UK leader to meet officials to thrash out post-Brexit future

7 years ago

  LONDON, British Prime Minister Theresa May is meeting with her senior ministers to begin thrashing out Britain's plans for a trade deal with the European Union after Brexit.  ...

Landslide in Indonesia sand quarry kills 8 workers

7 years ago

  MAGELANG, Indonesia, Disaster officials say eight people have been found dead after being buried in a landslide while excavating a sand pit on Indonesia's main island of Java.  ...

Campaign begins for Russia's presidential election

7 years ago

  MOSCOW, Campaigning officially started on Monday for Russia's presidential election in March, in which President Vladimir Putin is widely expected to win a fourth term that would keep...

UN Security Council to meet on U.S. Jerusalem decision

7 years ago

UNITED NATIONS, The United Nations Security Council will hold its regular monthly briefing on the Middle East Monday, focusing on U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, sources said Sunday.  ...

Indian court cancels 85-pct statutory warning space on cigarette packages

7 years ago

NEW DELHI,  An India court struck down the 2014 amendment rules that mandated pictorial health warnings to cover 85 percent of tobacco product packaging space, officials said Saturday.  The Karnataka...

Yemeni rebels slam US charges that Iran is arming Houthis

7 years ago

  SANAA,Yemen, A Yemeni rebel spokesman has heavily criticized U.S. charges that Iran is funneling missiles to the Shiite rebels in Yemen, known as Houthis.  Muhammad Abdul Salam said late...

Austrian coalition deal on new gov't presented to president

7 years ago

BERLIN,  The leaders of conservative and nationalist parties in Austria have presented their coalition deal to the country's president for approval after concluding negotiations on forming a new government that...

WHO certifies Gabon as polio-free

7 years ago

LIBREVILLE,The World Health Organization has declared Gabon a "polio-free country", given the lack of new reported or suspected cases in the central African country.  According to a WHO statement obtained...

Three dead, 77,000 flee as storm pounds Philippines

7 years ago

TACLOBAN, Philippines,  At least three people were killed and tens of thousands were driven from their homes by floods as Tropical Storm Kai-Tak pounded the eastern Philippines on Saturday, cutting...

Indian PM's home state votes in final phase of assembly polls

7 years ago

NEW DELHI,  Polling began Thursday for the second and final phase of crucial assembly elections in Gujarat, the home state of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  Voting started in the...

EU's Tusk says next stage of Brexit talks is 'real test of our unity'

7 years ago

  BRUSSELS, EU President Donald Tusk warned Thursday that the second phase of Brexit talks, on the bloc's future relationship with Britain, will be the "real test of our...

Putin praises Trump's 'significant achievements'

7 years ago

MOSCOW,  Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday Donald Trump had made "significant achievements" as US leader, rejecting claims that Moscow meddled in the election that brought the American president to...

UNDP administrator praises China's poverty reduction experience

7 years ago

Death toll from Mogadishu police academy attack rises to 13  MOGADISHU, The death toll in the early Thursday suicide bombing attack at General Kahiye Police Academy in Mogadishu has risen...

Poland's new gov't wins parliament approval

7 years ago

  WARSAW,  Poland's new government headed by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki obtained a vote of confidence from the parliament late Tuesday.  The vote of confidence was supported by 243...

400,000 malnourished children could die in DRC in 2018: UNICEF

7 years ago

    UNITED NATIONS,  The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday that at least 400,000 children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are severely malnourished...