Canada's Trudeau to run again in 2019

6 years ago

MONTREAL –Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Sunday he will run for re-election in 2019 legislative polls.  The Liberal Party leader was officially nominated by his party in...

Malaysia PM calls for China's help with fiscal problems

6 years ago

BEIJING –Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad called on China's top leadership to help with his country's fiscal problems Monday, as he seeks to revise major Beijing-backed projects signed under his...

Confusion reigns as Venezuela braces for release of new banknotes

6 years ago

CARACAS –Beleaguered Venezuelans braced Monday for the rollout of President Nicolas Maduro's radical new plan to curb the spiraling hyperinflation that has thrown their oil-rich, cash-poor nation into turmoil.  ...

Multiple quakes rock Indonesia's Lombok island, 10 dead

6 years ago

MATARAM, Indonesia –A series of powerful earthquakes have rocked the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok, killing at least 10 people and setting off fresh waves of panic after nearly 500...

Taliban kidnap 3 passenger buses in Afghan northern Kunduz province

6 years ago

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan –Taliban militants kidnapped three passenger buses along with more than 150 passengers in Khan Abad district of Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province on Monday, district governor Hayatullah Amiri said.  ...

Trump says he authorized White House staff to cooperate with Mueller

6 years ago

WASHINGTON –US President Donald Trump said Saturday he had authorized White House counsel Don McGahn and other staffers to "fully cooperate" with the investigation into alleged collusion between his campaign...

Afghan president declares new provisional ceasefire

6 years ago

KABUL –Afghan President Ashraf Ghani declared a provisional ceasefire with the Taliban in a televised broadcast Sunday following a recent surge in conflict, but said the truce would hold only...

Kerala floods: NDRF chief assures help, calls for calm

6 years ago

New Delhi – National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Director General Sanjay Kumar on Sunday said that the people stranded due to the floods in Kerala should keep their calm, and...

Pakistani MPs elect ex-World Cup cricketer Imran Khan next PM

6 years ago

ISLAMABAD –Pakistani lawmakers have endorsed Imran Khan as their next prime minister, ahead of a ceremony on Saturday that should see the World Cup cricket hero sworn in as the...

'Bharat Ratna' Atal Bihari Vajpayee cremated with state honour

6 years ago

New Delhi  –Thousands of people flocked the roads in the national capital on Friday to pay last respects to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was cremated with full...

India flood toll jumps to 324

6 years ago

KOCHI, India –The death toll from major floods in India's Kerala state jumped to 324 on Friday, the government said.  In a tweet Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan...

18 bodies pulled from SW Pakistan mine after blast

6 years ago

QUETTA, Pakistan –Pakistani authorities said Saturday they have now retrieved 18 bodies after a blast tore through a coal mine in southwest Pakistan earlier this week, including two rescuers who...

Former UN chief and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan dies

6 years ago

GENEVA –Former UN chief and Nobel peace laureate Kofi Annan died Saturday at the age of 80, his foundation announced, prompting a barrage of grief-stricken tributes from around the world.  ...

Putin hails Annan's 'wisdom and courage'

6 years ago

MOSCOW –Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday sent a message of condolences to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres following the death of the former head of the world body Kofi...

Erdogan vows Turkey will not be cowed by US

6 years ago

ANKARA –Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Saturday that his country would not be cowed by the United States, his latest broadside in the bitter feud between Ankara and Washington.  ...