EU is `possibly as bad` as China on trade: Trump
Europe is “possibly as bad as China” on trade, US President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast Sunday, with trade wars emerging against both...
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110 hospitalized in Afghanistan after drinking river waterAP, KabulAn Afghan official says that at least 110 people have been hospitalized after drinking from a river...
Thousands set to rally in Hong Kong over Beijing’s tightening grip
Reuters, Hong Kong :Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong were expecting tens of thousands of people to attend an annual protest rally on Sunday to mark...
N Korea’s Kim urges Xi to help lift sanctions: Report
AFP, Tokyo :North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has appealed to China’s Xi Jinping to help end sanctions against Pyongyang following his landmark summit with US...
UAE announces pause in offensive on Yemen’s Hodeida
AFP, Abu Dhabi :The United Arab Emirates on Sunday announced a pause in the offensive it is backing against Huthi rebels in Yemen’s port city...
Thai boys spend 8th night in flooded cave as weather eases
AFP, Thailand :Twelve Thai boys and their assistant football coach spent their eighth night trapped in a flooded cave, as a round-the-clock search was aided...
Trump says Saudi King agrees to ramp up oil production
AFP, Washington :US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Saudi Arabia’s King Salman had agreed to his request to ramp up oil production, a...
Mattis in Asia, fixing Trump-rattled relationships one by one
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis spent four days in East Asia trying to keep on the rails key relationships-two friendly, one adversarial-that his boss President...
N Korea continues to fuel nuclear arsenal, feels US intelligence
Reuters, Washington: U.S. intelligence agencies believe North Korea has increased production of fuel for nuclear weapons at multiple secret sites in recent months and may...
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US sanctions aim to turn Iranians against govt: KhameneiReuters, Dubai U.S. economic pressure on Iran is intended to turn Iranians against their government, Supreme Leader...
Syria opposition ‘in talks with Russia’ over Deraa peace deal
Al Jazeera, Beirut :Committee of southern rebels says it started negotiations with Russia over fate of rebel-held parts of Deraa province.Syrian opposition figures have begun...
3 babies dead, 100 missing in migrant shipwreck off Libya
Reuters, Tripoli :The lifeless bodies of three babies were brought ashore in Libya on Friday, victims of a Mediterranean migrant shipwreck in which survivors say...