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US forges ahead to allow Cuba lawsuits, defying EU warnings
AFP, Published on 17/04/2019
» WASHINGTON - The administration of President Donald Trump on Wednesday forged ahead with a long-delayed law that allows lawsuits in US courts over property seized by Cuba, defying warnings from the European Union and vowing to issue no exemptions.
Yemen's Huthi rebels say Trump veto proves US behind war
AFP, Published on 17/04/2019
» SANAA - Yemen's Huthi rebels Wednesday slammed US President Donald Trump's veto of a Congress resolution directing him to end support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen as proof Washington was behind the conflict.
France to try Syrian President Assad's uncle on graft charges
AFP, Published on 17/04/2019
» PARIS - The uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is to stand trial in France on charges of building up a big property empire in the country using funds from Syrian state coffers, legal sources said on Wednesday.
Facing arrest, Peru ex-president Garcia shoots himself
AFP, Published on 17/04/2019
» LIMA - Peru's former president Alan Garcia shot himself in the head at his home on Wednesday as police were about to arrest him in a sprawling corruption case, his lawyer and hospital officials said.
US announces Cuba property law despite EU warnings
AFP, Published on 17/04/2019
» WASHINGTON - The United States said Wednesday that a long-delayed law would go into effect next month that allows lawsuits over property seized by Cuba and that it issue make no exemptions for angered Europeans.
India's stricken Jet Airways suspends all operations
AFP, Published on 17/04/2019
» MUMBAI: India's debt-stricken Jet Airways halted all of its operations Wednesday after failing to secure emergency funding from lenders, leaving it teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.
US North Korea envoy in Moscow as Russia plans for Kim-Putin talks
AFP, Published on 17/04/2019
» MOSCOW - The US special envoy for North Korea was due in Moscow on Wednesday as the Kremlin said it was preparing for possible talks between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un.
Jokowi set to win second term in Indonesia vote
Published on 17/04/2019
» Indonesian President Joko Widodo was poised to win another term running the world’s largest Muslim-majority country on Wednesday, even as opponent Prabowo Subianto signalled he would challenge the outcome.
Navy to remove 'seasteading' floating home off Phuket coast
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 17/04/2019
» PHUKET: The Royal Thai Navy Third Navy looks set to remove "seasteading'' couple's living platform, 12 nautical miles from this island province, within a week.
Future Forward's Piyabutr denies charges
Online Reporters, Published on 17/04/2019
» Future Forward Party secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul has denied computer crime and contempt of court charges stemming from a video clip of him reading a party statement on the Constitutional Court's decision to dissolve the Thai Raksa Chart Party in March.