World News For The Year 2018 and Month May

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World News For The Year 2018 and Month May

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Thousands in US march against immigration policy

Thousands of demonstrators, baking in the heat and boiling mad against US immigration policy, marched across the country Saturday to protest the separation of families under President Donald Trump's hardline policy.
2018-06-30 17:35:16 Read More

'I beg skies to show mercy': Thais rally behind cave rescue

The song is dedicated to events unfolding in a flooded mountain cave in northern Thailand, where 12 boys aged 11-16 and their soccer coach disappeared a week ago. It was written and performed by students at Lek Nai Tung Kwang school across the country, in Buriram province.
2018-06-30 13:49:58 Read More

Maldives opposition unites to challenge Abdulla Yameen

Opposition parties in the Maldives agreed on Saturday to field a joint candidate in September's presidential elections to challenge incumbent Abdulla Yameen, whose crackdown on dissent has alarmed the international community.
2018-06-30 12:35:47 Read More

Merkel secures deal with 14 EU nations on migrants

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2018-06-30 11:10:22 Read More

US sanctions aim to turn Iranians against govt: Khamenei

US economic pressure on Iran is intended to turn Iranians against their government, supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted as saying on Saturday by his website, as Iran faces a likely reimposition of US sanctions.
2018-06-30 10:25:46 Read More

Kim Jong-un woos China with border visit

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a region near his country's border with China in an apparent attempt to boost economic cooperation with Beijing, Pyongyang's state media reported on Saturday.
2018-06-30 09:42:00 Read More

Put back on terror-financing watch list, Pak vows to improve

Pakistani officials attending a meeting in Paris had tried in vain to persuade the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to keep Pakistan off a list of nations with inadequate controls to prevent terror financing and money laundering.
2018-06-30 09:35:43 Read More

Divers progress in search for missing Thai kids

Rescue divers reached several kilometres inside a flooded cave on Saturday where 12 boys and their football coach have been trapped for a week, offering a flicker of hope for the harrowing search. There has been no contact with the boys and their coach since they went into the cave last weekend.
2018-06-30 09:24:14 Read More

Myanmar transit camps sit empty as Rohingya fear return

The transit camp in Myanmar's Rakhine state stands ready to welcome back 150 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh every day. Fewer than 200 Rohingya Muslims have been resettled in northern Rakhine from the 700,000 who fled a violent army crackdown in August.
2018-06-30 09:13:10 Read More

'North Korea making more nuclear bomb fuel despite talks'

NBC quoted five unidentified US officials as saying that in recent months North Korea had stepped up production of enriched uranium for nuclear weapons, even as it engaged in diplomacy with the United States.
2018-06-30 03:51:11 Read More

Trump to name Supreme Court nominee on July 9

"I’ve got it down to about five," Trump said, including two women, to replace retiring US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. "It’s a great group of intellectual talent ... they are generally conservative," Trump said and added that he would not discuss gay rights with the candidates.
2018-06-30 03:23:48 Read More

Prank caller talks to Trump aboard Air Force One

Comedian John Melendez said he called the White House pretending to be an aide to New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez and was ultimately put in touch with the president on Air Force One, in a scenario that raises questions about protocol governing access to the commander in chief.
2018-06-30 02:35:47 Read More

Maryland shooting: Paper covers its own tragedy from car park

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2018-06-29 22:49:35 Read More

Fleeing for their lives, migrants trek for the US

For this family it was time to leave Guatemala, right away, and seek asylum in the United States — like tens of thousands of other Central Americans who can no longer take life lived in abject poverty or under the thumb of ultra-violent street gangs.
2018-06-29 17:11:22 Read More

Battered south Syria towns in talks on regime takeover

Since June 19, Russian-backed government forces have been battering opposition-held parts of Daraa province with air strikes and barrel bombs, simultaneously calling on rebels to surrender. The rebels in three towns in Daraa's eastern countryside had already agreed to a regime takeover over the last two days.
2018-06-29 17:00:50 Read More

Court opening puts pressure on Democrats in Trump country

The choice on whether to support the upcoming nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy will be a test for several Democrats in tough races. It could be particularly difficult for Sens. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Joe Donnelly of Indiana and West Virginia's Joe Manchin.
2018-06-29 16:55:35 Read More

Chinese funding charges: Lanka's UNP demands probe against Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka's ruling United National Party, the dominant partner in the national unity government, on Friday called for setting up of a presidential commission to probe the alleged Chinese funding of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa's 2015 presidential election campaign.
2018-06-29 16:47:49 Read More

Trump repeatedly told aides he wants to quit WTO: Axios

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly told top White House officials he wants the United States to withdraw from the World Trade Organization, the news website Axios reported on Friday, citing people involved in the discussions.
2018-06-29 14:25:14 Read More

Maldives exiled former president abandons presidential bid

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Israel delivers aid to Syrians fleeing government assault

The majority of the 50,000 Syrians who have fled the 10-day-old Russian-backed assault on rebel-held areas of Daraa province have headed towards the sealed border with Jordan but thousands have set up makeshift camps near the armistice line.
2018-06-29 14:12:07 Read More

Former Pakistan dictator Musharraf to run for parliament

The move comes after the country's Supreme Court conditionally allowed him to return from Dubai, where he has been living in self-exile to avoid arrest on criminal charges. Musharraf's party said on Saturday he will participate in the vote from the northern town of Chitral.
2018-06-09 09:04:17 Read More

Afghan Taliban raise hopes with surprise Eid ceasefire

The Afghan Taliban on Saturday announced a surprise three-day ceasefire over the Muslim Eid holiday in the middle of June, their first offer of its kind, days after the government declared an unconditional ceasefire of its own.
2018-06-09 08:53:38 Read More

Vienna being considered as venue for possible Putin-Trump summit

Putin said last month that the proposed summit between him and Trump was not working out for now and was beset by problems.
2018-06-09 08:53:17 Read More

China hosts Russia, Iran for summit as US tensions rise

Armoured vans lined the streets of the coastal city of Qingdao as world leaders arrived Friday for the 18th annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a regional security bloc led by China and Russia.
2018-06-09 07:56:53 Read More

Chinese region of Tibet to build three more airports: Report

Construction of the three new airports, all above the altitude of 3,900 meters, will begin in 2019, according to Xinhua.
2018-06-09 06:42:58 Read More

Downed power lines sparked deadly California fires: Report

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released its investigation Friday for some of the wind-driven fires that ravaged Mendocino, Humboldt, Butte, Sonoma, Lake and Napa counties.
2018-06-09 06:34:21 Read More

Singapore Postcard: Trouble with doubles and media frenzy

The heavy media presence along with stringent security measures for the summit Tuesday has added to the frenzy unusual for the laid-back tropical state.
2018-06-09 06:22:38 Read More

Hafiz Saeed not to contest, JuD to run for over 200 seats

Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), a front for the Lashkar-e- Taiba militant group that carried out the deadly 2008 Mumbai attack, launched its political front Milli Muslim League (MML), but it has not been yet registered with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
2018-06-09 04:32:18 Read More

China hackers steal cache of US Navy data: Report

Some 614 gigabytes of material were taken in the breaches that occurred in January and February. Among these were secret plans to develop a supersonic anti-ship missile for use on US submarines by 2020, The Washington Post reported.
2018-06-09 03:56:58 Read More

Worried, hopeful and wary: Neighbors await Kim-Trump summit

North Korea's East Asia neighbors — Japan, China and South Korea — have a shared goal of denuclearizing the peninsula, but what may come out of Tuesday's summit in Singapore between President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un has different and possibly conflicting implications for their security, economic and geopolitical interests.
2018-06-09 03:50:40 Read More

Around 68k pedestrians killed every year in China: WHO

The WHO estimates that around 68,000 pedestrians are killed every year in China. ​So ubiquitous in China are pedestrians glued to their cellphones, they have earned a nickname: the heads-down tribe. The WHO calls such behaviour “distracted walking,” and it is a growing health concern in China.
2018-06-09 03:34:45 Read More

UN Security Council elects Germany, Indonesia, South Africa and 2 others as new members

All but three of the 193 UN member states cast paper ballots. Germany and the Dominican Republic each obtained 184 votes. South Africa got 183 votes, Belgium 181 and 144 went to Indonesia.
2018-06-08 17:22:01 Read More

NKorea's Kim expected to land in Singapore on Sunday

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is expected to fly into Singapore's Changi airport on Sunday ahead of a high-stakes summit with US President Donald Trump, a source involved in the planning of the trip said on Friday.
2018-06-08 11:25:18 Read More

Trump says 'looking forward' to resolving trade disputes at G7

President Donald Trump said Friday he wants to use the G7 summit to resolve what he called unfair trade deals with US allies. "Looking forward to straightening out unfair Trade Deals with the G-7 countries. If it doesn't happen, we come out even better!," Trump wrote as part of a blast of early morning tweets ahead of the meeting Friday and Saturday in Canada.
2018-06-08 11:19:16 Read More

US, North Korea: Face-to-face after decades of tension

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Maldives sets presidential vote with opposition in jail or exile

The Maldives has set the date for its next presidential election with incumbent Abdulla Yameen in a commanding position -- and his two main rivals either in jail or exiled abroad. Voters in the Indian Ocean archipelago will go to the polls on September 23, officials said late Thursday, with election authorities to accept candidate nominations next month.
2018-06-08 07:59:12 Read More

Xi, Putin meet as US tensions brings them closer

Chinese President Xi Jinping treated Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to a state visit on Friday as the neighbouring giants forge closer ties in the face of US diplomatic and economic challenges.
2018-06-08 07:44:43 Read More

Trade rift: Trump to find a chilly host in Canada

Expect no duets when President Donald Trump makes his first presidential visit to Canada on Friday for a summit in a picturesque Quebec town with the leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies. The mood will likely be something less than harmonious.
2018-06-08 07:13:23 Read More

No leader is forever, Macron says to confront Trump

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday no leader was forever, suggesting a more confrontational attitude towards US President Donald Trump as leaders from the Group of Seven countries prepare to clash on trade at a summit in Canada.
2018-06-08 06:59:10 Read More

Mystery health issue: US Embassy in China sends new alert

The US Embassy in China sent its second alert in two weeks Friday to its citizens over unexplained health issues that have prompted the evacuation of a number of US government employees working at a consulate in a southern city.
2018-06-08 04:49:09 Read More

'Kim committed to denuclearisation of Korean peninsula'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov he was committed to denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, the official KCNA news agency reported on Friday.
2018-06-01 01:30:23 Read More

Trump tariffs on US allies draw retaliation threats

The Trump administration delivered a gut punch to America's closest allies Thursday, imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum from Europe, Mexico and Canada in a move that drew immediate vows of retaliation.
2018-06-01 00:55:28 Read More

Spain's govt poised to fall, Socialists prepare for power

The impending downfall of Rajoy's government after ruling for nearly eight years came just days after his Popular Party's reputation was badly damaged by a court verdict that identified it as a beneficiary of a large kickbacks-for-contracts scheme.
2018-05-31 16:16:12 Read More

Pak govt to block Musharraf's national I-card, passport

Complying with a special court's order, the government took the action to restrict the Dubai-based former president's travel and certain facilities available to him as he failed to appear before the court in the high treason case against him.
2018-05-31 11:50:00 Read More

US, North Korea enter second day of nuclear talks

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and high-ranking North Korean official Kim Yong Chol enter a second day of meetings in New York on Thursday as they try to settle nuclear weapons disagreements and set the stage for an historic summit between their two leaders.
2018-05-31 10:28:24 Read More

China places 10 seismometers in Indian ocean

​​China's 49th ocean expedition team on Sunday placed ocean-bottom seismometers in the southwest Indian Ocean, with five more planned, state-run Global Times reported. Fifteen ocean-bottom seismometers will be retrieved in the coming year, Science and Technology Daily reported on Monday.
2018-05-31 09:58:20 Read More

Hamburg leads charge with Germany's first diesel ban

On Thursday Hamburg became the first German city to ban older diesel vehicles from some roads, a measure that is largely symbolic but disputed by carmakers and the government. A 1,600-metre (one-mile) stretch of highway and a 580-metre section of another major road are now closed to diesels which do not meet "Euro-6" emissions standards, with signs to indicate that the restriction is now in force.
2018-05-31 09:56:42 Read More

Syria's Bashar al-Assad threatens force against US-backed Kurds

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2018-05-31 09:06:31 Read More

Ex-Israeli spy chief: Netanyahu planned Iran strike in 2011

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2018-05-31 08:35:14 Read More

Moscow invites N Korea's Kim to visit

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Pyongyang on Thursday invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit Russia, Moscow said, during the first meeting between the head of the reclusive state and a Russian official.
2018-05-31 07:11:25 Read More

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China invites UN members to utilise its upcoming space station

​​The China Space Station (CSS), which is expected to be launched by 2019 and become operational by 2022, will be the world's first space station open for cooperation with all UN member states, official media reported today.
2018-05-31 05:05:20 Read More

China invites UN members to utilise its upcoming space station

​​The China Space Station (CSS), which is expected to be launched by 2019 and become operational by 2022, will be the world's first space station open for cooperation with all UN member states, official media reported today.
2018-05-31 05:05:20 Read More

UN envoy urges Iraqi leaders to form an inclusive government

UN envoy for Iraq ​​J​an Kubis told the Security Council that it is essential that Iraq's new government "works as one" to pursue much needed political, economic and social reforms.
2018-05-31 02:38:46 Read More

US general says some Taliban interested in peace

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'China leaned on Hong Kong not to hand fugitive to US'

The US State Department said Hong Kong's leader, Carrie Lam, rejected a request last year to surrender a fugitive into the custody of the United States, at China's behest and this was the first such instance since the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
2018-05-30 13:49:04 Read More

US hurting its own credibility with U-turn on trade: China

Hitting back at the Trump administration's threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on $50 billion goods imported from China, foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said, "In international relations, every flip-flop and U-turn by a country will undermine and hurt its own credibility."
2018-05-30 13:33:54 Read More

Israel denies Gaza ceasefire but calm returns

Israel denied it has agreed to a ceasefire with Palestinian militants in Gaza as claimed by Hamas after the worst military flare-up since a 2014 war, but calm returned Wednesday and there were signs the latest crisis may be ending.
2018-05-30 11:33:53 Read More

Israel denies Gaza ceasefire but calm returns

Israel denied it has agreed to a ceasefire with Palestinian militants in Gaza as claimed by Hamas after the worst military flare-up since a 2014 war, but calm returned Wednesday and there were signs the latest crisis may be ending.
2018-05-30 11:33:53 Read More

Zimbabwe to elect post-Mugabe president on July 30

Zimbabwe announced on Wednesday it would choose a new president and parliament on July 30, in the country's first electoral test since the removal of its autocratic former leader Robert Mugabe. His successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, unveiled the date in the official Zimbabwe Government Gazette.
2018-05-30 10:32:17 Read More

Russian foreign minister to visit North Korea on Thursday

Sergei Lavrov and his North Korean counterpart will discuss bilateral ties, North Korea's nuclear programme and other key international problems, the foreign ministry said. Last month North Korea's foreign minister Ri Yong Ho held rare talks with Lavrov in Moscow as Pyongyang moves to improve strained ties with global powers.
2018-05-30 07:12:51 Read More

Gunman with Islamist links kills three in Belgian city

Belgian police were Wednesday investigating how a gunman on their own watchlist for contacts with Islamist extremists came to launch a brazen suspected terror attack, shooting dead two female officers with their own weapons before killing a bystander.
2018-05-30 06:58:24 Read More

Hamas says Gaza groups agree to ceasefire if Israel reciprocates

Following dozens of rocket and mortar launches at Israel throughout Tuesday and overnight, and Israeli tank and air strikes in Gaza, there were no reports of violence more than two hours after the announcement of a truce by Hamas.
2018-05-30 05:56:43 Read More

US to keep confronting Beijing in South China Sea: Mattis

The US Navy periodically conducts "freedom of navigation" operations in South China Sea waterway, where it sails close to island features China has built into military facilities as a way of showing it rejects any territorial claims.
2018-05-30 04:59:16 Read More

Australia launches spy agency review amid China concerns

The changes were prompted by an investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Fairfax Media which claimed Chinese billionaires were using donations to gain access to Australian political parties.
2018-05-30 04:56:14 Read More

UN expert urges access to Myanmar's conflict-hit Rakhine

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UN chief Antonio Guterres in Mali to back peacekeeping mission

​​United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, received at the airport by Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, went to the UN's MINUSMA base for ceremonies marking the International Day of UN Peacekeepers.
2018-05-29 17:24:35 Read More

Pakistan's National Security Committee condemns violence in Kashmir

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2018-05-29 17:12:28 Read More

Hurricane Maria killed 4,600 in Puerto Rico, 70 times official toll: Study

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Mike Pompeo to host 'like-minded' allies on religious freedom in US

​​The first-ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom will identify ways to push back against persecution and assure greater respect for religious freedom for all, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.
2018-05-29 16:50:03 Read More

Summit preparations intensify with Mike Pompeo, top North Korean to meet

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France to beef up emergency alert system on social media

​​The ministry said in a statement today that from June during immediate threats of danger, such as a terror attack, the ministry's alerts will be given priority broadcast on Twitter, Facebook and Google as well as on French public transport and television.
2018-05-29 16:29:41 Read More

Pak PM Abbasi seeks national debate on civil-military ties, role of judiciary

​​Addressing a news conference days before the end of his term in office, Abbasi said the issue of civil-military ties would remain there irrespective of who formed the next government, besides the role of other stakeholders like the judiciary, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the media.
2018-05-29 14:56:46 Read More

US report: Ethnic cleansing of Rohingya persists in Myanmar

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Financial turmoil engulfs Italy amid political uncertainty

Premier-designate Carlo Cottarelli, a former IMF official, was expected to submit his list of ministers to President Sergio Mattarella in Rome, two days after an attempt by two populist parties to form a government foundered on the president's rejection of their anti-euro economy minister.
2018-05-29 12:28:51 Read More

Doctors say future uncertain for poisoned Skripals

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Doctors say future uncertain for poisoned Skripals

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June 12 summit: Trump confirms N Korean official en route to US

General Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of North Korea, landed at Beijing airport and will continue on to New York tomorrow after talks with Chinese officials, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported earlier, quoting diplomatic sources.
2018-05-29 11:09:39 Read More

Gunman shoots police in Liege, four dead: Reports

A gunman killed two police officers and a passer-by on Tuesday before being shot dead in the centre of the Belgian city of Liege, public broadcaster RTBF said on its website and authorities said terrorism could not be ruled out as a motive.
2018-05-29 10:17:19 Read More

Scepticism as France convenes Libya peace conference

Rival Libyan leaders vying for influence in the fractured and war-scarred country met in Paris on Tuesday for a major peace conference seen as a risky French-backed push for a political settlement in the country.
2018-05-29 09:48:39 Read More

Over 100 killed in 'war on drugs' in Bangladesh

Twelve more alleged drug dealers were killed in overnight raids carried out by the Bangladesh's law enforcement agencies, police said today, taking the tally of those killed in the "war on drugs" to 105 since the launch of the nation-wide crackdown on narcotics trade about a fortnight ago.
2018-05-29 09:42:09 Read More

Four years on, MH370 families await report as search ends

Malaysia's new government has promised to release a long-awaited report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 as a privately funded underwater search effort ended on Tuesday.
2018-05-29 08:33:08 Read More

Russia, USA and Jordan to meet in southern Syria amid tensions

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Protests as Syria takes chair of world disarmament body

The United States led protests on Monday as Syria took over the rotating presidency of the Conference on Disarmament (CD) at a time when Damascus is widely accused of using chemical weapons. "Monday, May 28 will be one of the darkest days in the history of the Conference on Disarmament with Syria beginning its four-week presidency," tweeted US ambassador to the CD Robert Wood.
2018-05-29 08:13:03 Read More

'Top N Korean general on way to US ahead of summit'

A top North Korean general is headed for the United States in what would be the highest profile visit in years, reports said today as the two countries prepare for a momentous summit. General Kim Yong Chol landed at Beijing airport today and will journey on to New York the following day after talks with Chinese officials.
2018-05-29 07:12:44 Read More

Top North Korean general on way to US ahead of summit: Report

The trip is part of a flurry of diplomacy as preparations gather pace for the on-again, off-again summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12. US negotiators, headed by Washington's current ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim, met with North Korean counterparts in a border village of Panmunjom that divides the two Koreas on Sunday.
2018-05-29 06:09:51 Read More

Spirit of Ramadan returns to Iraq's IS-free Mosul

The Islamic State (IS) group which controlled the city for three years before its ouster last July had banned drumming, along with other Ramadan traditions that make up the festive spirit of the dawn to dusk fasting month. Under the cover of night in the Iraqi city of Mosul, Rayan and Ali break the silence by drumming to announce suhur, the pre-dawn breakfast during the holy month of Ramadan.
2018-05-29 05:59:25 Read More

Alberto after landfall: Threat of heavy rains, flooding

Forecasters warned that heavy downpours from the vast storm system are increasing the potential for life-threatening flash floods across north Florida, much of Alabama and large areas of Georgia -- and elsewhere around the Southeast.
2018-05-29 02:57:15 Read More

Israeli army kills Gaza fighter while thwarting border breach

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2018-05-28 17:48:02 Read More

EU foreign ministers seek to keep Iran nuclear deal alive

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2018-05-28 17:04:43 Read More

European Union proposes to ban plastic straws, stirs and cotton buds

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2018-05-28 16:38:27 Read More

Embattled Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy to face no-confidence vote this week

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2018-05-28 16:00:24 Read More

India's attitude changed after Pak's nuclear tests: Sharif

"India carried out nuclear tests in 1998 and it changed the language of its ministers towards us. But when Pakistan conducted the nuclear tests in its reply suddenly their attitude changed. Eight months after the nuclear tests, Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee visited Lahore by bus," Sharif said.
2018-05-28 15:56:40 Read More

Poland seeks permanent US troop presence, offers funds

Poland's defense minister said Monday that he has held talks with US officials about having thousands of American troops permanently stationed as a deterrent in Poland.
2018-05-28 15:08:27 Read More

UK faces calls for anti-abortion law changes in Northern Ireland

​​Prime Minister Theresa May is being asked by some legislators and activists to take steps that might lead to liberalisation in Northern Ireland now that Ireland has voted overwhelmingly to repeal its constitutional ban.
2018-05-28 13:59:40 Read More

Russia seeks 14 years jail for Ukrainian reporter

Journalist Roman Sushchenko — who worked for Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform since 2002 -- was detained in Russia in 2016 and Russia's FSB security agency accused him of serving in Ukrainian military intelligence and gathering state secrets.
2018-05-28 11:40:38 Read More

Russia seeks 14 years jail for Ukrainian reporter

Journalist Roman Sushchenko — who worked for Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform since 2002 -- was detained in Russia in 2016 and Russia's FSB security agency accused him of serving in Ukrainian military intelligence and gathering state secrets.
2018-05-28 11:40:38 Read More

Pak names former chief justice as interim PM until election

Pakistan on Monday appointed former chief justice Nasir Ul Mulk as interim prime minister until general elections are held on July 25, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said.
2018-05-28 08:18:06 Read More

Diplomatic duels: what now for the Trump-Kim summit?

Events around the Korean peninsula have been moving at a dizzying pace over the last few days, with a summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un that was on, then off, then apparently on again.
2018-05-28 07:19:07 Read More

Trump sees 'brilliant potential' for North Korea

US and North Korean officials met on Sunday as preparations resumed for a high-stakes, high-drama summit that President Donald Trump suggests could help the North realise its "brilliant potential." The summit is planned for June 12, to be held in Singapore.
2018-05-28 02:48:52 Read More

Was forced to test nukes in 1998 due to 'hostile posturing' by India: Pakistan

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Protest in Pakistan over Gilgit-Baltistan order

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26 Syria regime, 9 Russia fighters killed in ISIS attack: Report

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Britain's Theresa May faces calls to relax Northern Ireland abortion rules

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Cyclone Mekunu strikes Oman, Yemen; 6 dead, 30 missing

A cyclone more powerful than any previously recorded in southern Oman slammed into the Gulf country and neighboring Yemen on Saturday, deluging a major city with nearly three years' worth of rainfall in single day. The storm killed at least six people while more than 30 remain missing, officials said.
2018-05-27 10:15:39 Read More

Imran Khan eyes victory as Pakistan announces elections on July 25

The poll will bring to a head political tensions that have been building since former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was ousted by the Supreme Court on corruption charges and later barred from politics for life.
2018-05-27 08:58:15 Read More

Pakistan announces general elections on July 25

Pakistan's upcoming general elections for parliament and provincial assemblies will be held on July 25, according to a decree signed by President Mamnoon Hussain on Sunday. Sources in the President Office said the signed document was sent to the ECP to grant permission to go ahead and hold polls.
2018-05-27 05:26:10 Read More

Trump revives hope for summit with Kim; says date and location 'hasn't changed'

"We're looking at June 12 in Singapore. That hasn't changed. It's moving along pretty well, so we'll see what happens," Trump told reporters.
2018-05-27 04:32:46 Read More

White House team to leave for Singapore to prepare for possible N Korea summit

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China orders crackdown on outdoor religious statues

China's ruling Communist Party has ordered the provincial governments to regulate construction of large outdoor religious statues in a bid to prevent "commercialisation" of Buddhist and Taoist religions, official media reported on Saturday.
2018-05-26 13:57:02 Read More

US aligning with India against Pakistan: Pervez Musharraf

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2018-05-26 11:09:06 Read More

Powerful cyclone lashes Oman, Yemen; 3 dead, 40 missing

India's Meteorological Department said the storm packed maximum sustained winds of 170-180 kilometres (105-111 miles) per hour with gusts of up to 200 kph (124 mph). It called the cyclone "extremely severe."
2018-05-26 10:48:19 Read More

Putin: We're held hostage to political strife around Trump

Putin's comments in a meeting with top editors of international news agencies underlined how Russia's once-high hopes for improved relations under Trump have eroded.
2018-05-26 05:43:43 Read More

Putin says will step down as president after term expires in 2024

Helicopter footage showed students being led from the school to buses north of Indianapolis. Hamilton County Sheriff's OfficeBryant Orem says they were being taken to Noblesville High School's gym, where their families can pick them up.
2018-05-25 17:23:08 Read More

'Active shooter' taken into custody at Indiana middle school

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'Active shooter' taken into custody at Indiana middle school

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Donald Trump leaves open possibility of June 12 summit with North Korea

US President Donald Trump said on Friday it was possible a planned summit with North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un could still take place on June 12 as originally planned.
2018-05-25 14:08:14 Read More

A rare glimpse inside Vietnam's secret jails

Nguyen Truong Chinh proudly holds up intricately crafted animals, flowers and hearts secret gifts made from plastic bags by a son on Vietnam's death row. The palm-sized creations that his son and other inmates have furtively made and smuggled out of their solitary cells offer a rare glimpse of prison life in Vietnam, believed to be one of the world's leading executioners. ​
2018-05-25 04:40:27 Read More

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