Sick, injured begin to leave besieged Ghouta
Reuters, Beirut :Sick and injured civilians were shown on Syrian state television leaving a besieged rebel enclave in eastern Ghouta on Tuesday in what insurgents...
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Iowa Senate leader resigns; Video shows him kissing lobbyist
AP, Des Moines :The majority leader of the Iowa Senate resigned Monday after a website published video showing the married lawmaker kissing a statehouse lobbyist.Sen....
US picking up Taliban interest in Afghan peace talks: Mattis
Reuters, Kabul :The United States is picking up signs of interest from Taliban elements in exploring the possibility of talks with Kabul to end the...
Chinese President calls for `smooth` Kim-Trump talks
AFP, Beijing :Chinese President Xi Jinping hopes “smooth” talks between North Korea’s leader and the presidents of the United States and South Korea can produce...
Activists push US to advocate for human rights in Egypt
Al Jazeera News :Dozens of members of the Egyptian diaspora in the United States are gathering in Washington, DC, this week to develop strategies to...
North Korea silence speaks volumes on US talks
AFP :Pyongyang has maintained a deafening silence as news that US President Donald Trump will meet its leader Kim Jong Un made global headlines-and analysts...
Japan minister admits files altered in scandal dogging Abe
AFP :Japan’s finance minister admitted Monday that official papers related to a favouritism scandal dogging Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had been altered, but denied any...
Putin ordered plane shot down during Olympics threat
Al Jazeera News :Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the shooting down of a Turkish passenger jet after a bomb threat was made just before the...
Slovak interior minister quits after journalist murder
AFP :Slovak Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Robert Kalinak announced his resignation Monday following tensions sparked by the murder of an investigative journalist probing...
Five dead in New York river helicopter crash
AFP :Five people have died after a helicopter owned by a tour group plunged into Manhattan’s East River, police said on Monday.The red chopper, which...
Trump sees ‘tremendous success’ in upcoming North Korea talks
AFP, Washington :President Donald Trump predicted “tremendous success” Saturday in upcoming groundbreaking talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and suggested the reclusive state...
Jews could be behind US election meddling: Putin
Newsweek :Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Jews may be behind alleged meddling in the U.S. presidential election.In an interview broadcast late Friday, Putin was...