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Trump hosts Iftar at White House
WASHINGTON: United States (US) President Donald Trump hosted an Iftar dinner at the White House on Monday, to mark the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Anadolu Agency reported. The fast-breaking meal gathered ambassadors, including Turkish ambassador Serdar Kilic, and members
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Anti-Muslim mobs riot despite curfew in Puttalam
COLOMBO: Mobs slashed to death a Sri Lankan Muslim man despite a nationwide curfew imposed on Monday (May 13) night after anti-Muslim riots spread to three districts north of the capital in a violent backlash against Easter suicide bombings. The 45-year-old
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“I want to start my life again”
“I want to start my life again”, International Crime Court tweeted a story of a former child soldier, captured at the age of 12 & forced to commit crimes. Part of the crimes on trial animation series, telling the survivor
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Lack of US-China trade deal weighs on Asian markets
Markets in Asia were largely down in morning trade on Monday as the lack of a US-China trade deal cast a cloud over the market. Investors watched the latest developments warily in the trade war between the world’s top two
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Balochistan separatists storm five-star hotel in Pakistan, killing at least one
QUETTA: Three gunmen from a Balochistan separatist group stormed a luxury hotel in Pakistan’s southwestern port city of Gwadar on Saturday, killing at least one guard and battling security forces inside, officials and the army said. Balochistan Home Minister Ziaullah
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Jho Low and rapper indicted for Obama donations
WASHINGTON: Fugitive financier Low Taek Jho – also known as Jho Low – and a founding member of hip-hop group Fugees have been indicted for making illegal contributions to US president Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. Jho Low, 37, and
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Trump: ‘Nobody’s happy’ about N. Korea missile launch
US President Donald Trump said that “nobody’s happy” after North Korea raised the pressure over the future of their deadlocked nuclear negotiations by launching two short-range missiles. Trump’s second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi in February broke
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Seven Kings Mosque on lockdown after shots fired
LONDON: A mosque was on lockdown yesterday after a man carrying a gun tried to enter it during Ramadan prayers, Anadolu Agency reported, quoting a statement by the police. Metropolitan Police confirmed that a big police presence will remain at
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Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung spews massive smoke and ash
SUMATRA: An Indonesian volcano erupted Tuesday, sending a massive column of ash and smoke 2,000 metres (6,500 feet) into the air, coating local villages in debris. Mount Sinabung on Sumatra island – which has been rumbling since 2010 and saw
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Palestine-Israel to end the deadly escalation
Palestinian leaders in Gaza agreed to a ceasefire with Israel on Monday to end a deadly two-day escalation in violence that threatened to widen into a fourth war between them since 2008. An Israeli military spokeswoman declined to comment on the deal,
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