WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (AP): President Donald Trump said Saturday that "things are going very well with North Korea" and he plans a second summit with leader Kim Jong Un to try to broker a deal that would entice the North to give up its nuclear weapons."We've agreed to meet sometime...
Read moreISLAMABAD, Jan 20 (Al Jazeera): Authorities in Pakistan have arrested counterterrorism police officers after they allegedly killed a middle-aged couple, their 13-year-old daughter and another man in what the police initially claimed was a shoot-out with armed fighters.Police killed grocery store owner Mohammad Khalil, his wife Nabila, their daughter Areeba...
Read moreBEIRUT, Jan 20 (Agencies): A "huge explosion" near a military intelligence office in Damascus on Sunday left a number of dead and wounded, a war monitor said, after state TV reported early indications suggested a "terrorist act"."The explosion took place near a security branch in the south of the city....
Read moreLONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters): British Prime Minister Theresa May plans to seek a bilateral treaty with the Irish government as a way to remove the contentious backstop arrangement from Britain's divorce deal with the European Union, a newspaper reported.The Sunday Times said aides to May thought a deal with Ireland...
Read moreKABUL, Jan 20 (AFP): President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday formally registered as a candidate for Afghanistan's delayed presidential election, setting up a rematch with Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah in the July ballot.Ghani, who is seeking a second term, was elected in a fraud-tainted poll in 2014 that was only resolved...
Read moreBAGHDAD, Jan 20 (AFP):Iraqi premier Adel Abdel Mahdi visited Basra on Sunday, his first trip as prime minister to the southern province where lagging services spawned a water crisis and deadly protests last summer.Abdel Mahdi's office said he visited several infrastructure and service projects in the oil-rich province, including water...
Read moreLA PAZ, Jan 20 (Xinhua): A head-on crash between two buses on the Oruro-Potosi highway in southwest Bolivia on Saturday left at least 22 dead and more than 30 others injured, said local police.The accident occurred in the early morning hours of Saturday when two buses from the companies of...
Read moreGENEVA, Jan 20 (AFP): An avalanche in southern Switzerland has killed one person and injured two others, police said on Sunday, the latest deadly incident following heavy snowfall across the region.A group of seven French nationals in a skiing party were on a snow ledge near the Vanil Carre mountain...
Read moreJOHANNESBURG, Jan 20 (AP): The US military on Saturday said it had carried out its deadliest airstrike in Somalia in months, killing 52 al-Shabab extremists after a "large group" mounted an attack on Somali forces.The US Africa Command said the airstrike occurred near Jilib in Middle Juba region. There were...
Read moreTwo people die in French ski resort firePARIS, Jan 20: A large fire has broken out at the French ski resort of Courchevel, killing two people and injuring 22, four seriously, local officials say. The fire started before dawn on Sunday, in a building housing seasonal workers. In all, three...
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