WASHINGTON: A “largely negotiated” memorandum of understanding on an Iran peace deal would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, US President Donald Trump said yesterday, although the Iranian Fars news agency disputed that claim. Trump posted on social media that the emerging agreement would reopen the strait, the vital shipping passage […]
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New Zealand midfielders Ryan Thomas and Joe Bell will head into the World Cup short of match practice while nursing leg injuries. Coach Darren Bazeley told New Zealand news website Stuff on Monday that Thomas will miss friendlies against Haiti on Tuesday and England on Saturday while recovering from a […]
QINYUAN: Emergency rescuers in northern China were undertaking a major operation today to find two people still missing after a gas explosion at a coal mine killed at least 82. The blast at the Liushenyu shaft in Shanxi province on Friday was the country’s worst mining disaster in nearly two […]
MANILA: Two people feared trapped after a building collapse in the Philippines were alive and communicating with rescuers today, an official said, as rescue efforts continued. “They are in constant communication. We are awaiting more details, but our rescuers are doing their best to pull the survivors out of the […]
WASHINGTON: A “largely negotiated” memorandum of understanding on an Iran peace deal would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, US President Donald Trump said yesterday, although the Iranian Fars news agency disputed that claim. Trump posted on social media that the emerging agreement would reopen the strait, the vital shipping passage […]
QINYUAN: Emergency rescuers in northern China were undertaking a major operation today to find two people still missing after a gas explosion at a coal mine killed at least 82. The blast at the Liushenyu shaft in Shanxi province on Friday was the country’s worst mining disaster in nearly two […]
Former Germany forward Lukas Podolski brought the curtain down on his playing career on Saturday with one last appearance for Gornik Zabrze, the Polish club he loves so deeply that he not only chose to retire there but bought them as well. The 40-year-old came off the bench on the […]
BEIJING: Donald Trump was due in Beijing Wednesday on the first visit to China by a US president in nearly a decade, as he seeks to ramp up trade despite potential friction over Taiwan and Iran. Leaving Washington on Tuesday on a trip that was delayed by his war, Trump […]
TEHRAN: Iran’s chief negotiator said Tuesday that Washington must accept Tehran’s latest peace plan or face failure, after US President Donald Trump warned the truce in the Middle East war was on the brink of collapse. The war, which erupted more than two months ago with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, […]
KYIV: Russia and Ukraine yesterday traded accusations of violating a three-day US-brokered ceasefire but no major strikes were reported by the warring sites so far. US President Donald Trump initially announced the surprise truce, which coincides with Russia’s World War II victory celebrations, along with an exchange of 1,000 prisoners […]