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Moscow – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has invited the Thai boys’ football team trapped in a cave to the World Cup final, as messages of support poured in from top players. Infantino said he hoped the Wild Boars team, who were stranded by rising floodwaters two weeks ago, would be rescued in time to watch […]

Coalition partners Angela Merkel (r) of the CDU and Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (l) of the CSU have clashed on migration policy. Photo: Omer Messinger/AFP. The three parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s shaky coalition government on Thursday rallied around a tougher policy on migration and asylum aimed at placating conservative allies. At the end of […]

Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP Italy’s hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Thursday said he wanted to put a complete stop to migrant arrivals in Italy by boat. The aim is that “not one more person arrives by boat” on Italian shores, said Salvini during a news conference with […]

The European Parliament has condemned the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia for cutting financial support to Somalia in a move which is believed to have been taken in retaliation for Somalia’s neutrality in a rift between a Saudi-led quartet and Qatar. The European Parliament has condemned the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia […]

© Aly Song / Reuters China’s commerce ministry says the country has no choice but to fight back after the US “launched the largest trade war in economic history,” as Washington’s 25 percent tariffs on various Chinese imports go into effect. “On July 6, the US began to impose 25 percent tariffs on $34 billion […]

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second from right, greets Kim Yong-chol, second from left, a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, as they arrive for a meeting at the Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday. AP US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (centre L) arrives at Sunan […]

International divers prepare to enter the Tham Luang cave complex in Thailand to rescue a young football team and their coach trapped inside [File: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters] A former Thai military diver helping to rescue a young football team trapped inside a flooded cave has died as officials warned the window of opportunity to free the team […]

House of People’s Representatives The House of People’s Representatives today unanimously voted on a motion to scrap three political groups from terrorists list. The motion for the removal of Patriots Ginbot 7, Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) materialized due to the willingness of the political organizations to participate in the […]

FILE PHOTO © Ebrahim Norouzi / Reuters The US military declared it “stands ready” to keep waterways open in the Persian Gulf, after the Iranian President warned of “consequences” if Washington tried to reduce Tehran’s oil exports. Captain Bill Urban, a spokesman for US Central Command (Centcom), said on Wednesday that the US Navy and its regional […]