Thai election panel disqualifies princess as PM candidate
BANGKOK – Thailand’s election panel on Monday disqualified the sister of the king from running for prime minister, putting an end to a stunning,...
Gushing profits for oil majors on crude price
PARIS – The world's top energy companies booked enormous profits last year thanks to higher oil prices and keeping a tight lid on spending,...
US destroyers sail in disputed South China Sea amid trade tensions
WASHINGTON – Two US warships sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Monday, a US official told Reuters, a...
Tensions rise with Thai election commission to rule on princess running for PM
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Election Commission will consider this week the surprise nomination of a Thai princess as a prime ministerial candidate in March elections...
Trump says he may declare Islamic State defeated soon
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he expected a formal announcement as early as next week that the coalition fighting Islamic...
‘Special place in hell’ for Brexiteers – EU’s Tusk
BRUSSELS – British leaders who sold Brexit with no plan for how to deliver it deserve a “special place in hell”, the EU’s Donald...
Body recovered from wreckage of plane carrying footballer Sala
LONDON – A body has been recovered from the wreckage of the plane that was carrying Argentina-born professional soccer player Emiliano Sala and pilot...
With eye on Afghanistan, Trump vows to stop ‘endless wars’
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump told Americans on Tuesday his administration had accelerated talks for a political settlement in Afghanistan, and would be able...
Impassioned Angelina Jolie visits Rohingya camps
COX’S BAZAR – United Nations refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie on Tuesday visited camps in Bangladesh for Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and...
US supports ‘dictators, butchers, extremists’ in Middle East – Iran
GENEVA – The United States supports “dictators, butchers and extremists” in the Middle East, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a Twitter...