Ecuador quake toll climbs to 525, hundreds still missing
BBC Online :The death toll from Saturday’s devastating earthquake in Ecuador has risen to 525 and could increase by many more, authorities in the country...
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Raul Castro keeps top job but leadership changes to come
AFP, Havana :President Raul Castro will serve a second term as head of Cuba’s Communist Party alongside other veterans, as the island’s aging leaders see...
Kim more aggressive than father: US General
AFP, Washington :North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un appears more “risk-tolerant, arrogant and impulsive” than his father as he forges ahead with military programs that...
Russia preparing aggression against NATO: Polish minister
Reuters, Warsaw : Poland’s defense minister has said Russia continued to pose a serious threat to NATO and that Moscow was systematically preparing for aggression...
Rousseff won’t quit after impeachment vote
AP. Brasilia :President Dilma Rousseff said on Monday she is “indignant” over a congressional vote to open impeachment proceedings against her and vowed to fight...
Afghan Taliban attack central Kabul, at least 28 dead
Reuters, Kabul :A major Taliban suicide bomb and gun attack on a government security office in central Kabul during rush hour on Tuesday killed at...
Putin, Obama agree to assist further in cessation of hostilities in Syria
Reuters, Moscow :Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama have agreed to assist further in securing a cessation of hostilities in Syria during...
US feels ‘overwhelming frustration’ with Israeli government: Biden
AP, Washington :Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged “overwhelming frustration” with Israel’s government on Monday and said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration has led Israel in...
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Mosul will be retaken from IS: ObamaAFP, Washington US President Barack Obama said he expects Iraq’s second city Mosul to be retaken from the Islamic...
Malta government survives ‘Panama Papers’ no confidence vote
AFP, Valletta :Malta’s left-of-centre government survived a no confidence vote on Monday linked to revelations from the so-called Panama Papers, which named the energy minister...
Netanyahu vows Golan will remain Israel’s ‘forever’
AFP, Jerusalem :Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday that the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights would “forever” remain in his country’s hands as his cabinet...
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Carter offers Iraq more help, possibly troops against ISAFP, Baghdad US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter made an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Monday for...