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US announces sanctions on Iranian paramilitary force

​​​In announcing the sanctions, the Treasury said a network of more than 20 businesses known as the Bonyad Taavon Basij was financing the Basij Resistance Force, a component of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2COk6Jx

Boko Haram kills second kidnapped aid worker in Nigeria: Red Cross

Islamic State-allied Boko Haram jihadists have killed another kidnapped female Red Cross worker in northeast Nigeria, the agency said on Tuesday, a month after militants murdered one of her colleagues. Three female health workers were kidnapped on March 1 during a Boko Haram raid on the remote town of Rann, in Borno state, that killed three other aid workers and eight Nigerian soldiers. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QOKiXo

World Heritage sites threatened by sea level rise

From Venice and the tower of Pisa to the medieval city of Rhodes, dozens of UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Mediterranean basin are deeply threatened by rising sea levels, researchers warned Tuesday. All but two of 49 UN-recognised icons of human civilisation rimming the Mediterranean Sea risk from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ylIbU9

Top US diplomat says Saudi back probe into missing writer

President Donald Trump dispatched his secretary of state on the urgent mission to Riyadh to defuse a crisis over Khashoggi, an insider turned critic of the conservative monarchy who was last seen on October 2 when he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to sort out marriage paperwork. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NKGzIg

World Heritage sites threatened by sea level rise

From Venice and the tower of Pisa to the medieval city of Rhodes, dozens of UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Mediterranean basin are deeply threatened by rising sea levels, researchers warned Tuesday. All but two of 49 UN-recognised icons of human civilisation rimming the Mediterranean Sea risk from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ylIbU9

Donald Trump calls pornstar Stormy Daniels 'Horseface'

The US president is a fan of calling his many opponents or critics names but the equine insult, tossed out in a mid-morning tweet on Tuesday, is a new one. The 39-year-old blond , whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, had a defamation suit against Trump thrown out by a federal judge on Monday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2yJmEEb

President Trump raises more than $ 100 million for 2020 re-election

President Donald Trump has raised more than $ 100 million for his re-election battle in 2020, giving him a huge financial advantage over many potential Democratic contenders jockeying to challenge him, US media reports on Tuesday. The President raised over $ 18 million during the July-to-September fundraising quarter through his campaign committee and the joint fundraising operations ​ from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PBiMwj

Putin to attend ceremony marking 100 years of WWI

Apart from attending the ceremony marking 100 years of the end of the First World War, Vladimir Putin will go to a working breakfast organised by French President Emmanuel Macron and later lay flowers at a monument to Russian soldiers in the capital, said Yuri Ushakov . from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ylhajx

China backs Imran's 'Naya Pakistan' initiative

China's Minister of international development Song Tao met Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Monday and assured Beijing's support to Pakistan at all regional and international fora. He also assured Khan of China's support in his agenda of poverty alleviation, fight against corruption and agricultural development. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2yIhQz2

Donald Trump lashes out at Elizabeth Warren over DNA test, calls her 'phony!'

Warren released the test results on Monday in part to push back against Trump's longstanding taunts about her ancestry claims. The results provide some evidence of a Native American in her lineage, though the ancestor probably lived six to 10 generations ago, according to the analysis. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PBcixv

UN warns of 'perfect storm' of hunger, climate change and man-made conflicts

A potent combination of hunger, climate change and man-made conflicts are creating a "perfect storm", the head of the UN's food arm warned on Tuesday in a call to action on World Food Day. UN aims to achieve a Zero Hunger world by 2030, but faces three obstacles: conflicts, climate change and an economic slowdown from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QW9VWp

China's Communist party expels 2 former generals

General Fang is the latest in the list of a host of top defence officials caught in the anti-graft campaign launched by President Xi since 2013. Over 50 top generals have been punished under the anti-graft campaign which, observers say, also helped him to consolidate his power. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NIrOWv

Turkish foreign minister says no 'confession' from Saudis over Khashoggi

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Court extends Shahbaz Sharif's remand by 14 days in Rs 1,400 cr housing scam

Shahbaz, 67, the younger brother of ousted Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on October 5 in the Ashiana-e-Iqbal housing project scam. He was remanded to a 10-day custody to NAB. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2CQGGkG

China says more projects planned under CPEC

An IMF team is scheduled to arrive in Pakistan on November 7 to negotiate the programme, likely to span over a three-year period, Pakistan's Finance Minister Asad Umar said on Sunday after his meeting with the Managing Director Christine Lagarde in Indonesia. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ylNfrL

North Korea slams US for 'evil' sanctions push

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'Year of extremes' for shrinking Swiss glaciers in 2018: study

This year's record-breaking temperatures have greatly contributed to the loss of "a fifth of (the glaciers') volume over the past decade", according to the annual study on the state of the glaciers, published by the Swiss Academies of Science. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Ac2tkm

EU presidency says Brexit talks on track on eve of summit

A day ahead of a "moment of truth'' EU summit, Gernot Bluemel said the "the dynamics in the negotiations are going in the right direction.'' However, he said Tuesday that a compromise deal in time for this week's two-day summit was unlikely. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2yLas5M

Pompeo in Saudi for crisis talks on missing journalist

"Rogue killers" could be to blame for the disappearance of Khashoggi, who has not been seen since he walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to sort out marriage paperwork, US President Donald Trump said after telephone talks with the king. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2yFZ9fq

Women hold key to first major vote of Trump era

The "Call Your Sister" initiative was launched by organizers of the women's march, in which more than a million people nationwide took to the streets after Trump's January 2017 inauguration. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Ckkgr5

US alarmed by China's 'predatory' practices: James Mattis

"We're two large powers, or two Pacific powers, two economic powers. There's going to be times we step on each other's toes, so we're going to have to find a way to productively manage our relationship," James Mattis said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RRWp7e

Trump '100 per cent' with me: US defence chief Mattis

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Trump sends Pompeo to Riyadh over Khashoggi

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Yemeni president fires prime minister, citing 'negligence'

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'Free vocational training': China's justification for Uighur internment camps

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Brexit clouds on horizon for Holyhead's lifeline port

Just 117 kms from the Irish capital Dublin, the Holyhead port's future will depend on how any Brexit deal affects two borders — the one between EU member state Ireland and Britain and the one between Northern Ireland and mainland Britain. The concern is that companies will start finding alternative trade routes for goods travelling between Ireland and continental Europe to avoid Britain after Brexit. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OZFTUc

Bulgaria urged to save communist-era architectural 'masterpiece'

The striking circular building has been left to fall victim to vandalism and decay, as Bulgaria has been eager to forget its communist past, but now western experts want to preserve it as a heritage site. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2CMWaq0

Sweden's sidelined PM gets chance to form new government

Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has been leading a caretaker government since he did not survive a no-confidence vote by lawmakers following last month's election. Parliament speaker Andreas Norlen gave Lofven on Monday two weeks to form a coalition. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2pWpaTM

Egypt court upholds three-year prison sentence for ex-president

The Court of Cassation upheld the same sentence for Morsi and 19 others on Monday, also fining the former Islamist president 1 million Egyptian pounds ($60,000) in the case. Morsi was accused of insulting a sitting judge during a speech he gave as president. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2yiI8bt

Turkish police leave Saudi consulate in Istanbul after 9 hours

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a US resident, Washington Post columnist and leading critic of the powerful Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, vanished after entering the consulate to get marriage documents. Turkish officials say they believe he was murdered there and his body removed. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2yHH8xj

Turkish police begin search at Saudi Arabia's Istanbul consulate

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Australia mulling embassy move to Jerusalem: PM

Australia is considering moving its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. PM Scott Morrison called a press conference to say he was "open-minded" to proposals to formally recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move his nation's embassy to the holy city, a sharp break with the policy of successive Australian govts for decades. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2AbJ0jN

Koreas and UN Command begin talks on demilitarising border

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