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Arab leaders meet in Tunisia to oppose Trump's Golan move

TUNIS, Mar 31 (AP): Arab leaders are meeting in Tunisia's capital hoping to project unified opposition to President Donald Trump's recognition of Israel's sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights.The annual Arab League summit was set to take place on Sunday. The leaders of Algeria, Sudan and Morocco have announced they...

Cities go dark to bring light to climate change

NEW YORK, Mar 31 (AP): Cities around the world marked Earth Hour on Saturday by turning off lights at 8:30 pm local time in a call for global action on climate change.Earth Hour, spearheaded by the World Wildlife Fund, calls for greater awareness and more sparing use of resources, especially...

Israel reopens Gaza crossing points after six-day closure

GAZA, Mar 31 (Xinhua): Israel on Sunday reopened the border crossing points with the Gaza Strip after six days of their closure amid growing tensions with Hamas and other factions in the enclave.The commercial crossing of Kerem Shalom in the southern Gaza Strip was reopened for goods, said Raed Fattouh,...

Maldivian court frees $6.5m in ex-leader's accounts

MALE, Mar 31 (AFP): A Maldivian court on Sunday ordered the authorities to lift a freeze on former strongman president Abdulla Yameen's bank accounts holding about $6.5 million but said a money laundering case against him would proceed.The High Court overturned the Criminal Court's earlier decision to freeze the eight...

Comedian front-runner in Ukraine presidential polls

KIEV, Mar 31 (BBC): Polls have opened in Ukraine as the country votes in the first round of presidential elections.Current leader Petro Poroshenko is seeking re-election but the surprise front-runner is comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy.Both candidates, along with former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, have expressed largely pro-European views during campaigning.None of...

Philippine cops kill 14 men rights groups say were farmers

BACOLOD, Mar 31 (AP): Philippine police said on Sunday that 14 suspected communist rebels were killed after they opened fire during raids in a central province, but rights groups countered that the men were farmers and the latest victims of extrajudicial killings.Dozens of police, backed by army troops, were to...

Two security men, IS militant die in Iraq attacks

BAGHDAD, Mar 31 (Xinhua): Two security members and an Islamic State (IS) militant were killed on Saturday in two incidents in central and western Iraq, security sources said.In Iraq's central province of Salahudin, IS militants attacked a joint patrol for federal police and paramilitary tribal fighters in Yathrib area, some...

African Union to host Libya conference

TUNIS, Mar 31 (AFP):The African Union will host a "reconciliation" conference in July aimed at uniting Libya's political rivals, AU commission chief Moussa Faki said late Saturday."It's an opportunity for the Libyans," Faki said during a press conference in Tunis, on the sidelines of an Arab League summit in the...

North Korea calls for probe into embassy attack

TOKYO, Mar 31 (AP): North Korea said on Sunday it wants an investigation into a raid on its embassy in Spain last month, calling it a "grave terrorist attack" and an act of extortion that violates international law.The incident occurred ahead of President Donald Trump's second summit with leader Kim...

News in Brief -(01-04-2019)

Afghan vice president unhurt in Taliban ambushKABUL, Mar 31: An Afghan official says that Afghanistan's vice president, Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, has escaped unharmed after Taliban ambushed his convoy while traveling form northern Balkh to neighboring Zawzjan province. Munir Ahmad Farhad, spokesman for the provincial governor of Balkh, said Sunday...