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Catalonia’s Puigdemont, a dyed-in-the-wool partisan of independence
Barcelona Catalonia’s separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has dreamed since childhood of independence from Spain. But the man who has said he is willing […]
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US waiting to see Pak act on terror in next weeks: Official
Washington The US is waiting to see the practical steps taken by Pakistan over the next weeks and months in its war against […]
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UK PM Theresa May appoints new Brexit representative in upper house
British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed on Friday a former member of the European Parliament to represent her government on Brexit in parliament’s […]
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Trump leans toward Powell as next Fed Chair: Report
Washignton US President Donald Trump is leaning toward nominating Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell as the next leader of the central bank, Bloomberg […]
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Hiroshima survivor to accept Nobel Peace Prize 2017 on behalf of laureate ICAN
Setsuko Thurlow was 13 years old and standing only a mile away from ground zero when the United States dropped an atomic bomb […]
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US Senate Judiciary’s Russia probe veers into partisanship
The once-bipartisan Senate Judiciary Committee investigation into Russian influence in the 2016 election has broken along partisan lines, with the committee’s top Democrat […]
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China’s Xi begins second term, orders army to be ‘combat-ready’
Beijing Chinese President Xi Jinping has begun his second five-year term ordering the country’s 2.3 million-strong military, the world’s largest, to be absolutely […]
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Donald Trump releases some John F Kennedy files, blocks others under pressure
President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the unveiling of 2,800 documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy but yielded […]
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JFK assassination files:?How to see the documents, what do they reveal?
The public is getting a look at thousands of secret government files related to President John F Kennedy’s assassination, but hundreds of other […]
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China asks global community to recognise Pakistan’s counter-terror efforts
China on Thursday asked the international community to recognise Pakistan’s efforts in fighting terrorism, amid mounting pressure on its all-weather ally to act […]
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Trumps’ message is loud and clear to Pakistan, says UK
US President Donald Trump’s new strategy on Afghanistan and South Asia has sent a “loud and clear” message to Pakistan to put its […]
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Russia’s Putin urges tough action against online extremism
MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that law enforcement agencies must take tough action against persons and groups using the Internet […]