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Merkel’s conservatives and SPD open ‘grand coalition’ talks

Chancellor Angela Merkel called Friday for a quick end to the last stretch of tortuous negotiations to forge a government for Germany, in a...

US President offers ‘Dreamers’ another path to citizenship

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is offering a path to citizenship for up to 1.8 million young illegal immigrants but insists on measures that...

India plans closer ASEAN maritime ties to counter China

NEW DELHI: India is gathering the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Regional Cooperation (ASEAN) for a summit on Thursday to promote maritime...

Large-scale surveillance enquiry tied to Lebanese intelligence: reports

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s general prosecutor should investigate reports of secret large-scale surveillance tied to a Lebanese intelligence agency, seven human rights and media organizations said on...

PM Shinzo Abe says to visit Pyeongchang Olympics

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday he would attend the Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea next month, after reports he would...

Iranian female skydiver to break down stereotypes

TEHRAN: For Iranian parachuting enthusiast Bahareh Sassani, skydiving is "a way to prove that women are just as capable as men" – a small...

Russian minister seeks to improve Russia-Myanmar military cooperation

NAYPYIDAW: Russia and Myanmar implement a large-scale plan for the bilateral military cooperation, Russia’ Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Saturday. "We point to a...

North ‘halts’ plan sending team to South this weekend

SEOUL: North Korea rescinded its decision to send a team of inspectors to South Korea over the weekend to check local facilities for two...

US envoy provides 10 ambulances to motorway police worth $1.6 million

ISLAMABAD: American Ambassador David Hale officially delivered 10 ambulances worth almost 180 million rupees ($1.6 million) to the National Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP)...

Ngannou to go from homeless to UFC heavyweight champ

BOSTON: Francis Ngannou has knockout power that snaps back heads like Pez dispensers and earned him comparisons to Mike Tyson in his ferocious heyday. Ngannou...

Missing Japanese families to urge prosecution of North Korean

TOKYO: The families of Japanese abducted by North Korea, and those believed to have been taken, will urge the International Criminal Court to prosecute...

Trump denies moving US embassy to Jerusalem within a year

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump denied on Wednesday that the planned relocation of the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would take place within a...

Kremlin critic Navalny: Putin seeks to be ’emperor for life’

MOSCOW: The Kremlin's top critic Alexei Navalny has slammed Russia's March presidential election, in which he is barred from running, as a sham meant...

British MPs to vote on leading Brexit bill

LONDON: British MPs will vote Wednesday on a key Brexit bill whose turbulent passage through parliament has dealt damaging defeats to Prime Minister Theresa...

Catalan parliament to meet, but without sacked leader Carles Puigdemont

BRUSSELS: Catalonia's parliament meets for the first time on Wednesday since it was dissolved following a failed attempt to break from Spain – but...

Saudi Arabia announces to inject $2b to Yemen central bank

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced it would transfer $2 billion to Yemen's central bank, after desperate calls for funding from the war-torn country's president...

Cavusoglu says Turkey’s Syria operation cannot be limited to Afrin

WASHINGTON: Turkey may expand its operations in northern Syria to Manbij city and east of the Euphrates River after Afrin has been cleared, Turkey’s foreign...