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Turkish man held at IGI airport with 1.3 lakh tablets of 'ISIS drug'

He said the activities of Erbil H, holding a Turkish passport, were found "suspicious" when he arrived at the airport at around 3 am. He was subsequently subjected to a detailed frisking by the force personnel, he said. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2O5r95P

Donald Trump says 2nd North Korea summit 'quite soon'

Donald Trump is set to meet with South Korea's Moon Jae-in later Monday to discuss North Korea and trade details. Moon is expected to convey to Trump a personal message from Kim delivered at their inter-Korean talks last week. President Trump is at the UN for his second general assembly meeting with world leaders since taking office and has participated in a counter-narcotics event. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Dsf5ra

EU takes Poland to its top court over judicial reform

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Italy government adopts anti-migrant decree

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Emmanuel Macron does not want Brexit talks to drag: French presidency official

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Emmanuel Macron does not want Brexit talks to drag: French presidency official

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UK PM Theresa May's ministers still fully behind her Brexit plans: spokesman

May's cabinet is due to discuss Brexit negotiations on Monday. Her Conservative Party is deeply divided over the direction talks with the EU should take. The British prime minister, who has called for the EU to evolve their negotiating position, will also meet the European Parliament's chief Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt on Monday, her spokesman said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OLB8dv

Hurricane Florence: Severe flooding feared near South Carolina coast

Rivers swelling with the floodwaters of former Hurricane Florence are threatening to swamp communities near the South Carolina coast, leaving thousands ready to evacuate. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2zqnNC7

Merkel: German government must give up internal squabbles

Merkel said she regrets the handling of the latest dispute, over the future of Germany's domestic intelligence chief, and called for Germany's biggest parties to move on from political infighting. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OaAyJ8

Russia says will send newer S-300 missile systems to Syria

Syrian government missile defense systems last week shot down a Russian military plane, killing all 15 people on board. Russia laid the blame squarely on Israel, saying that its fighter jet pushed the Russian aircraft into the line of fire. Russian officials said Syria's outdated S-200 systems weren't sophisticated enough to identify the Russian plane as a friendly one. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2N2TeWY

3 Saudi human rights activists awarded 'Alternative Nobel'

​​The prize foundation said the 1 million kronor ($113,400) cash award for 2018 was to be shared by Abdullah al-Hamid, Mohammad Fahad al-Qahtani and Waleed Abu al-Khair "for their visionary and courageous efforts, guided by universal human rights principles, to reform the totalitarian political system in Saudi Arabia." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xywcCk

Iran fears plot by US and its Gulf allies as pressure grows

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China says US trying to bully it into submission as fresh tariffs kick in

President Donald Trump is pressing China to reduce its huge bilateral trade surplus and make sweeping changes to its policies on trade, technology transfers and high-tech industrial subsidies. Beijing has denied that US firms are forced to transfer technology and sees Washington's demands on rolling back its industrial policies as an attempt to contain China's economic rise. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2O6VW20

Pakistan's SC rejects petition seeking Imran Khan's disqualification

The petition was filed in May last year after the apex court constituted a six-member Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe allegations of corruption against then prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Besides other grounds, the petitioner had sought disqualification of Khan for not disclosing his alleged love child Tyrian White in his nomination papers for elections. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2pv4DFs

Iran warns US, Israel of revenge after parade attack

"You have seen our revenge before ... You will see that our response will be crushing and devastating and you will regret what you have done," Hossein Salami said in a speech before the funeral of the victims broadcast live on the state television. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Q2Dqp4

Iran holds funerals for victims of terror attack in Ahvaz

Of the 25 people killed at Saturday's military parade, 12 were from Ahvaz and the rest from elsewhere in Khuzestan province. It was the deadliest terror attack inside Iran in nearly a decade. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ONO02Q

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny detained

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Rohingya crisis: UN has 'no right to interfere' says Myanmar army chief

Myanmar's army chief said the United Nations had no right to interfere in the sovereignty of the country a week after a UN probe called for him and other top generals to be prosecuted for "genocide" against the Rohingya minority. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xAOOSh

Trump's SC pick faces new sexual misconduct claim

The latest claims of impropriety during Kavanaugh's youth came as he was already facing a dramatic hearing where his testimony was to be weighed against that of a university professor who has separately accused him of assault. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2puRSuy

Russian opposition leader Navalny detained upon jail release

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All eyes on Maldives strongman after shock election defeat

Yameen was yet to comment and it was far from certain that the 59-year-old, whose main political rivals were either jailed or in exile, would graciously accept defeat in Sunday's poll, observers said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Q0gGpn

Britain's Labour to vote on Brexit

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had earlier said, he would back a second Brexit referendum if his Labour Party voted to pursue the move, heaping pressure on May, whose plans for a divorce deal with the EU have hit an impasse. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xNQCX0

Own up to mass Muslim detentions, Amnesty tells China

China must come clean about the fate of an estimated one million minority Muslims swept up in a "massive crackdown" in far western region of Xinjiang, Amnesty International said in a new report Monday. Beijing has ramped up restrictions on Muslim minorities to combat what it calls Islamic extremism and separatist elements in the far western province. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MXSGBB

Back at UN, Trump to herald upturn with North Korea

Twelve months on from his explosive debut on the world's biggest diplomatic stage, Donald Trump returns to the UN General Assembly on Monday to trumpet a turnaround in ties with last year's number one enemy, North Korea's Kim Jong Un. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Ny0IGl

Hong Kong bans pro-independence party

Semi-autonomous Hong Kong enjoys freedoms unseen on the mainland including freedom of expression but the space for political dissent is shrinking in the face of an increasingly assertive China under President Xi Jinping. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DrfBFJ