Trump will be `great` if he accepts climate deal: Bloomberg
AP, United Nations :The U.N.’s new envoy for climate action, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, said Monday that President Donald Trump can become “a...
International
Trump-Netanyahu meeting is chance to project common front against Ira
Reuters, Washington :US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold talks on Monday that offer a chance to project a common front...
South Korean envoys in historic trip to meet North’s Kim
AFP :The most senior South Koreans to travel North for more than a decade arrived in Pyongyang Monday to meet leader Kim Jong Un, the...
US embassy in Turkey closes due to `security threat`
Al Jazeera News :The United States embassy in Turkey has been closed to the public as of Monday due to a security threat and only...
Trump says maybe US will have a president for life someday
AP, Washington : President Donald Trump says he thinks it’s great that China’s president now holds that office for life and muses that maybe the U.S....
South Korea sending envoys to North Korea as Trump suggests US willing to talk
Reuters, Seoul :South Korea will dispatch a delegation led by senior security officials for a two-day visit to North Korea starting Monday, the presidential Blue...
Hindu woman elected to Pakistan’s senate in historic first
AP, Islamabad :A woman from Pakistan’s marginalized Hindu minority has been elected to the senate for the first time ever in an election over the...
News In Brief
White House on lockdown after shots firedAFP, WashingtonThe White House was placed on lockdown and the surrounding area cordoned off by emergency personnel Saturday after...
China sets stage for Xi’s historic grab to rule indefinitely
AP, Beijing :President Xi Jinping is poised to make a historic power grab as China’s legislators gather from Monday to approve changes that will let...
Syrian regime forces advance in battered Ghouta
AFP, Douma, Syria : Government forces seized territory inside Syria’s rebel enclave Eastern Ghouta Saturday, intensifying fighting as tens of thousands of civilians in the besieged...
China pledges friendship with Taiwan amid tensions over US bill
Reuters, Beijing :China wants to deepen friendship with Taiwan, the ruling Communist Party’s fourth-ranked leader said on Saturday, a day after state media warned China...
Russian warnings against allies ‘unacceptable’: NATO
Reuters, Brussels :President Vladimir Putin’s warnings to NATO allies are “unacceptable” and do not help efforts to calm tensions, the alliance said on Friday, a...