Two killed as Venezuela aid showdown turns violent
AFP, Urena, Venezuela :A high-risk operation to get humanitarian aid into Venezuela descended into deadly chaos Saturday afterPresident Nicolas Maduro’s security forces fired on demonstrators...
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Saudi Crown Prince defends China’s right to put Uighur Muslims in concentration camps
The Telegraph :“China has the right to carry out anti-terrorism and de-extremisation work for its national security,” Prince Mohammed, who has been in China signing...
Trump says India, Pakistan facing a ‘very dangerous situation’
AFP, Washington :United States President Donald Trump, while voicing alarm at a “very dangerous” standoff between India and Pakistan, indicated that the US and others...
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Toxic alcohol death toll rises to 84 in IndiaAFP, Guwahati The number of tea plantation workers who have died after consuming toxic illicit liquor in...
Nigeria’s President casts ballot as polls open in delayed Presidential election
Reuters, Abuja :Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari cast his ballot in the presidential election on Saturday as polls opened after a week-long delay, television images on...
Australia confirms Wikileaks’ Julian Assange has valid passport
Reuters, Sydney :Australia has confirmed that Julian Assange has a valid passport, a key development for the Wikileaks founder, who fears that Ecuador seeks to...
Venezuela`s Guaido defies travel ban as aid row turns deadly
AFP, Cucuta :Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido claimed the military helped him defy a travel ban by the government of President Nicolas Maduro as he...
India’s top court orders protection for Kashmiris
AFP, New Delhi :India’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered bolstered protection for Kashmiris who have faced a violent backlash from a suicide bombing in the...
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Netanyahu-Putin to meet on WednesdayAFP, Jerusalem Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Russia on Wednesday for talks with President Vladimir Putin that had been...
Maduro starts shutting borders to block humanitarian aid
Reuters, Caracas :Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro threatened to close the border with Colombia on Thursday as opposition leader Juan Guaido and some 80 lawmakers ran...
‘Extinct’ Galapagos tortoise found after 100 years
AFP, Washington :A living member of a species of giant tortoise long thought to be extinct has been discovered on the Galapagos island of Ferdinandina.The...
200 US troops to remain in Syria after pullout: White House
PTI, Washington :The US military will keep around 200 troops in Syria after President Donald Trump’s pullout from the war-torn country, the White House said...