Hunger grows amid slow advances against IS in Mosul
AP, Mosul :Aliyah Hussein and the 25 family members sheltering with her in Mosul’s western Mahatta neighborhood are surviving by picking wild greens growing in...
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Merkel’s party scores strong win in state pollAFP, KielChancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives secured a strong win on Sunday in state polls in northern Germany, early...
South Sudan child refugees top one million: UN
AFP, Nairobi :War has now forced more than one million children to flee South Sudan and uprooted 1.4 million others within the country, the United...
Obama to receive Kennedy Foundation `Profile in Courage Award`
Reuters, Boston :Former US President Barack Obama is expected in Boston on Sunday to receive the John F Kennedy Foundation’s annual “Profile in Courage Award,”...
Price defends cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid
AP, Branchburg :Cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid will give states the freedom to tailor the program to suit their needs, Health and Human Services...
Trump travel ban back in US courts next week as battles stretch on
Reuters, New York :Legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on people from some Muslim-majority countries heat up again next week when two...
Macron favourite as France votes for new president
Reuters, Paris :French voters choose on Sunday whether a pro-European Union centrist or a eurosceptic, anti-immigration far-rightist will lead them for the next five years,...
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Cops- rebels gunfight kills 5 in KashmirAP, SrinagarRebels attacked a police squad in the Indian portion of Kashmir, triggering a gunbattle that left three civilians,...
UK Conservatives extend lead by 6 points ahead of June 8 election: Poll
Reuters, London :British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party extended its lead by six percentage points over the main opposition Labour Party in the past...
German President visits Israel in wake of diplomatic spat
AFP, Jerusalem :German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived in Israel on Saturday at the start of a three-day trip just days after a row between Germany’s...
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Turkey issues warrants for 23 judges, prosecutorsAP, Istanbul Turkey’s state-run news agency says detention warrants have been issued for 23 judges and prosecutors who have...
Britain publishes long-awaited air pollution plan
AFP, London :The British government published long-awaited plans to tackle air pollution on Friday, but campaigners condemned them as inadequate to tackle a growing public...