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PM Shinzo Abe wins party vote, on track for extended term
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won a ruling party leadership vote on Thursday, setting him on track to become Japan’s longest-serving premier and try […]
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Pak court suspends jail sentences of Nawaz Sharif, daughter
Islamabad Deposed Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law were released from prison Wednesday evening, hours after the Islamabad High Court […]
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Malaysia’s anti-graft agency arrests ex-CM Najib Razak over USD 628 mn scandal
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia’s anti-graft agency said it arrested former Prime Minister Najib Razak on Wednesday over the multimillion-dollar looting of a state investment […]
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Trump court nominee’s accuser has not agreed to testify: Senator
WASHINGTON A Republican US Senate committee chairman said on Tuesday the woman who has accused President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh […]
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Russia actions pose threat to peace, stability: Trump after meeting Polish President Andrzej Duda
US President Donald Trump Wednesday said he agreed with his visiting Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda that Russian actions in the region pose a […]
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US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis dismisses reports of leaving Trump administration
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday flatly dismissed reports suggesting he may be leaving President Donald Trump’s administration in the coming months, […]
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At least 100 die in Nigeria floods, toll may rise
Nigerian authorities say 100 people have died in flooding after heavy rains in recent days. A spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency […]
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Bangladesh approves project to procure EVMs
Bangladesh’s highest economic policy-making body on Tuesday approved a project worth nearly half a billion US dollars to procure 150,000 Electronic Voting Machines. […]
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Japanese SpaceX’s first Moon traveller
Hawthorne A Japanese billionaire and online fashion tycoon will be the first man to fly on a monster SpaceX rocket around the Moon […]
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Nepal, China begin joint military exercises
Days after pulling out of the Bimstec joint military exercise in India at the last minute, the Nepal Army on Monday began its […]
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Robert Mueller clears way for Michael Flynn sentencing
Special counsel Robert Mueller is ready for a judge to sentence former national security adviser Michael Flynn, according to a court document filed […]
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Two Koreas to hold high-stakes summit with nuclear talks in jeopardy
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in departed on Tuesday for his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, seeking to cement a […]