Over 40 pro-regime fighters killed in east Syria strike
AFP, Beirut :An air strike has killed nearly 40 pro-regime foreign fighters in eastern Syria, with a US-led coalition denying accusations from Damascus that it...
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US policy on migrant kids `unconscionable`: UN rights chief
AP, Geneva :The U.N. human rights chief is urging the Trump administration to end new policies separating migrant children from their parents after entering the...
Afghan peace marchers arrive in Kabul as Taliban end ceasefire
AFP, Kabul :Dozens of peace protesters arrived in Kabul on Monday after walking hundreds of kilometres across war-battered Afghanistan, as the Taliban ended an unprecedented...
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May back in the breach as Brexit battles resumeAFP, LondonThe British government faces another nerve-rattling test this week as its flagship Brexit legislation is picked...
US policy on migrant kids ‘unconscionable’: UN rights chief
AP, Geneva :The U.N. human rights chief is urging the Trump administration to end new policies separating migrant children from their parents after entering the...
Trump adviser Roger Stone reveals new meeting with Russian
AP, Washington :Special counsel Robert Mueller is examining a previously undisclosed meeting between longtime Donald Trump confidante Roger Stone and a Russian figure who allegedly...
Family separation policy starts dividing Republicans
AP, Washington :The emotional policy of separating children from their parents is also starting to divide Republicans and their allies as Democrats turn up the...
US hopes for ‘major’ North Korea disarmament by 2020: Pompeo
Reuters, Seoul :The US secretary of state has admitted there is still “a lot of work left to do” following the historic summit in Singapore.The...
World can ‘sleep well’ after North Korea summit: Trump
AFP, Washington :A jubilant-sounding President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that his “deal” with Kim Jong Un has ended the North Korean nuclear threat, as his...
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Erdogan to lift state of emergency if re-electedReuters, Istanbul Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said the state of emergency that has been in place since...
UN rights office calls for int’l probe in Kashmir
AP, Geneva :The U.N. human rights chief called Thursday for an independent, international investigation into reports of rights violations in the disputed region of Kashmir,...
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Erdogan to lift state of emergency if re-electedReuters, Istanbul Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said the state of emergency that has been in place since...