Japan’s PM Abe mulling snap election as early as October
Reuters, Tokyo :Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering calling a snap election as early as next month to take advantage of an uptick in...
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Fatah welcomes Hamas pledge to try to end Palestinian split
AP, Ramallah :President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement on Sunday welcomed a pledge by its Hamas rival to accept key conditions for ending a decade-old Palestinian...
Qatar Emir, Erdogan for solving Gulf crisis
AFP, Ankara :Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on Thursday held talks in Turkey with the emirate’s chief ally President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in...
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UN seeks more peacekeepers for Central AfricaAP, BanguiThe United Nations peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic is requesting about 750 more troops to help fill...
North Korea seeks `equilibrium` of military force with US
AFP, Seoul :North Korea is seeking an “equilibrium” of military force with the United States, state media reported Saturday, after Pyongyang sparked global condemnation with...
Millions of world`s children lack any record of their births
AP, Masaka :Would a 15-year-old girl be married off by her parents in violation of the law? Would another girl, who looks even younger, get...
Turkey, Russia, Iran to police Syria Idlib safe zone
AP, Astana :Russia, Turkey and Iran have agreed to set up de-escalation zones in Syria for six months, negotiators for the three countries have said...
US urges China, Russia to take direct actions against N Korea
AFP, Washington :The United States on Thursday called on China and Russia to take “direct actions” to rein in North Korea after it fired a...
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Cambodia urges US to withdraw Peace Corps volunteersReuters, Phnom Penh Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen called on the United States on Friday to withdraw Peace...
Canada, China, EU and partners push forward on Paris climate accord
AFP, Montreal :Some 30 environment ministers will push forward on the Paris climate accord at a meeting Saturday requested by Canada, China and the European...
More than 84 dead in IS-claimed Iraq attack
AFP, Nasiriyah :Gunmen and suicide bombers killed at least 84 people in southern Iraq in the deadliest attack by the Islamic State group since it...
Putin quietly becomes longest-serving Russian leader since Stalin
The Washington Post :On Sept. 12, Vladimir Putin quietly passed a landmark date: He had spent 6,602 days as the top leader of Russia.Though not...