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South Korea, Saudi sign $8 bln economic co-operation pact
South Korea and Saudi Arabia signed an $8.3 billion economic co-operation pact Wednesday during Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s first visit to Seoul, as the oil-rich kingdom looks eastward following Western criticism over journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder. Saudi Arabia is
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Trump is losing his marbles
PUCHONG: US President Donald Trump is now seen on a war-like rampage, picking up fights with powerful nations on the planet. The first and foremost on his list of enemies is the world’s second largest economy, China. In his bid
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Trump threatens to attack Iran, Tehran calls him ‘mentally retarded’
WASHINGTON/DUBAI: US President Donald Trump threatened to obliterate parts of Iran yesterday if it attacked ‘anything American,’ in a new war of words with Iran which condemned fresh US sanctions on Tehran as ‘mentally retarded.’ But Trump later left the
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MH370 outrageous claim: Captain Zaharie was ‘hiding secret mistress
MH370 pilot captain Zaharie Shah was hiding a secret mistress and he used the plane’s disappearance to escape his former life, according to outrageous claims made by a source inside the airline industry. MH370 was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China,
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Trump on rape accuser: ‘She’s not my type’
US President Donald Trump on Monday once again vigorously denied allegations by a magazine advice columnist that he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s in a New York department store dressing room, adding: “She’s not my type.” Trump made the
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Iran drone downing highlights limitations of US unmanned aircraft
US drones have been a key tool in conflicts against insurgent organizations such as the Taliban and the Islamic State group, but Iran‘s downing of one of the aircraft highlights their limitations against more sophisticated adversaries. While drones offer the significant
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Japan cancels 26 trains. Culprit behind the chaos?
A tiny slug has been held responsible for causing major chaos in Japan railways in May. The insect managed to crawl into an electrical power device near the rail tracks. In a completely bizarre incident, a slug has been found
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Trump slaps sanctions on Ayatollah, Iranian officials
WASHINGTON/RIYADH: US President Donald Trump targeted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top Iranian officials with sanctions yesterday, taking a dramatic, unprecedented step to increase pressure on Iran after Tehran’s downing of an unmanned American drone. With tensions
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UNRWA: There is no alternative to support Palestinian refugees
NEW YORK: There is no alternative on the table if the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency is dismantled – as the US has pushed for – the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the
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Australian Islamic State orphans rescued from Syria camp
SYDNEY: Eight orphans of Australian Islamic State fighters have been spirited out of a camp in Syria, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said today, in an apparent U-turn. The children and grandchildren of two notorious jihadis are now in the
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