Europe a ‘rotting continent’, says Erdogan
AFP, Istanbul :Europe is a “rotting continent” and the “centre of Nazism”, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday in his latest withering attack on...
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May holds first talks with Tusk since Brexit launch
AFP, London :British Prime Minister Theresa May and EU president Donald Tusk on Thursday held their first face-to-face talks since she triggered the process for...
US envoy threatens to take unilateral action
Reuters, United Nations :US Ambassador Nikki Haley warned during a United Nations Security Council meeting on a deadly poison gas attack in Syria that when...
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Tillerson to visit Russia April 11-12AFP, Moscow US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will make his first visit to Moscow next week, Russia’s foreign ministry...
Trump renews vow to destroy IS and save `civilisation`
Agencies, Washington :US President Donald Trump reaffirmed his vow to destroy the militant Islamic State group and “protect civilisation” during a White House press conference...
Germany won’t pass Islam law regulating behavior of Muslims
Newsweek :German Chancellor Angela Merkel has dismissed calls from high-ranking members of her own party to introduce a so-called “Islam law,” regulating the religious practices...
Turkey points finger at Assad for chemical weapons attack
AFP :Turkey said on Thursday the autopsies of three Syrians killed in an attack in rebel-held northwestern Syria confirmed that chemical weapons had been used...
NZ floods force evacuations after Storm Debbie
BBC Online :The entire town of Edgecumbe on New Zealand’s North Island has been evacuated, after severe flooding.About 600 homes and 2,000 people are affected,...
Pope hails UK Muslims’ role in inter-faith dialogue
AFP, Vatican City :Pope Francis met briefly on Wednesday with a delegation of four British Muslim clerics and praised their contribution to dialogue between different...
Pope hails UK Muslims’ role in inter-faith dialogue
AFP, Vatican City :Pope Francis met briefly on Wednesday with a delegation of four British Muslim clerics and praised their contribution to dialogue between different...
Germany won’t pass Islam law regulating behavior of Muslims
Newsweek :German Chancellor Angela Merkel has dismissed calls from high-ranking members of her own party to introduce a so-called “Islam law,” regulating the religious practices...
N Korea test-fires missile into sea ahead of Trump-Xi summit
Reuters, Seoul :North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, ahead of a summit...