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China calls for peaceful talks to resolve Venezuela issue

China calls for peaceful talks to resolve Venezuela issue

-- 2019-02-09 11:02:34

Venezuela should resolve its own matters itself via peaceful talks and China supports the international community’s efforts in this regard, the Chinese foreign ministry said. About 20 European...

Trump says N Korea talks productive, summit in Hanoi

Trump says N Korea talks productive, summit in Hanoi

-- 2019-02-09 09:56:41

President Donald Trump said on Friday that US diplomats had a "very productive meeting" with North Korean officials, and he announced his summit later this month with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un w...

US cops announce $100,000 bounty for 1970s serial killer

US cops announce $100,000 bounty for 1970s serial killer

-- 2019-02-08 17:20:48

San Francisco police have posted a $100,000 reward for a serial killer known as the ‘Doodler’ as they renew their search for a suspect believed responsible for killing five gay men and ass...

Khashoggi murder planned, carried out by Saudi officials: UN

Khashoggi murder planned, carried out by Saudi officials: UN

-- 2019-02-08 12:48:57

A United Nations-led inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Thursday that evidence pointed to a brutal crime “planned and perpetrated” by Saudi officials. Kha...

Venezuela aid trucks arrive in Colombia as EU calls for dialogue

Venezuela aid trucks arrive in Colombia as EU calls for dialogue

-- 2019-02-08 11:59:34

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for crisis-stricken Venezuela arrived in the Colombian border city of Cucuta on Thursday as diplomatically-isolated President Nicolas Maduro appeared set to block its...

In Brussels, EU gives May glimpse of Brexit hope

In Brussels, EU gives May glimpse of Brexit hope

-- 2019-02-08 11:42:16

British Prime Minister Theresa May came away from a day in an increasingly impatient Brussels on Thursday with a pledge of renewed talks that held out some hope for a new Brexit deal, if no sign of co...

Half of US troops will leave Afghanistan by Apr: Taliban

Half of US troops will leave Afghanistan by Apr: Taliban

-- 2019-02-07 21:20:44

A Taliban official said on Wednesday that the United States has promised to withdraw half of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of April, but the US military said it has received no orders to begi...

Libya detains sovereign wealth fund chairman: Official

Libya detains sovereign wealth fund chairman: Official

-- 2019-02-07 16:06:04

The chairman of Libya’s LIA sovereign wealth fund, Ali Mahmoud Hassan Mohamed, was detained on Wednesday for an investigation into alleged “corruption and exploitation of (his) position,&r...

Rescuers search for survivors as Istanbul building collapse kills two

Rescuers search for survivors as Istanbul building collapse kills two

-- 2019-02-07 14:52:17

Rescuers in the Turkish city of Istanbul have been working through the night to search the rubble of an eight-storey apartment block which collapsed on Wednesday. At least two people died and seven w...

Work urgently with me on Brexit: May appeals to EU

Work urgently with me on Brexit: May appeals to EU

-- 2019-02-07 12:51:52

British Prime Minister Theresa May will call on the European Union on Thursday to work with her to change a divorce deal and help her win the support of a divided parliament to smooth Britain’s...

Strong quake hits Indonesia

Strong quake hits Indonesia

Xinhua 2019-02-07 12:40:39

An earthquake of 5.7 magnitude jolted 129 km northwest of Kota Ternate, Indonesia on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicentre, with a depth of 35.0 km, was initially determined t...

Trump may declare IS defeated next week

Trump may declare IS defeated next week

-- 2019-02-07 10:58:57

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he expected a formal announcement as early as next week that the coalition fighting Islamic State militants has reclaimed all of the territory previously he...

Banks weigh how to handle progressive Ocasio-Cortez

Banks weigh how to handle progressive Ocasio-Cortez

-- 2019-02-07 10:24:25

Court, avoid or sideline? Barely a month into the new Congress, financial lobbyists in Washington are already strategizing how to handle the star power of rookie Democrat lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-C...

Venezuela Oppn plans to get oil money from US fund

Venezuela Oppn plans to get oil money from US fund

-- 2019-02-07 09:44:33

Venezuela’s opposition on Wednesday said it would use a US-based fund to receive some of the country’s oil income in a key step to bankroll its efforts to dislodge President Nicolas Maduro...

Policeman dies after armed men blow up gas tanker truck in Iran

Policeman dies after armed men blow up gas tanker truck in Iran

-- 2019-02-06 15:26:36

A policeman was killed and another seriously wounded after armed men blew up a tanker truck carrying liquified gas in northwestern Iran early on Wednesday, Mehr news agency reported. Police approache...

H1N1 flu kills 16 in Morocco

H1N1 flu kills 16 in Morocco

-- 2019-02-06 13:18:46

H1N1 flu has killed 16 people in Morocco, the government said Tuesday. A total of 36 people are receiving care in hospitals because of the flu, while 20 others have recovered, said Government Spokesm...

Myanmar parliament approves panel to discuss constitutional amendment

Myanmar parliament approves panel to discuss constitutional amendment

-- 2019-02-06 13:06:24

Myanmar’s parliament on Wednesday voted to set up a committee to discuss amending the country’s constitution, despite objections by military-aligned lawmakers against a move that is likely...

US supports ‘dictators, extremists’ in Middle East: Iran

US supports ‘dictators, extremists’ in Middle East: Iran

-- 2019-02-06 12:23:10

The United States supports “dictators, butchers and extremists” in the Middle East, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a Twitter post Wednesday in a response to US Presi...

Macron announces national day marking Armenian genocide

Macron announces national day marking Armenian genocide

-- 2019-02-06 11:31:53

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday declared April 24 as a day for the commemoration of the Armenian genocide in France, an issue that has caused regular friction between Turkey and European U...

Trump plans to meet Kim in Vietnam Feb 27-28

Trump plans to meet Kim in Vietnam Feb 27-28

-- 2019-02-06 10:54:19

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would hold his second meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam on Feb 27 and 28, while giving himself credit for avoiding a major war on the...

'I will get the wall built': Trump tells US Congress

'I will get the wall built': Trump tells US Congress

Reuters 2019-02-06 10:16:09

US President Donald Trump vowed in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday to build a border wall that is a source of a deep partisan divide and said Democratic attempts at “ridiculous partisan...

Senate opposes Trump plans for abrupt Syria troops withdrawal

Senate opposes Trump plans for abrupt Syria troops withdrawal

-- 2019-02-05 21:35:19

The Republican-led US Senate backed largely symbolic legislation on Monday that broke with President Donald Trump by opposing plans for any abrupt withdrawal of troops from Syria and Afghanistan, repo...

Prosecutors subpoena Trump inaugural committee

Prosecutors subpoena Trump inaugural committee

-- 2019-02-05 14:42:17

President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee said it had received a subpoena on Monday for documents from the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office, which is investigating the group. “We h...

Japan’s finance minister apologises for criticising childless

Japan’s finance minister apologises for criticising childless

-- 2019-02-05 14:04:11

Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso has reluctantly apologised for saying childless people are to blame for the country's rising social security costs and its aging and declining population. "If it mad...

No arrest for Kolkata police chief: India top court

No arrest for Kolkata police chief: India top court

-- 2019-02-05 13:43:06

Indian Supreme Court (SC) has ruled against arrest of Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar over the Saradha chit fund scam. The police commissioner cannot be arrested but he has to appear before...

Paris apartment fire kills seven; 30 injured

Paris apartment fire kills seven; 30 injured

-- 2019-02-05 12:27:14

A fire in a Paris apartment building killed at least seven people and injured around 30 in the early hours of Tuesday, authorities said. The blaze at an eight-storey building in the city’s fash...

Brazil mulls minimum retirement age of 65

Brazil mulls minimum retirement age of 65

-- 2019-02-05 12:11:02

Brazil’s government has opened discussions with congressional leaders, state governors, and mayors on a pension reform bill that would set the minimum retirement age for men and women at 65, a g...

N Korea protecting nuclear missiles: UN monitors

N Korea protecting nuclear missiles: UN monitors

-- 2019-02-05 11:39:38

North Korea is working to ensure its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities cannot be destroyed by military strikes, UN monitors said ahead of a meeting between US and North Korean officials to pr...

Germany's Merkel drops hint of a 'creative' Brexit compromise

Germany's Merkel drops hint of a 'creative' Brexit compromise

-- 2019-02-05 11:20:12

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday offered a way to break the deadlock over the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, calling for a “creative” compromise to allay con...

EU nations back Guaido as president of Venezuela

EU nations back Guaido as president of Venezuela

-- 2019-02-05 10:51:14

Major European nations joined the United States on Monday in recognising opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate head of state, while members of a separate regional bloc kept up...