Trump offers to help Pakistan calls PM Sharif a ‘terrific guy’: Islamabad Trump offers to help Pakistan calls PM Sharif a ‘terrific guy’: Islamabad:- U.S. president-elect Donald Trump offered to help solve Pakistan’s problems and praised Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as a “terrific guy” in the first call between the two […]
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ISIS Bomb Aimed at Shiite Pilgrims in Iraq Kills at Least 80 ERBIL, Iraq — At least 80 people, many of them Shiite pilgrims on their way home to Iran, were killed on Thursday when an Islamic State suicide bomber detonated a truck filled with explosives at a roadside service […]
West voices growing concern at Myanmar’s handling of crisis: sources By Antoni Slodkowski and Michelle Nichols YANGON/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Western nations are increasingly concerned at how Aung San Suu Kyi’s government is dealing with violence in Myanmar’s divided northwest, with the U.S. envoy to the United Nations privately warning […]
Why the electoral college matters Donald Trump is not yet president-elect of the US. He still has to win 270 votes in the electoral college on 19 December, and, failing that, a vote in the House of Representatives. In most years, this constitutionally defined process is a non-event. The electors, […]
President-elect Donald Trump says Nigel Farage would make a ‘great’ ambassador to US US Presidential-elect Donald Trump Monday said UKIP leader, Nigel Farage “would do a great job” as Great Britain’s ambassador to The United States. “Many people would like to see Nigel Farage represent Great Britain as their Ambassador […]
Human Rights Watch asks Afghan Govt for plan protecting Shia minority Human Rights Watch said Wednesday that the Afghan government should develop a security plan to better protect minority Shia during high-profile public events. At least 32 worshippers, including children were killed and 50 others injured by a suicide bomber […]
Pope Francis denounces growing ‘demonization’ of enemies, outsiders VATICAN CITY (RNS) — At a solemn ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica to elevate 17 new cardinals, Pope Francis on Saturday delivered a ringing plea to the world and his own Catholic Church to reject “the virus of polarization and animosity” and […]
U.S. businesses to pressure Trump to keep ties to Cuba MIAMI — A powerful coalition of U.S. companies is preparing to appeal to President-elect Donald Trump’s business instincts and drop his vow to reverse one of President Obama’s signature achievements: renewed relations with Cuba. Candidate Trump pledged to close the […]
Philippine dictator Marcos buried with military honors at heroes’ cemetery Former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos was buried with military honors at a heroes’ cemetery in the capital Manila on Friday, almost 30 years after his death in Hawaii, amid small protests by human rights groups and a politicians. Many in […]
Japan PM Shinzo Abe: ‘I have great confidence in Trump’ Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe has said he has “great confidence” in US President-elect Donald Trump and he believes they can build a relationship of trust. Mr Abe described the 90-minute meeting in Trump Tower, New York, as “candid”, with a […]
