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NKorea hits out at Pompeo, warns hopes for US talks 'disappearing'

North Korea Saturday lashed out at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his comments on Pyongyang's "rogue behaviour" and warned its expectations for nuclear talks with Washington are "gradually disappearing".
2019-08-31 07:55:45 Read More

Hong Kong protesters defy rally ban after crackdown

Thousands of pro-democracy protesters defied a police ban on rallying in Hong Kong on Saturday, a day after several leading activists and lawmakers were arrested in a sweeping crackdown. Police banned a planned demonstration on security grounds after last weekend saw some of the most violent clashes in three months of political turmoil but nevertheless warned residents to expect "severe disruption".
2019-08-31 07:28:49 Read More

US to use fake social media to check people entering country

US Citizenship and Immigration Services officers can now create fictitious social media accounts to monitor social media information on foreigners seeking visas, green cards and citizenship. An updated Homeland Security Department review of potential privacy issues dated July 2019 essentially reversed a prior ban on officers creating fake profiles.
2019-08-31 06:37:49 Read More

Brexit: UK faces mounting political, legal, diplomatic challenges

UK PM Boris Johnson's Brexit plan is facing mounting legal, political and diplomatic challenges as Ireland accused Britain of being unreasonable. Former British PM John Major sought to stop the suspension of parliament. Johnson warned on Friday that opposition to his plans is weakening Britain's negotiating position by giving EU leaders the impression that parliament may step in to block Brexit.
2019-08-31 01:10:09 Read More

Pakistani court issues bailable warrant for ex-PM Pervez Ashraf

A Pakistani court on Friday issued bailable warrants for former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf for alleged illegal appointments in Gujranwala Electric Power Company. Ashraf, 68, was denied one-time exemption from personal appearance by the accountability court in Lahore. The former premier's counsel advocate Iftikhar Shahid told the court that his client was unable to travel to Lahore due to health reasons.
2019-08-30 17:44:04 Read More

â€˜Kashmir Hourâ€™ observed at noon across Pakistan

On Prime Minister Imran Khanâ€™s appeal, Pakistanis observed â€œKashmir Hourâ€ on Friday across the country to protest against India scrapping the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5. At noon, as sirens blared for â€œKashmir Hourâ€ across major Pakistani cities, all traffic signals turned red for several minutes. This was followed by broadcasts of the national anthems of Pakistan and part of Kashmir under its control on all TV and radio stations.
2019-08-30 17:29:38 Read More

Hong Kong police round up activists as mass rally called-off

Prominent democracy activists were arrested Friday in a dragnet across Hong Kong - a move described by rights groups as a well-worn tactic deployed by China to suffocate dissent ahead of key political events. The sweep comes after a major rally planned by a civil rights group on Saturday was banned by police on security grounds.
2019-08-30 09:54:27 Read More

Pakistan observes 'Kashmir Hour' to express 'solidarity' with Kashmiris

PM Imran Khan said the purpose of observing "Kashmir Hour" was to send a message from Pakistan that the country will continue to stand with the Kashmiris. Sirens blared across the country as the clock struck noon and traffic signals turned red on all roads of the federal capital Islamabad.
2019-08-30 08:38:31 Read More

Trump's personal assistant steps down over info breach: Reports

Donald Trump's personal assistant Madeleine Westerhout resigned on Thursday after she shared information about the president's family with journalists, US media reported. Westerhout's unexpected departure came after Trump learned that she had talked about his family and White House matters with reporters at an off-the-record session during the president's recent working vacation in New Jersey, The New York Times reported citing unnamed sources.
2019-08-30 08:34:46 Read More

Trump launches new Pentagon command for space warfare

The new command will elevate space â€” largely the satellites and high-altitude aircraft essential to modern-day warfare â€” to a focused theater of combat, the equal of the US Central Command governing the Middle East and the Pacific Command, which manages defenses in the Western Pacific and Asia.
2019-08-30 08:25:26 Read More

Ebola death toll in east Congo outbreak climbs above 2,000

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2019-08-30 08:01:04 Read More

Ebola death toll in east Congo outbreak climbs above 2,000

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N Korea solidifies Kim Jong Un's 'monolithic' power

North Korea has elevated leader Kim Jong Un to a status approaching his grandfather, the country's founder Kim Il Sung, after Pongyang revised its constitution to reinforce his authority. Kim was under 30 when he inherited power in late 2011 on the death of his father Kim Jong Il, but has since firmly established his authority, ruling the country with an iron fist, overseeing four of its six nuclear tests and executing his uncle for treason.
2019-08-30 05:27:08 Read More

Hurricane intensifies, Trump says Florida faces 'absolute monster'

Florida residents were bracing for a hurricane on Thursday that was threatening to smack into the center of the state over the Labor Day weekend, and President Donald Trump said it appeared the storm's winds would be "unbelievably high."
2019-08-30 04:30:13 Read More

Leading Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong arrested: Party

Leading Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested Friday, his party said, a day ahead of a planned rally in the city that has been banned by police. His arrest came just hours after the reported detention at Hong Kong's airport of a vocal independence campaigner, and as Beijing continues to pile pressure on the anti-establishment movement in the city.
2019-08-30 03:38:58 Read More

Biden defends faulty telling of military heroism story

The Washington Post reports that Biden recently told a campaign audience an emotional story of pinning a medal on a heartbroken service member. But the former vice president got many of the details wrong.
2019-08-30 03:18:03 Read More

Israel: Iran, Hezbollah intensifying missile efforts

The Israeli military is accusing Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah of stepping up attempts to build missile-production facilities in Lebanon and says these efforts are putting Lebanese civilians in danger. In recent days, Israel has struck Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq, and Hezbollah has accused Israel of a drone strike in Lebanon.
2019-08-29 15:35:28 Read More

The whole of Pakistan will hold protests tomorrow in solidarity with Kashmiris: FM Qureshi

Addressing a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir, foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Pakistan will hold protests against "the unilateral steps of India" to abrogate Article 370 and express solidarity with "Kashmiri brethren". The protest will be held each Friday at 12 pm across Pakistan on the suggestion of Parliament, reported Radio Pak.
2019-08-29 15:34:19 Read More

North Korea changes constitution to solidify Kim Jong Unâ€™s rule

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Detained writer urges Australia to help free him from China

Yang Hengjun said in a statement released by a Sydney-based friend on Thursday that he was "extremely grateful" to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Foreign Minister Marise Payne, other Australian lawmakers and diplomats ``for their help."
2019-08-29 12:21:59 Read More

China unveils plan for huge anniversary military parade

"We have to point out that this military parade won't be targeted at any countries or districts and any specific incidents," said General Cai Zhijun, a member of the Chinese Army General Staff, at a press conference in Beijing Thursday.
2019-08-29 10:31:46 Read More

EU backs US-Iran talks but says nuclear deal must stay

Tehran and Washington have been locked in a bitter standoff since last year when US President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled out of the 2015 deal that gave Iran relief from sanctions in return for curbs on its atomic programme.
2019-08-29 09:39:56 Read More

EU backs US-Iran talks but says nuclear deal must stay

No decision yet on airspace closure to India: Qureshi

Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that no decision has been taken yet to close the airspace to India. Qureshi's statement came after a Pak govt minister announced that the govt was considering complete closure of airspace to India and complete ban on use of Pakistan land routes for Indian trade to Afghanistan.
2019-08-29 07:12:45 Read More

South Korean leader says Japan dishonest over wartime past

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2019-08-29 06:19:35 Read More

Duterte in China amid expectation he'll raise sea disputes

The row over the waters a major global shipping route thought to be rich in oil and gas reserves has for years marred China's relationship with the Philippines and other neighboring countries with territorial claims over the disputed area, where Beijing has transformed a string of disputed reefs into missile-protected island bases.
2019-08-29 05:33:23 Read More

Four European states lose measles eradication status as cases soar: WHO

Measles cases are skyrocketing in Europe and the disease is surging in four countries previously considered to have eliminated it, including the UK, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned. Based on 2018 data, the disease is no longer considered eliminated in the UK, Greece, the Czech Republic and Albania.
2019-08-29 05:30:36 Read More

6.1-magnitude earthquake rattles Japan's Hokkaido

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2019-08-29 03:37:34 Read More

UK PM takes dramatic step to suspend Parliament to push Brexit through

The Queen gave permission to prorogue Parliament from her Scottish residence, Balmoral, on Wednesday just hours after Johnson outlined his plans in a letter to Tory MPs and sent his request to the Queen. Parliament was to meet during the first two weeks of September and then be suspended for the annual political party conferences. It was then to reconvene around October 9.
2019-08-28 17:30:55 Read More

Ex-Pentagon chief Mattis warns US cannot survive without allies

"A leader must display strategic acumen that incorporates respect for those nations that have stood with us when trouble loomed," Mattis wrote in the Wall Street Journal. Mattis also blasted the hyper-partisan political atmosphere in Washington as contributing to the erosion of US leadership in the world, saying he had little taste for "the political fratricide practiced in Washington."
2019-08-28 14:25:32 Read More

Queen Elizabeth approves British parliament suspension

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2019-08-28 14:12:37 Read More

Pakistan partially closes Karachi airspace till August 31 possibly to carry out missile test-firing'

Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Wednesday issued a notice to airmen (NOTAM) closing the three routes of Karachi airspace from August 28 to August 31 in view of a possible missile test-firing from Sonmiani flight test range located in Balochistan. All international flights have been asked to avoid the three aviation routes in the Karachi airspace as per the NOTAM.
2019-08-28 12:29:05 Read More

Pak PM will 'forcefully' raise Kashmir issue at UNGA: Mahmood Qureshi

Talking to reporters in Islamabad, Qureshi said Prime Minister Khan will also hold bilateral meetings and attend other events in New York on the sidelines of UN General Assembly session. India has categorically told the international community that the scrapping of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave the special status to Jammu and Kashmir was an internal matter and also advised Pakistan to accept the reality.
2019-08-28 11:35:56 Read More

Hong Kong protesters aim their anger at Cathay Pacific 'white terror'

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2019-08-28 07:20:59 Read More

245 rescued from burning ferry in Philippine waters, 3 dead

Fishing boats and passing ships rescued 245 people from a burning ferry overnight in southern Philippine waters. The fire apparently started in the engine room. Orange flames and smoke consumed almost the entire vessel but the M/V Lite Ferry 16 stayed afloat, about 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) off a port in Dapitan city of Zamboanga del Norte province.
2019-08-28 07:07:22 Read More

As troops prepare to leave Afghanistan, will aid follow?

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2019-08-28 07:03:58 Read More

As troops prepare to leave Afghanistan, will aid follow?

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Palestinian Harvard student says US nixed visa after social media search

A Palestinian teenager admitted to Harvard University said he was detained for hours at Boston's airport and refused entry into the United States after officers disapproved of his friends' political comments on social media.
2019-08-28 06:17:51 Read More

Pakistan: Karachi airspace partially shut till Aug 31

Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Wednesday issued a notice to airmen (NOTAM), closing the three routes of Karachi airspace from August 28 to August 31. All international flights have been asked to avoid three aviation routes in the Karachi airspace. While no reason has been cited for the closure, an alternate route has been suggested by the authority.
2019-08-28 05:05:03 Read More

US president in Warsaw, 80 years after WWII outbreak

Trump will be the first US head of state to come to Poland for an anniversary of the start of history's bloodiest conflict, which claimed 50 million lives, including those of six million Jews in the Holocaust. Few other major leaders are expected in the Polish capital, as French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are not coming, while Russian President Vladimir Putin was not invited.
2019-08-28 04:57:17 Read More

Brazil angrily rejects millions in Amazon aid pledged at G-7, then accepts British aid

President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil expressed his ire in a series of Twitter posts Monday, extending his verbal feud with President Emmanuel Macron of France, who had announced the aid package at the Group of Seven summit.
2019-08-28 03:07:09 Read More

Vast fires sweep across Bolivia as well as Brazil

At least 38,793 fires were burning across the country as of the weekend, and a total of 3,700 square miles (950,000 hectares) had been burned so far this year, according to Cliver Rocha, director of the national Forests and Lands Authority.
2019-08-28 03:03:40 Read More

China cries foul over G7 resolution backing Hong Kong protests

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2019-08-27 14:55:04 Read More

China cries foul over G7 resolution backing Hong Kong protests

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China confirms arrest of Australian writer, faces spying charges

The 54-year-old Yang had been under investigation for "harming" China's national security and was arrested on August 23 on suspicion of committing crimes of espionage. Australian foreign affairs minister Marise Payne said the government efforts to gain additional information had been difficult.
2019-08-27 11:34:15 Read More

Beijing expresses 'strong dissatisfaction' with G7 on Hong Kong

Beijing on Tuesday voiced "strong dissatisfaction" on the joint statement issued by the G7 leaders, who backed Hong Kong's autonomy and called for calm after months of civil unrest. "We have repeatedly stressed that Hong Kong's affairs are purely China's internal affairs and that no foreign government has the right to intervene," the Chinese foreign ministry said.
2019-08-27 08:52:40 Read More

Iran's Rouhani rules out talks with US until sanctions lifted

Iran will not talk to the US until all sanctions imposed on Tehran are lifted, President Rouhani said on Tuesday, a day after President Trump said he would meet his Iranian counterpart to try to end a nuclear standoff. Trump said he would meet him under the right circumstances to end a confrontation that began when US pulled out of Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal.
2019-08-27 08:32:52 Read More

Pak army chief discusses Kashmir with top Chinese general

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2019-08-27 08:07:33 Read More

Japan says N Korea developing warheads to penetrate missile defences

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2019-08-27 06:53:23 Read More

US officials fear ransomware attack against 2020 election

These systems, which are widely used to validate the eligibility of voters before they cast ballots, were compromised in 2016 by Russian hackers seeking to collect information. Intelligence officials are concerned that foreign hackers in 2020 not only will target the databases but attempt to manipulate, disrupt or destroy the data, according to current and former US officials.
2019-08-27 06:16:49 Read More

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China ban on some textbooks seen aimed at Uighur culture

An estimated 1 million Uighurs have since been detained in internment camps and prisons in China's Xinjiang region. Advocacy groups say that includes more than 400 prominent academics, writers, performers and artists. Critics say the government is targeting intellectuals as a way to dilute, or even erase, the Uighur culture, language and identity.
2019-08-27 05:59:23 Read More

China to hold fresh military drills near Taiwan

Ties between Beijing and Taipei have plummeted since President Tsai Ing-wen came to power in 2016 because her party refuses to recognise the idea that Taiwan is part of "One China". As punishment, Beijing has cut official communications, ramped up military exercises, poached diplomatic allies and increased economic pressure on the island.
2019-08-27 05:46:05 Read More

G7 leaders back Hong Kong's autonomy

Leaders of the G7 member countries have backed Honk Kong's autonomy as laid out in the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984, and called for calm in the city engulfed in anti-government protests. The semi-autonomous region has witnessed 12 consecutive weeks of protests, which began after the pro-Beijing administration of Hong Kong announced a controversial extradition bill that would have allowed authorities to send criminal suspects to mainland China for prosecution.
2019-08-27 04:48:43 Read More

Brazil rejects G7 aid to fight Amazon fires: Govt

Brazil on Monday rejected aid from G7 countries to fight wildfires in the Amazon, with an official telling French President Emmanuel Macron to take care of "his home and his colonies." The official was referring to a $20 million pledge made at the G7 summit in France. The Brazil President had earlier blasted Macron for having a "colonialist mentality."
2019-08-27 03:43:12 Read More

New fires rage in Amazon as Brazil military planes battle flames

Smoke choked Porto Velho city and forced the closure of the airport for nearly two hours as fires raged in the northwestern state of Rondonia where fire-fighting efforts are concentrated, amid a growing global uproar and a diplomatic spat between France and Brazil.
2019-08-27 03:11:48 Read More

Australian writer Yang Hengjun charged with 'spying' in China, arrested

Australian writer and political commentator Yang Hengjun, who is under detention since January this year, has been formally arrested on suspicion of espionage, media reports said on Tuesday.
2019-08-27 02:35:43 Read More

New fires rage in Amazon as Brazil warplanes battle flames

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G7 to finance fire-fighting aircraft for Amazon

The G7 has agreed to spend 20 million euros ($22 million) on the Amazon, mainly to send fire-fighting aircraft to tackle the huge blazes engulfing the world's biggest rainforest, the Presidents of France and Chile announced on Monday. The G7 club also agreed to support a medium-term reforestation plan which will be unveiled at the UN in September.
2019-08-26 14:05:07 Read More

EU says Britain must pay Brexit divorce bill even if no deal

Britain must pay its Brexit divorce bill even if it crashes out of the bloc without a deal, said the EU. The stern rebuff from Brussels came a day after British PM Boris Johnson again said that in the event of a "no-deal" Brexit on October 31, Britain would be free from financial obligations to the bloc.
2019-08-26 11:56:30 Read More

Trump denies report he wanted to nuke hurricanes

President Donald Trump denied a report that he wanted to drop nuclear bombs on hurricanes before they made landfall in the US. As per the report, Trump asked if it would be possible to disrupt hurricanes forming off the coast of Africa by dropping a nuclear bomb in the eye of the storm. Trump, later, slammed the story, calling it "fake news."
2019-08-26 11:35:36 Read More

China trade talks 'more meaningful than at any time': Trump

President Donald Trump on Monday said trade talks with China were "more meaningful than at any time" because the United States was doing well while China was "losing millions of jobs".
2019-08-26 11:09:34 Read More

China trade talks 'more meaningful than at any time': Trump

Donald Trump says 'too soon' to meet Iran's top diplomat

US President Donald Trump said Monday that it was "too early" to meet Tehran's top diplomat, who made a surprise weekend visit to the G7 summit, but insisted that Washington was not looking for regime change in Iran.
2019-08-26 08:39:36 Read More

No one is above law, not even Zakir Naik: Malaysia home minister

Recently, in response to calls for his own deportation, Naik â€” during a religious talk titled "Executive Talk Bersama Dr Zakir Naik" â€” had asked the Malaysian Chinese to "go back" first as they were the "old guests" of the country.
2019-08-26 08:36:10 Read More

Young Afghan women barely remember Taliban but fear a return

About two-thirds of Afghanistan's population is 25 or younger, with little or no memory of life before 2001. That's when a US-led invasion pushed out the Taliban. Now, this young generation watches as US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad negotiates a troop withdrawal in return for Taliban assurances on countering terror groups, with talks focusing on security.
2019-08-26 07:26:52 Read More

Trying to defend senate Sanjrani, Shah Mehmood Qureshi ends up making contrasting statements

Responding to a question, Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi first said that if senate Sadiq Sanjrani has cancelled his UAE trip considering the views of Pakistani people, who are protesting against scrapping of Article 370 then it is justified. However, he further said Pakistani people shouldn't forget that the UAE has helped the nation financially.
2019-08-26 04:59:54 Read More

Trump terms South Korea-US joint military exercise 'unnecessary'

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2019-08-26 04:30:23 Read More

Trump suggested nuking hurricanes: Report

US President Donald Trump suggested dropping nuclear bombs on hurricanes before they made landfall in the United States, a news site Axios wrote. During a hurricane briefing, Trump asked if it were possible to disrupt hurricanes forming off the coast of Africa by dropping a nuclear bomb in the eye of the storm, it read.
2019-08-26 03:49:17 Read More

Australia plans to censor extremist online content

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2019-08-26 03:42:45 Read More

G7 wrestles with Iran, Amazon fires & trade, but own unity shaky

G7 leaders close their summit Monday with discussion of world problems including the fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest, but overshadowed by President Donald Trump's trade wars and questions over the group's unity.
2019-08-26 02:55:50 Read More

Warplanes dump water on Amazon as Brazil army begins fighting fires

Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world's largest tropical rain forest. Nearly 80,000 fires have been registered across Brazil through Aug. 24, the highest since at least 2013, according to space research agency INPE.
2019-08-26 02:51:46 Read More

Hong Kong police arrest 36 after running battles with protesters

Following violence during anti-government demonstrations, Hong Kong police said on Monday that they arrested 36 people, the youngest aged 12. Since protests escalated in mid-June, Sunday's protests was one of the fiercest clashes yet between police and demonstrators who hurled Molotov cocktails at security forces who then responded with water cannon and tear gas.
2019-08-26 02:40:11 Read More

Trump has authority to order US companies to stop doing business with China: Mnuchin

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2019-08-25 17:29:44 Read More

G7 to help nations hit by Amazon fires: Macron

World leaders at the G7 summit have agreed to help the countries affected by the huge wildfires ravaging the Amazon rainforest as soon as possible, French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday. Ahead of the gathering, Macron called on world leaders to hold urgent talks on the wildfires ripping through the world's largest rainforest.
2019-08-25 13:37:54 Read More

Trump dampens Macron optimism on Iran talks

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Trump dampens Macron optimism on Iran talks

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Macron, Trump break the ice with surprise pre-G7 lunch

French President Emmanuel Macron hosted his US counterpart Donald Trump for a previously unscheduled lunch Saturday ahead of the official opening of the G7 summit in southwest France. The surprise lunch appeared to be an attempt by Macron to get the summit off on a good footing after a tense build-up in which Trump and EU leaders traded threats of trade war.
2019-08-24 13:47:51 Read More

Macron, Trump break the ice with surprise pre-G7 lunch

Ahead of the official opening of the G7 summit in France, French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday hosted his US counterpart Donald Trump for a previously unscheduled lunch. The two sat on a terrace at the ornate Hotel du Palais just a day after Trump reiterated his threat of tariffs against French wine in retaliation for a new tax on major US tech firms.
2019-08-24 13:47:51 Read More

North Korea fires 'short-range ballistic missiles' into sea: Seoul

In a series of launches in recent weeks amid stalled denuclearisation talks, North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, said the South Korean military on Saturday. Saturday's launch was the seventh by North Korea since US Prez Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in June.
2019-08-24 06:15:12 Read More

'Our bigger enemy': Trump escalates attack on Fed chief

President Donald Trump launched a furious and highly personal Twitter attack Friday against the Federal Reserve and Chairman Jerome Powell, fuming that the Fed once more "did NOTHING!" and wondering who is "our bigger enemy" â€” Powell or China's leader.
2019-08-24 05:01:28 Read More

Tourism hotspot Barcelona alarmed by crime surge

The US consulate in Barcelona on Wednesday warned its nationals of "an increase in violent crime in the city" and urged them not to "display signs of wealth such as wearing expensive jewelry or watches".
2019-08-24 04:43:27 Read More

Chinese police free detained UK consulate staffer

Public security authorities in Shenzhen said Simon Cheng Man-kit was released as scheduled after 15 days of administrative detention. The Luohu public security bureau in Shenzhen, the mainland city neighboring Hong Kong, made the announcement on its Weibo microblog account.
2019-08-24 04:17:38 Read More

German activists stage anti-racism protest ahead of key state polls

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2019-08-24 04:10:03 Read More

US has really good relationship with North Korea: Trump

US President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States has a really good relationship with North Korea and that the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, has been "very straight" with him.
2019-08-24 03:40:53 Read More

Protests to greet G7 leaders as they discuss Amazon fires, trade

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Brazil sends army to fight Amazon fires

Amid a global chorus of concern and condemnation, Brazil's right-wing Prez Jair Bolsonaro pledged in an address to the nation to mobilize the army to help combat the blazes, while his administration launched a diplomatic charm offensive to try to mend bridges overseas. Forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon surged in number by 83% in 2019 destroying green cover.
2019-08-24 02:51:47 Read More

Trump presses US firms to close China operations

President Donald Trump said on Friday he was ordering US companies to look at ways to close their operations in China and make more of their products in the United States instead, a rhetorical strike at Beijing as trade tensions mounted. The US dollar rose sharply against the Chinese yuan, US stock markets fell and oil prices dropped on Trump's latest salvo against China.
2019-08-23 16:45:31 Read More

West, Central Africa violence closes 9,000 schools

More than 9,000 schools have closed and more than 1.9 million children in West and Central Africa have been forced out of school because of increasing violence in the region and attacks specifically targeting education facilities, saying it's triple the amount closed in 2017. In Central African Republic, there was a 20% increase in attacks on schools, UNICEF said.
2019-08-23 15:09:44 Read More

France says Brazil leader lied, escalating Amazon dispute

In a sharp escalation of tensions over fires ravaging the Amazon, France on Friday accused Brazil's president of having lied to French leader Emmanuel Macron and threatened to block a European Union trade deal with South American states including Brazil.
2019-08-23 14:35:43 Read More

Brazilian army is ready to protect the Amazon rainforest, says general

The Brazilian army is ready to defend the Amazon rainforest, Edson Leal Pujol, head of the armed forces, said on Friday amid increasing international pressure and calls for tough action to combat fires sweeping through the forest.
2019-08-23 14:24:50 Read More

Brazilian army is ready to protect the Amazon rainforest, says general

Putin vows 'symmetric response' to US missile test

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he has ordered the military to prepare a "symmetric response" after Washington tested a formerly banned missile. Putin said he had ordered an analysis of "the level of threat for our country created by the actions of the US and to take comprehensive measures to prepare a symmetric response".
2019-08-23 10:54:47 Read More

Hong Kong unions urge Cathay Pacific to end 'white terror'

Cathay Pacific Airways , which is caught in the crosswinds between authorities in Beijing and anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, must put an end to "all forms of white terror", trade unions in the Chinese-ruled city said on Friday.
2019-08-23 09:39:19 Read More

Putin opponent Navalny freed after 30 days in jail

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was released on Friday after serving 30 days in jail for planning opposition protests, which have grown into a movement that has shaken Moscow since last month. Navalny emerged from jail smiling, wearing a sweatshirt and sports trousers and with a bag slung over his shoulder.
2019-08-23 09:05:21 Read More

US officials confirm Israeli strike in Iraq

Israel was responsible for the bombing of an Iranian weapons depot in Iraq last month, apparently as part of Israel's campaign against Iranian military entrenchment across the region. There have been at least 3 explosions at Iraqi Shiite militia bases in the past month. American officials now confirm Israel was responsible for at least one of them.
2019-08-23 08:59:57 Read More

Boris Johnson puts his feet up in Macron's palace

British PM Boris Johnson was quick to make himself at home in President Emmanuel Macron's gilded palace, putting his feet up on the furniture. Never shy to play the clown, Johnson was filmed joking to the cameras and briefly resting his foot on a coffee table at the Elysee palace, before waving at photographers in the room. Macron watched on, looking amused.
2019-08-23 07:47:10 Read More

Putin opponent Alexei Navalny freed after 30 days in jail

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was released on Friday after serving 30 days in jail for planning opposition protests, which have grown into a movement that has shaken Moscow since last month. Police were present outside the prison on his release but made no move to re-arrest him, as they have when other opposition figures were freed recently.
2019-08-23 07:40:32 Read More

UN chief urges world to stamp out religious persecution

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2019-08-23 07:39:12 Read More

'2 govt hospitals deny specialised ambulance facility to Nawaz Sharif'

The government hospitals refused to provide a specialised cardiac ambulance to former PM Nawaz Sharif "because of heavy burden of medical cover to the VIP, VVIPs and their families," a media report said.
2019-08-23 06:59:18 Read More

Descendants of America's first Africans will mark 400 years

The family traces its roots to William Tucker. He is considered by many to be the first documented African child born in English-occupied America. His parents were among 30 men and women from what is now Angola who were traded for food and supplies from English colonists. The family is holding a reflection Friday at the Tucker Family Cemetery in Hampton, Virginia.
2019-08-23 06:16:59 Read More

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Despite tensions, Pak stands ready to open Kartarpur Corridor: Qureshi

"Despite our tensions with India, we have decided to go ahead with Kartarpur Corridor and we stand ready to welcome the Sikh pilgrims for the 550th anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak," Foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said to a delegation of civil society and parliamentarians of Afghanistan, which is currently visiting Pakistan for the Track-II dialogue.
2019-08-23 05:57:38 Read More

Hong Kong braces for fresh protests, Canada stops staff travel to mainland China

Hong Kong is bracing for more anti-government demonstrations and a "stress test" of its international airport this weekend, as protests in the Asian financial hub show no signs of abating and diplomatic tensions between China and some Western nations rise.
2019-08-23 04:48:11 Read More

Five things to know about Japan-South Korea intel-sharing pact

To general surprise, South Korea announced late Thursday it would not renew a pact with Japan to share military intelligence, called the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA). Under the pact, originally signed in 2016, the two US allies directly share military secrets, particularly over North Korea's nuclear and missile capacity.
2019-08-23 04:37:24 Read More

Facebook removes multiple accounts â€˜linked to the Myanmar militaryâ€™

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2019-08-22 21:25:51 Read More

Trump talks up economy, talks down Fed amid mixed data

President Donald Trump said US economic growth could be record-setting if the Federal Reserve would only lower interest rates further, as reports on Thursday painted a decidedly mixed picture of the nation's economy.
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Pentagon chief confirms death of Qaeda's Hamza bin Laden

US secretary of defense Mark Esper has confirmed the death of Hamza bin Laden, the son and designated heir of Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden. "That's my understanding," Esper said. "I don't have the details on that. And if I did I'm not sure how much I could share with you," he added.
2019-08-22 15:48:33 Read More

Pak PM Imran Khan, Army chief discuss Kashmir situation

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa met on Thursday and discussed matters of national security and the situation in Kashmir. The discussions between Prime Minister Khan and Gen Bajwa focused on matters of national security and the situation in Kashmir, reports said.
2019-08-22 15:18:34 Read More

Pakistan will no longer seek talks with India: PM Imran Khan

Pakistan will no longer seek dialogue with India as it has repeatedly rebuffed peace overtures, PM Imran Khan said, a charge rejected by New Delhi. "There is no point in talking to them (India). I mean, I have done all the talking. Unfortunately, now when I look back, all the overtures that I was making for peace and dialogue, I think they took it for appeasement," he said.
2019-08-22 14:06:01 Read More

The sky never goes dark while the Amazon burns

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Hong Kong students plan class boycott for protest demands

Student union leaders from 10 universities said they want students to skip the first two weeks of classes in September. They vowed to escalate their action if the city's Beijing-backed leader, Carrie Lam, fails to respond by September 13. Young people have been at the forefront of the Chinese city's protest movement, which was sparked by calls for the withdrawal of an unpopular extradition bill.
2019-08-22 12:10:13 Read More

One dead, several injured in fire by Paris hospital

A woman died and several people were injured after a huge fire broke out inside a renowned hospital complex on the outskirts of Paris, French officials said Thursday.
2019-08-22 11:59:42 Read More

France's Macron: No time to negotiate new Brexit deal

French president Emmanuel Macron on Thursday told Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson there was not enough time in the month ahead to negotiate a new Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.
2019-08-22 11:39:08 Read More

Beijing hits back after Trudeau vows to stand up to China

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China 'will not sit idly by' over US arms sale to Taiwan

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South Korea to scrap intelligence-sharing pact with Japan amid history feud

Seoul had warned it could reconsider intelligence-sharing pact GSOMIA after Tokyo imposed export curbs on some materials vital to South Korean chipmakers and stripped South Korea of fast-track export status.
2019-08-22 09:56:07 Read More

Trump flip-flops on tax cuts, saying US has 'strong economy'

Trump's flip-flop on Wednesday came after recent market volatility and economic uncertainty, and amid a debate about whether the United States was heading for a slowdown that would imperil his reelection chances. Trump earlier this week acknowledged, for the first time, that his China trade policies may mean economic pain for Americans, though he insisted the tariffs are needed for more important long-term benefits.
2019-08-22 09:56:04 Read More

Taiwan warns Pacific islands of China's 'empty promises'

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Trump calls Danish PM's rebuff of Greenland idea 'nasty'

President Donald Trump declared Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's dismissal of his idea to buy Greenland "nasty" and an affront to the United States on Wednesday, a day after shocking Danes by canceling a Copenhagen visit over the rebuff.
2019-08-22 06:18:46 Read More

Hong Kong police in standoff with protesters after sit-in

Police with riot shields faced off at the station entrance against a group of remaining protesters, who sprayed a firehose and spread soap on the floor to slow a police approach, while piling up trash bins, a wheelchair and umbrellas in a makeshift blockade.
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Hong Kong police in standoff with protesters after sit-in

Fires in Amazon rainforest have surged this year

The center, the National Institute for Space Research, which monitors fires using satellite images, reported Wednesday that it had detected 39,194 fires this year in the worldâ€™s largest rainforest, a 77% increase from the same period in 2018.
2019-08-22 03:18:27 Read More

Putin says opposition protesters must abide by law

Speaking after Wednesday's talks with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, Putin said "it's important that both protesters and law enforcement agencies observe Russian law.'' He added that the violators will face criminal punishment."
2019-08-21 17:20:57 Read More

Maryam Nawaz's remand extended by 14 days in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case

An accountability court on Wednesday extended Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Vice President Maryam Nawaz's remand by 14 days in the alleged money laundering and income beyond means case. Maryam, 45, and her cousin Yousuf Abbashad appeared before the accountability court in connection with the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case, where she is a major stakeholder.
2019-08-21 14:05:35 Read More

Beijing appeals to US to 'meet China halfway' on trade

Beijing appealed to Washington on Wednesday to ``meet China halfway'' and end a tariff war after President Donald Trump said Americans might need to endure economic pain to achieve longer-term benefits.
2019-08-21 12:03:15 Read More

China hails 3-yr extension of Pak army chief Gen Bajwa's term

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No complete withdrawal from Afghanistan: Trump

US President Donald Trump has indicated that the US forces will not completely withdraw from Afghanistan and America will have "somebody there" to make sure that Taliban does not regain control. Trump said, right now, the US is negotiating with the Afghan government and with Taliban. Trump had in 2016 pledged to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan.
2019-08-21 09:54:40 Read More

Death toll from weekend Kabul wedding attack now 80

A suicide bomber targeted a packed Afghan wedding hall in west Kabul Saturday as celebrations were in full swing. Authorities said the initial death toll was at least 63, with more than 180 people wounded.
2019-08-21 09:14:16 Read More

Pakistan submits compliance report to FATF

Pakistan has submitted compliance report on its 27-point action plan to the Financial Action Task Force, as three separate evaluations currently in progress will determine the country's possible exit from the grey list of the anti-money laundering watchdog by October. In June, FATF said that Pakistan failed to complete its action plan on terror financing and warned it could be blacklisted.
2019-08-21 08:37:35 Read More

Death toll from Afghan wedding blast rises to 80

The initial death toll after the Saturday night blast was 63, but some of the wounded had died in hospital, said Nasrat Rahimi, a spokesman at the interior ministry. 17 others have succumbed to their injuries in hospital and over 160 are still being treated either in hospitals or at home.
2019-08-21 08:13:35 Read More

British PM Johnson urges Merkel to budge on Brexit

Boris Johnson is set to tell German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday that unless she agrees to change the Brexit deal, Britain will leave EU on Oct. 31 without a deal. But with just over 10 weeks left until the UK is due to leave, the EU has repeatedly said it will not renegotiate the Withdrawal Agreement struck by Johnson's predecessor, Theresa May, and that it will stand behind member state Ireland.
2019-08-21 07:50:21 Read More

US says it's ready to resume nuclear talks with North Korea

Negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang collapsed after a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam in February ended without any agreement.
2019-08-21 04:50:27 Read More

US State Dept approves sale of 66 F-16 fighters to Taiwan

The US State Department on Tuesday approved the sale of 66 F-16 fighters to Taiwan, in a move expected to anger Beijing. Taiwan will get the latest version of the Lockheed Martin-built fighter, the F-16C/D Block 70, in the $8 billion deal, the State Department said. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement that President Donald Trump had green-lighted the proposed sale after Congress was notified last week.
2019-08-21 04:43:11 Read More

China parliament rules out allowing same-sex marriage

China, which claims democratic and self-ruled Taiwan as its territory, has a thriving gay scene in major cities, but there has been little sign that the ruling Communist Party will legalise same sex marriage. Zang Tiewei, a parliament spokesman on Wednesday ruled out following neighbouring Taiwan in allowing same-sex marriage, despite pressure from activists.
2019-08-21 04:33:47 Read More

Trump, Maduro confirm talks as opposition stays mum

Comments by both the US and Venezuelan presidents each revealed that high-level officials in their respective administrations have been meeting about ending the South American nation's deepening crisis. But neither mentioned anything about opposition leader Juan Guaido, who the United States and more than 50 other nations recognize as Venezuela's rightful president.
2019-08-21 04:09:22 Read More

Trump: Any Jew voting Democratic is uninformed or disloyal

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that American Jewish people who vote for Democrats show "either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty." Trump's claim triggered a quick uproar from critics who said the president was trading in anti-Semitic stereotypes. It came amid his ongoing feud with Democratic congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, both Muslim.
2019-08-21 03:54:53 Read More

No complete withdrawal from Afghanistan: Donald Trump

President Donald Trump has indicated that there will not be complete withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan, stating the US have to "have a presence" in the war-torn country. "We will always have intelligence, and we'll always have somebody there," Trump told reporters at his Oval Office on Tuesday.
2019-08-21 03:21:45 Read More

China spins Hong Kong, but world isnâ€™t buying

â€‹As protests continue to roil Hong Kongâ€™s streets, Chinaâ€™s state-led propaganda machine has gone into overdrive to persuade the world that radical Hong Kong protesters have put the city in peril. Through social media and other digital arenas, English-language messages from China have painted a picture of a tiny minority of foreign-influenced ruffians intimidating a silent majority of law-and-order residents.
2019-08-21 03:16:45 Read More

Saudi Arabia eases travel restrictions on women

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday began implementing a landmark reform allowing women over the age of 21 to receive passports and travel abroad without permission from a male "guardian". In other changes unveiled earlier this month, Saudi women were also granted the right to officially register childbirth, marriage/divorce and to be recognised as guardian to minor children.
2019-08-21 02:23:18 Read More

Ex-Vatican treasurer Cardinal Pell loses appeal against sex abuse convictions

Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell will remain in prison for at least another three years as he lost an appeal against his conviction for sexually abusing two 13-year-old choir boys. Pell, the highest ranking Catholic worldwide to be convicted of child sex offences, was sentenced in March to six years in jail after being found guilty on five charges.
2019-08-21 02:16:00 Read More

Trump cancels Denmark visit after rebuff over Greenland sale

"Denmark is a very special country with incredible people, but based on PM Mette Frederiksenâ€™s comments, that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland, I will be postponing our meeting...for another time," US Prez Trump wrote on Twitter. A White House official said Trump had dropped the Sept 2-3 stop in Denmark, a NATO ally.
2019-08-21 02:07:28 Read More

Climate, green technologies, skill, cyber, digital and science tech - thrust areas of PM Modi's France visit

India and France are not looking at the number of agreements but to build a strong strategic partnership during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the European country.
2019-08-20 17:48:39 Read More

Pakistan summons Indian diplomat over alleged ceasefire violations

Islamabad, Aug 20 () Pakistan on Tuesday summoned India's Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia for the fifth time within a week over alleged ceasefire violations by the Indian troops along the Line of Control.
2019-08-20 17:05:13 Read More

Pakistan summons Indian diplomat over alleged ceasefire violations

Pakistan to approach ICJ over Kashmir: Foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi

Pakistan on Tuesday said it will approach the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the Kashmir issue, weeks after India revoked the special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan PM Imran Khan had told a rare joint sitting of Pakistan's Parliament on August 6 that he will raise the Kashmir issue at every forum including the UNSC and also take the matter to the ICJ.
2019-08-20 14:46:23 Read More

Irish border solution possible, but not by reopening Withdrawal Agreement: Angela Merkel

"The moment we have a practical arrangement on how to preserve the Good Friday agreement and at the same time define the borders of the (European Union's) internal market, we would not need the backstop anymore," Merkel told a news conference during a visit to Iceland.
2019-08-20 14:43:29 Read More

Italian PM Conte denounces Salvini for toppling government

Italy's prime minister announced his resignation on Tuesday as he made a blistering attack on his own interior minister, Matteo Salvini, accusing him of sinking the ruling coalition and endangering the economy for personal and political gain. PM Giuseppe Conte accused League party chief Salvini of seeking to cash in on his rising popularity.
2019-08-20 14:27:30 Read More

Iran says foreign minister Zarif to visit Macron in France

Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is expected to visit Paris and meet with his counterpart and the French president on Friday, state news agency IRNA reported. Zarif is currently on a three-nation tour of Scandinavia and he will also visit China "next week", according to state news agency IRNA.
2019-08-20 11:25:31 Read More

JuD chief Hafiz Saeed challenges his arrest in terror financing cases in Pak court

Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, a UN designated Pakistani terrorist whom the US has placed a $10 million bounty on, challenged his arrest in the terror financing cases in the Lahore High Court here on Tuesday. Saeed was arrested on July 17 in a terror financing case and the anti-terrorism court will take it up on September 2.
2019-08-20 10:45:14 Read More

Afghans restore art shattered by Taliban as peace deal nears

The Taliban fighters arrived with hammers and hatred. What they left behind is laid out on tables at the National Museum of Afghanistan, 18 years later: shattered pieces of ancient Buddha figurines, smashed because they were judged to be against Islam. Museum workers in Kabul have been trying to fit them together again as a nervous country waits for the Taliban and the US to reach a deal on ending America's longest war.
2019-08-20 09:13:19 Read More

Boris Johnson again demands EU re-open negotiations

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13 killed in crash of bus carrying Chinese tourists in Laos

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200 Pak Twitter accounts suspended over Kashmir posts

The Pakistan government has specified to the Twitter that 200 accounts that were suspended in the past week were apparently posting about Kashmir, reported Dawn News. Over the last one week, a large number of Pakistanis have taken to Twitter to report that accounts were being suspended after they posted in support of Kashmir.
2019-08-20 04:27:46 Read More

Chinese missiles threaten American bases on its doorstep

China has the ability, through conventional missiles contained within the arsenal of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, to decimate US military installations around Asia in places like Guam, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. Such is the extent of this missile build-up that the USA may now have to choose whether to enter a conflict that is "enormously costly and dangerous".
2019-08-20 03:48:02 Read More

D-day for Italian govt as PM Conte resignation mooted

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is due to speak in the Senate on Tuesday and might resign following a week of fallout from far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini dramatic decision to back out of the alliance on Aug 8, plunging the eurozone's third-largest economy into turmoil. Salvini's anti-immigrant League party has been soaring in opinion polls.
2019-08-20 03:09:35 Read More

Facebook and Twitter say China is spreading disinformation in Hong Kong

In recent weeks, Facebook and Twitter accounts that originated in China acted in a coordinated fashion to amplify messages and images that portrayed Hong Kongâ€™s protesters as violent and extreme, the two social media companies said Monday.
2019-08-20 03:06:58 Read More

No Trump hotel for Greenland, US president promises

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200,000 Rohingya rally to mark 'Genocide Day' in Bangladesh camps

Children, hijab-wearing women, and men in long-skirt lungis shouted "God is Great, Long Live Rohingya" as they marched at the heart of the world's largest refugee camp to commemorate what they described as "Genocide Day". Around 740,000 Rohingya had escaped from Rakhine state in Aug 2017 during the brutal offensive, joining another 200,000 in Bangladesh camps.
2019-08-20 02:21:39 Read More

Women scientists don beards to get level playing field

Fed up with being overlooked as a female scientist despite wading through mud carting heavy equipment and working twice as hard as her male colleagues, Ellen Currano is on a drive for change - by donning a beard.
2019-08-20 01:30:51 Read More

Iceland commemorates first glacier lost to climate change

Iceland on Sunday honoured the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate. Iceland loses about 11 billion tonnes of ice per year, and scientists fear all of the island's 400-plus glaciers will be gone by 2200.
2019-08-19 16:42:11 Read More

UK to pressure social media companies to fight anti-vax info

Britain's government is planning to pressure social media companies to do more to fight misinformation on vaccines following a spike in measles cases. PM Boris Johnson says "I'm afraid people have been listening to that superstitious mumbo jumbo on the internet, all that anti-vax stuff and thinking that the MMR vaccine is a bad idea. That's wrong.''
2019-08-19 13:12:45 Read More

China lost 20 lakhs jobs in short period of time: Donald Trump

Washington, Aug 19 () US President Donald Trump has claimed that China has lost more than 20 lakhs jobs in a very short period of time, due to his tough policies, including imposing additional import tariffs.
2019-08-19 13:02:46 Read More

Pakistan Army chief General Bajwa gets three-year extension

Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa's term has been extended for another 3 years, a media report said on Monday. Gen Bajwa was appointed as the chief of Army staff by former jailed PM Nawaz Sharif in November 2016. "The decision has been taken in view of the regional security environment," the Dawn reported, citing the decision made by PM Imran Khan.
2019-08-19 12:33:21 Read More

Relationship with Pakistan improved after aid cut: Trump

US President Donald Trump has said that America's ties with Pakistan have improved after he cut $1.3 billion in security assistance to Islamabad for not doing enough to rein in terror groups. Trump announced last year that the $1.3 billion aid to Pakistan would remain suspended till the country did not act against militant safe heavens inside its territory.
2019-08-19 12:01:49 Read More

Relationship with Pakistan improved after aid cut: Trump

General accused of war abuses named Sri Lanka's army chief

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Trump's idea of buying Greenland 'absurd,' Danish PM says

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Protesters torch parliament building in Indonesia's Papua

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Iran tanker departs after Gibraltar rejects US demand

The Iranian oil tanker at the centre of a diplomatic dispute has departed from Gibraltar, rejecteing a US demand to seize the vessel. Gibraltar's government said it had received written assurances from Iran that the ship would not be headed for countries "subject to European Union sanctions". Iran denied it had made any promises about the ship's destination to secure the release.
2019-08-19 04:43:56 Read More

US power waning in Pacific, warns top Australian think tank

The United States no longer has military primacy in the Pacific and could struggle to defend allies against China, a top Australian think tank has warned. This can have far-reaching implications for US allies like Australia, Taiwan and Japan who depend on American security guarantees. The latest report has suggested that the US may struggle to help even if it wanted to.
2019-08-19 04:26:04 Read More

Peace with whom? After blast, enraged Afghans question talks

Outraged Afghans questioned on Sunday the point of negotiations with the Taliban aimed at getting US troops to leave and ending the war, after 63 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a wedding reception in the capital, Kabul. "Peace with whom? With those who bomb our weddings, schools, universities, offices and houses?" a Twitter user wrote.
2019-08-19 03:49:43 Read More

5,000 evacuated as Canary Islands wildfire rages

A raging wildfire on the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria forced the evacuation of some 5,000 people, warning it could take days for the blaze to be brought under control. The fire, which has spread to the mountainous Cruz de Tejeda region, is "extremely fierce" and "unstable", said Canary Islands president Angel Victor Torres.
2019-08-19 03:37:11 Read More

Would be unwise to turn to Pakistan as strategic partner: US expert

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'Tiananmen Square' crackdown in Hong Kong would harm trade deal: Trump

"I think it'd be very hard to deal if they do violence, I mean, if it's another Tiananmen Square," Trump told reporters in New Jersey. "I think it's a very hard thing to do if there's violence."
2019-08-19 02:53:07 Read More

Malaysia court postpones biggest 1MDB trial involving ex-PM Najib Razak

Former Malaysia PM Najib Razak, who lost a general election last year, has been hit with 42 criminal charges of graft and money laundering at 1Malaysia Development Berhad (MDB) and other state entities. He has pleaded not guilty and says the charges are politically motivated. 1MDB, founded by Najib in 2009, is being investigated in at least six countries.
2019-08-19 02:39:11 Read More

Red alert: Swimsuits from 'Baywatch' are back

the height of its popularity, the 1990s TV show "Baywatch" was bringing in 1.1 billion worldwide weekly viewers.
2019-08-19 01:27:06 Read More

Britain strips 'Jihadi Jack' of citizenship

Britain has revoked the citizenship of a dual national Muslim convert to the Islamic State terror group dubbed "Jihadi Jack" being held in northern Syria, according to reports on Sunday.
2019-08-19 01:22:12 Read More

Satellite images suggest Iran satellite launch looms

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Gibraltar rejects US demand to detain Iranian oil tanker

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Spain says migrants on charity boat can disembark in Algeciras

he Spanish government on Sunday offered Algeciras as a port to disembark the more than a hundred migrants on a charity rescue ship stranded off the coast of Italy after the boat had spent more than two weeks waiting for a port to dock.
2019-08-18 11:37:11 Read More

Pak body asks govt to allow distribution of Indian goods already reached at ports

A body representing Pakistani employers has appealed to the government to allow in local markets those Indian goods that have already arrived at the country's airports or seaports, according to a media report. Pakistan suspended its trade relations with India in retaliation against New Delhi's decision to revoke Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
2019-08-18 09:58:02 Read More

10,000 homeless after fire razes Bangladesh slum

At least 10,000 people were left homeless after a massive fire swept through a crowded slum in the Bangladesh capital and destroyed thousands of shanties. The fire broke out at in Dhaka's Mirpur neighbourhood and razed around 2,000 mostly tin shacks. At least 100 people have been killed so far this year in building fires across the densely populated metropolitan city.
2019-08-18 08:00:46 Read More

Tens of thousands flood Hong Kong park for new rally

Anger over a now-suspended bill that would allow criminal suspects in Hong Kong to be extradited to mainland China erupted in June, but the rising unrest is fuelled by broader worries about the erosion of freedoms guaranteed under the "one country, two systems" formula put in place after Hong Kong's return from British to Chinese rule in 1997.
2019-08-18 07:59:02 Read More

63 killed, 182 wounded in Kabul wedding blast

A suicide bomber killed 63 people and wounded 182 in an attack on a wedding reception in the Afghan capital on Saturday night. The attack came as the Taliban and the United States are trying to negotiate an agreement on the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in exchange for a Taliban commitment on security and peace talks with the US-backed government.
2019-08-18 03:53:33 Read More

A bad year for Xi clouds Communist China's 70th b'day celebrations

From a biting US trade war to relentless protests in Hong Kong challenging his rule and international condemnation over Beijing's treatment of Uighur minorities in Xinjiang, Xi is having a very bad year, analysts say.
2019-08-18 03:35:34 Read More

US issues warrant to seize Iranian tanker off Gibraltar

The United States has issued a warrant to seize an Iranian oil tanker caught in the standoff between Tehran and the West in a last ditch effort to prevent the vessel from leaving Gibraltar. The Grace 1 was seized by British Royal Marines at the western mouth of the Mediterranean on July 4 on suspicion of violating European Union sanctions by taking oil to Syria.
2019-08-17 10:07:26 Read More

Eight killed, 10 injured in Ukraine hotel fire: Emergency services

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Hong Kong tense as weekend of protests begins with teachers' rally in rain

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China flexes muscle near Hong Kong amid more weekend rallies

Members of China's paramilitary People's Armed Police marched and practised crowd control tactics at a sports complex in Shenzhen across from Hong Kong in what some interpreted as a threat against pro-democracy protesters in the semi-autonomous territory. Chinese state media have only said that the Shenzhen exercises were planned earlier and were not directly related to the unrest in Hong Kong.
2019-08-17 04:43:53 Read More

North Korea's Kim supervised 'new weapon' test again: KCNA

Friday's launch was the North's sixth test in recent weeks as it protests the annual US-South Korea military exercises which Pyongyang considers rehearsals for invasion. Defence officials in Seoul said Pyongyang fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles Friday, that flew some 230 kilometres (140 miles) before splashing down in the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan.
2019-08-17 03:25:57 Read More

Trump meets top advisers to discuss progress of Afghan peace deal

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In U-turn, Israel says barred US Dem can visit, she rejects offer

Israel said Tlaib could visit on humanitarian grounds.But then the interior ministry released a letter 'signed' by Tlaib in which she vowed not to advocate boycotts during her visit.
2019-08-17 01:51:46 Read More

Court dashes 9-yr-old girl's quest to sing with Berlin's boys' choir

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Trump OKs $8bn F-16 sale to Taiwan

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Brother of Afghan Taliban chief killed in Pak mosque blast

Police said more than 20 people were wounded and the death toll could rise.The imam of the mosque near Quetta, was among those killed.
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Iranian tanker moving, but still anchored in Gibraltar: Witness

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Imran discusses Kashmir with Trump over phone

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Mosque bombing in southwest Pakistan kills 5

A powerful bomb ripped through a mosque during Friday prayers in Pakistan's Balochistan province, killing at least five persons and injuring 15 others. Officials believe the blast was carried out with an improvised explosive device that contained around eight to 10 kilograms of explosives which was planted inside the mosque.
2019-08-16 11:22:31 Read More

'French Spiderman' scales Hong Kong skyscraper with 'peace banner'

Daredevil Alain Robert â€” dubbed the 'French Spiderman' â€” climbed a Hong Kong skyscraper and unfurled a "peace banner" as the financial hub is rocked by historic political unrest. The 57-year-old adventurer, who specialises in unsanctioned ascents of tall buildings, shimmied up the 68-storey Cheung Kong Center in Hong Kong's main business district.
2019-08-16 09:38:21 Read More

Israel to allow US lawmaker Rashida Tlaib to visit family in West Bank

Israel will allow US lawmaker Rashida Tlaib to visit her family in the occupied West Bank on humanitarian grounds, after barring an official visit under pressure from US President Donald Trump. On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would not allow Tlaib and congresswoman Ilhan Omar, both Democrats, to make a planned trip to Israel.
2019-08-16 09:29:33 Read More

Israel to allow US lawmaker Rashida Tlaib to visit family in West Bank

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5.2 magnitude quake hits northeast Afghanistan

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on Richter Scale struck off Jorm village in Badakhshan province in north-eastern Afghanistan early Friday morning. According to the United States Geological Survey, the epicentre of the quake was located at a depth of 210.3 kilometres southwest of Jorm, along the Hindu Kush region. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
2019-08-16 05:57:30 Read More

China says it won't 'sit by' on Hong Kong, Donald Trump expresses concern

China warned Thursday that it will not "sit by and watch" the unrest unfolding in Hong Kong, as US President Donald Trump expressed concern over the risk of a violent response to pro-democracy protests. US National Security Advisor John Bolton warned Beijing against creating a "new" Tiananmen Square in Hong Kong referring to the deadly 1989 crackdown.
2019-08-16 04:35:30 Read More

Trump has talked about buying Greenland for US: Sources

As per reports, a Trump ally said that the president had discussed the purchase but was not serious about it. And a Republican congressional aide said Trump brought up the notion of purchasing Greenland in conversations with lawmakers enough times to make them wonder, but they have not taken his comments seriously. Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark.
2019-08-16 03:30:50 Read More

North Korea fires projectiles, rejects South Korea's dialogue pledge

Shortly after Pyongyang described South Korea's president as "impudent" and vowed that inter-Korean talks are over, South's military said that North Korea launched at least two projectiles into the sea on Friday. The North has protested against joint military drills conducted by South Korea and the US, which kicked off last week, calling it a rehearsal for war.
2019-08-16 03:03:30 Read More

UK oppn seeks to oust PM to avoid no-deal Brexit, but rival plans clash

With parliament the main obstacle to Johnson's "do or die" pledge, lawmakers are urgently seeking a way to remove him or change the law to delay Brexit.
2019-08-16 01:46:17 Read More

Only kin dead in El Paso shooting, he invites city to funeral

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Israel bars entry to two Dems after Trump's call

Prez Move Being Seen As An Extraordinary Step To Influence An Ally To Punish Political Opponents
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Autopsy on Epstein shows broken neck

an occur to people who hang themselves or who are strangled, the newspaper said.It cited unidentified sources familiar with the autopsy's results.
2019-08-16 01:25:18 Read More

New Everest rules will limit who gets to climb

Climbers will also have to prove, before setting out, that they had paid at least $35,000 for the expedition.
2019-08-16 01:17:24 Read More

Six US police officers wounded in Philadelphia shooting

Six police officers were shot and wounded in the US city of Philadelphia on Wednesday during an hours-long incident that began when police tried to execute a narcotics warrant, the Philadelphia Police Department said.
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Six US police officers wounded in Philadelphia shooting

Useless dads, placid women: UK bans ads over stereotypes

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'Anti-Brexit MPs hand in glove with Brussels'

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With 78 days to Brexit, British parliament ready to take on PM

British parliament is set for a September showdown between Prime Minister Boris Johnson's "do or die" pro-Brexit government and those implacably opposed to leaving the European Union without a divorce deal.
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Female suicide bomber kills six in Chad: Army officer

A female suicide bomber killed six people after blowing herself up in western Chad early Wednesday, a senior army officer said, in an attack attributed to Nigeria's Boko Haram jihadists. A number of people were also injured, the officer said, without giving figures.
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Trump hopes 'tricky' Hong Kong situation works out 'for liberty'

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the situation in Hong Kong was tricky, but he hoped it would work out for everybody, including China, and "for liberty" without anyone getting hurt or killed. Trump cited US intelligence as saying that China's government was moving troops to its border with Hong Kong, and urged calm as clashes continued between protesters and authorities in the former British colony.
2019-08-14 14:27:22 Read More

Top US diplomat visits Bhutan, calls for rule-based order in Indo-Pacific region

Deputy Secretary of State John J Sullivan made a trip to Bhutan this week, during which the US underscored the importance of protecting and enhancing a rule-based order in the Indo-Pacific region. The deputy secretary of state, who visited Bhutan's capital Thimphu from August 12 to 13, is the highest-ranking American diplomat in two decades to visit this nascent Himalayan democracy.
2019-08-14 14:20:59 Read More

Planned strike at Heathrow Airport suspended as union votes

Officials at London's Heathrow Airport say a planned strike has been suspended after the union representing security guards, firefighters and other workers gave its members time to consider the company's offer. Unite union members at Europe's busiest airport planned to strike Aug. 23-24 in an ongoing pay dispute. The airport said Wednesday the new offer gives a total pay rise of 7.8 per cent over two years.
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China slams 'terrorist-like actions' by protesters at Hong Kong airport

China on Wednesday slammed pro-democracy protesters at Hong Kong airport for "terrorist-like" acts, after two men were beaten by demonstrators. Activists blockaded two terminals in the city on Tuesday in the latest escalation of a 10-week political crisis that has gripped the international finance hub and forced the closure of the airport.
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China slams 'terrorist-like actions' by protesters at Hong Kong airport

Zero-carbon trip: Teen sails to US today on yacht with no toilet

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Hong Kong airport reopens after protest chaos

Hundreds of flights were rescheduled as Hong Kong's airport resumed operations on Wednesday. About 30 protesters remained at the airport early on Wednesday while workers scrubbed it clean of blood and debris from overnight violent clashes. Check-in counters reopened to queues of hundreds of weary travellers who had waited all night for their flights.
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Trump hopes 'tricky' Hong Kong situation works out 'for liberty'

"It's a very tricky situation. I think it will work out and I hope it works out, for liberty. I hope it works out for everybody, including China," US Prez Trump said. "I hope it works out peacefully. I hope nobody gets hurt. I hope nobody gets killed." Trump cited US intelligence as saying that China's government was moving troops to its border with Hong Kong.
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Man who gifted bike to girl found 24 years after act of kindness

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Russia orders blast site village evacuation, cancels it

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Climate campaigner Greta prepares to sail to the US on boat with no toilet

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg will set sail for New York on Wednesday, crossing the Atlantic in a racing yacht with no shower or toilet to join protests in the United States and take part in a United Nations summit.
2019-08-13 17:53:56 Read More

Malaysian police find body of Irish girl missing from jungle resort

Fifteen-year-old Nora Anne Quoirin, who had suffered learning difficulties, was reported missing on August 4 after her family arrived at the Dusun rainforest resort in Seremban, about 70 km (44 miles) south of the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. The body, found near a stream about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) from the resort, was winched up and then flown by helicopter to a nearby hospital, police said.
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Kremlin: Putin doesn't think Moscow protests significant

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White House hopeful Tulsi Gabbard leaves campaign for US Army training in Indonesia

Gabbard, who has deployed to the Middle East twice in her time in the Army National Guard, heads to active-duty training during a crucial time in her 2020 presidential campaign. "I look forward to joining my fellow soldiers for a joint-training exercise with the Indonesian military, focused on counter-terrorism and disaster response," the 38-year-old congresswoman from Hawaii announced on Monday.
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New airport rally as Hong Kong leader warns of 'path of no return'

The new gathering came as Beijing sent more ominous signals that the 10 weeks of unrest must end, with state-run media showing videos of security forces gathering across the border. The crisis, which has seen millions of people take to Hong Kong's streets, has become the biggest challenge to Chinese rule of the semi-autonomous city since its 1997 handover from Britain.
2019-08-13 08:14:17 Read More

Detained Kyrgyzstan ex-president was plotting coup: Security chief

Kyrgyzstan's former president Almazbek Atambayev, who was detained in raids on his compound last week, was seeking to overthrow the government, the head of the country's security services said Tuesday.
2019-08-13 07:24:58 Read More

'When will you die?' Hong Kong leader grilled at press conference

Under the "One country, two systems" principle, the media in Hong Kong enjoys freedoms unheard of in mainland China.
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Donald Trump says US learning 'much' from Russia missile test blast

President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States is learning "much" from a deadly blast during a Russian missile test that caused elevated radiation levels. "The United States is learning much from the failed missile explosion in Russia. We have similar, though more advanced, technology," Trump wrote on Twitter.
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Donald Trump says US learning 'much' from Russia missile test blast

Reorganisation of Jammu & Kashmir does not violate any border, LoC: Indian envoy to US

India's decision to reorganise Jammu and Kashmir and to scrap Article 370 is an internal matter as it does not violate any border or international line of control, said India Ambassador to US Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday.
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T-shirt row: More luxury brands face China backlash

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No deal announced as US and Taliban wrap up peace talks

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â€˜Russians killed in blast were working on new weaponsâ€™

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AG cites â€˜irregularitiesâ€™ at jail where Epstein died

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Men disguised as demonstrators help police make arrests

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Argentine peso collapses as primary suggests return to interventionist economics

The peso weakened 30.3% to a record low of 65 per US dollar on Monday, traders said, after opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez - whose running mate is former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner - dominated the primary by a much wider-than-expected 15.5 percentage point margin.
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Suspect in Norway mosque attack jailed for 4 weeks

The suspected gunman accused in an attempted terrorist attack on an Oslo mosque and the separate killing of his teenage stepsister was Monday jailed in pre-trial detention for four weeks. Philip Manshaus, 21, appeared in court looking bruised and scratched, but smiling. Police then raided Manshaus' nearby house and found the body of his 17-year-old stepsister..
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Airline, luxury brands follow China's lead on Hong Kong

The chief executive of Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways warned Monday there will be "disciplinary consequences'' for employees involved in ``illegal protests,'' as the airline joins a slate of businesses that have appeased and apologized to China in recent days. As more than two months of mass protests have taken over the semi-autonomous Chinese city, companies from luxury fashion brands to bubble tea shops have been under pressure to distance themselves from protesters.
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Tens of thousands flee homes in flood-hit Myanmar as landslide toll hits 59

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UK PM hails British Muslim contribution in Eid message

â€œIn business, in our public services, in culture and the media, at the highest levels of government and of course in England's world cup-winning cricket team, British Muslims are helping to make this country the success it is today,â€ reads the message, released by Downing Street to mark Eid ul-Adha.
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US-Taliban talks end without a deal

Talks on a pact that would allow the United States to end its longest war and withdraw troops from Afghanistan ended on Monday without agreement and both sides would consult their leaders on the next steps, the Taliban said. The United States is pushing for Taliban agreement on two other elements: power-sharing talks with the US-backed government and a ceasefire.
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Singapore to ban sale of elephant ivory from 2021

Singapore said Monday it will impose a blanket ban on the domestic sale of elephant ivory and products from 2021 as the government tightens its campaign against illegal wildlife trade. The announcement on World Elephant Day followed two years of consultations with non-government groups, ivory retailers and the public.
2019-08-12 07:04:02 Read More

China bans supporters of Hong Kong protests from flying over mainland airspace

China has banned the Cathay Pacific Airways airline staff who supported or participated in Hong Kong protests, from flying over the mainland's airspace. Beijing, on Friday, urged the airline to begin submitting information about all crew members flying to- or above- the mainland to the Chinese authorities for prior approval, The New York Times reported.
2019-08-12 06:24:33 Read More

Typhoon Lekima death toll in eastern China rises to 44

With the death of 11 more people, the toll from typhoon Lekima in eastern China rose to 44 on Monday, as rescue efforts were underway to locate the missing people after the storm displaced more than a million residents, state-media reported.
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Chinese Uighur refugee fears deportation from Turkey

The Uighur community in northwest China has faced an intense crackdown in recent years, with an estimated one million mostly Muslim ethnic minorities held in internment camps that Beijing calls "vocational education centres".
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Would China risk another Tiananmen in Hong Kong?

As the clashes between pro-democracy demonstrators and police in the former British colony have grown increasingly violent, Beijing's condemnation has become more ominous, with warnings that those who play with fire will "perish by it".
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Americans protest on medals stand at Pan American Games

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Mosque shooting in Norway an act of terrorism: Police

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Donald Trump retweets posts linking Bill Clinton and Epstein

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'Epstein left alone, not monitored before jail suicide'

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Indian's H-1B for data analystâ€™s job wrongfully denied: Court

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Justice late, not denied: New York to allow old abuse suits

Hundreds, possibly thousands of people who say they were molested as children in New York state are expected to go to court this week to sue their alleged abusers and the institutions they say failed them, including the Catholic Church, the Boy Scouts, public schools and hospitals.
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Death toll from Typhoon Lekima in China rises to 30

The death toll from a powerful typhoon sweeping across Chinaâ€™s east coast rose to 30 on Sunday, with at least 18 still missing, after torrential downpours forced more than 1 million to leave their homes. Nearly 5 million people in Zhejiang province have been affected by the storm.
2019-08-11 17:29:27 Read More

Former Sri Lankan strongman's brother to run for president

Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was a livewire in Sri Lanka's military campaign to end a long civil war but faces allegations of human rights violations, has been nominated as the opposition's candidate for the presidential election scheduled for later this year.
2019-08-11 12:10:16 Read More

North Korea says Kim supervised weapons tests, criticizes Seoul

North Korea said that leader Kim Jong-un supervised test-firings of an unspecified new weapons system, which extended a streak of launches that are seen as an attempt to build leverage ahead of negotiations with the US. The report came hours after US President said that Kim Jong Un expressed a desire to meet again to start nuclear negotiations.
2019-08-11 11:54:41 Read More

18 killed in rain-related incidents in Pakistan

Flash floods and landslides triggered by the monsoon rains have killed at least 18 people, including women and children, in northwest Pakistan. At least 12 people were killed and over 22 others injured in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa due to flash floods, landslides and rain-related accidents.
2019-08-11 09:54:39 Read More

Israel police, Palestinians clash at flashpoint Jerusalem holy site

Overlapping Jewish-Muslim holidays escalated the tensions with police firing sound grenades at Palestinian protests in the highly sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount. Sunday marked the start of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday with thousands of Palestinians praying at the mosque and Jews visiting the site for Tisha B'av holiday.
2019-08-11 07:55:52 Read More

Muslims mark Eid and final days of haj in Saudi Arabia

Close to 2.5 million pilgrims took part in a symbolic stoning of the devil in the final days of the haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as Muslims around the world marked the start of the Eid al-Adha celebrations. To mark the completion of the haj, male pilgrims shaved their hair and women trimmed theirs on Saturday to represent a spiritual renewal and rebirth.
2019-08-11 07:25:54 Read More

Statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh vandalised in Pakistan

The nine-feet statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was unveiled at the Lahore Fort in June. Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the leader of the Sikh Empire, which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. Police have arrested the culprits and registered an FIR under the country's blasphemy laws against them.
2019-08-11 04:47:17 Read More

US court sides with trans student against schoolâ€™s loo ban

Barring a male transgender student from using the boys' bathrooms violates the US Constitution ruled federal Judge Arenda Wright Allen in Norfolk saying school districtâ€™s policy violated students' rights. School bathroom policies vary across the US with many facing contentious legal challenges over which bathrooms transgender students should be allowed to use.
2019-08-11 01:46:43 Read More

Biggest power cut in a decade hits UK

In an â€œunexpected and unusual eventâ€, two power stations failed at the same time around 5 pm (1600GMT) disrupting train travel and snarled rush-hour traffic across large chunks of Britain, including London and Cheshire. National Grid operations director Duncan Burt said the company was â€œvery confident that there was no malicious intent or cyberattack involved.â€
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Hong Kong police fire tear gas as protesters defy ban

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US, China exchange war of words over Hong Kong stir

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â€˜Jeffrey Epstein had been taken off suicide watchâ€™

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North Korea fires 2 missiles

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Will move UNSC, China is backing us, says Pakistan

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Iran unveils 'upgraded missile defence system'

Iran unveiled on Saturday what authorities said was a locally upgraded missile defence system with a range of 400km (250 miles) and able to defend against cruise and ballistic missiles and drones.
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Muslim haj pilgrims ascend Mount Arafat for day of worship

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13 killed, 16 missing as Typhoon Lekima hits China

At least 13 people were killed and 16 others missing after Typhoon Lekima made landfall in the early hours of Saturday in China's Zhejiang province. More than one million people, including 253,000 people in Shanghai, were evacuated before the storm struck, the Xinhua said. More than a quarter of a million people were relocated in Shanghai.
2019-08-10 07:12:37 Read More

Myanmar landslide kills 22, many more feared missing

At least 22 people were killed when a landslide triggered by monsoon rains struck a village in eastern Myanmar. Scores are feared to be missing. A huge brown scar on the hillside marked where the deluge of mud descended on Ye Pyar Kone village on Friday, wiping out 16 homes and a monastery. Search and rescue teams worked through the night trying to find survivors.
2019-08-10 06:48:40 Read More

How a US spy became prisoner No. 429 in North Korea

Kim Dong-chul, an American businessman in Rason, a North Korean special economic zone near the border with Russia, was leaving a local government office Oct. 2, 2015, when he was stopped by a 34-year-old army veteran he had hired as a secret informant.
2019-08-10 03:46:11 Read More

North Korea conducts new missile tests as Trump backs Kim on war games

In the fifth round of launches in two weeks, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles at daybreak from near Hamhung, flying 400 km before splashing down in the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan. Saturday's tests came shortly after Trump said he agreed with Kim's opposition to the war games -- albeit for financial rather than military reasons.
2019-08-10 03:35:22 Read More

Facebook offering â€˜millionsâ€™ to publishers for news: Report

According to sources, Facebook is pitching a new media initiative to license articles from some of the largest American news publishers and display that content inside the social networkâ€™s mobile app. The project involves the social network striking deals potentially worth millions of dollars to publishers like New York Times, Washington Post and Dow Jones.
2019-08-10 01:27:25 Read More

UK power cut snarls trains and road traffic

Large parts of London and the southeast of England were hit by a power cut on Friday evening, disrupting trains and knocking out traffic lights. Train services in and out of London, including Thameslink, Southern and Gatwick Express were facing delays and cancellations. "We believe this is due to a failure on National Grid's network," UK Power Networks said.
2019-08-09 17:11:00 Read More

Pakistan Cabinet approves suspension of bilateral trade with India

Pakistan Cabinet on Friday officially approved the suspension of bilateral trade ties with India, as had earlier been decided in the National Security Council's (NSC) meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, in the aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370 with regard to Jammu and Kashmir by the Government of India.
2019-08-09 16:05:39 Read More

Imran Khan says India creating 'war-like' situation, MEA calls it a ploy

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused India of creating a "war-like" situation similar to the post-Pulwama terror attack to divert the world's attention from the Kashmir issue. "The threat is very real. We will have to respond to such a scenario and this is how we have seen wars starting between nations," Khan said.
2019-08-09 14:38:13 Read More

'PM 'deluded' if he thinks he can 'scare' Sharif family'

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'PM 'deluded' if he thinks he can 'scare' Sharif family'

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Trash for tickets on Indonesia's 'plastic bus'

Indonesia has pledged to reduce plastic waste in its waters some 70% by 2025. A scheme has been introduced in Indonesia's Surabaya city of 2.9 million, with nearly 16,000 passengers trading trash for free travel each week. For instance - an hour-long bus ride with unlimited stops costs 3 large bottles, 5 medium bottles or 10 plastic cups.
2019-08-09 12:08:38 Read More

China using Taiwan media to win hearts and minds on island: Sources

The articles on the website of the leading Taiwan newspaper were gushing about a new Chinese government program to lure Taiwanese entrepreneurs to the mainland. While the articles were presented as straight news, they were actually paid for by the Chinese government, according to a person with direct knowledge of the arrangement and internal documents from the Taipei-based newspaper.
2019-08-09 07:04:05 Read More

Seoul appoints envoy to US who called Trump 'treacherous'

South Korean Prez Moon Jae-in on Thursday appointed Lee Soo-hyuck as the new ambassador to the US. Last year South Korean media had cited Lee calling the US Prez "treacherous". He had said that as a former businessman the US leader had a tendency to say insincere things. A month ago Britain's envoy to the US had to step down over his criticism of the US prez.
2019-08-09 05:10:48 Read More

US slaps Hezbollah financier with prison, $50 million fine

Kassim Tajideen, 63, a Lebanese businessman who has been designated by the US authorities as an important financial supporter of Hezbollah has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to forfeit $50 million by the US Justice Department. He was named a Specially Designated Global Terrorist in May 2009 for financially supporting Hezbollah.
2019-08-09 05:01:22 Read More

Hong Kong airport on alert ahead of fresh wave of protests

The move comes as officials confirmed on Friday that a police commander who oversaw pro-democracy demonstrations that roiled the former British colony in 2014 has been recalled to help deal with protests that have plunged the financial hub into crisis.
2019-08-09 03:51:25 Read More

Hong Kong reassures visitors amid protests, travel warnings

The Hong Kong government on Thursday said tourist arrivals dropped 26% at the end of July. The authorities are now seeking to reassure visitors to the city after several countries issued travel safety warnings related to ongoing pro-democracy protests. An unidentified govt spokesman said that some inconveniences reported were confined to limited areas.
2019-08-09 03:29:56 Read More

The hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam

More than two million believers from across the planet converge for several days of rituals that retrace Prophet Mohammed's last pilgrimage to Mecca.
2019-08-09 03:27:26 Read More

US gun lobby head rejects tougher firearms laws

National Rifle Association head Wayne LaPierre has dismissed calls for tougher restrictions on firearms, saying they would not have stopped the weekend mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. LaPierre implied that he had spoken to President Trump since the back-to-back massacres that left 31 dead. Trump has not publicly acknowledged any such conversation with LaPierre.
2019-08-09 02:43:37 Read More

US gun lobby head rejects tougher firearms laws

Ready to review decision against India if New Delhi agrees to reconsider its actions on Kashmir: Pakistan

Pakistan is ready to review its decision against India if New Delhi agreed to reconsider its actions on Kashmir, foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Thursday
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Maryam Nawaz, ex-PM Sharif's daughter, arrested

The National Accountability Court arrested Maryam Nawaz, the 45-year-old vice-president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party, from the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore. She has been arrested in connection with a money laundering case.
2019-08-08 09:29:23 Read More

Mexico wants US help to identify white supremacist threats

A total of 22 people lost their lives in the shooting at a Walmart store, an event Mexico has vowed to investigate as an act of terrorism. It said it may also request the suspected perpetrator be extradited to Mexico for trial.
2019-08-08 05:23:38 Read More

Mike Pompeo talks maritime security, Iran with Saudi crown prince

Over a phone call on Wednesday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held discussions with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over heightened tensions in the region and the need for stronger maritime security. Amidst conflict with Iran, the US is struggling to piece together an international alliance to protect cargo ships travelling through the Gulf.
2019-08-08 05:02:43 Read More

Venezuela's Maduro halts talks with opposition after US sanctions

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday blamed US sanctions as he ordered his government's representatives not to travel to Barbados for scheduled talks with the political opposition. US President Donald Trump has ordered a freeze on all Venezuelan government assets in the United States and barred transactions with its authorities.
2019-08-08 02:25:09 Read More

Polish village ponders why last boy was born a decade ago

In the Polish village of Miejsce Odrzanskie, no boy has been born there in almost a decade. The detail attracted attention when the village sent an all-girl team to a regional competition for young volunteer firefighters. In the years since the last baby boy was born, there have been 12 births in the village. Locals call this anomaly is just a coincidence.
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Polish village ponders why last boy was born a decade ago

Hafiz Saeed guilty of 'terror financing' in Pakistan

Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed was declared guilty of "terror financing" by the Counter Terrorism Department in a Pakistani court on Wednesday. Saeed was travelling to Gujranwala from Lahore to get pre-arrest bail in terror financing cases registered against him there when he was arrested on July 17. Saeed is being kept at Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail.
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Prime Minister Imran Khan "briefs" Saudi Crown Prince on situation in Kashmir

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has "briefed" Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the situation in Kashmir after India revoked the special status for Jammu and Kashmir. According to the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the two leaders spoke over the phone on Tuesday. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are close allies.
2019-08-07 12:51:38 Read More

Sushma Swaraj made a lasting impression among the Lankan public: PM Ranil Wickremesinghe

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday expressed sorrow at the demise of former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, saying that her efforts to achieve regional policy objectives made a lasting impression among the Lankan public.In a condolence message sent to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said,
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Sushma Swaraj made a lasting impression among the Lankan public: PM Ranil Wickremesinghe

Hong Kong's summer of rage now a war of attrition

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US urges Pakistan to show action against proscribed outfits to exit FATF grey list

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18 killed, over 100 wounded in Kabul car bomb attack

At least 18 people were killed and over a hundred wounded after a car bomb attack rattled Kabul on Wednesday morning. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. According to footage and witnesses, small-arms fire could be heard following the blast.
2019-08-07 06:58:56 Read More

Egypt begins restoration of Tut's gilded coffin

Egypt started the first-ever restoration work on a gold-covered sarcophagus of the famed boy pharaoh Tutankhamun, ahead of the country's new museum opening next year, the antiquities minister said Sunday. Khaled el-Anany told reporters that work on the outermost coffin, which is made of wood and gilded with gold, is expected to take at least eight months.
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At least 34 wounded as large explosion rocks Kabul

A large explosion rocked Kabul on Wednesday morning, sending a massive plume of smoke over the capital and shattering shop windows far from the blast site, officials and witnesses said.
2019-08-07 05:44:34 Read More

Saudi Arabia prepares for hajj as Gulf tensions persist

More than 2.5 million Muslims will on Friday begin the annual hajj pilgrimage in the Islamic holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. This year's hajj takes place amid tensions in the Gulf region exacerbated by a series of attacks on oil tankers, drone strikes and interceptions of maritime traffic.Some 88,550 Iranian pilgrims are due to take part in the hajj this year.
2019-08-07 04:05:29 Read More

Parents in US scramble to get bulletproof bags for kids

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Parents in US scramble to get bulletproof bags for kids

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Kim says latest missile launch a 'warning' to US, S Korea: KCNA

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Trump, Democrats take aim at Google and Sundar Pichai -- for different reasons

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Pulwama-like attacks can happen after revocation of Article 370: Pak PM Imran Khan

Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Tuesday expressed apprehension that Pulwama-like attacks can follow the revocation of the special status for J&K, which could trigger a conventional war between Pakistan and India. "This will be a war that no one will win and the implications will be global," he warned while addressing a rare joint sitting of Parliament.
2019-08-06 14:10:49 Read More

Plan to approach UN Security Council over Kashmir issue: Pak PM Imran Khan

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China concerned over situation in Kashmir; asks India, Pakistan to avoid actions

Voicing concern over the situation in Kashmir, China on Tuesday asked India and Pakistan to exercise restraint and avoid actions that can exacerbate tensions. "China's position on Kashmir issue is consistent. This issue is a legacy of history between India and Pakistan, which is also the consensus of the international community," China said.
2019-08-06 12:17:41 Read More

Senior US diplomat Alice Wells arrives in Pakistan, may discuss Kashmir

Alice Wells, a senior US diplomat, on Tuesday arrived in Islamabad to hold key bilateral talks with Pakistani leaders on issues like the peace process in Afghanistan amid reports that she might also discuss the situation in Kashmir. Pakistan has rejected the Indian government's decision to revoke Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
2019-08-06 12:01:25 Read More

Manson prosecutor: Keep them all locked up forever

Stephen Kay was a fresh-faced prosecutor just 27 years old and three years out of law school when circumstances handed him the Manson "family" murder case. Over the next half-century, it would come to define his career and lead to death threats that to this day he worries a Manson sycophant might try to carry out.
2019-08-06 08:58:29 Read More

Manson prosecutor: Keep them all locked up forever

If US wants talks, it must lift sanctions: Iran President

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If US wants talks, it must lift sanctions: Iran President

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Death toll from Texas shooting rampage rises to 22

Two more victims of the shooting rampage at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, died of their wounds on Monday, police said. This raised the death toll to 22 in the massacre . The latest fatalities bring to 31 the number of victims killed during the weekend in mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio.
2019-08-06 06:31:16 Read More

Death toll from Texas shooting rampage rises to 22

Hiroshima marks 74th anniversary of WWII atomic bombing

Hiroshima on Tuesday marked the 74th anniversary of its atomic bombing by the US at the end of World War II in 1945, with the city's Mayor urging the Japanese government to join a UN treaty banning nuclear weapons. A second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9 the same year and Japan surrendered six days later, prompting the end of the World War II.
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Hiroshima marks 74th anniversary of WWII atomic bombing

China vows countermeasures if US deploys missiles in Asia

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said during security meetings in Asia over the weekend that he wanted to deploy midrange conventional missiles in the Asia-Pacific within months. China's chief arms control official Fu Cong in his remarks Tuesday warned neighboring countries not to allow the US to deploy intermediate-range missiles on their territory.
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China vows countermeasures if US deploys missiles in Asia

Trump freezes Venezuela gov't assets in escalation

The Trump administration froze all Venezuelan government assets in a dramatic ratcheting up of tensions with Nicolas Maduro that places his socialist administration on a short list of adversaries from Cuba, North Korea, Syria and Iran. The executive order justified the move by citing Maduro's "continued usurpation of power" and human rights abuses.
2019-08-06 03:48:53 Read More

Trump freezes Venezuela gov't assets in escalation

Americans must not let racist views become normalized: Obama

After a pair of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, former President Barack Obama said that Americans must "soundly reject language" from any leader who "feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments." "And until all of us stand up and insist on holding public officials accountable for changing our gun laws, these tragedies will continue," Obama wrote.
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Americans must not let racist views become normalized: Obama

North Korea threatens more launches after fourth test in 12 days

North Korea threatened on Tuesday to carry out more weapons tests after it fired its fourth set of projectiles in less than two weeks following the start of joint exercises between the US and the South. The rising temperature on the peninsula threatens to derail putative negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington.
2019-08-06 02:59:19 Read More

North Korea threatens more launches after fourth test in 12 days

Trump slams white supremacy but doesnâ€™t propose gun laws

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Trump slams white supremacy but doesnâ€™t propose gun laws

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UK to join US-led maritime security mission in Gulf

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UK to join US-led maritime security mission in Gulf

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Trump denounces hatred, white supremacy after Texas, Ohio shootings

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Trump denounces hatred, white supremacy after Texas, Ohio shootings

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Trump denounces hatred, white supremacy after Texas, Ohio shootings

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Clashes, travel chaos in Hong Kong as leader warns city on brink

Hong Kong riot police clashed with pro-democracy protesters for a third straight day Monday as the city's leader warned the global financial hub was nearing a "very dangerous situation", and a rare strike caused transport chaos.
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Clashes, travel chaos in Hong Kong as leader warns city on brink

Australia says it won't be base for US midrange missiles

Australia's defense minister Linda Reynolds has confirmed her country will not be used as a base for any planned US midrange missiles, following talks with American officials in Sydney on the weekend.
2019-08-05 04:37:00 Read More

Australia says it won't be base for US midrange missiles

Walmart to keep selling guns despite recent shootings at its stores

"We are focused on supporting our associates, our customers and the entire El Paso community," spokesman Randy Hargrove said. A man opened fire with an assault rifle at a Walmart in Texas on Saturday, killing 20 people, just four days after a disgruntled employee shot dead two coworkers and wounded a responding police officer at one of the massive chain's stores in Mississippi.
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Walmart to keep selling guns despite recent shootings at its stores

Nuon Chea, ideologue of Cambodiaâ€™s Khmer Rouge, dies at 93

Nuon Chea was known as Brother No. 2, the right-hand man of Pol Pot, the leader of the regime that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. The group's fanatical efforts to realize a utopian society led to the death of some 1.7 million people from starvation, disease, overwork and executions. He never admitted his guilt.
2019-08-05 03:45:02 Read More

Nuon Chea, ideologue of Cambodiaâ€™s Khmer Rouge, dies at 93

Hong Kong protests disrupt flights, subways as strike called

Cathay Pacific and other domestic carriers such as Hong Kong Airlines were the most affected by the flight cancellations, public broadcaster RTHK said. Airport express train service was also suspended.
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Hong Kong protests disrupt flights, subways as strike called

Attack on Texas shoppers to be handled as domestic terrorism

The shooting that killed 20 people at a crowded El Paso department store will be handled as a domestic terrorism case, federal authorities said Sunday as they weighed hate-crime charges against the suspected gunman that could carry the death penalty.
2019-08-05 02:57:23 Read More

Attack on Texas shoppers to be handled as domestic terrorism

Protesters march in twin demonstrations ahead of general strike in Hong Kong

Protestors took to streets in twin rallies here on Sunday afternoon, a day before a planned citywide strike that is expected to significantly disrupt the daily life in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. The demonstrations came a day after violent street clashes erupted between protesters and riot police officers, resulting in more than 20 arrests, The New York Times reported.
2019-08-04 17:04:48 Read More

29 killed in two US mass shootings within hours

The first shooting took place in the southern border town of El Paso in Texas, where a 21-year-old gunman opened fire at a crowded Walmart store, killing 20 people and wounding 26 others on Saturday. Hours later, a man killed nine people before being shot dead by police in Oregon district, a historic neighbourhood known for its nightclubs, bars, art galleries and shops, in Dayton, Ohio early Sunday, police said.
2019-08-04 11:27:11 Read More

Quake hits northeast Japan; officials say no tsunami danger

A strong earthquake has struck northeastern Japan, but authorities say there is no danger of a tsunami, and there were no immediate reports of casualties.
2019-08-04 10:55:57 Read More

31 dead, 62 rescued after boats capsize in Philippines

Rescuers recovered more bodies in rough seas where three ferry boats capsized after being buffeted by fierce winds and waves off two central Philippine provinces, bringing the death toll to 31 with three missing, the coast guard said Sunday. Officials said the dead were mostly passengers of two ferries that flipped over in sudden wind gusts on Saturday.
2019-08-04 10:21:14 Read More

France ponders giving lesbians, single women access to IVF

French Prez Emmanuel Macron's govt has presented a draft law on bioethics that includes expanding the eligibility for treatments such as artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization, or IVF to single women and lesbians. French law currently restricts assisted reproduction to infertile heterosexual couples. The proposed law won't lift the ban on surrogacy.
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France ponders giving lesbians, single women access to IVF

US still seeks allies in Gulf maritime coalition

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EL Paso carnage: Fingers point at Trump for stoking racism and xenophobia

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'US opposes 'destabilising' behaviour by China in Indo-Pacific'

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Hong Kong police arrest over 20 protesters in new scuffles

A peaceful pro-democracy rally devolved after protesters ignored police appeals to stick to the designated route. Following confrontations between protesters and authorities which continued deep into the night, Hong Kong police arrested more than 20 people saying some violent protestors hurled petrol bombs, bricks, glass bottles and other objects at officers.
2019-08-04 05:44:29 Read More

2020 Democrats back gun limits after Texas mass shooting

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UK urges EU to reflect 'political reality' on Brexit

In an article in the Mail on Sunday newspaper, Boris Johnson's Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay said European Parliament elections in May had changed the political dynamic and urged EU leaders to amend the mandate of their chief negotiator, Michel Barnier.
2019-08-04 02:43:38 Read More

Gunman kills 20 in rampage at Walmart store in Texas, suspect in custody

The suspect, a 21-year-old white male from Allen, Texas, went on a shooting rampage killing 20 people and wounding more than two dozen at a Walmart in El Paso on Saturday. Many of those in the busy store were buying back-to-school supplies when they were caught up in the rampage trying to flee the store. This is the second mass shooting to hit the US in a week.
2019-08-03 19:38:34 Read More

Hong Kong protesters throw Chinese flag into iconic harbor

Hong Kong protesters removed a Chinese national flag from its pole and flung it into the city's iconic Victoria Harbour on Saturday, and police later fired tear gas at demonstrators after some of them vandalized a police station.
2019-08-03 16:22:31 Read More

Hong Kong protesters throw Chinese flag into iconic harbor

Maldives police arrest ex-vice president Adeeb after India denies entry

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Three journalists slain in Mexico in a week

Two journalists were shot dead in Mexico on Friday, bringing to three the number of journalists killed in the country this week, officials say. Jorge Celestino Ruiz, who worked for the newspaper El Grafico de Xalapa, was killed on Friday night in the violence-plagued state of Veracruz, the mayor of the state's capital Paulino Dominguez told AFP.
2019-08-03 14:08:25 Read More

US wants to quickly deploy new missiles in Asia: Defence secretary

Washington wants to quickly deploy new intermediate-range missiles in Asia, to counter the rise of China in the region, new US defense secretary Mark Esper said Saturday. China's missile arsenal is largely made up of weapons prohibited under the INF Treaty, to which Beijing was never a signatory. Esper said China should not be surprised by the US plans.
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Protesters gather in Hong Kong as rival rally supports police

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One dead, several injured after powerful quake rocks Indonesia

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Hong Kong police warn protests off designated route illegal

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Hong Kong police warn protests off designated route illegal

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South Korea warns Japan of security pact risk, calls for 'cooling-off' in trade row

The trade row escalated on Friday when Japan removed South Korea from a favoured trading nations list, prompting Seoul to warn it would not be defeated again by its neighbour, laying bare decades-old war time animosity.
2019-08-03 06:10:01 Read More

US announces new sanctions against Russia over Skripal affair: State dept

A fresh round of sanctions were imposed on Moscow Saturday by the United States over the 2018 poisoning of former double-agent Sergei Skripal in the United Kingdom. Russian agents have been blamed for the poisoning of Skripal and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury in March last year using the Soviet-developed nerve agent Novichok.
2019-08-03 05:37:21 Read More

Trump, Johnson talk 5G and trade ahead of G7: White House

In the call made Thursday, Trump and Johnson discussed "areas of further cooperation, especially relating to trade, 5G, and global security," White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement.
2019-08-02 17:25:15 Read More

North Korea's Kim won't 'disappoint me,' despite missile tests: Trump

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North Korea's Kim won't 'disappoint me,' despite missile tests: Trump

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Pompeo rips into China, urges ASEAN to trust in US

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Tsunami warning after magnitude 7 quake strikes off Indonesia's Sumatra

An earthquake of magnitude 7 struck off Indonesia's island of Sumatra on Friday. Indonesian geophysics agency issued a tsunami warning after the quake, which the USGS said had hit at a depth of 59 km (37 miles), about 227 km (141 miles) from the city of Teluk Betung on the island. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
2019-08-02 12:40:53 Read More

Saudi Arabia ends guardianship policy, allows women to travel without male consent

Saudi Arabia on Friday published new laws that loosen restrictions on women by allowing all citizens â€” women and men alike â€” to apply for a passport and travel freely, ending a long-standing guardianship policy that had controlled women's freedom of movement. The development is a potential game-changer for Saudi women's rights.
2019-08-02 11:46:46 Read More

Indonesian court commutes Frenchman's death sentence for drugs to 19 years

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US, Russia rip up Cold War-era missile treaty

The United States and Russia ripped up a Cold War-era missile pact on Friday in a move that raised the spectre of an arms race between the global superpowers. The 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, signed in 1987 by then US president Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, limited the use of medium-range missiles, both conventional and nuclear.
2019-08-02 10:45:44 Read More

Boris Johnson's Parliament majority down to one after byelection

British PM Boris Johnson's already slim parliamentary majority has been cut down further to just one with the loss of an MP to the anti-Brexit Liberal Democrat party in a byelection in Wales. "Boris Johnson's shrinking majority makes it clear that he has no mandate to crash us out of the EU," new Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson said as the party presses for a new Brexit referendum.
2019-08-02 10:28:12 Read More

Trump slams Gabbard for claim that he supports Al Qaeda

US President Donald Trump has slammed as "ridiculous" Democratic Party leader Tulsi Gabbard's allegation that he is "supporting" the terror group al-Qaeda. During the second Democratic presidential debate on Wednesday, Gabbard accused Trump of propping up the al-Qaeda.
2019-08-02 10:01:59 Read More

Hamza bin Laden was very threatening to US: Trump

Al-Qaeda's Hamza bin Laden was very threatening to the US, President Donald Trump said on Thursday as he refrained from making any comment on news reports about the death of the son of Osama bin Laden. The US media has reported that Hamza was killed during the first two years of the Trump administration. There has been no official confirmation of it from the US.
2019-08-02 02:57:21 Read More

Saudi Arabia allows women to travel abroad without male 'guardian' approval

Saudi Arabia will allow women to travel abroad without approval from a male "guardian", the government said on Thursday. The landmark reform erodes the longstanding guardianship system that renders women permanently as legal minors and allows their "guardians" â€” husband, father and other male relatives â€” to exercise arbitrary authority over them.
2019-08-02 02:34:47 Read More

Democrats torch each other in race to party nomination

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Democrats torch each other in race to party nomination

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PM Imran Khan's US visit cost eight times less than that of Nawaz Sharif's: Govt

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's maiden visit to Washington last month cost $67,180, eight times less than what the exchequer spent on former premier Nawaz Sharif's US trip in 2013, according to a government statement.
2019-08-01 11:47:40 Read More

Pompeo: US not asking ASEAN allies to 'choose sides' on China

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted Thursday that Washington was not asking Southeast Asian nations to "choose sides" between his country and rival power China, as he trailed a rebooted security and trade strategy at a Bangkok summit.
2019-08-01 07:55:43 Read More

US poised to formally abandon INF missile treaty

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Tulsi Gabbard seeks apology from Indian-American senator Kamala Harris

Democratic presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard has sought an apology from her fellow party lawmaker, Indian-American senator Kamala Harris, alleging that people "suffered" when she was the attorney general of California. Both Gabbard and Harris appeared on the same stage in Detroit on Wednesday at the CNN's Democratic presidential debate.
2019-08-01 06:15:36 Read More

Tulsi Gabbard seeks apology from Indian-American senator Kamala Harris

Uighurs challenge China to prove missing relatives are free

China's claim that "most" inmates have been released from re-education camps in its Xinjiang region has been met with anger and scepticism by the Uighur diaspora which has launched a social media campaign challenging Beijing to prove it. Rights groups say more than one million, mostly Muslim ethnic minorities have been rounded up in internment camps.
2019-08-01 05:30:45 Read More

Britain to spend an extra $2.6 billion on no-deal Brexit planning

Britain is ramping up preparations for a no-deal Brexit by preparing to spend an extra 2.1 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) to make sure the country is ready to leave the European Union with or without a divorce deal at the end of October.â€‹â€‹The new government has pledged to leave the trading bloc without an agreement in three months unless the EU agrees to renegotiate the deal.
2019-08-01 04:53:45 Read More

Indian entrepreneur defends baby blanket chosen by Meghan Markle

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Hamza bin Laden, son and heir to al-Qaida founder, is dead

Osama bin Laden's son Hamza bin Laden, who was viewed as a heir to the leadership of al-Qaida and who had repeatedly threatened to attack the US, is dead, according to US officials. Hamza bin Laden was killed sometime during the first two years of the Trump administration, officials said. Details of the strike that killed him were scarce, including when and where.
2019-08-01 02:50:57 Read More

US sanctions Iran's foreign minister Zarif

The US on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, hurting chances of diplomatic talks amid tensions between the two countries. Zarif, a critical figure in 2015 Iran nuclear deal, dismissed the action and said it would not affect him. Strains between US and Iran have risen in recent months after attacks on tankers in the Gulf.
2019-08-01 02:43:36 Read More

US lawmakers mark 400 years since first slave shipment in Ghana

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemned the "grave evil" of slavery in a speech to Ghana's parliament Wednesday marking 400 years since the first shipment of enslaved Africans to America. Pelosi was leading a delegation including members of the Congressional Black Caucus to the West African country, four centuries after the first slave ship arrived in Jamestown, Virginia from the continent.
2019-07-31 17:16:20 Read More

Want to get out of Afghanistan 'as quickly as we can', says Trump

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US says new round of talks with China were 'constructive'

US and Chinese envoys held "constructive" trade talks on Wednesday, the White House said, after President Donald Trump rattled financial markets by accusing Beijing of trying to stall in hopes he will fail to win reelection in 2020. The meeting, aimed at ending a tariff war over trade and technology, ended about 40 minutes ahead of schedule.
2019-07-31 15:56:31 Read More

Pakistan anti-graft body grills Maryam Nawaz in corruption cases

Pakistan's anti-graft body on Wednesday grilled jailed former PM Nawaz Sharif's daughter and PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz in cases related to money laundering and income beyond means. A combined investigation team of National Accountability Bureau quizzed Maryam for an hour at its provincial headquarters in Lahore.
2019-07-31 14:24:42 Read More

PM Khan orders roll back of roti, naan prices across Pakistan

The Pakistan government has decided to roll back the prices of naan and roti across the country, amid the public discontent against rising prices of essential commodities. Pakistan is facing economic crisis with short supplies of foreign currency reserves and stagnating growth. Currently, naan is selling at Rs 12 to Rs 15 in different cities of Pakistan.
2019-07-31 12:35:29 Read More

Iran says it's prepared for dialogue if Saudi Arabia also ready

Iran is prepared for dialogue if Saudi Arabia is also ready, Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday. Tensions have spiked between Iran and Saudi Arabia, arch-rivals for predominance in the Middle East, since Riyadh accused the Tehran of carrying out attacks that damaged 6 oil tankers in the Gulf, an allegation Tehran has denied.
2019-07-31 12:20:35 Read More

China blames US' flip-flop as trade talks end without breakthrough

China on Wednesday blamed US' flip-flop attitude and lack of sincerity in reaching a trade deal as the 12th round of talks between top trade officials of the two countries ended without a breakthrough in Shanghai after US President Donald Trump's twitter tirade against Beijing
2019-07-31 11:16:40 Read More

Sri Lanka gives free visa to boost tourism after bomb blasts

Tourism Minister John Amaratunga says tourists or those visiting for business purposes could get their free visa on arrival or applying online. The measure will be effective for six months, starting from Thursday. Tourist arrivals sharply declined after the coordinated suicide attacks on tourist hotels and churches.
2019-07-31 08:23:22 Read More

Israel approves new homes for settlers, Palestinians in West Bank

Israel has approved the construction of 6,000 new homes for Jewish settlers and 700 new homes for Palestinians in an area of the occupied West Bank where it has full control. The announcement for Area C housing came ahead of an expected visit to Israel on Wednesday by US envoy Jared Kushner to discuss a White House plan for an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord.
2019-07-31 07:43:09 Read More

Roadside blast in Afghanistan kills at least 34 civilians

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Pompeo backtracks on Afghanistan, says 'no deadline' for troops withdrawal

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said that there is "no deadline" for troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the decision will be based on the situation on the ground. He had on July 29 said that President Trump has ordered to reduce the number of American troops in war-torn country before the presidential elections in 2020.
2019-07-31 06:03:01 Read More

India is one of the most important relationships of US: Congressman Eliot Engel

India is now one of the most important relationships for the US and a strong and vibrant Indian-American community has played a key role in it, a top American lawmaker has said. Congressman Eliot Engel, chairman of the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee, made the remarks while speaking at an event organised by the American India Public Affairs Committee to felicitate him in recognition of his contribution towards India-US relationship.
2019-07-30 17:52:54 Read More

China, Pakistan discuss measures to step up CPEC security

China and Pakistan on Tuesday discussed steps to enhance security to the $60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and safety of over 10,000 Chinese people working for various projects.
2019-07-30 16:57:53 Read More

Donald Trump to visit Poland for World War II anniversary September 1

Washington recently decided to add 1,000 troops to its contingent of 4,000 troops based in Poland as a security enhancement for the country, which is wary of neighboring Russia's military activity. Poland is planning the purchase of state-of-the-art U.S. F-35 jet fighters. It is also buying liquefied gas from the US in a drive to cut its energy dependence on imports from Russia.
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NKorea hits out at Pompeo, warns hopes for US talks 'disappearing'

Hong Kong protesters defy rally ban after crackdown

US to use fake social media to check people entering country

Brexit: UK faces mounting political, legal, diplomatic challenges

Pakistani court issues bailable warrant for ex-PM Pervez Ashraf

â€˜Kashmir Hourâ€™ observed at noon across Pakistan

Hong Kong police round up activists as mass rally called-off

Pakistan observes 'Kashmir Hour' to express 'solidarity' with Kashmiris

Trump's personal assistant steps down over info breach: Reports

Trump launches new Pentagon command for space warfare

Ebola death toll in east Congo outbreak climbs above 2,000

Ebola death toll in east Congo outbreak climbs above 2,000

N Korea solidifies Kim Jong Un's 'monolithic' power

Hurricane intensifies, Trump says Florida faces 'absolute monster'

Leading Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong arrested: Party

Biden defends faulty telling of military heroism story

Israel: Iran, Hezbollah intensifying missile efforts

The whole of Pakistan will hold protests tomorrow in solidarity with Kashmiris: FM Qureshi

North Korea changes constitution to solidify Kim Jong Unâ€™s rule

Detained writer urges Australia to help free him from China

China unveils plan for huge anniversary military parade

EU backs US-Iran talks but says nuclear deal must stay

EU backs US-Iran talks but says nuclear deal must stay

No decision yet on airspace closure to India: Qureshi

South Korean leader says Japan dishonest over wartime past

Duterte in China amid expectation he'll raise sea disputes

Four European states lose measles eradication status as cases soar: WHO

6.1-magnitude earthquake rattles Japan's Hokkaido

UK PM takes dramatic step to suspend Parliament to push Brexit through

Ex-Pentagon chief Mattis warns US cannot survive without allies

Queen Elizabeth approves British parliament suspension

Pakistan partially closes Karachi airspace till August 31 possibly to carry out missile test-firing'

Pak PM will 'forcefully' raise Kashmir issue at UNGA: Mahmood Qureshi

Hong Kong protesters aim their anger at Cathay Pacific 'white terror'

245 rescued from burning ferry in Philippine waters, 3 dead

As troops prepare to leave Afghanistan, will aid follow?

As troops prepare to leave Afghanistan, will aid follow?

Palestinian Harvard student says US nixed visa after social media search

Pakistan: Karachi airspace partially shut till Aug 31

US president in Warsaw, 80 years after WWII outbreak

Brazil angrily rejects millions in Amazon aid pledged at G-7, then accepts British aid

Vast fires sweep across Bolivia as well as Brazil

China cries foul over G7 resolution backing Hong Kong protests

China cries foul over G7 resolution backing Hong Kong protests

China confirms arrest of Australian writer, faces spying charges

Beijing expresses 'strong dissatisfaction' with G7 on Hong Kong

Iran's Rouhani rules out talks with US until sanctions lifted

Pak army chief discusses Kashmir with top Chinese general

Japan says N Korea developing warheads to penetrate missile defences

US officials fear ransomware attack against 2020 election

China ban on some textbooks seen aimed at Uighur culture

China to hold fresh military drills near Taiwan

G7 leaders back Hong Kong's autonomy

Brazil rejects G7 aid to fight Amazon fires: Govt

New fires rage in Amazon as Brazil military planes battle flames

Australian writer Yang Hengjun charged with 'spying' in China, arrested

New fires rage in Amazon as Brazil warplanes battle flames

G7 to finance fire-fighting aircraft for Amazon

EU says Britain must pay Brexit divorce bill even if no deal

Trump denies report he wanted to nuke hurricanes

China trade talks 'more meaningful than at any time': Trump

China trade talks 'more meaningful than at any time': Trump

Donald Trump says 'too soon' to meet Iran's top diplomat

No one is above law, not even Zakir Naik: Malaysia home minister

Young Afghan women barely remember Taliban but fear a return

Trying to defend senate Sanjrani, Shah Mehmood Qureshi ends up making contrasting statements

Trump terms South Korea-US joint military exercise 'unnecessary'

Trump suggested nuking hurricanes: Report

Australia plans to censor extremist online content

G7 wrestles with Iran, Amazon fires & trade, but own unity shaky

Warplanes dump water on Amazon as Brazil army begins fighting fires

Hong Kong police arrest 36 after running battles with protesters

Trump has authority to order US companies to stop doing business with China: Mnuchin

G7 to help nations hit by Amazon fires: Macron

Trump dampens Macron optimism on Iran talks

Trump dampens Macron optimism on Iran talks

Macron, Trump break the ice with surprise pre-G7 lunch

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