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Gantz’s team call off unity govt talks with Netanyahu

JERUSALEM: The party of Israel’s ex-military chief Benny Gantz yesterday pulled out of planned talks on forming a unity government with main rival Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following deadlocked elections. Representatives of the centrist Blue and White alliance were set

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N Korea fires short-range projectiles toward East Sea

SEOUL: North Korea fired unidentified short-range projectiles toward the East Sea today, ahead of the envisioned resumption of the stalled denuclearisation talks with the United States (US), Yonhap news agency reported, citing the South Korea’s military. The projectiles were launched

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Impeachment probe intensifies as Trump rages about inquiry

WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives’ impeachment probe into President Donald Trump intensified on Monday, as Trump raged about the inquiry and news reports suggested he had used additional diplomatic channels to go after his adversaries. Three House committees said

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Child abuse: Couple detained for allegedly causing a child’s death

KLANG: Couple detained for allegedly causing the death of a child, as well as injuring three other children. According to South Klang police chief ACP Shamsul Amar Ramli the police were alerted of a four-year-old girl who died at her

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Hong Kong protests: Police shoot teen protester

HONG KONG: Hong Kong police shot a teenage protester yesterday, the first to be hit by live ammunition in almost four months of unrest in the Chinese-ruled city, amid violent clashes on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the

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Nine-year-old among nearly 150 children held in Indian Kashmir

NEW DELHI: Police in Indian Kashmir have detained 144 children, including a nine-year-old, since early August when the government revoked the disputed region’s special status and imposed a lockdown, according to a court-appointed committee’s report. But all those arrested and

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PM Johnson to unveil final Brexit offer to EU

Prime Minister Boris Johnson today will unveil his final Brexit offer to the European Union and make clear that if Brussels does not engage with the proposal, Britain will not negotiate further and will leave on Oct 31. In his

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Floodlights go dark at Pakistan vs Sri Lanka match in Karachi

Floodlights stopped working and went completely dark at Sri Lanka vs Pakistan match in Karachi, leaving netizens in splits. It was an occasion to be remembered for all Pakistani cricket fans as the country celebrated the return of One Day

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