International

COLOMBO : Sri Lanka's new leftist president is expected to call a snap parliamentary election ahead of his plans to renegotiate the bankrupt…
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UNITED NATIONS: Afghan women earned the right to vote more than a century ago, but today, under Taliban rule, they are practically erased…
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DHAKA :Bangladesh's army chief vowed to back the country's interim government "come what may" to help it complete key reforms after the…
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UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has called the U.N’s Pact for the Future, which is aimed at transforming the multilateral system, an expression of…
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NEW YORK :Two reports released Monday provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual…
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BIRMINGHAM: Authorities have reported no arrests after a weekend mass shooting killed four people and left 17 others injured in what police…
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UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council will meet in an emergency session in New York on Friday afternoon (at midnight PST) following…
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BEIRUT :Ibrahim Aqil, the Hezbollah operations commander killed in an Israeli strike on Friday (Sep 20), had a US$7 million bounty on his…
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GENEVA:A UN committee on Thursday (Sep 19) accused Israel of severe breaches of a global treaty protecting children's rights, saying its…
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PARIS :French President Emmanuel Macron was on Friday weighing a long-awaited new government which includes fresh faces in almost all key…
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