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‘Soft coup’ leaves India with hard choices
The crisis in Sri Lanka has, once again, brought India’s neighbourhood policy under political scrutiny. Those in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
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Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX crashes in sea 13 minutes after take off
Indonesia airlines Lion Air’s flight 610 crashed in the sea 13 minutes after take off from Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. The flight was […]
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Ousted Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe says he still commands majority
Sri Lanka’s ousted prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Monday that he still commands the majority in parliament as the Speaker feared that […]
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Pharrell Williams sends notice to Trump for playing ‘Happy’ at synagogue shooting rally
Los Angeles Pharrell Williams sent a legal notice to Donald Trump after his popular track “Happy” was played at the US president’s Saturday […]
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Donald Trump escalates anti-media rhetoric after wave of violence
Grappling with a wave of election-season violence, President Donald Trump escalated his rhetoric against the news media on Monday even as he made […]
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Is the case against Harvey Weinstein in jeopardy?
Just five months ago, disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was escorted in handcuffs past a phalanx of reporters and photographers and into the […]
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Jim Mattis presses Saudi leader for full probe on Jamal Khashoggi’s death
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday he met with Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister during an international conference and urged a full and complete […]
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US envoy confident about achieving North Korea denuclearization
The top US envoy for North Korea on Monday expressed confidence about achieving North Korea’s nuclear disarmament, despite worries about the slow pace […]
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Philippine’s Duterte puts corruption-plagued agency in military control
Manila The Philippine President has put the corruption-plagued Bureau of Customs temporarily under military control amid a scandal after two huge shipments of […]
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Bangladesh’s ex-PM Khaleda Zia jailed for 7 years in corruption case
A special court in Bangladesh’s capital has sentenced former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to seven years in jail involving a charity fund named […]
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PM Modi one of my most dependable friends, together with him I would like to strengthen India-Japan ties: Shinzo Abe
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Japan visit. Describing PM Modi as one of his most ‘valuable’ […]
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Media using pipe bomb scare to score political points: Trump
Washington US President Donald Trump on Friday called for ending the “politics of personal destruction” as he accused the media of using “sinister […]