US, UK teams join search for 13 missing in Thailand

MAE SAI, Thailand - A US military team and British cave experts joined the search in northern Thailand for 12 boys and their soccer coach missing for five days inside a cave being flooded by near-constant rain.

Erdogan and ally agree to lift state of emergency

ISTANBUL - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his government alliance partner have agreed not to extend emergency rule when the current three-month period expires in July, the pro-government Sabah newspaper said on Thursday.

Trump has chance to reshape Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement announcement on Wednesday has Republicans thrilled with the prospect of adding to the conservative majority on the court and Democrats calling for a delay in the nomination process before the midterm elections.

Summit due on July 16

The expected summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump will be of great significance to both the bilateral relations and the world, Russian media reported on Thursday.

Immigration to dominate EU summit

The challenge posed by Europe's ongoing immigration situation will be top of the agenda when leaders of the European Union's member states meet for a two-day summit in Brussels later this week.

UK firms fail to hit gender equality targets

Britain's 350 biggest companies are likely to fall short of a government-backed target for corporate gender equality by 2020.

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Top court upholds Trump travel ban

WASHINGTON - With the US Supreme Court handing President Donald Trump a judicial victory on Tuesday by upholding a travel ban on seven countries, observers pondered his next move on the immigration front.

German parties fail to resolve dispute

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition parties described their row on migrant policy as very serious after four hours of crisis talks on Tuesday night failed to defuse a dispute that threatens to tear apart her three-month old government.

US calls for halt to Iran oil imports in months

WASHINGTON - The US State Department said on Tuesday that it has been pushing countries to stop importing oil from Iran by November.

$273m in valuables seized in Najib probe

KUALA LUMPUR - The total value of cash, jewelry and hundreds of watches and handbags seized from properties linked to former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak in a money-laundering investigation amounted to at least $273 million, police said on Wednesday, calling the haul "the biggest in Malaysian history".

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