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New Trump sanctions on Iran take effect despite pleas from allies
BEIRUT/LONDON: US President Donald Trump pledged on Tuesday that firms doing business with Tehran would be barred from the United States as new US...
North Korea confirms new military chief of staff
SEOUL: North Korea's state media confirmed on Friday that Ri Yong Gil has become the new chief of the military's general staff, the latest...
EU wants new Venezuela elections, prepares more sanctions
BRUSSELS: European Union foreign ministers are calling for new presidential elections in Venezuela and are preparing more targeted sanctions against those close to President...
What’s changing under new EU data privacy rules
BRUSSELS: Europe's new data and privacy rules take effect Friday, clarifying individual rights to the personal data collected by companies around the world for...
New Italian government has little chance of staying the course
ROME: A new government is expected to take office in Italy next week after one of the longest periods of post-election flux in its...
Pakistan’s new law encourages women participation in elections: report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s recently passed Elections Act 2017 stresses for taking special measures to increase the participation of women, religious minorities, transgenders and disabled persons...
Govt appoints Dr Suleman Khan as new IB chief
ISLAMABAD: The federal government appointed Dr Muhammad Suleman Khan, a grade-22 officer of Police Service of Pakistan (PSP), as the director general (DG) of...
43 per cent Pakistanis believe creating new provinces will be beneficial:...
ISLAMABAD: According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup & Gilani, Pakistan, 43 per cent of Pakistanis believe that creating new...
New French film raises Nazi medical horrific experiments
A new documentary about the scale of Nazi medical experiments has reopened old wounds in France as one of the country's leading universities investigates...
New global pandemics feared after 100 years ‘Spanish flu’
BRUSSELS: A century after the "Spanish flu" killed 50 million people, humanity now risks a new wave of deadly diseases, and in today's globalised world...
Timor-Leste president dissolves parliament for new elections
DILI: East Timor President Francisco “Lu Olo” Guterres said on Friday he was dissolving parliament and would call new elections in a bid to...
New tactical nukes in US arsenal raise risks, experts warn
WASHINGTON DC: The Pentagon is set to unveil President Donald Trump’s nuclear policy next week, and critics are already warning it could trigger another arms...
Turkish army launches new strikes on YPG militants in Afrin
AFRIN: The Turkish army said it launched new strikes on Saturday against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in northern Syria, amid mounting...
UK minister says Britain could join new EU model in future
LONDON: Britain could take part in a new model of European cooperation after Brexit but is unlikely to rejoin the EU in its current...
US President signs NSA’s new internet surveillance program bill
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday said he signed into law a bill renewing the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance program, sealing...
Kiev, Kremlin accuse each other for violating New Year ceasefire
VIENNA: The Ukrainian armed forces have not fulfilled their obligations and violated the truce in Donbass, Russia’s OSCE Ambassador Alexander Lukashevich told a session...
Macron says France, Britain to announce new migrant treaty
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Theresa May will announce a new treaty on how to handle migrants hoping to head...
