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Pakistan ex-PM Sharif sentenced to 10 years for corruption
AFP, Published on 06/07/2018
» ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison by a corruption court in Islamabad Friday, lawyers said, dealing a serious blow to his party's troubled campaign ahead of July 25 elections.
US trade deficit hits 18-month low on record exports in May
AFP, Published on 06/07/2018
» WASHINGTON - A burst of US exports of soybeans, commercial aircraft and other goods drove the American trade gap to its lowest level in 18 months in May, the government reported Friday.
Syria rebels say close to deal with Russia on south
AFP, Published on 06/07/2018
» BEIRUT - Rebels in southern Syria said on Friday they were close to reaching a deal with regime ally Russia including a ceasefire and the handover of some territory.
FIFA tells Putin world is 'in love' with Russia
AFP, Published on 06/07/2018
» MOSCOW - FIFA president Gianni Infantino told President Vladimir Putin on Friday the world was "in love" with World Cup hosts Russia and praised him for overcoming negative stereotypes about the country.
SET snaps 3 weeks of decline, other SE Asia stocks fall
Published on 06/07/2018
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand closed higher, while other Southeast Asian stock markets fell on Friday, as Washington's tariffs on Chinese goods took effect, escalating fears of a full-blown trade war between the world's top two economies.
Battered Syria rebels to meet Russian brokers for new talks
AFP, Published on 06/07/2018
» DARAA (SYRIA) - Rebels in Syria's battered south were expected to meet with Russian negotiators on Friday after a ferocious 24-hour bombing blitz pushed them to agree to resume talks.
Trump unleashes trade war with latest tariffs on China
AFP, Published on 06/07/2018
» WASHINGTON - Punishing US tariffs on Chinese imports took effect early Friday, marking the start of President Donald Trump's trade war with the largest US trading partner and intensifying the anxieties of global industry.
Mass evacuation as 'historic' rain hits Japan
Reuters, Published on 06/07/2018
» TOKYO: Hundreds of thousands of people across a wide swathe of western and central Japan were evacuated from their homes on Friday as torrential rains pounded the nation, flooding rivers, setting off landslides and leaving at least two people dead.
Pompeo to seek 'details' on denuclearisation in N. Korea
AFP, Published on 06/07/2018
» YOKOTA AIR BASE (JAPAN) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was en route to Pyongyang Friday to press Kim Jong Un for a more detailed commitment to denuclearisation following the North Korean leader's historic summit with President Donald Trump.
March 20, 1995: The sarin attack that turned Tokyo into a 'warzone'
AFP, Published on 06/07/2018
» TOKYO - On a sunny Tokyo morning in March 1995, passengers crammed onto the world's busiest subway for their normal uncomfortable rush-hour commute, unaware that a few minutes later their home city would resemble a warzone.