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Venezuela govt, oppon agree to hold talksAFP, Caracas Venezuela’s government and opposition leaders will meet Sunday in a bid to open a dialogue about the...
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Boat-people face lifetime ban from Australia
AFP, Sydney :Australia moved Sunday to bar any refugee or asylum-seeker who arrives in the country illegally by boat from ever being able to apply...
Turkey fires another 10,000 civil servants in post-coup purge
AFP, Istanbul :Turkish authorities have fired over 10,000 additional civil servants as the government presses a crackdown over the failed July coup, the official gazette...
`Unauthorised drone` halts traffic at Dubai airport
AFP, Dubai :A drone forced Dubai international airport, one of the world’s busiest, to halt air traffic for an hour and a half Saturday evening,...
China ships still at disputed shoal: Manila
AFP, Manila :Chinese coastguard ships are still patrolling the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea but are not stopping Filipinos from fishing there,...
Hillary enjoys solid lead in early voting: Report
Reuters, New York :With 11 days to go before the U.S. presidential election, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by 15 percentage points...
Hillary leads Trump 42 to 36 pc as he loses women’s support
Reuters, New York :Democrat Hillary Clinton’s lead over Republican rival Donald Trump widened to 6 percentage points in the latest Reuters/Ipsos US presidential tracking poll,...
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Russia loses seat on UN Human Rights CouncilCNN, United Nations For years, UN countries seeking to stop Russia from assisting the Assad regime militarily in...
India offers to buy 200 foreign combat jets – if they’re made-in-India
Reuters, New Delhi :India is offering to buy hundreds of fighter planes from foreign manufacturers – as long as the jets are made in India...
Russian, US jets involved in a close encounter over Syria
AFP, Beirut :Aboard a US military aircraft: A Russian fighter flew dangerously close to a US warplane over eastern Syria, US defence officials said Friday,...
US calls on China to cut coal imports propping up N Korea
AP, Beijing :A senior U.S. official urged China on Saturday to work with the U.S. to close a loophole on North Korean coal imports that...
Global migrant deaths up 20 per cent: IOM
AFP, Geneva :Migrant deaths worldwide this year have surged above 5,200 — a 20 percent increase on 2015 — driven by record fatalities in the...