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Mexico City: President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador promised $7.5 billion for youth job training and aid to the elderly Wednesday, keystone programs that could make Mexico’s business sector one of the biggest

Jakarta: Indonesia’s anti-corruption agency has arrested the governor of Aceh province over accusations that he took illegal fees for projects funded from more than $500 million of state funds, the latest high-profile

Beijing: The United States is “opening fire” on the world with its threatened tariffs, the Chinese government warned on Thursday, saying Beijing will respond the instant US measures go into effect as

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States agreed to remain engaged for peace in Afghanistan. This was agreed during a meeting between US Deputy Assistant Secretary at the State Department’s Bureau of South

Washington:The Trump administration will urge US schools and colleges to adopt race-blind admission standards overturning an Obama-era guideline aimed at encouraging diversity, according to reports. This will switch the country back to

Beirut: Hudhayfah al-Badri, son of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed during an attack by the jihadists in the central Syrian province of Homs, the IS propaganda agency Amaq

Brussels: China is putting pressure on the European Union to issue a strong joint statement against President Donald Trump’s trade policies at a summit later this month but is facing resistance, European

JAKARTA: At least 24 people, including children, died after a ferry ran aground off the coast of Indonesia, officials said, as rescuers raced to save scores of other passengers still missing or

DHAKA: The international Red Cross leader said that humanitarian help alone will not solve the Rohingya refugee crisis and inclusive political solutions are needed for the 700,000 people who fled from Myanmar

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the suicide attack in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad that killed 19 people, mostly Sikhs and Hindus, asserting that any attack targeting civilians is “unjustifiable”