US approves $1.31b artillery sale to Saudi Arabia
AFP, Washington :The United States on Thursday approved a contract to sell Saudi Arabia 180 self-propelled artillery systems for $1.31 billion, in the latest stage...
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Lankan PM survives no-confidence vote in parliament
AFP, Colombo :Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe defeated a no-confidence motion in parliament late Wednesday but political tensions rose after 13 MPs from an...
Negotiation with Israel would be big mistake: Khamenei
Reuters, Beirut :Any move to negotiate with Israel would be an “unforgivable mistake”, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday, after Saudi Arabia’s...
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Students, medics protest Macron reformsAP, RouenStudents and medical workers are facing off against riot police in a protest over reforms by President Emmanuel Macron’s government.The...
Lankan PM survives no-confidence vote in parliament
AFP, Colombo :Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe defeated a no-confidence motion in parliament late Wednesday but political tensions rose after 13 MPs from an...
Koreas hold preparatory talks to set up Kim-Moon summit
AP, Seoul :The rival Koreas held preparatory talks Thursday for a summit later this month between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean...
Negotiation with Israel would be big mistake: Khamenei
Reuters, Beirut :Any move to negotiate with Israel would be an “unforgivable mistake”, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday, after Saudi Arabia’s...
Russia launches missile tests, triggers partial closure of Baltic Sea
Reuters, Riga :Russia began testing missiles with live munitions in the Baltic Sea on Wednesday, alarming Latvia, a member of NATO, which says the drills...
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Students, medics protest Macron reformsAP, RouenStudents and medical workers are facing off against riot police in a protest over reforms by President Emmanuel Macron’s government.The...
Indian woman Rupali Meshram fights off tiger with stick
BBC Online :A young Indian woman was lucky to survive, doctors say, after she fought off a tiger which attacked her goat.Rupali Meshram, 23, said...
Koreas hold preparatory talks to set up Kim-Moon summit
AP, Seoul :The rival Koreas held preparatory talks Thursday for a summit later this month between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean...
Russia launches missile tests, triggers partial closure of Baltic Sea
Reuters, Riga :Russia began testing missiles with live munitions in the Baltic Sea on Wednesday, alarming Latvia, a member of NATO, which says the drills...