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Saudi coalition destroys Yemen rebels' drone cave

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The cave near the presidential palace in Huthi-held Sanaa contained drones to be used in "terrorist operations", Colonel Turki al-Maliki said. The "military target, a cave used by the terrorist Huthi militia to stockpile drones was destroyed," he said, in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency...

IS militants ambush Syrian government troops, kill scores

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The Islamic State group lost its last territories in Syria in March after months of battles with US-backed fighters in the east. But the militants remain active in the desert area where they have increasingly targeted government troops...

North Korea issues mild criticism of Bolton over media interview

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Choe described Bolton's comments as having "no charm" and being "dim-sighted" Her criticism is much softer than the North's typical fiery rhetoric usually directed at the US and South Korea...

Egyptians vote in referendum to extend Sisi's rule

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Egyptians were voting Saturday in a referendum that aims to cement the rule of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the former coup leader who presents himself as a rock of stability in a turbulent region...

Egyptians vote on changes that may see Sisi in power to 2030

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Egyptians began voting on Saturday on constitutional changes that will potentially allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to stay in office until 2030 and bolster the role of Egypt's powerful military...

US gives 3 Black Hawk helicopters to Albania military

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Unidentified gunmen kill 13 at Mexican party

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Thirteen people, including a child, were killed Friday when a group of unidentified gunmen opened fire on a party in the violence-wracked eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, officials said. The secretariat of public safety said the gunmen arrived at a family reunion in Minatitlan asking to see someone named "El Becky' - the owner of a local bar - before opening fire...

Blind Japanese sailor completes non-stop Pacific voyage

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A blind Japanese sailor completed his non-stop Pacific voyage on Saturday, local media reported, becoming the first sightless person on record to navigate a vessel across the vast ocean. Mitsuhiro Iwamoto arrived at port in Fukushima in his 12-metre (40-foot) sailboat on Saturday morning, around two months after he left California...

Democrats issue subpoena for Mueller's Russia evidence

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"My committee needs and is entitled to the full version of the report and the underlying evidence consistent with past practice.The redactions appear to be significant...

India-China relations won’t be hit by Belt and Road boycott: Chinese foreign minister

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Turkey arrests suspected spies for UAE, probing Jamal Khashoggi link

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President Emmanuel Macron meets officials, eyes Notre Dame for legacy-building

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Sudan protest leaders to unveil civilian ruling body

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The military council, which took power after ousting Sudan's longtime leader Omar al-Bashir on April 11, has so far resisted calls from protesters to quickly make way for a civilian adminstration...

China invites North Korea to Belt and Road summit

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Leaders from 37 nations, including North Korea will attend a summit for China's Belt and Road Initiative. Chinese President Xi Jinping's pet project is a $1 trillion programme that includes maritime, rail and road projects in Asia, Africa and Europe. A growing number of nations are signing up despite warnings about debt...

13 killed as church roof collapses in South Africa

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'It's a witch hunt': Trump's brash fight against Mueller

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President Donald Trump's strategist warned him not to fire FBI director James Comey. His advisors told him to stop tweeting about the Russia investigation. And his lawyers encouraged him to cooperate. Trump ignored them all, and could still claim vindication Thursday after the Mueller report cleared him of collusion charges...

America's 1st female astronaut candidate, Jerrie Cobb, dies

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Cobb died in Florida at age 88 on March 18 following a brief illness. News of her death came Thursday from journalist Miles O'Brien, serving as a family spokesman. In 1961, Cobb became the first woman to pass astronaut testing. Altogether, 13 women passed the arduous physical testing and became known as the Mercury 13...

‘Swastika Acres’ no more: US locality changes name

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Man, 37, tries to enter NY church with petrol cans

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Bee-wildering! Hives of Notre-Dame in miraculous survival

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China seeks for face-saving formula on Azhar

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Facebook bans several UK far-right groups and individuals

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Facebook banned several British far-right groups and their leaders for spreading hatred. Groups including the British National Party, the English Defence League, the National Front and Britain First have been removed from Facebook and Instagram. It also barred prominent members of those groups and a neo-Nazi who has been convicted of plotting to kill a British lawmaker...

Donald Trump tried to seize control of Mueller probe, report says

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Public at last, special counsel Robert Mueller's report revealed to a waiting nation on Thursday that President Donald Trump had tried to seize control of the Russia probe and force Mueller's removal to stop him from investigating potential obstruction of justice by the president...

North Korea says it tested new weapon, wants Mike Pompeo out of talks

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North Korea said on Thursday that it had test-fired a new type of "tactical guided weapon. Pyongyang accused US secretary of state Mike Pompeo of playing down the significance of comments by leader Kim Jong Un. North Korea accused Pompeo of "talking nonsense" and misrepresenting Kim's comments...

Pakistan's finance minister quits amid criticism

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Pakistan's finance minister Asad Umar has stepped down, he announced, with no replacement yet named as Islamabad seeks a crucial bailout deal with the IMF. Umar, one of cricketer-turned-premier Imran Khan's most powerful ministers, had been entrusted with the task of negotiating the long-delayed bailout as Pak's cash-strapped economy faces a balance-of-payments crisis...

North Korea wants Mike Pompeo removed from nuclear talks: KCNA

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North Korea on Thursday demanded the removal of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from stalled nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington, accusing him of derailing discussions...

Gunmen kill 14 passengers after hijacking bus in southwestern Pakistan

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Brunei accused of 'abusive lobbying' before critical EU vote

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EU officials accused Brunei of "rude" and "abusive" lobbying against a resolution condemning the Muslim-majority sultanate for imposing the death penalty for gay sex and adultery. Brunei has drawn global condemnation from the UN, govts and celebrities for Islamic laws introduced on April 3...

Egypt schedules referendum on constitutional changes

3 days ago

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Parliament overwhelmingly approved the amendments on Tuesday. They would only extend a president's term in office from 4 to 6 years. But they include a special article specific to el-Sissi to extend his current, second term to six years and allow him to run for another six-year term in 2024...

Indonesia's 'everyman' leader on track to beat firebrand ex-general

3 days ago

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Indonesia's Joko Widodo was on track to be re-elected leader of the world's third-biggest democracy as unofficial results put him in a comfortable lead over firebrand ex-general Prabowo Subianto after voting closed Wednesday across the 17,000-island archipelago...

China says no deadline for it in UN to decide on listing of Masood Azhar as global terrorist

3 days ago

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After the Pulwama attack, a fresh proposal to designate Azhar under the 1267 al-Qaida Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council was moved by France, the UK and the US...

$1 billion raised to rebuild Paris' Notre Dame after fire

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Donald Trump vetoes bill to end US support for Saudi-led Yemen war

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Pulitzers for NYT and WSJ over Trump probes

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Bahrain jails 138 for planning Iran-linked 'terror' group

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Erdogan's AK Party submits appeal for rerun of Istanbul elections

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British Sikh activists kick cops out of Baisakhi parade, say ‘not welcome’

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Investigators probe Notre-Dame inferno as donations pour in

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Donations and offers of help began to pour in as day broke over the City of Light, revealing the extent of the damage from Monday night's inferno which took around 15 hours to extinguish...

Notre-Dame blaze being treated as accident, not arson: Prosecutor

4 days ago

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"Nothing suggests that it was a voluntary act," Remy Heitz told reporters outside the Gothic cathedral, adding that workers employed at the site were being questioned over Monday's blaze...

23 killed as thunderstorms, dust storm lash Pakistan

4 days ago

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Intermittent downpour in western, central and northern parts of the country for the past few days has rendered mud houses susceptible to the collapse, while land slide and flash floods in some areas have already made several roads dangerous for travel, Dawn reported...

Notre-Dame fire extinguished: Paris fire service

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UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres 'horrified' at Notre-Dame Cathedral fire

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Turkey's Albayrak meets Trump, discusses Russian missile defence issue: NTV

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Notre-Dame fire in Paris: what we know so far

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Ecuador says hit by 40 million cyber attacks since Assange arrest

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African Union threatens to suspend Sudan over coup

4 days ago

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The African Union on Monday threatened to suspend Sudan following last week's coup that saw Omar al-Bashir ousted by the military after nearly three decades in power...

Global measles cases up 300% year-on-year: WHO

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Measles cases rose 300 per cent worldwide through the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period last year, the UN said Monday, as concern grows over the impact of anti-vaccination stigma. Measles, which is highly contagious, can be entirely prevented through a two-dose vaccine, but the World Health Organization (WHO) has in recent months sounded the alarm over slipping vaccination rates...

Could a 37-yr-old gay mayor from small town become US president?

5 days ago

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He has a stunning resume the likes of which no US Presidential aspirant has ever had, although the buzz largely centers around the fact that he will be the first openly gay candidate to run for the White House and would be youngest ever President should he win the race. Once they get the hang of his name, Americans are quickly learning that there’s far more to Pete Buttigieg (pronounced Boot-Edge-Edge) than his sexual orientation or his youthful looks...

Iran leader approves tapping sovereign fund for flood relief

5 days ago

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On Sunday, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said the weeks of heavy rain across the country had caused an estimated $2.5 billion in damage to roads, bridges, homes and farmland. Iran's worst floods in 70 years had killed at least 76 people and forced more than 220,000 into emergency shelters, state media cited ministers as telling lawmakers...

IMF's visit to Pakistan postponed

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Strong storms in US South kill at least 8 and injure dozens

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Powerful storms swept across the South on Sunday after unleashing suspected tornadoes and flooding that killed at least eight people, injured dozens and flattened much of a Texas town. Three children were among the dead...

US lawmakers greet Sikhs on Vaisakhi

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US House panel sets April 23 deadline for info on Donald Trump taxes

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Israeli delegation cancels talks at Bahrain conference

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Finland goes to polls as leftists tipped for next government

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Finns voted on Sunday in a general election in which widespread public dissatisfaction with recent spending cuts looked likely to propel the opposition Social Democratic Party back to government for the first time in 16 years...

Iran flood death toll rises to 76

6 days ago

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The two southwestern provinces are the latest overwhelmed by floods that first hit the northeast of the usually arid country, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate from cities and villages...

Indonesians to vote in world's biggest single-day election

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Six more detained over China blast that killed 78

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Trump tweets video edited to suggest Omar dismissive of 9/11

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How Ecuador turned on Assange for doing what he does best: ‘Leak’

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Italy says military intervention 'cannot be a solution' in Libya

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UK lawmakers: Julian Assange should face justice in Sweden

7 days ago

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The lawmakers signed a letter late Friday urging Home Secretary Sajid Javid to "do everything you can to champion action that will ensure Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden in the event Sweden makes an extradition request.''..

These cows in UK are enjoying 5G connectivity years before you can

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Five things to know about Finland's elections

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Labour writes to PM May calling for UK to apologise for Jallianwala Bagh massacre

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Brexit chaos leaves Scotland on independence tightrope

7 days ago

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Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon, a strong opponent of Brexit, has said she will set out her thinking on independence plans later this month. The issue presents voters and leaders north of the border with another source of dispute, something that this week's decision to delay Britain's departure from the European Union has done little to resolve...

Pakistan launches guidelines to implement UNSC 1267 Sanctions in country

8 days ago

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The guidelines will help meet international obligations against people and groups targeted by the UN, the Foreign Office (FO) said. Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua said Pakistan had to be mindful of fulfilling its international legal obligations, including the implementation of the United Nations Security Council Sanctions...

Indonesia says tsunami possible after quake off Sulawesi

8 days ago

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The epicenter of the quake is far from the central Sulawesi city of Palu, which was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in September, but it was felt there and caused people to run into the streets in panic. Indonesia is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions due to its location on the seismically active Pacific "Ring of Fire."..

Vijay Mallya renews application for appeal against extradition

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Australia opposed to death penalty for Julian Assange

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US agency conducts H-1B visa lottery for 2 lakh applications, overall chance of selection is 42%

8 days ago

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The last two years had shown a slight decline in the number of applications. The rise now reflected, even if minuscule, shows that despite the restrictive policies of the Trump administration, interest in this work visa has not waned, even though large Indian tech companies have over the past few years had ramped up hiring of locals in the US...

29-year-old MIT grad helped world see the black hole

8 days ago

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Scientist Katherine Bouman has become one of the world’s most popular people after helping create the first ever picture of a black hole. She was one of a team made up of a huge number of experts who helped create the image, which shows the blazing red and yellow of the event horizon that surrounds the first black hole ever to be seen...

How Boeing tweaks to 737 MAX slipped US agency’s radar

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China gets ultimatum to lift 'technical' hold on Azhar

8 days ago

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The proposers of the resolution to ban Azhar - US, UK and France - have asked China to lift its "technical" hold on the ban proposed in the UNSC 1267 sanctions committee in the next couple of weeks or face another resolution for the same in the Council...

China says trade talks with US 'moving forward'

9 days ago

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China said Thursday that trade talks with the U.S.are "moving forward" after nine rounds of consultations aimed at ending a standoff that has shaken the world economic outlook...

Five things to know about WikiLeaks

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WikiLeaks has been making headlines for more than a decade by releasing millions of classified documents, embarrassing governments while also raising fears that its activities may have put lives in danger...

How Libya's Haftar blindsided world powers with advance on Tripoli

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For world powers including France, Italy and Britain, commander Khalifa Haftar's military campaign, the biggest in Libya since the 2011 uprising that deposed Gaddafi, represented a major setback...

Government sources, provincial minister say Sudan's Bashir stepped down

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Trump laments EU toughness on Britain over Brexit

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Benjamin Netanyahu on path to victory in Israeli election

9 days ago

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The results from Tuesday's vote came despite corruption allegations against the 69-year-old premier and kept him on course to become Israel's longest-serving prime minister later this year...

Benjamin Netanyahu poised for 5th term as Israel PM as rival concedes

9 days ago

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main rival conceded defeat on Wednesday, promising to wage a robust battle from the opposition after the ruling Likud party and its nationalist allies won a solid majority in parliamentary elections...

Zimbabwe to exhume, rebury thousands from 1980s mass killing

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Khashoggi's children deny settlement discussions over his murder: Statement

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North Korea's parliament to open as Kim mulls US strategy

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Kim set the stage for the assembly meeting when he told a gathering of senior party members this week to "fully display a high sense of responsibility and creativity'' in accordance with the ``prevailing tense situation,'' according to state media reports...

As legends age, will it be the death of rock?

10 days ago

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And with every farewell tour, biopic, throwback compilation release and mid-20th century icon succumbing to age, chills from rock’s grim reaper can feel nippy, leaving some in the industry questioning the genre’s future...

Why Twitter’s CEO took home just 140 cents in 2018

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Japan F-35 fighter disappears over Pacific

10 days ago

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A Japanese F-35A stealth fighter jet with one pilot on board disappeared off the radar while on a training mission over the Pacific late Tuesday, the defence ministry said...

Putin declines to say if he wants Donald Trump to be re-elected

11 days ago

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Putin, speaking at an Arctic forum in the Russian city of St Petersburg, said the question of Trump's possible re-election was a matter for the American people...

Northern Irish police arrest 2 over killing of journalist

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Police in Northern Ireland say they have arrested two teenagers in connection with the fatal shooting of a journalist during rioting in the city of Londonderry...

Pak asks Iran to act against killing of its 14 security personnel

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Unidentified gunmen donning uniforms of paramilitary soldiers Thursday massacred 14 passengers after forcing them to disembark from buses on a highway in the restive Balochistan province...

US intelligence says Huawei funded by Chinese state security

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US intelligence has accused Huawei Technologies of being funded by Chinese state security, The Times said on Saturday, adding to the list of allegations faced by the Chinese technology company in the West...