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Once its saviour, US puts Kuwait in Iran’s crosshairs
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 25 — Like many Kuwaitis, Salem Al-Ghanem still vividly remembers Iraqi tanks rolling through his hometown when his small Gulf state faced extinction had US troops not […]
UN: Israel threats to expel Gazans over kite-flying ‘outrageous’
GENEVA, Aug 25 — The United Nations today slammed Israel’s threat to expel people from areas where kites, drones and balloons are launched from in Gaza, lamenting “unacceptable rhetoric” coming from […]
US delays Lockerbie bombing trial over new evidence
WASHINGTON, Aug 25 — A US federal judge postponed yesterday the trial of a Libyan man accused of making the bomb that destroyed a Pan Am flight over Scotland in 1988, […]
Rights group: China sentences artist to 3 years’ jail for ‘insulting heroes’
BEIJING, Aug 25 — China sentenced a prominent artist whose works criticised former leader Mao Zedong to three years in prison today for “insulting heroes”, a rights group said. Gao Zhen, […]
Analysis: Trump policies to double power sector carbon emissions by 2035
WASHINGTON, Aug 25 — President Donald Trump’s fossil fuel agenda will result in the loss of US$700 billion (RM2.8 trillion) in clean energy investments over the next decade while doubling the power […]