US investigators sought to cultivate Russian oligarchs — Report
WASHINGTON: US justice officials secretly sought cooperation from a few of Russia’s richest men as they investigated Russian organised crime and…
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Former UK leader urges Labour to act on anti-Semitism
LONDON: Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged his opposition Labour party to adopt the internationally agreed definition of anti-Semitism in…
Myanmar jails Reuters duo 7 years
YANGON: A Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and jailed…
Microwave weapon suspected in mystery attacks on US envoys
WASHINGTON: Doctors and scientists increasingly suspect attacks with unconventional microwave weapons as the cause of the mysterious ailments that have stricken…
Yemen government announces pay rise amid protests
ADEN: Yemen’s embattled government has agreed to raise the salaries of thousands of public-sector employees, including pensioners, amid protests which…
Some 400 prisoners escape Tripoli prison
TRIPOLI: Some 400 prisoners escaped from a jail in Libya’s capital on Sunday while fighting between rival armed groups raged nearby,…
Storm warning for US Gulf Coast as potential cyclone nears
AUSTIN, Texas: The National Hurricane Centre issued a tropical storm watch for parts of the US Gulf of Mexico Coast as…
Iraq’s Sadr and Abadi form biggest parliamentary bloc
BAGHDAD: Sixteen political groupings in Iraq, including those of nationalist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr and outgoing Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi,…