Saudi graft inquiry spreads beyond borders as UAE examines bank accounts
Reuters, Abu Dhabi : Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on corruption has spread beyond its borders as regulators in the United Arab Emirates ask UAE banks for information...
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Trump sees `solution` to NKorea crisis in talks with Xi Jinping
AFP, Beijing :US President Donald Trump said he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping believe the North Korean crisis can be solved as the two men...
Separatist violence threatens to disrupt Freeport’s Indonesia mine
Reuters, Jakarta :Armed separatists have occupied five villages in Indonesia’s Papua province, threatening to disrupt Freeport-McMoRan Inc’s giant Grasberg copper mine, which has already been...
Catalan secessionist parties fail to agree on unity ticket for December vote
Reuters, Madrid ;Catalan secessionist parties on Tuesday failed to agree on a united ticket to contest a December snap regional election, making it more difficult...
Trump slamp N Korea’s cruel dictatorship
AFP, Seoul, South Korea :Donald Trump slammed North Korea’s “cruel dictatorship” and the severe political oppression inflicted on its people in a speech to Seoul’s...
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Syria to join Paris climate pact, Isolating US AFP, Bonn, Germany Syria told the UN climate talks in Bonn on Tuesday that it would join the...
Schools shut amid health emergency as smog blankets Delhi
AFP, New Delhi :A public health emergency was declared as choking smog blanketed New Delhi on Tuesday, with authorities ordering the temporary closure of all...
UK minister faces sacking calls over Israel meetings
AFP, London :British Prime Minister Theresa May summoned her aid minister back from a trip to Africa on Wednesday following a row over unauthorised meetings...
Axed Catalan leader slams EU for `helping` Spanish PM
AFP, Brussels :Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel are due to address lawmakers over the Catalan crisis on Wednesday after...
Saudi reopens Lebanon front in struggle with Iran
Reuters, Beirut : Saudi Arabia has opened a new front in its regional proxy war with Iran, threatening Tehran’s powerful ally Hezbollah and its home country...
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Hariri leaves S Arabia for UAE tripReuters, BeirutLebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who sparked a political crisis on Saturday by declaring his surprise resignation in...
Vietnam flood toll hits 61 ahead of APEC summit
AFP, Danang :The death toll from typhoon downpours and floods wreaking havoc along Vietnam’s south-central coast has risen to 61, an official said Tuesday, as...