French FM calls for resumption of Mideast peace talks
AFP, Cairo :French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Saturday urged the resumption of Middle East peace talks, while warning that continued Israeli settlement building in...
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Afghan insurgents take control of a northern district
AP, Kabul :Taliban insurgents have taken control of the Chardara district in northern Kunduz province, according to Afghan officials.Mohammad Yusouf Ayubi, head of the provincial...
China, US set for ‘vigorous’ talks on key issues
AFP, Washington :The United States is vowing not to “paper over” differences with China at key talks this week weighed down by thorny issues of...
Berlin, Rome, Paris protesters say yes to migrants
AFP, Berlin :Thousands of people took to the streets in several European cities, in a show of solidarity with migrants seeking refuge in Europe and...
Chinese paper hopeful on talks with US
Reuters, Shanghai :China’s leading state newspaper on Saturday hailed the common interests between China and the United States, striking a positive tone days ahead of...
Putin offers to cooperate with US on global crises
AP, Russia :Despite the showdown with the West over Ukraine, Moscow wants to cooperate with Washington and its allies in dealing with the threat posed...
Yemen talks end without ceasefire, air strikes hit Republican Guards
Reuters, Geneva :U.N.-sponsored talks in Geneva on a ceasefire between Yemen’s warring parties ended on Friday without a deal as Saudi-led warplanes staged further strikes...
Death toll from Mumbai liquor poisoning rises to 74
AFP, Mumbai :The death toll from India’s latest incident of mass alcohol poisoning following the consumption of toxic homemade liquor rose to 74 on Saturday,...
Suu Kyi warns instability could delay Myanmar elections
AP, Yangon :Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi told her party’s senior members Saturday that this year’s general election could be delayed if there...
Cambodia trains rats to detect landmines
AFP, Phnom- Penh :Cambodia is training an elite squad of rats, imported from Africa, to sniff out landmines and other unexploded ordnance in the once...
Heavy rains in southern China kill 18
AP, Beijing :Heavy storms that swept through several southern Chinese provinces this past week killed 18 people and left four more missing.The storms have dumped...
World shocked at enduring racism, gun violence in US
AP, Beijing :Often the target of U.S. human rights accusations, China wasted little time returning such charges following the shooting at a historic black church...