Iran would resist US plot

German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday pushed back against Washington's rejection of the Iran nuclear deal, saying the accord
16 May 2018

Auschwitz trial files get Unesco nod

Documents from the post-war Auschwitz trial have been classed part of the Unesco "Memory of the World Register", underlining their
16 May 2018

Scotland rejects UK's Brexit bill

The Scottish Parliament yesterday formally rejected legislation for taking Britain out of the EU, in an unprecedented move that sets the
15 May 2018

Markle's father won't attend royal wedding

Meghan Markle's father will not attend her wedding to Prince Harry this weekend, US media reported Monday, as Kensington Palace
15 May 2018

240,000 infant girls die yearly: study

Almost a quarter-of-a-million girls younger than five die in India every year due to neglect resulting from society's preference for sons, a
15 May 2018

Torra appointed new leader of Catalonia

Quim Torra, a newcomer to politics who has campaigned fiercely for Catalonia's independence, was appointed regional president
14 May 2018

Iran seeks assurances

Iran's foreign minister said on a visit to Moscow yesterday he was seeking "assurances" from the backers of the country's nuclear deal
14 May 2018

WHAT WE KNOW

An attacker crying "Allahu akbar" killed one person and wounded four others on the streets of Paris Saturday evening before being
13 May 2018

Putin, Merkel back Iran deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken with Germany's Angela Merkel and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a bid to keep the Iran nuclear deal alive after the US decision to withdraw, the Kremlin said yesterday.
11 May 2018

Turkey coup: 252 life sentences each!

Turkish prosecutors yesterday demanded that former generals suspected of being the ringleaders of a failed 2016 coup be handed 252
9 May 2018

Split in UK govt surfaces again

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson yesterday dismissed as "crazy" a government proposal for customs arrangements with the EU after
8 May 2018

Another Brexit defeat for UK PM

Britain's upper house of parliament yesterday inflicted a new defeat on Prime Minister Theresa May's government yesterday, challenging her decision
8 May 2018

Don't ditch Iran deal

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has appealed to US President Donald Trump not to pull out of the Iran nuclear agreement,
7 May 2018

PUTIN'S CHALLENGES: A look at what could happen after his fourth term ends in 2024

Without constitutional reform, Putin will not be able to run for a fifth time -- Russian law forbids serving more than two consecutive
7 May 2018

Putin sworn in for another 6yrs in office

Vladimir Putin swears in for another six years as Russian president, buoyed by popular support but weighed down too by a costly confrontation with the West, a fragile economy and uncertainty about what happens when his term ends.
7 May 2018

Russia braces for Putin 4.0

Vladimir Putin will be inaugurated today for his fourth Kremlin term under the shadow of hugely strained ties with the West and a
6 May 2018

Russia sees closer Iran ties if US exits

Russia will stand by the Iran nuclear deal and develop closer ties with Iran if US President Donald Trump withdraws from the agreement on May 12, a senior Russian official said yesterday.
4 May 2018

UK PM party fares well in local polls

British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative party fared better than expected in local elections in England, results yesterday
4 May 2018

Test for May as local polls open in England

Voters in England went to the polls yesterday to choose local councillors in the first electoral test for Prime Minister Theresa May since she lost her parliamentary majority last year.
3 May 2018

109 held in France over May Day chaos

France's interior minister yesterday promised to boost security at protests after hooded youths ran amok at a May Day rally in Paris,
2 May 2018