Saudi princess tried in absentia for alleged Paris beating
AP, Paris :The only daughter of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was put on trial in absentia Tuesday in Paris for allegedly ordering her bodyguard to...
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All-Afghan confce brings country closer to peaceAP, KabulAll-Afghan talks that brought together Afghanistan’s warring sides ended Tuesday with a statement that appeared to push the...
Iran crosses uranium enrichment limit in first major nuclear deal breach
The Washington Post :Iran has surpassed the cap on uranium enrichment set by a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, a spokesman for Iran’s Atomic...
Suspected cholera cases in Yemen surge to 460,000: UN
AP, United Nations :The U.N. says over 460,000 suspected cholera cases have been recorded in war-battered Yemen so far this year – a sharp rise...
Pompeo taps abortion foe for fresh look on human rights
AFP, Washington :Charging that human rights advocates have deviated from core principles, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday named a staunch abortion opponent to...
Trump hits out at May after leak of damning cables
Donald Trump launched an extraordinary attack Monday on outgoing British premier Theresa May, following the leak of diplomatic cables highly critical of his presidency.London has...
HK leader says, extradition bill is ‘dead’ as unrest continues
AP, Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s embattled pro-Beijing leader on Tuesday said a China extradition bill that sparked unprecedented political unrest “is dead”-but protesters immediately dismissed...
BA fined £183m over computer theft of passenger data
AFP :British Airways has been fined more than £183 million after computer hackers last year stole bank details from hundreds of thousands of passengers, its...
Conservative Mitsotakis vows to make Greece ‘proud’ after vote triumph
AFP . Athens :Greece’s newly elected prime minister and leader of conservative New Democracy party Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaks to the press outside the party’s headquarters...
Congolese ‘Terminator’ rebel guilty of war crimes
AFP :International Criminal Court judges on Monday convicted Congolese rebel chief Bosco “Terminator” Ntaganda of war crimes including directing massacres of civilians and rape, in...
Britain hunts for leaker of cables calling Trump ‘inept’
AFP, Britain :Britain scrambled on Monday to stem damage to its relations with Washington and find the leaker of cables in which the UK ambassador...
Hong Kong protesters moot Bank of China ‘stress test’ after latest clashes
AFP :Anti-government protesters in Hong Kong began circulating plans on Monday to “stress test” the Bank of China in their bid to keep pressure on...