Palestinians seek EU support as row with US persists
AFP :Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas will seek EU support in Brussels on Monday amid bitter acrimony with the United States, but he looks unlikely to...
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Turkey in new assault on Kurdish militia on Syria
AFP :Turkey on Monday shelled Kurdish militia targets in Syria and claimed progress in a cross-border offensive that has stoked concern among its allies and...
Sacked Catalan leader arrives in Denmark despite Spanish arrest threat
AFP :Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont arrived in Copenhagen on Monday, defying a threat by Madrid to issue a warrant for his arrest if he...
Tokyo gets first ‘heavy snow’ alert in four years
AFP, Tokyo :Japan’s weather agency on Monday issued a heavy snow warning for Tokyo for the first time in four years, urging people to go...
S Korea’s ‘Peace Olympics’ meet backlash at home
AFP, Seoul :South Korea’s efforts to bring the North to its Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang next month are provoking a backlash among its own people,...
UAE-backed group vows to `overthrow` Yemen`s government
Al Jazeera News :A group of separatists in southern Yemen, backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have declared a state of emergency in the...
Assad regime promotes Syria’s ruins in Aleppo as ‘tourist’ destination
AFP, Madrid :It is over a year since Bashar al-Assad’s regime, with the help of Russian air strikes and barrel bombs, pounded the rebel-held east...
Johnson says UK should welcome Trump
AFP, London :British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called for US President Donald Trump to be welcomed to the UK, warning Sunday that resisting a visit...
Pope urges end to violence against women
AFP, Trujillo :Pope Francis on Saturday urged Latin America’s faithful to fight rampant violent crime against women including murder, while holding mass in Trujillo, Peru’s...
US will back two-state solution if Israelis, Palestinains agree: Pence
Reuters, Cairo :Vice President Mike Pence told Egypt’s leader on Saturday the United States would support a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians if the...
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French prison unions vote to press on with strikeAFP, ParisA week-long French prison strike sparked by a spate of inmate attacks on guards looks set...
Jordan`s king says East Jerusalem must be capital of Palestinian state
Reuters, Amman :Jordan’s King Abdullah expressed concern on Sunday over a decision by Washington to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, saying East Jerusalem had to...