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Abbas says contacts with U.S. will continue for peace process

RAMALLAH, May 4 (Xinhua) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that the contacts between Palestine and U.S. began and will continue, in order to achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East. Abbas made the remarks in an interview with Palestine’s public TV station following his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at White […]

India test-fires nuclear-capable Agni-II ballistic missile: media

NEW DELHI, May 4 (Xinhua) — India test-fired a nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-II ballistic missile on Thursday, state-run broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) reported. The missile was fired from wheeler Island, off the coast in eastern state of Odisha. According to the broadcaster, the missile has a strike range of 2,000 km. The broadcaster quoted defense […]

Head of Afghanistan’s Hizb-e-Islami to return to Kabul from exile

KABUL, May 4 (Xinhua) — Gulbudin Hekmatyar, leader of Afghanistan‘s Hizb-e-Islami, or Islamic Party, is due to return to Kabul on Thursday, ending decades of exile and fighting against the government, said a statement released by the presidential palace. “President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani is scheduled to deliver a speech at the ceremony to welcome Hekmatyar,” […]

Hamstring injury threatens rest of season for Real Madrid defender Carvajal

MADRID, May 4 (NsNewsWire) — Real Madrid could be without Spain international right back Dani Carvajal until the end of the season after tests carried out on Wednesday confirmed his has suffered an injury in his right hamstring. The Spain international suffered the injury on the stroke of halftime of Real Madrid’s 3-0 victory over […]

Messi unlikely to travel for FIFA appeal

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 4 (NsNewsWire ) — Lionel Messi will reportedly not accompany an Argentine legal team in Switzerland on Thursday in its appeal against the forward’s four-game international ban. Messi has already served one match of the penalty, issued in March after he was found guilty of abusing a linesman in Argentina’s 1-0 […]

Australian March trade sees rise in surplus

SYDNEY, May 4 (Xinhua) — The Australian trade figures for the month of March were released Thursday, with a recording of 3.1 billion Australian dollar (2.3 billion U.S. dollars) surplus. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics figures, this result was driven by a 2-percent uptick in exports, along with a 5-percent rise in exports. […]

Death toll rises to 35 in Iran coal mine explosion

TEHRAN, May 4 (Xinhua) — At least 35 miners were killed in a coal mine explosion in the northern Iranian province of Golestan on Wednesday, Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare Ali Rabiei was quoted by Tasnim news agency as saying Thursday. The accident occurred at 12:45 p.m. local time (0815 GMT) in Zemestan […]

British PM says “won’t let EU bureaucrats wreck Brexit”

LONDON, May 4 (NsNewsWire) — British Prime Minister Theresa May made her most stinging remark so far against European Union (EU) “bureaucrats” in Brussels, accusing them of trying to ruin Brexit talks. May was speaking outside 10 Downing Street after meeting with Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday on the day British parliament was […]

Gun battle leaves 7 militants dead in Afghan northern province

TALUQAN, Afghanistan, May 4 (Xinhua) — At least seven Taliban fighters including the group’s key commander Mawlawi Qadir had been killed in northern Afghanistan, local police said Thursday. According to police chief Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani in the northern Takhar province, five villages have also been cleared from the Taliban insurgents over the period. More than […]