Muslim boy allegedly set on fire in Uttar Pradesh for not chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’
Dawn.com :Unidentified individuals allegedly set a 15-year-old Muslim boy on fire in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday for refusing to chant Jai Shri...
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Putin opponent Navalny may have been targeted with ‘toxic agent’
AFP :Russia’s jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny might have been targeted by a “toxic agent,” his doctor said on Monday, as the Kremlin scrambled to...
China calls for swift punishment of Hong Kong violence
AFP :China on Monday threw its backing behind Hong Kong’s beleaguered leader and police, saying violent protesters must be swiftly punished following another weekend of...
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Macron to host Putin ahead of G7 summitAFP, Bormes-Les-MimosasFrench President Emmanuel Macron confirmed Saturday he had invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for talks on...
1,400 oppon activists arrested at Moscow election protest
AFP, Moscow :Russian police arrested almost 1,400 people as they gathered in Moscow at the weekend to demand free and fair elections, a monitor said,...
Israel, US successfully test ballistic missile interceptor
AFP, Jerusalem :Israel and the United States have successfully carried out tests of a ballistic missile interceptor that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday provides...
Thousands of protesters in Hong Kong defy police ban, begin march
AFP, Hong Kong :Thousands of pro-democracy protesters defied a police ban and began marching through Hong Kong on Sunday, a day after riot police fired...
Kushner’s ME peace plan has alarm bells ringing in Jordan
AFP, Amman :A controversial US plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace could spell the demise of Jordan and turn it into a “Palestinian state”, Jordanians and analysts...
Trump brands mostly black Baltimore ‘infested mess,’ igniting outrage
US President Donald Trump was hit with new accusations of racism Saturday after he attacked a prominent African-American lawmaker and branded the majority black city...
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North Korea, China top Pompeo agenda on Asia tripAP, Washington Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads to Asia next week with an agenda dominated by...
Europe heat wave may melt world’s second largest ice sheet in Greenland
Reuters, Geneva :The hot air that smashed European weather records this week looks set to move towards Greenland and could cause record melting of the...
Irish PM says no-deal Brexit could lead to united Ireland
A no-deal Brexit could lead to a united Ireland as more people in Northern Ireland would “come to question the union” with Britain, Irish Prime...