US offers Russia closer coop to save Syria plan
AFP, Moscow :Top US diplomat John Kerry stressed the urgency of closer cooperation in Syria after the Kremlin said Friday a US proposal for direct...
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US Navy sailor jailed for Okinawa rapeAP, Tokyo A U.S. Navy sailor was sentenced Friday to two and a half years in prison for raping...
Tropical storm kills 69 in China
AFP, Beijing :A tropical storm in China has left 69 people dead, reports said Thursday, after it lashed Taiwan with typhoon-grade winds and rain.Super Typhoon...
US presidential race tied, Hillary hurt by emails: Poll
Reuters, Washington :The US presidential race is tied going into the major parties’ national conventions and Democrat Hillary Clinton has been damaged by the FBI...
British press rakes over PM`s brutal Brexit reshuffle
AFP, London :Britain’s newspapers on Friday said new Prime Minister Theresa May had shown steel in her ruthless axing of the cabinet’s “old guard”.Some dailies...
Europe-Asia summit condemns terrorism after Nice attack
AFP, Ulan Bator :Leaders of Asia and Europe condemned international terrorism at a summit in Mongolia Friday, as an attack in Nice drew attention away...
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...
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...