Germany investigating 20 Turks on suspicion of spying – Die Welt
BERLIN – German authorities are investigating 20 Turkish citizens on suspicion of conducting espionage in Germany, a national newspaper reports. Die Welt said it received the information in an official…
Taiwan to build 8 submarines under indigenous shipbuilding project
TAIPEI – Taiwan plans to build eight submarines to bolster its current fleet of four ageing foreign-built vessels, a senior Taiwanese navy official says. “In our indigenous submarine project, we…
N.Korea test-fires missile into sea ahead of Trump-Xi summit
SEOUL – North Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast, South Korea’s military said, ahead of a summit between US and Chinese leaders who…
W.House blames Syria’s Assad regime for Idlib chemical attack
WASHINGTON – The White House has blamed a deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria’s Idlib province on the government of President Bashar al-Assad and said the incident was “reprehensible and cannot…
In Iraq, Trump’s son-in-law Kushner goes to base 16km from Mosul
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has travelled with the top US general to an Iraqi base 16 km from Mosul on Tuesday, and voiced hope the city’s eventual recapture…
Russian metro bomb suspect a Muslim born in central Asia: investigators
A Russian suicide bomber originally from mainly Muslim Kyrgyzstan detonated the explosives in a St Petersburg train carriage that killed 14 people and wounded 50, authorities said. The suspect had…
Harrison Ford not disciplined by US agency for pilot mishap
LOS ANGELES – Actor Harrison Ford, the daring space pilot of “Star Wars” fame, will get to keep flying airplanes in real life after federal officials closed a probe of…
Blast in St Petersburg metro station kills 10 – authorities
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – Ten people have been killed and more than 20 injured after an explosion tore through a train carriage in a St.Petersburg metro tunnel on Monday in what authorities…
French polling watchdog warns over Russian news agency’s election report
PARIS – France’s polling commission has issued a warning over a Russian news report suggesting conservative candidate Francois Fillon leads the race for the presidency – something which contradicts the…
Pakistan resumes repatriation of Afghan refugees
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan resumed the repatriation of Afghan refugees on Monday, sending nearly 1,200 people back across the heavily guarded northern Torkham border, an official at the United Nation’s refugee…
