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Najib's wife faces marathon grilling in graft probe

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 (AFP): The luxury-loving wife of Malaysia's former prime minister faced a marathon questioning Session on Wednesday by investigators probing the multi-billion-dollar scandal that helped topple her husband's government.Rosmah Mansor, widely reviled in Malaysia due to her profligate spending and imperious manner, arrived at the anti-corruption agency...

World leaders laugh as Trump boasts of his gains at UN

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 26 (Agencies): President Donald Trump got some laughter when he addressed world leaders on Tuesday. It wasn't intentional.The president was highlighting US gains under his watch as he opened his address to the UN General Assembly.He said the American economy was "booming like never before" and that...

Plots to disrupt Beijing’s ties with Islamabad will fail: China

BEIJING, Sept 26 (Reuters): Any plots to sow discord in China's ties with Pakistan will not prevail, the Chinese government's top diplomat said on Tuesday, as Beijing fends off criticism of its economic projects in Pakistan and a clampdown in China's western Xinjiang region.China has pledged $57 billion to build...

22 militants die in Afghan attacks

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Sept 26 (Xinhua): Up to 22 militants have been killed as the government forces have been targeting Taliban positions in Chardara district of the northern Kunduz province since Tuesday, said Abdul Hadi, the deputy to Pamir 20 Corps here on Wednesday.The government forces, according to the official, have...

Erdogan, Merkel to meet amid tensions, protests

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Sept 26 (AFP): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a state visit to Germany this week as the two countries seek to rebuild ties after a series of sharp spats but the controversial trip is likely to be overshadowed by protests.It will be Erdogan's first official...

Abe willing to meet Kim

NEW YORK, Sept 26 (Al Jazeera): Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a longtime hardliner on North Korea, said he was willing to meet Kim Jong-un at a speech at the UN General Assembly.Abe, who one year ago warned at the United Nations that the window for diplomacy with North Korea...

Parliament votes out Swedish PM

STOCKHOLM, Sept 26 (Reuters): Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven lost a no-confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday and will step down after four years in power, but with neither major political bloc holding a majority it remained unclear who will form the next government.Voters delivered a hung parliament in the...

India building collapse leaves five dead

NEW DELHI, Sept 26 (AFP): Five people were killed on Wednesday when an apartment block collapsed in New Delhi, crushing residents beneath mountains of concrete, in the latest building accident to hit India.Rescuers combing the wreckage with sniffer dogs in Delhi's north pulled out at least a dozen people who...