US will resume defence ties with Turkey, Trump tells Erdogan
AP, Washington :The presidents of the United States and Turkey vowed on Tuesday to repair a relationship battered by years of disputes over Syria’s civil...
International
Reports keep emerging that US-backed forces are executing ISIS fighters in Mosul
Business Insider :As US-backed forces stand on the brink of retaking Mosul, Iraq, reports continue to emerge that they are summarily executing captured fighters from...
Yemen cholera death toll mounts to 209: UNICEF
AFP, Sanaa :A cholera outbreak in Yemen has killed 209 people in recent weeks with 17,200 suspected cases across the war-torn country, the United Nations...
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China quietly releases new intelligence lawReuters, Beijing China on Tuesday quietly released the first public draft of an intelligence law giving authorities powers to monitor...
Homes of Indian ex-finance minister, son searched in criminal probe
Reuters, New Delhi :India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) searched the homes of former finance minister P. Chidambaram and his son on Tuesday, in a...
Syria talks open overshadowed by rival track, rebel losses
AFP, Geneva :A new round of Syrian peace talks opens in Geneva on Tuesday, overshadowed by a competing process in Astana and with rebels reeling...
UK’s Labour Party unveils ‘radical’ election manifesto
AFP, Bradford :Britain’s opposition Labour Party pledged to raise taxes on the well-off, renationalise key industries and end austerity in its manifesto on Tuesday, presenting...
N Korea link emerges in global cyberattacks
Security researchers on Monday reported signs of a potential North Korea link to the massive cyberattack campaign that sparked havoc in computer systems worldwide and...
Trump, Erdogan seek to mend ties at White House meeting
Turkey’s leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with President Donald Trump at the White House Tuesday, hoping to repair ties frayed over Syria and the presence...
Iranian opposition figure Karoubi to vote for Rouhani in election
Reuters, London :Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karroubi, under house arrest since 2011, will back President Hassan Rouhani’s bid for a second term in Friday’s election,...
North Korea’s latest missile launch suggests progress toward ICBM
Reuters, Seoul :North Korea’s successful missile test-launch signals major advances in developing an intercontinental ballistic missile, such as mastery of re-entry technology and better engine...
Comey sacking: Trump urged to hand over any tapes
BBC Online :Senior US lawmakers have called on President Donald Trump to turn over any recordings of conversations with fired FBI director James Comey.Senate Democratic...