Rouhani looks to beat hard-liner as Iran prepares to vote
AP, Tehran :Iranian President Hassan Rouhani staked his political future on opening Iran ever so slightly to the outside world and overcoming hard-liners’ opposition to...
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South Korean President warns high chance of clashes with North
Reuters, Seoul :South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday there was a “high possibility” of conflict with North Korea, which is pressing ahead with...
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Trump to give speech on Islam in S ArabiaAFP, WashingtonUS President Donald Trump will give a major speech on the Islamic faith during his upcoming...
North Korea’s actions ‘recipe for disaster’: US admiral
AP, Tokyo :The top American military officer in the Pacific said Wednesday that North Korea’s recent military actions are “a recipe for a disaster” and...
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...
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...