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Pak envoy not invited in Rahul Gandhi's Iftar party

Pak envoy not invited in Rahul Gandhi's Iftar party

-- 2018-06-15 16:34:32

New Delhi:  In a departure from the past, the Congress did not invite the Pakistan High Commissioner to an Iftar party hosted by Rahul Gandhi that was attended by envoys of several Islamic nati...

Afghan president touts cease-fire in Eid address  

Afghan president touts cease-fire in Eid address  

-- 2018-06-15 16:04:19

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Friday touted a three-day cease-fire with the Taliban in an address to the nation heralding the Islamic holiday of Eid-ul-Fitr, according to AP. The holiday...

Anti-money laundering symposium in Manila June 18

Anti-money laundering symposium in Manila June 18

FE Online Desk 2018-06-15 16:02:20

A symposium titled Inaugural Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) Manila Symposium on “Enhanced AML and Financial Crime Tools and Techniques” will be held on...

UN blames Israel  for Gaza violence

UN blames Israel for Gaza violence

-- 2018-06-14 22:35:59

The UN General Assembly approved a Palestinian-backed resolution on Wednesday blaming Israel for violence in Gaza and deploring its "excessive use of force," after narrowly rejecting a US demand to ad...

New York sues Trump charity for ‘illegal conduct’

New York sues Trump charity for ‘illegal conduct’

-- 2018-06-14 22:05:58

New York's attorney general announced on Thursday she was suing the Trump Foundation, as well as Donald Trump and his children, alleging "extensive and persistent" lawbreaking. Barbara Underwood said...

Residents choke as dust blankets Delhi

Residents choke as dust blankets Delhi

-- 2018-06-14 20:00:46

Residents of India's capital Delhi are battling high pollution levels and extreme temperatures due to an unusual dust haze covering the city, reports BBC. People have been complaining about breathing...

Russia promises 'unprecedented' security during World Cup 2018

Russia promises 'unprecedented' security during World Cup 2018

-- 2018-06-14 18:17:40

At a surveillance centre in Kaliningrad, monitoring teams are keeping a close eye on the city. Sitting at their computers, staff are studying CCTV images from more than 700 security cameras. Another...

Australia PM condemns Nazi flag on military vehicle

Australia PM condemns Nazi flag on military vehicle

-- 2018-06-14 17:26:26

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has condemned a photo showing an Australian army vehicle flying a swastika flag in Afghanistan. The "completely and utterly unacceptable" incident took plac...

Turkey detains 18 suspected IS members

Turkey detains 18 suspected IS members

-- 2018-06-14 15:17:00

Turkish authorities on Thursday arrested 18 suspected Islamic State members in Istanbul and Izmir, two of Turkey biggest cities, officials said. In an operation by Turkey’s intelligence agency...

Chile police raid Catholic Church offices in child abuse probe

Chile police raid Catholic Church offices in child abuse probe

-- 2018-06-14 14:50:26

Police and prosecutors in Chile have raided offices and seized documents of the Roman Catholic Church amid a child sexual abuse and cover-up scandal. The surprise raids took place in the capital Sant...

‘Italy still expects Macron’s apology over immigration remarks’

‘Italy still expects Macron’s apology over immigration remarks’

-- 2018-06-14 13:41:57

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Thursday he still expects French President Emmanuel Macron to apologise for critical comments he made about Italian immigration policy two day...

Police kill man who stabbed dead two people at SA mosque

Police kill man who stabbed dead two people at SA mosque

-- 2018-06-14 13:27:19

South African police say a man with a knife fatally stabbed two people and wounded several others at a mosque near Cape Town before police shot and killed the attacker. Investigators are not immediat...

S Sudan rebel leader agrees to hold talks with president

S Sudan rebel leader agrees to hold talks with president

-- 2018-06-14 12:19:43

South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar has accepted an invitation from the Ethiopian Prime Minister to talks with South Sudanese president Salva Kiir in Addis Ababa next week, a spokesman for Machar...

San Francisco elects first black female mayor

San Francisco elects first black female mayor

-- 2018-06-14 11:26:54

A black woman is to lead San Francisco for the first time in its history - at a time when African-American residents are becoming increasingly scarce in the gentrified US city. The ascent of London B...

World escaped nuclear war threat, S Korea's Moon says

World escaped nuclear war threat, S Korea's Moon says

-- 2018-06-14 11:14:09

South Korean President Moon Jae-In said the world had escaped the threat of war after this week’s Singapore summit, echoing US President Donald Trump’s upbeat assessment of his meeting w...

Two Koreas hold military talks to reduce border tensions

Two Koreas hold military talks to reduce border tensions

-- 2018-06-14 10:59:13

The rival Koreas were holding rare high-level military talks Thursday to discuss reducing tensions across their heavily fortified border. It’s possible North Korean officials during the talks a...

Trump Kim summit: North Korean media celebrate meeting

Trump Kim summit: North Korean media celebrate meeting

-- 2018-06-13 19:37:31

North Korea has celebrated the Trump-Kim summit as a great win for the country, with state media reporting that the US intends to lift sanctions. The two leaders met on Tuesday, signing a brief decla...

Arab states launch attack on Yemen’s main port

Arab states launch attack on Yemen’s main port

-- 2018-06-13 15:56:55

A Saudi-led alliance of Arab states launched the largest assault of Yemen’s war on Wednesday with an attack on the country’s main port, aiming to bring the ruling Houthi movement to its kn...

French farmers halt oil refinery blockades

French farmers halt oil refinery blockades

-- 2018-06-13 15:49:32

France’s biggest agriculture union on Wednesday told its farmers to halt a blockade of refineries and fuel depots that had entered its third day on Wednesday over palm oil imports an unfair comp...

FBI agent faces assault charge after accidental dance floor shooting

FBI agent faces assault charge after accidental dance floor shooting

-- 2018-06-13 14:28:50

An off-duty FBI agent who accidentally shot a man while dancing in a Denver nightclub has been charged with second-degree assault. The agent, named by police as Chase Bishop, was performing a backfli...

Pakistan firing kills four BSF soldiers in Kashmir

Pakistan firing kills four BSF soldiers in Kashmir

-- 2018-06-13 13:35:17

Four Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, including an officer, were killed and three others injured in an 'unprovoked' firing by Pakistan Rangers along the International Border (IB) in Sam...

US slaps sanctions on Cambodia PM’s top bodyguard

US slaps sanctions on Cambodia PM’s top bodyguard

-- 2018-06-13 13:11:11

The United States has imposed sanctions on the commander of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s bodyguard unit for alleged human rights abuses, the first member of the leader’s inner circle...

North Korea sees summit as a win as Trump halts war games

North Korea sees summit as a win as Trump halts war games

-- 2018-06-13 12:33:30

North Korean state media lauded on Wednesday the summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump as a resounding success, highlighting concessions by the US president and the prospect of a new era of peac...

Six million struggling to get food in Africa’s Sahel: UN

Six million struggling to get food in Africa’s Sahel: UN

-- 2018-06-13 12:19:36

The UN humanitarian chief has warned that nearly 6 million people are struggling to get food in West Africa’s Sahel region and severe malnutrition is threatening the lives of 1.6 million childre...

Road accident claims 17 lives in Uttar Pradesh

Road accident claims 17 lives in Uttar Pradesh

-- 2018-06-13 11:43:04

At least 17 people were killed and 30 others injured when a speeding bus hit a road divider in Mainpuri city of Uttar Pradesh state of India on Wednesday. The Injured have been admitted to a local ho...

Malaysia’s top two judges quit

Malaysia’s top two judges quit

-- 2018-06-13 10:26:49

Malaysia’s two most senior judges have resigned from their posts, as Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s government purges top officials seen close to the previous administration. The list...

Saudi-led alliance gears  up for battle in Yemen

Saudi-led alliance gears up for battle in Yemen

-- 2018-06-12 22:02:37

A Saudi-led coalition geared up on Tuesday for an assault on Yemen's main port, reports Agencies. They are preparing to launch by far the biggest battle of a three-year-old war between an alliance of...

Iran warns Kim about nuclear agreement with Trump

Iran warns Kim about nuclear agreement with Trump

-- 2018-06-12 21:16:04

The spokesman for the Iranian government is warning North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that President Donald Trump could nullify any nuclear deal with North Korea. The semi-official Fars news agency quo...

Trump warns Canada of incurring financial loss

Trump warns Canada of incurring financial loss

-- 2018-06-12 21:05:37

US President Donald Trump said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "learned" from the mistake of criticising him and it's going to cost Canada "a lot of money." At a news conference Tuesday after...

Lawyers unwilling to take my case: Nawaz Sharif

Lawyers unwilling to take my case: Nawaz Sharif

-- 2018-06-12 18:12:02

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who has been facing charges in the Avenfield properties case has said that no lawyer is willing to take his case. Mr Sharif's lawyer Khwaja Haris on Mon...