Iraq strikes IS in Mosul days after declaring victory
Reuters, Mosul :Iraqi forces clashed with Islamic State fighters holding out in Mosul’s Old City on Wednesday, more than 36 hours after Prime Minister Haider...
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Delhi on high alert after terror attack on Hindu pilgrims in KashmirAFP, New DelhiThe Indian capital has been put on high alert, following Monday’s terror...
US, UK, Kuwait urge swift negotiated solution to Qatar crisis
Reuters, Dubai :The United States, United Kingdom and Kuwait urged all parties to a Gulf Arab diplomatic row over Qatar to resolve their dispute as...
Pakistan PM faces pressure after damning corruption probe report
Reuters, Islamabad :Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was fighting for his political future on Tuesday after judicial investigators ruled his family had accumulated unusual wealth,...
May suspends one of her lawmakers for use of racist language
Reuters, London :British Prime Minister Theresa May suspended one of her Conservative Party lawmakers on Monday after she used racist language at a think tank...
NATO vows support for Ukraine against Russia’s ‘aggressive actions’
AFP, Kiev :NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg pledged support for Ukraine during a visit to Kiev on Monday, as the ex-Soviet republic battles a bloody insurgency...
Trump believes China, N Korea too meddled in US polls: Aide
PTI, Washington :President Donald Trump believes Russia was not alone in interfering with the US elections and other countries such as China and North Korea...
Theresa May’s offer to EU citizens ‘falls short’
BBC Online :Theresa May’s offer to give EU citizens in the UK “settled status” after Brexit has been described as being “far short of what...
Tillerson heads to Gulf to help resolve GCC row
Al Jazeera News :US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is set to begin a four-day visit to Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia on Monday to...
Outrage as teenager jailed for 30 years after giving birth to her rapist’s ‘stillborn baby’
Daily Mail :A teenage rape victim has been jailed for 30 years after the baby she had by her attacker failed to survive, it has...
World’s `oldest` hippo dies at Philippine zoo
AFP :Bertha, believed to be the world’s oldest hippopotamus, has died aged 65, the Manila zoo said Monday, having beaten the typical lifespan for the...
China`s ailing Nobel laureate in `critical condition`
AFP :China’s cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo is in a critical condition, the hospital treating him said Monday, raising fears about his life a day...