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Zuma's graft case postponed till May ’19 Johannesburg: A South African court on Friday postponed the corruption case against former President Jacob Zuma till May 2019 after defence lawyers petitioned the court to drop all charges. Women against gender-based violence in Egypt Cairo: The UN Population Fund in Egypt in collaboration with...
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Merkel warns ‘no military solution’ to Ukraine conflict
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Turkey could play ‘mediator role’ in Russia-Ukraine crisis, says Erdogan
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Ukraine Prez asks NATO to send ships to Sea of Azov
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Putin, Trump will meet at G20 summit: Kremlin
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EU offers ‘unprecedented’ partnership with Britain
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German Police raid Deutsche Bank in ‘Panama Papers’ probe
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Lankan Speaker meets President Sirisena in a bid to end impasse
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Senators send rebuke to Saudis, Trump over Khashoggi killing
Defying President Donald Trump, senators sent a strong signal that they want to punish Saudi Arabia for its role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. By a bipartisan 63-37 vote, the Senate opted to move forward with legislation calling for an end to U.S. Involvement in the Saudi-led war...
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Car bomb attack toll in Kabul rises to 15 Kabul: The death toll soared to 15 in the car bomb attack in Kabul that targeted London-based Security contractor company G4S. Michael pleads guilty to lying to Congress New York: Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, made a surprise appearance before a federal...
Trump says may cancel Putin meet after Ukraine, Russia sea clash
US President Donald Trump has said he may cancel a long-awaited summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin after a confrontation at sea between Russia and Ukraine led Kiev to warn of the threat of “full-scale war”. Trump is scheduled to meet Putin at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires at...
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In DR Congo, 19 die of Ebola in five days Kinshasa: The deadly Ebola outbreak which has ravaged eastern DR Congo for nearly four months has claimed another 19 lives in just five days, the Health Ministry has said. The outbreak, which began on August 1, has now killed 241 people,...
EU sets goal to be ‘climate neutral’ by 2050
The European Union on Wednesday urged Government, businesses, citizens and regions to join it in an ambitious plan to cut emissions and make the bloc carbon neutral by 2050. “True, there are many challenges on the road,” warned EU climate commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said. According to Canete, if Europe retains its...
Explosion near chemical plant in China kills 22
A truck carrying hazardous chemicals exploded outside a chemical plant in China’s northern Hebei province on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people and leaving as many others injured, the second major industrial disaster in the country in the last four days. The blast occurred outside the Hebei Shenghua Chemical Industry in...
Lanka’s highest-ranking military officer detained in abduction of 11 youths
Sri Lanka’s highest-ranking military officer Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne on Wednesday surrendered before a local court which remanded him in custody for a week in a case of abduction of 11 youths during the last phase of the bloody civil war with the LTTE in 2009. Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Wijegunaratne...
