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Iran, US hold talks in Oman after Trump military threats

MUSCAT, Oman, Feb 06 (Agencies): Iran and the United States were holding talks in Oman on Friday that were seen as a critical chance to avert any new escalation between the foes, after President Donald Trump threatened military action.With an American naval group led by an aircraft carrier in Middle...

Thailand votes after three prime ministers in two years

BANGKOK, Feb 06 (AFP): Thais vote Sunday in an election pitting the popular reformists who won last time against the conservative who ended up as prime minister, with ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra looming large from his prison cell.The Southeast Asian nation's next government will need to reckon with a long-standing border...

Bill Gates’ painful regret over Jeffrey Epstein ties

Bill Gates is speaking out about his connection to Jeffrey Epstein following the Justice Department’s release of documents that place the Microsoft founder among numerous high-profile individuals linked to the late financier and convicted sex offender. During a recent conversation with Nine News Australia, Gates described his decision to spend...

START nuclear treaty 'was flawed': senior US official

GENEVA, Feb 06 (AFP): A senior US official on Friday criticised the last nuclear treaty between Russia and the United States for failing to including Beijing, speaking at the United Nations a day after the New START deal expired."In a nutshell, New START was flawed," Thomas G. DiNanno, US Under...

Trump posts election conspiracy video with Obamas depicted as monkeys

WASHINGTON, Feb 06 (AFP): US President Donald Trump on Thursday posted an election conspiracy video that depicted former president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as monkeys, drawing condemnation from prominent Democrats.Near the end of a one-minute-long video posted on Trump's Truth Social platform, the Obamas are shown with their...

For Palestinians returning to Gaza, a bittersweet reunion

GAZA/CAIRO, Feb 06 (Reuters): Eatedal Rayyan waited for this moment for nearly two years: a reunion with her husband in Gaza, where she says yearning for family and homeland has persisted despite widespread destruction from the enclave's two-year war.Rayyan, 29, left Gaza with her mother and three children after suffering...

African Union says M23 Congo airport attack may be 'terrorism'

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 06 (AFP): The African Union said Friday that a drone attack this week by the M23 armed group on a civilian airport in DR Congo may constitute an "act of terrorism".The Rwanda-backed M23 claimed responsibility for the attack last weekend on the airport in Kisangani in eastern...