Detroit: Aretha Franklin, the preacher's daughter whose powerful voice made her the long-reigning "Queen of Soul" with such hit songs as "Respect" and "Chain of Fools," died on Thursday at the age of...
2018-08-16 16:54:00.0
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Phnom Penh: US travel sanctions targeting Cambodian officials are "useless", a ruling party spokesman said on Thursday, as the kingdom shrugs off international criticism of a one-sided election...
2018-08-16 16:53:43.0
Washington DC: The US Treasury announced sanctions on Russian and Chinese companies for violating the economic embargo on North Korea as Washington seeks to maintain pressure on Pyongyang over its...
2018-08-16 16:53:23.0
Las Vegas: Dave Dave, a respected Las Vegas artist who was badly scarred as a boy when his father tried to burn him to death in Southern California, has died. He was 42.Dave, who was born David...
2018-08-16 16:52:26.0
New York: The bridge that collapsed in the Italian port city of Genoa was considered a feat of engineering innovation when it was built five decades ago, but it came to require constant maintenance...
2018-08-16 16:34:54.0
Peshawar: The nominee of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Mahmud Khan, was elected on Thursday as 22nd chief minister of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.The KP Assembly Speaker, Mushtaq Ghani,...
2018-08-16 16:34:37.0
Beijing: A senior Chinese delegation led by Vice Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen will visit the US for trade talks later this month, it was announced here on Thursday. A statement from the...
2018-08-16 11:31:08.0
Rome: Rescue teams were continuing on Thursday their search for possible survivors amongst the rubble of a bridge that collapsed in Genoa in northwestern Italy, killing at least 39 and injuring 16. ...
2018-08-16 10:33:37.0
Kabul: Armed militants attacked a National Directorate of Security (NDS) training centre here on Thursday and heavy clashes were ongoing, officials said. The attack began at 10.15 a.m. when the...
2018-08-16 09:37:50.0
Phnom Penh: The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) has won all 125 seats in the general elections, the poll body has said. The opposition was declared illegal and banned from participating in the...
2018-08-16 07:19:24.0
Jerusalem: Israel on Wednesday reopened the key Kerem Shalom crossing with Gaza, which had remained closed to commercial imports and exports for over a month.The closure came into force on July 9,...
2018-08-15 10:15:28.0
Seoul: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday invited North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a summit to discuss urgent issues, the media reported.Putin expressed his readiness to hold a summit...
2018-08-15 07:30:08.0
