Cameron admits he profitted from father`s offshore fund
AFP, London :British Prime Minister David Cameron admitted Thursday he had held a 30,000 pound stake in an offshore fund set up by his father,...
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Hillary, Bernie Sanders get tough as Democratic race narrows
AFP, New York :Hillary Clinton and leftist challenger Bernie Sanders turned up the heat Thursday in the Democratic race for the White House, locking horns...
Two dead in Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes despite ceasefire
AFP, Yerevan :Two ethnic Armenian troops died in fighting with Azerbaijani forces Friday as the archfoes accused each other of breaching a ceasefire that halted...
Netanyahu govt at risk of collapse: Minister
AFP, Jerusalem :A key Israeli minister said on Thursday that the government is at risk of collapsing if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s narrow coalition is...
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Seven killed in Sinai blastsReuters, Cairo At least five Egyptian soldiers, a military officer and a civilian woman were killed, and 15 injured, on Thursday...
Greece expels more migrants to Turkey under EU deal
AFP, Athens :Greece deported a second batch of more than a hundred migrants to Turkey on Friday and Germany announced a sharp drop in asylum...
Castro makes rare public appearance after Obama visit
Reuters, Havana :Former Cuban President Fidel Castro, 89, made a rare appearance outside his home on Thursday, visiting a school to mark the birthday of...
US Security Chief compares anti-Muslim remarks to red scare
AFP, Washington :The US domestic security chief on Wednesday compared current anti-Muslim sentiment to the anti-communist “Red Scare” of the 1940s and ’50s, suggesting that...
Hillary not qualified to be president: Sanders
AP, Philadelphia :Bernie Sanders is questioning whether Democratic rival Hillary Clinton is “qualified” to be president after she spent much of the day after the...
Brussels not a failed state: PM
AFP, Brussels :The ISIS attacks in Brussels represented a security “failure”, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel admitted on Wednesday, but he rejected the notion his...
China begins operation of lighthouse on artificial island in South China Sea
Reuters, Beijing :China has begun operating a lighthouse on one of its artificial islands in the South China Sea near which a US warship sailed...
Ukraine will push towards EU despite rejection by Dutch voters
Reuters, Tokyo :Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said today his country will continue moving towards the European Union despite a resounding rejection by Dutch voters of...