California `horror` fires burn on, 40 dead in one week
Reuters, Santa Rosa :Authorities hope weaker winds will help more than 10,000 firefighters battle the deadliest blazes in California history, which have killed at least...
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Merkel’s party seeks to win fourth German state in a year
AP, Berlin :German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party is aiming to unseat the incumbent center-left governor in Lower Saxony for a fourth straight victory in state...
Kurds block Iraqi forces access to Kirkuk’s oil fields, airbase
Reuters, Baghdad :Kurdish Peshmerga fighters rejected a warning from an Iraqi paramilitary force to withdraw from a strategic junction south of Kirkuk, which controls the...
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Pope adds 35 saints to church, nearly all martyrsAP, Vatican City Pope Francis, who often laments current persecutions of Christians, has given the Catholic Church...
Austria set to elect youngest EU leader in right-wing push
AFP, Vienna :Austrians were voting Sunday in a snap election tipped to see conservative Sebastian Kurz, 31, become the EU’s youngest leader and form an...
NATO chief concerned about Iran missile programme
AFP, Brussels :NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Friday refused to intervene in the row over the Iran nuclear deal, but said the alliance had concerns...
Iraq forces retake positions from Kurds in disputed Kirkuk
AFP, Kirkuk :Iraqi forces Friday retook positions controlled by Kurdish peshmerga fighters since 2014 in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk amid a bitter row with...
UNESCO selects France’s Azoulay as new chief
Reuters, Paris :The United Nations’ cultural agency selected former French culture minister Audrey Azoulay as its new chief on Friday, handing her the keys to...
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Austrian voters concerned about immigration, IslamAP, Vienna :Wrapping up a bruising political campaign season, Austrian political parties were counting down Saturday toward an election that...
N Korea readies missile launch ahead of US-S Korea drill
AFP, Seoul :North Korea is believed to be preparing to launch a ballistic missile ahead of an upcoming joint naval drill by the US and...
Trump throws future of Iran deal to Congress
AFP, Washington :President Donald Trump will unveil a more aggressive strategy to check Iran’s growing power Friday, but will stop short of withdrawing from a...
New poll shows Philippine President still hugely popular
Reuters, Manila :Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte retained a high public approval rating in an opinion poll released on Friday, a stark contrast to a different...