International

Qatar: a year of crisis in the Gulf

5 years ago

DUBAI –It has been a year since Saudi Arabia and its allies cut ties with Qatar, sparking the biggest diplomatic crisis to hit the Gulf in years. Here is a...

Catalan leader Quim Torra calls for talks with new Spain PM

5 years ago

BARCELONA –Catalonia's separatist president Quim Torra called Saturday for talks with Spain's new prime minister, as his regional executive was sworn in at an emotional ceremony full of pro-independence symbolism. ...

Pope to meet 5 abused Chilean priests

5 years ago

VATICAN CITY –Pope Francis will on Saturday meet five Chilean priests who were sexually abused by another priest, Fernando Karadima, in an effort to heal their wounds and those of...

Saudi warns of military action if Qatar gets Russian missiles: report

5 years ago

PARIS –Saudi Arabia has threatened military action against Qatar if it goes ahead and acquires Russia's top of the range S-400 air defence missile system, Le Monde daily reported. ...

7 killed, 20 injured after bus rolls into gorge in India

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NEW DELHI –At least seven people were killed and 20 others injured Friday after a passenger bus skidded off mountainous road and fell into a gorge in northern Indian state...

21 killed in thunderstorms across India's Bihar, Andhra Pradesh

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NEW DELHI –At least 21 people were killed and around a dozen others injured due to thunderstorms that hit twin Indian states of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, officials said Friday. ...

Belgium charges Abdeslam accomplice over 2016 Brussels bombings

5 years ago

BRUSSELS – A Belgian judge has charged an accomplice of Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam with a terror offence linked to the March 2016 Brussels suicide bombings, prosecutors said Friday. ...

Trump says expecting letter from Kim Jong Un

5 years ago

WASHINGTON –US President Donald Trump said Thursday he was expecting to receive a message from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as the two sides scramble to revive a summit...

5 killed, 1,400 houses destroyed by cyclone in Myanmar

5 years ago

YANGON –At least five people have been killed and 1,400 houses destroyed as strong cyclone storm swept across Myanmar over the last two days, the local 7Day Daily reported Thursday. ...

Facebook sinking fast among US teens: survey

5 years ago

WASHINGTON –Facebook is rapidly losing ground against rival internet platforms in attracting and keeping US teenagers, a survey showed Thursday. The Pew Research Center report confirms a trend...

14 children die from viral flu in Sri Lanka

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COLOMBO –Sri Lanka's health officials on Thursday said 14 children had died from a viral fever which was spreading in southern Sri Lanka and urged the public to take safety...

Australian minister apologises for foul-mouthed tirade

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SYDNEY –A senior Australian politician apologised Thursday after a torrent of foul language he unleashed at a female mayor sparked accusations of misogyny. Health Minister Greg Hunt, who...

Russian FM arrives in DPRK on visit

5 years ago

PYONGYANG –Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived here Thursday for a one-day visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) at the invitation of his counterpart Ri Yong Ho,...

India's Nipah virus outbreak death toll rises to 16

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NEW DELHI –The death toll in Nipah virus outbreak in India has risen to 16, with the death of two more persons in southern state of Kerala, officials said Thursday. ...

Syria's Assad threatens force against US-backed Kurds

5 years ago

DAMASCUS –Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned US-backed Kurdish forces he would not hesitate to use force to retake the third of the country they control. He told...

Landmines kill 8 civilians in eastern Libya's Darna

5 years ago

TRIPOLI –Landmines on Wednesday killed eight civilians in Libya's eastern city of Darna, where the army is fighting militants who have controlled the city since earlier in May, a military...