Turkey on Friday said it wanted 18 Saudis extradited over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara still had more evidence to reveal in the case. The announcement came a day after the Saudi prosecutor said that based on evidence supplied by […]
Afghans risked their lives to vote in legislative elections in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, after the Taliban-claimed killing of a powerful police chief delayed the ballot by a week. As voting got under way, turbaned men and burqa-clad women stood in long, segregated queues outside polling centres in […]
The International Monetary Fund executive board on Friday approved an increased loan package for Argentina worth $56 billion to help stabilize the crisis-battered country’s economy and currency. The IMF said the approval released $5.7 billion to the government immediately, but it also includes tougher conditions. The country secured […]
NEW DELHI — With air quality reduced to “very severe” in the Indian capital region, authorities are bracing for a major Hindu festival featuring massive fireworks that threatens to cloak New Delhi with more toxic smog and dust. The government’s Central Pollution Control Board on Friday said New […]
The oldest woman in Bolivia, and perhaps the world, turned 118 on Friday, remaining lucid and in good health, authorities in the South American country said. Julia Flores was born in 1900 in a Quechua family in the mining region of Potosi in the country’s south. Known as […]
SRINAGAR, India — Eight rebels and two Indian soldiers were killed in gunbattles in disputed Kashmir that sparked violent anti-India protests by residents seeking an end to Indian rule in the region, officials said Friday. Indian troops laid siege to a village in northwestern Sopore area on Friday, […]
Sri Lanka’s president issued a formal notice Saturday for Ranil Wickremesinghe to step down as prime minister and recognise his shock dismissal, in an unfolding constitutional crisis. Hours after sacking his former ally, President Maithripala Sirisena issued gazettes formalising the dramatic move, and the installation of one-time strongman […]
Oct. 26 (UPI) — Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena abruptly sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday and named Mahinda Rajapaksa in his place, potentially throwing the country into a constitutional crisis. Rajapaksa was sworn in after the move, but Wickremesinghe said he still considered himself prime minister of Sri Lanka. Some government […]
A barrage of rockets from Gaza hit Israel during the night, the army said Saturday, hours after five Palestinians were killed during clashes on the Israeli border, in a flareup that could jeopardise truce efforts. The largest projectile attacks in months and the border fatalities came despite talk […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C.— President Donald Trump lectured the media at length on Friday evening, accusing reporters of trying “to use the sinister actions of one individual to score political points” against him hours after police apprehended a staunch supporter of his in connection with the mail-bomb scare targeting Democrats […]
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