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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump threatened an imminent military strike against Syria Monday night, vowing to respond “forcefully” to Saturday’s apparent chemical weapons attack on civilians and warning that Russia or any other nation found to share responsibility will “pay a price.” As he began an evening meeting with military leaders at the […]

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho © Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that he has accepted an invitation from his North Korean counterpart to visit Pyongyang. Lavrov met with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho in the Russian capital on Tuesday. According […]

  EPA Photo President Xi Jinping promised to cut auto import taxes, open China’s markets and improve conditions for foreign companies in a speech Tuesday that called for international cooperation against a backdrop of a spiraling dispute with Washington over trade and technology. Speaking at a business conference, Xi made no direct mention of his […]

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he plans to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un next month or in early June to “hopefully” reach a deal on denuclearizing the regime. Trump made the remarks at a cabinet meeting where he also acknowledged the two sides were in talks to prepare for the meeting. “North […]

A departures board at Frankfurt Airport on Tuesday showing numerous flight cancellations. Photo: DPA Warning strikes across Germany began early on Tuesday morning, affecting everything from major airport hubs to kindergartens and local transport. Here’s what you need to know. Public service union Ver.di announced on Monday that nationwide warning strikes would take place the […]

New York, SANA- Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari, said that the Israeli aggression against Syria would not succeed in protecting Israel’s agents from terrorist organizations, pointing out that some of the United Nations Security Council’s permanent members are trying to lie to defame Syria and create pretexts for attacking it. Al-Jaafari, […]

Police suspects that the driver must have lost control over speed and the shape of the road.  (File) At least 18 persons, including seven women, and two children children, were killed and 15 injured when a speeding truck veered off the road and crashed near Khambatki tunnel in Satara in western Maharashtra early Tuesday. The truck, carrying construction […]

A photo showing a child being washed after what the White Helmets and other anti-government groups in Syria claim was a chemical weapons attack in Douma, Eastern Ghouta, on April 7. The Russian military says the photos were staged. © Reuters The Russian military has found no trace of chemical weapons use after searching parts […]

Mr Cohen (left) with his lawyer Stephen M Ryan The FBI has raided the offices of Michael Cohen, the long-time personal lawyer for US President Donald Trump. Law enforcement acted on a “referral” from Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Officials in New York seized “privileged communications” […]

Suja Singh Image Credit: Supplied Al Ain: An Indian woman committed suicide by jumping from the rooftop of a private Al Ain hospital’s building, Gulf News has learnt on Monday. “The woman in her early forties, Suja Singh belongs from the south Indian state of Kerala, jumped off from the hospital’s building on Sunday afternoon,” the hospital sources […]