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Maumoon Abdul Gayoom freed on bail: Official

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and his legislator son Faris Maumoon, were released by the high court in Male after they mounted fresh appeals against their controversial convictions. The release followed appeals from President-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Orpjfy

No Nobel Literature Prize this year but body still in focus

Jean-Claude Arnault, a French citizen who is a major cultural figure in Sweden, is at the center of a sex abuse and financial crimes scandal that has tarnished the academy and forced it to take a year off in its deliberations. The 72-year-old is now on trial in Stockholm, facing two counts of rape of a woman seven years ago. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Ncqo6f

UN report confronts nations with tough choices on climate

At current levels of greenhouse gas emissions, for example, the Earth's surface will heat up beyond the 1.5C threshold by 2040.A crescendo of deadly heatwaves, floods, wildfires and superstorms engorged by rising seas — with less than 1C warming so far — has convinced scientists that the danger cursor needed to be reset. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DImbYO

Polls open in landmark referendum on Macedonia's name

The June deal would end a dispute dating from the early 1990s when Macedonia declared independence from Yugoslavia. Greece argued use of the term implied territorial ambitions on its own province of the same name, and blocked the country's efforts to join NATO. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RcSDVY

US 'subsidizing' Saudi, Asia militaries: Trump

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Death toll in Indonesia quake-tsunami hits 420

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Polls open in Iraqi Kurdistan for regional election

With opposition parties weak, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) are likely to extend their almost three decades of sharing power. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NafmPa

Kim Jong Un and I 'fell in love': Donald Trump

Donald Trump said that he had received an "extraordinary letter" from Kim, and sounded optimistic about prospects for a second summit between the two leaders "fairly quickly." The US president was speaking at a West Virginia rally in support of local candidates for his Republican Party. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NNI5hI

Catalans deeply divided a year after independence referendum

A year after the contested October 1, 2017 referendum, disagreements over separatism have deepened in the wealthy northwestern region of Spain, which is home to some 7.5 million people and has its own distinct language. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2y3O4Ei

Catalans deeply divided a year after independence referendum

A year after the contested October 1, 2017 referendum, disagreements over separatism have deepened in the wealthy northwestern region of Spain, which is home to some 7.5 million people and has its own distinct language. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2y3O4Ei

Macedonia: A decades-long quarrel over a name

The name adopted by Macedonia at independence 27 years ago is also that of a large region in Greece that evokes national pride as the cradle of Alexander the Great's ancient empire. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Nbb36a

Why is Macedonia voting to change its name?

The name change is an effort to overcome a 27-year-old argument with neighbouring Greece, which has refused to recognise Macedonia's name since the Balkan country declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. Athens argues that the name belongs solely to its own northern province called Macedonia, and accuses its Balkan neighbour of harbouring territorial ambitions. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2IrlAcv

Why is Macedonia voting to change its name?

The name change is an effort to overcome a 27-year-old argument with neighbouring Greece, which has refused to recognise Macedonia's name since the Balkan country declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. Athens argues that the name belongs solely to its own northern province called Macedonia, and accuses its Balkan neighbour of harbouring territorial ambitions. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2IrlAcv

China eyes anti-terror force to protect overseas interests

In late 2015, China passed a new anti-terrorism law that allows the military to venture overseas on counter-terror operations, though experts have said Beijing faces big practical and diplomatic problems to actually execute such an action. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Oirx0X

Fearing debt trap, Pakistan rethinks Chinese 'Silk Road' projects

Pakistani officials say they remain committed to Chinese investment but want to push harder on price and affordability while re-orientating the CPEC — for which Beijing has pledged about $60 billion in infrastructure funds - to focus on projects that deliver social development in line with Imran Khan's election platform. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Iq74BY

Stairway to court: Led Zeppelin to face retrial in theft suit

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Now, China censors ‘bad’ economic news

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North Korea says 'no way' it will disarm without trust in US

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Ri Yong Ho accused Washington of creating a deadlock in talks on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. "The recent deadlock is because the US relies on coercive measures which are lethal to trust-building," Ri told the assembly. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DFw6hw

Catalan separatists clash with police as tensions mount

Catalan separatists clashed with police on Saturday in downtown Barcelona, with two arrests being made, as tensions increase before the anniversary of the Spanish region's illegal referendum on secession that ended in violent raids by security forces. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Nb0NdU

Catalan separatists clash with police as tensions mount

Catalan separatists clashed with police on Saturday in downtown Barcelona, with two arrests being made, as tensions increase before the anniversary of the Spanish region's illegal referendum on secession that ended in violent raids by security forces. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Nb0NdU

Sex abuse scandal: Pope seeks prayers to fight 'devil'

Pope Francis asked Saturday for daily prayers to protect the Catholic Church from what he says are "attacks by the devil," in his latest response to the clerical sex abuse and cover-up scandal roiling his papacy. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2IoW8Vd

Sex abuse scandal: Pope seeks prayers to fight 'devil'

Pope Francis asked Saturday for daily prayers to protect the Catholic Church from what he says are "attacks by the devil," in his latest response to the clerical sex abuse and cover-up scandal roiling his papacy. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2IoW8Vd

Maldives election body endorses opposition victory amid threats

The Election Commission secretary general said the commission had received 423 complaints about the election, but none of those will affect the outcome of the election. He said all five election commissioners had received threatening telephone calls after Sunday's election. The police and military have said they will uphold the result of the election. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xZWSv8

China's new combat aircraft makes debut flight

The FTC-2000G is a fixed-wing, multi-role combat plane tasked mainly with airstrikes against ground targets. It can also be used as a fighter jet or trainer aircraft. Equipped with modern radar and fire-control systems, it is capable of staying airborne for three hours in a single operation and can carry as much as 3 tonnes of missiles, rockets or bombs. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OXNXBu

At UN, leaders grapple with a fragmented world

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres set the tone the moment he opened the General Assembly debate. "Our world," he said, "is suffering from a bad case of 'Trust Deficit Disorder.'" A flood of agreement followed, uttered by leaders in many of the planet's tongues. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Ip8QTX

US pushes forward with plans for anti-Iran Arab alliance

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Airline now says 1 missing after Pacific lagoon plane crash

Air Niugini said in a release that as of Saturday afternoon, it was unable to account for a male passenger. The airline said it was working with local authorities, hospitals and investigators to try to find the man. The airline did not immediately respond to requests for more details about the passenger, such as his age or nationality. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QeJdrB

Quake, tsunami kills at least 30 on Indonesia's Sulawesi island

At least 30 people were killed when a strong earthquake and tsunami hit the city of Palu on Indonesia's Sulawesi island on Friday. A tsunami up to two metres high swept through Palu at dusk after the sleepy but growing tourist resort was rocked by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xLy5vn

Trump orders FBI probe of Kavanaugh as Senate delays final vote

"I've ordered the FBI to conduct a supplemental investigation to update Judge Kavanaugh's file. As the Senate has requested, this update must be limited in scope and completed in less than one week," the president said in a statement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DG4xEP

Indonesia: Major quake and tsunami cause deaths

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France calls for new global coalition, with or without US

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Supreme Court Justice Kagan won't discuss Kavanaugh

​Kagan told law students at the University of California, Los Angeles on Thursday that the justices worked "super hard" to find consensus after Antonin Scalia's death in 2016 left the panel with only eight judges. Kagan says nobody wanted to look "as if the court couldn't do its job." But she declined to discuss the ongoing confirmation process for Kavanaugh. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OXZzoj

Pakistan army chief calls on Imran Khan, discusses security situation with him

The Army chief's maiden call on Khan took place on August 27, in which both had "expressed resolve to bring enduring peace and stability in the country while also continuing efforts for regional peace". Khan visited to the Army's General Headquarters on August 30 for a briefing on matters pertaining to national security. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2N2xuud

Hungary PM hails 'icon' Trump's isolationist UN speech

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Boris Johnson's Brexit plan prompts fresh Tory division

Johnson reiterated on Friday the proposal was a "democratic disaster" that would "cheat the electorate" and leave Britain "half in, half out" of Europe. Britain is set to leave the EU next March, with both sides agreeing that a provisional divorce deal, comprising assurances on the Irish border among other things, must be reached by mid-November. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2N7MYx4

Strong quake rocks central Sulawesi in Indonesia

The US Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.5 quake was centered at a depth of 6 miles (10 kilometers) about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northeast of the central Sulawesi town of Donggala. It was the second powerful quake to strike the area on Friday. An official with the local disaster agency, Akris, said "many houses have collapsed." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DEuN2u

Pakistan army chief confirms death sentences to 11 'hardcore terrorists'

General Bajwa approved the capital punishment handed down to the terrorists by a military court for committing "heinous offences" related to terrorism, including killing of 20 security personnel. The military courts were set up in Pakistan after the deadly Taliban attack on an army school in Peshawar in 2014 which killed more than 150 people, mostly students. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2zCe77E

Earthquake jolts central Sulawesi in Indonesia, 1 dead

With the situation still being assessed, Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency said one person died, 10 were injured and dozens of houses damaged. "The victim was hit by a collapsed building," Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency said in a statement. Indonesia's meteorology and geophysics agency said the quake didn't have the potential to cause a tsunami. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2R4Dwxz

Thousands of travelers affected in Europe by Ryanair strike

In Tenerife, Spain, hundreds of passengers queued at Ryanair counters and dozens more at the Madrid airport as at least 64 flights of the low-cost company from or to Spain were cancelled. The unions blame the Ireland-based company for breaking talks over the company's ratio of outsourced workers. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xXAIcP

Macedonia or North Macedonia? State readies for crucial vote

Sunday's referendum asks voters if they support changing the Balkan nation's name from Macedonia to North Macedonia. Greece has agreed to drop longstanding objections to neighboring Macedonia's bids to join NATO. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xWudXN

Five things about Macedonia, a country that may change its name

On Sunday its citizens will vote on whether to rename their country "The Republic of North Macedonia" as part of a compromise with Athens, which has its own northern province called Macedonia. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NJPOgI

Iran warns Saudi Arabia, UAE to respect 'red lines'

Iran accuses Saudi Arabia and the UAE of funding five gunmen who attacked a military parade in Iran last Saturday and killed 25 people, 12 of them members of the elite IRGC. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have denied any involvement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QfkAuH

Five things about Macedonia, a country that may change its name

On Sunday its citizens will vote on whether to rename their country "The Republic of North Macedonia" as part of a compromise with Athens, which has its own northern province called Macedonia. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NJPOgI

Israel vs Iran: Netanyahu lobs nuclear claim — again

Accusing Iran of all of the above, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu fired a new salvo Thursday in his campaign to prove that Tehran can't be trusted and poses a massive threat to international security. In response, Iran shrugged. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Qc50jF

We're not 'a banana republic': Saudi Arabia

In August, Saudi Arabia froze new trade with Canada, blocked grain imports, expelled Canada's ambassador and ordered all Saudi students home after Ottawa called for the release of activists detained for urging more rights for women. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xVOVXX

European cohesion, multilateral order under threat: Angela Merkel

Without naming Donald Trump or his nationalist, protectionist approach, Angela Merkel told fellow conservatives at an event of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Berlin that the European Union and Germany were facing a watershed moment. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2N4NprP

Nigerian authorities say nearly 200 killed in flooding

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Justin Trudeau says Canadians are tough negotiators

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First public appearance for Chinese Nobel dissident Liu Xiaobo widow

Liu Xiaobo's wife had arrived in Germany in July after being released from years of de facto house arrest in China. Despite facing no charges, she had endured heavy restrictions on her movements since 2010, when her husband won the Nobel Peace Prize -- an award that infuriated Beijing. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xSCNXv

Trump's two-state comments turn heads at the UN

Donald Trump's endorsement of the goal of a Palestinian state, long the focus of US peace efforts before he came into office, was decidedly lukewarm - and he even slightly backtracked from it later in the day. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OVJcbK