Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko © with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande during their talks in Kiev on Thursday.
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TransAsia engines lost power before Taiwan crash
AP, Taipei, Taiwan : One of the engines on TransAsia Airways Flight 235 went idle 37 seconds after takeoff, and the pilots apparently shut off the...
New Saudi King Salman reshapes policy team
AP, Dubai :Saudi Arabia’s new monarch isn’t wasting time. Since assuming the throne Jan. 23, King Salman has elevated some of his closest relatives and...
China opposes deployment of US missiles in S Korea
AFP, Seoul :China expressed concern about the possible deployment of an advanced US missile defence system in South Korea during talks on Wednesday between their...
Yemeni parties agree to form presidential council
Reuters, Sanaa :Most Yemeni factions have agreed to set up an interim presidential council to manage the country for up to one year, negotiators said...
Egypt sentences 230 anti-Mubarak activists to life
AFP, Cairo :An Egyptian court sentenced to life 230 secular activists from the 2011 revolt against long-time strongman Hosni Mubarak, including leading campaigner Ahmed Douma,...
NATO to beef up response force in Ukraine
AP, Brussels :NATO’s is set to more than double the size of its Response Force in response to Russian actions in Ukraine and the challenge...
Russia to boost military despite economic woes
AP, Moscow :Hundreds of new Russian aircraft, tanks and missiles are rolling off assembly lines. Russian jets roar through European skies under NATO’s wary eye....
Thai PM says democracy roadmap on schedule, poll early next year
Reuters, Bangkok : Thai Prime Minister and coup leader Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Wednesday that a roadmap to return the country to democracy was on schedule,...
Jordan’s king vows to step up assault against ISIL
Reuters, Amman :Jordan’s King Abdullah vowed a “relentless” war against Islamic State on their own territory on Wednesday in response to a video published by...
AAP tipped to defeat BJP in Delhi polls
Agencies, Delhi : Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Admi Party will get 37 seats in the Delhi election -two more than the half-way mark -according to an aggregate...