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UK to start issuing post-Brexit blue passportsAFP, LondonBritain will issue blue passports next month for the first time in almost three decades following its departure...
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EU budget summit ends with no deal
AFP, Brussels :An EU summit called to set the bloc’s next seven-year budget ended in impasse late Friday, riven by competing groups among the 27...
Partial truce begins in Afghanistan, boosting peace hopes
AFP, Kabul :Afghans woke up to a week-long partial truce Saturday after the Taliban, the US and local forces all agreed to a lull that...
South Sudan set to swear in former rebel leader as first vice president
Reuters, Juba :South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir is due to swear in former rebel leader Riek Machar as his first vice president on Saturday after...
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Trump, Macron discuss NATO, counterterrorism on phoneXinhua, WashingtonU.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday spoke over phone with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on topics surrounding...
India ‘bigger problem’ than China: Michael Bloomberg on carbon emissions
PTI, Washington :India poses a bigger problem than China when it comes to fighting climate change, particularly on reducing carbon emissions, Democratic presidential aspirant and...
Pakistan court nullifies converted minor Hindu girl Mehak Kumari’s marriage
Agencies, Karachi :In probably the first of its kind judgement, a Pakistani court has nullified the marriage of a minor Hindu girl, who was converted...
South Korea reports first coronavirus death
Voice of America, Seoul :South Korea confirmed its first death from the new coronavirus, local media reported Thursday, as the number of infections in the...
Pompeo meets Saudi King in talks focused on Iranian threats
AP, Riyadh :U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Thursday in a visit focused primarily on discussing shared security...
How Trump visit could leverage CAA and Kashmir against PM Modi
Agencies, New Delhi :As India rolls out the red carpet to receive US President Donald Trump next week, rough spots that have arisen in the...
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US imposes sanctions on Russian oil giant Rosneft to press VenezuelaAFP, WashingtonThe United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions against a subsidiary of Russian state-controlled oil...
Iran dissidents urge vote boycott as leaders eye high turnout
AFP, Tehran :Opponents of Iran’s theocratic leadership are urging an outright boycott of its parliamentary elections, arguing that it is anything but democratic and that...