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NATO demands answers on Russia missiles

Washington has complained for nearly two years that a ground-launched missile system deployed by Russia breaches the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). NATO defence ministers will discuss the issue at a two-day meeting in Brussels. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DTHh6l

Donald Trump mocks Brett Kavanaugh accuser

The audience laughed as Donald Trump ran through a list of what he described as holes in Christine Blasey Ford's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. It marked the sharpest criticism by Trump of Gerald Ford since she came forward publicly with the allegation last month. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xYDvTQ

US slams ICJ ruling on 'meritless' Iran sanctions case

"This is a meritless case over which the court has no jurisdiction," US ambassador to the Netherlands Pete Hoekstra tweeted, shortly after a ruling at the International Court of Justice. But Hoekstra pointed out that the Hague-based tribunal "declined to grant the sweeping measures requested by Iran" and it was "a narrow decision on a very limited range of sectors." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2O5IrRe

British PM Theresa May defends Brexit plan after dancing onto stage

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'Donald Trump admin unlikely to change policy on suspension of aid to Pakistan'

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Advisor John Bolton, during their separate meetings with Pakistan's new foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, are understood to have told him that in its assessment, the US does not see any changes on the ground when it comes to taking action against terrorists operating from the Pakistani soil. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NYADAy

Saudi journalist and govt critic 'missing in Turkey'

Jamal Khashoggi, a former government advisor who went into self-imposed exile in the United States last year to avoid possible arrest, has been critical of some of the policies of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Riyadh's intervention in the war in Yemen. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RluYmb

Arnold, Smith, Winter win 2018 Nobel Chemistry Prize

Scientists Frances Arnold, George Smith and Gregory Winter won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for research using directed evolution to produce enzymes for new chemicals and pharmaceuticals, the award-giving body said on Wednesday. Chemistry is the third of this year's Nobels and comes after the prizes for Medicine and Physics were awarded earlier this week. ($1 = 8.9739 Swedish crowns) from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2IAnB6n

Wife of former Malaysian PM Najib arrested by anti-graft agency

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Lawyer takes US pastor's case to Turkey's highest court

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Lawyer takes US pastor's case to Turkey's highest court

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French police recapture 'jailbreak king' after months on the run

Redoine Faid, who escaped in July from a high-security prison where he was serving 25 years for a heist in which a policewoman was killed, was arrested at an apartment in Creil, the area where he grew up, an hour’s drive north of Paris. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xUYO8W

Police catch a top French convict after daring prison escape

Redoine Faid escaped from Reau prison on July 1 with the help of armed, masked men who took a helicopter pilot hostage, forced him to land in the prison yard, used power tools to break through the prison doors and hustled Faid to freedom. Faid, 46, was serving time for a 2010 attempted armed robbery that left a police officer dead. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Ni2syz

Police catch a top French convict after daring prison escape

Redoine Faid escaped from Reau prison on July 1 with the help of armed, masked men who took a helicopter pilot hostage, forced him to land in the prison yard, used power tools to break through the prison doors and hustled Faid to freedom. Faid, 46, was serving time for a 2010 attempted armed robbery that left a police officer dead. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Ni2syz

French interior minister quits, PM in charge of security

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World Court to rule on Iran plea to lift US sanctions

Iran asked the ICJ, which is also known as the World Court, to order Washington to suspend the sanctions temporarily while it hears Iran’s case in full, a process that could take years. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xX7hIO

Time running out for survivors as Indonesia toll tops 1,400

At least 150 people are unaccounted for beneath the rubble, officials said. According to the UN's humanitarian office almost 200,000 people need urgent help, among them tens of thousands of children, with an estimated 66,000 homes destroyed or damaged by the 7.5-magnitude quake and the tsunami it spawned. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2zNX2Yw

Indonesia disaster survivors search debris for food, drinks

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After years of debate Australia scraps 'tampon tax'

The "tampon tax" has drawn widespread fire, branded as "sexist" by campaigners, and a regular source of bickering between Canberra, and state and territory governments, which receive revenues from the GST. Australia's health minister in 2000 Michael Wooldridge set a dark trajectory for the tax when he suggested tampons should not be exempt as they did not "prevent illness". from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xVBwzH

Wife of Malaysian ex-PM grilled a third time over graft

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I told Saudi king he wouldn't last without US support: Trump

"We protect Saudi Arabia. Would you say they're rich. And I love the King, King Salman. But I said 'King - we're protecting you - you might not be there for two weeks without us - you have to pay for your military,'" Trump said to cheers at a rally in Southaven, Mississippi. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OyYjec

'can you execute a man who can't remember his crime?'

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Time running out for survivors as Indonesia toll nears 1,400

The death toll in Indonesia's twin quake-tsunami disaster rose to nearly 1,400, with time running out to rescue survivors and the UN warning of "vast" unmet needs. Authorities set a tentative deadline of Friday to find anyone still trapped under rubble, at which point the chances of finding survivors will dwindle to almost zero. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NYISMQ

Canada revokes Myanmar leader Suu Kyi's honorary citizenship

The Senate voted unanimously to strip Suu Kyi, Myanmar's civilian leader, of the symbolic honor bestowed on her in 2007. The upper house's move follows a similar unanimous vote in the House of Commons last week. Suu Kyi is the first person to have her honorary Canadian citizenship revoked. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QoWNse

Chinese armed drones now flying across Mideast battlefields

The sales are helping expand Chinese influence across a region crucial to American security interests and bolstering Beijing's ambitions to lead in high-tech arms sales. US drones were first used in Yemen to kill suspected al-Qaida militants in 2002. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2zNeJr3

Nobel peace prize? Many names, few certainties

This year the field of possibilities facing the five members of the Norwegian committee tasked with awarding the prize was pretty wide, with 331 individuals and organisations proposed for the prestigious prize, which will be announced on Friday in Oslo. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Qssp0u

Driest ever September deepens Australia's drought

The country's east coast has recorded less than a fifth of its typical rainfall over the last three months to September and is barren, with winter crops failed and graziers buying in grain to feed their herds. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2zNW7r5

Nobel peace prize? Many names, few certainties

This year the field of possibilities facing the five members of the Norwegian committee tasked with awarding the prize was pretty wide, with 331 individuals and organisations proposed for the prestigious prize, which will be announced on Friday in Oslo. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Qssp0u

Mexico marks 50 years since student massacre

Five decades on, it remains unclear exactly how many people were killed when the army opened fire on a rally of about 8,000 students in the Plaza of Three Cultures, in central Mexico City's Tlatelolco neighborhood. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OyDCix

US restricts visas to unmarried gay diplomats

In a reversal of Obama-era policy, the US will no longer grant diplomatic visas to the same-sex domestic partners of foreign diplomats, requiring that they be legally married to obtain them. About 105 families in the US will be affected by new policy, and 55 of them are with international organizations. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2zNTRQD

Trump says it is a 'scary time' for young men

"My whole life, I’ve heard you’re innocent until proven guilty. But now, you’re guilty until proven innocent. That is a very, very difficult standard," Trump said outside the White House. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RnMTsz

Iraq names new president and premier, ending deadlock

Iraq's parliament on Tuesday elected as president Kurdish politician Barham Salih, who immediately named Shi'ite Adel Abdul Mahdi prime minister-designate, ending months of deadlock after an inconclusive national election in May. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NZlWxh

Pompeo to meet Kim Jong Un in NKorea on Sunday

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will pay a fresh visit to North Korea on Sunday and meet leader Kim Jong Un to push forward denuclearization efforts, the State Department said. It will be the fourth trip by Pompeo to the longtime US pariah amid American hopes of reaching an agreement to end North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2yiqeoP