Stormy Daniels’ lawyer says ready to take on Trump in 2020 elections
AFP, Washington :As the lawyer for adult film star Stormy Daniels, Michael Avenatti has been a persistent thorn in Donald Trump’s side. But in the...
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Iran’s problems ‘internal, not just sanctions’: Khamenei
AFP, Tehran :Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Monday that the country’s economic problems were the result of internal mismanagement by the government and...
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36 dead, 98 missing as dam collapse in LaosXinhua, VientianeLao military personnel and a rescue team from Singapore are continuing the search for the 98...
Iran unveils next generation missile
AFP, Tehran :Iran’s defence minister unveiled the next generation of Tehran’s Fateh Mobin short-range ballistic missile on Monday, according to conservative news agency Tasnim.“As promised...
Two Koreas agree to hold September summit in Pyongyang
AFP, Seoul :North and South Korea agreed Monday to hold a summit in Pyongyang in September, the South’s Yonhap news agency reported following high-level talks...
69 including children killed in arms depot blast in Syria’s Idlib
AFP, Sarmada :An explosion at a weapons depot that toppled buildings in a rebel-held town of northwest Syria killed at least 69 civilians including a...
Israel’s Arab minority rallies against new nation-state law
Reuters, Tel Aviv :Thousands of protesters rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday against Israel’s new law declaring it the nation-state of the Jewish people, legislation...
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Fresh rain alert issued in Kerala stateXinhua, New DelhiIndian authorities have sounded a fresh rain alert in Kerala state till Aug 15, even though the...
President Keita favorite to win Mali poll overshadowed by militant threat
Reuters, Bamako :Malians started voting in a run-off presidential election on Sunday, with incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keita expected to beat the opposition challenger despite a...
No place for white supremacy, racism, neo-Nazism in US: Ivanka
AFP, Washington : Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter and a White House adviser, explicitly condemned “white supremacy, racism and neo-nazism” late Saturday in a...
Trump condemns ‘all types of racism’ a year after Virginia violence
AFP, Washington :US President Donald Trump, often accused of denigrating non-white people, said Saturday that he condemned racism as the nation marked the anniversary of...
No one can ‘obliterate’ Taiwan’s existence, President says on departure for US
Reuters, Taipei :Vowing that “no one can obliterate Taiwan’s existence”, President Tsai Ing-wen left on Sunday for the United States and two of its remaining...