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China hopes Kim-Trump talks will happen as planned

Beijing, May 16 (Agencies): China said Wednesday that North Korea and the United States should hold their historic summit as planned after Pyongyang threatened to pull out of the highly anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump."The situation on the peninsula has eased up, which is worth cherishing,"...

Turkey orders Israeli envoy to leave Ankara

ISTANBUL, May 16 (Agencies): Turkey on Tuesday ordered the Israeli ambassador to leave and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Israel was an "apartheid state" as the killing of dozens of Palestinians threatened a 2016 reconciliation deal.Ambassador Eitan Naeh was summoned to the Turkish foreign ministry and told to "return to...

EU launches plan to save Iran N deal

BRUSSELS, May 16 (AFP): The European Union (EU) on Tuesday launched work on a nine-point economic plan to keep the Iran nuclear deal alive after the abrupt withdrawal of the United States. Europe is scrambling to come up with ways to persuade Iran to stick with the landmark 2015 agreement...

Syrian govt forces retake full control of central region

RASTAN, May 16 (AFP): The Syrian government retook full control of central Syria on Wednesday as rebels and their relatives were evacuated from final pockets of territory still outside the regime's grasp, an AFP correspondent reported. The evacuations from areas straddling the boundary between Homs and Hama provinces came under...

US, Afghan attacks force Taliban to retreat

HERAT, Afghanistan, May 16 (AFP): Afghan commandos and US air attacks have driven the Taliban to the outskirts of Farah city, officials said Wednesday, after a day-long battle to prevent the insurgents from seizing the western provincial capital. The US carried out more drone strikes overnight and the Afghan army...

Officer, four attackers die in Indonesia police station assault

PEKANBARU, Indonesia, May 16 (AFP): Four men were shot and killed as they staged an attack on a police headquarters that left one officer dead and two wounded, Indonesian authorities said Wednesday, days after a wave of deadly suicide bombings in another part of the country.The group slammed a minivan...

News in Brief(17-5-2018)

Rights groups accuse Jammeh for death of 50 migrantsACCRA, May 16: A paramilitary unit controlled by former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh was accused Wednesday by rights groups of being behind the killings of more than 50 West African migrants in 2005. Human Rights Watch and TRIAL International said they interviewed...