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UK warns its citizens against travel to Pak London: The UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has advised its citizens against travel to Pakistan due to a “high threat of terrorism, kidnap and sectarian violence” throughout the country and said foreigners may be “directly targeted”. 13 killed in South Africa church collapse Johannesburg:...
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Malian PM resigns as anger mounts over massacre
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More yellow vest protests despite Notre Dame fire
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Turkey arrests two suspected UAE spies: State news agency
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UN begins evacuating refugees from Libya to Niger
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Peace hopes suffer setback as Taliban-Afghan talks derailed
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Journalist shot dead in Northern Ireland in ‘terrorist incident’
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Sudan protest leaders to unveil civilian ruling body
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Japan using emperor, first lady’s b’day to court Trump
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scheduling a rushed visit to Washington to meet with President Donald Trump and celebrate first lady Melania Trump’s birthday, and then is inviting him to be first foreign leader to meet Japan’s new emperor, the two countries announced Friday. Without close friends in Asia, Abe...
Mueller report shows ‘no reasonable proof’ of Russian meddling: Kremlin
Russia on Friday once more dismissed the Mueller report, saying it failed to present clear evidence of any meddling by Moscow in the 2016 US election and called its impact on relations regrettable. “As a whole the report as before does not present any reasonable proof at all that Russia allegedly...
Trump slams ‘fabricated’ testimony in Mueller report
US President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed unfavorable testimony in the Mueller report on Russian election interference as “fabricated” and labelled the document “crazy.” “Statements are made about me by certain people in the Crazy Mueller Report, in itself written by 18 Angry Democrat Trump Haters, which are fabricated & totally...
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Facebook bans UK far-right groups London: Social media giant Facebook on Thursday banned various far-right British groups including the English Defence League from its network for promoting hate and violence. US trade agreement not yet settled: China Beijing: China said on Thursday there is "still much work to finish" on the text of...
Nepal launches its first satellite from US
Nepal Thursday successfully launched its first satellite into space from the US to gather detailed geographical information of the Himalayan nation, evoking unbridled excitement among the people and scientists. Developed by the Nepalese scientists, NepaliSat-1 satellite was launched at 2.31 am (Nepal time) from Virginia in United States, according to Nepal...
Pak Finance Minister Asad Umar steps down
Pakistan's Finance Minister Asad Umar, who was involved in extensive discussions with the IMF to finalise a bailout package for the cash-strapped country, quit the Cabinet on Thursday after Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed his desire to shift him to the energy ministry. Umar, who recently returned from a trip to...
Kim will visit Russia this month: Kremlin
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia later this month, the Kremlin said Thursday, in a meeting that offers President Vladimir Putin an opportunity to emerge as a broker in the long-running nuclear standoff and raise Russia’s profile in regional affairs. The Kremlin said in a brief statement Thursday...
