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UK PM May to meet Labour leader to try to break Brexit stalemate British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn on Wednesday to thrash out a Brexit compromise, a gamble that could finally see a European Union divorce deal agreed but also tear her party apart.
After her EU withdrawal deal was rejected three times by lawmakers, with... |
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Australias Senate censures MP over anti-Muslim remarks after NZ terror attack Australia’s Senate has censured a far-right lawmaker over his controversial comments that the recent bloody terrorist attack against two mosques in New Zealand were the outcome of letting Muslims into the country.
Sitting for the first time since the terrorist attack, Australia’s... |
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Zarif decries Pompeos comments about flood assistance as fake news Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has dismissed claims by United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo that Washington seeks to contribute to relief operations following nation-wide floods in Iran as "fake news."
Zarif slammed the comments in a tweet on Tuesday, saying... |
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Trump retreats on Obamacare repeal after GOP leader warns it wont happen US President Donald Trump has retreated on his plan to introduce a Republican replacement for the Affordable Care Act after GOP Senator Mitch McConnell privately warned him that the upper chamber of Congress would not revisit health care before the 2020 presidential elections.
Trump, a... |
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European Unions chief negotiator warns no-deal Brexit more likely Britain is becoming more likely to crash out of the European Union (EU) without a proper withdrawal agreement, the bloc’s chief Brexit negotiator.
Michel Barnier said Tuesday that recent developments in the British parliament with regards to Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce deal... |
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Facebook deletes accounts in India, Pakistan Facebook has deleted hundreds of accounts and pages allegedly tied to Indias opposition and ruling parties as well as Pakistans military, citing "inauthentic behavior."
Facebook said on Monday that it had taken down the accounts following an internal investigation in the region ahead of upcoming... |
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No US F-35 equipment shipment to Turkey over Russias S-400: Report The United States has stopped shipment of equipment for F-35 equipment to Turkey over the country’s defensive cooperation with Russia, a report says.
Reuters cited two unnamed sources in a report Monday, suggesting that the Turkish officials had been notified about the matter by their ... |
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Top Venezuela court urges revocation of Guaidos immunity Venezuela’s Supreme Court has urged the National Constituent Assembly to strip opposition figure Juan Guaido of his parliamentary immunity from prosecution.
In a ruling issued on Monday, Supreme Court Justice Maikel Moreno asked lawmakers to revoke the immunity that Guaido holds as a member... |
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Philippines protests Chinas presence in disputed waters The Philippines says it has filed a diplomatic protest over the presence of more than 270 Chinese vessels near a Philippine-occupied island in the disputed South China Sea.
Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo told a news conference on Monday that the Philippines’ Department... |
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Ruling AKP asks Turkey election board to settle row over Istanbul vote results The outcome of mayoral elections in Turkey’s second-largest city of Istanbul remains in doubt as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party is challenging the initial results, which gave the main opposition party a slight lead in one of the economic hub’s tightest election races... |
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Zarif: US waging economic terrorism against Iran Iran’s foreign minister says the US is waging “economic terrorism” against the Islamic Republic by employing restrictive measures that are troubling the relief efforts targeting flood-stricken people across the country.
Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted the remarks on Monday, saying... |
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Iran floods: New alerts issued as heavy rains continue Iranian authorities have issued new emergency alerts and travel advisories as heavy rain and snowfall continue to cause flooding and disruptions in most parts of the country.
Morteza Salimi, the head of the Relief and Rescue Organization of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), said Monday morning... |
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Erdogans ruling party suffers major defeat in Turkeys local polls Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogans ruling party has suffered heavy losses in nationwide local elections, a sign that rising levels of unemployment and the backlash from last years currency crisis are starting to take their toll on his years-long domination over Turkeys politics.
Turks... |
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Comedian tops 1st round of Ukraines pres. race, set to face Poroshenko in run-off: Early results Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a comedian with no political experience, has taken a strong lead in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential race after securing almost twice the vote share of his main contender, incumbent Petro Poroshenko, early results show.
The election commission website said... |
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Japan unveils name of new imperial era ahead of emperors abdication Japan has announced the name of a new imperial era, set to begin on May 1, when Crown Prince Naruhito will take over the throne from his father following his historic abdication.
Following weeks-long speculation and top-secret discussions, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga... |
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Trump: Phony and fraudulent Russia probe should never happen again President Donald Trump has described as "phony and fraudulent" the investigation into the alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.
In a tweet on Sunday, Trump also said that such a probe "should never" be able to happen to another president.
Since May 2017, US Special... |
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Malaysia drops murder charge against second woman in Kim Jong-nams case Malaysian prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against a Vietnamese woman accused of killing the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in 2017, sentencing her, instead, to over three years in jail for a lesser charge.
Doan Thi Huong pleaded guilty to the charge of “causing... |
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Nevada woman accuses Biden of unwanted touching in 2014 Former US Vice President Joe Biden, who is leading polls for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, has been accused by an ex-lawmaker in the state of Nevada of inappropriately kissing her before an election campaign event.
Lucy Flores claimed Friday she was beside the stage awaiting her... |
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Bolton: US to defend interests in Venezuela amid Russian, Chinese provocative actions US National Security Advisor John Bolton has warned Russia, China and other allies of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro against any deployment of troops and military equipment in the Latin American country, saying Washington will defend its interests against such "provocative" actions.
“We... |
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Was Obama involved in efforts to infiltrate the 2016 Trump campaign? Republican Senator Rand Paul has said that it should be investigated whether then-President Barack Obama was involved in efforts to infiltrate the Trump campaign for the 2016 election.
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), who is one of several Democratic senators running for president, on Thursday... |
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UK lawmakers reject Brexit deal for third time British MPs on Friday rejected Prime Minister Theresa Mays EU divorce deal for a third time, opening the way for a long delay to Brexit -- or a chaotic "no deal" withdrawal in two weeks.
The pound sank as lawmakers defied Mays plea to end the deadlock that has plunged Britain into a deep political... |
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Germany extends ban on Saudi arms sale by 6 months despite France, UK criticism Germany has extended its ban on all arms exports to Saudi Arabia for a further six months, in a move which drew criticism from fellow European arms exporters, including France and Britain.
The government of Chancellor Angela Merkel imposed a temporary halt on arms sales to Riyadh back in October... |
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UK PM May pledges to quit to save Brexit deal UK Prime Minister Theresa May has offered to resign in a final effort to get Parliament to support her Brexit deal, as lawmakers failed in their own attempt to break the deadlock that has plunged Britain into crisis.
May dramatically announced on Wednesday that she would quit if members of Parliament... |
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Nearly half of Americans still think Trump colluded with Russia: Poll Nearly half of all Americans still believe US President Donald Trump colluded with Russia to increase his chances of winning in the 2016 presidential election, according to a new poll, despite a report by US Special Counsel Robert Mueller clearing Trump of that allegation.
According to a summary... |
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Extreme weather kills 25 in Iran; relief efforts continue Heavy downpours and flash floods continue to batter several provinces across Iran but the extreme weather conditions are forecasted to briefly subside later on Wednesday, before another major system brings further precipitation to the country in the next few days.
The heavy rains have triggered... |
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New round of global outcry targets US over Syrias Golan The United States has become the subject of a new round of furor by world countries over its controversial decision to recognize Israeli “sovereignty” over the part of Syria’s Golan Heights that has been occupied by the Tel Aviv regime.
US President Donald Trump signed a decree... |
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West Bank next on US recognition list, Nasrallah warns Hezbollah warns that the United States could next choose to recognize Israel’s “sovereignty” over the Tel Aviv-occupied West Bank unless the Arab world springs to action.
The Lebanese resistance movement’s Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah issued the caution... |
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Trumps move on Golan will lead to war with Israel: Experts US President Donald Trump’s formal recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, a Syrian territory, has assured that Israel will be in a perpetual state of war with its Arab neighbors for many decades, according to experts.
Trump signed a proclamation recognizing... |
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Erdogan says anyone trying to attack Turkey will go back home in caskets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says recent mass shooting of Muslims in New Zealand is part of a wider attack on Turkey, calling on Wellington to launch a serious investigation into the massacre and threatening to send back “in caskets” all those who try to take the battle... |
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Trump calls Biden a low IQ individual over accidental 2020 announcement US President Donald Trump derides former Vice President Joe Biden for accidentally announcing that he would run in 2020 during a speech.
"Joe Biden got tongue tied over the weekend when he was unable to properly deliver a very simple line about his decision to run for President," Trump tweeted.... |
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