BEIRUT, April 30 (Agencies): Missile strikes overnight in central Syria killed at least 26 pro-regime fighters, most of them Iranians, a monitor said Monday.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the missiles struck a military base in the province of Hama late Sunday, in an assault it said bore the...
Read moreLONDON, Apr 30 (Agencies): British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Sajid Javid as her new interior minister on Monday, promoting the former banker to try to draw a line under an immigration scandal that has threatened the prime minister's authority.The son of immigrants from Pakistan, Javid at the weekend tried...
Read morePARIS, Apr 30 (Agencies): In a phone call Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani agreed to work together in the coming weeks to preserve the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, according to a statement released by the French presidency.In their hour-long conversation, Macron hoped that the...
Read moreJERUSALEM, Apr 30 (Xinhua): Israel's army said three Palestinians were shot dead on Sunday night after they crossed border fence from the Gaza Strip in three separate cases.A military spokesperson said in a statement that around 21:30, two suspects were identifying trying to sabotage the fence that separates between Israel...
Read moreNAYPYIDAW, Myanmar, Apr 30 (AFP): Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi received a UN Security Council delegation Monday in the highest-level diplomatic visit since the start of the Rohingya crisis, which will include a brief tour of violence-hit Rakhine state.Suu Kyi, the de facto leader of mainly Buddhist Myanmar, has been...
Read moreSEOUL, Apr 30 (Reuters): South Korean President Moon Jae-in said US President Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the standoff with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, a South Korean official said on Monday."President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. What we...
Read moreTORONTO, Apr 30 (AFP): Thousands gathered at a vigil Sunday night paying tribute to 10 people mowed down by a van in downtown Toronto earlier this week.Ten candles, sheltered from the wind by tealight holders, were placed on a stage in memory of the eight women and two men struck...
Read moreLEGNICA, Apr 30 (AFP): For nearly 70 years, an imposing monument to Soviet Red Army soldiers dominated a central square in the southwestern Polish town of Legnica.Known as Little Moscow, Legnica hosted the largest Soviet military base in Poland during the Cold War.But one day recently, in the early hours,...
Read moreBoat capsize leaves eight dead in BiharNEW DELHI, Apr 30: With bodies being fished out of a river Monday morning, eight people are now confirmed dead after their boat capsized in the eastern Indian state of Bihar Sunday, police said. The mishap happened in Kosi river in the state's Bhagalpur...
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