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US blocks N.Korean air traffic revival ahead of Trump-Kim summit
MONTREAL/SEOUL: The United States has blocked efforts by a UN agency to improve civil aviation in North Korea at a time when Pyongyang is trying ... -
Iran govt faces angry online backlash over activists’ abuse claims
MUNICH: The US envoy for Syria said his country’s withdrawal from Syria will not be “abrupt” and that Washington is working to ensure allies don’t ... -
Envoy: US working to consult allies on Syria
MUNICH: The US envoy for Syria said his country’s withdrawal from Syria will not be “abrupt” and that Washington is working to ensure allies don’t ... -
US general in Iraq to focus on final push against Daesh
BAGHDAD: The general overseeing US forces in the Middle East flew into Iraq on Sunday for talks with US and Iraqi officials expected to focus ... -
Iranian FM summons Pakistan’s ambassador over bombing attack
GENEVA, LONDON: In early January, labor activist Esmail Bakhshi posted a letter on Instagram saying he had been tortured in jail, attracting support from tens ... -
Polish PM cancels Israel visit amid new Holocaust tensions
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh: A fire tore through a slum in southern Bangladesh on Sunday killing at least 9 people and destroying hundreds of shanty homes, police ... -
Israel clears Palestinians from Jerusalem home claimed by settlers
LONDON: A teenager who joined the Daesh group in Syria but now wants to return to Britain on Sunday gave birth in a refugee camp, ... -
UK teen who joined Daesh gives birth in Syrian refugee camp
LONDON: A teenager who joined the Daesh group in Syria but now wants to return to Britain on Sunday gave birth in a refugee camp, ... -
Israel to withhold $138 mln from Palestinians over prisoner payments
TRIPOLI: Fourteen Tunisian oil workers kidnapped in Libya were freed Sunday night after three days in captivity and are in good health, the Tunisian consul ... -
Iran’s Zarif says risk of war with Israel is great
MUNICH: Iran’s foreign minister on Sunday accused Israel of looking for war and warned that its actions and those of the United States were increasing ... -
Houthi bomb military positions, economic facilities in Hodeidah
JERUSALEM: Israeli police on Sunday evicted a Palestinian family from their home in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City, after the supreme court ruled ... -
UAE announces $1.1 bln of military deals with international companies — IDEX
MUNICH: Iran’s foreign minister on Sunday accused Israel of looking for war and warned that its actions and those of the United States were increasing ... -
Libyans, to varying degrees, celebrate 2011 uprising
JERUSALEM:Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday handed over his role as foreign minister to intelligence minister Israel Katz, giving up the portfolio he has ... -
Netanyahu gives up role as Israel’s foreign minister
JERUSALEM:Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday handed over his role as foreign minister to intelligence minister Israel Katz, giving up the portfolio he has ... -
Sudan police fire tear gas at Khartoum rally
MUNICH: Iran’s foreign minister on Sunday accused Israel of looking for war and warned that its actions and those of the United States were increasing ... -
World bishops head to Vatican for sex abuse summit
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis gathers bishops from around the world at the Vatican this week for a hotly-awaited summit on tackling the wave of child ... -
Nigeria’s candidates blame each other in surprise vote delay
KANO, Nigeria: Nigeria’s top candidates on Saturday condemned the surprise last-minute decision to delay the presidential election for a week until Feb. 23, blaming each ... -
Fire sweeps through Bangladesh slum, nine dead
ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT: Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Saturday he had not yet determined whether a border wall with Mexico ... -
Acting Pentagon chief not decided yet on funding US-Mexico border wall
ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT: Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Saturday he had not yet determined whether a border wall with Mexico ... -
24 bodies retrieved from flooded Zimbabwe gold mine: report
ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT: Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Saturday he had not yet determined whether a border wall with Mexico ...
