BEIRUT: President Michel Aoun will make no decision regarding Prime Minister Hariri’s resignation announcement until Hariri returns to Lebanon, Baabda sources told The Daily Star Sunday. Constitutionally, the source said, Hariri’s resignation had already been completed and did not need to be submitted in writing, but its acceptance would not ... Read More »
Former ministers remanded in custody as prosecutors seek European arrest warrant for region’s ousted president A judge in Madrid has ordered eight members of the deposed Catalan government to be remanded in custody pending possible charges over last week’s declaration of independence. Carmen Lamela, sitting in Spain’s national ... Read More »
SEOUL/WASHINGTON: Two US strategic bombers conducted drills over South Korea on Thursday, the US Air Force said, raising tensions with North Korea just days before President Donald Trump visits the region seeking to shut down Pyongyang’s nuclear program. News of the drills was first reported by North Korean state news ... Read More »
AT LEAST 200 people have reportedly died at Kim Jong-un’s nuclear test site, and there are fears of a radioactive leak. A TUNNEL at an underground North Korea nuclear site has reportedly collapsed with up to 200 people killed, according to reports. The collapse happened at the Punggye-ri nuclear test ... Read More »
The Brexit Secretary said the next round of negotiations with Brussels will take place next week David Davis has conceded in front of peers that Britain’s Brexit withdrawal agreement will “probably favour“ the EU. Speaking in the House of Lords European Union Select Committee, the Brexit Secretary said: “In ... Read More »
Spanish officials say that even as he tweeted to suggest he was outside the regional presidency building, Carles Puigdemont was already making plans to escape to Belgium The first working day for the administration of Catalonia, Europe’s newest “independent” country, unfolded in an extraordinary and dramatic fashion with its ... Read More »
Comments come days after US House of Representatives votes for new sanctions on Iran Iran will continue to produce missiles for its defence and does not consider that a violation of international accords, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday in a speech broadcast on state television. Mr Rouhani spoke days ... Read More »
Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Region has offered to “freeze” the result of September’s referendum on independence and begin dialogue with Baghdad. A statement also proposed a ceasefire “in order to prevent further violence and clashes” triggered by the launch of a Iraqi military operation last week. It saw troops and ... Read More »
NAIROBI, Kenya: The leader of Kenya’s main opposition party urged his supporters to boycott a rerun of the country’s disputed presidential election scheduled for Thursday amid rising political tensions and fears of violence. Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga urged his political coalition to become a “resistance movement” and called on ... Read More »
A ceremony in an ornate throne hall Thursday morning began the transfer of the remains of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej to his spectacular golden crematorium in the royal quarter of Bangkok after a year of mourning for the monarch Thais hailed as “Father.” Three separate and intensely solemn processions ... Read More »
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