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Pentagon: Packages that may contain ricin found on grounds

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Pakistan seeks to build oil refinery near Gwadar port: Minister

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Maldives strongman leader 'received $1.5 million'

The allegations that two cash deposits were made into a private account in Yameen's name came to light after local media reported that the Maldivian Monetary Authority (MMA) had lodged a police complaint. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2y6RZQV

Ferry with nearly 300 people stranded in Baltic Sea

The breakdown aboard the Regina Seaways produced smoke, which triggered the ship's fire extinguishing system in the engine room, Copenhagen-based DFDS Seaways said. The vessel was in international waters off Kaliningrad, Russia's Baltic Sea exclave between Poland and Lithuania. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OwatEF

Ferry with nearly 300 people onboard stranded in Baltic Sea

The breakdown aboard the Regina Seaways produced smoke, which triggered the ship's fire extinguishing system in the engine room, Copenhagen-based DFDS Seaways said. The vessel was in international waters off Kaliningrad, Russia's Baltic Sea exclave between Poland and Lithuania. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OwatEF

Boris Johnson assaults May's Brexit plan at fractious party meeting

​​​Mixing jokes with biting one-liners that always stopped short of attacking May herself, the former foreign minister called her strategy "dangerous and unstable", as well as a "political humiliation". "My fellow Conservatives, this is not democracy. This is not what we voted for. This is an outrage," he said in a 35-minute address that was interrupted by repeated bursts of laughter and cheers. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NWurc9

China says security dialogue postponed at US request

A US official confirmed on Sunday that the meeting had been cancelled, though he did not say whether it was related to an escalatingtrade dispute, concerns about US arms sales to self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, or Chinese military activity in the South China Sea. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2IxYXmT

Ferry with 335 people on board on fire in Baltic Sea

The ferry sent out a distress call at 10.45 GMT and the Lithuanian military has sent a helicopter to the ferry and has two more on standby if needed, a spokesman for the Lithuanian air force said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Iy9EG4

US Defense Secretary warns of 'tough fight' to oust Islamic State

Last month the military chief of France, which has troops in the US alliance fighting IS, estimated the jihadists would lose their last Syrian territory by January. Francois Lecointre predicted "the end of the physical caliphate of Daesh before the end of the year, probably late autumn", using another name for IS. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DOZlic

Germany to ease immigration rules to fight worker shortage

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Musharraf may be forced to return in disgraceful manner: Pak CJ

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US accuses Chinese naval ship of conducting unsafe manoeuvres in South China Sea

The Chinese naval ship identified the US vessel, warned and expelled it, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said, stressing that China has indisputable sovereignty of the Nansha islands (Spratly Islands) and its adjacent waters. An official US statement described the move by the Chinese destroyer as "unsafe" because it moved within 41 metres of the US warship. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DNTh9B

Ashkin, Mourou, Strickland win 2018 Nobel Physics Prize

Scientists Arthur Ashkin, Gerard Mourou and Donna Strickland won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics for breakthroughin the field of lasers, the award-giving body said on Tuesday. ​ from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RjpGaU

UK's May, Johnson battle it out as Brexit deadline looms

British Prime Minister Theresa May and her main rival Boris Johnson battled Tuesday to woo their Conservative party members, as the European Union raised the pressure on London to offer compromises to reach a Brexit deal. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2P5ucbm

Syrian arrested after months trapped in Malaysia airport

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Italy arrests mayor for allegedly aiding illegal immigration

Italian financial police arrested the mayor of the Calabrian town of Riace, Domenico Lucano, early Tuesday as part of an investigation that news agency ANSA reports was spurred by the allocation of government funds for refugees and asylum-seekers. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Owi4D8

Indonesia clamps down on looting as quake-tsunami toll tops 1,200

Survivors are battling thirst and hunger, with food and clean water in short supply, and local hospitals are overwhelmed by the number of injured. Police said on Tuesday that they had previously tolerated desperate survivors taking food and water from closed shops, but had now arrested 35 people for stealing computers and cash. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DL6RdT

Cloud of sex abuse scandal hangs over Vatican youth meeting

One American bishop suggested postponing or cancelling the synod, given the poor optics of assembling the church hierarchy to discuss a demographic harmed by the culture of concealment the same hierarchy has been accused of fostering. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NWKWoT

France announces asset freeze on Iranian intelligence service

The decree announcing the asset freezes, published in the government gazette, identified one of the men as Assadollah Asadi, the same name as an Iranian diplomat who has been arrested over an alleged plot to bomb an Iranian opposition group in France in June. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Iy3Hsu

French police raid Shia Islamic centre

The operation against the Zahra Centre France in Grande Synthe, a suburb of the port city of Dunkirk, was staged as part of the "prevention of terrorism" procedures, regional authorities said in a statement. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2IxV2GP

China's large amphibious aircraft conducts high-speed taxiing trials on water

Designed to be the world's largest amphibious aircraft, the AG600 is powered by four domestically built turboprop engines and has a range of 12 hours. It will be mainly used for maritime rescue, fighting forest fires and marine monitoring, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OpZjS1

Turkey orders arrest of 417 suspects in money laundering probe

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Chinese destroyer extremely close to US warship: US

The USS Decatur guided-missile destroyer was conducting what the military calls a "freedom of navigation operation" Sunday, when it passed within 12 nautical miles of Gaven and Johnson reefs in the remote Spratly Islands. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NeGsoc

Seoul: North Korea estimated to have 20-60 nuclear weapons

The assessment is not much different from various outside civilian estimates largely based on the amount of nuclear materials that North is believed to have produced. A Stanford University scholar wrote earlier this year that North Korea is estimated to have a highly enriched uranium inventory of 250 to 500 kg, sufficient for 25 to 30 nuclear devices. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NXtmAP

Nobel Prize in physics to be announced Tuesday

The Nobel Prize for physics honors researchers for discoveries in phenomena as enormous as The Big Bang and as tiny as single particles of light. Last year's physics prize went to three Americans who used abstruse theory and ingenious equipment design to detect the faint ripples in the universe called gravitational waves from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QqscuF

Canada's Quebec province elects centre-right nationalist govt

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Seoul: North Korea estimated to have 20-60 nuclear weapons

Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon told parliament the estimates on the size of North Korea's nuclear arsenal range from 20 bombs to as many as 60. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QiWRK4

Vietnam's former Communist Party chief Do Muoi dies at 101

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One year after Las Vegas massacre, gunman's motive a mystery

Fifty-eight shot dead. More than 400 wounded. One year after a heavily armed gunman embarked on the deadliest mass shooting in US history, raining automatic weapons fire from a hotel window down onto a country music concert, Las Vegas is no closer to knowing why. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QlYOWc

Chinese destroyer sails close to US warship, forces diversion: US

The Chinese destroyer approached within 45 yards (meters) of USS Decatur's bow, after which Decatur maneuvered to prevent a collision, a spokesperson for US Pacific Fleet said. In a statement, the Chinese Ministry of Defense said that its ship had 'given a warning to leave' to the Decatur after it entered the area "without permission." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NULBqA

America's image worsens under Trump

The survey of 25 nations by the Pew Research Center also showed that respondents from across the globe have less confidence in Trump's ability to lead than they do in Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2zL2agh

Removal of mines from Korean Demilitarized Zone

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Vietnam's former Communist Party Chief Do Muoi dies at 101

The government said in a announcement posted on its website that Muoi died late Monday night at the National Military Hospital 108 after battling a serious illness despite efforts by Vietnamese and foreign doctors to treat him. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2IuRZiz

Magnitude 6.2 quake hits near Flores in Indonesia: USGS

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 was recorded near the southern Indonesian island of Flores, the US Geological Survey said on Tuesday, four days after a devastating quake on Sulawesi island killed at least 844 people. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2IveTGB