Trump cancels Singapore summit with Kim

6 years ago

WASHINGTON –US President Donald Trump informed Kim Jong Un on Thursday that their planned June 12 summit in Singapore would not take place, blaming recent "hostility" from the North Korean...

Chinese FM says China firmly supports Trump-Kim meeting

6 years ago

WASHINGTON –Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Wednesday that China firmly supports the planned meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and the top leader of...

DPRK strongly reacts to Pence's remarks comparing it with Libya

6 years ago

PYONGYANG –The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Thursday reacted strongly to the remarks by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence that DPRK might end like Libya, warning it would reconsider...

Four de ad in Baghdad cafe bombing: Iraqi police

6 years ago

BAGHDAD –At least four people were killed and several others wounded when a suicide bomber struck a cafe in Baghdad where people had gathered after breaking their daily Ramadan fast,...

Death toll from south India protests rises to 13

6 years ago

TUTICORIN, India – A protester shot during demonstrations against a copper plant in southern India died of his injuries Thursday, officials said, the 13th victim killed by police fire.  ...

Saudi Arabia says new Yemen missile intercepted

6 years ago

RIYADH –Saudi air defences on Thursday intercepted a ballistic missile over the southern city of Jizan after it was fired from rebel-held territory in neighbouring Yemen, a Saudi-led military coalition...

UK set to demand EU repayment in Brexit satellite row: reports

6 years ago

LONDON – Britain was on Thursday set to demand the European Union repay £1 billion ($1.34 billion, 1.14 billion euros) if it is excluded from the Galileo satellite project post-Brexit,...

Malaysian PM cuts cabinet salary, downsizes gov't to control spending

6 years ago

KUALA LUMPUR –Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Wednesday announced a 10- percent pay cut for ministers in his cabinet, in a bid to control spending as the new government...

France's unemployment rate up to 8.9 pct in Q1: Insee

6 years ago

PARIS –Quarterly jobless rate in France rose by 3 percentage points to 8.9 percent over the first three months of the year after a slowing trend was recorded a quarter...

Indian Railways to hire 10,000 security personnel to guard sprawling train network

6 years ago

NEW DELHI –The state-owned Indian Railways has decided to hire nearly 10,000 security personnel to guard the country's sprawling train network.  Of the total posts of 9,739 advertised...

Search for Flight MH370 to end on May 29: Malaysia

6 years ago

KUALA LUMPUR –The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will end next week, the country's transport minister said Wednesday, more than four years after the plane disappeared in one of...

Egypt unveils bath of Greco Roman era

6 years ago

CAIRO –Egyptian archeologists have uncovered parts of a huge red brick building that dated back to the Greco Roman era in the Nile Delta province of Gharbia, the Ministry of...

Xi stresses auditing's role in Party and state supervisory system

6 years ago

BEIJING –Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Wednesday stressed the CPC's leadership over auditing work and the vital role of auditing in...

Macron and Putin: 'frenemies' reunited

6 years ago

PARIS – With relations between the West and Russia at historic lows, French President Emmanuel Macron travels to St Petersburg Thursday to seek common ground with Russian President Vladimir Putin.  ...

World markets dive as Trump sparks trade, N.Korea worries

6 years ago

LONDON –Global stocks sank Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with talks that are aimed at averting a trade war with China.  Equities...