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India lodges strong protest with Pak over harassment of diplomatsPTI, New Delhi India has lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over several incidents of alleged...
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UN received 259 sexual exploitation allegations, abuse in 2018
PTI, United Nations :The UN received a total of 259 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by the staff working in its agencies and...
Brazilian physicist wins $1.4 million Templeton Prize
Reuters, New Hampshire :Brazilian physicist and astronomer Marcelo Gleiser has been awarded the 2019 Templeton Prize, worth $1.4 million, for his work blending science and...
US-backed forces take control of IS Syria encampment
AP, Syria :U.S.-backed Syrian forces fighting the Islamic State group announced Tuesday they have taken control over an encampment in an eastern Syrian village where...
UN experts urge Israel to rein in security forces
Reuters, Geneva : U.N. war crimes investigators called on Israel on Monday to stop its snipers using lethal force against protesters on the border with Gaza,...
New Zealanders give up guns after massacre, but some face blowback
AFP, Christchurch :New Zealanders have begun handing in weapons in response to government appeals following the Christchurch massacre, but the gesture has put some squarely...
New gun laws to make New Zealand safer after mosque shootings, says PM Ardern
Reuters, Christchurch :New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday she would announce new gun laws within days, after a lone gunman killed 50...
US-backed force says it has taken positions in IS Syria camp
Reuters, Baghouz, Syria :U.S.-backed fighters said they had taken positions in Islamic State’s last enclave in eastern Syria and air strikes pounded the tiny patch...
Saudi Crown Prince approved ‘intervention’ against dissidents: Report
AFP, Washington : More than a year before the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved a secret campaign...
Rouhani says Iran will file legal case against US for sanctions
Reuters, London :Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that the government would file a legal case in Iran against U.S. officials who imposed sanctions...
NY Senator Gillibrand announces presidential run
New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Sunday officially announced she would seek the Democratic party’s nomination for the 2020 presidential election, taking aim at Donald...
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Russian, US to hold Venezuela talks this weekReuters, MoscowUnited States Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov are due...