Khamenei urges Muslims to block ‘doomed’ US peace plans
Reuters, Dubai :Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday condemned a U.S. blueprint to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and called...
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Omar Abdullah’s Party challenges Indian Govt’s J&K move in SC
AP, New Delhi: Omar Abdullah’s National Conference has appealed in the Supreme Court against the government’s move to scrap Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and...
Trump slammed as pressure mounts for gun controls
AFP, Washington : Pressure built on the US Congress to pass tough gun control legislation Thursday as the mother of the man arrested for the slaughter...
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US border detentions plunge in July after Mexico dealAFP, Washington: US southern border detentions plunged for the second straight month in July after a deal...
Seoul appoints envoy to US who called Trump ‘treacherous’
AFP, Seoul :South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday appointed a new ambassador to the US who has described Donald Trump as “treacherous”, only a...
UN rights chief condemns latest US Venezuela sanctions
AFP, Geneva :The UN rights chief on Thursday intensified criticism of US sanctions targeting Venezuela, condemning the latest measures as “extremely broad” with the potential...
Floods kill at least 22 in southern India, displace thousands
Reuters, Mumbai :At least 22 people have died in the southern Indian state of Kerala after torrential monsoon rains caused landslides and flooding that cut...
Salvini pulls support for Italian coalition, calls for snap election
AFP, Rome :Italy’s coalition government was in crisis Friday after far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini pulled his support and called for snap elections.The heightened political...
Hundreds of poor migrant workers flee Kashmir under lockdown
AP, Jammu :Hit by a complete security lockdown in Kashmir, hundreds of poor migrant workers have begun fleeing the Himalayan region to return to their...
Trump visits shooting victims in Ohio as protesters shout, ‘Do something’
Reuters, Dayton :U.S. President Donald Trump met in Ohio on Wednesday with victims and first responders from one of last weekend’s two deadly mass shootings,...
Kashmir an ‘internal affair’, India tells Pakistan
AFP, New Delhi : India on Thursday hit back at nuclear rival Pakistan’s downgrading of diplomatic ties over its clampdown on Kashmir, saying its decision to...
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4 dead, 2 wounded in Southern California stabbingsAP, Los Angeles A man who was “full of anger” went on a two-hour stabbing and robbery rampage in...