls in El Salvador on Sunday to elect a new president...
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Yemen govt, rebels meet aboard UN shipAFP, Dubai The head of the UN mission in Yemen launched talks between the government and Huthi rebels aboard...
Modi visits Kashmir amid protest strike
AP, Srinagar :India’s prime minster was in disputed Kashmir for a daylong visit Sunday to review development work, as separatists fighting Indian rule called for...
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Iran video shows test launch of cruise missileReuters, Dubai Iran unveiled a new cruise missile with a range of 1,300 km (800 miles) on Saturday...
North Korean Christians keep faith underground amid crackdowns
AP, Seoul :One North Korean defector in Seoul describes her family back home quietly singing Christian hymns every Sunday while someone stood watch for informers....
I gave info on Trump to Russian tycoon: Belarusian model
AP, Moscow :A Belarusian model who claims to have information on ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s election campaign told The Associated Press on Friday...
Chinese ‘underground’ bishop gains official recognition
AFP, Beijing :A bishop from China’s “underground” Catholic church is slated to step up as the official state-backed clergyman for a diocese in central China,...
ICE force-feeding detainees on hunger strike
AP :Three times a day, a 22-year-old Indian man on a hunger strike says, he is dragged from his cell in a Texas immigration detention...
Indian embassy opens hotline for 129 students detained in US visa scam
PTI, Washington :As many as 129 Indians are among the 130 foreign students arrested for enrolling at a fake university allegedly to remain in the...
Venezuela`s Guaido extends olive branch to China
AFP, Beijing :Venezuela’s self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido has promised China he will honour bilateral agreements and said he was ready to start a dialogue with...
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US poised to announce withdrawal from nuclear arms treatyAP, WashingtonThe Trump administration is poised to announce Friday that it is withdrawing from a treaty that...
Pelosi remains far apart from Trump on the border wall issue
AP, Washington : House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has declared that there’ll be no “wall money” in any compromise border security deal as she and President Donald...