Prince Charles steps up as Queen steps back
AFP, London :On Remembrance Sunday, Prince Charles will lay Queen Elizabeth II’s wreath honouring Britain’s war dead as she watches on-a rare public symbol of...
International
Newspaper identifies 33,293 people who died seeking shelter in “fortress Europe”
Reuters, London :Four-month-old Syrian baby Faris Ali froze to death in a tent in Turkey, five-year-old Afghan Sajida Ali’s body washed ashore after a shipwreck,...
Pro-independence Catalans to protest in Barcelona
AFP, Madrid :A protest is expected in Barcelona Saturday calling for the release of jailed separatist leaders, the day after pro-independence Catalan parliamentarian Carme Forcadell...
Anger rises as toxic air chokes India`s capital
AP, New Delhi :As thick smog crept over India’s capital this past week and smudged landmarks from view, Nikunj Pandey could feel his eyes and...
Saudi graft purge ‘raises a few concerns’: Tillerson
AFP, Danang :Saudi Arabia’s mass purge of elites accused of graft “raises a few concerns”, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday, adding Washington...
Trump praises ‘productive’ China talks, but tough action seen ahead
Reuters, Beijing :U.S. President Donald Trump lauded his Beijing meetings on trade and North Korea as “very productive”, ending a visit which Chinese media declared...
News In Brief
French, German leaders want joint future 100 years after WWIAP, Paris The presidents of France and Germany say Europeans must stand up to nationalism and...
US, Russia nearing agreement on resolving Syrian civil war
AP, Washington :The United States and Russia are nearing an agreement on Syria for how they hope to resolve the Arab country’s civil war once...
Pope hopes to shift nuke paradigm: Deterrence to disarmament
AP, Vatican City :The Vatican on Friday hosted Nobel laureates, U.N. and NATO officials and a handful of nuclear powers at a conference aimed at...
Catalan parliament speaker detained pending bail
AFP, Madrid :The speaker of Catalonia’s sacked parliament was ordered detained Thursday over her region’s controversial drive for independence from Spain, pending payment of a...
Palestinians resume security ties with Israel
Reuters, Ramallah :Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s administration said on Wednesday it had resumed security coordination with Israel in the occupied West Bank, frozen in July,...
UN, aid groups warn of `starvation and death` in Yemen
AP, SANAA, Yemen :The United Nations and more than 20 aid groups said Thursday that the Saudi-led coalition’s tightening of a blockade on war-torn Yemen...