Worst humanitarian crisis hits as Trump slashes foreign aid
AP, Nairobi, Kenya :The world’s largest humanitarian crisis in 70 years has been declared in three African countries on the brink of famine, just as...
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Pentagon enjoying greater freedom to run its wars under Trump
AFP, Washington :The Pentagon under President Donald Trump is enjoying greater freedom to run its wars the way it wants-and not constantly seek White House...
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UN talks on global N-arms ban MondayAFP, WashingtonMore than 100 countries are set to launch the first UN talks on a global nuclear weapons ban...
California Gov Brown swipes at Trump for border wall
AP, Washington :California Gov. Jerry Brown likened President Donald Trump to a strongman whose goal of walling off the U.S.-Mexico border conjures other infamous barriers...
Pakistan building border fence with Afghanistan
AFP, Islamabad :Pakistan has begun building a fence along its border with Afghanistan to curtail the movement of militants, its army said, in a move...
61 bodies found in Mosul 10 days after air strike
Reuters, Mosul :Iraq’s military said on Sunday that 61 bodies were recovered from a collapsed building that the militant Islamic State group had booby-trapped in...
Chinese drone factory in S Arabia first in ME
PTI, Beijing :Saudi Arabia has permitted a Chinese firm to set up a factory to manufacture hunter-killer aerial drones for the first time in the...
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Air strike kills 16 in Syrian prison Reuters, Beirut At least 16 people died after a Friday night air strike on a prison in Syria’s...
Israel didn’t comply with UN call to stop settlements
AP, United Nations : Israel took no steps to comply with a Security Council call to stop all settlement activity in the West Bank and...
Yemen on brink of worst man-made famine : UN
AP, United Nations : The situation in Yemen is one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises – ‘and one that is entirely man-made’ – in...
Lights go out around the world for 10th Earth Hour
AFP, Sydney, Australia : From Sydney Opera House to the Eiffel tower in Paris and the Kremlin in Moscow, landmarks across the globe dimmed their...
Troubled EU seeks unity in Rome on 60th birthday
AFP, Rome : European Union leaders celebrated the 60th anniversary of the bloc’s founding treaties at a special summit in Rome on Saturday in a...