First woman to land on moon will be American: Pence
PTI, Washington :The United States is planning another space mission to the moon, Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday, asserting that the first woman...
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Democrats launch contempt action against US AG
US House Democrats have scheduled a Wednesday vote on whether to hold the nation’s top law enforcement official in contempt for failing to produce a...
Fighting kills 43 in Syria`s northwest
AFP, Beirut :Clashes between Syrian government forces and jihadists have killed 43 fighters in the country’s northwest, where the regime and its Russian ally have...
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Qatar allocates $480 mn in aid to PalestiniansAFP, DohaQatar said Tuesday it has allocated $480 million in aid to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority to support...
Ramzan ‘full of mortar shells’ in Yemen
AFP, Khokha :Saudi-backed Yemeni fighters watch from a destroyed building the launch ceremony by Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) of multi-million dollar...
Decade on, France Telecom goes on trial over wave of suicides
AFP :A decade after a wave of suicides at France Telecom in which 35 employees took their own lives, the telecoms giant and its former...
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Turkey to buy Russian missiles despite US ‘threats’AFP, Istanbul Turkey on Sunday dismissed US threats of sanctions if it went ahead with a Russian missile...
Israeli killed and two Palestinian gunmen dead as Gaza violence persists
Reuters , Jerusalem :A rocket fired from Gaza killed an Israeli civilian on Sunday and two Palestinian gunmen were killed in an Israeli strike as...
‘Save us from the Satans’: Sri Lanka Christians pray after surviving attacks
Reuters, Batticaloa :A dozen rifle-toting soldiers guarded a small community hall as day broke in the eastern Sri Lankan town of Batticaloa on Sunday morning....
4,500-year-old burial ground discovered near Egypt’s Giza pyramids
AFP, Cairo, Egypt: :Egypt’s antiquities ministry on Saturday unveiled a 4,500-year-old burial ground near the Giza pyramids containing colourful wooden coffins and limestone statues dating...
Pope urges migrant-skeptic Bulgarians to open hearts, homes
AP, Bulgaria:Pope Francis urged Bulgarians on Sunday to open their hearts and homes to migrants, arguing that a country like Bulgaria, which is losing so...
British PM tells Labour: ‘Let’s do a deal’ on Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday urged main opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to work with her to break the Brexit deadlock, telling him:...