Senate healthcare vote delayed after McCain surgery
AP, Washington :Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday he will delay consideration of health care legislation in the Senate, after Sen. John McCain’s announced absence...
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Two years on, nuclear deal has fewer friends in US and Iran
AFP, Washington :Signed with pomp and fanfare on July 14, 2015, the Iranian nuclear agreement was heralded as a triumph for American diplomacy and international...
UN envoy flays continued rights violations in Sri Lanka
AP, Colombo : A visiting United Nations envoy said that torture remains “endemic and routine” in Sri Lanka’s counterterrorism methods and a number of persons being...
Castro blames Trump for `setback` in US-Cuba relations
AP, Washington : A prominent Russian-American lobbyist and former Soviet military officer said he was at a meeting between a Russian lawyer and President Donald Trump’s...
UN Syria envoy hails small gains in latest peace talks
AP, Washington :A prominent Russian-American lobbyist and former Soviet military officer said he was at a meeting between a Russian lawyer and President Donald Trump’s...
China cremates body of Nobel laureate and dissident Liu Xiaobo
AFP, Shenyang :The body of China’s late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo was cremated Saturday after a private ceremony attended by his family, as Beijing faces...
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Second round of Brexit talks set for Monday AP, Washington The second round of Brexit negotiations will take place in Brussels on Monday, the British...
US-backed forces in new push against IS in Raqa
AFP, Raqa :US-backed forces captured a new district from jihadists in Syria’s Raqa but struggled to hold their positions against suicide car bombers, a fighter...
US prepares new sanctions on Chinese firms over North Korea ties
Reuters, Washington :Frustrated that China has not done more to rein in North Korea, the Trump administration could impose new sanctions on small Chinese banks...
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Gulf standoff cannot be resolved in a day : Qatari FM AP, Ankara Qatar’s foreign minister says it would be unfair to describe U.S. Secretary...
Turkey marks anniversary of failed coup against Erdogan rule
AP, Ankara :Turkey is commemorating the first anniversary of the quashed military coup that sought to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a series of...
Asserting sovereignty, Indonesia renames part of South China Sea
Reuters, Jakarta : Indonesia renamed the northern reaches of its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea as the North Natuna Sea on Friday, the...