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Facebook acquires startup to fight piracy |
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San Francisco | Tuesday, 2017 11:45:05 AM IST |
| In its battle against pirated content, Facebook has acquired a US-based startup Source3 to help it weed out pirated videos and other content that users share without permission. ... read.. |
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Israel to replace metal detectors in Jerusalem with smart surveillance |
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* Placing of metal detectors triggered deadly violence
* Israel to invest 28 million dollars in advanced means | Tuesday, Jul 25 2017 IST |
| Israel decided today to remove metal detectors it had placed at the entrance to a holy site in Jerusalem's Old City and replace them with smart, less obtrusive surveillance means, a Cabinet statement said.
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Gulf Arab states blacklist 9 individuals, 9 organizations -SPA |
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DUBAI | Tuesday, Jul 25 2017 IST |
| Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have added nine entities and nine individuals to their individual ban lists because of alleged links to Qatar over terrorism, Saudi's state news agency SPA reported today.
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Egypt's Sisi vows to keep up Qatar blockade |
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CAIRO | Tuesday, Jul 25 2017 IST |
| Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said his government would keep up a blockade of Qatar by four Arab states over charges it supports terrorism, in defiance of international efforts to end the crisis.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain a ... read.. |
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Trump to study tougher Russia sanctions bill -White House |
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ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE | Tuesday, Jul 25 2017 IST |
| President Donald Trump will examine whether a bill toughening sanctions on Russia is offering the "best deal" for the American people, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said.
"He's going to study that legislation and see what the final product looks ... read.. |
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US judge halts deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqi nationals |
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By Steve Friess
DETROIT | Tuesday, Jul 25 2017 IST |
| A federal judge in Michigan halted the deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqi nationals from the United States, the latest legal victory for the Iraqi nationals facing deportation in a closely watched case.
US District Judge Mark Goldsmith granted a prelimi ... read.. |
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China preparing for potential crisis with North Korea -report |
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Undated | Tuesday, Jul 25 2017 IST |
| China is preparing for a potential crisis with North Korea by increasing its defences along their shared border, including establishing a new border brigade and building bunkers for civilians, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Microsoft Paint may be 'dead' soon |
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San Francisco | Tuesday, 2017 11:15:48 AM IST |
| Microsoft's Windows 10 Fall Creators Update that is expected soon will feature a whole new bunch of tools and features, but it is going to kill the 1985-released image editing feature Microsoft Paint. ... read.. |
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Arab states present new list of Qatar-linked terrorists |
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Riyadh | Tuesday, 2017 11:15:33 AM IST |
| Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt on Tuesday presented a new list of nine organisations and nine individuals which they claim are backed by Qatar and allegedly involved in "terrorist activities". ... read.. |
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Protester tries to get Trump's son in law to sign Russian flag |
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Washington D.C. [USA] | July 25, 2017 12:01:13 AM IST |
| A protester on Monday tried to get U.S. President Donald Trump's son in law and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner to sign a Russian flag after his meeting with Senate Intelligence Committee staffers on Monday. ... read.. |
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Israel to remove metal detectors at Temple Mount |
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Jerusalem [Israel] | July 25, 2017 12:01:13 AM IST |
| The Israeli Security Cabinet has decided to remove metal detectors, which have aroused a wave of protests among Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank, from the Temple Mount compound and replace them with "smart security checks" at the entrance. ... read.. |
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Trump asks why nobody is investigating Clinton's Russia links |
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Washington | Tuesday, 2017 3:45:04 AM IST |
| US President Donald Trump took to social media to ask why congressional committees and Attorney General Jeff Sessions are not investigating the links between the Russian government and "dishonest" Hillary Clinton, his Democratic rival in the 2016 presiden ... read.. |
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Human trafficking tragedy claims 10 lives in US |
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Washinton | Tuesday, 2017 2:45:04 AM IST |
| One more person has died after more than 30 persons were found in a tractor-trailer parked outside a Walmart in San Antonio in the US state of Texas, making the death toll to 10, officials said. ... read.. |
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UN chief, Iran condemn Kabul terror attack |
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United Nations/Tehran | Tuesday, 2017 1:15:05 AM IST |
| Iran's Foreign Ministry and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned a deadly terrorist bomb attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul. ... read.. |
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Italy upset over French diplomatic intervention in Libya |
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* Rome upset about lack of consultation by France
* Opposition accuses government of diplomatic failure
* Italy sees little solidarity from pro-EU Macron
By Crispian Balmer
ROME | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| A French diplomatic initiative aimed at resolving Libya's long-running crisis angered Italian officials today, who saw it as another example of newly elected President Emmanuel Macron snubbing Rome.
Earlier, France confirmed reports that it would host tal ... read.. |
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Namibia relaxes poultry import ban after shortages hit KFC |
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WINDHOEK | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Namibia has amended a suspension of poultry imports from South Africa, its Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS) said today, after shortages caused by the ban imposed a month ago.
Namibians consume an estimated 2,500 tonnes of chicken each month, but t ... read.. |
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Polish president blocks judiciary reforms after days of protests |
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* President vetoes two out of three judicial reform bills
* Says he generally backs reform but not in current form
* Reform bills have drawn EU | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Polish President Andrzej Duda today said he would veto two of three bills passed by parliament in a judicial reform that has triggered nationwide protests and raised EU and U.S. concerns about a politicisation of the courts.
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Swedish PM calls potential IT leak "disaster" and risk to country |
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STOCKHOLM | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said today his country and its citizens were exposed to risks by potential leaks of sensitive material from an IT-contract that one official said had been rushed.
Lofven told a news conference he regretted he had not b ... read.. |
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Dengue outbreak kills 300 in Sri Lanka, hospitals at limit |
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COLOMBO | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| An outbreak of dengue virus has killed around 300 people so far this year in Sri Lanka and hospitals are stretched to capacity, health officials said today.
They blamed recent monsoon rains and floods that have left pools of stagnant water and rotting rai ... read.. |
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Britain seeking stability, confidence with US after Brexit -UK's Fox |
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WASHINGTON | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Britain wants to ensure commercial ties with the United States are not disrupted as it moves out of the European Union, UK trade secretary, Liam Fox, said today before the start of meetings with Trump administration officials in Washington.
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Venezuela crisis enters pivotal week, Maduro foes protest |
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By Andrew Cawthorne and Anggy Polanco
CARACAS | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Venezuela's opposition plastered election centers with slogans and planned to rally in honor of dead protesters today in a final week-long push to force President Nicolas Maduro into aborting a controversial congress.
The unpopular leftist leader is press ... read.. |
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Trump son-in-law details contacts with Russians, denies collusion |
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By Jeff Mason and Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, detailed four meetings he held last year with Russian officials in a statement today in which he also said he "did not collude" with Moscow during the 2016 US election ca ... read.. |
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Turkey drops probe of German firms, but business confidence shaken |
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* Deputy PM says Turkey "safe haven for foreign investors"
* But German companies still wary -chambers of commerce
* Germany wants its lawmakers to visit NATO base in Turkey
By Paul Carrel
BERLIN | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Turkey has dropped a request for Germany to help it investigate hundreds of German companies it said could have links to terrorism, both countires said today, as Ankara sought to limit damage to relations with its biggest export market.
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Turkey's Simsek to oversee economy in new cabinet -gov't spokesman |
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ANKARA | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek will have oversight of the economy in the new cabinet, a government spokesman said today, a move that is likely to be welcomed by investors.
The former Wall Street banker will oversee economic coordination, bank ... read.. |
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US allows fast processing again for some H-1B visa applications |
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Undated | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| The US government said today it would resume fast processing of H-1B visas requested by institutions of higher education and nonprofit and governmental research organisations, while leaving in place a longer approval time for companies that use the visas. ... read.. |
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Massachusetts top court: State can't comply with immigration detainers |
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By Scott Malone
BOSTON | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Massachusetts police do not have the authority to detain illegal immigrants solely to buy time for federal law enforcement officials to take them into custody, the state's top court ruled today.
The decision amounts to a rejection of requests by the feder ... read.. |
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Four shot dead, 11 hurt in drug-related Paraguay disco shooting |
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ASUNCION | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Two men and two women were shot dead early today as they sat in front of a discotheque in the Paraguayan border town of Pedro Juan Caballero, an attack that police said appeared to be related to drug trafficking.
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Turkey says Israel violating human rights at al-Aqsa mosque |
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ANKARA | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Turkey said today that Israel was violating human rights at al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem and called on global powers to take a unified stance in response.
Israel said yesterday it would not remove metal detectors whose installation outside al-Aqsa has trig ... read.. |
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Brokenhearted Linkin Park remember Bennington - and his demons |
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LOS ANGELES | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| California rock band Linkin Park said today the suicide of frontman Chester Bennington had left them brokenhearted but recalled it was Bennington's demons that had made fans fall in love with the band.
In their first statement since Bennington's suicide a ... read.. |
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Russia deploys military police in Syria's Eastern Ghouta |
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MOSCOW | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Russia deployed its military police in the Eastern Ghouta area east of Damascus today to try to enforce a de-escalation zone it said it had agreed with the Syrian opposition.
The Syrian military declared a cessation of hostilities on Saturday in the rebel ... read.. |
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Trump son-in-law denies colluding with Russia |
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Washington | Monday, 2017 10:15:04 PM IST |
| Jared Kushner, the senior adviser and son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, has, in a statement sent to the Senate and House Intelligence Committees and published by local media, denied having colluded with Russia during the 2016 presidential election ... read.. |
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Home sweet home: islanders stay put even when the sea invades |
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* Philippines islanders stay even after subsidence | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Islanders in the Philippines have stayed in their homes even after an earthquake caused subsidence and floods, according to a study today that questions how far global warming will trigger mass migration as sea levels rise.
Ice is thawing from Greenland t ... read.. |
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Chainsaw attacker targets insurer in Swiss rampage, still on run |
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By Arnd Wiegmann
SCHAFFHAUSEN | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| A chainsaw-wielding loner who mostly lived in the woods stormed into an insurance office in a Swiss town today, wounding two members of staff and three other people before fleeing, police said.
Police put the centre of Schaffhausen into lockdown and launc ... read.. |
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Driver due in court in Texas after deaths of 10 smuggled in truck |
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By Jim Forsyth
SAN ANTONIO | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| A truck driver was due in federal court today, accused in a suspected human smuggling operation in which 10 people died and dozens more were hospitalized in Texas after being trapped inside a tractor-trailer in sweltering heat.
James Mathew Bradley Jr., 6 ... read.. |
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Polish president blocks judiciary reforms after days of protests |
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* President vetoes two out of three judicial reform bills
* Duda says he backs reform | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Polish President Andrzej Duda said today that he would veto two of three bills passed by parliament in a judicial reform that has triggered nationwide street protests and raised EU and US concerns about a politicisation of the courts.
Duda is an ally of t ... read.. |
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Parents of UK baby Charlie Gard agree to let him die |
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By Michael Holden
LONDON | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| The parents of Charlie Gard dropped their legal battle to give the terminally ill British baby further treatment today and will now hold discussions with his London hospital about how he should be allowed to die.
Charlie's mother, Connie Yates, who won th ... read.. |
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France's Macron faces grassroots court challenge over party rules |
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PARIS | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| French President Emmanuel Macron faced the first grassroots revolt from within his own camp today when hundreds of activists asked a court to halt voting on new rules for the political party that helped him win power in May.
The challenge came on the heel ... read.. |
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Chinese jets intercept US surveillance plane - US officials |
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WASHINGTON | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Two Chinese fighter jets intercepted a US Navy surveillance plane over the East China Sea over the weekend, with one coming within about 91 meters of the American aircraft, two US officials told Reuters today.
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Belarus sees no solution to Ukraine crisis without another summit |
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LJUBLJANA | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Belarus sees no solution to the crisis between its neighbours Russia and Ukraine without another regional summit, the country's Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said today.
"I believe that for now there are no prospects for a solution to the Ukraine crisis ... read.. |
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Parents of UK baby Charlie Gard end legal battle over treatment |
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LONDON | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| The parents of Charlie Gard have ended their legal battle to give the terminally ill British baby further treatment, a lawyer representing the parents said today.
The lawyer told London's High Court that time had "run out" for the child.
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US EPA chief spent almost half of spring in home state of Oklahoma |
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By Emily Flitter and Valerie Volcovici
Undated | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| The head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, was in his home state of Oklahoma on at least 43 of the 92 days of March, April and May, according to copies of his travel records obtained by the Environmental Integrity Project watchdog g ... read.. |
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PM condoles death of UR Rao |
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New Delhi | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the demise of renowned scientist, Professor UR Rao.
''Saddened by demise of renowned scientist, Professor UR Rao. His remarkable contribution to India's space programme will never be forgotten," Mr Modi s ... read.. |
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Right time to launch women's IPL: Mithali Raj |
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London | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| With the attention women in blue garnered after a terrific show in the just concluded ICC Women's World Cup, held in England, India captain Mithali Raj believes it is the right time to launch women's Indian Premier League (IPL).
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IMF forecasts slip in UK economic growth post Brexit |
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Washington | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| The economic performance of the UK will suffer a slip in the aftermath of last June's referendum to exit from the EU, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The UK economy grew by just 0.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2017, making it th ... read.. |
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Sweet shock: Yes... your sweets are shrinking! |
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London | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| It is bad news for people with a sweet tooth!
People, who have been feeling that chocolate bars, drinks' cartons, chips packets, toilet rolls and countless other products have been getting smaller years by years, are right.
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Deafening silence at SECP offices as its head held |
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Islamabad | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| At the SECP offices in Islamabad, there is a deafening silence as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Zafar Hijazi was taken into custody by the Federal
Investigation Agency.
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Suicide bomber in Pakistan's Lahore kills 25, many of them police |
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By Mubasher Bukhari
LAHORE | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people, many of them police, in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore today, officials said, an attack which shattered a period of relative calm in Pakistan's second-largest city.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibi ... read.. |
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Israel cites self-defence in Amman embassy shooting |
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* Two Jordanians | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| An Israeli embassy security guard shot dead a Jordanian who stabbed him with a screwdriver in the Amman mission compound in an incident in which a Jordanian bystander was also killed, Israel said today.
The incident last night has tested already tense rel ... read.. |
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Trump son-in-law Kushner denies Russia collusion, president lashes out |
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By Jeff Mason and Andy Sullivan
WASHINGTON | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, said today he "did not collude" with Russia and had roughly four meetings with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign and presidential transition.
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Philippine leader says drugs war 'trivialised' by human rights concerns |
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* Critics "unjustly blaming" authorities for killings
* Duterte says pressure won't deter him
* Urges legislators to pass laws on tax | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte today promised an unrelenting war on drugs, defying critics who were "trivialising" his campaign with human rights concerns and unjustly blaming the authorities for the bloodshed.
Duterte wasted little time in his annu ... read.. |
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Just as German election heats up, Merkel takes holiday break |
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* Merkel's conservatives hold solid poll lead over left
* Vacation meant to minimise risk of news that swings polls
* Coincides with Germans' cherished summer holiday period
By Erik Kirschbaum
BERLIN | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| With a comfortable lead in opinion polls, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has left the stage for a quiet three-week summer holiday shrouded in secrecy - even though just two months remain before the election.
But her mid-campaign vacation - which local me ... read.. |
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Turkish journalists go on trial accused of supporting terrorism |
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* Cumhuriyet newspaper has long been secularist voice
* Staff may face up to 43 years' jail
* Part of wider post-coup attempt crackdown
By Can Sezer
ISTANBUL | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Prominent journalists and other staff at a Turkish opposition newspaper went on trial today accused of supporting a terrorist group, in a case that critics of President Tayyip Erdogan consider attack on free speech.
"Journalism is not a crime," chanted se ... read.. |
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H1N1 virus infects 13 in Myanmar, suspected of killing one |
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By Wa Lone
YANGON | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Myanmar called for calm on Monday after 13 people were confirmed to have contracted H1N1 influenza and a boy had died with flu-like symptoms, raising fears of a new outbreak of a virus also known as swine flu.
Three cases of H1N1 had been confirmed in M ... read.. |
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Trump son-in-law Kushner: 'I did not collude' with Russia |
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By Jeff Mason and Andy Sullivan
WASHINGTON | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| - Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, said on Monday he "did not collude" with Russia and had roughly four meetings with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign and presidential transition.
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Death toll from Pakistan blast rises to 11- rescue service |
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LAHORE | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| The death toll from an explosion in eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has risen to 11, a rescue service official said, in a blast near a popular vegetable market in central Lahore.
"We are confirming 11 people are dead and 20 are wounded," said Jam Sajja ... read.. |
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Chinese capital shuts major road during rare protest |
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BEIJING | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| - Beijing police shut down part of a major road on Monday as they dealt with a rare protest in the Chinese capital, with demonstrators gathering to complain the government had unfairly accused a company they say helps the poor of pyramid selling.
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Two killed in blast in Pakistani city of Lahore - rescue service |
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LAHORE | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| An explosion killed two people and wounded 19 in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore today, a rescue service spokesman said, but it was not clear what caused the blast.
"We can confirm that it's an explosion. Two people are dead so far," said Jam Sajja ... read.. |
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Digital revolution: student touts prosthetic third thumb |
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LONDON | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| "I've only got one pair of hands", is the refrain of overworked office staff or stressed parents everywhere.
But now a design student is suggesting that it could be possible to have more, with a prosthetic third thumb to aid productivity.
The thumb is ... read.. |
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Signal fault strands commuters to UK's busiest rail station |
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By Emma Rumney
LONDON | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Tens of thousands of London commuters travelling to Britain's busiest rail station were stranded on Monday after a signalling fault brought services to a standstill.
Operator South West Trains advised passengers not to even attempt to travel into Waterl ... read.. |
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Iran says ambassador to remain in Kuwait despite row |
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DUBAI | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Iran on Monday denied reports that Kuwait had expelled its ambassador, saying it would maintain a dialogue with the Gulf Arab state after a diplomatic row over Tehran's alleged links to a "spy and terror" cell.
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Former party boss of China's Chongqing under investigation |
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BEIJING | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| The former Communist Party boss of one of China's most important cities, the southwestern megalopolis of Chongqing, is under investigation for "suspected serious violations of discipline", the party's anti-corruption watchdog said on Monday.
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Venezuela crisis enters pivotal week, Maduro foes protest |
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By Andrew Cawthorne
CARACAS | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| - Venezuela's opposition planned to plaster election centers with banners and rally in honor of dead protesters on Monday in a final week-long push to force President Nicolas Maduro into aborting a controversial congress.
The unpopular leftist leader is ... read.. |
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Iran top judge demands U.S. release assets, jailed Iranians |
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DUBAI | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| Iran's top judge called on the United States on Monday to release Iranians held in U.S. jails and billions of dollars in Iranian assets, days after Washington urged Tehran to free three U.S. citizens.
The statement by Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani capped a w ... read.. |
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At least five hurt in rampage in Swiss town of Schaffhausen |
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ZURICH | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| At least five people were hurt, two of them seriously, in an attack by an unidentified man in the Swiss town of Schaffhausen on Monday, police said.
Police gave no more details of the attack, which prompted them to seal off the centre of the town on the ... read.. |
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Golf's greats salute Spieth's British Open triumph |
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LONDON | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| - Golf's greatest names hailed Jordan Spieth's dramatic triumph at the British Open at Royal Birkdale on Sunday as the new champion savoured his victory by swigging from the Claret Jug trophy.
Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, the three surviv ... read.. |
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Erdogan gambling with centuries-old ties to Germany -Schaeuble |
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By Paul Carrel
BERLIN | Monday, Jul 24 2017 IST |
| - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is putting at risk vital and long-established relations with Germany, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in an interview published on Monday.
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