Islamic leaders make ‘groundbreaking’ visit to Auschwitz
AP, Warsaw :Muslim religious leaders joined members of a U.S. Jewish group at Auschwitz on Thursday for what organizers described as “the most senior Islamic...
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US city Seattle allows mobile voting for board of supervisors’ election
AP, San Francisco :Smartphones have made voting easier, as King County in the US state of Washington, where Seattle is located, implements mobile voting in...
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Trump to become first US President to attend anti-abortion rallyAFP, WashingtonUS President Donald Trump said Wednesday he plans to attend the March for Life rally...
A month of misery in Myanmar’s Rakhine
Al Jazeera News :Hundreds of people continue to cross the border into Bangladesh one month since the start of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine...
World leaders in Israel to recall horrors of Auschwitz
AFP, Jerusalem.:Israel hosts dozens of world leaders Thursday to mark 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, the World War II death camp where the...
Brexit Bill clears Britain parliament, set to become law
After years of acrimonious debate, British lawmakers on Wednesday finally approved the terms of their country’s historic departure from the European Union-due in just nine...
Tulsi Gabbard sues Hillary for defamation, seeks $50m
Reuters, Washington :Democratic presidential contender Tulsi Gabbard sued Hillary Clinton for defamation on Wednesday, seeking at least $50 million in damages for harming her reputation...
Russian MPS give quick first approval to Putin reforms
AFP, Moscow :Russian lawmakers on Thursday unanimously approved a sweeping constitutional reform bill put forward by President Vladimir Putin in its first reading, after less...
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Crisis-hit Lebanon names new govtAFP, BeirutLebanon ended a painful wait by unveiling a new cabinet line-up, but the government was promptly scorned by protesters and...
World’s oldest meteor crater formed over 2.2b years ago in Australia
AFP, Tokyo :A crater in western Australia was formed by a meteor strike more than 2.2 billion years ago and is the world’s oldest known...
Ousted Grammy CEO files explosive discrimination complaint
AFP, Los Angeles :The ousted chief of the organization behind the Grammys filed a complaint on Tuesday accusing the Recording Academy of putting her on...
Hillary Clinton says ‘nobody likes’ Bernie Sanders
AFP, New York :Hillary Clinton launched a scathing attack on presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, her rival for the 2016 Democratic nomination, telling a documentary that...