UNITED NATIONS, June 5 — The Palestinian ambassador to the UN, surrounded by his counterparts from Arab and Muslim countries, called on the US yesterday to stop Israel’s annexation of […]
NEW YORK, June 5 — Soccer fans looking to bring the party to World Cup games will have to go without vuvuzelas, with Fifa banning the plastic horns from venues
KYIV, June 5 — Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky proposed a face-to-face meeting with Vladimir Putin in a rare open letter to the Russian leader yesterday, shortly after the Kremlin chief had
WASHINGTON, June 5 — US President Donald Trump yesterday announced a mass rally in Washington on June 24 to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, saying he’d cancelled planned concerts after several
HAVANA, June 4 — Cuba’s former leader Raul Castro turned 95 yesterday, though his whereabouts were still unknown two weeks after US authorities charged him with murder in connection with
SAINT PETERSBURG, June 5 — The Kremlin’s economic envoy told AFP yesterday that Europe needed Russian oil and gas to “survive” the energy crisis triggered by the war in the
HANOI, June 5 — Vietnam’s foreign ministry said yesterday that the US Trade Representative’s conclusion that it had failed to curb trade in goods made with forced labour does not
PATTANI, June 4 — Two men, believed to be members of the Patani Malay National Revolution Front (BRN) separatist group, were killed in a shootout with local authorities early this
PARIS, June 5 — Franco-Iranian author and film director Marjane Satrapi, best known for the graphic novel and film “Persepolis”, has died aged 56, AFP learned yesterday from a member
LONDON, June 5 — Chinese spies are posing as job recruiters to trick staff in western governments into disclosing sensitive information, the Five Eyes alliance of security agencies has warned.
