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Gulf Crisis Threatens Qatar 2022 World Cup
The diplomatic crisis unraveling in the Gulf region could revive a campaign by critics of Qatar to strip the country of...
Saudi, UAE Seize Chance To Isolate Qatar
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, emboldened by US President Donald Trump's new approach to the region, have...
Iran Urges ‘dialogue’ To Resolve Gulf Row Over Qatar
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday urged Qatar and neighbouring Gulf Arab countries that have...
Research Questions Whether Israel Considered 1967 Atomic Blast
Research suggesting Israel may have considered detonating an atomic device on the eve of the Six-Day War 50 years ago...
Gulf Crisis Could Hit Qatar 2022
The diplomatic crisis sweeping the Gulf could invigorate a campaign by critics of Qatar to strip Doha of the 2022 World...
Arab Countries Cut Links With Qatar
Six Arab countries including Saudi Arabia and Egypt have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising...
Sri Lanka Hails Record Military Deployment As Toll Hits 213
Sri Lanka's military recorded its biggest peacetime deployment for search and rescue operations after monsoon rains...
Looters Target Empty Homes In Iraq’s Mosul
Men, women and children walk down a main road in west Mosul with arms full and carts loaded, but they are not among the...
Turkey Maintains Ban On German Visits To Incirlik Base
Turkey will maintain a ban on visits by German politicians to a key airbase used for raids against the Islamic State...
Ex-Stars Urge Pakistan Overhaul After ‘shameful’ Champions Trophy Loss
Pakistan faced calls for a total overhaul on Monday after slumping to a "shameful defeat" against arch-rivals India at...
Skin Cure Fad Driving Myanmar Elephant Poaching Surge
Myanmar's wild elephants are being poached in record numbers with at least 20 killed this year due to surging demand...
Nepal, China Sign Mega Hydropower Agreement
Nepal has signed an agreement with a Chinese company to build the largest hydroelectric plant in the impoverished...
UAE’s Etihad To Suspend Flights To Qatar
Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways said Monday it would suspend flights to Qatar after the United Arab Emirates was among major...
Four Countries Cut Links With Doha
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of...
India Savours ‘Mother of All Mismatches’ Against Pakistan
Now unbeaten against Pakistan for more than three years, India on Monday celebrated a thumping win over their...
Cambodian Opposition Make Gains In Local Elections
Cambodia's embattled opposition made significant gains in this weekend's local elections, early results showed Monday,...
China Rejects ‘irresponsible’ US Remarks On S China Sea
China has expressed "firm opposition" to remarks made by US Pentagon chief Jim Mattis during a regional defence summit...
Gulf States, Egypt Cut Ties With Qatar
Gulf states on Monday cut diplomatic ties with neighbouring Qatar and kicked it out of a military coalition, less than...
Cyprus Leaders Agree To Push On With Reunification Talks
Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders agreed Sunday to return to the negotiating table later this month in a new bid to...