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30 years on, Russia views Afghanistan war with pride
Moscow When the last Soviet tanks rumbled back home across a bridge on the border with Afghanistan 30 years ago, the withdrawal was […]
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US seeks to increase pressure on Iran at Warsaw meeting
Foreign ministers and senior officials from 60 nations gather in the Polish capital Warsaw on Wednesday where the United States hopes to ratchet […]
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Trudeau govt in crisis after Canada minister Wilson Raybould’s resignation
A Canadian minister’s sudden resignation on Tuesday turned vague allegations of interference in the criminal prosecution of an engineering giant into a deepening […]
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Indian national on Lanka assassination plot further remanded in custody
An Indian national arrested for possible links to an alleged plot to assassinate Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena was on Wednesday further remanded […]
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Donald Trump attorney general pick William Barr advances in US Senate
President Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee, William Barr, moved closer to confirmation on Tuesday after the US Senate voted to advance his nomination […]
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Former Maldives Prez charged with money laundering
Colombo Maldives’ former President Abdulla Yameen, who is accused of using money stolen from state coffers, was charged with money laundering .The case […]
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Venezuela Oppn takes steps to seize oil revenue as Maduro issues threat
Opposition-controlled congress named new temporary boards of directors to state-oil firm PDVSA on Wednesday, in an effort to wrest the OPEC nation’s oil […]
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Australia to reopen Christmas Island detention centre
Australia will reopen a controversial detention centre for asylum seekers, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday after an embarrassing defeat in parliament […]
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Kamala Harris confronts critics questioning her black heritage
Indian-origin US Senator Kamala Harris, who officially kicked off her 2020 presidential campaign, has directly confronted critics who questioned her black heritage, saying […]
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Border deal struck to prevent US shutdown
Democrats and Republicans have struck a deal in principle to fund the US government and avert another crippling government shutdown while denying President […]
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UK economy hit asTheresa May says ‘hold nerve’
European capitals have been beckoning UK-based companies with sops to relocate while Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday insisted that talks were on […]
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5 policemen killed in terrorist attack in Dera Ismail Khan
Five policemen were killed on Tuesday when militants attacked their van in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. The incident occurred in […]