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World News For The Year 2019 and Month Nov

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Squabbles overshadow Nato 70th anniversary summit

The 29 allies will descend on London ready to lock horns over spending and how to deal with Russia in a major test of unity as Nato seeks to assert its relevance.
2019-12-03 07:10:03 Read More

Sri Lankan president prorogues parliament for a month

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has prorogued the parliament for one month and fixed January 3, 2020 for the commencement of the next session. The parliament should have met on Tuesday, according to the schedule. "The President is constitutionally empowered to do so," officials said.
2019-12-03 05:46:02 Read More

Schools, offices close as long-lived storm clobbers US East

The storm dropped more than a foot of snow on parts of the region late Sunday and Monday and could bring 10 to 24 inches (25 to 60 centimeters) total by Tuesday from Pennsylvania to Maine, forecasters said. Heavy snow was also expected in the Appalachian Mountains down to Tennessee and North Carolina.
2019-12-03 04:51:38 Read More

Typhoon Kammuri pounds Philippines, closes Manila airport

Typhoon Kammuri on Tuesday lashed the Philippines with fierce winds and heavy rain, as hundreds of thousands took refuge in shelters and the capital Manila shut down its international airport over safety concerns. Kammuri had already snarled some plans for the Southeast Asian Games, which opened Saturday and are set to run through December 11 in and around Manila.
2019-12-03 04:40:51 Read More

North Korea's Kim celebrates completion of 'modern mountainous city'

North Koreans have celebrated the completion of leader Kim Jong Unâ€™s signature construction project, a new city near the sacred mountain where his family claims its roots, It is being hailed as the "epitome of modern civilization". The city named Samjiyon is envisaged as a "socialist utopia" with new apartments, hotels, a ski resort and medical facilities.
2019-12-03 03:32:27 Read More

Apparent smoke grenade blast at Jakarta park injured two: Police

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Ex-Pak President Musharraf admitted to Dubai hospital

President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf was on Monday admitted to a hospital in Dubai due to serious health issues. He is reportedly suffering from cardiac problem and having a blood pressure issue. Since 2016, Musharraf has been living in a self-imposed exile in Dubai for "seeking medical treatment". He is wanted by Pak govt in connection to a treason case.
2019-12-03 01:51:46 Read More

Woman stranded for 12 nights in Australia outback

â€‹â€‹â€‹ The three set out for an afternoon drive on November 19 but their car became bogged in a riverbed. McBeath-Riley found water a little over 1 km north of the car. â€‹â€‹â€œSensibly she appears to have stayed where the water is and thatâ€™s what kept her going,â€ Vicary said.
2019-12-02 19:59:30 Read More

London attackerâ€™s accomplice held

â€‹â€‹â€‹The duo had been together found guilty of terrorism offences for a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange and set up a POK terrorist training camp in the guise of a madrassa in 2012. Both Khan and Hussain were planning to travel to POK in 2011 but were arrested by security forces in coordinated raids in December 2010 as their nine-member gang was busted.
2019-12-02 19:24:59 Read More

Pakistan government forms a panel to draft new law on army chiefâ€™s reappointment

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Are unhappy generals behind legal challenge to extension for Bajwa?

Just two days ahead of General Bajwaâ€™s completion of a three-year term as army chief and before the Supreme Court was to decide his extension case, the Pakistan army had announced a major reshuffle of its top brass.
2019-12-02 19:12:59 Read More

Saudi media summit held a year after Khashoggi murder

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Mike Pompeo says Iran the common villain in Mideast protests

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday that Iran was the uniting factor behind protests around the Middle East, saying demonstrators in Iraq, Lebanon and Iran itself opposed the clerical regime.
2019-12-02 17:10:32 Read More

Had a successful trip to Afghanistan: Trump

US President Donald Trump on Monday said his maiden trip to Afghanistan on Thanksgiving Day was very successful. "I loved going to Afghanistan. It was great -- as you know -- we had some good meetings with a lot of people including (Afghanistan President Ashraf) Ghani, you know that, right? And he was terrific. It was great meeting with him," Trump told reporters.
2019-12-02 17:06:52 Read More

Why London Bridge killer was released from jail early

Usman Khan, who killed two people in the London Bridge terror attack last week, was a convicted terrorist who had been released halfway through his sentence. Prisoners can typically expect to serve around half of their sentence in prison before being released on licence.
2019-12-02 13:35:21 Read More

Pak govt forms 3-member ministerial committee to draft new law on Army chief's reappointment: Report

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2019-12-02 11:23:24 Read More

Pak govt forms 3-member ministerial committee to draft new law on Army chief's reappointment: Report

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Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping launch 'historic' Russia-China gas pipeline

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Ukraine President denies quid pro quo with Donald Trump

"I did not speak with US President Trump in those terms: you give me this, I give you that," Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with European publications including Germany's Der Spiegel magazine. In remarks published in German, Zelensky said he "did not understand at all" the accusations heard at the hearings and did not "want to give an impression that we are beggars" in Ukraine.
2019-12-02 09:04:39 Read More

Pakistan FM meets Sri Lankan counterpart, apprises him about Kashmir situation

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China sanctions US NGOs over Hong Kong unrest

Sanctions will apply to NGOs that had acted "badly" over the recent unrest in Hong Kong including the National Endowment for Democracy, Human Rights Watch and Freedom House, foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a regular press briefing.
2019-12-02 07:50:31 Read More

France: Three rescue workers killed in helicopter crash

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President Trump speaks with Netanyahu about Iran

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Death toll put at 20 for Mexico cartel attack near US border

The Coahuila state government said in a statement that lawmen aided by helicopters were still chasing remnants of the force that arrived in a convoy of pickup trucks and attacked the city hall of Villa Union on Saturday . Governor Miguel Angel Riquelme said late Sunday afternoon that authorities had determined the casualty count from the gunbattles stood at 14 gunmen dead and four police officers killed.
2019-12-02 04:45:57 Read More

Malta PM Joseph Muscat to resign amid journalist murder probe protests

Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, under fire over his handling of the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, said Sunday he would step down after his replacement is chosen in January.
2019-12-02 03:38:57 Read More

2 Indian students killed in hit and run crash in US

Judy Stanley (23), and Vybhav Gopisetty (26), were graduate students of the Tennessee State University (TSU) and were pursuing food science degrees in the College of Agriculture, the university said. The university students have raised-- through a GoFundMe Page-- more than $42,000 for their last rights and funeral in India.
2019-12-02 02:30:04 Read More

Australian foreign minister says China is holding citizen in 'unacceptable' conditions

Yang Hengjun, a former Chinese diplomat turned online journalist and blogger, was arrested in August on suspicion of espionage, seven months after he was originally detained in the southern city of Guangzhou.
2019-12-01 23:36:35 Read More

Lebanon stops migrant boat carrying 34 Syrian refugees

It stopped the boat near the coast of the northern city of Tripoli on Saturday, it said in a statement on Sunday. The army said it arrested a Lebanese citizen who was trying to smuggle them out of the country, adding that there were five Lebanese on board the vessel.
2019-12-01 23:28:05 Read More

At least 10 killed in Burkina Faso church attack: Security sources

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday that the world's efforts to stop climate change have been "utterly inadequate" so far and there is a danger global warming could pass the "point of no return."
2019-12-01 20:26:14 Read More

UN chief warns of 'point of no return' on climate change

The argument centers over the early release from prison of Usman Khan, who served roughly half his sentence before being set free. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday blamed Khan's freedom on changes in sentencing rules made by the last Labour Party government before Johnson's Conservatives took power in 2010.
2019-12-01 14:28:26 Read More

Iraq parliament approves PM resignation, protesters mourn dead

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China dressed up in celebratory red for 70 years of PRC

Pak PM Imran Khan said a capable bureaucracy has an important role in the economic development of the country as he directed bureaucrats to carry out their duties purely on merit. Khan called for improving governance and law and order in Punjab province in Pakistan.
2019-12-01 12:12:24 Read More

UK attack now political football as Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn spar

From streets to museums, Chinese cities are suffused with celebratory red, commemorating the 70 years of the foundation of the People's Republic of China, as the country remains soaked in the festive mood. On October 1, 1949, legendary Communist leader Mao Zedong from Beijing's Gate of Heavenly Peace, had proclaimed the founding of the PRC after a bloody civil war.
2019-12-01 11:31:35 Read More

Trump faces two impeachment deadlines as inquiry shifts focus

The Democratic-led House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, tasked with considering charges known as articles of impeachment, has given the US President Donald Trump until 6 pm EST (2300 GMT) on Sunday to say whether he or his legal counsel will participate in an impeachment hearing on Wednesday.
2019-12-01 11:24:08 Read More

'Change old mindset', Imran Khan to Pakistani bureaucrats

In September, China's industry and information technology ministry issued a notice on "safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of citizens online", which laid out rules for enforcing real-name registration. The notice said telecom operators should use "artificial intelligence and other technical means" to verify people's identities when they take a new phone number.
2019-12-01 09:40:47 Read More

China introduces mandatory face scans for phone users

A shootout in a Mexican town near the US border between suspected drug traffickers and police left at least 14 dead, including 4 officers. The confrontation broke out shortly before noon in Villa Union in the state of Coahuila when officers detected several vehicles and heavily armed passengers touring the small community, which is roughly 60 kms from the US border.
2019-12-01 09:21:02 Read More

Mexico shootout leaves at least 14 dead

Protesters returned to the streets of Hong Kong, ending a brief election lull and demanding the govt make concessions a week after pro-democracy candidates won a landslide victory. Hong Kongers have rallied in huge numbers over the last six months, fuelled by years of growing fears that authoritarian China is stamping out the city's liberties.
2019-12-01 08:57:03 Read More

'This is not over': Hong Kong protesters return to the streets

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ISIS claims London knife-attack

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Hong Kong elders, youths vow to keep up pro-democracy fight

Hundreds of silver-haired activists joined young Hong Kong protesters for a unity rally Saturday, vowing that their months-long movement will not fade away until there is greater democracy. The protesters are angry over creeping Chinese interference that they say is eroding their rights promised when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
2019-11-30 12:49:07 Read More

JuD chief Hafiz Saeed to face trial for terror financing charges on December 7

Mumbai terror attack mastermind and chief of the banned JuD Hafiz Saeed will be prosecuted for terror financing charges by an anti-terrorism court next month in Lahore. An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore held a hearing against Saeed and his accomplices on terror financing on Saturday and fixed Dec 7 as the date for the indictment of the JuD chief.
2019-11-30 12:45:01 Read More

Smog shuts schools, universities in Iran

The decision to shut schools and universities in the capital was announced late Friday by deputy governor Mohammad Taghizadeh, after a meeting of an emergency committee for air pollution. "Due to increased air pollution, kindergartens, preschools and schools, universities and higher education institutes of Tehran province will be closed," he said, quoted by state news agency IRNA.
2019-11-30 07:31:37 Read More

New Zealand gun owners stage protest over tighter controls

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New Zealand gun owners stage protest over tighter controls

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Paris train station partly evacuated over inactive shell: Sources

Police in Paris partly evacuated Europe's busiest train station, the Gare du Nord, on Friday after an inactive explosive shell was discovered in a passenger's bag, sources said. The shell was found as part of a random check at the station. A source close to the investigation said the man, who was arrested, was a soldier.
2019-11-30 04:34:39 Read More

Three minors stabbed in The Hague shopping area

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London mayor praises 'breath-taking heroism' of public during knife rampage

"What's remarkable about the images we've seen is the breath-taking heroism of members of the public who literally ran towards danger not knowing what confronted them," Khan told reporters, adding that man had been wearing a fake bomb.
2019-11-29 17:40:33 Read More

White House condemns attack in London, pledges 'full support' to Britain

The White House condemned an attack that took place in the area of the London Bridge on Friday, and pledged "full support to our ally, the United Kingdom," said White House spokesperson Judd Deere.
2019-11-29 17:12:25 Read More

London Bridge attack declared terrorist incident, suspect with hoax bomb vest shot dead by police

Scotland Yard's head of counter terrorism policing, assistant commissioner Neil Basu, said in a statement at New Scotland Yard headquarters in London that a "number" of people had been injured. "At approximately 2pm today, police were called to a stabbing at a premises near London Bridge. Emergency services attended including officers from the city of London Police and Metropolitan Police.
2019-11-29 17:04:45 Read More

Donald Trump makes secret visit to Afghanistan, confirms talks resumption with Taliban

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Man shot by UK police at London Bridge; incident treated as â€˜terror-related'

A man has been shot and a number of people injured in stabbings at London Bridge, Scotland Yard said, adding that the incident is being treated as â€œterror-relatedâ€ as a precaution. An earlier police statement described the exchange as a stabbing incident during which a man was detained. London Ambulance Service had earlier declared it a â€œmajor incidentâ€.
2019-11-29 16:50:01 Read More

Several injured, one detained in stabbing incident near London Bridge: Police

Several people were injured after a stabbing incident was reported near the iconic London Bridge on Friday as police detained a person and cordoned off the area. Scotland Yard said that they are in the early stages of dealing with an incident at the London Bridge. It said a man had been detained and it is believed that a number of people have been injured.
2019-11-29 15:21:56 Read More

UK police clear London Bridge after reports of gunshots

As per British police, several people have been stabbed near London Bridge, and a man has been detained. The news came after witnesses reported hearing gunshots in the area. Local media reported that police had shot the apparent attacker. The Metropolitan Police force said officers were called Friday afternoon "to a stabbing at premises near to London Bridge."
2019-11-29 14:32:50 Read More

Iraq's PM announces he'll resign amid worsening crisis

Iraq's Prime Minister said Friday he would submit his resignation to parliament, a day after more than 40 people were killed by security forces and following calls by Iraq's top Shiite cleric for lawmakers to withdraw support.
2019-11-29 14:29:06 Read More

Slovakia may force women to get pre-abortion ultrasound

Lawmakers in Slovakia are scheduled to debate a proposed law Friday that would compel women seeking an abortion to first have an ultrasound and listen to the heartbeat of the embryo or fetus, a move many groups have decried as a backward step for women's rights.
2019-11-29 12:57:02 Read More

Slovakia may force women to get pre-abortion ultrasound

UK PM Johnson says UK will leave EU by Jan 31 at the latest

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Afghan peace talks with Taliban has resumed: Trump

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Ex-Japan PM Nakasone dies at 101

Former Japanese PM Yasuhiro Nakasone, an ardent conservative who worked to forge a stronger military alliance with the US, has died at the age of 101, local media said Friday. â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹In office for five years from November 1982 to November 1987, Nakasone was known for trying to integrate the nation defeated in World War II as a full-fledged member of the West during the Cold War era.
2019-11-29 05:18:29 Read More

Kim Jong Un supervises North Korea weapons test

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Hong Kong set for fresh protests as police end university siege

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North Korea may deploy 'super-large' rocket launcher soon

North Korea says the test-firing of its "super-large" multiple rocket launcher was a final review of the weapon's combat application. Pyongyang is preparing to mass produce and deploy the new weapons system soon. South Korea's military says North Korea fired 2 projectiles into its eastern waters on Thursday â€” probably from the "super-large" rocket launcher.
2019-11-29 02:45:23 Read More

Trump makes surprise trip to Afghanistan on Thanksgiving, eats turkey with troops

Trump made a surprise Thanksgiving visit to US troops in Afghanistan on Thursday and said he believed Taliban insurgents would agree to a ceasefire in America's longest war. Trump met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and served turkey to some US troops before sitting down to eat Thanksgiving dinner with them.
2019-11-29 02:15:21 Read More

Germany to tighten law on anti-Semitic crimes

Germany is planning to tighten legislation on anti-Semitic crimes, a minister said on Thursday following a deadly attack aimed at a synagogue in Halle in former east Germany last month.
2019-11-28 17:15:35 Read More

Germany to tighten law on anti-Semitic crimes

China summons US envoy, asks Washington not to implement Hong Kong bill

China warned of "countermeasures" against the US after President Donald Trump signed a bill supporting pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. A livid China on Thursday summoned the US envoy and asked Washington to refrain from putting the law into effect to "avoid further damage" to bilateral ties.
2019-11-28 15:05:15 Read More

Time running out on North Korea's deadline to US on nukes

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump have signaled their affection for each other so regularly it might be easy to miss rising fears that the head-spinning diplomatic engagement of the past two years is falling apart.
2019-11-28 12:20:15 Read More

Seoul says North Korea has fired 2 short-range projectiles

A three-member bench of the apex court in its short order directed the government to bring necessary legislation within six months' time, Geo TV reported. Bajwa's original three-year tenure is set to expire on Thursday at midnight and he can now continue as the Army chief for another six months.
2019-11-28 11:57:09 Read More

Pak court orders Musharraf to record statement by Decr 5 in treason case

Yameen led the Indian Ocean archipelago state from 2013 to 2018. During that time he was accused of corruption, muzzling the media and persecuting political opponents. He lost last year's election to current President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.
2019-11-28 11:42:36 Read More

Pak SC grants 6 months conditional extension to Gen Bajwa

A Pakistani special court on Wednesday allowed former dictator General (retd) Pervez Musharraf until December 5 to record his statement in the high treason case against him, but made it clear that it will only accept the Supreme Court's directives and was not bound by the Islamabad High Court's order.
2019-11-28 11:03:06 Read More

Former Maldives president sentenced to 5 years in prison

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North Korea fires two 'unidentified projectiles': Seoul

The death toll from the most powerful earthquake to strike Albania in decades rose to 40 on Thursday, after 10 more bodies were pulled from the rubble overnight. The 6.4 magnitude earthquake rattled the Balkan state before dawn on Tuesday, levelling buildings and trapping bodies underneath the wreckage in towns near the Adriatic coast.
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Albania earthquake death toll hits 40: defence ministry

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Albania earthquake death toll hits 40: defence ministry

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Iran arrests eight 'linked to CIA' during unrest: State media

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Pak SC set to announce verdict in Bajwa's tenure extension case

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Israel's drone industry becomes global force

Wednesday's attack was 'aimed at damaging the historical relations between Iraq and Iran and with rest of the countries', the ministry said in a statement.
2019-11-28 07:08:51 Read More

China summons US envoy, urges US to refrain from applying Hong Kong bill

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Explore Hatta â€“ An adventure spot near Dubai

In the picture, Trump's head is superimposed on the hulking body of a boxer â€” an image taken from the publicity poster for the Sylvester Stallone movie "Rocky III." The montage, in which a distinctly airbrushed version of the 73-year-old president's face is used, comes without comment.
2019-11-28 04:30:00 Read More

Iraq condemns attack on Iran's consulate in southern Najaf: State media

China has threatened to retaliate after US President Donald Trump signed legislation supporting Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters, just as the world's top two economies edge towards a trade truce. Trump had seemed reluctant to sign the legislation, but came under heavy pressure from Congress, where the issue has attracted rare bipartisan support.
2019-11-28 04:20:02 Read More

Furious China threatens retaliation over US law on Hong Kong

Hussain said that he wished his father would be treated under one roof, Geo News reported. "Have advised my father numerous times to go to the US for treatment," he said. "We can't see any signs of improvement in his health," he added.
2019-11-28 03:45:55 Read More

No signs of improvement in former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif's health: Hussain

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More than 227,000 Indians waiting for family-sponsored Green Card

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Trump posts a picture of himself as Rocky, reviews mixed

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China threatens 'countermeasures' after Trump signs Hong Kong bill

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Trump approves legislation backing Hong Kong protestors

Carmelo Barbagallo, 63, former head of supervision at Italy's central bank, succeeds Swiss lawyer Rene Bruelhart as head of the Vatican's Financial Information Authority (AIF). Bruelhart left last week after five years in the post when the pope did not renew his mandate.
2019-11-28 00:31:58 Read More

US says it is 'affront' that planners of Mumbai terror attacks have not been convicted

Britain's main opposition Labour party on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of plotting a "toxic" deal with Donald Trump to allow US pharmaceutical companies access to the state health service.
2019-11-27 16:01:39 Read More

Pope names new financial regulator chief following police raid

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Submarine abandoned off Spanish coast carried 3 tons of cocaine

"Charges against them were proved beyond any doubt. The court gave them the highest punishment," public persecutor Golam Sarwar Khan told reporters after the verdict in the capital, Dhaka, amid tight security.
2019-11-27 13:57:10 Read More

Labour accuses UK PM of plot to 'sell' NHS to Donald Trump

National police and the finance ministry said in a statement Wednesday that it is the first-time drug smugglers have attempted to use a submarine in Europe, but it is 'very common' in the United States. The submarine was due to pass the cocaine to another vessel, but the three people on board abandoned the submarine amid rough seas off Spain last Saturday night.
2019-11-27 12:57:27 Read More

Iran supreme leader claims protests a US-backed 'conspiracy'

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Pak SC questions rules on Army chief's tenure extension in General Bajwa's case

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the rules related to the extension of an Army chief's tenure as it heard a crucial case whose outcome may block the current head of the Army General Qamar Javed Bajwa from serving another 3-year term. Pakistan PM had on August 19 granted a 3-year extension to General Bajwa, citing "regional security environment".
2019-11-27 09:11:21 Read More

Iran hosts Taliban to discuss Afghan peace process

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Colombia holds another national strike as week of protests rolls on

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Hong Kong tunnel reopens, campus siege nears end

A major tunnel in Hong Kong reopened Wednesday as a week-long police siege of a nearby university appeared to be winding down, closing one of the more violent chapters in the long-running anti-government protests in the Chinese territory. The Cross-Harbour Tunnel, which links Hong Kong Island to the rest of the city, had been closed for two weeks after protesters blocked the approach with debris and set the toll booths on fire as they clashed with police.
2019-11-27 07:36:29 Read More

Bangladesh sentences seven to death for 2016 cafe attack

Pak minority groups protest in Washington on 26/11 anniversary

Members of minority groups from Pakistan on Tuesday held a protest outside the country's embassy in Washington against Islamabad's role in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, as well as to demand capital punishment for the attack's mastermind Hafiz Saeed.
2019-11-27 05:51:58 Read More

Trump says will designate Mexican cartels as 'terror' groups

US President Donald Trump said in an interview posted online Tuesday that he planned to designate Mexican drug cartels as terror groups. The move comes after Trump called for a "war" on the cartels in early November when nine women and children from a Mormon community in northern Mexico were killed in a hail of gunfire. The victims were dual US-Mexican citizens.
2019-11-27 05:29:13 Read More

China overtakes US in number of diplomatic missions

For the first time, China has more diplomatic missions around the world than the US, according to a study that offered fresh evidence of Beijing's global ambitions. "With 276 posts globally, China has for the first time surpassed the United States' network by three posts," authors of the biennial Global Diplomacy Index said.
2019-11-27 05:06:02 Read More

Trump to designate Mexican drug cartels as terror groups

"I will be designating the cartels," Donald Trump said on being asked about the issue during a radio interview on Tuesday. Trump said he has been "working on that for the last 90 days", Efe news reported.
2019-11-27 04:55:10 Read More

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Thousands rally in support of Israel's Netanyahu after graft indictment

Netanyahu, Israel's longest serving leader and in power since 2009, presently heads a caretaker government after two inconclusive elections this year. He is not obliged by law to leave office over the charges and has vowed to stay in power.
2019-11-27 03:43:16 Read More

Trump pardons turkeys in Thanksgiving tradition, makes fun of impeachment hearings

President Donald Trump on Tuesday used the high power of his office to pardon "Butter", a 47 pound (21 kg) turkey, during a US tradition at the White House where he also cracked jokes about Democrats' investigation into whether he should be impeached. Both Butter and his alternate "Bread" escaped the fate of becoming the main course of a Thanksgiving feast.
2019-11-27 02:25:03 Read More

Trump order creates task force on missing American Indians

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Trump order creates task force on missing American Indians

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To represent govt, Pakistan law minister resigns

Pakistan's Law minister Farogh Naseem resigned on Tuesday to represent the government in a case regarding Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa's extension in the Supreme Court, a senior minister said after an emergency meeting of the Cabinet.
2019-11-26 16:43:07 Read More

Judge's ruling that Trump aides have to comply with House subpoenas sets stage for test of US President's powers

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Capitol Hill building evacuated, White House on lockdown amid airspace violation reports

Sputnik correspondent reported that the roads around the White House are being closed to traffic. According to MSNBC, fighter jets have been scrambled in Washington after an aircraft failed to respond to air traffic controllers.
2019-11-26 15:25:33 Read More

Lahore high court accepts Musharraf's petition seeking to stop verdict in high treason case

Justice Syed Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi of the Lahore high court removed its objections and admitted Dubai-based Musharraf's petition for hearing, the Dawn News reported. The Lahore high court also sought replies from the federal government and the ministry of interior by November 28.
2019-11-26 11:07:05 Read More

Two French citizens killed in Haiti: Foreign Ministry

The French embassy in Haiti was seeking more information from local authorities, the ministry said.
2019-11-26 08:40:10 Read More

Pakistan court may stop army chief from serving 3 more years

Pakistan's supreme court has taken a first step toward blocking the country's powerful army chief from serving another three-year term. Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa on Tuesday suspended till Wednesday the government notification extending the tenure of army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa for another three years.
2019-11-26 07:18:26 Read More

Trump's actions raise concern about role in military justice

Esper's comments Monday were the latest twist in the case of Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, which led to a conflict between Trump and armed services leaders over military discipline. The dispute peaked over the weekend with the firing of Navy Secretary Richard V Spencer.
2019-11-26 06:33:33 Read More

6.4 magnitude quake hits west Albania

According to reports by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake was recorded at a depth of 20 kilometres, about six miles northwest of Shijak at 3:54 am (local time).
2019-11-26 06:24:21 Read More

Malaysian court acquits Australian woman facing death penalty for drug trafficking

Maria Exposto, 55, was arrested in the Malaysian capital in 2014 while in transit to Melbourne from Shanghai, and in May last year she was found guilty of smuggling more than a kilogramme of crystal metamphetamine.
2019-11-26 05:45:19 Read More

Malaysian court acquits Australian woman facing death penalty for drug trafficking

Trump presents Conan the dog, 'incredible' hero of Baghdadi raid

Donald Trump on Monday introduced to the world the military dog involved in the raid that led to the death of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. "Conan did a fantastic job," the US president told the White House press corps. "The dog is incredible," Trump continued. "Conan is a tough cookie. And nobody is going to mess with Conan."
2019-11-26 02:47:18 Read More

Doctors fear Julian Assange 'could die' in UK jail

More than 60 doctors wrote an open letter published Monday saying they feared Julian Assange's health was so bad that the WikiLeaks founder could die inside a top-security British jail. The 48-year-old Australian is still fighting a US bid to extradite him from Britain on charges filed under the Espionage Act. â€‹
2019-11-26 02:19:56 Read More

Priceless jewels stolen in German museum heist

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Pro-democracy camp wins in Hong Kong vote

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Mark Esper says Donald Trump ordered him to allow SEAL to keep status

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Data leak reveals brainwashing, not job training, at China camps

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Food fight on social media after US writer says Indian cuisine is terrible

When American writer Tom Nichols tweeted â€œIndian food is terrible and we pretend it isnâ€™t,â€ in response to an invitation to netizens to write about their "most controversial food opinion," little did he realize he set off a food fight Twitter had never seen.
2019-11-25 17:23:56 Read More

Lahore as bad as Delhi on the pollution front: Imran Khan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday launched the Clean Green Pakistan Index (CGPI) as part of his government's efforts to curb pollution but rued that pollution levels in the Pakistani city of Lahore was as bad as in the Indian capital, New Delhi. In the initial phase of the CGPI, 19 cities have been selected to compete on certain issues of public interest.
2019-11-25 13:49:20 Read More

Thieves grab jewels, treasures worth 'up to a billion euros' in Dresden

Thieves grabbed jewels and other treasures worth up to a billion euros from an eastern German museum. The intruders cut the electricity supply in Dresden's Gruenes Gewoelbe, or Green Vault museum, which houses one of Europe's largest collections of jewellery and court riches.
2019-11-25 13:17:59 Read More

US criticism of CPEC aimed at driving wedge between China-Pakistan: Chinese FM

"The US ignores the facts and continues to use the so-called debt issue to disrupt the CPEC development and drive a wedge between China and Pakistan. This is so malicious and ill-intentioned," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a media briefing here while responding to US's top diplomat for South and Central Asia Alice Wells criticising the CPEC and China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
2019-11-25 12:44:50 Read More

Sri Lanka won't do anything that will harm India's interests: Prez Rajapaksa

"We will work with India as a friendly country and won't do anything that will harm India's interests," said Rajapaksa, who will travel to New Delhi on November 29 on his first official trip abroad as Sri Lankan President.
2019-11-25 12:05:51 Read More

Lankan govt not to succumb to pressures from NGOs: Gotabaya

"I am not acting in the interests of the NGOs. The people were given a clear mandate to change the status quo. If it were not so, the people could have appointed another person. The majority of people in this country trusted me," President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said.
2019-11-25 11:34:32 Read More

On Trump impeachment, divisions between urban and rural Democrats

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Face of Guatemala's anti-corruption fight faces threats

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More secrets of China's Xinjiang camps leaked to foreign media

The publication on Sunday of the documents by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) follows a New York Times report on Nov. 16 based on a cache of secret papers revealing details of China's clamp-down on ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims in the region.
2019-11-25 05:38:17 Read More

The man behind China's detention of 1 million Muslims

Now, newly revealed, confidential documents show that the official, Zhu Hailun, played a key role in planning and executing a campaign that has swept up a million or more Uighurs into detention camps.
2019-11-25 04:54:18 Read More

Trump fires US navy chief over handling of SEAL case

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper fired the Navy's Secretary Richard Spencer on Sunday over handling of the case of a Navy SEAL, convicted of battlefield misconduct in Iraq and later won the support of President Donald Trump. The US President, who publicly opposed taking away Edward Gallagher's Trident pin & intervened in the case to restore his rank, cheered the moves.
2019-11-25 03:35:57 Read More

Hong Kong democracy camp heads for stunning polls win

Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp was cruising towards a crushing victory in community-level elections on Monday, sending the Beijing-backed government a clear message of public support for the demands of a protest movement that has gripped the territory for months. Counting was still under way following record turnout in Sunday's polls.
2019-11-25 03:30:10 Read More

America's stance on CPEC will have 'no impact' on project: Qureshi

Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday asserted that America's stance on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor will have "no impact" on the multi-billion dollar project, days after the US warned Islamabad against the project and said it will take a toll on the country's economy.
2019-11-24 16:39:44 Read More

Hindu pilgrims from India arrive in Pakistan for religious festivities in Sindh

Plane crashes into homes in Congo shortly after takeoff; at least 17 aboard are dead. The aircraft crashed into residential homes near Goma's airport in the North Kivu province. Air accidents are frequent in the central African nation of Congo because of poor maintenance and relaxed air safety standards.
2019-11-24 16:20:00 Read More

Record turnout for Hong Kong council elections amid calls for full democracy

Government data released one hour before polling stations closed said nearly 2.9 million people had voted, a turnout rate of more than 69% - a record showing that appeared to have been encouraged by the political turmoil. About 1.47 million voted in the last district elections four years ago. First results were due after midnight.
2019-11-24 15:43:34 Read More

Boris Johnson unveils election platform, promises Brexit

"Unlike any other party standing in this election, we are going to get Brexit done,'' he told supporters while waving his party's printed platform, which was unveiled Sunday.
2019-11-24 15:30:00 Read More

Former NY mayor Bloomberg enters Democratic presidential race

The move is an about-face for Bloomberg, 77, who said in March that he would not make a 2020 run for the White House. "I'm running for president to defeat Donald Trump and rebuild America. We cannot afford four more years of President Trump's reckless and unethical actions," he said in a statement.
2019-11-24 15:19:29 Read More

Plane crashes into homes in Congo; at least 17 aboard dead

Pope Francis traveled to Hiroshima & Nagasaki to demand that world powers renounce their nuclear arsenals, declaring the use and possession of atomic bombs an "immoral'' crime. Standing before survivors of the 1945 US atomic bombings, Francis rejected the Cold War-era doctrine of deterrence that had been sanctioned by the Catholic Church for nearly 3 decades.
2019-11-24 13:50:46 Read More

Pope in Hiroshima: Use and possession of atom bomb 'immoral'

Netanyahu, a four-term conservative leader, has denied the charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust and said he will stay in office and defend himself. His indictment on Thursday came amid unprecedented political disarray in Israel, after elections in April and September in which neither Netanyahu nor his main challenger, centrist Benny Gantz, secured a governing majority in parliament.
2019-11-24 13:30:38 Read More

Netanyahu faces court, party challenges after indictment

Government data showed more than 2.3 million people had voted by 5.30 p.m., a turnout rate of 56%, with five hours left until polling stations closed - a showing that appeared to have been encouraged by the political turmoil. About 1.47 million voted in the last district elections four years ago.
2019-11-24 11:21:53 Read More

Record turnout for Hong Kong council elections amid calls for full democracy

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Hiroshima survivors tell pope of attack 'hell'

Tahir Maqsood, a Pakistani citizen, filed the petition in the Lahore High Court on Saturday, seeking contempt of court proceedings against Khan for bringing the judiciary into disrepute. The petitioner said the prime minister criticised senior judges of the Supreme Court which amounts to contempt of court.
2019-11-24 11:16:32 Read More

Petition seeking Imran Khan's disqualification filed in Pak court

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Hong Kong voters throng to vote early, avoid anticipated clashes

Voter turnout in the first three hours was nearly three times that for the previous election four years ago, government data showed, amid concerns voting could be halted if violence erupts later in the day.
2019-11-24 03:43:31 Read More

Desi autos a hero in Iraqisâ€™ fight for rights

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â€˜Pompeo was in contact with Giuliani before envoyâ€™s ousterâ€™

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John Bolton returns on Twitter with cryptic post about a White House freeze: â€˜Liberatedâ€™

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Donald Trumpâ€™s Ukrainian meddling theory a Russian op: US intelligence

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Tens of thousands march in France to condemn domestic violence

Tens of thousands of people took the streets of Paris and other French cities on Saturday to protest against domestic violence after more than 130 women are believed to have been killed by their partner or ex-partner in France this year. Activists holding purple placards bearing the names of female victims chanted "Abuser, you've had it, women are in the street".
2019-11-23 15:48:20 Read More

China rebuffs US criticism of CPEC projects

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China attacks US at G20, calls it world's biggest source of instability

The United States is the world's biggest source of instability and its politicians are going around the world baselessly smearing China, the Chinese government's top diplomat said on Saturday in a stinging attack at a G20 meeting in Japan.
2019-11-23 12:34:36 Read More

Pakistan forms parliamentary committee to prevent forced conversions of minorities

Corbyn, 70, is vying to become prime minister at a December 12 election called by his Conservative rival, the current Prime Minister Boris Johnson, to resolve a deadlock in parliament over the right approach to leaving the European Union.
2019-11-23 12:18:33 Read More

Putin to address Russia's crisis-hit ruling party

Russian leader Vladimir Putin is set Saturday to address a United Russia convention as the ruling party struggles to overcome a crisis amid the public's growing desire for change. United Russia, which was established in 2001 and turns 18 next weekend, has been a legislative powerhouse, enjoying a constitutional majority in parliament's lower house since 2007.
2019-11-23 07:22:06 Read More

Corbyn: I would stay neutral in a second Brexit referendum

Juffali, a 27-year-old who made her motoring debut just months after the decades-old ban ended, will compete in an all-electric race. Such adrenalin rushes were unimaginable for women in Saudi Arabia until June last year, when it overturned the world's only ban on female motorists as part of Kingdom's wide-ranging liberalisation drive.
2019-11-23 07:02:18 Read More

Pope Francis carries anti-nuclear message to Japan

The Nine network newspapers said the defector, named as Wang "William" Liqiang, had given Australia's counter-espionage agency the identities of China's senior military intelligence officers in Hong Kong and provided details of how they funded and conducted operations in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia.
2019-11-23 07:00:44 Read More

First Saudi woman driver to race car in kingdom

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Chinese spy defects to Australia with trove of intel: Report

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South Korean boy band BTS told to do military service

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Netanyahu faces calls to quit but is defiant in crisis

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Hong Kong court reinstates mask ban ahead of local elections

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Donald Trump attacks impeachment probe, sticks to Ukraine meddling theory

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Lankan Tamils want Premadasa to lead opposition

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Gotabaya Rajapaksa names cabinet, gives key posts to brothers

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China's Xi says Beijing wants trade deal, can 'fight back'

Echoing the upbeat tone adopted by other Chinese officials in recent days, Xi told a visiting U.S. business delegation that China holds a "positive attitude'' about the trade talks.
2019-11-22 16:58:42 Read More

Greece: EU ignored request to help refugee children

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking in parliament Friday, said there had been no response to his government's request, adding that partner nations ``had not acted honorably'' on the issue.
2019-11-22 15:45:39 Read More

UK treasure hunters jailed for stealing Viking-era hoard

Experts say the hoard much of which is still missing could shed new light on a period when Saxons were battling the Vikings for control of England. The trove is thought to have been buried in the late 9th century by a member of a Viking army that was being pushed east across England by an alliance of Saxon forces.
2019-11-22 15:24:35 Read More

Ninth family member dies after Israeli strike: ministry

Mohammed Abu Malhous al-Sawarka, 40, succumbed after being wounded in "the massacre in which eight members of a family died when they were targeted in their homes," ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said in a statement.
2019-11-22 14:57:00 Read More

Algerian protesters mark 40th week of anti-government demos

Chanting "no election on Dec. 12" and "nothing will stop us" as a police helicopter flew overhead, the demonstrators in Algiers continued their demands for an end to Algeria's post-colonial political system including the departure of acting leader Abdelkader Bensalah and powerful army chief Gen. Ahmed Gaid Salah.
2019-11-22 14:19:53 Read More

US flags Chinese 'risks' to Pakistan's economy

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Greece to 'shut the door' to migrants not entitled to asylum, PM says

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told parliament he had approved the hiring of 400 guards at Greece's land border with Turkey and another 800 guards for its islands. Greece will also upgrade its sea patrolling operations, he said.
2019-11-22 13:08:16 Read More

Lanka President Rajapaksa pledges snap election soon, appoints interim Cabinet

Sri Lanka's new President Gotabaya Rajapaksa vowed to call a snap general election "at the earliest opportunity" as he appointed a 16-member interim Cabinet on Friday. The President allotted major portfolios of defence, finance and trade to his brothers while inducting two Tamils as a sign of reaching out to the minority community.
2019-11-22 12:43:33 Read More

Farage tells UK voters his party is not just about Brexit

That includes the Brexit Party led by veteran euroskeptic Nigel Farage, which published its policy pledges Friday. It's calling for a "political revolution,'' with policies including a written constitution for the UK, abolition of Parliament's unelected House of Lords, more public referendums and a cut in immigration to below 50,000 people a year, less than a quarter the current rate.
2019-11-22 12:10:42 Read More

Barack Obama warns against 'purity tests' in the Democratic primary

Former President Barack Obama warned Democrats on Thursday against adopting ``purity tests'' in the presidential primary and said any adversity the candidates face in the contest will make whoever emerges an even stronger nominee.
2019-11-22 12:09:21 Read More

Iran says 'world war' against it failed

"A full-fledged world war against the system and the revolution was born and fortunately the child died at the moment of birth," said Brigadier General Salar Abnoosh, a deputy head of the Basij.
2019-11-22 11:14:50 Read More

Demonstrators asked to leave varsity campus in Hong Kong

Dozens of demonstrators have refused to leave the blockaded campus following intense clashes with police, though most have either escaped, voluntarily left or been arrested by officers stationed outside, reported Hong Kong Free Press.
2019-11-22 10:55:45 Read More

South Korea 'to extend' military pact with Japan: Media

South Korea will extend a critical military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan, Japanese media reported on Friday, just hours before the pact was due to expire as the two US allies row. It was not possible to immediately confirm the reports but South Korea was expected to make a statement within the hour on the issue.
2019-11-22 09:48:31 Read More

Trump calls Pak PM and Afghan Prez, thanks them for release of hostages

On Tuesday, Australian Timothy Weeks, 50, and Kevin King, 63, an American, were handed over to US forces in Afghanistan's southern Zabul province. In return, the Afghan government freed three high-ranking Taliban prisoners. The three members of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network who were released include Anas Haqqani, Haji Mali Khan and Hafiz Rashid.
2019-11-22 08:36:33 Read More

Mexican investigators find 31 bodies in secret graves

Investigators have found 31 bodies hidden in clandestine graves outside Mexico's second-largest city Guadalajara, authorities in violence-torn Jalisco state said Thursday. The work of uncovering the clandestine graves began earlier this month after authorities secured a 3,400 square foot (320 square meter) plot of land in Tlajomulco, a suburb of Guadalajara.
2019-11-22 06:45:29 Read More

Dispute between Japan and South Korea overshadows G20 meetings

Japan seized the last event of its G20 presidency on Friday to push back at South Korean claims about the radiation from its ruined Fukushima nuclear plant as a deep dispute between Tokyo and Seoul threatened to overshadow the meetings. Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 (G20) nations gathered in the central Japanese city of Nagoya for two days of talks.
2019-11-22 06:31:31 Read More

US urges Pakistanis to pose tough questions to China on CPEC

The Trump administration has urged Pakistanis to ask tough questions to China on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, as Alice Wells, top American diplomat launched a blistering attack on the multi-billion dollar project which the official claimed is going to take a toll on Islamabad's economy. The CPEC links China's Xinjiang with Pakistan's Gwadar Port.
2019-11-22 06:23:36 Read More

Trump travels to Delaware base to honor two US soldiers killed in Afghanistan

US President Donald Trump travelled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Thursday to receive the remains of two American soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan this week. Trump, who met with families of the soldiers, was accompanied at the base by first lady Melania Trump, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley and NSA Robert O'Brien.
2019-11-22 06:13:54 Read More

Donald Trump conduct worse than Richard Nixon's: Democratic impeachment head

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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appoints interim Cabinet

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Pope Francis to address Thai youth on final full day of Bangkok visit

Pope Francis will meet Friday with teachers and students in Thailand's "small but vibrant" Catholic community on his final full day of a whirlwind Bangkok trip, closing the visit with a mass for the youth. The Pope is on his first trip to Buddhist-majority Thailand, where just over 0.5 per cent of the population is Catholic.
2019-11-22 05:39:19 Read More

China wants to 'take over' Australian politics: Ex-spy chief

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China condemns US navy sail-by in disputed waters

The US Navy regularly conducts "freedom of navigation operations" in the disputed South China Sea, where China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan have competing claims.
2019-11-22 04:29:26 Read More

One of worldâ€™s first printed christmas cards goes on display

In an era of e-cards, emojis and GIFs, a London museum has put on display what the Smithsonian and the Victoria and Albert Museum call the worldâ€™s oldest printed Christmas card. Dating to 1843, the card was one of 1,000 commissioned by a British civil servant, Henry Cole, illustrated by artist John Callcott Horsley. Only 21 of the originals are known to have survived.
2019-11-22 03:42:54 Read More

UN and other international bodies should take up the Dalai Lama succession issue: US

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Hotel offers room at $1 per night if stay is livestreamed

A Japanese hotel is offering a room for just 70p a night â€“ but thereâ€™s a catch. Guests that stay in room 8 have to agree to livestream their stay on You-Tube, in return for a room rate of 100 yen, or $1. The Asahi Ryokan in Fukuoka, Kyushu, a southern Japan island, came up with the livestream idea to use an unpopular room on weekdays that had low occupancy rates.
2019-11-22 02:55:12 Read More

Bollywood, cricket two real stars of Afghanistan's relationship with India: Envoy

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Woman a sex offender for going topless in front of stepkids?

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US plans to tighten norms for employee transfers

The Trump administration seems to have trained its guns on intra-company transfers of employees from overseas offices (say in India) to US offices. After the H1B visa they now plan to target the L-1B visa which tech companies in India rely upon for transferring employees to their US offices.
2019-11-21 20:39:29 Read More

Israel's attorney general indicts PM Netanyahu on corruption charges

Israel's attorney general indicted PM Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges on Thursday, heightening uncertainty over who will ultimately lead a country mired in political chaos after two inconclusive elections this year. Attorney general Avichai Mandelblit said the charges included bribery, breach of trust and fraud.
2019-11-21 17:13:54 Read More

Israel charges policewoman for shooting Palestinian in back

Fiona Hill, a career expert on Russia, and David Holmes, a State Department official in Kyiv who was a late addition to the probe, are capping an intense week of testimony in the historic inquiry.
2019-11-21 16:50:16 Read More

Turkey re-convicts journalists despite higher court ruling

The judgement against 12 ex-staffers from Cumhuriyet was described as "scandalous" by rights groups, and further evidence of the sweeping crackdown on media freedom under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
2019-11-21 16:11:17 Read More

Report on FBI's Russia probe to be released next month

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Witness denounces 'fictional' Ukraine election interference

American Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weeks landed overnight at the US Air Force's Ramstein airbase in western Germany, and will be staying nearby "for a period of evaluation and reintegration", the US official said.
2019-11-21 15:54:42 Read More

US confirms freed Taliban hostages on German soil

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Democrats scorch each other in circular fire

IAEA said in a report made public last week that its inspectors had "detected natural uranium particles of anthropogenic origin at a location in Iran not declared to the agency". The particles are understood to be the product of uranium which has been mined and undergone initial processing, but not enriched.
2019-11-21 14:33:58 Read More

Chilean security forces 'intentionally' attacked protesters to 'punish' them: Amnesty

"It's time to take on the vested interests holding people back," Corbyn said in the foreward to the election manifesto. "The future is ours to make." "The big polluters, financial speculators and corporate tax-dogers have had a free ride for too long," he said.
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IAEA urges Iran to explain uranium particles at undeclared site

Chilean police and soldiers backed by their commanders have carried out "generalized" attacks on people protesting over inequality with the intention of "punishing and harming" them, Amnesty International said in a report published on Thursday.
2019-11-21 11:36:30 Read More

Opposition Labour Party unveils radical socialist plan for Britain

The altercations on two key bridges in the Iraqi capital also left at least 44 people wounded, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. Both bridges appeared to be calm by morning hours.
2019-11-21 11:27:44 Read More

Four Iraqi protesters killed in clashes with security forces

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Ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn in Sri Lanka's new PM

Sri Lanka's newly elected president Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday swore in his elder brother, former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, as prime minister, cementing the powerful family's political comeback. It is the first time in Sri Lankan history that two siblings have held the two top political positions.
2019-11-21 10:14:51 Read More

UK's Labour promises radical change if it wins election

Britain's main opposition Labour Party is launching its detailed platform for Britain's Dec. 12 election as it tries to close an opinion-poll gap with the governing Conservatives. The left-of-center party is pledging higher public spending and a greater role for the state in housing, transport and the provision of utilities.
2019-11-21 09:56:55 Read More

Sri Lanka's ruling siblings: New president swears in his brother as PM

Sri Lankan court drops corruption charges against President Gotabhaya

Sri Lanka's newly-elected President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was on Thursday absolved of all corruption charges linked to the embezzlement of nearly $185,000 by a high court which also lifted the overseas travel ban on him and released his impounded passport. â€‹â€‹â€‹Rajapaksa, 70, stormed to victory on Sunday in the Presidential election.
2019-11-21 09:19:46 Read More

US-China trade war could spark real war: Henry Kissinger

Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger warned that an armed conflict could break out between the United States and China if they fail to resolve their trade war. China and the US have been caught in a trade dispute for 18 months, with the two sides struggling to reach an agreement despite a series of negotiationsâ€‹.
2019-11-21 09:01:45 Read More

Mahinda Rajapaksa becomes Lanka's new prime minister

Rajapaksa, the elder brother of the newly-elected President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, will function as the PM of the caretaker cabinet until Aug 2020. The 74-yr-old leader, who describe himself as "a rebel with a cause", earlier served as the country's president from 2005-2015, becoming South Asia's longest-serving leader. He was also PM for a brief period in 2018.
2019-11-21 08:51:18 Read More

Nepal's ailing Prime Minister Oli reshuffles his cabinet

New ministers were inducted into Nepal's government on Thursday as part of a cabinet reshuffle by ailing Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is trying to strengthen his grip, improve ties with a powerful ally and minimise internal party conflict.
2019-11-21 08:23:18 Read More

NKorea says 'not right time' for Kim to attend Asean summit

North Korea rejected an invitation for leader Kim Jong Un to attend a planned summit in Seoul with Southeast Asian nations next week, saying "now is not the time" due to strained ties, North Korean state media reported on Thursday.
2019-11-21 07:39:46 Read More

New Israel elections loom as Gantz says can't form govt

Israel edged ever closer to a third general election in a year Wednesday, as Benny Gantz announced his Blue and White coalition â€” the winner of the most seats in September's national poll â€” was unable to form a government.
2019-11-21 07:02:43 Read More

Mahinda Rajapaksa to be sworn in as Lanka PM

Mahinda Rajapaksa, the main opposition leader, will be appointed as prime minister after incumbent Wickremesinghe steps down formally on Thursday. The former president, who will function as Prime Minister of the caretaker cabinet until the general election, is expected to be sworn in at 1 pm before assuming office at around 3 pm, it added.
2019-11-21 06:49:16 Read More

In wake of impeachment testimony, no signs yet of GOP cracks

Congressional Republicans are showing no overt signs of abandoning their support for President Donald Trump, the latest demonstration of how Democrats' impeachment inquiry has left the two parties inhabiting different political universes.
2019-11-21 06:36:13 Read More

Suu Kyi to defend Myanmar in Rohingya case at ICJ

Myanmars State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will lead a delegation to defend her country against allegations of genocide of Rohingya Muslims before the International Court of Justice next month. Aung San Suu Kyi - State Counselor, Foreign Minister and once-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize - will lead a team to "defend the national interest of Myanmar at the ICJ", her office said in a statement late Wednesday night.
2019-11-21 06:03:21 Read More

Protesters stay holed up on Hong Kong campus, surrounded by riot police

Fewer than 100 protesters remained holed up in a Hong Kong university on Thursday as riot police encircled the campus, with some activists still desperately searching for ways to escape while others hid. Some protesters told Reuters they where holding out not for a showdown with police, but because they were innocent and looking for an escape route.
2019-11-21 05:56:28 Read More

Amnesty International calls Facebook, Google rights abusers

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Pope Francis kicks off Asia tour with Buddhist temple visit

His packed schedule a day after touching down in Bangkok includes a meeting with the king and the prime minister before leading an evening mass expected to draw tens of thousands of people from across Thailand, where just over 0.5 percent of the population is Catholic.
2019-11-21 03:30:44 Read More

Smoke blankets Sydney as wildfires spread across Australia

The New South Wales Rural Fire Service said the smoke from around 50 wildfires burning mainly in northern parts of the state. Air pollution levels were reading nearly 10 times higher than the national standard.
2019-11-21 03:28:00 Read More

Iran blames deadly unrest on outsiders, including US

From allegations of foreigners in demonstrations to claims of outside forces being involved, including the US, the Iran's government has been blaming outside forces for the protests and the violence unleashed after it raised the minimum price for gasoline by 50%.
2019-11-20 17:34:19 Read More

Trump directed Ukraine quid pro quo, key witness says

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Democratic presidential candidate Messam drops out of 2020 race

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Pakistan Chief Justice chides PM Imran for blaming judiciary over Sharif's exit to UK for treatment

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"Tuk Tuk" a newspaper for the Iraqi protest movement

Working under a cloud of secrecy, a group of six labor swiftly to publish thousands of copies of "Tuk Tuk," a newspaper purporting to represent the voice of demonstrators, who first took to the streets in the tens of thousands to decry rampant government corruption, scarcity of jobs and poor basic services despite Iraq's vast oil wealth.
2019-11-20 15:28:40 Read More

Saudi king urges Iran to quit 'harmful' expansionism

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Suu Kyi to 'lead team' to Hague to fight Rohingya genocide case

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The British village that keeps finding cash

Blackhall Colliery, the village on the County Durham coast is at the centre of a mystery - as bundles of cash keep turning up in the street. Durham Police said a total of Â£26,000 ($33,500, 30,300 euros) had been found over the past five years - 13 packages of Â£2,000 in Â£20 notes. Inquiries draw a blank, with police praising the locals who hand in the cash.
2019-11-20 14:23:47 Read More

Sondland confirms call with Trump a day after Ukraine call

Sondland, the most anticipated witness in the inquiry, also said he kept Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other top administration officials aware of what was going on. He said he specifically told Vice President Mike Pence he "had concerns'' the military aid to Ukraine "had become tied'' to the investigations.
2019-11-20 14:11:01 Read More

Sri Lanka's new president names brother Mahinda as PM

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Israel to host largest event ever focused on anti-Semitism

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Sri Lanka PM Wickremesinghe to resign

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will announce on Wednesday he is stepping down after his party's candidate lost in a presidential election over the weekend, government sources said.
2019-11-20 10:34:55 Read More

UK Tories under fire for Twitter name switch during debate

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Shinzo Abe: Political heir with skill for surviving scandal

Shinzo Abe, who became Japan's longest-serving premier on Wednesday, has championed an economic drive that carries his name â€” Abenomics â€” while abroad he has sought to curry favour with powerful leaders, especially US President Donald Trump.
2019-11-20 08:25:32 Read More

Ex-Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif arrives in London for treatment

Pakistan's ailing former PM Nawaz Sharif arrived in London in an air ambulance for medical treatment on Tuesday evening (local time). He will reportedly consult doctors in the city about his ill-health. Sharif arrived in London via Doha in Qatar in the air ambulance equipped with an ICU and an operation theatre with a team of doctors and paramedics on board.
2019-11-20 07:33:42 Read More

Khamenei says enemy 'repelled' in protest-hit Iran

Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the enemy had been "repelled" in the country where dozens are thought to have died in violent protests sparked by a petrol price hike. Demonstrations broke out in the sanctions-hit Islamic republic on Friday after it was announced the price of petrol would be raised by as much as 200 per cent.
2019-11-20 07:25:17 Read More

Pope Francis arrives in Thailand at start of Asia trip

Pope Francis arrived in Thailand on Wednesday to meet with the country's small but devoted Catholic minority on a seven-day Asian trip that will include a family reunion in Bangkok and take his anti-nuclear message to Japan. Pope Francis will meet King Maha Vajiralongkorn, as well as the supreme Buddhist patriarch and Catholic leaders and students before he moves on to Japan on Saturday.
2019-11-20 05:32:35 Read More

US Senate passes Hong Kong Human Rights & Democracy Act

The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 that was passed on Tuesday would also require the Secretary of State to certify at least once a year that Hong Kong still retains enough autonomy to warrant the special US trading consideration that bolsters its status as a world financial center.
2019-11-20 05:14:44 Read More

'Revenge porn,' leaked selfies: Sextortion spreads in Iraq

Women in Iraq say they are facing a staggering increase in online "sextortion" by both malicious hackers and former romantic partners â€” a practice known as revenge porn. Victims, activists and lawyers blame the phenomenon on a blend of factors: a conservative society, social media being used as virtual dating platforms, poor digital security among victims and weak laws.
2019-11-20 03:50:13 Read More

'This is my sacrifice': Thousands maimed in Iraq protests

A fractured spine, paralysed leg, hole in the back: Hamza took to the streets of Iraq's capital to demand a better life but now he has even less than ever. "This is my sacrifice for Iraq," said the 16-year-old. Hamza is one of at least 3,000 people who have been maimed in Baghdad and southern Iraq since anti-government protests erupted on October 1.
2019-11-20 03:28:11 Read More

Amnesty says over 106 dead in protests, which Iran disputes

Amnesty International says at least 106 people have died in fuel-price protests and a subsequent government crackdown in Iran. Tehran has not released a toll of those arrested, injured or killed, however, it disputed Amnesty's report calling it "baseless allegations and fabricated figures."
2019-11-20 03:22:50 Read More

2,887 days: Shinzo Abe becomes Japan's longest-serving premier

Shinzo Abe entered the history books as Japan's longest-serving premier on Wednesday, but many of his ambitious goals, including a constitutional revision to strengthen the military, appear far from reach. Wednesday marks Abe's 2,887th day in office, topping the record previously set by Taro Katsura, a revered politician who served 3 times between 1901 and 1913.
2019-11-20 03:12:55 Read More

No clear champ as Johnson, Corbyn spar in UK election debate

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn attacked each otherâ€™s policies on Brexit, health care and the economy Tuesday in a televised election debate that likely failed to answer the question troubling many voters: Why should we trust you?
2019-11-20 02:55:58 Read More

Trump orders additional troop deployment in Middle East

"To assure our partners, deter further Iranian provocative behavior, and bolster regional defensive capabilities, additional United States Armed Forces have been ordered to deploy to the Middle East," said the US President Donald Trump. He said the action is consistent with his responsibility to protect United States citizens at home and abroad.
2019-11-20 02:48:39 Read More

Taliban frees two Western prisoners in swap for top commanders

American Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weeks, kidnapped in August 2016 outside Kabul's American University of Afghanistan, where both worked, were freed in return for the release of three Taliban commanders, Afghan officials said.
2019-11-20 02:44:47 Read More

Boy or girl? Gender-reveal parties are getting extreme in America

â€œItâ€™s a girl!â€ After dropping 350 gallons of pink-colored water, a small plane flying at low altitude stalled, crashing in a Texas field. There were fortunately no victims in the September crash, but another such party â€” where expecting parents stage elaborate events to reveal their future childâ€™s sex turned fatal when an Iowa woman, 56, was killed the following month by shrapnel from a pipe bomb.
2019-11-20 02:36:45 Read More

Republicans target military witness in Trump impeachment probe

A US Army officer and key impeachment witness saw his loyalty called into question by Republicans on Tuesday, as he testified that President Donald Trump made inappropriate demands on his Ukrainian counterpart for dirt on rival Democrats.
2019-11-20 02:24:31 Read More

Jeffrey Epstein jail guards charged with falsifying records

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She can't vote, but 2020 Democrats want her support anyway

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Ailing former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif leaves for London for treatment

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Taliban free US, Australian hostage for three Taliban figures

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UN warns of mounting humanitarian crisis in Africa's Sahel

The UN on Tuesday said a humanitarian crisis is growing in West Africa's arid Sahel region where insecurity linked to growing extremist attacks has forced more than 860,000 people in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to flee their homes.
2019-11-19 14:09:35 Read More

Israeli military says four rockets fired from Syria intercepted

Israeli air defense systems captured the projectiles, the military said, and no harm was caused to Israeli communities in the Golan Heights after warning sirens awoke residents there early in the morning.
2019-11-19 13:40:18 Read More

Desperate Hong Kong protesters explore sewers in campus escape bid

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Taiwan president alleges Chinese electoral interference

Tsai gave no details, but she said China was using "every means they can'' to influence the Jan. 11 vote for president and lawmakers. Tsai is seeking a second five-year term. Tsai spoke Tuesday after she and her running mate, former Premier William Lai, officially registered for the election accompanied by cheering supporters.
2019-11-19 12:44:57 Read More

UK leaders square-off in first debate of election campaign

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VHP to launch campaign to reach out to MPs on citizenship bill

he Vishwa Hindu Parishad is set to launch a a Citizenship (Amendment) Bill campaign to win the support of parliamentarians, especially TMC MPs, who are vehemently against the proposed legislation. VHP functionaries from various parts of the country have already reached New Delhi for the campaign, he said.
2019-11-19 09:20:25 Read More

Sri Lanka's new president may struggle to form govt

Rajapaksa is credited with helping end the country's long civil war and is revered as a hero by the Sinhalese Buddhist majority.
2019-11-19 09:16:30 Read More

Malaysians sentenced to caning for gay sex under Islamic law

Five Malaysian men were sentenced to jail and canings Thursday by an Islamic court for attempting to have gay sex, reports and an activist said. There have been growing concerns in the Muslim-majority country about the worsening climate for the homosexual community, and the verdicts follow the caning last year of two women for lesbian sex.
2019-11-19 09:12:01 Read More

Former Lanka Prez Mahinda Rajapaksa seeks resignation of PM Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka's former strongman President Mahinda Rajapaksa has sought the resignation of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe after his younger brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa became the President, asserting that governance will improve if the President and the Cabinet are from the same party.
2019-11-19 08:28:10 Read More

No talks until US drops hostile policy: North Korea

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Israel intercepts four rockets launched from Syria: Army

Israel's anti-missile defence system intercepted four rockets fired from neighbouring Syria on Tuesday, the army said. "No hits on Israeli communities were identified," the army added in a WhatsApp message.
2019-11-19 06:13:05 Read More

Nawaz Sharif leaves Pak for medical treatment in London

Pakistan's ailing former PM Nawaz Sharif departed on a special plane on Tuesday from the city of Lahore, after a court granted him permission to leave for four weeks abroad for medical treatment. His conviction was earlier suspended for eight weeks on medical grounds. The 69-year-old Sharif was sentenced to seven years in prison on corruption charges in 2019.
2019-11-19 05:56:55 Read More

Anxious families wait outside besieged Hong Kong campus

One woman, who gave her surname as Cheung, said she had spent last night in a park near a police cordon as she waited for news of her adult son, who she said came to the campus as a first aider. "I was very, very worried, worried his life could be in danger. He's scared. He's scared about being arrested by the cops," she said.
2019-11-19 05:50:29 Read More

Dozens of Hong Kong protesters make daring campus breakout

Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters dramatically escaped a two-day police siege at a university campus late Monday by shimmying down ropes from a bridge to waiting motorbikes, after Beijing again warned it could intervene to end the crisis engulfing the city.
2019-11-19 03:55:53 Read More

Trump was not treated for any urgent health issues: Doctor

"Despite some of the speculation, the president has not had any chest pain, nor was he evaluated or treated for any urgent or acute issues," Trump's doctor said. Trump's unexpected trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center triggered questions on social media.
2019-11-19 03:55:31 Read More

Mongolia's new 'cleaner' fuel linked to deaths, illness

Mongolians are using smokeless briquettes to warm their homes. A government-issued fuel -- made of coking coal from the southern Gobi region and washed coal powder -- it has been linked to deaths and ill-health. Since residents started using the briquettes in October, there have been seven other deaths and thousands have been admitted to hospitals.
2019-11-19 03:30:50 Read More

Boy or girl? US parents go too far in gender reveals

American parents are no longer satisfied with the traditional gender reveal method: cutting a cake to reveal, after much suspense, a blue interior (for a boy) or a pink one (for a girl). With the rise of social media, gender reveals have become more and more sophisticated and extreme such as using explosives, fireworks and skydivers.
2019-11-19 02:55:46 Read More

100 protesters still holed up in Hong Kong university

About 100 protesters remained holed up at a Hong Kong university as a police siege of the campus entered its third day. Police have surrounded the university and are arresting anyone who leaves. City leader Carrie Lam said that the 400 who have left have been arrested.
2019-11-19 02:46:05 Read More

Hazardous bushfire smoke blankets Sydney, residents warned to stay inside

Heavy winds stirred dozens of fires across Australiaâ€™s east coast on Tuesday, blanketing Sydney in hazardous smoke and prompting health warnings. Wildfires have destroyed about 2.5 million acres of farmland and bush over the past couple of weeks. Strong winds fanned around 60 fires still ablaze across New South Wales (NSW) state.
2019-11-19 02:23:33 Read More

In new pro-Israel shift, US no longer calls settlements illegal

The United States no longer believes that Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories are illegal, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday, in the latest pro-Israel shift by Washington. The statement puts the United States at odds with virtually all countries and UN Security Council resolutions.
2019-11-19 00:17:41 Read More

In new pro-Israel shift, US no longer calls settlements illegal

UK PM, Labour make election pitch to business

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'Britain remains 'seriously concerned' about Hong Kong violence'

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Gotabaya Rajapaksa sworn in as Sri Lanka's new President

Former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn in as Sri Lanka's President on Monday and appealed to minority Tamils and Muslims who voted against him for their support. Rajapaksa, who is credited with helping end the country's long civil war, comfortably won the presidential election. Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya administered the oath of office to Rajapaksa.
2019-11-18 11:17:01 Read More

Pakistan successfully conducts test launch of surface-to-surface ballistic missile

Pakistan on Monday conducted a successful test launch of a surface-to-surface ballistic missile capable of delivering all types of warheads up to 650 km, said the military. As per Pakistani military's press release, the launch of Shaheen-I missile was held as part of a training exercise "aimed at testing the operational readiness of Army Strategic Forces Command".
2019-11-18 09:43:41 Read More

Sri Lanka may face a snap parliamentary poll after Gotabaya Rajapaksa win

The outgoing government's parliamentary group is to meet on Monday to discuss the way forward. "This would mean opting for a fresh parliamentary election," a source in the UNP said. The next parliamentary poll is scheduled only after August 2020. However, after Rajapaksa's win in Saturday's presidential election, the position of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his government has become untenable, analysts noted.
2019-11-18 07:11:26 Read More

Back-to-back blasts hit Afghan capital; at least 4 wounded

Back-to-back explosions targeting a military training centre in Kabul wounded at least four Afghan national army soldiers early Monday, police and govt officials said. Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi tweeted, emergency workers and investigators were on the scene of what Rahimi called suicide attacks on the Centre at the western edge of Kabul.
2019-11-18 06:18:24 Read More

Czech Republic: Over two lakh people take part in anti-government protests in Prague

Over two lakh people took part in the anti-government protest in Prague, the capital of Czech Republic, on Saturday (local time). The protest was organised by a group named "Million Moments for Democracy" which has been urging Prime Minister Andrej Babis to resign. The Czech Prime Minister has been accused of intimidating his rivals and corruption.
2019-11-18 05:51:13 Read More

Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak's third corruption trial opens

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Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak's third corruption trial opens

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Gotabaya Rajapaksa to take oath as Sri Lankan president on Monday

Rajapaksa, 70, defeated Sajith Premadasa, 52, by more than 13 lakh votes, the election commission announced on Sunday. He will succeed President Maithripala Sirisena for a five-year term. He is also expected to address the nation after taking the oath, the Daily News reported.
2019-11-18 04:45:10 Read More

Democrats invite Trump to testify in impeachment inquiry

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi invited President Donald Trump to testify in front of investigators in the House impeachment inquiry ahead of a week that will see several key witnesses appear publicly. Pushing back against accusations from the president that the process has been stacked against him, Pelosi said Trump is welcome to appear or answer questions in writing, if he chooses.
2019-11-18 03:52:07 Read More

Hong Kong police storm university held by protesters

Anti-government protesters have barricaded themselves inside Hong Kong Polytechnic University for days. Police surrounded the area Sunday night and began moving in after issuing an ultimatum for people to leave the area. The crowd wore raincoats and carried umbrellas to shield themselves.
2019-11-18 03:49:41 Read More

The purrfect crime: Chinese detective seeks lost pets

Unlike Jim Carreyâ€™s goofy Ace Ventura character, the man dubbed by Chinaâ€™s media as the nationâ€™s first pet detective is a stoney-faced animal lover who solves cases with the help of high-tech gear worth thousands of dollars. With dogged determination, Sun has reunited around 1,000 missing pets with their owners since he launched his business seven years ago.
2019-11-18 02:55:15 Read More

Hong Kong police warn they may use 'live rounds' if they face deadly weapons

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Queen MÃ¡xima of the Netherlands to visit Pakistan

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Donald Trump hospital visit sparks speculation, memes about his health

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Hong Kong police officer hit by arrow as protesters dig in at campus

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Opposition report mass violations in Belarus polls

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'EU and non-EU immigrants will face same rules after Brexit'

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Donald Trump says he is in 'very' good health after first phase of medical check

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Venice braces for another exceptional tide, tourists flee

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UK's Prince Andrew denies having sex with Epstein accuser

Britain's Prince Andrew has "categorically" denied having sex with an alleged teen victim of disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein, who claims she was forced to sleep with the royal. The prince also conceded his continued association with Epstein after he was convicted of soliciting prostitution had let the royal family down.
2019-11-17 07:18:33 Read More

Hong Kong protests see renewed clashes at university

Police fired tear gas at protesters holding out at Hong Kong Polytechnic University as overnight clashes resumed in the morning. Protesters took cover from tear gas behind a wall of umbrellas. A large group of people arrived Sunday to try to clean up a debris-strewn roadway. Riot police appeared after the cleaners were warned away by the protesters.
2019-11-17 03:22:20 Read More

The Chinese troops in Hong Kong and what they can do

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Pak court orders govt to remove Sharif's name from no-fly list

In a blow to Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government, a Pakistani court on Saturday allowed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to travel abroad for four weeks for medical treatment, ignoring governmentâ€™s conditions that he will have to deposit security bonds before leaving the country.
2019-11-16 17:30:57 Read More

Car bomb kills 19 in northern Syria: Monitor

A car bomb killed 19 people, 13 of them civilians, in the Turkish-controlled town of Al-Bab in northern Syria on Saturday, a war monitor said. The bomb, which struck a bus and taxi station in the town, also wounded 33 people, some of them seriously, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
2019-11-16 16:30:50 Read More

One dead as petrol protests spread in Iran

One person was killed and others injured in protests that spread across Iran after a surprise decision to impose petrol price hikes and rationing in the sanctions-hit country. The death occurred in the city of Sirjan, where protesters attempted to set a fuel depot ablaze.
2019-11-16 16:26:58 Read More

UK's Labour Party hammering out election platform

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Former Hong Kong chief executive warns of 'lone wolf' attacks

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'Kurdish militia attack kills 10 people in Syrian town of Al-Bab'

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Muslim voters attacked as Sri Lanka votes for president

A convoy of buses carrying Muslim voters in northern Sri Lanka has been attacked by gunfire and stones and blocked by burning tires hours before polls opened in presidential elections. There were no reported injuries in the convoy attack and police were investigating.
2019-11-16 12:48:21 Read More

Govt supporters march in Hong Kong after week of chaos

A "Blossom Everywhere" campaign of roadblocks and vandalism across the semi-autonomous financial hub shut down large chunks of the train network and forced schools and shopping malls to close. Students and protesters occupied several major universities around the city -- the first time a movement characterised by its fluidity and unpredictability has coagulated in fixed locations -- although as dusk fell on Friday, numbers had thinned out.
2019-11-16 09:24:37 Read More

Roadside bomb kills 3 paramilitary troops in Pakistan

Sri Lankans trickled into polling centres early on Saturday to choose a new president for the island-nation still struggling to recover from Easter Sunday attacks which affected tourism badly. Former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who oversaw the military defeat of Tamil separatists 10 years ago, and minister Sajith Premadasa are locked in a close fight.
2019-11-16 06:26:48 Read More

Roadside bomb kills 3 paramilitary troops in Pakistan

Myanmar rejects ICC probe into war crimes against Rohingya

The Hague-based court on Thursday approved a full probe into Myanmar's 2017 military crackdown against the majority-Muslim community, Al Jazeera reported. "The investigation over Myanmar by the ICC is not in accordance with international law," government spokesman Zaw Htay was quoted as saying at a news conference on Friday.
2019-11-16 05:41:39 Read More

Israel carries out fresh strikes on Gaza after rocket fire: Army

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Trump to attend NATO summit in London, days before UK vote

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Sri Lankans vote for a new president to heal divisions after Easter attack

Pope compares politicians who rage against gays to Hitler

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Trump impeachment: 'Take witness intimidation very, very seriously'

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UK PM Boris Johnson bats for scientists from India in election campaign

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday made a specific plug for Indian scientists as part of what he says would be the Conservative Party's controlled immigration policy for the UK if voted to power in the December 12 election.
2019-11-15 16:07:54 Read More

Trump attacks US diplomat as she testifies in impeachment probe

President Donald Trump on Friday tweeted an attack against the former US ambassador to Ukraine while she was in the middle of testifying in his impeachment probe, prompting her to complain she was being intimidated. The president's furious tweet came as Marie Yovanovitch testified in the House of Representatives about her abrupt firing from her post in Ukraine.
2019-11-15 15:42:40 Read More

Ousted US envoy testifies at Trump impeachment hearing

An ousted US envoy to Ukraine who said she felt threatened by Donald Trump testified Friday on Day Two of impeachment hearings looking into whether the president abused his office for personal political gain. Earlier witnesses in the inquiry said ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was removed after a smear campaign involving Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, accused of helping to coordinate the president's effort to pressure Kiev into investigating his Democratic rival Joe Biden.
2019-11-15 15:04:34 Read More

Hong Kong protesters defy Xi Jinping with pro-democracy rallies

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Iraq 'will never be the same' after protests: Top Shia cleric

In his weekly sermon delivered by a representative in the Shia holy city of Karbala, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani piled pressure on authorities to enact sweeping reforms in response to the deadly demonstrations. "If those in power think that they can evade the benefits of real reform by stalling and procrastination, they are delusional," Sistani said.
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Khamenei says Iran wants removal of Israel state not people

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Sri Lanka to elect new president on Saturday

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Heavy snow leaves one dead, 300,000 homes without power in France

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Thousands in Hong Kong defy Xi with pro-democracy rallies

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Dismiss, discredit, divert: White House fights Trump impeachment

Discredit the witnesses, dismiss the accusations against President Donald Trump as hearsay, shift the focus to the Bidens, unmask the whistleblower. The outlines of the White House defense are clear in its fight against impeachment hearings in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives.
2019-11-15 06:47:20 Read More

Dismiss, discredit, divert: White House fights Trump impeachment

North Korea calls US candidate Biden a 'rabid dog' nearing death

North Korea's state media on Friday stepped up a personal attack on former US Vice President Joe Biden for slandering its leader Kim Jong Un, calling the Democratic presidential candidate "a rabid dog". Misspelling Biden's name, KCNA said Biden was showing signs of "the final stage of dementia", and the "time has come for him to depart his life".
2019-11-15 03:24:51 Read More

Student opens fire in California high school, killing 2

A student pulled a gun from his backpack and opened fire at a Southern California high school on Thursday, killing two students and wounding three others before shooting himself in the head on his 16th birthday, authorities said. Sheriff Alex Villanueva said the shooter was a student at the school but did not identify him.
2019-11-15 00:50:35 Read More

Next up in impeachment hearings: A parade of key witnesses

Several more witnesses scheduled to testify in the House impeachment hearings over the next week are expected to say they too worried about President Donald Trump's push for Ukraine to investigate Democrats as the US withheld military aid from the country. On Friday, lawmakers will hear from former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, who was ousted in May at Trump's direction.
2019-11-14 17:32:27 Read More

Govt set to declare emergency in Venice: Italian PM

Italy's government is set to declare a state of emergency in flood-ravaged Venice, to swiftly secure the historic city funds to repair damage from the highest tide in 50 years. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte described the flooding as "a blow to the heart of our country." Venice's mayor said the damage is estimated at "hundreds of millions of euros."
2019-11-14 14:39:17 Read More

Battle lines harden as Trump impeachment inquiry goes public

Day One of the rare public hearings in the House â€” part of only the fourth formal impeachment effort in U.S. history â€” set the contours for a once-in-a-generation political struggle. Images and audio from the hearing popped up on television, in earbuds and on the partisan silos of social media, providing the first close-up look at the investigation.
2019-11-14 13:57:42 Read More

Trump impeachment inquiry moves ahead after start of televised hearings

The Democratic-led impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump moves ahead on Thursday after an opening day of public testimony that linked Trump to a pressure campaign to force Ukraine to conduct investigations that would benefit him politically.
2019-11-14 12:08:04 Read More

Kuwait's government resigns after grilling on infrastructure

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Donald Trump will meet as relations between the Nato allies are at their lowest point in decades, with Turkey rebuffing the US and turning to Russia on security issues and Ankara facing a Washington backlash over attacks on Syrian Kurds.
2019-11-14 09:42:11 Read More

Kuwait's government resigns after grilling on infrastructure

China has invited international observers to a test of its Mars lander as it pushes for inclusion in more global space projects. Thursday's test was conducted at a site outside Beijing simulating conditions on the Red Planet, where the pull of gravity is about one-third that of Earth. China plans to launch a lander and rover to Mars next year.
2019-11-14 09:42:11 Read More

China tests Mars lander in international cooperation push

Thursday's test was conducted at a site outside Beijing simulating conditions on the Red Planet, where the pull of gravity is about one-third that of Earth. China plans to launch a lander and rover to Mars next year to explore parts of the planet in detail.
2019-11-14 05:48:40 Read More

Terrorist like Osama bin Laden used to be 'Pakistani heroes': Pervez Musharraf

"In 1979, we had introduced religious militancy in Afghanistan to benefit Pakistan. We brought Mujahideen from all over the world, we trained them, supplied weapons. They were our heroes. Haqqani was our hero. Osama bin Laden was our hero," Musharraf said.
2019-11-14 05:44:58 Read More

Trump and Erdogan to meet amid strained US-Turkey relations

Pak govt gives one-time nod to Sharif to travel abroad

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Anti-govt protest: Firebrand cleric calls off sit-in in Islamabad

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Trump to face limits of his power in impeachment hearings

For three years, Donald Trump has unapologetically defied the conventions of the American presidency. On Wednesday, he comes face to face with the limits of his power, confronting an impeachment process enshrined in the Constitution that will play out in public and help shape how the president will be viewed by voters next year and in the history books for generations.
2019-11-13 13:09:04 Read More

Deadly Israel-Gaza escalation rages for second day

Exchanges of fire triggered by Israel's targeted killing of a top militant in Gaza raged for a second day Wednesday and showed little sign of easing, with 22 Palestinians killed. Fresh rocket barrages were fired at Israel, which responded with strikes on what it said were Islamic Jihad militant sites and rocket-launching squads in the Gaza Strip.
2019-11-13 12:46:18 Read More

Netanyahu tells Islamic Jihad 'stop these attacks or absorb more blows'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza must stop rocket attacks or "absorb more and more blows" as an escalation of violence raged for a second day. He reiterated his warning that "this could take time" and said Israel would respond to attacks "without mercy."â€‹
2019-11-13 12:25:24 Read More

British PM Johnson to pledge swift resolution on Brexit

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Trump impeachment hearings go live on TV with the 1st witnesses

When the gavel strikes at the start of the House hearing on Wednesday morning, America and the rest of the world will have the chance to see and hear for themselves for the first time about President Donald Trump's actions toward Ukraine and consider whether they are, in fact, impeachable offenses.
2019-11-13 11:33:55 Read More

Hong Kong's biggest charity walk cancelled due to protests

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At least 7 killed in Kabul car bomb blast

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Fireworks expected as televised Trump impeachment hearings open

Democrats in the House of Representatives plan to prove over several weeks of hearings that US President Donald Trump abused his office by seeking Ukraine's help for his 2020 re-election campaign, and sought to extort his Kiev counterpart into finding dirt on Democratic rival Joe Biden. Both sides have spent the past several days rehearsing for the showdown.
2019-11-13 07:28:59 Read More

At least 7 killed in Kabul car bomb blast: Interior ministry

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Two Palestinians killed in new Israeli strike: Gaza ministry

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Chaos in Hong Kong as pro-democracy protests 'blossom everywhere'

Pro-democracy protesters stepped up Wednesday a "blossom everywhere" campaign of road blocks and vandalism across Hong Kong that has crippled the international financial hub this week and ignited some of the worst violence in five months of unrest.
2019-11-13 06:59:56 Read More

Trump ignores controversy to host Turkey's Erdogan

Trump and Erdogan have good chemistry and the US president often seems to get along better with foreign strongmen than traditional US allies in places such as Western Europe or Canada.
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Israel kills Islamic Jihad commander, rockets rain from Gaza

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Nawaz Sharif rejects Pak govt's conditional permission to travel abroad for treatment

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Snow and cold records fall as Arctic air mass lingers in US

The mid-autumn taste of winter brought record single-digit temperatures to Chicago and environs; set snowfall records in Buffalo and Detroit; dusted cars with snow in Memphis, Tennessee; and froze lakes in Minnesota weeks earlier than usual.
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Massive mural of Greta Thunberg stares down at San Francisco

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Venice underwater as exceptional tide sweeps through canal city

Venice was hit by the highest tide in more than 50 years late Tuesday, with tourists wading through flooded streets to seek shelter as a fierce wind whipped up waves in St. Mark's Square. The exceptionally intense "acqua alta," or high waters, peaked at 1.87 metres (six feet) as the flood alarm sounded across the Italian city of canals, the tide monitoring centre said.
2019-11-13 03:33:07 Read More

Nepal protesters burn Xiâ€™s effigies over â€˜China encroachmentâ€™

Chinese President Xi Jinpingâ€™s effigies were burnt on Monday during a protest in several districts in Nepal against Bejing for encroaching upon a chunk of the Himalayan nationâ€™s land. The protest comes after a survey report recently released by the Survey Department stated that China has encroached upon 36 hectare land of Nepal.
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Tensions rise as Bolivia opposition leader claims presidency

Clashes broke out in the streets of Bolivia's capital Tuesday evening when Jeanine Anez, an opposition leader in the Senate, declared herself the country's interim president after Evo Morales fled to Mexico following his surprise weekend resignation.
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Pakistan nod to take Nawaz Sharif off â€˜no-flyâ€™ list

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Mauritius PM Jugnauth takes oath after election win

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Belarus leader defends rights record during Austria visit

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Three Taliban released for held US, Australian: Ghani

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Police, protesters face off in renewed clashes in Hong Kong

Police and protesters battled outside university campuses and several thousand demonstrators blocked roads as they took over a central business district at lunchtime on Tuesday in another day of protest in Hong Kong. The clashes followed an especially violent day in Hong Kong's five months of anti-government demonstrations, in which police shot one protester and a man was set on fire.
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'Pak harbours terrorists who try to kill US soldiers'

â€œWe give Pakistan more aid than all but a handful of countries. In 2017 the US gave their military almost $1 billion in aid. Pakistan opposes us at the UN a full 76% of the time. What's worse, Pakistan harbours terrorists who go out and try to kill our American soldiers,â€ Former US Ambassador to the UN wrote in her latest book.
2019-11-12 11:56:26 Read More

UK Labour suffers 'major cyber attack' ahead of election

Britain's main opposition Labour party said Tuesday it had suffered a "large-scale cyber attack" which undermined some of its campaign efforts for next month's election. "We have experienced a sophisticated and large-scale cyberattack on Labour digital platforms," the party led by veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn said in a statement.
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51 children, 3 teachers hurt in chemical attack on China kindergarten

The incident took place on Monday in the city of Kaiyuan, when the 23-year-old man, surnamed Kong, climbed into the kindergarten and sprayed caustic soda (sodium hydroxide), state-run Xinhua news agency quoted authorities of the city.
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Hillary criticizes UK govt for blocking Russian report

Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton says she's "dumbfounded" the UK government failed to release a report on Russian influence in British politics. She said the public needs to know what is in the report by Parliament's intelligence and security committee.
2019-11-12 11:27:36 Read More

'India, China good example of difference between ...'

India and China, the two largest and fastest-growing economies of the world, are a good example of the difference between the threat posed by free versus unfree governments, according to a new book by Indian-American Nikki Haley. "China is working strategically to spread its financial and military presence across the globe-and not in a good way. China steals intellectual property. It helps North Korea cheat on sanctions,â€ Haley said.
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Turkey's Erdogan says talks with EU may end over Cyprus sanctions

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the European Union's decision to sanction Turkey over drilling off the coast of Cyprus could disrupt talks with the bloc, and he warned that Turkey could send captured Islamic State fighters to Europe. EU foreign ministers on Monday agreed economic sanctions on Ankara for violating Cyprus' maritime economic zone by drilling off the divided island.
2019-11-12 10:41:28 Read More

Iran accuses Europeans of hypocrisy over nuclear deal

Iran accused European nations of hypocrisy on Tuesday for criticising its latest step back from a nuclear deal while failing to fulfil their commitments of relief from US sanctions. But President Hassan Rouhani made no mention of a new report from the UN nuclear watchdog that reveals that its inspectors detected uranium particles of man-made origin at a undeclared site in Iran.
2019-11-12 10:20:35 Read More

Australia bushfires hit Sydney suburbs

Authorities said they had one fire in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia's biggest city, under control though another one was out of control. Aerial footage showed flames burning through a eucalypt forest in Turramurra on Sydney's north shore, around 15 kilometres (nine miles) from the centre of the city.
2019-11-12 06:22:17 Read More

After hiatus, Rajapaksa brothers set to dominate Sri Lanka again

The Rajapaksas, best known for the brutal defeat of separatist Tamil rebels and then drawing Sri Lanka into China's orbit when the West and India shunned the Indian Ocean island, are back at the centre of the nation's deeply divisive politics and it is stoking fear.
2019-11-12 05:42:32 Read More

Worldâ€™s first airport therapy pig hogs the limelight at San Francisco airport

Pigs might not fly, but LiLou the therapy pig wants to make air travel less stressful. The five-year-old Juliana pig and her owner, Tatyana Danilova, are part of San Francisco International Airportâ€™s "Wag Brigade" - a program that brings therapy animals to the airport to cheer passengers up and help ease travel anxieties.
2019-11-12 05:23:31 Read More

Dissent spreads in Bolivia's police amid political unrest

Dissension appeared to be spreading in police forces across Bolivia on Friday as opposing sides in the country's political divide held fast to their positions after 17 days of violent protests over the legitimacy of President Evo Morales' claimed re-election.
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Iran earthquake kills five, leaves 300 injured

Described as "moderate", the quake was eight kilometres (five miles) deep and was followed by five aftershocks. The provincial governor, Mohammad-Reza Pourmohammadi, told Iranian media that rescue operations were underway in 41 villages, but the damage was largely concentrated in two, Varnakesh and Varzaghan.
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Death of Hong Kong student likely to add fuel to unrest

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Turkey to send foreign IS jihadists home from Monday: Minister Suleyman Soylu

Earlier this week, Soylu said Turkey had nearly 1,200 foreign members of IS in custody, and had captured 287 during its recent operation in northern Syria. Turkey has criticised Western countries for refusing to repatriate their citizens who left to join IS in Syria and Iraq, and stripping some of them of their citizenship.
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Ailing Nawaz Sharif to fly to UK for treatment: Report

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Nawaz Sharif's name likely to be removed from ECL

Adding that Sharif will be allowed to travel abroad within the next 48 hours, sources said that the officials at the Interior ministry are waiting for the formal orders to remove his name from the ECL, reported Geo News.
2019-11-08 11:35:29 Read More

House impeachment inquiry becomes teachable moment across US

The 10th graders in Aedrin Albright's civics class at a rural North Carolina high school had done their homework, and now it was time to decide: Should President Donald Trump be impeached The students dragged their chairs across the room, those who opposed removing Trump from office on one side, those in favor on the other. Undecided students were in the middle.
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'Pak may remain on FATF Grey List beyond Feb 2020'

Pakistan may remain on the Financial Action Task Force's Grey List beyond February 2020 for money laundering and terror financing due to its "risk profile", according to media reports.
2019-11-08 09:04:07 Read More

Tech companies rush to fight misinformation ahead of UK vote

Social media platforms say they are mounting a vigorous campaign against misinformation in the lead up to next month's general election in the United Kingdom. But digital misinformation experts believe British voters remain vulnerable to the same type of misleading ads and phony claims that played a role in the vote to leave the European Union three years ago.
2019-11-08 08:42:57 Read More

Hong Kong student's death triggers fresh outrage

Hong Kong student who sustained head injuries when he fell during clashes with police died on Friday, triggering a fresh wave of outrage from the pro-democracy movement and fears of more violent unrest. Alex Chow, a 22-year-old computer science undergraduate, was certified dead on Friday morning, according to the hospital where he was being treated.
2019-11-08 07:19:50 Read More

Donald Trump campaign launching black outreach effort for 2020

Trump and his campaign on Friday will be launching a new "Black Voices for Trump'' outreach initiative in Atlanta on Friday dedicated to ``recruiting and activating Black Americans in support of President Trump,'' according to the campaign.
2019-11-08 06:01:19 Read More

Brazil's ex-president could be freed after top court ruling

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Iran: 5.9 magnitude earthquake kills at least 5, injures 120

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China calls Hong Kong protesters 'mobsters' after stabbing

China has slammed radical protesters in Hong Kong as "mobsters" using violence to influence upcoming local elections, after a pro-Beijing lawmaker was injured in a stabbing. The attack was "not only a serious criminal act but also pure election violence," a Chinese official said.
2019-11-08 03:57:15 Read More

Protesters forcibly cut female Bolivia Mayor's hair

The Mayor of a small town in Bolivia has been attacked by opposition protesters who dragged her through the streets barefoot, covered her in red paint and forcibly cut her hair. It is the latest in a series of violent clashes between government supporters and opponents in the wake of controversial presidential elections.
2019-11-08 03:24:37 Read More

US announces increase in H-1B application fee by $10

The United States has announced the increase of H-1B work visa application fee by $10 as part of its revised selection process. This non-refundable fee will support the new electronic registration system to make the H-1B cap selection process more efficient for both petitioners and the federal agency, said the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Thursday.
2019-11-08 02:33:05 Read More

Judge fines Trump $2 million for misusing charity foundation

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French President Macron says NATO experiencing 'brain death'

French President Emmanuel Macron says he believes NATO is undergoing "brain death," lamenting a lack of coordination between Europe and the United States and unilateral actions in Syria by key member Turkey. "You have no coordination whatsoever of strategic decision-making between the United States and its NATO allies," Macron told The Economist magazine in an interview.
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All 39 victims found dead in UK truck were Vietnamese: Police

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Widespread protests in PoK ring alarm bells for Islamabad

Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) as part of the ongoing protests against the police crackdown on peaceful demonstrations last month that claimed the lives of one person and injured several others in the region. Protesters alleged that the crackdown has become the modus operandi of the establishment.
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Will appoint new PM if elected President: Sajith Premadasa

Premadasa and main opposition candidate Gotabhaya Rajapaksa are in a close race for the November 16 polls. Rajapaksa has also vowed to replace Wickremesinghe with his brother and former strongman Mahinda. Former president Mahinda failed to win office for the third term in 2015 and a new constitutional provision on term limits bars him from running for the presidency again.
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Will appoint new PM if elected President: Sajith Premadasa

'China could attack Taiwan if slowdown becomes serious'

Beijing could resort to military conflict with self-ruled Taiwan to divert domestic pressure if a slowdown in the world's second largest economy amid trade war threatens the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party, the island's foreign minister has said.
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Protests in Chile spread into wealthy Santiago neighbourhoods

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Europeans look to China as global partner, shun Trump's US

President Emmanuel Macron's visit to China this week suggests that the United States risks being sidelined on the global stage under President Donald Trump. One moment spoke volumes: Chinese President Xi Jinping sampling French wines, which Trump's administration recently slapped with heavy new tariffs.
2019-11-07 07:03:47 Read More

New Zealand passes law aimed at combating climate change

The Zero Carbon bill aims to make New Zealand reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to the point the country becomes mostly carbon neutral by 2050. It gives some leeway to farmers, who bring in much of the country's foreign income. The bill would require all greenhouse gases except methane from animals to be reduced to net zero by 2050.
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'Hero' dog that helped kill Baghdadi to visit White House soon, says US President Donald Trump

The "hero" dog that assisted the American commandoes in the mission that led to the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr-al Baghdadi will soon visit the White House, US President Donald Trump has said. Conan was injured during the raid at the hideout of Baghdadi in northwestern Syria last month. He has now returned to service.
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'Hero' dog that helped kill Baghdadi to visit White House soon, says US President Donald Trump

Masked university students rally at graduation ceremony in Hong Kong

The students defied a ban on masks that the government imposed last month in a bid to curb unrest that has rocked the Chinese-ruled city for more than five months. Dressed in formal graduation gowns, many of the students chanted as they walked from a metro station to the ceremony venue, calling for the government to respond to protesters' demands that include universal suffrage.
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Malaysia detains Cambodian opposition leader Mu Sochua

Mu Sochua, the vice-president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was held at the airport in the Malaysian capital ahead of her return, intended by Saturday, along with that of the party's founder, Sam Rainsy.
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Colombia defense minister quits amid firestorm over deaths

Colombia's defense minister resigned Wednesday after coming under fire for failing to disclose the deaths of several minors in a military operation against dissidents belonging to the nation's once largest guerrilla.
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Pakistan army 'too busy' to get involved in political matters: Maj Gen Ghafoor

The Pakistan army on Wednesday said that it was "too busy" in matters of national security to get involved in any political issue, apparently referring to the protest led by JUI-F leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman demanding the ouster of country's PM Imran Khan. Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, Pakistan army spokesman, made the comments in an interview to Hum News Channel.
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Las Vegas law makes sleeping on downtown streets illegal

Despite protests about a "war on the poor," Las Vegas officials passed a law on Wednesday making it illegal for the homeless to sleep on streets when beds are available at established shelters. The measure will apply to the city's downtown urban core, not the tourist-heavy Las Vegas Strip, which is overseen by a different jurisdiction.
2019-11-07 03:29:37 Read More

Two former Twitter employees accused of spying for Saudi Arabia

Two former employees of Twitter Inc and a third man from Saudi Arabia face US charges of spying for the kingdom by digging up user data & giving it to Saudi officials in exchange for payment, according to a complaint filed on Wednesday. Ali Alzabarah, Ahmad Abouammo and Ahmed Almutairi face charges of working for Saudi Arabia without registering as foreign agents.
2019-11-07 02:28:43 Read More

Sikh pilgrims will not be allowed to indulge in political activities: Pakistan

"No political activity is allowed at the religious place (gurdwara). It is strictly banned and the action will be taken if anyone (Sikh) is involved in political activities during his visit here to take part in religious festivities," said Dr Amir Ahmed, chairman, Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) which manages religious properties of Hindus and Sikhs following partition.
2019-11-06 14:45:27 Read More

Macron says he told Xi dialogue needed on Hong Kong

French President Emmanuel Macron said that he told Xi Jinping that dialogue, restraint and a "de-escalation" were needed in Hong Kong after months of pro-democracy protests. Macron said he raised the issue with Xi "on several occasions" during his China visit -- ignoring prior warnings from Beijing that sensitive topics such as Hong Kong should not be on the agenda.
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Turkish President Erdogan says Turkey has captured Baghdadi's wife in Syria

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Donald Trump-Xi Jinping meeting in Iowa would be poignant reminder of better US-China ties

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China and France reiterate support for Paris climate deal

Following a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing, Xi said the two leaders had sent "a strong signal to the world about steadfastly upholding multilateralism and free trade, as well as working together to build open economies.''
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China supports more aggressive measures to tame Hong Kong unrest

Han said the protests were damaging the "one country, two systems" formula under which the Asian financial hub has been governed since its handover from Britain to Beijing in 1997.
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Pakistan seeks $9 billion loan from China to fund CPEC projects

Pakistan on Tuesday sought a nine billion dollar loan from China to finance road and infrastructure projects under the CPEC. At the conclusion of the 9th Joint Cooperation Committee meeting of CPEC, the two sides approved Gwadar Smart City Master Plan and signed two memoranda of understanding for cooperation in the field of health and trade, Dawn reported.
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Pro-Beijing lawmaker stabbed while campaigning in Hong Kong

An anti-government supporter stabbed and wounded a pro-Beijing Hong Kong lawmaker who was campaigning for local elections Wednesday, police said, marking another escalation in five months of protests demanding political reforms in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.
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Donald Trump calls for 'war' on cartels as Mormons murdered in Mexico

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Pakistan has played active and negative role in Afghan affairs for decades: US Congressional report

In its latest report on Afghanistan, the independent and bipartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) identified Pakistan as the most important neighbour of Afghanistan. Pakistan, it said, has played an active, and by many accounts, a negative role in Afghan affairs for decades.
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Pakistan has played active and negative role in Afghan affairs for decades: US Congressional report

Nawaz Sharif needs to go abroad for treatment: Medical board head

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UK parties promise end to Brexit agony if they win election

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Chinese pilot in soup after allowing passenger into cockpit during flight

The captain of a Chinese airliner who allegedly allowed a young woman passenger into the cockpit during a flight has been suspended for life after her photo went viral, according to media reports. A photo of the woman sitting in the cockpit with her fingers making a V-shaped sign and cups of drinks on her knees has been circulating on social media since Sunday.
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SpaceX brings Elon Musk back on Twitter, days after quitting

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Hong Kong leader says she has Xi's backing to tackle unrest

Xi and Lam unexpectedly held talks Monday night on the sidelines of a trade event in Shanghai amid signals from China's central government that it may tighten its grip on Hong Kong to quell the unrest that has at times challenged Chinese rule.
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Pakistani singer Rabi Pirzada quits showbiz over leaked private pics

Pakistani singer Rabi Pirzada on Monday announced that she has decided to quit the entertainment industry after her private pictures got leaked online. Rabi took to Twitter and wrote: "I, Rabi Pirzada quitting showbiz. May Allah forgive my sins. And soften the hearts of people in my favour." Last week, she was trolled over her leaked private videos and pictures.
2019-11-05 08:11:13 Read More

Merkel pays tribute to victims of German neo-Nazi group

During a visit to the eastern German city of Zwickau, Merkel took part in a ceremony dedicating 10 newly planted trees to the memory of those killed by the National Socialist Underground group from 2000-2007.
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Afghan president, Chinese FM discuss dialogue with Taliban

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Chance of talks with US 'narrowing': North Korea

North walked away from working-level nuclear talks with the US in Sweden, saying it was disappointed at the lack of "new and creative" solutions offered by Washington.
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A view from the bridge: Iraq's protesters under fire

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Boris Johnson in 'deep regret' at missing Brexit deadline

The British Prime Minister admitted that it was a â€œbig ifâ€ that the Conservative Party would win a majority in the December 12 election but insisted that it was only a Tory government led by him that could deliver Britain's exit from the European Union (EU) within the new January 31, 2020, time frame.
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Boris Johnson in 'deep regret' at missing Brexit deadline

Garbage crisis brings cholera to Yemen's historic Taez

The city in the highlands of southwestern Yemen has become a breeding ground for mosquitos as well as deadly outbreaks of diseases like cholera, as decaying refuse leaches into waterways. Yemen, long the poorest country in the Arabian Peninsula, has been mired in conflict since the Iran-aligned Huthi rebels swept into the capital Sanaa in a 2014 offensive, sparking a military intervention by a Saudi-led coalition.
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Hong Kong police arrest man in knife attack at protest site

Senior police official John Tse said the man struck a couple with a knife outside a mall late Sunday after an argument, before turning his teeth on the politician's ear. Tse said the assailant, whose name was not given, was then thrashed by an angry crowd, including two men aged 23 and 29. All three were arrested following the incident.
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Xi Jinping meets Carrie Lam in 'vote of confidence' over Hong Kong protests

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US in talks with Russia, China on major arms control-like agreement: Trump

The United States is in talks with both Russia and China on a major arms control-like agreement, Donald Trump said. "I think they would both like to do it especially as we are talking about nuclear weapons but we are looking at a major arms control-kind of an agreement right now with Russia and China and maybe somebody else," he said.
2019-11-05 02:36:44 Read More

Donald Trump loses appeal in tax fight

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UK PM Johnson's Conservatives have 7-point lead over Labour: Survey

British PM Boris Johnson's Conservatives have a seven percentage-point lead over the opposition Labour Party ahead of a Dec. 12 election, according to a poll published by Reuters on Monday. The poll of 2,047 people, carried out online between Nov. 1 and 4, shows a narrower gap than recent surveys from other pollsters, which have put the Conservatives between 8 and 17 percentage points ahead of Labour.
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UK lowers terror threat level from â€˜severe' to â€˜substantial'

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US accuses Beijing of 'intimidation' in South China Sea

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EU warns Iran over nuclear deal after uranium claims

The European Union on Monday warned its support for the Iran nuclear deal depends on Tehran fulfilling its commitments, after Iranian officials announced a major increase in enriched uranium production. The head of the Iranian atomic energy agency said Monday that production of enriched uranium had reached five kilos a day and two new advanced centrifuges had been developed.
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Nawaz Sharif's daughter Mariam gets bail in sugar mills case

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Iran marks 1979 takeover of US Embassy, hostage crisis

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Pak protest leader convenes all-party meet as deadline for PM Imran's resignation ends

The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) leader, who is leading a huge protest dubbed as 'Azadi March' comprising tens of thousands of his supporters in the national capital, said the movement to oust the prime minister "will continue to move ahead and will never be on the back foot".
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Afghan official: Kabul to probe Pakistan security complaint

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All evacuations lifted for Southern California wildfire

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Tens of thousands protest against Lebanese government

The current wave of protests broke out in mid-October when the Lebanese government announced its intention to approve a rate of 20 cents a day for voice calls on social networks such as WhatsApp, Facebook or Viber in an attempt to increase revenue from indebted state.
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Donald Trump invites Asean leaders to US meet after skipping summit

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Bolivian opposition leader calls for new presidential election

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Biden rallies Virginia Democrats days before state election

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A year before 2020 election, a divided and 'angry' America

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Trump threatens to withhold emergency aid from fire-hit California

"Every year, as the fire's (sic) rage & California burns, it is the same thing-and then he comes to the Federal Government for $$$ help. No more. Get your act together Governor," Trump said on Twitter. Trump blamed Governor Gavin Newsom for fires, saying he had done "a terrible job of forest management."
2019-11-04 03:15:32 Read More

Italian town giving homes for free and cash bonus to people who have a baby

An Italian town to tackle to problem of dwindling population is giving houses away for free because it is so desperate to attract new residents â€” but thereâ€™s a catch, obviously. A number of Italian towns have put homes up for sale for just â‚¬1 â€” with conditions â€” in a bid to revitalise themselves.
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Airbnb bans 'party houses' after US shooting kills 5

Airbnb's CEO said the firm was taking actions against unauthorised parties in the wake of a shooting at a Halloween party held at an Airbnb rental home in California.
2019-11-04 02:08:07 Read More

Judge blocks Trump's plan to bar immigrants who can't pay insurance

Ruling Derails Move To Limit Admission Of Certain Legal Immigrants
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Nigel Farage says won't run in British elections

Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain's upstart Brexit Party, said on Sunday he would not stand in the next month's election, choosing instead to campaign countywide against PM Boris Johnson's EU divorce deal.
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Six wounded as knife attack caps day of Hong Kong political chaos

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Donald Trump calls on Ukraine whistleblower to 'come forward'

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UN chief urges Myanmar to resolve Rohingya crisis

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern Sunday over the plight of the 730,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine state, calling on Myanmar's government to take responsibility by dealing with the ``root causes'' of their flight to Bangladesh and working toward their safe repatriation. ASEAN leaders meet annually to try to work out common positions on pressing issues.
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Bangladesh Rohingya island relocation 'uncertain' after UN doubts

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UK's Boris Johnson 'sorry' for Brexit delay

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday apologised for not taking Britain out of the European Union by October 31, saying he was "deeply, deeply disappointed". "It is a matter of deep regret," Johnson told Sky News, before criticising Donald Trump after the US president said the prime minister's deal struck with Brussels would prevent a future Britain/US trade agreement.
2019-11-03 10:54:08 Read More

Beijing says 'ready to work' with Asean on South China Sea rules

Beijing said Sunday it is "ready to work" with Southeast Asian nations on a code of conduct in the flashpoint South China Sea, where it is accused of building up military installations and bullying fellow claimants.
2019-11-03 10:47:28 Read More

With offering to sun and breaking of fast, 'Chhath' formally ends in Nepal

People faced the setting sun on Saturday evening and the rising sun on Sunday morning and offered baskets, marking the end of the four-day festival of Chhath. President Bidhya Devi Bhandari too performed rituals during Chhathpuja in Kathmandu on Sunday.
2019-11-03 07:36:13 Read More

Hong Kong's Lam to discuss helping people to live and work in mainland China

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam will go to Beijing this week to discuss how to make it easier for people in the restive Chinese-ruled city to live and work on the mainland, her office said on Sunday, after further violent anti-China protests overnight.
2019-11-03 07:23:33 Read More

Airbnb bans 'party houses' after US Halloween shooting

The house in the city of Orinda, near San Francisco, was reportedly booked under a pretence for a small group, before being publicised on Instagram as the venue for a Halloween party on Friday night which eventually drew a crowd of more than 100 people. But the host did not authorise the party, according to Airbnb. Three people died at the house and two more died later in hospital.
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Pakistani Islamists await deadline they set for PM to resign

Pakistan cleric Maulana Fazlur Rehman led a caravan of supporters to Islamabad last week in a bid to pressure PM Imran Khan to step down, calling him an "illegitimate" ruler. Rehman has hinted he could direct his partisans to march on the seat of Pakistan's government and force Khan's resignation. Khan says he has no plans of quitting.
2019-11-03 06:57:19 Read More

Trump booed at UFC fight night in New York

President Donald Trump was loudly booed on Saturday for the second time in a week at a sporting event as he attended a UFC fight in New York. Trump, wearing a dark suit and a red tie, pumped his fist and waved at the crowd as he walked into the city's iconic Madison Square Garden arena on Saturday night. There was no repeat of the loud chants of "lock him up" that greeted Trump when he attended a World Series baseball game last weekend, but loud jeers rung out.
2019-11-03 06:44:17 Read More

China says ready to work with Asean for South China Sea peace

China is ready to work with Southeast Asian countries for long term peace and stability in the South China Sea, Chinese premier Li Keqiang said after meeting leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. China's sweeping maritime claims in the South China Sea are rejected by several members of Asean, which have competing claims in the busy waterway.
2019-11-03 06:02:45 Read More

Chinese news agency slams 'barbaric' Hong Kong office attack

Xinhua in a brief statement strongly condemned the "barbaric acts of mobs" that vandalized and set fire to the lobby of its Asia-Pacific office building in the city. Hong Kong Journalists Association called for an end to violence against the media.
2019-11-03 05:32:52 Read More

Trump approves plan to cap refugees at 18,000 in 2020

US President Donald Trump has signed off on a plan that continues a dramatic drop in the number of refugees taken in by the US to no more than 18,000 in the fiscal year 2020. During the Obama admin, the refugee ceiling was 85,000. This year, the Trump admin set the limit at 30,000. That number was the lowest since the modern resettlement program's creation in 1980.
2019-11-03 04:10:49 Read More

Actress Jane Fonda spends night in jail after demonstration arrest

Actress and activist Jane Fonda spent a night in a Washington, D.C., jail after her fourth arrest in as many weeks during a climate change demonstration on Capitol Hill. Fonda has said she plans to get arrested every Friday as she advocates for reducing the use of fossil fuels.
2019-11-03 04:02:36 Read More

Actress Jane Fonda spends night in jail after demonstration arrest

Why railway travel is making a comeback in Europe

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Aâ€˜whimpering, screamingâ€™ Baghdadi that only Trump seems to have heard

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Womenâ€™s rights group moves HC for removal of Pak ambassador to UN

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Over 30 Pakistani migrants found hidden in truck in southern France

The 14-story, Saddam Hussein-era building on the Tigris River has emerged as a landmark in the anti-government protests gripping Iraq. The structure has been abandoned since 2003, when it was bombed by the US-led forces in their invasion, but has now been taken over from security forces by demonstrators since October 25. They have sworn not to leave it.
2019-11-02 16:58:33 Read More

Kurdish commander in talks with Russia, Syria but has 'no confidence'

The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said he mistrusted both the Syrian government and Russia, but said in remarks published Saturday that he would follow "a political path" for the sake of peace. Mazlum Abdi, also known as Kobani, told media that future negotiations required guarantees from the international community, including Europe.
2019-11-02 15:25:55 Read More

US military calls on Kurdish forces in northeast Syria

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ASEAN leaders hanker for trade deal as economy sags on US-China spat

Speaking to The Associated Press ahead of Monday's 40th anniversary of the attack, Ebrahim Asgharzadeh acknowledged that the repercussions of the crisis still reverberate as tensions remain high between the U.S. and Iran over Tehran's collapsing nuclear deal with world powers.
2019-11-02 14:29:30 Read More

Syrian refugee turns to food to rebuild his life in US

Pakistan's powerful military said it supported the country's elected government and the constitution, as tens of thousands of opposition protesters gathered in the capital demanding that Prime Minister Imran Khan's year-old government quits by Sunday.
2019-11-02 14:21:44 Read More

German minister appeals for European unity amid challenges

Anti-government protesters attacked the Hong Kong office of China's official Xinhua News Agency for the first time Saturday after chaos broke out downtown, with police and demonstrators trading gasoline bombs and tear gas as the protest movement approached the five-month mark.
2019-11-02 14:09:51 Read More

Iran student leader says he regrets 1979 US Embassy attack

The new murals -- mainly painted in white, red and blue, the colours of the US flag -- were unveiled by Major General Hossein Salami, the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, at the former mission turned museum.
2019-11-02 13:59:10 Read More

Iran unveils new anti-US murals at former embassy

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Hong Kong chaos sees tear gas, attack on Chinese news agency

Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif's health condition remains critical as his platelet count has dropped again, a day after it rose to 51,000, his personal physician said on Saturday. Sharif, 69, was admitted to the Services Hospital on Monday night from Pakistan's anti-graft body's custody after his platelets dropped to a critical low level of 2,000.
2019-11-02 11:55:58 Read More

Nawaz Sharif remains critical, platelets drop again: personal physician

Noting that India has received the "fullest" support from America on Kashmir, Indian Ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringla said that New Delhi is happy that the Trump administration has taken a "very very understanding view" on the issue. Shringla made the remarks during a programme to celebrate Diwali at his residence on Friday.
2019-11-02 10:48:20 Read More

Baghdad building now a landmark in anti-govt protests

In an op-ed published in 26 EU countries as Germany heads into a week of commemorations marking the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, Heiko Maas said that the events 30 years ago spelled the end of Germany's decades-long division during the Cold War.
2019-11-02 09:48:45 Read More

Support elected govt amid major protest: Pak army

Trump announced the resignation of his current acting secretary, Kevin McAleenan, 3 weeks ago. "As the president (Trump) has said, Kevin McAleenan has done a tremendous job. He'll be leaving after Veterans Day and after he departs, Chad Wolf will serve as acting secretary in the interim," White House spokesman said.
2019-11-02 09:38:06 Read More

India has received 'fullest' support from US on Kashmir issue: Harsh Vardhan Shringla

Four people were killed and at least four injured at a Halloween party shooting at a Northern California home rented by a woman who falsely claimed she wanted the Airbnb so her asthmatic family members could escape wildfire smoke, police and a person with knowledge of the transaction said Friday.
2019-11-02 09:34:16 Read More

Thousands defy police in latest Hong Kong march

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Donald Trump announces new acting US homeland security chief

Crowds of black-clad protesters, many wearing face masks despite a recent ban, filled Causeway Bay, a popular shopping district, as tensions built with riot police who had flooded the area.
2019-11-02 07:06:41 Read More

Halloween terror: 4 killed at Northern California party

The 435-member lower chamber of the US Congress on Thursday passed the measure, the third time in the history of the modern presidency, establishing rules for open hearings and the questioning of witnesses by members and staff by 232-196 votes.
2019-11-02 06:59:01 Read More

Impeachment move an attack on democracy: Trump

London court extends Altaf Hussain's bail in 2016 hate speech case

Hussain appeared before Justice Nigel Sweeney at the Central Criminal Court where it ruled that a preliminary hearing in the case will be held on March 20, 2020, and the trial will begin on June 1, The Dawn reported. The development comes after the Westminster Magistrates' Court on October 10 passed the matter to the criminal court for trial.
2019-11-02 04:14:21 Read More

Thai cave reopens for visitors after Wild Boars rescue

The Tham Luang cave has been closed to visitors since the Wild Boars football team were rescued alive after nearly three weeks inside the grotto's waterlogged corridors last year. But the world-famous cave in northern Chiang Rai province was re-opened Friday, drawing some 2,000 tourists in a single day, a local conservation official said.
2019-11-02 04:02:25 Read More

Trump may face fight over planned move from NYC to Florida

Despite a stinging "good riddance" tweet from New York's governor, the US President Donald Trump's home state may not let him go to Florida without a fight. Trump's plan to shift his permanent residence to Palm Beach will likely be heavily scrutinized by New York state officials, who are notorious for auditing wealthy residents seeking to flee to lower-tax states.
2019-11-02 03:53:48 Read More

UK defends Brexit deal after Trump trade warning

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Professors, beware. â€˜Student officerâ€™ might be spying for Xi

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Russia rolls out own â€˜Great Firewallâ€™

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40 years on, Iranians recall 1979 US Embassy hostage crisis

Veteran Iranian photographer Kaveh Kazemi recalled snapping away with his camera as he stood behind the gate where the Iranian militant students would usher blindfolded American hostages to those gathered outside waving anti-American banners and calling for the extradition of the deposed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
2019-11-01 15:41:34 Read More

US urges countries to buy arms from America, not from Russia, China

A Trump administration official has urged countries not to buy military hardware from Russia and China, asserting that America's competitors were using arms sales as key tools to build their own influence. The US has in the past cautioned India that its decision to buy the S-400 missile defence system from Russia will have serious implications on defence ties.
2019-11-01 15:13:53 Read More

Fazlur Rehman gives two-day deadline to Imran Khan to quit

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Joint Turkish and Russian patrols begin in Syrian region

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Ex-Trump aide confirms Ukraine aid was linked to Biden probe

Aâ€‹ former top White House official confirmed that military aid to Ukraine was held up by President Donald Trump's demand for the ally to investigate Democrats and Joe Biden but testified that there's nothing illegal, in his view, about the quid pro quo at the center of the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry.
2019-11-01 14:47:53 Read More

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Warren: Medicare for All plan will not raise middle-class taxes 'one penny'

US Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Friday the Medicare for All system she backs would cost the US government an extra $20.5 trillion over 10 years but would not "require raising taxes one penny" on the middle class.
2019-11-01 14:39:10 Read More

Spain's socialist PM rules out grand coalition with conservatives

A previous election in April ended in a stalemate, and opinion polls show the repeat vote could be as inconclusive, with all possible scenarios for deals to form a government fraught with difficulties. "We are not going to form a government with a party that has reached pacts with the extreme right, that trivialises gender violence, equality between men and women, and the democratic history of our country," Sanchez told supporters at a Socialist Party rally.
2019-11-01 13:51:14 Read More

Iraqi Kurds boycott Turkish goods after Syria assault

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Time to get rid of PM Imran's fake government, say Pak opposition leaders

Pakistan's Opposition leaders on Friday launched a determined bid to oust PM Imran Khan, saying the time has come to get rid of his "fake" government that came into power through "blatant rigging" in the 2018 elections. The 'Azadi March' led by Pakistani cleric Maulana Fazlur Rehman's JUI-F reached its final destination Islamabad on Thursday.
2019-11-01 13:23:15 Read More

Trump backs 'fantastic' Boris over 'bad' Corbyn ahead of UK polls

US President Donald Trump ruffled a few feathers in the UK with an intervention on the country's upcoming General Election by backing his "friend" UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and categorising Opposition Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn as "so bad" for Britain.
2019-11-01 11:55:17 Read More

More fires and evacuations in weary California

Hundreds of firefighters backed by water-dropping helicopters were attacking blazes driven by record so-called Santa Ana winds that have prompted unprecedented warnings of "extremely critical" fire risk â€” the most severe category.
2019-11-01 09:38:26 Read More

China says won't tolerate national security threats in Hong Kong

China won't tolerate challenges to the bottom line of the "one country, two systems" formula that governs Hong Kong, separatism or threats to national security there, a senior Chinese official said. The past five-months of anti-government protests in the former British colony represents the biggest popular challenge to President Xi Jinping's government.
2019-11-01 05:59:42 Read More

Trump stumping in Mississippi ahead of tough governor's race

President Donald Trump is traveling to Mississippi on Friday to try to shore up Republican support ahead of the state's toughest governor's race in nearly a generation, with two established politicians competing for the open seat. Four years ago, Mississippi's Democratic nominee governor was a little-known trucker who did not vote for himself in the primary and went on to lose the general election by more than 34 percentage points.
2019-11-01 05:52:05 Read More

7 South Koreans missing after copter crash near disputed islets

Seven South Koreans were missing on Friday after their helicopter took off from islets disputed with Japan and crashed into the sea moments later, Seoul officials said. The aircraft had just picked an injured fisherman up from Dokdo, which is known as Takeshima in Japan, when it went down on Thursday night.
2019-11-01 05:42:09 Read More

North Korea says it test fired new multiple rocket launcher

North Korea confirmed Friday it conducted its third test-firing of a new "super-large" multiple rocket launcher that it says expands its ability to destroy enemy targets in surprise attacks. The latest launches extended a monthslong streak of weapons displays by the North, which continues to use a standstill in nuclear negotiations to advance its military capabilities while pressuring Washington for concessions.
2019-11-01 04:01:46 Read More

Who is Abu Ibrahim al-Quraishi, the new head of Islamic State

The Islamic State confirmed the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and named his replacement as Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi. The new IS leader is identified as a scholar, a well-known warrior and "emir of war" who has battled American forces. The IS picked the name Quraishi for Baghdadi's successor to suggest descent from the Prophet Mohammad's tribe.
2019-11-01 03:54:55 Read More

Who is Abu Ibrahim al-Quraishi, the new head of Islamic State

Trump to move permanent residence to Florida

"My family and I will be making Palm Beach, Florida, our Permanent Residence," Trump said on Twitter. "Despite the fact that I pay millions of dollars in city, state and local taxes each year, I have been treated very badly by the political leaders of both the city and state," he said, referring to New York.
2019-11-01 03:38:13 Read More

Dying winds bring relief after weeks of California wildfires

The winds subsided in virtually all parts of the state Thursday and forecasters anticipated at least a week of calm weather, though there was no rain in the forecast that would reduce the threat of fall fires.
2019-11-01 03:23:07 Read More

Why he posted fake ads on FB about guv race

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British Parliament suspends Indian-origin MP Keith Vaz for 6 months

In a strongly-worded report earlier this week, the Commons watchdog said there was "convincing evidence" that Vaz was "evasive or unhelpful" during an investigation into his conduct.
2019-11-01 01:56:19 Read More

Goats help save Californian library from wildfire

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Johnson pledges January Brexit after missing 'do or die' deadline

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In nod to protests, Iraq president calls for new voting law

Iraq has seen two waves of mass protests this month, with at least 250 protesters killed in clashes with security forces in Baghdad and across the Shia-majority south. The protesters have demanded the resignation of the government and the overhaul of the political system put in place after the 2003 US-led invasion.
2019-10-31 16:05:08 Read More

US House approves rules for Trump impeachment inquiry

The US House of Representatives took a major step in the impeachment effort against Donald Trump when lawmakers approved rules for the next stage of the Democratic-led inquiry into the president's attempt to have Ukraine investigate a domestic political rival. The Democratic-controlled House voted by 232 to 196 to establish how to hold public hearings in Congress.
2019-10-31 15:33:58 Read More

German court throws out climate challenge to Merkel government

The suit was the first attempt in Germany to hold authorities legally accountable for pledges they have made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Similar cases elsewhere have met with mixed success.
2019-10-31 14:47:22 Read More

Ailing ex-Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif's health improves

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Health care or Brexit? UK parties pick their election issues

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn put the emphasis firmly on economic and social issues, calling the Dec. 12 vote a once-in-a-generation chance to transform the country. All seats in the 650-seat House of Commons are up for grabs in the early election, chosen by Britain's 46 million eligible voters.
2019-10-31 14:42:23 Read More

Order! Order! Britain's speaker quits Brexit hotseat

John Bercow stepped down on Thursday after 10 years as speaker of Britain's House of Commons -- a role that rocketed him into the heart of the Brexit battle, and won him European fans. The man in the middle of more than three years of fiery parliamentary debates has proved a controversial figure, loathed by pro-Brexit supporters and hailed by its foes.
2019-10-31 13:53:27 Read More

Putin was 'conscientious and disciplined' spy: KGB documents

Declassified KGB documents on display in Russia describe future President Vladimir Putin as a "conscientious and disciplined" spy at the start of his career. Now 67, Putin worked for the secret service from the mid-1970s and was posted in Dresden, then East Germany, from 1985 to 1990, as Soviet power was crumbling.
2019-10-31 13:30:13 Read More

Inflation, not Kashmir biggest issue in Pakistan: Survey

Pakistan's state of economy and not Kashmir is the biggest cause of worry for a majority of Pakistanis, a survey has revealed. The survey, conducted in 4 provinces of Pakistan by Gallup-Gilani Pakistan, has found that 53% of Pakistanis are worried about inflation, 23% said unemployment was a problem, while 4% of the people identified corruption as the major problem.
2019-10-31 13:10:11 Read More

Ukraine plans more troop withdrawals in east ahead of peace talks

Ukraine plans more troop withdrawals in the eastern Donbass region as a confidence building measure to help pave the way for four-way peace talks with Russia, France and Germany, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.
2019-10-31 12:29:02 Read More

Spain's Sanchez says there will be no 'online' independence for Catalonia

Spain's Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez, stepping up efforts to control separatist groups and parties' activity on the internet, said on Thursday his government would not allow Catalonia to seek "online" independence.
2019-10-31 12:15:03 Read More

Hong Kong Halloween protest rally aims to test mask ban

Hong Kong authorities are bracing as pro-democracy protesters urged people on Thursday to celebrate Halloween by wearing masks on a march in defiance of a government ban on face coverings.
2019-10-31 12:02:57 Read More

North Korea fires 2 missiles in the sea amid stalled talks

North Korea on Thursday fired two projectiles toward its eastern sea, an apparent resumption of weapons tests aimed at ramping up pressure on Washington over a stalemate in nuclear negotiations, according to officials in South Korea and Japan.
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World News For The Year 2019 and Month Nov

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Squabbles overshadow Nato 70th anniversary summit

Sri Lankan president prorogues parliament for a month

Schools, offices close as long-lived storm clobbers US East

Typhoon Kammuri pounds Philippines, closes Manila airport

North Korea's Kim celebrates completion of 'modern mountainous city'

Apparent smoke grenade blast at Jakarta park injured two: Police

Ex-Pak President Musharraf admitted to Dubai hospital

Woman stranded for 12 nights in Australia outback

London attackerâ€™s accomplice held

Pakistan government forms a panel to draft new law on army chiefâ€™s reappointment

Are unhappy generals behind legal challenge to extension for Bajwa?

Saudi media summit held a year after Khashoggi murder

Mike Pompeo says Iran the common villain in Mideast protests

Had a successful trip to Afghanistan: Trump

Why London Bridge killer was released from jail early

Pak govt forms 3-member ministerial committee to draft new law on Army chief's reappointment: Report

Pak govt forms 3-member ministerial committee to draft new law on Army chief's reappointment: Report

Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping launch 'historic' Russia-China gas pipeline

Ukraine President denies quid pro quo with Donald Trump

Pakistan FM meets Sri Lankan counterpart, apprises him about Kashmir situation

China sanctions US NGOs over Hong Kong unrest

France: Three rescue workers killed in helicopter crash

President Trump speaks with Netanyahu about Iran

Death toll put at 20 for Mexico cartel attack near US border

Malta PM Joseph Muscat to resign amid journalist murder probe protests

2 Indian students killed in hit and run crash in US

Australian foreign minister says China is holding citizen in 'unacceptable' conditions

Lebanon stops migrant boat carrying 34 Syrian refugees

At least 10 killed in Burkina Faso church attack: Security sources

UN chief warns of 'point of no return' on climate change

Iraq parliament approves PM resignation, protesters mourn dead

China dressed up in celebratory red for 70 years of PRC

UK attack now political football as Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn spar

Trump faces two impeachment deadlines as inquiry shifts focus

'Change old mindset', Imran Khan to Pakistani bureaucrats

China introduces mandatory face scans for phone users

Mexico shootout leaves at least 14 dead

'This is not over': Hong Kong protesters return to the streets

ISIS claims London knife-attack

Hong Kong elders, youths vow to keep up pro-democracy fight

JuD chief Hafiz Saeed to face trial for terror financing charges on December 7

Smog shuts schools, universities in Iran

New Zealand gun owners stage protest over tighter controls

New Zealand gun owners stage protest over tighter controls

Paris train station partly evacuated over inactive shell: Sources

Three minors stabbed in The Hague shopping area

London mayor praises 'breath-taking heroism' of public during knife rampage

White House condemns attack in London, pledges 'full support' to Britain

London Bridge attack declared terrorist incident, suspect with hoax bomb vest shot dead by police

Donald Trump makes secret visit to Afghanistan, confirms talks resumption with Taliban

Man shot by UK police at London Bridge; incident treated as â€˜terror-related'

Several injured, one detained in stabbing incident near London Bridge: Police

UK police clear London Bridge after reports of gunshots

Iraq's PM announces he'll resign amid worsening crisis

Slovakia may force women to get pre-abortion ultrasound

Slovakia may force women to get pre-abortion ultrasound

UK PM Johnson says UK will leave EU by Jan 31 at the latest

Afghan peace talks with Taliban has resumed: Trump

Ex-Japan PM Nakasone dies at 101

Kim Jong Un supervises North Korea weapons test

Hong Kong set for fresh protests as police end university siege

North Korea may deploy 'super-large' rocket launcher soon

Trump makes surprise trip to Afghanistan on Thanksgiving, eats turkey with troops

Germany to tighten law on anti-Semitic crimes

Germany to tighten law on anti-Semitic crimes

China summons US envoy, asks Washington not to implement Hong Kong bill

Time running out on North Korea's deadline to US on nukes

Seoul says North Korea has fired 2 short-range projectiles

Pak court orders Musharraf to record statement by Decr 5 in treason case

Pak SC grants 6 months conditional extension to Gen Bajwa

Former Maldives president sentenced to 5 years in prison

North Korea fires two 'unidentified projectiles': Seoul

Albania earthquake death toll hits 40: defence ministry

Albania earthquake death toll hits 40: defence ministry

Iran arrests eight 'linked to CIA' during unrest: State media

Pak SC set to announce verdict in Bajwa's tenure extension case

Israel's drone industry becomes global force

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