Trump paves way for sanctions in Mali conflict
US President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday laying the groundwork for sanctions against those who have exacerbated the “deteriorating situation in Mali,” the...
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Helicopters rescue passengers from stranded Indian train
AFP, New Delhi :Indian navy helicopters and emergency service boats came to the rescue of about 700 people stuck on a train caught in floods...
US, Guatemala sign controversial asylum deal
President Donald Trump announced Friday that a “landmark” asylum agreement has been reached with Guatemala, as the United States ratchets up pressure on its southern...
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Palestinian leader calls for end to agreements with IsraelAP, RamallahPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is calling Israel’s demolition of several dozen Palestinian homes on the outskirts...
Insects replace pesticides in Spain’s ‘sea of plastic’
AP, Dalias :“They work for me night and day,” smiles Antonio Zamora, standing in his greenhouse. His minuscule employees are bugs that feed on the...
More than 400,000 displaced in northwest Syria in 3 months: UN
AFP, Beirut :More than 400,000 people have been displaced in northwestern Syria over the past three months, the UN said Friday, as the government presses...
Determined EU defies Johnson push for Brexit rewrite
AFP, Brussels :The European Union on Thursday flatly rejected an aggressive push by Britain’s new prime minister Boris Johnson to rewrite the Brexit agreement.Chief Brexit...
Saudi King hosts 200 from Christchurch shootings for Hajj
AP, Wellington :Aya Al-Umari said she feels like her brother will be accompanying her and will constantly be in her prayers when she travels to...
After Mueller show, Democrats likely no closer to impeachment
AFP, Washington :Former special counsel Robert Mueller’s reticent testimony to Congress likely confirmed what many Democrats had feared: if they want to end Donald Trump’s...
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Palestinian leader calls for end to agreements with IsraelAP, RamallahPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is calling Israel’s demolition of several dozen Palestinian homes on the outskirts...
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Left-wing Israeli parties unite to counter NetanyahuAFP, JerusalemLeft-wing Meretz and the new party of former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak said Thursday they had formed...
North Korea fires two short-range missiles into sea as talks with US stall
The Telegraph :North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the sea early on Thursday from its eastern coast, in a sign of its growing impatience...