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US says it won't cede leadership of IS fight despite pullout

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US says it won't cede leadership of IS fight despite pullout

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Sri Lanka to resume executions within two months: President

"I hope to carry out the first hanging within a month or two," he said. "I appeal to human rights organisations not to try to pressure us on this decision." Criminals in Sri Lanka are regularly given death sentences for murder, rape and drug-related crimes but until now their punishments have been commuted to life jail from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2GhVElF

EU chief ponders 'special place in hell' for some Brexiters

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Two Afghan journalists killed in attack on radio station: Officials

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Trump call for truce while sticking to his guns

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US general asks Pak to cease its behaviour undermining regional stability

Pakistan's actions are often a source of "frustration" to US' regional efforts in Afghanistan, a top American general has said as he asked Islamabad to cease its behaviour undermining stability and play constructive role in achieving peace in South Asia. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2SydsOX

Emmanuel Macron 'yellow vest' concessions harming state finances: Auditors

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Emmanuel Macron 'yellow vest' concessions harming state finances: Auditors

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How Trump’s latest plan to cut drug prices will affect you

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Taliban reject Trump's suggestion of lingering US counter-terrorism presence

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May meets with political parties in Northern Ireland on Brexit

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Bangladesh protests to Myanmar over new arrivals from troubled state

Bangladesh's foreign ministry summoned Myanmar's ambassador late on Tuesday to protest over the arrivals from Rakhine, already notorious following a military clampdown on Muslim Rohingya in August 2017 which sent more than 700,000 people across the border. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2Gsb5aa

Stay away from politics, act within law: Pak SC to armed forces, ISI

"We direct the federal and provincial governments to monitor those advocating hate, extremism and terrorism and prosecute the perpetrators in accordance with the law," the bench comprising Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Mushir Alam ruled. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2DhXjDw

Australia cancels residency of politically connected Chinese billionaire

A prominent Chinese billionaire political donor Huang Xiangmo was reportedly left stranded outside of Australia after home affairs cancelled his permanent residency and rejected his application for citizenship. He has come under scrutiny for alleged links to the United Front Work Department — a Communist Party-linked body accused of neutralising opposition and buying political influence around the world. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2UPsSMr

Tomb of Karl Marx vandalised in London

German revolutionary philosopher Marx moved to London in 1849 and lived in the British capital for the rest of his life. His theories became the basis for communism. He died on March 14, 1883, aged 64. The granite slab monument in north London, 12 feet (3.7 metres) tall and topped with a bronze bust of Marx, was funded in 1956 by the Communist Party of Great Britain. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2HWshXo

At State of the Union, women in white stand up (or sit down) to Trump

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the most powerful Democrat in the country, sat behind the president on the stage, wearing a white pantsuit. She shook her head or looked on disapprovingly when he challenged Democrats or laid out a dark vision of illegal immigrants assailing America. As Trump lauded the growing number of women finding jobs in the economy, the women lawmakers in white rose and cheered, apparently for themselves, for filling many of the open jobs in Congress during the congressional elections in Nov. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2Gpbh9X

At State of the Union, women in white stand up (or sit down) to Trump

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the most powerful Democrat in the country, sat behind the president on the stage, wearing a white pantsuit. She shook her head or looked on disapprovingly when he challenged Democrats or laid out a dark vision of illegal immigrants assailing America. As Trump lauded the growing number of women finding jobs in the economy, the women lawmakers in white rose and cheered, apparently for themselves, for filling many of the open jobs in Congress during the congressional elections in Nov. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2Gpbh9X

Trump calls for bipartisanship, a hard line on immigration

Face to face with emboldened Democrats, President Donald Trump called on Washington to cast aside "revenge, resistance and retribution" and end "ridiculous partisan investigations" in a State of the Union address delivered at a vulnerable moment for his presidency. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2DbqB6L

Trump calls for bipartisanship, a hard line on immigration

Face to face with emboldened Democrats, President Donald Trump called on Washington to cast aside "revenge, resistance and retribution" and end "ridiculous partisan investigations" in a State of the Union address delivered at a vulnerable moment for his presidency. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2DbqB6L

Torture still scars Iranians 40 years after revolution

As Iran this month marks the 40th anniversary of its Islamic Revolution and the overthrow of the shah, the surviving inmates who suffered torture at the hands of the country's police and dreaded SAVAK intelligence service still bear both visible and hidden scars. Even today, United Nations investigators and rights group say Iran tortures and arbitrarily detains prisoners. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2t7Y5yz

Pakistani PM Imran Khan orders probe into attack on Hindu temple

Khan went on Twitter Tuesday night, saying the government of southern Sindh province "must take swift and decisive action against the perpetrators'' of the attack, which was against the teachings of Quran, Islam's holy book. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2HT7Vyw

Trump's 2020 Democratic rivals pounce to criticize State of the Union speech

US Senator Cory Booker, who announced his own bid last Friday, said Trump's call for unity on Tuesday was hollow. Trump used his speech to highlight a strong economy but drew criticism by vowing to build a wall on the border with Mexico despite Democratic opposition. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2TxFVlh

Donald Trump's State of the Union address: Full speech

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Afghan prez says his govt must be 'decision-maker' in any peace deal

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday no peace deal between the Taliban and the United States could be finalised without involving his government as "the decision-maker". Ghani's government has so far been shut out of the evolving peace talks between Taliban negotiators and US envoys to end more than 17 years of war, with the hardline Islamist movement branding his government a US puppet. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2SumrR9

Trump vows to build border wall, warns Democrats against investigations

President Donald Trump vowed in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday to build a border wall that is a source of a deep partisan divide and said Democratic attempts at "ridiculous partisan investigations" could damage US prosperity. He called illegal immigration "an urgent national crisis," but stopped short of declaring a border emergency that would allow him to bypass Congress for wall funding. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2DWKm3Q

Amnesty accuses UAE of diverting arms to "militias" in Yemen

"Emirati forces receive billions of dollars' worth of arms from Western states and others, only to syphon them off to militias in Yemen that answer to no-one and are known to be committing war crimes," Amnesty said in a statement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2GqI1Q1

China 'theft' of US jobs and wealth must 'come to an end': Trump

"We are now making it clear to China that after years of targeting our industries, and stealing our intellectual property, the theft of American jobs and wealth has come to an end," Trump said in his annual State of the Union address. Trump also called on China to make the kind of far-reaching "structural" changes to industrial policy that analysts say Beijing is likely to resist. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2TG1fF2

Trump to meet NKorean leader Kim Jong on Feb 27-28 in Vietnam

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will hold a two-day summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un on Feb 27-28 in Vietnam to continue his efforts to persuade Kim to give up his nuclear weapons. Trump has said his outreach to Kim and their first meeting last June in Singapore opened a path to peace. But there is not yet a concrete plan for how denuclearization could be implemented. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2GqFa9L

Trump to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Feb 27-28 in Vietnam

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will hold a two-day summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un on Feb 27-28 in Vietnam to continue his efforts to persuade Kim to give up his nuclear weapons. Trump has said his outreach to Kim and their first meeting last June in Singapore opened a path to peace. But there is not yet a concrete plan for how denuclearization could be implemented. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2GqFa9L

Pope admits priests, bishops sexually abused nuns

The issue of sexual abuse hit the headlines last year after a nun accused an Indian bishop of repeatedly raping her in a case that triggered rare dissent within the country's Catholic Church. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India http://bit.ly/2WJFVRi

UK schools have a new subject: Mindfulness

Students in England already learn about mathematics, science and history, but hundreds of schools are preparing to expand the traditional curriculum with a new subject: mindfulness. In up to 370 English schools, students will start to practice mindfulness as part of a study to improve youth mental health, the British government said on Monday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2DWqgqj

US govt misled Indian students by setting up fake university: Indian American attorney

Flooded with phone calls from panic-stricken students, an eminent Indian American attorney on Tuesday alleged that Department of Homeland Security knowingly allowed the "fake university" to be set up and misled students sitting hundreds of miles away in another country. ​ from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2GqNshV

Trump calls on divided Congress to end 'political stalemate'

Facing a divided Congress for the first time, President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Washington to govern "not as two parties, but as one nation" — a message that clashed with the rancorous atmosphere in the nation's capital after the longest government shutdown in history. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2DcCkSN

Trump calls on divided Congress to end 'political stalemate'

Facing a divided Congress for the first time, President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Washington to govern "not as two parties, but as one nation" — a message that clashed with the rancorous atmosphere in the nation's capital after the longest government shutdown in history. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2DcCkSN

Former Pak PM Gilani stopped from leaving country

According to the Federal Investigation Agency, Gilani had reached the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore to catch his flight for South Korea via Bangkok to attend a conference. However, his name was on the no-fly list. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2Gda3iU

Trump to say in speech fixing immigration system is 'moral duty'

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Trump to say in speech fixing immigration system is 'moral duty'

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China an opportunistic nation: Top US commander

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