JERUSALEM, Sept 18 (BBC): No clear winner has emerged from Israel's election, leaving a question mark over who will be prime minister, partial official results confirm.With about 60pc of votes counted, the party of incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu is neck and neck with that of his centre-left main challenger.The results indicate...
Read moreISLAMABAD, Sept 18 (Agencies): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that his government would try to revive Afghanistan peace talks that recently broke down between the United States and the Taliban militant group.Khan, speaking at an unrelated ceremony near the Pakistani-Afghan border, also said there was "no chance...
Read moreTEHRAN, Sept 18 (Xinhua): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said here Wednesday that Washington should give up "maximum pressure campaign" against the Islamic republic. "Negotiations under maximum pressure is impossible," Rouhani was quoted as saying by official IRNA news agency. "If the Americans want talks, they should stop all pressures" against...
Read moreBRUSSELS, Sept 18 (BBC): The UK and EU "should not pretend to be negotiating" a Brexit deal if there are no new proposals on the table, the EU's chief negotiator has said.Michel Barnier said the UK telling the EU what it does not like about the current agreement was "not...
Read moreACCRA, Sept 18 (Xinhua): South Africa has conveyed its apology to Ghana over the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa which resulted in the deaths of and injuries to several African nationals, and the looting of their shops belonging to them. Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe, minister of state at the office...
Read moreRAMALLAH, Sept 18 (Xinhua): Palestinian Health Ministry on Wednesday declared that a Palestinian woman was shot dead at Qalandia military checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem cities for allegedly attempting to stab an Israeli soldier. The ministry said the 50-year-old woman, whose name was not revealed, died of bleeding wounds early...
Read moreBANGKOK, Sept 18 (AFP): Thai opposition MPs demanded premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha's resign following weeks of uproar over the ex-junta head's omission of a vow to uphold the constitution during his inauguration, raising questions of his legitimacy.The mastermind of a 2014 putsch, Prayut was the five-year junta regime chief before a...
Read moreHONG KONG, Sept 18 (AP): Hong Kong has called off an annual fireworks display marking China's National Day as pro-democracy protests show no sign of ending. The city issued a terse statement on Wednesday saying the Oct. 1 show over its famed Victoria Harbour had been canceled "in view of...
Read moreVenezuela frees key opposition figure from jailCARACAS, Sept 18: Venezuela has released key opposition figure Edgar Zambrano from jail, where he had been held since a failed uprising in May, Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced on Tuesday. Zambrano - the vice president of the National Assembly - had been...
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