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Maithripala Sirisena says parliament was dissolved to prevent unrest

Maithripala Sirisena in an address to the nation outlined his reasons for dissolving parliament well ahead of its scheduled closure. His decision was criticised by some political parties and civil society groups as unconstitutional and illegal. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RNuowL

Speaker accuses Sirisena of usurping rights of legislators

On October 26, Maithripala Sirisena abruptly sacked Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister and replaced him with Mahinda Rajapaksa, after three-and-a-half years of an estranged relationship with him. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2qFmLNq

With Trump sitting nearby, Macron calls nationalism a betrayal

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Top US Democrats urge acting attorney general to step aside from Russia probe

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In solemn Paris ceremony, Macron leads global World War I Armistice commemorations

President Emmanuel Macron led tributes to the millions of soldiers killed during World War One on Sunday, holding an emotional ceremony in Paris attended by dozens of world leaders to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice. US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and dozens of monarchs, princes, presidents and prime ministers joined Macron to mark the moment guns fell silent across Europe a century ago. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2zKqYUk

Donald Trump joins world leaders to mark 100 years since end of World War 1

More than 66 leaders gathered on a rainy day in Paris a century after guns fell silent in a global war that killed millions. Donald Trump was accompanied by first lady Melania Trump at the tomb of the unknown soldier at the base of the Arc de Triomphe. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DyGuai

Trump joins world leaders to mark centenary of end of World War 1

More than 66 leaders gathered on a rainy day in Paris a century after guns fell silent in a global war that killed millions. Donald Trump was accompanied by first lady Melania Trump at the tomb of the unknown soldier at the base of the Arc de Triomphe. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DyGuai

Severe 'devil winds' expected to whip up deadly California blazes

The Camp Fire burned down more than 6,700 homes and businesses in Paradise, more structures than any other California wildfire on record, and the death toll, which could rise, also makes it one of the deadliest. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2zN2PN0

Poland marks independence centenary amid tensions

Chaos engulfed plans for the state military parade in Warsaw days ahead of the centenary, as far-right groups vowed to use the same route and timing for their controversial annual independence day march. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JU7CAB

Bangladesh opposition BNP says will take part in polls

BNP is part of the newly-formed opposition alliance - National Unity Front which has demanded that the December 23 polls be deferred by one month. Political analysts said the opposition is demanding the deferment of polls to pave the way for an interim government. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2qH9TXc

Sri Lanka's Mahinda Rajapakse vows to hold polls despite challenge

President Maithripala Sirisena triggered the crisis two weeks ago by sacking prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and replacing him with Rajapakse in a power swap his rivals say is illegal. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2FpDaQa

Facebook coaxing teenage girls to befriend middle-aged men: Report

Teenage girls, as young as 13-year-olds, who join the social network are given up to 300 suggestions for who they can add as friends, some of which include middle-aged men who are topless in their profile photos, The Telegraph reported late on Saturday. Facebook has said that was not a typical experience for teenagers for signing up for the service and that it has safeguards built into its recommendation system. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PpdBUc

World leaders gather in Paris a century after WWI armistice

France, the Chhattisgarh of the first global conflict, was hosting the main international commemoration, pressing home the point that the world mustn't stumble into war again, as it did so quickly and catastrophically with World War II. The US and Russian presidents were being joined by an array of leaders whose geographical spread showed how the "war to end all wars" left few corners of the earth untouched. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OFaguW

Ukraine separatists hold elections in defiance of West

Washington and Brussels say the polls in the Donetsk and Lugansk "People's Republics" in Ukraine's industrial east will further hamper efforts to end a conflict that has killed more than 10,000 people since 2014. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DdGCuO

Donald Trump rebuked for cancelling visit to US cemetery in France due to rain

US President Donald Trump faced criticism both offline and online after a planned visit to a cemetery for Americans killed in World War I was cancelled due to bad weather. "They died with their face to the foe and that pathetic inadequate Donald Trump couldn't even defy the weather to pay his respects," Winston Churchill's descendant Sir Nicholas Soames said. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2qFnjmH

At least 61 killed in clashes in Yemen's Hodeida

Medics in the Red Sea city reported 43 Huthi rebels and nine loyalists killed in clashes over the past 24 hours. Another nine loyalist fighters were reported killed by medics at a hospital in government-held Mokha, south of Hodeida. A government military source confirmed the toll. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OCok8o

Why the world is watching Elon Musk's tunnel

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US marks 100th anniversary of end to WWI with poppies, Bells of Peace

More than 100,000 Americans died in World War One, after the United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, driving the nation into a global conflict. Although the United States entered the war in the later stage, many Americans had disagreed with the decision to join allies Britain, France and Russia, some viewing it as an endless fight between old European rivals. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DebX0e

In Georgia, black voters see echoes of voter suppression

"There were so many people, you couldn't count them,'' Williams recalled. ``They were looped around. The line started at the door and it snaked around to the left.'' from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Pk2OdU

How World War I shaped the 20th century and beyond

The "war to end all wars" turned out to be the opposite. By ensuring Germany's economic ruin and political humiliation, the post-war settlement provided fertile ground for the rise of Nazism and its horrors. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2T1zyH3

How World War I shaped the 20th century and beyond

The "war to end all wars" turned out to be the opposite. By ensuring Germany's economic ruin and political humiliation, the post-war settlement provided fertile ground for the rise of Nazism and its horrors. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2T1zyH3

Death toll from California fire rises to 23

Rescue workers recovered the bodies of 14 people on Saturday who were killed by the most destructive fire in California history, bringing the total death toll to 23, the local sheriff said. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JSTcRe

California's Paradise: a ghost town emerging from hell

In the center of town as well as the suburbs, there is nothing left of many houses -- most of which are built of wood in California -- except charred debris and sometimes a brick chimney rising into the sky. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2qCYB6h

Death toll from California fire rises to 23

Rescue workers recovered the bodies of 14 people on Saturday who were killed by the most destructive fire in California history, bringing the total death toll to 23, the local sheriff said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JSTcRe

World leaders mark 100 years since WWI Armistice in Paris

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Gunman who killed 12 died from self-inflicted gunshot

Police say Ian David Long, a 28-year-old ex-Marine machine-gunner, shot and killed 11 people at the Borderline Bar and Grill along with a police officer who responded just before midnight Wednesday. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DfTpwQ

World leaders mark 100 years since WWI Armistice in Paris

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World War I: 52 months of hell

The front line stretched more than 700 kilometres (30 miles), from the North Sea to France's Vosges mountains near Switzerland. But the Great War also raged on Russian, Balkan and Italian fronts, and spread rapidly to the Middle East, colonial Africa and Asia, where Japan sided with the Allies to seize German islands in 1914. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2AYbEFr

At least 11 dead as California fires burn mobile homes, Malibu mansions

The deaths brings to 11 the number of people killed in the state's wildfires in the past few days, with nine found dead in a Northern California wildfire. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Dwhf8v

US' youngest Congresswoman-elect can't afford rent

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