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WEST PALM BEACH : President Donald Trump said Saturday that US forces had captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after launching a "large scale strike" on the South American country. "The United States of America has successfully carried out a large...

Rosatom has completed the manufacture and commissioning of the first reactor core for ‘Rossiya’, the lead nuclear icebreaker of the next-generation “Leader” project (Project 10510). The fuel for the reactor was produced by the Machine Manufacturing Plant, part of...

CONAKRY : He has traded in his military fatigues for civilian clothes but still rules Guinea with an iron fist: Junta leader Mamady Doumbouya swept to victory in the west African country's presidential elections on Tuesday night. Doumbouya secured 86.72...

RIYADH : A Saudi-led coalition said it targeted shipments of weapons and combat vehicles in Yemen that were unloaded from vessels coming from the United Arab Emirates, the Saudi news agency reported Tuesday. "Two ships arrived from the port of...

RIYADH : The leader of Yemen's presidential council declared a state of emergency and cancelled a security pact with the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday after Abu Dhabi-backed separatists seized swathes of territory. "The Joint Defence Agreement with the United...

SEOUL : South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will visit China on the invitation of counterpart Xi Jinping from Sunday to Wednesday, Seoul and Beijing announced. Lee and Xi last met in November on the sidelines of the APEC summit...

PANAMA CITY :  Near the entrance to the Panama Canal, a monument to China's contributions to the interoceanic waterway was torn down Saturday night by order of local authorities. The move comes as US President Donald Trump has made threats...

SEOUL : South Korea's former first lady was alleged by prosecutors Monday to have accepted lavish bribes totalling over $200,000, including fine art, jewellery and a handbag, as well as meddling in state affairs. Kim Keon Hee, the wife of...

NAYPYIDAW : Myanmar's dominant pro-military party is "winning a majority" in the first phase of junta-run elections, a party source told AFP on Monday, after democracy watchdogs warned the poll would entrench military rule. The armed forces snatched power in...

PALM BEACH : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will sit down Sunday with Donald Trump and seek to secure the US president's stamp of approval for a new proposal to end the nearly four-year conflict with Russia. The 20-point plan, which...