Erdogan renews threat of another Syria incursion
AP, Ankara :The Turkish president is suggesting that Turkey’s military could soon launch a new operation across the border into northern Syria, in zones held...
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Japan pursues China thaw as US-Beijing ties in deep freeze
Reuters, Tokyo :While U.S. President Donald Trump appears to wage a trade “Cold War” on China, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will promote a thaw...
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15 Saudi journos arrested in past year. ReportAFP, France At least 15 Saudi journalists and bloggers have been arrested over the past year, Reporters Without...
Torrential rains wreak havoc in Sri Lanka, 26 killed
Xinhua, Colombo :Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Center (DMC) on Thursday said 26 people had been killed and over 69,000 affected from the heavy winds and...
Trump raises economic concerns over halting Saudi arms sales
AP, Washington :President Donald Trump says the U.S. is looking into the fate of a Saudi writer missing and feared murdered but expressed reservations over...
Destitute Yemeni builds home in a tree
AFP, Sanaa :Yemeni Ahmed Houbeichi is not acting out some childhood fantasy when he peers down on the street below from his tree-house. War and...
Russian space rocket fails in mid-air, two-man US-Russian crew lands safely
Reuters, Kazakhstan :The two-man U.S.-Russian crew of a Soyuz spacecraft taking them to the orbiting International Space Station had to make a dramatic emergency landing...
China, Russia push to ease N Korea sanctions as Seoul mulls options
AFP, Seoul :China and Russia have backed easing sanctions on Pyongyang “at an appropriate time”, as South Korea’s foreign minister said Seoul was mulling lifting...
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China launches anti-halal campaign in XinjiangReuters, Shanghai The capital of China’s Xinjiang region, home to the mostly Muslim Uighur minority, has launched a campaign against...
Haley became a popular UN diplomat despite Trump’s policies
AP, United Nations :Nikki Haley came to her job as the top U.S. diplomat at the United Nations with no foreign policy experience, but in...
Australia, Japan agree to keep pressure on North Korea
AP, Canberra :Australia and Japan on Wednesday reaffirmed their commitment to pressuring North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program and enforcing sanctions on Pyongyang.Australian...
Trump slams Obama for being ‘impotent’ about South China Sea problem
PTI, Washington :US President Donald Trump today slammed his predecessor Barack Obama for being “impotent” and not stopping China from expanding its influence in the...