Qatar rift overshadows Gulf Arab summit as emir stays away
Riyadh: A Gulf Arab summit called for regional unity as Bahrain and Qatar traded barbs over the Qatari emir’s decision not to ...
Armenia PM’s bloc takes lead in snap parliamentary polls: early results
The electoral bloc of Armenia’s acting premier Nikol Pashinyan was in the lead according to early results in Sunday’s ...
UK cabinet minister floats ‘Plan B’ before key vote on May’s Brexit deal
Amber Rudd
London: A close ally of British Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday became the first cabinet minister to float a ...
Injunction order extended against dissolution of Sri Lankan Parliament
Colombo [Sri Lanka] Dec 08 : Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has extended the injunction order against the dissolution of Sri Lankan ...
US sanctions are ‘economic terrorism’: Hassan Rouhani
Tehran, Dec 8 : Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said US sanctions were “economic terrorism”, as he sought to ...
OPEC, Russia agree to slash oil output despite Trump pressure
Vienna: OPEC and its Russia-led allies agreed on Friday to slash oil production by more than the market had expected despite ...
Merkel loyalist wins German party leadership battle
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, a close ally of Angela Merkel, won a tight race to succeed her as party leader Friday, seeing off a ...
Activists call for criminal probe into migrant deaths off Libya
A rights group called Wednesday for an international criminal investigation after 15 migrants died following 11 days drifting off ...
Putin threatens to develop nuclear missiles banned by US-Russia treaty
A defiant Vladimir Putin on Wednesday threatened to develop nuclear missiles banned under a treaty with the United States after ...
US senators blast Saudi prince over Khashoggi, after CIA chief briefing
Two key US Republican senators said a Tuesday briefing by the CIA’s director only strengthened their conviction that Saudi ...