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Donald Trump blasts 'ridiculous' US spending bill, revives shutdown threat

The bill, which easily passed the Senate 97-3 on Tuesday and heads to the House of Representatives, includes $674.4 billion in fiscal year 2019 defense funding, about $20 billion more than 2018, and funds other government departments including education, labor and health. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PUdqvE

Trump to chair UNSC meeting on Iran next week

​Earlier this year, the Trump administration had withdrawn from the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal and reimposed a series of tough sanctions on Iran. While the first phase of sanctions is already in place, the sanctions would come into full force on November 4 and the US expects all countries, including India, to bring down their import of Iranian oil to zero by then. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PXCxy1

Still work to do before a 2nd Trump-Kim meeting, says Mike Pompeo

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China distances children from families to subdue Muslim west

Meripet and her husband left the kids with their grandmother at home in China when they went to nurse Meripet's sick father in Turkey. But after Chinese authorities started locking up thousands of their fellow ethnic Uighurs for alleged subversive crimes such as travel abroad, a visit became exile. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PRXgTC

Theresa May demands EU respect in Brexit 'impasse'

May hit back at the EU leaders for rejecting her plan with no alternative at this "late stage of negotiations", saying it was "not acceptable". "I will not overturn the result of the referendum nor will I break up my country," a defiant British PM said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PVuwcH

Polish police arrest suspect in rock attack on synagogue

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India has other priorities than dialogue with Pakistan: Pak FM Qureshi

​​India cited the "brutal" killing of three policemen in Jammu and Kashmir as well as the release of postal stamps 'glorifying' terrorist Burhan Wani for cancelling the meeting between Swaraj and Qureshi on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this month. A Pak daily quoted Qureshi as saying that India hasn't responded positively to Pakistan's invitation for talks. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OGZJ3d

Philippine villages at risk of landslides forcibly evacuated

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UK hits back after EU trashes Theresa May's Brexit plan

European Council President Donald Tusk said bluntly at a meeting in Salzburg, Austria on Thursday that parts of May's plan simply "will not work," while French President Emmanuel Macron called pro-Brexit UK politicians "liars" who had misled the country about the costs of leaving the 28-nation bloc. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DiOa0J

UK PM Theresa May to make Brexit statement after EU mauling

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Google staff discussed ways to fight Trump travel ban: WSJ

They began the email discussion two days after Trump signed the first version of his travel ban targeting people from seven mainly Muslim countries, the paper reported. Staff discussed how to tweak search functions and work against "islamophobic, algorithmically biased results from search terms 'Islam', 'Muslim', 'Iran', etc.", the Journal reported. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NZ1Mm2

Polish leader resists view that he was disrespected by Donald Trump

Donald Trump tweeted photos of himself with President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday, including one of them signing a strategic cooperation agreement in which Trump is sitting at his desk and Duda is standing. Both leaders look into the camera, Trump with a stern look on his face and Duda grinning. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2pqZb6s

Iran launches air maneuvers near strategic Strait of Hormuz

The drill involves the military's and revolutionary guard fighter jets, including US-made F-4, French Mirage and Russian Sukhoi-22 planes, the report said, adding that five logistics and combat helicopters are also taking part in the exercise over the Persian Gulf waters and the Sea of Oman. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MR80jo

Turkey has played very positive role in Syria's Idlib region: Germany

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Russia warns US is 'playing with fire' over sanctions

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Trump wants Spain to build a wall across Sahara in Africa

Spain's foreign minister Josep Borrell, who is also the former president of the European Parliament, has revealed that Trump told him in June during his US visit to build a wall across the Sahara to limit the flow of refugees from Africa to Europe. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QQkpqK

Spymaster row weakens Merkel, support for far-right climbs: Poll

The ARD DeutschlandTrend survey put support for Merkel's conservative alliance - her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian allies, the Christian Social Union (CSU) - at 28 percent, down one point from Sept. 6 and at a record low. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xCyM9v

May's Brexit plan goes pop after 'humiliation' by EU, British media says

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US sanctions China for buying Russian fighter jets, missiles

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S-400 deal a 'significant transaction', may lead to sanctions on India: US

Trump on Thursday signed an executive order, paving the way for slapping crippling sanctions on countries and foreign entities and individuals violating the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xF0sux

A Kim Jong Un visit to Seoul? It would be surreal challenge

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Moon's nuclear diplomacy a 'dangerous gamble': Analysts

Moon flew to Pyongyang this week for his third summit with Kim seeking a concrete gesture to rekindle the stalled denuclearisation talks between the United States and the North. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MQyZvw