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Monday, 6 February 2017 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday evening his government is pulling out of peace talks with the country’s communist movement, a day after he lifted the government’s unilateral ceasefire with the insurgents. “Peace talks will remain cancelled unless there is a compelling reason that will …

Saturday, 4 February 2017 KUALA LUMPUR: Axiata Group Bhd is extending for 3 more years the contract of its managing director/president and group chief executive Tan Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim. The telecommunications group said in a statement that the service of Jamaludin, 58, who has helmed the group since March 2008 …

Wednesday, 1 February 2017 SEOUL – Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, one of the world’s most recognised South Koreans, said on Wednesday (1 February 2017) he will not run to become president of South Korea. Speaking at an unscheduled news conference at parliament after meeting the leaders of conservative …

Saturday, 21 January 2017 MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s president said on Friday he wanted to strengthen relations with his new U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, whose threats and barbs against the country raised fears of a major economic crisis, and battered its currency. President Enrique Pena Nieto, pilloried at home for meeting …

Saturday, 21 January 2017 BANJUL: Gambia’s longtime leader Yahya Jammeh said on Saturday he would step down from power in a statement made in the face of pressure from West African armies that invaded his country to remove him after he refused to concede an election defeat to President Adama …

Wednesday, 18 January 2017 BANJUL – British tour operator Thomas Cook started evacuating nearly 1,000 holidaymakers from Gambia on Wednesday after President Yahya Jammeh declared a state of emergency on his final day in office, increasing the chances of civil unrest. In a statement on its website, Thomas Cook said …

Monday, 9 January 2017 BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his government is ready to negotiate on “everything” in proposed peace talks in Kazakhstan but said it was not yet clear who would represent the opposition and no date had been set. Assad also said a ceasefire brokered by Turkey …

Saturday, 31 December 2016 TAIPEI : Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will transit through Houston and San Francisco during a January visit to allies in Latin America, her office said Friday, prompting China to repeat a call for the United States to block any such stopover. Tsai’s office declined to comment …

Friday, 30 December 2016 ANKARA – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized its NATO allies on Thursday, particularly the US, for not supporting Ankara’s struggle against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Syria’s al Bab region. Erdogan also accused the US of supplying weapons to Kurdish fighters in Syria. …

Monday, 19 December 2016 BEIRUT – Lebanon’s President, Michel Aoun, and Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri have formed a new government of 30 ministers drawn from most sides of the country’s political spectrum and from all of its religious sects, the cabinet office said on Sunday. Aoun, an ally of the …