Indonesia’s President kicks off fresh term after wave of crises
AFP, Jakarta :Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo will kick off a fresh term Sunday, facing a wave of crises and with Jakarta under heavy security days...
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Longest non-stop passenger flight arrives in Sydney
The longest non-stop passenger flight touched down in Australia Sunday morning after more than 19 hours in the air, a milestone journey from New York...
Metro stations burned, buses set on fire in Chiles’s worst riots in years
AFP, Santiago :Chileans angry over social and economic issues clashed with security forces for a second day Saturday despite a state of emergency declared to...
Turkey, US agree on Syria ceasefire to force Kurdish fighters’ withdrawal
AFP, Ankara :Turkey has agreed to suspend its Syria offensive for five days and will end the assault if Kurdish-led forces withdraw from a safe...
Last Soviet leader Gorbachev urges Russia, US to hold nuclear talks
Reuters, Moscow :Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, warned on Friday that the world was drifting into a dangerous era of militarised politics and appealed...
Violence escalates in Barcelona after 500,000 separatists rally
AFP, Barcelona :Violent clashes escalated in Barcelona late Friday, as radical Catalan separatists hurled rocks and fireworks at police, who responded with teargas and rubber...
Some worries about nuclear weapons at Turkey base
AP, Washington :Frayed U.S. relations with Turkey over its incursion in Syria raise a sensitive question rarely discussed in public: Should the United States remove...
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High-profile cases turn spotlight on domestic violence in RussiaAFP, MoscowNatalia Tunikova’s partner pushed her towards the open balcony in their high-rise Moscow flat, before punching...
Lebanon paralysed by nationwide protests over proposed taxes
AP, Beirut :Nationwide protests paralyzed Lebanon on Friday as demonstrators blocked major roads in a second day of rallies against the government’s management of a...
Chile President declares state of emergency after violent protests
AFP, Santiago :Chile’s president declared a state of emergency in Santiago Friday night and gave the military responsibility for security after a day of violent...
British PM tries to sell Brexit deal to MPs
AFP, London :British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Friday seek to sell his Brexit deal to sceptical MPs, as he returns home fresh from...
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William, Kate back in Islamabad after mid-air storm dramaAFP, IslamabadBritain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived back in Islamabad Friday after spending an unexpected night...