Abe seeks fresh term as party head, record tenure as PM
TOKYO: Shinzo Abe confirmed yesterday he would run in his ruling party’s leadership election, putting him on track to become…
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John McCain’s Hanoi Hilton jailor recalls ‘stubborn’ POW
HAIPHONG, Vietnam: As a prisoner of war in the ‘Hanoi Hilton’, navy pilot John McCain was known as uncompromising, frank…
Mnangagwa sworn in amid US censure
HARARE: Emmerson Mnangagwa took the oath as Zimbabwe’s president in front of a stadium crowd yesterday after a divisive election,…
Afghan IS leader believed killed by airstrikes
KABUL: The leader of the Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan was killed by airstrikes over the weekend along with 10…
Iran parliament removes finance minister from office
TEHRAN: Iran’s parliament sacked the minister of economic affairs and finance yesterday, state media said, amid a sharp fall in…
Palestinians: US cut in aid amounts to ‘cheap blackmail’
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: US President Donald Trump’s administration is resorting to “cheap blackmail” against the Palestinians, revealing its true intentions…
16 dead in Bulgarian tourist bus crash
SOFIA, Bulgarie: Sixteen people died after a tourist bus crashed along a winding road in west Bulgaria on Saturday, interior minister…
Pompeo decries ‘abhorrent ethnic cleansing’ in Myanmar on anniversary
THE United States will continue to hold accountable those responsible for what he described as the ‘abhorrent ethnic cleansing’ of…