Saudi king orders newspaper columnist to stop piling on the praise
Reuters, Dubai :Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz has ordered an over-enthusiastic columnist to be suspended from his job after he equated him with God,...
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Qatar FM in Kuwait to respond to demands
Reuters :Qatar’s foreign minister has arrived in Kuwait to hand over the state’s response to the list of 13 demands from Saudi Arabia and three...
In tweeted video, Trump knocks down, beats up ‘CNN’
AFP :US President Donald Trump launched a fresh attack on the news media Sunday by tweeting a video-bizarre even by his standards-showing him knocking down...
Singapore PM Lee `will not sue siblings` over feud
BBC Online :Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong says he will not sue his siblings over claims he abused his power, despite calls to settle a...
South China Sea: China calls USS Stethem warship `a provocation`
BBC Online :Beijing has called the presence of a US warship near a disputed island in the South China Sea “a serious political and military...
Putin has phone talks with Qatar, Bahrain on Gulf row
Reuters, Moscow :Russian President Vladimir Putin had telephone discussions with the leaders of Qatar and Bahrain, stressing the need for diplomacy to end the dispute...
Syrian govt dismisses report on sarin attack
Reuters, Beirut :The Syrian government on Saturday dismissed a report by the international chemical weapons watchdog that said the banned nerve agent sarin was used...
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Tokyo votes in high-stakes city electionReuters, TokyoVoters in the Japanese capital cast ballots today in an election that could spell trouble for Prime Minister Shinzo...
Pope shakes up Vatican by replacing conservative doctrinal chief
Reuters, Vatican City :In a major shake-up of the Vatican’s administration on Saturday, Pope Francis replaced Catholicism’s top theologian, a conservative German cardinal who has...
Xi avowed his commitment to HK’s semi-autonomous status
AFP, Hong Kong :A landmark visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Hong Kong left little doubt that Beijing views the city as a destabilising...
Trump to speak with China, Japan leaders on N Korea
President Donald Trump will speak by telephone with the leaders of China and Japan on Sunday, in talks likely to be dominated by North Korea’s...
Don’t cross ‘red line’: Chinese President’s tough message in Hong Kong
AFP, Hong Kong :China’s President Xi Jinping said Saturday Hong Kong was freer than ever before but laid down an uncrossable “red line” for any...