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Egyptian court jails 152 over Islands protestReuters, CairoAn Egyptian court sentenced 152 protesters on Saturday to between two and five years in prison each after...
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Sanders has more potential to beat Trump: Polls
Agencies, Washington :Recent data show Sanders has double-digit lead in support over Republican candidate while Clinton would face tight race.Recent polls have demonstrated that Democratic...
Imran Khan admits using off-shore company
AP, Islamabad :Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan, who tried to oust Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a row over offshore wealth, has acknowledged using an...
Cameron struggles to make Britons believe his EU message: Poll
Reuters, London :Prime Minister David Cameron is struggling to convince voters he is telling the truth about why Britain should stay in the European Union...
Chinese military modernisation enters ‘new phase’: Pentagon
AFP, Beijing :China’s decades-long military modernization “entered a new phase” last year under the aggressive leadership of President Xi Jinping, a new Pentagon report on...
Russia will act to neutralise US missile shield threat: Putin
AFP, Moscow :President Vladimir Putin on Friday described the development of Nato’s US-led missile defense programme as a threat to global security and vowed that...
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Temer vows to get Brazil ‘back on rails’AFP, Brasília Brazil’s acting president Michel Temer vowed to get Latin America’s largest economy back on track after...
Obama, Nordic leaders press Russia during White House summit
Reuters, Washington :President Barack Obama and leaders of five Nordic nations presented a united front against Russia on Friday, expressing concern about Moscow’s military buildup...
Soviet intervention in Afghanistan was a mistake: Russian envoy
PTI, Islamabad :The 1979 Soviet intervention in Afghanistan was a “tragic mistake”, Russia’s Ambassador to Pakistan Alexey Y Dedov has said, but claimed that it’s...
Afghan govt set to finalise peace deal with Hezb-i-Islami
AP, Kabul :The Afghan government is expected to finalise a peace deal with a notorious militant insurgent group within days, marking a breakthrough in attempts...
Australia reaffirms hard-line immigration policy
Reuters, Sydney :Australia on Saturday defended its hardline immigration policy after two asylum-seeker deaths, weeks of protests and several medical evacuations from a camp in...
World’s oldest person dies in New York at age 116
AP, New York :Susannah Mushatt Jones, the world’s oldest person, has died in New York at age 116.Robert Young, a senior consultant for the Los...