Catalan lawmakers vote on new regional leader
ARCELONA: Catalonia’s parliament will vote yesterday on whether to appoint hardline independence supporter Quim Torra as regional president, after deposed…
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Trump to address Jerusalem embassy opening by video
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump will address around 800 US and Israeli dignitaries at the ceremonial opening of the American embassy…
Iran minister on diplomatic tour to save nuke deal
TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign minister was due to leave yesterday for a whirlwind diplomatic tour as world leaders scramble to salvage…
France’s Leclerc recalls cheese brand after E.coli cases in children
PARIS: French food retailer Leclerc has issued a recall of a brand of cheese made with raw milk that has…
19 dead in rebel attack in Myanmar
YANGON: At least 19 people were killed yesterday in northern Myanmar when ethnic rebels attacked security force posts in restive…
Iraq holds first nationwide election since IS defeat
BAGHDAD: Iraq headed to the polls Saturday for its first parliamentary election since declaring victory over the Islamic State…
China still won’t tell truth about Sichuan quake: Ai Weiwei
BERLIN: A decade since the devastating earthquake in China’s Sichuan province that left more than 87,000 people dead or…
$10 bln plan for global education launched at UN
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations joined the World Bank and four regional development banks on Friday to launch a…