British Prime Minister Theresa May agreed on Monday to a deal with a small and conservative Northern Irish party to prop up her minority government after more than two weeks of negotiations.
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The US administration has authorized the sale of unarmed surveillance drones to India, the manufacturer said on Friday, as the two nations’ leaders prepare for their first face-to-face meeting.
InternationalChinese rescuers scoured through rocks on Saturday in a frantic search for more than 141 people feared buried after a landslide smashed through a mountain village in southwest Sichuan Province.
InternationalThe first joint Russian-Indian exercise, Indra-2017, is planned to be held in the fall in Russia’s Eastern Military District, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday. “Military…
InternationalSaudi security forces on Friday foiled a suicide attack on the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, cornering the would-be attacker in an apartment where he blew himself up, the Interior…
InternationalUS President Donald Trump made calls to fellow Republicans in the US Senate on Friday to mobilize support for their party’s healthcare overhaul while acknowledging the legislation is on a “very,…
InternationalThe death toll from twin blasts in the northwestern town of Parachinar climbed to 45 overnight, bringing the overall death toll from three separate attacks in Pakistan on Friday to 61, with…
InternationalAt the conclusion of a European Council summit on Friday, council president, Donald Tusk, said at a press conference that British Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposal on the future of European…
InternationalThousands of residents in a sprawling north London housing estate were forced to leave their apartments late on Friday after fire checks carried out in the wake of the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze…
InternationalQatar has dismissed a list of demands submitted by four Arab countries as neither reasonable nor actionable.
The list was received by Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 22,…
InternationalA suicide car bomber killed at least 11 people, including four police officers, in an attack near a checkpoint in the volatile southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, officials said.
…InternationalRussia has fired cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea on positions of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group in Syria, the Defense Ministry said on Friday, Moscow’s latest show of…
InternationalNorth Korea has tested a new rocket engine as part of its efforts to build a missile capable of reaching the American mainland, US officials said.
The news comes amid rising tensions…
InternationalAbout three million EU citizens living in the UK would be allowed to stay after Brexit, Theresa May has proposed.
A new “UK settled status” would grant EU migrants who had lived in the UK…
InternationalUS President Donald Trump on Thursday denied having recorded conversations with James Comey, the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Trump fired last month.
“I have no…
InternationalThe Syrian government will not allow its enemies to benefit from the creation of de-escalation zones in western Syria, the Syrian deputy foreign minister has said, ahead of international talks on…
InternationalIraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said that the “liberation” of the city of Mosul from the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group will be announced in a few days.
“It’s a matter…
InternationalTurkey’s Defense Minister Fikri Isik said on Friday his country had no plans to review its military base in Doha, Qatar, and that any demand for its closure would represent interference in Ankara’…
InternationalFour Arab states boycotting Qatar over its alleged support for terrorism have sent Doha a list of 13 demands, including closing Aljazeera television and a Turkish military base, an official of one…
InternationalSenate Republicans launched their plan for shriveling the health care law of former president, Barack Obama, on Thursday, edging a step closer to their dream of repeal with a bill that would slice…
InternationalEgypt’s top constitutional court has ruled to halt all verdicts on an islands transfer deal until it makes a decision on the constitutionality of the agreement, state media said.
InternationalA Russian jet flew within 5 feet (1.5 meters) of a US reconnaissance plane’s wing tip over the Baltic Sea on Monday, US officials say.
The encounter was deemed “unsafe” due to the Russian…
InternationalSaudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was elevated to crown prince on Wednesday, replacing his cousin in a sudden announcement that confirms King Salman’s 31-year-old son as next…
InternationalThe United States is “mystified” over the continued blockade of Qatar by its Arab neighbors, a top State Department spokeswoman said on Tuesday, calling once again for a de-escalation of the…
InternationalFrench Justice Minister Francois Bayrou, a key ally of President Emmanuel Macron, told AFP on Wednesday he was quitting the government as his party battles a funding scandal. The move means Macron…
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