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Pope Francis Injects New Blood Into Cardinals Club
Pope Francis on Wednesday created five new cardinals in a Vatican ceremony that, while deeply traditional in form, also...
Mattis Says Assad Took Trump’s Chemical Warning ‘seriously’
US President Donald Trump's warning to the Syrian government not to carry out a chemical weapons attack appears to have...
Myanmar Govt Defends Detention of Journalists
Myanmar's civilian government on Wednesday defended the detention of three journalists who were reporting on an armed...
Philips Buys US Cardiac-Implant Firm For 1.9 Bln Euros
Dutch electronics giant Philips Wednesday announced it was buying for 1.9 billion euros ($2.2 billion) a specialist US...
Qatar Slams Saudi Refusal To Negotiate
Qatar on Wednesday condemned Saudi Arabia's refusal to negotiate the demands of the kingdom and its allies for ending a...
Hong Kong’s Allure Fading In Mainland China
When Naomi Wu was a teenager, she and her friends would ride the train from mainland China to Hong Kong several times a...
Nepal Holds Landmark Polls In Troubled South
Nepal's troubled south began voting Wednesday in the first local elections for two decades, a key stage in the...
UN Refugee Cash Card Scheme Boosts Lebanese Grocers
In three years, Lebanese grocer Ali Khiami hired six staff, invested in property and funded his children's university...
Saudis Stand Tough As Top Gulf Diplomats In Washington For Qatar Talks
Three top Gulf diplomats were in Washington Tuesday as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sought to help resolve the...
Saudis Say Demands ‘non-Negotiable’ As Qatar, US Officials Meet
Saudi Arabia reiterated Tuesday that its demands on Qatar were not negotiable, as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...
US Court Halts Deportations of Iraqi Nationals
A US judge has halted deportations of all Iraqi nationals -- some slated for removal as early as Tuesday -- on the...
Macron, Trump Vow ‘joint Response’ If Chemical Attack In Syria
US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron agreed during a telephone call Tuesday on the need...
Sniper’s Shot Puts Focus On Canada’s Iraq Role
Canada's supposed non-combat role in Iraq is being questioned after a special forces sniper took out an IS fighter in...
US Suspects Chem Weapons ‘activity’ At Syria Base Used In Attack
The US warning that Syria may be preparing another chemical weapons attack was based on suspect activity at the launch...
Syria’s Assad Visits Russian Airbase
President Bashar al-Assad toured a Russian airbase in western Syria on Tuesday in his first official visit to Moscow's...
Former Syrian Defence Minister Dies In Paris
Syria's former defence minister Mustafa Tlass, a close friend of President Bashar al-Assad's father and predecessor...
Donald Trump Is Unpopular Worldwide According To New Poll
US President Donald Trump and his policies are broadly unpopular around the world – with the notable exceptions of...
US Misses Out On First 2017 World Taekwando Gold
The United States narrowly missed out Tuesday on its first gold at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships when Paige...
Pakistan Slams US Sanctions On Kashmiri Militant
Pakistan Tuesday strongly criticised the US decision to impose sanctions on Syed Salahuddin, senior leader of the...