Forty years on, hostage crisis poisons Iran-US ties
AFP, Tehran :Forty years since revolutionary students stormed the American embassy in Tehran and took its staff hostage, the crisis still poisons relations between the...
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China won’t tolerate challenges to Hong Kong’s ‘one country, two systems’ status
AFP, Beijing :China warned Friday it would not tolerate any challenge to Hong Kong’s governing system, as it laid out plans to boost patriotism in...
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UN envoy to Burundi quits ahead of 2020 voteAFP, United Nations The United Nations envoy to Burundi announced on Wednesday that he planned to step...
Pentagon releases video, photos of Baghdadi raid
AP, Washington :The general who oversaw the U.S. raid on Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi provided the most detailed account yet of the operation...
NATO demands Russia ‘withdraw all troops’ from Ukraine
AFP, Kiev :NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday welcomed a pullback by the Ukrainian army and Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, but reiterated calls for...
N Korea fires 2 missiles in the sea amid stalled talks
AP, Seoul, South Korea :North Korea on Thursday fired two projectiles into its eastern sea, an apparent resumption of weapons tests aimed at ramping up...
TB drug price slashed in global push to thwart killer disease
AFP, Paris :French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi slashed the price of a key anti-tuberculosis drug on Thursday, boosting the battle against the world’s deadliest disease alongside...
100 dead, 5,500 hurt in week of Iraq violence: HRC
AFP, Baghdad :At least 100 people have died and more than 5,000 injured since anti-government demonstrations resumed in Iraq on October 24, a national rights...
Activist Thunberg declines climate prize, urges more action
AP, Copenhagen :Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, who has inspired millions across the world to stage protests urging leaders to better tackle global warming, has...
Thai king fires royal guards for ‘adultery’
AFP, Bangkok :Thailand’s king has sacked four royal guards, two of them for “adultery”, in a fresh wave of palace purges a week after his...
China and West clash over claims Beijing oppresses Uighurs
AP, United Nations :China and the West clashed at the U.N. human rights committee Tuesday over claims that Beijing systematically oppresses ethnic minority Muslims in...