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UK HC to rule on suit challenging BrexitAP, London Britain’s High Court is set to rule Thursday on whether the government can trigger the U.K.’s...
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Russia seeks ‘honest cooperation in Syria’
AFP, Athans :Russia seeks “honest cooperation” for a political solution in Syria – “the sooner the better”, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday as...
FBI email probe should not ‘operate on innuendo’: Obama
AFP, Washington :US President Barack Obama implicitly criticized FBI director James Comey Wednesday, insisting US investigations should not operate based on “innuendo” or “incomplete information.”Obama’s...
Brexit too complex even for me, jokes Stephen Hawking
PTI, London :One of the world’s best-known physicists, Stephen Hawking, has joked about Brexit being even more complicated than some of the toughest mathematical questions.The...
Trump targets Democratic states after shock poll boost
AFP, Eau Claire :Donald Trump stormed into traditionally Democratic territory on Tuesday in a last-ditch bid to open up a path to an unlikely White...
Iraqi troops enter Mosul as ISIS battle turns into urban warfare
Reuters , Baghdad :Iraqi forces battled Islamic State militant group (ISIS) fighters on the eastern edge of Mosul on Tuesday as the two-week campaign to...
FBI releases Bill Clinton files from closed case days before vote
AFP, Washington :The FBI has unexpectedly released documents concerning ex-president Bill Clinton’s pardon of the husband of a wealthy Democratic donor, in a surprise move...
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Two police officers killed in Des MoinesBBC OnlineTwo police officers have been killed in “ambush style attacks” in the US state of Iowa, police say.The...
Xi meets Taiwan oppn leader amid chill in govt ties
AP, Beijing :Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Taiwan’s opposition leader Tuesday, underscoring Beijing’s message to the island’s independence-leaning administration that it won’t have access...
Russia declares 10-hour Aleppo `humanitarian pause` from Friday
AFP, Moscow : President Vladimir Putin has ordered a 10-hour truce on Friday in the war-ravaged Syrian city of Aleppo, the Russian defence ministry said....
Obama to hand over social media accounts to new president
AP, Washington :The next president of the United States will start with a huge following on Twitter but a clean slate of tweets. It’s all...
Police gun down 8 Islamist prisoners
Afp, Bhopal :Indian police gunned down eight Islamists yesterday after they escaped from a high-security jail by slitting the throat of a prison guard and...