Minorities reject Suu Kyi`s party
AFP, Yangon :Aung San Suu Kyi’s one-year-old government won a string of seats in Myanmar by-elections Sunday but was bruised by losses in ethnic minority...
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Pope visits 2012 quake-hit area in Italy AP, ItalyPope Francis has arrived in Italy’s northern Emilia Romagna region, which was hit by deadly quakes in...
China’s beard, veil ban in Xinjiang comes into effect
AP, Beijing :China has introduced new restrictions in the far-western region of Xinjiang in what it describes as a campaign against Islamist extremism.The measures, which...
Kabul-Taliban settlement eventual goal: Tillerson
AP, Washington :US Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson has indicated that an eventual settlement between the Afghan government and the Taliban is the ultimate...
Filings show Ivanka, husband benefitting from business empire
AFP, Washington :Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner have held onto real estate and business investments valued in the hundreds of millions...
US-led strikes ‘likely’ caused 229 civilian deaths since 2014: Pentagon
AFP, Washington :Air strikes by the US-led coalition against the ISIS group have likely “unintentionally” killed 229 civilians since the offensive began in 2014, according...
Meeting with Chinese President ‘very important’: US President
PTI, Washington :Ahead of his first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week, US President Donald Trump on Friday described it as a “very...
UN, US caution Israel on new settlement building in West Bank
AP, United Nations :Israel’s decision to build the first new government-sanctioned settlement in a quarter century drew a condemnation from UN Secretary General António Guterres...
Mattis suggests North Korea, not Iran or ISIS, is the biggest threat to US
AP, Washington :Defense Secretary James Mattis, when he led the U.S. Central Command that oversees operations in the Middle East, repeatedly said that the three...
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Egypt’s President to meet TrumpAFP, Cairo After four years of tension with the United States, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi now has a fan in...
Suu Kyi faces first test of popularity as Myanmar goes to polls for by-elections
International Business Times :Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces the first test of popularity as the country goes to polls for by-elections...
Scotland makes formal request to London for independence vote
AFP, Edinburgh :The Scottish government on Friday formally asked British Prime Minister Theresa May for a second referendum on independence, deepening a constitutional crisis sparked...