KABUL, Apr 17 (Agencies): An upcoming conference between Afghan representatives and the Taliban appeared on Wednesday to be floundering even before it begins, with the militants deriding Kabul's plan to send 250 delegates.President Ashraf Ghani's administration announced Tuesday a list of people from all walks of Afghan life, including some...
Read moreSEOUL, Apr 17 (BBC): A man in South Korea has set his flat on fire and then stabbed building residents as they tried to flee, killing five people, police said.Thirteen others were injured in the incident that took place in Jinju in the south of the country.The unidentified 42-year-old suspect...
Read moreWASHINGTON, Apr 17 (AP): President Donald Trump on Tuesday vetoed a resolution passed by Congress to end US military assistance in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen.The veto - the second in Trump's presidency - was expected, and Congress lacks the votes to override it.But passing the never-before-used war powers resolution...
Read morePARIS, Apr 17 (AP): Nearly $1.0 billion has already poured in from ordinary worshippers and high-powered magnates around the world to restore the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, after the French president set a controversial five-year deadline to get the work done.Construction teams brought in a huge crane and...
Read moreNEW DELHI, Apr 17 (AFP): Indian election authorities have cancelled voting in a southern region of the country after seizing more than 110 million rupees ($1.5 million) they believe was meant to influence the outcome, officials said on Wednesday.It is the first time a ballot has been cancelled in a...
Read moreDUBAI, Apr 17 (AP): Two Saudi sisters appealed for help on Wednesday from the former Soviet republic of Georgia after fleeing their country, in the latest case of runaways from the ultra-conservative kingdom using social media to seek asylum.Using a newly created Twitter account called "GeorgiaSisters", they identified themselves as...
Read moreSYDNEY, Apr 17 (Agencies): A man was killed and his wife critically injured on Wednesday when they were attacked by their pet deer on a rural Australian property, police said.The 46-year-old man entered the stag's enclosure in the morning at Moyhu in Victoria state, Police Sergeant Paul Pursell said."His wife...
Read moreWASHINGTON, Apr 17 (AFP): The United States said Wednesday that a long-delayed law would go into effect next month that allows lawsuits over property seized by Cuba and that it issue make no exemptions for angered Europeans.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the 1996 measure -- systematically delayed every...
Read moreMilitary transfer Bashir to prison in Khartoum CAIRO, Apr 17: A Sudanese official and a former minister say the military has transferred ousted President Omar al-Bashir to a prison in the capital, Khartoum. They say al-Bashir was moved from a "safe place" - the presidential residence inside the military headquarters...
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