Indian railway ministry suspends 4 officials over deadly rail accident
Xinhua, New Delhi :The Indian railway ministry suspended four officials and sent on leave three of its top officials, including a secretary-level railway board official,...
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Tourist bus crash in Macedonia kills one woman, injures nearly 30
Xinhua, Skopje :A woman died and at least 28 passengers were injured when a bus filled with tourists crashed on a highway near the Macedonian...
GOP doubts and anxieties about Trump burst into the open
AP, Washington :President Donald Trump’s racially fraught comments about a deadly neo-Nazi rally have thrust into the open some Republicans’ deeply held doubts about his...
India investigates after fourth big train accident in past year kills 23
Reuters, New Delhi :India began investigating on Sunday a train crash in which 23 people were killed, the fourth major accident over the past year...
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Netanyahu, Putin to meet over Syria conflictAFP, JerusalemIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Russia on Wednesday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin,...
Assad says war still not won but West’s plots foiled
Reuters, Amman :Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday that while his country had foiled Western designs to topple him, his army had not won...
Grace Mugabe returns to Zimbabwe
Reuters, Harare :Zimbabwe’s First lady Grace Mugabe returned from South Africa early on Sunday, state media reported, after a 20-year-old model accused her of assault...
Iraq begins battle to retake Tal Afar, IS bastion near Mosul
AFP, Baghdad :Iraqi forces on Sunday launched an assault to retake the northern city of Tal Afar from the Islamic State group, after ousting the...
Trump studying options for new approach to Afghan war
AP, Washington :President Donald Trump is “studying and considering his options” for a new approach to Afghanistan and the broader South Asia region, the White...
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Gunmen kill Pak pro-Taliban party leaderAP, PeshawarA police officer says gunmen on a motorcycle have killed a local leader of Pakistan’s pro-Taliban Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam party...
Lebanese army, Hezbollah declare offensives on Islamic State at Syrian border
Reuters, Beirut :The Lebanese army launched an offensive on Saturday against an Islamic State enclave on the northeast border with Syria as the Lebanese Shi’ite...
Spain hunts suspect over Barcelona carnage
AFP, Barcelona :Spanish police expanded a manhunt Saturday for a Moroccan national believed to be one of the perpetrators of twin terror attacks in Barcelona...