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Suspected militants kill two in Indian Kashmir, set apple trucks ablaze
SRINAGAR: Suspected militants shot and killed two drivers and set fire to their apple trucks in Indian Kashmir on Thursday, a senior police official said. The official said the attack took place in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, which is a
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Impeachment probe violates Trump’s rights?
WASHINGTON: Republican lawmakers on Wednesday stormed a hearing room at the U.S. House of Representatives where a Pentagon official was to testify in the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump, yelling that it was unfair and violated Trump’s rights. The
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Dr Mahathir arrives in Baku for 18th NAM Summit
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN: Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad arrived in the Azerbaijan capital yesterday to attend the 18th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit. The special aircraft carrying Dr Mahathir touched down at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport at 7.15pm local
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Russian police deploy in Syria’s Kobani, Trump claims ceasefire ‘permanent’
MOSCOW/ANKARA/WASHINGTON: Russian military police started to deploy on Syria’s northeast border yesterday under a deal with Turkey to drive out Kurdish fighters, marking Moscow’s deepening influence in the region two weeks after the US pulled out forces. Turkey announced that
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39 bodies found in truck container
GRAYS, England – British police found the bodies of 39 people inside a truck at an industrial estate near London on Wednesday and said they had arrested the driver on suspicion of murder. The discovery of the bodies – 38
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Republican lawmakers storm and disrupt Trump impeachment inquiry
Republican lawmakers, encouraged by President Donald Trump to get tougher in fighting Democrats’ attempts to impeach him, disrupted the US House of Representatives impeachment inquiry yesterday and prevented a Pentagon official from testifying. The Republicans stormed into a hearing room
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Malaysia’s foreign policy back to NAM’s founding principles
BAKU (AZERBAIJAN): Malaysia, which considers the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) still relevant in this era, is gradually returning to the movement’s founding principles in its foreign policy, Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said. He noted that since Pakatan Harapan took over
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Suicides: 356 cases recorded from 2014 till June 2019
KUALA LUMPUR: From 2014 till June this year, there were 356 suicide cases on record in the country. Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye said that 69 of the cases involved non-citizens. “To face this problem, KKM (the Health
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This Election Brought Out Canada’s Worst
Justin Trudeau didn’t lose the Canadian federal election outright, but he had about as bad an outcome as possible short of that. His Liberal Party lost 27 seats in the House of Commons. More ominously, his share of the popular
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‘Baby Shark’ song used to soothe toddler becomes rallying cry in Lebanon
A popular children’s song became a rallying cry in Lebanon after protesters in Beirut spontaneously sang the hit to calm a toddler caught in the midst of a noisy demonstration. When driver Eliane Jabbour was surrounded by a rally in
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