Trump scrambles as ‘shithole’ slur fuels outrageUS President Donald Trump sought Friday to quell a global firestorm over his reported denunciation of immigration from "shithole countries" -- a slur slammed at home and abroad as racist. The reported...
Trump’s own words revive debate over whether he’s racistWASHINGTON: More than 150 years after the abolition of slavery and more than 50 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, President Donald Trump’s incendiary comments about immigrants have ripp...
Rohingya insurgents say 10 found in Myanmar grave ‘innocent civilians’YANGON: Rohingya Muslim insurgents said on Saturday that ten Rohingya found in a mass grave in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state last month were “innocent civilians”, and not members of their group. My...
New Trump policy could strengthen role of nuclear weaponsWASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's administration could pursue development of new nuclear weaponry and explicitly leave open the possibility of nuclear retaliation for major non-nuclear attacks, if...
US ultimatum on nuclear deal, new sanctions draw Iran threatMOSCOW: Iran said on Saturday it would retaliate against new sanctions imposed by the United States after President Donald Trump set an ultimatum to fix “disastrous flaws” in a deal curbing Tehran’s n...
Merkel risks leading weak ‘losers’ coalition for GermanyGermany's veteran chancellor Angela Merkel, often called the world's most powerful woman, will embark on a fourth term with diminished influence and little vision for shaping Europe's future, analysts...
Venezuela government, opposition resume talks in Dominican RepublicSANTO DOMINGO: Members of Venezuela's leftist government and opposition leaders resumed talks in the Dominican Republic on Friday, seeking to reach an agreement to ease a deep political and economic c...
Hundreds supporting Fujimori pardon demonstrate in LimaHundreds of Peruvians demonstrated in Lima Friday in support of the controversial pardon given to former strongman Alberto Fujimori. Waving a massive Peruvian flag and holding photos of Fujimori and P...
Russia deploys more surface-to-air missiles in Crimean build-upMOSCOW: Russia deployed a new division of S-400 surface-to-air missiles in Crimea on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported, in an escalation of military tensions on the Crimean peninsula. Russian a...
Trump would make ‘big mistake’ by leaving Iran deal: MoscowRussia on Saturday said Washington would be making a grave mistake by pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal, adding that Moscow would work hard to keep the landmark agreement alive. Deputy Foreign Mini...
Death toll from California mudslides rises to 18Authorities in southern California said Friday they had discovered the body of an elderly man killed by mudslides that battered the region earlier this week, lifting the overall death toll to 18. The...