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U.S. prepares new sanctions against Russia

6 years ago

WASHINGTON –U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said here Wednesday that he is committed to working with the Congress on a new Russia sanctions bill, after he issued a "Crimea...

Suicide attack on Afghan intelligence convoy kills five: police

6 years ago

KABUL –A suicide bomber blew himself up near an Afghan intelligence convoy on Thursday, killing at least five people and wounding six, police said, in the latest deadly attack in...

Nearly 250 dead in IS attacks on south Syria: new toll

6 years ago

BEIRUT – The death toll in coordinated Islamic State group suicide bombings and shootings in southern Syria rose to nearly 250 overnight, more than half of them civilians, a monitor...

UN chief condemns suicide attack near polling station in Pakistan

6 years ago

UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned Wednesday's suicide attack outside a polling station in Pakistan's Quetta that killed 31 people, said his spokesman. Guterres extend ...

Lao PM says 131 missing after dam collapse in southern Laos

6 years ago

VIENTIANE – Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said Wednesday that some 131 people were still missing after a hydropower dam collapsed in southern Laos earlier this week. The...

Dozens dead in IS attacks on southern Syria: monitor

6 years ago

BEIRUT –A string of Islamic State group attacks, including suicide blasts, killed at least 54 people in southern Syria on Wednesday in one of the jihadists' deadliest assaults in months,...

Trump to meet EU's Juncker in bid to resolve trade dispute

6 years ago

WASHINGTON –US President Donald Trump meets Wednesday with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who has dampened hopes that their talks would resolve a festering trade dispute between the two key...

At least 28 killed in suicide blast near Pakistan polling station: official

6 years ago

QUETTA, Pakistan –At least 28 people were killed and 35 wounded in a suicide attack near a polling station in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, officials said, as millions...

Two Koreas form panel to bring home remains of colonial-era forced laborers from Japan

6 years ago

SEOUL –Civic groups from South and North Korea have formed a committee to bring home the remains of Koreans forced into hard labor in Japan during the 1910-45 colonial era,...

Pakistanis start casting votes in one-day general elections

6 years ago

ISLAMABAD –Pakistanis started casting votes in the country's one-day general elections commenced on Wednesday morning, which would elect the members of the National Assembly, the lower house of the country's...

Putin, Xi at BRICS summit expected to take aim at US tariffs

6 years ago

JOHANNESBURG –Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders of the BRICS emerging economies are gathering in South Africa for a summit likely to feature criticism of...

India's Modi donates 200 cows to poor Rwandans

6 years ago

KIGALI –For centuries China has used gifts of giant pandas to foreign countries as a soft power diplomacy tool. But India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has staked a...

Putin, Trump to continue 'useful contacts': Kremlin aide

6 years ago

MOSCOW –Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have agreed to continue their "useful contacts" and may meet by year's end, a Kremlin aide said Tuesday, as tensions rise in Washington over...

Greek wildfires kill 50; hugging bodies found near beach

6 years ago

RAFINA, Greece – Wildfires raged through seaside resorts near the Greek capital, torching homes, cars and forests and killing at least 50 people, authorities said, raising the death toll Tuesday...

'Unprecedented' Japan heatwave kills 65 in one week

6 years ago

TOKYO –An "unprecedented" heatwave in Japan has killed at least 65 people in one week, government officials said Tuesday, with the weather agency now classifying the record-breaking weather as a...

Chinese president arrives in South Africa for state visit

6 years ago

PRETORIA –South Africa rolled out the red carpet for Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday as he started his third state visit to the "rainbow nation" with the aim of...