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Migrant aid ship awaits OK to dock after Italy, Malta say no 10 Jun 2018 - 11:31 pm

ROME: A private rescue ship carrying 629 migrants remained Sunday evening on a northward course in the Mediterranean Sea after more than a...

Unorthodox Trump faces toughest test yet in North Korea summit 10 Jun 2018 - 11:18 pm

SINGAPORE: Embarking on a self-described "mission of peace," President Donald Trump puts his seat-of-the-pants foreign policy to its toughest test yet as he...

Trump, Kim converge on Singapore ahead of high-stakes summit 10 Jun 2018 - 09:26 pm

SINGAPORE: President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un converged on this island city-state Sunday ahead of one of the most...

Prosecutor: No evidence of any foul play in Bourdain death 10 Jun 2018 - 09:15 pm

PARIS: There's no evidence of foul play or violence in celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain's death in a French hotel room, a French prosecutor...

Fire hits Iraq's biggest ballot warehouse before recount: security official 10 Jun 2018 - 04:26 pm

Baghdad: A fire ripped through Iraq's biggest ballot warehouse on Sunday where votes for the eastern Baghdad district were stored, before a recount...

Syria strikes kill 11 civilians after jihadist attack: monitor 10 Jun 2018 - 04:01 pm

Beirut: Eleven Syrian civilians were killed on Sunday in regime strikes in the country's northwest, a monitor said, in apparent retaliation for a...

Assad says West is fueling Syria war, hoping to topple him 10 Jun 2018 - 03:49 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview published Sunday that the West is fueling the devastating war in his country, now...

Trump arrives in Singapore for historic N. Korea summit 10 Jun 2018 - 03:39 pm

Singapore: US President Donald Trump touched down in Singapore on Sunday ahead of a historic summit with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un,...

Pot of gold found in abandoned French house 10 Jun 2018 - 12:47 pm

Quimper, France: A demolition team called in to tear down an abandoned house in western France this week struck gold -- literally. At...

Deadly clashes as jihadists attack besieged Syria regime villages 10 Jun 2018 - 11:56 am

Beirut: Deadly clashes erupted overnight as jihadist fighters attacked two besieged regime-controlled villages in northwestern Syria, a monitor said on Sunday. The villages...

Putin says willing to meet Trump whenever US is ready 10 Jun 2018 - 10:33 am

QINGDAO, China: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday he's happy to meet with President Donald Trump once Washington is ready to hold the...

N.Korea leader Kim arrives in Singapore - Singapore Foreign Minister 10 Jun 2018 - 10:29 am

SINGAPORE: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Singapore, the country's foreign minister, said in a message on Twitter. "Welcomed Chairman...

China's Xi calls out 'selfish, short-sighted' trade policies 10 Jun 2018 - 10:19 am

QINGDAO, China: Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose country is locked in a high-stakes trade dispute with the United States, on Sunday said China...

Trump trade fury torpedoes Canada's G7 summit 10 Jun 2018 - 09:58 am

Quebec City: The G7 summit ended in farce and a renewed threat of global trade war on Saturday as US President Donald Trump...

Iran, spurned by US, angrily watches Trump-North Korea talks 10 Jun 2018 - 09:38 am

Tehran, Iran: For Iran, the so-called "Axis of Evil" has boiled down to a party of one, as President Donald Trump prepares for...

Trump and Kim head for historic Singapore summit 10 Jun 2018 - 09:30 am

Singapore: Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump were heading for Singapore on Sunday for an unprecedented summit in an attempt to address the...

Nicaragua violence rages as prospect of crisis talks hangs in limbo 10 Jun 2018 - 09:24 am

Masaya, Nicaragua: Masaya, a city battling at the front lines of Nicaragua's heated anti-government protests, once again became the scene of fierce street...

Turkey installs 764 km security wall on Syria border 09 Jun 2018 - 03:03 pm

GAZIANTEP, Turkey: Turkey has completed the construction of a 764-kilometer (475-mile) concrete wall along its border with Syria, according to a Turkish official...