Thousands demand Putin`s quit as birthday protests turn violent
AFP, Saint Petersburg :Russian police violently broke up a rally in Saint Petersburg as thousands took to the streets across Russia Saturday on President Vladimir...
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Final vote count in NZ election tightens close race
AP, Turangi :New Zealanders still don’t know who will next lead their country after a final vote count from a general election held two weeks...
North Korea ‘to test first missile capable of hitting America’
The Independent :A Russian politician says he has seen a North Korean missile that could reach the US west coast, and that Pyongyang plans on...
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Malaysia arrests 8 over terror linksReuters, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia has arrested four foreigners and four Malaysians for suspected involvement in terrorist activities linked to Abu...
Just 24 percent say US heading right direction: Poll
AP, Washington :Just 24 percent of Americans believe the country is heading in the right direction after a tumultuous stretch for President Donald Trump that...
Russia strikes kill 120 IS fighters, over 60 `foreign mercenaries` in Syria
AFP, Moscow :Some 120 Islamic State fighters and 60 foreign mercenaries were killed in a series of Russian air strikes in Syria over the past...
Decapitated head of Swedish journo Kim Wall found
AFP, Copenhagen :Danish police said Saturday divers had recovered the decapitated head and two legs of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who vanished in August while...
Trump expected to decertify Iran nuclear deal: Official
Reuters, Washington :President Donald Trump is expected to announce soon that he will decertify the landmark international deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program, a senior...
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Trump suggests Senate investigate journalistsAFP, WashingtonIn the latest in a series of broadsides against the media, US President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that lawmakers investigate...
Conservative plot to oust British PM: Ex-party chairman
AFP, London :A plot by around 30 Conservative MPs including former cabinet ministers to call on British Prime Minister Theresa May to resign is gathering...
Cambodian govt files lawsuit to dissolve main opposition party
Reuters, Phnom Penh :Cambodian government lawyers filed a lawsuit on Friday to demand the dissolution of the main opposition party, in a move that would...
Putin and Saudi King turn the page on decades of tensions
AP, Moscow :In a major break with decades of rivalry, Russia and Saudi Arabia on Friday struck a slew of deals, including contracts for Russian...