2 killed in third Taliban attack on Afghan provincial capital
The Taliban attacked a third provincial capital in Afghanistan in less than a week, killing at least two civilians, an official said Friday as a...
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PM Boris keen on election, but Labour won’t oblige
Dependent on the opposition Labour’s votes to trigger a mid-term poll, Prime Minister Boris Johnson presents the picture of a man ‘cornered’ – as the...
Iran’s Zarif tweets: US Treasury is nothing more than a “jail warden
The US Treasury is nothing more than a “jail warden”, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Thursday, a day after Washington imposed fresh...
Need wider G7-style group, with China, India, Turkey: Russia’s Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia was ready to host a meeting of the G7/G8 group of nations, and would welcome a...
UK PM Boris Johnson’s brother quits amid Brexit row in parliament
Jo Johnson, brother of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and a minister, on Thursday resigned from his role as well as a Conservative MP because he...
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says China ‘respects and supports’ scrapping of bill
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Thursday that China “understands, respects and supports” her government’s move to formally withdraw an extradition bill, part of...
Google to pay $170 million for YouTube child privacy breaches
Google’s YouTube agreed on Wednesday to pay a $170 million fine and limit ads on kids’ videos to settle claims that the company violated children’s...
Sharpie-gate? Donald Trump shows apparently altered Hurricane Dorian’s map
U.S. President Donald Trump showed a map of Hurricane Dorian’s projected path on Wednesday that appeared to have been altered with a Sharpie pen to...
Large car bomb hits Afghan capital, casualties feared
A large car bomb rocked the Afghan capital on Thursday and smoke rose from a part of eastern Kabul near a neighborhood housing the U.S....
US teen loses sight after living off French fries, chips, white bread: Report
French fries, white bread and Pringles might sound scrumptious but the combination turned out to be something else for a teenager. A teenage boy who...