RAMALLAH -- Four Palestinians, including two children, were killed early Sunday when Israeli special forces opened fire on a vehicle in the town of Tammun in the West Bank, said Palestine Red Crescent Society.
In a press statement, the Red Crescent said that its crews retrieved the bodies of the four victims from the vehicle hit by gunfire. (West Bank-Israel-Attack)
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PARIS -- The Chinese and U.S. delegations convened on Sunday morning for talks on economic and trade issues.
Guided by the important consensuses reached between the heads of state of the two countries during their meeting in Busan and all previous phone calls, the two sides will engage in consultations on economic and trade issues of mutual concern, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Friday. (China-U.S.-Trade Talks)
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BANGKOK -- Sophon Zaram, a member of parliament (MP) from the Bhumjaithai Party, was elected the new speaker of the House of Representatives of Thailand on Sunday.
Under the Thai constitution, the House speaker will also be the president of the National Assembly. The new speaker will officially take office after the royal endorsement. (Thailand-Election-House speaker)
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that he's not ready to make a deal to end the military campaign against Iran "because the terms aren't good enough yet."
"Iran wants to make a deal, and I don't want to make it because the terms aren't good enough yet," he said of ending the war with Iran in an interview with NBC News, adding that any terms will have to be "very solid." (U.S.-Trump-Iran) Enditem
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