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Maldives set to pull out of China free trade deal: Lawmaker
Reuters MALE The Maldives’ new government will pull out of a free trade agreement (FTA) with China because it was…
US to make final conclusions on Saudi killing in days: Trump
Washington The United States will make final conclusions by early next week over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi,…
Divided APEC leaders battle for unity after US, China spat
China Leaders from 21 Asia-Pacific nations battled to paper over gaping differences Sunday after an unusually sharp…
Pence issues sharp rebuke to Myanmar’s Suu Kyi over…
SINGAPORE US Vice President Mike Pence expressed the Trump administration’s strongest condemnation yet of Myanmar’s…
NASA wants people on Mars within 25 years
News Desk New York Deadly radiation from the cosmos, potential vision loss, and atrophying bones are just some of…
Ceasefire sets in after worst flare-up in years between Hamas, Israel
News Desk Israel Children in Israel's south were heading to school early Wednesday as an Egyptian-brokered…
In Riyadh, Britain’s Hunt calls for Khashoggi justice, end to Yemen war
RIYADH British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt met Saudi Arabia’s King Salman in Riyadh on Monday on a visit to press…
Western diplomats shun meeting with Sri Lanka minister on political crisis
COLOMBO Eight Western countries stayed away from a meeting with Sri Lanka’s government on Monday to register their…
Calls for open trade to greet Pence as Trump skips Asia summit
SINGAPORE Asia-Pacific leaders will join the heads of Southeast Asian states this week in Singapore to renew calls…
Former coup leaders seen as top contenders in Fiji general election
SYDNEY Two former coup leaders are seen as the leading contenders in Fiji’s general election on Wednesday, the…