Syria oppn picks delegation for new peace talks

AFP, BEIRUT: Syria’s opposition on Sunday announced its 21-member delegation, including 10 rebel representatives, for a new round of UN-sponsored…

UN chief defends choice of Palestinian as Libya envoy

AFP, UNITED NATIONS, United States: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday defended his choice of former Palestinian prime minister .Salam Fayyad to be the UN peace envoy to Libya after the United States blocked the appointment. The decision to put forward his candidacy “was solely…

Swiss voters approve lax citizenship rules

AFP, GENEVA: Swiss voters on Sunday approved a measure to make it easier for third-generation immigrants to become citizens, crushing rightwing nationalists…

As 300 whales swim away, hope that NZ’s crisis may be over

Whale rescuers were cautiously optimistic yestreday that the current wave of mass beachings in New Zealand was over, after hundreds of the creatures died…

Rights group files petition to join suit against travel ban

AP, San Francisco: An immigration rights group has filed a petition to join a lawsuit by Washington and Minnesota states against President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries. The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project filed the petition Friday…

CIA gives medal to top Saudi royal

The heir to Saudi Arabia’s throne has been awarded a medal by the new director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, who honoured his counter-terrorism work, reports AFP from Riyadh. Mike Pompeo, making his first overseas tour since being confirmed as spy agency chief in late January, made the…

Netanyahu hails US veto

AFP, JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday hailed the US veto of a Palestinian to be named UN envoy to Libya, saying the world body failed to give equal consideration to Israelis. “I was informed of the possibility of the appointment of Salaam Fayyad to a UN position,” he…

Brazil police strike continues despite deal

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Relatives of police in southeastern Brazil blockaded law enforcement stations Saturday as part of a weeklong protest, despite an agreement meant to end an officers’ strike that has plunged the region into chaos. At least 137 people have been reported killed amid looting and…

Steinmeier chosen as German president

Former German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been elected president by a parliamentary assembly, reports BBC. The Social Democrat, 61, is…

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