Month: August 2018

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A Bangladeshi delegation that recently visited Myanmar to peacefully resolve the Rohingya refugee crisis has returned without making any significant progress, according to a senior Bangladeshi official. A 15-member high-profile Bangladeshi […]

TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Fear that a “surge” in cheap steel flooding the Canadian market may force tariffs being placed on imported steel from other countries, the Canadian finance minister said Tuesday. Bill Morneau made […]

MOSCOW (AA) – The use of the U.S. dollar to put pressure on other countries will lead to the creation of an alternative world currency, costing the dollar its world currency status, a top Russian […]

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s lower house, the National Assembly, on Wednesday elected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Asad Qaiser as its speaker. Qaiser secured 176 out of 330 cast votes, defeating the joint opposition’s candidate Syed […]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – Following deadly siege by the Taliban for days, an Afghan military base in northern Faryab province has fallen to the Taliban, officials and local media confirmed on Tuesday. Sibghatullah Sailab, deputy […]

ROME (AA) – At least 35 people, including a child, died in the collapse of a motorway bridge in Italy, the country’s deputy transport minister said. Edoardo Rixi told Sky TG24, an Italian broadcaster, that […]

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey’s foreign policy is domestic, national and global, the country’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. Speaking at a symposium organized by the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) on the […]

WASHINGTON (AA) – Ankara and Washington must increase dialogue and return to the negotiating table to solve their budding crisis, the U.S.-based American-Turkish Council (ATC) said Monday. The independent business group said it “is deeply […]