US Air Force set to replace intercontinental nuke arsenal
WASHINGTON: Hidden underground in steel-and-concrete silos across rural America, more than 400 intercontinental ballistic missiles point to the skies, poised…
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Obama faces showdown with Congress over 9/11 lawsuit bill
President Barack Obama faces a showdown with Congress after vetoing a bill to allow US citizens to sue Saudi officials…
Gabon opposition chief slams election court ruling
LIBREVILLE: Gabon’s opposition leader Jean Ping on Saturday slammed the validation of President Ali Bongo’s re-election by the country’s Constitutional…
Estonian presidential vote delayed again, until October
TALLINN: Estonia’s electoral college failed on Saturday to choose a successor to two-term liberal President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, returning the…
Portugal to probe CGD, country’s largest bank
LISBON: Portugal has launched a probe into the state-owned Caixa General de Depositos bank, prosecutors said Saturday, with local media…
Passport forgers hide body in freezer
BANGKOK: Three foreign men belonging to a suspected passport forgery ring were charged yesterday after police found them with drugs,…
Fightings leave 2 million without water in Aleppo
BEIRUT: Nearly two million civilians were without water in Syria’s second city of Aleppo yesterday after regime bombardment damaged one…
Five dead in US mall shooting, gunman on the run
LOS ANGELES: A manhunt was under way after a gunman killed at least five people and wounded one other late…