China calls on US, N. Korea to implement Singapore deal
AFP :China’s top legislator voiced hope that North Korea and the United States will implement their nuclear summit agreement as he met with North Korean...
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Nat’l Oil Corpn’s Tripoli offices under attack
Al Jazeera News :Armed men have stormed the headquarters of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Tripoli, where a blast and gunfire were heard, according...
Regulating the urban anarchy of war-torn Kabul
AFP :In the alley winding between the earthen walls of Old Kabul, Wakil Mohammad Saddeq insists on honouring his visitors with a cup of tea....
Muslim Uighurs speak of China persecution
Al Jazeera News, Istanbul, Turkey :In April 2017, Tarim, a 48-year-old businessman from Urumqi, the capital of China’s Muslim Xinjiang region, received a phone call...
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21 killed plane crash in South SudanAP, South SudanAn overloaded commercial plane crashed into a lake in South Sudan on Sunday and killed 21 people,...
Russians vote as police detain supporters of opposition leader
AFP, Moscow :Russians began voting in regional elections Sunday that Kremlin-loyal candidates are set to dominate, as police detained dozens of supporters of a jailed...
US, Venezuela officials meet secretly for Nicolas Maduro coup: Report
AFP, Washington: Officials from President Donald Trump’s administration met secretly with Venezuelan military officers to discuss plans to oust President Nicolas Maduro but eventually decided...
North Korea celebrates 70th birthday but without controversial missiles
AFP, Pyongyang :Thousands of North Korean troops paraded through Pyongyang Sunday as the nuclear-armed country celebrated its 70th birthday, followed by artillery and tanks, but...
Trump not on the midterms ballot but looms large
His name will not be on the ballot, but President Donald Trump will be there in spirit when Americans vote in midterm elections in November.And...
Trump admn cuts $25m Palestine aid for East Jerusalem hospitals
Reuters, Washington :The Trump administration has announced further cuts in aid to the Palestinians – this time, cutting money to cover cancer treatments and other...
US sends Iran messages “every day” to begin negotiations: Rouhani
Reuters, Geneva :The United States constantly sends messages to Iran to begin negotiations, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday in a speech broadcast on...
Obama rebukes Trump, ‘radical’ Republicans for abuses of power
Reuters, Urbana :Former U.S. President Barack Obama assailed President Donald Trump and ‘radical’ Republicans on Friday, urging Democrats to deliver a check on the administration’s...