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Podolski Arrives With Promise To Boost Japan Game
German World Cup winner Lukas Podolski Thursday vowed to bolster enthusiasm for Japanese football after arriving to join Vissel Kobe, bucking a trend of big-name players moving to cash-rich China. "I...
Qatar Airways Says Flights Now Exempt From US Laptop Ban
Qatar Airways announced on Thursday that it had won exemption from a US ban on passengers taking laptops and tablet computers on flights from its Doha hub. It is the latest carrier after Abu Dhabi's...
US Retailer To Pay $3mn Fine, Return Iraqi Artifacts
US arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby has agreed to forfeit thousands of ancient Iraqi artifacts and pay $3 million to settle a civil suit brought by the US government, prosecutors announced...
Tens of Thousands In Syria Protest Expected Turkey Attack
Tens of thousands of people protested on Wednesday in a town in northern Syria against Turkey, as speculation mounts it is planning to attack the Kurdish-held border region. The demonstrators took to...
Top US Diplomat Tillerson To Visit Ukraine
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Ukraine following the G20 Summit in Hamburg, sending a message that Washington remains committed to the country's sovereignty despite Moscow's takeover...
US Laptop Ban Lifted On Emirates and Turkish Airlines
Emirates has said the cabin ban on laptops no longer applies on its flights to the United States. In March, the US banned laptops and other large electronic devices to and from eight mostly Muslim...
US Laptop Ban Lifted On Emirates and Turkish Airlines
Emirates has said the cabin ban on laptops no longer applies on its flights to the United States. In March, the US banned laptops and other large electronic devices to and from eight mostly Muslim...
Key Powers Thrash Out Safe Zones Plan At Syria Talks
Powerbrokers Russia, Iran and Turkey sought Wednesday to hammer out a plan for four safe zones in Syria at a fifth round of peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana. Moscow and Tehran, which back...
Singapore Repatriates ‘radicalised’ Indonesian Maids
Singapore has repatriated two Indonesian maids it said were radicalised online, one of whom wanted to travel to Syria with her foreign boyfriend to join the Islamic State (IS) group. Second Home...
Emirates Says Flights Now Exempt From US Laptop Ban
Emirates airline announced Wednesday that it had won an exemption from a US ban on passengers taking laptops and tablet computers on flights from its base in Dubai. Emirates is the third carrier...
US Lifts Laptop Ban On Flights From Istanbul
The United States lifted Wednesday a ban on carrying large electronic devices such as laptops in the cabin of US-bound flights from Turkey's main international airport, Turkish Airlines and local...
Saudi Arabia and Allies To Meet In Cairo
Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are to discuss the Qatar crisis, a month after they severed ties with the Gulf state. The meeting of foreign ministers in Cairo comes on the...
Fifth Round of Kazakh Syria Talks Focuses On Safe Zones
Powerbrokers Russia, Iran and Turkey on Tuesday focused on shoring up a plan for safe zones in Syria at a fifth round of talks they are pushing in Kazakhstan to help end the six-year conflict. Moscow...
Migrant Influx To Europe Hits 100,000 In 2017
More than 100,000 migrants have made the perilous Mediterranean crossing to Europe this year, the UN said Tuesday, amid mounting tensions among EU nations on how to tackle the crisis. Nearly 2,250...
Fifth Round of Syria Talks Begins In Kazakhstan
A fifth round of talks on ending the six-year Syrian conflict began in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, focused on shoring up a plan for safe zones in the war-torn country. Russian news agencies reported that...
Qatar Finds Way Round Embargo But ‘nightmare’ Continues
Nearly a month since Qatar was isolated by its Gulf neighbours, residents of the emirate have learned to adapt to the daily realities of living with the embargo. They buy vegetables and milk that...
Trump, Merkel Plan To Meet Thursday Ahead of G20
US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel plan to meet in Hamburg on Thursday, the eve of a Group of 20 summit, Merkel's spokesman said. "Indeed a meeting with the US president is...
Qatar Given New Deadline On Gulf Demands
Saudi Arabia and three other Arab states have extended the deadline for Qatar to accept a list of demands or face further sanctions by 48 hours. The initial deadline for Qatar to agree to the...
US OKs Laptops For Etihad Airways Flights Leaving Abu Dhabi
The United States has granted permission to the UAE's Etihad Airways for personal electronic devices to be allowed in the cabins of US-bound aircraft departing Abu Dhabi, American authorities said...