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Ukraine bans Russian news agency 24 May 2018 - 03:38 pm

Kiev: Ukraine on Thursday banned Russia's state-run RIA Novosti news agency, a week after one of its journalists was detained in Kiev and...

Philippine president asks exiled Maoist leader to return home for talks 24 May 2018 - 03:15 pm

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday he had invited a self-exiled Communist rebel leader home for "make or break" peace talks,...

Merkel, Chinese premier defend Iran deal, free trade 24 May 2018 - 03:09 pm

Beijing: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang defended the Iran nuclear deal on Thursday, with Li hinting a collapse in...

Lebanon’s Saad Hariri asked to draw up new cabinet 24 May 2018 - 03:06 pm

BEIRUT: Saad Hariri, head of Lebanon’s Future Movement, received a parliamentary mandate to draw up a new government on Thursday. Hariri received the...

Investigators: Russian military missile downed Flight MH17 24 May 2018 - 02:46 pm

BUNNIK, Netherlands: Detailed analysis of video and photos has unequivocally established that the Buk missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over...

Burkina Faso breaks diplomatic ties with Taiwan 24 May 2018 - 02:18 pm

Ouagadougou: The Sahel state of Burkina Faso announced Thursday that it was breaking diplomatic ties with Taiwan. "The Burkina government decided today to...

Lebanese president begins consultations to name new premier 24 May 2018 - 02:04 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanon's president began consultations Thursday with lawmakers on naming a new prime minister following this month's parliamentary elections and amid increasing pressures...

Report: Airstrikes on Syria pro-government positions kill 12 24 May 2018 - 01:48 pm

BEIRUT: Airstrikes overnight in eastern Syria killed at least 12 pro-government fighters, all reportedly foreign nationals, a war-monitoring group said Thursday. The Syrian...

Iraq’s Sadr puts ‘finishing touches’ on cabinet lineup 24 May 2018 - 01:18 pm

BAGHDAD: Shia political leader Muqtada al-Sadr, whose Sairoon bloc came in first in Iraq’s May 12 parliamentary polls, says he has put the...

Two dead, 20 injured after train smashes into truck in Italy 24 May 2018 - 10:23 am

Rome, Two people were killed and 20 others injured after a train crashed into a rig truck near the northern Italian city of...

Four dead in Baghdad cafe bombing: Iraqi police 24 May 2018 - 09:27 am

Baghdad: At least four people were killed and several others wounded when a suicide bomber struck a cafe in Baghdad where people had...

Poisoned ex-spy's daughter Yulia Skripal says wants to return to Russia 'in future' 23 May 2018 - 11:54 pm

Moscow: Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned with her ex-spy father in Britain in March, said in a video statement Wednesday she would like...

Pompeo: Fate of US-NKorea summit rests with Kim Jong Un 23 May 2018 - 11:36 pm

WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday he's "very hopeful" that a planned U.S.-North Korean summit will proceed but laid the fate...

Iran leader: Europe must protect trade with Tehran to save nuclear deal 23 May 2018 - 11:33 pm

LONDON: Iran's top leader set out a series of conditions on Wednesday for European powers if they want Tehran to stay in a...

Madras High Court halts Vedanta copper smelter expansion in Thoothukudi after police firing killed 11 23 May 2018 - 10:38 pm

THOOTHUKUDI/MUMBAI India: One person died and others were wounded by gunfire in southern India on Wednesday in fresh violence related to protesters' demands...