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North Korea Seen Looking to China, Not US, for Help in Any Economic Transformation
In the run up to the unprecedented summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday in Singapore, it has been China that Pyongyang has been increasingly turning to.
Spain's Basques Form 202-km Human Chain to Call for Independence Vote
The human-chain protest was organised by Basque group Gure Esku Dago (In Our Own Hands) and ran from Donostia (also known as San Sebastian) to the Basque parliament in Gasteiz (Vitoria).
Singapore Will Spend 20 Million for Historic Trump-Kim Summit
Over 2,500 journalists are covering the summit, the first between a sitting United States President and a North Korean leader.
Sheikha Hala, Former Wife of Bahrain's Crown Prince, Dies
The state-run Bahrain News Agency announced Sheikha Hala's death early Sunday morning. It offered no details, nor gave her age.
South African Police Raid Bank of Baroda in Corruption Investigation Concerning Jacob Zuma
A Bank of Baroda employee in Durban who picked up the telephone confirmed the Hawks had visited the bank's premises on Friday.
26/11 Mastermind Hafiz Saeed Backs Out of Pakistan Elections, But JuD to Field Over 200 Candidates
Jamaat-ud-Dawah, a front for the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group that carried out the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks, launched its political front Milli Muslim League (MML), but it has not been yet registered with the Election Commission of Pakistan.
Austria Plans to Expel 'Several' Imams, Shut Seven Mosques
Sebastian Kurz said the moves came after an investigation by the religious affairs authority into images which emerged in April of children in Turkish-backed mosques playing dead and reenacting the World War I battle of Gallipoli.
Canada Senate Approves Bill Legalising Recreational Marijuana
While there is not yet a definite date for when marijuana will be available for sale, the Senate was one of the last significant obstacles standing in the way of legalization as a number of Conservative senators oppose the bill.
Life on Mars? NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Strongest Evidence Yet
Three different types of organic molecules were discovered when the rover dug just 2 inches (5 cm) into roughly 3.5 billion-year-old mudstone, a fine-grained sedimentary rock, at Gale crater, apparently the site of a large lake when ancient Mars was warme...
Bill Clinton Bristles at Questions on Monica Lewinsky, #MeToo
Lewinsky had written in March this year that their relationship "was not sexual assault" but nevertheless "constituted a gross abuse of power."
Airbus Sales Chief Defiant on A330neo Demand as Boeing Seals New Win
Airbus typically sells 4 in 10 big jets but reaped just 16 percent of wide-body orders between January and April. Adjusted for cancellations, net orders slumped into negative territory.
Saudi Arabia Says 17 Detained in Sweeping Crackdown for 'Undermining' Kingdom Security
Rights groups earlier reported arrests of at least 11 people last month, mostly identified as women campaigners for the right to drive and to end the conservative Islamic country's male guardianship system.
Hafiz Saeed's JuD to Contest Pakistan General Elections on Allaha-u-Akbar Tehreek Platform
Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), a front for the Lashkar-e- Taiba militant group that carried out the deadly 2008 Mumbai attack, launched its political front Milli Muslim League, but it has not been yet registered by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
China Signs Deals Worth $390 Billion with 'Belt and Road' Countries
The BRI aims to build trade and infrastructure networks connecting economies around the globe along the ancient Silk Route.
Stormy Daniels' Lawyer Ends Bid For Role in Cohen Case
"We're working around-the-clock," the lawyer told US District Judge Kimba Wood, saying that even with a team of 15 lawyers "moving heaven and earth," they had only finished reviewing 1.3 million files so far and didn't expect to finish until mid-July.
Florida School Shooting Suspect Foretold Intention in Videos
The three videos released by prosecutors were found on the cellphone of suspect Nikolas Cruz after the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.