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Afghan women launch rare protest for peace Reuters, Lashkar GahDozens of peace activists, including women, have set up tents in the Afghan province of Helmand,...
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US military admits its ‘helpless’ against a hypersonic missile strike by China or Russia
Asia Times :The United States defense establishment has not stopped ringing alarm bells on what they say are rising threats posed by Russia and China,...
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26,000 Indian govt officials face corruption complaints PTI, New DelhiOver 26,000 complaints were received against government officers, including senior officials, last year, the Lok Sabha...
UK nerve gas attack has sparked new cold war: Russian media
AFP, Moscow :Russian media on Tuesday shared the view that Western countries’ coordinated expulsions of Russian diplomats following the poisoning in Britain of a former...
Putin vows action as protesters demand his resignation over mall fire
Reuters, Kemerovo :President Vladimir Putin flew to the scene of a shopping mall fire in Siberia that killed 64 people and promised angry residents on...
Chinese space station Tiangong-1, weighing 7,000 kg, plunging towards Earth
AFP, Paris :An uncontrolled Chinese space station weighing at least seven tonnes (around 7,000 kg) is set to break up as it hurtles to Earth...
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Iraq will prevent attacks on Turkey: Abadi Reuters, BaghdadIraq’s armed forces have instructions to prevent “foreign fighters” from launching cross-border attacks on Turkey, Iraqi Prime...
Turkey, EU fail to reach any ‘concrete solutions’ in talks
AFP, Varna :The EU on Monday said it failed any “concrete solutions or compromises” with Turkey in talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeking to...
Trump administration adds citizenship question to 2020 census
Reuters, Washington :The Trump administration said late Monday it will ask people if they are citizens during the 2020 Census, at the request of the...
Jimmy Carter calls Trump’s hiring of John Bolton his ‘worst mistake’ yet HuffPost
In a CBS interview scheduled to air Tuesday, Jimmy Carter did not mince words when denouncing President Donald Trump’s decision to hire John Bolton as...
Indian scandal brews over claim Modi’s app ships data abroad
AP, Ahmedabad :Allegations that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official smartphone app is shipping Indians’ personal data to servers abroad have morphed into a political...
41 children among 64 killed in Russian shopping mall fire
Reuters, Moscow :At least 64 people, including 41 children, have been killed in a blaze that engulfed a shopping mall in a Russian industrial city,...