Syrian rescuers, medics say 80 killed in gas attack near capital
AFP, Beirut : Fresh air strikes hit rebel-held areas of Syria’s Eastern Ghouta on Sunday, a monitor said, after more than 80 people were killed in...
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France to host reformist Saudi Crown Prince on global tour
AFP, Paris :Saudi Arabia’s crown prince arrives in France Sunday on the next leg of his global tour aimed at reshaping his kingdom’s austere image...
National Guardsmen sent to Mexico border to decide on additional troops
Good Morning America :The National Guard troops sent to the U.S. border with Mexico this weekend are a team of mostly planners who will decide...
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Pakistan summons US envoy over deadly crashAP, Islamabad Pakistan summoned the American ambassador on Sunday to lodge a formal protest after a road crash involving...
France is abetting terrorists: Erdogan
Reuters, Ankara :Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused France of abetting terrorists by “hosting them” at the Elysee Palace, amid a diplomatic row between...
Syrian rescuers, medics say 80 killed in gas attack near capital
AFP, Beirut : Fresh air strikes hit rebel-held areas of Syria’s Eastern Ghouta on Sunday, a monitor said, after more than 80 people were killed in...
Lula spends first day of 12-year prison sentence
AFP, Curitiba :Leftist icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spent Sunday as Brazil’s first ex-president to be imprisoned for a common crime-and his cell was...
National Guardsmen sent to Mexico border to decide on additional troops
Good Morning America :The National Guard troops sent to the U.S. border with Mexico this weekend are a team of mostly planners who will decide...
France is abetting terrorists: Erdogan
Reuters, Ankara :Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused France of abetting terrorists by “hosting them” at the Elysee Palace, amid a diplomatic row between...
Lula spends first day of 12-year prison sentence
AFP, Curitiba :Leftist icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spent Sunday as Brazil’s first ex-president to be imprisoned for a common crime-and his cell was...
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Lula expected to surrender on SaturdayReuters, BrazilLeftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spent the night holed up inside the headquarters of a steel-workers...
Japan activates first marines since WW2 to bolster defenses against China
Reuters, Tokyo :Japan on Saturday activated its first marine unit since World War Two trained to counter invaders occupying Japanese islands along the edge of...