Khashoggi case suspects to be tried in Saudi Arabia: FM

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  MANAMA – Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir said on Saturday that the 18 suspects arrested over the killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi will be prosecuted...

U.S. president turns down India's invitation to Republic Day parade

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NEW DELHI –U.S. President Donald Trump had turned down India's invitation to be the chief guest at next year's Republic Day parade, local television news channel News18 reported on Sunday.  ...

Pakistan reimposes ban on Indian content on TV channels

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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's Supreme Court on Saturday ordered a ban on all Indian content on TV channels, setting aside an earlier verdict by a lower court, officials said.  ...

Sri Lankan PM sees majority in parliament: party

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COLOMBO – Sri Lanka's newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse has secured a majority in the island's 225-member parliament and will continue to retain his premiership despite protests from the...

6.6 magnitude earthquake rattles Greece

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Athens ,Greece – An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale struck off 130 km southwest of Pátra, Greece in the wee hours of Friday.  According to the European-Mediterranean...

5.6 magnitude earthquake jolts Japan

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Tokyo ,Japan – An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter Scale struck northern Japan's Hokkaido island on Friday.  According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake occurred at...

UN chief saddened by deaths of school children in flash floods in Jordan

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UNITED NATIONS –UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was deeply saddened by the loss of life and extensive damage caused by a large-scale flash flooding in Jordan, his spokesman said Thursday.  ...

Malawi villagers search through river silt in new gold rush

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NATHENJE, Malawi – The gold rush is only four months old in Nathenje, Malawi, but already there are thousands of prospectors digging, shovelling and sifting soil in the age-old...

Complete collection of Tibetan epic to be published in 2019

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CHENGDU –The most complete collection of The Epic of King Gesar, generally considered the world's longest folk epic, will be published in 2019.  The Epic of King Gesar...

Mongolia invites North Korea's Kim to visit

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ULAANBAATAR – Mongolia has invited Kim Jong Un to visit the nation's capital, which once hoped to host the historic summit between the North Korean leader and US President Donald...

Mike Pompeo meets Saudi king over Khashoggi's disappearance – By FAY ABUELGASIM, SUZAN FRASER and JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press

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ISTANBUL –U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met on Tuesday with Saudi Arabia's King Salman over the disappearance and alleged slaying of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, who vanished two weeks...

Assange's communications to be partly restored by Ecuador govt

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LONDON –The Ecuadorian government will partially restore communications for Julian Assange at the country's embassy in London, Wikileaks said.  The Wikileaks founder, who has been holed up at...

7 IS militants killed in airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan

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KABUL – At least seven militants of Islamic State (IS) militant group were killed following airstrikes in two eastern Afghan provinces, Afghan Ministry of Defense said Monday.  The...

S.Korea, DPRK agree to break ground for railway, road connection

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SEOUL –South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed Monday to hold a groundbreaking ceremony in late November or early December to modernize and eventually connect railways...

Year after IS lost Syria's Raqa, holdout hospital awaits recovery

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RAQA, Syria –Shattered ultrasound machines and prosthetic limbs litter the hallways of Raqa's main hospital, still gutted a year after the Islamic State group made its infamous last stand in...