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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...

Philippines erupting volcano still swelling with magma below

LEGAZPI: A volcano that’s been erupting for almost two weeks in the Philippines still appears to be swelling with magma under the surface, scientists...

Police charged Reuters reporters with ‘Secrets Act’ hour after their arrest

YANGON: Myanmar police sought permission from the nation’s president to go ahead with an investigation into whether two Reuters journalists had breached the Official...

US Secretary meets with British, Saudi, UAE ministers on Yemen conflict

PARIS: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met on Tuesday with the foreign ministers of Britain, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE to discuss "a...

20 outlaws held with arms, drugs in separate operations

KHANEWAL: At least 20 outlaws including proclaimed offenders (POs) were arrested with arms and drugs during separate operations in different of Khanewal on Sunday. Cases...

667,775 Americans engaged with Russian ‘troll’ tweets in 2016 election: Twitter

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter said it has found Russian efforts to influence the US presidential election in 2016 were more extensive than it originally thought,...

Serbia ends dialogue with Kosovo until politician’s killers found

BELGRADE: The EU-mediated dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels will be suspended until Serbia is satisfied with the result of an investigation into...

Bannon refuses to comply with House subpoena

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon declined on Tuesday to comply with a subpoena ordering him to answer questions from a...

US says actions with regard to Russia’s consulate are ‘perfectly legal’: TASS

WASHINGTON: The actions of the United States with regard to Russian diplomatic property on the US territory are "perfectly legal," an official with the...

Israeli jets destroy tunnel near Egypt-Gaza border

GAZA: The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said on Sunday it had destroyed a border-crossing Hamas attack tunnel – the third in recent months –...

Half of Germans dissatisfied with preliminary govt formation talks’ outcome

BERLIN: As many as 49.7 per cent of German nationals evaluated the progress of preliminary negotiations on the coalition government's formation as unsuccessful, a...

Top Turkish court surpasses limit with journalists’ ruling, say deputy PM

ISTANBUL: Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Friday the Constitutional Court had overstepped its limit, set out in the law, with its...

I am terribly sorry for working with Woody Allen: Mira Sorvino

Mira Sorvino has penned an open letter to Woody Allen’s daughter Dylan Farrow to express regret over starring in his 1995 comedy Mighty Aphrodite. The...

Kiwis win 1st ODI against Pakistan with 61 run lead under...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand won the first one-day international against Pakistan with a 61 run lead under the Duckworth–Lewis method as the match was abandoned...

Teacher selling eyes with no hope in sight

This man wants to sell his eyes as he does not want to see injustice anymore. Zulfiqar, a former government teacher and a father of...

NH&MP personnel arrest 10 criminals

The N-5 Central National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) arrested 10 criminals and recovered stolen property including a tractor, a truck, cash and other...

CIE results consistent with those of yesteryear

Following a security breach that prompted the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE), part of the University of Cambridge, to have about 15,000 students in Pakistan...