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Peace deals ‘changing map’ of ME: Israel PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that a trio of normalisation accords with Arab states offered an end to the Jewish state’s former geographic isolation, with shorter and cheaper flights.
25 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Treaty banning nuke arms to enter into force
An international treaty banning nuclear weapons has been ratified by a 50th country, the UN said, allowing the “historic” text to enter into force after 90 days.
25 October 2020, 18:00 PM
3-day ultimatum to PM to quit: Protesters return to Bangkok streets
Thousands of people protested in the centre of Thailand’s capital Bangkok yesterday in the first demonstration since Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha ignored their Saturday night deadline to resign.
25 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Macron’s controversial comments on Islam: Calls grow to boycott of French goods
Calls to boycott French goods are growing in the Arab world and beyond, after President Emmanuel Macron criticised Islamists and vowed not to “give up cartoons” depicting a controversial topic for Muslims.
25 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Majority of Americans will accept result of polls: survey
As the 2020 presidential election enters its final week, a majority of Americans appear ready to accept the result of an exhausting campaign even if their preferred candidate loses, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
25 October 2020, 18:00 PM
What changes will Biden bring?
Joe Biden vows to revive the moral leadership of the United States in the world if he is elected president, but after nearly four years of Donald Trump smashing through norms, is the veteran Democrat’s vision even possible?
25 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Malaysia’s king rejects PM’s emergency plan
Malaysia’s King Al-Sultan Abdullah yesterday rejected a request by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin for him to declare a state of emergency in
25 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Key al-Qaeda leader killed in Afghanistan
Afghan forces have killed a top al-Qaeda militant wanted by the United States, as the government yesterday accused the Taliban of still keeping close
25 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Turkey extends research vessel mission for gas hunt
Turkey has extended once again a research ship’s search for gas in contested waters of the eastern Mediterranean in defiance of calls from the West to
25 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Crowds defy curfew orders to ransack government warehouses in Nigeria
Nigerian authorities struggled to halt looting across the country on Sunday as crowds defied curfew orders to ransack government warehouses in the latest in a wave of unrest sweeping Africa's most populous nation.
25 October 2020, 15:37 PM
Hand signals only: How Thais are marshalling mass protests
Thai protesters are learning a whole new language, developed within days to coordinate among crowds of thousands of people at demonstrations that have swollen in defiance of a government ban and despite the arrest of many protest leaders.
25 October 2020, 12:05 PM
Gunmen storm school in Cameroon, killing 6 children
Gunmen stormed a school in Cameroon on Saturday and opened fire indiscriminately, killing at least six children and wounding about eight more in a region where separatist insurgents operate, officials and parents said.
25 October 2020, 05:38 AM
New Yorkers vote early in hopes of ‘really big’ Biden win
Wary that polls showing Donald Trump behind could again be wrong, New Yorkers turned out massively Saturday to vote early as they hope to ensure a “really big win” for Joe Biden.
25 October 2020, 04:17 AM
Trump suggests Egypt may ‘blow up’ Ethiopia dam
US President Donald Trump on Friday voiced anger at Ethiopia over its construction of a huge dam on the Nile River and appeared to suggest that
24 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Israel will not oppose US sale of F-35 to UAE
Israel said on Friday it will not oppose US sales of “specific weapons systems” to the United Arab Emirates, in an apparent reference to the F-35
24 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Erdogan says Macron needs ‘mental checks’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday slammed his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, over his policies toward Muslims, saying that
24 October 2020, 18:00 PM
EU adopts crucial biodiversity plan
EU environment ministers on Friday adopted a biodiversity strategy aimed at protecting ecosystems, a move deemed essential to tackling climate change and reducing the risk of future pandemics.
24 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: New clashes after Washington talks
New clashes broke out between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces over Nagorno-Karabakh a day after talks in Washington to try to end the deadliest fighting in the enclave in more than a quarter of a century.
24 October 2020, 18:00 PM
AstraZeneca, J&J vaccine trials back on track in US
Two major clinical trials for experimental Covid-19 vaccines got back on track in the United States -- providing a glimmer of hope as the number of cases skyrocket across the country.
24 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Israel-Sudan deal: World Reaction
Sudan and Israel agreed Friday to normalise relations, in a US-brokered deal to end decades of hostility that was widely welcomed but stirred Palestinian anger.
24 October 2020, 18:00 PM