Day: January 7, 2020

Putin hails ‘huge’ progress in talks with Syria’s Assad

9:00 pm January 7, 2020

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said enormous progress had been made in Syria as he met on Tuesday with President Bashar al-Assad on a surprise visit to Damascus, Russian news agencies reported. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the agencies that in talks with Assad, Putin had underlined “that a huge distance has been travelled towards […]

Spain’s Sanchez wins tight parliament vote to remain PM

8:53 pm January 7, 2020

Madrid: Spain’s parliament on Tuesday confirmed Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez by a razor-thin margin as prime minister for another term at the helm of the country’s first-ever coalition government since its return to democracy in the 1970s. Sanchez, who has stayed on as a caretaker premier since inconclusive elections last year, won 167 votes in […]

Iraqi armed factions call meeting to begin anti-US fight

8:49 pm January 7, 2020

Baghdad: Iraqi armed factions called on Tuesday for an urgent meeting to face “the war against the resistance,” after a US strike on Baghdad last week killed top Iranian and Iraqi commanders. “We will regroup the forces of the resistance in a single entity to respond to Washington,” said Nasr al-Shammary, deputy head of the […]

I knew ‘Fleabag’ was going to be special: Andrew Scott

8:26 pm January 7, 2020

Los Angeles: “Fleabag” star Andrew Scott says though he knew the dark comedy would turn out to be special, in no way anyone from the team could have imagined it to burst onto the scene. The actor played the Hot Priest opposite Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s titular character in the second season of the BBC-Amazon series. “I […]

Christian Bale in talks to join ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

8:23 pm January 7, 2020

Los Angeles: Hollywood star Christian Bale is in negotiations to join Marvel Cinematic Universe with a pivotal role in “Thor: Love and Thunder”. If the deal closes, the film will mark Bale’s return to the superhero genre eight years after he concluded Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy with “The Dark Knight Rises”. It’s unclear what role […]

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