UN Security Council threatens new sanctions on N.Korea
The UN Security Council on Thursday strongly condemned North Korea’s latest missile test and threatened to impose new sanctions against…
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Iran bans live election debates
TEHRAN: Iran’s interior ministry said Thursday there would be no live debates in the run-up to next month’s presidential election.…
US urges UN council to focus on ‘chief culprit’ Iran
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES:The United States on Thursday urged the UN Security Council to devote less attention to the Israeli-Palestinian…
After poll defeat, Jakarta’s Christian governor may escape jail
Jakarta’s Christian governor may escape jail for alleged blasphemy after prosecutors Thursday recommended only probation, a day after he lost…
Anger, confusion as Japan revives militaristic edict
TOKYO: Japan’s century-old imperial proclamation urging people to be willing to die for the emperor was consigned to history books…
Sarin or similar toxin used in deadly Syria attack, watchdog says
Sarin or a similar substance was used in the April 4 attack in Syria’s Idlib province that killed 87 people,…
France plot suspects had serial identities, multiple addresses
PARIS: French investigators were trying Wednesday to piece together the backgrounds of two men arrested a few days before the…
Young blood makes old mice smarter, says study
PARIS: Lab tests in which elderly mice were injected with a protein found in human umbilical cord blood have thrown…