No talks with Russia about leaving power: Assad
BBC Online :Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said Russia has never talked to him about leaving power.“They never said a single word regarding this,” Mr...
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Brexit crisis to test ‘Iron Ladies’ Merkel, May
AFP, Berlin :Pragmatic, childless pastors’ daughters with killer instincts who were long underestimated by their blustering male peers — the parallels between new British Prime...
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Merkel invites British PM Theresa May for talksReuters, Kyrgyzstan German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday she had invited Britain’s new prime minister Theresa May...
Trump nears end of vice presidential search
Reuters, Washington :Republican Donald Trump neared the end of his vice presidential search on Thursday, with Indiana Governor Mike Pence and former U.S. House Speaker...
Russia offers to fly warplanes more safely over Baltics
Reuters, Brussels :Moscow offered to fly its jets over the Baltic region with their transponders engaged, an apparent concession to NATO powers who accuse Russia’s...
US launches quiet diplomacy to ease South China Sea tensions
Reuters, Washington :The United States is using quiet diplomacy to persuade the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and other Asian nations not to move aggressively to capitalize...
Dozens dead in air strike on camp for displaced Syrians
Al Jazeera News :Air strikes on a camp for Syrian refugees near the country’s border with Jordan have killed at least 17 people and wounded...
Death toll in Italy train crash rises to 27
Reuters :The death toll from a high speed train crash in southern Italy rose to 27 on Wednesday after rescuers worked through the night to...
Need an attack dog as running mate: Donald Trump
PTI, Washington :Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he wants “an attack dog” as a running mate, days ahead of announcing his vice presidential...
We are not as divided as we seem at Dallas Memorial for slain officers: Obama
NBC News.com :President Barack Obama, speaking in Dallas this afternoon to a community – and a nation – reeling from last week’s deadly sniper attack,...
Indonesian convict escapes jail in a Muslim veil
AFP, Jakarta :An Indonesian convict escaped from jail by putting on a woman’s Muslim veil, make-up and sunglasses and walked out past unsuspecting guards, an...
Japan Emperor intends to abdicate ‘in a few years’
Reuters, Tokyo :Japanese Emperor Akihito, who has spent much of his time on the throne trying to heal the wounds of World War Two, intends...