Koreas to hold high-level talks to prepare for leaders’ summit
AFP, Seoul :The two Koreas will hold high-level talks next week to prepare for a third summit between the South’s President Moon Jae-in and the...
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Brutal weather threatens California wildfire battleReuters, Los Angeles Fierce winds, bone-dry weather and high temperatures are expected on Thursday in northern California, where they could...
Cost of Syria war destruction at $388b, says UN
AFP, Beirut :Seven years of relentless conflict in Syria have wreaked destruction that the United Nations said Wednesday had cost the country close to a...
Zimbabwe opposition leader Biti in custody after Zambia deports him
Reuters, Harare :Zimbabwean police took former finance minister and opposition leader Tendai Biti into custody on Thursday after Zambian authorities rejected his bid for asylum...
Earthquake in Indonesia Over 300 dead as aftershocks rock Lombok
AFP, Indonesia :The death toll from a devastating earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok jumped to 319 Thursday, as strong aftershocks triggered panic among...
Wave of Israeli strikes hit Gaza after rocket barrage, 3 killed
AFP, Gaza City :Israel carried out a wave of strikes across Gaza on Thursday in response to some 180 rockets and mortars fired at its...
Trump-backed Republican clings to narrow lead in US House race in Ohio
Reuters, Ohio :A Republican clung to a narrow lead in a hotly contested US House of Representatives race in Ohio late on Tuesday, holding off...
Najib pleads not guilty to money laundering as charges pile up
Reuters, Kuala Lumpur :Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak pleaded not guilty to money laundering charges slapped on him on Wednesday, as the country’s new...
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Zimbabwe top oppon official arrestedAP, HarareZimbabwean senior opposition official Tendai Biti was arrested while trying to cross into Zambia, a lawyer said Wednesday, as concerns...
Death toll in Lombok quake hits 131, more than 156,000 displaced
AFP, Mataram :The death toll from a shallow 6.9-magnitude earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok has risen above 130, officials said Wednesday, with some...
NASA poised to launch first Sun-skimming spaceship
AFP, Tampa :NASA is poised to launch a $1.5 billion spacecraft on a brutally hot journey toward the Sun, offering scientists the closest-ever view of...
Despair as crippling drought hammers Australian farmers
AFP, Murrurundi :A crippling drought is ravaging vast tracts of Australia’s pastoral heartlands, decimating herds and putting desperate farmers under intense financial and emotional strain,...