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North Korea tested rocket launchers and ‘tactical guided weapons’
North Korea’s state media said on Sunday that leader Kim Jong Un had overseen a rocket and tactical guided weapons test, after the […]
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Security forces carries out search operations in all schools
In Sri Lanka, security forces carried out search operations in all schools today, before they open tomorrow for the first time after Easter […]
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Australian PM rejects election candidate’s Islam posts
Australia’s prime minister said his Liberal Party rejected the anti-Muslim views of an election candidate who on Friday became the third to lose […]
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Trump hails ‘very positive’ Venezuela talks with Putin
President Donald Trump said he held “very positive” talks Friday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the crisis in oil-rich Venezuela, where […]
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Discussing three way nuke deal, including Russia and China
US President Donald Trump has said that he and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin were discussing a potential three-way nuclear deal that includes […]
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Boeing 737 jet slides off runway into Florida river, 21 hurt
A Boeing jetliner with 143 people aboard from the U.S. outpost at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, slid off a runway into a shallow river […]
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Ebola claims more than 1,000 lives in DR Congo
At least 1,008 people have lost their lives due to Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the outbreak of the […]
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King Maha Vajiralongkorn crowned Rama X of Thailand
Thailand has crowned its new King Maha Vajiralongkorn, marking the first ascension of a new monarch in seven decades.The key rituals of the […]
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Pak court adjourns hearing in treason case against Pervez Musharraf till June 12
Pakistan’s former military dictator Pervez Musharraf did not turn up for the treason trial against him on Thursday citing deteriorating health and a […]
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Pakistan uses terrorism as tool against India
Pakistan, obsessed with India as a perceived existential threat, has “created terrorist groups to be a tool” in its struggle against India, a […]
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UK becomes first parliament to declare climate emergency
Britain’s opposition Labour Party on Wednesday called for “real action” after Britain’s parliament became the first in the world to vote, to declare […]
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Reuters photographer arrested in Negombo and remanded
In Sri Lanka, a photographer has been arrested in Negombo and remanded. Police said that Danish Siddiqui from Reuters, who is based in […]