Trump feud exposes racial divide in US sport
AFP, Washington :Donald Trump’s feud with black athletes in the NBA and NFL has drawn attention to the racial fault lines which divide sport in...
International
Fugitive former PM Yingluck is in Dubai : Thai junta leader
Reuters, Bangkok :The leader of Thailand’s military junta said on Thursday that Yingluck Shinawatra, the prime minister ousted three years ago, was in Dubai, where...
Baghdad cranks up pressure on Kurds with flight ban
AFP, Arbil :All foreign flights to and from the Iraqi Kurdish capital Arbil will be suspended from Friday, officials said, as Baghdad increases pressure on...
Talks with EU making progress : Brexit envoy
AP, Brussels : Britain’s Brexit negotiator David Davis says talks with the European Union on his country’s departure from the bloc are making progress, following a...
Mattis, NATO chief renew commitment to Afghan conflict
AFP, Kabul :US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg renewed their commitment to Afghanistan Wednesday, as the Taliban launched a rocket attack...
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Pakistan Finance Minister indicted in corruption case PTI, Islamabad Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was today indicted by an anti-corruption court hearing the Panama Papers...
Ousted Thai PM Yingluck sentenced in absentia to 5 years
AP, Bangkok :Thailand’s top court on Wednesday sentenced ousted premier Yingluck Shinawata to five years in prison for criminal negligence, a verdict read in absentia...
Iraq warns Kurds as they claim victory in independence vote
AP, Irbil :Iraq’s prime minister on Tuesday ordered the Kurdish region to hand over control of its airports to federal authorities or face a flight...
Saudi women rejoice at end of driving ban long backed by clerics
Reuters, Riyadh :Saudi Arabian women awoke to news of a royal decree permitting them to drive starting next year – and some were already behind...
Trump candidate defeated GOP primary runoff in Alabama
AP, Montgomery :Firebrand jurist Roy Moore won the Alabama Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, defeating an appointed incumbent backed by both President...
Venezuela prepares for war with US
Newsweek :Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro called on his nation’s military leaders Tuesday to prepare for war against the U.S. days after the Trump administration banned...
Palestinian gunman kills three Israelis in West Bank
Three Israelis have been shot dead by a Palestinian at the entrance to the Jewish settlement of Har Adara in the occupied West Bank, Israeli...