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Media under official scrutiny ahead of Egypt pollAFP, Cairo Media in Egypt faces increased scrutiny and restrictions by authorities ahead of a presidential election this...
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More than 100 killed since Philippine police returned to Duterte’s drug war
AFP, Manila :More than 100 drug suspects have been killed since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the police to rejoin his “war on drugs”, an...
Planned Indian military base stirs Seychelles controversy
AFP, Victoria :A plan for India to build a military base on an outlying Seychelles island has won favour among the archipelago nation’s politicians, but...
Argentine ex-president Kirchner to face corruption trial
AFP, Buenos Aires :An Argentine judge Friday said that ex-president Cristina Kirchner must face trial over alleged corruption related to the awarding of public contracts...
US sees hope for negotiated end to Afghan war
AFP, Washington :The United States dared to permit itself renewed hope Thursday that the longest war in its history may be closer to a negotiated...
Pentagon ‘fully prepared’ after Putin boasts of hypersonic missiles
AFP, Washington :The Pentagon on Thursday brushed off Russian President Vladimir Putin’s boast of developing “invincible” missiles, claiming the United States was fully prepared for...
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Moon tells Trump of plan to send envoy to N KoreaReuters, SeoulSouth Korea plans to send a special envoy to North Korea in response to...
US calls on Russia to pressure Assad to allow citizens to flee in Ghouta
AFP, Washington :The United States urged Russia on Thursday to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime to respect attempts to allow residents out of the...
Melania Trump entered US with ‘Einstein’ visa
AOL.com :Melania Trump entered the United States in 2001 after receiving a green card visa designated for people with “extraordinary ability,” according to a new...
As Xi gains power, parliament prepares to bolster risk battle
AFP, Beijing :When President Xi Jinping attends the National People’s Congress, he will swear an oath to uphold China’s constitution. But first, he will remake...
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China’s city extends level 2 pollution alertReuters, Beijing China’s top steelmaking city of Tangshan on Thursday said it would extend a level 2 or “orange”...
Astronomers detect signal of universe’s first stars
AFP, Paris :A signal from the Universe’s first stars, born a cosmic heartbeat after the Big Bang, has been detected for the first time, astronomers...