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Pakistan loses traction in US as Washington loses leverage over Islamabad

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Two UK universities evacuated due to 'suspicious packages'

Police in eastern England said they had put a cordon in place at the University of Essex and evacuated some buildings after receiving a call about a suspect package. The bomb squad had been called in. In Scotland, the University of Glasgow also said several buildings had been shut and classes cancelled after a suspicious package was found in the mailroom. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2EGncO1

EU says 'no solution' yet to break Brexit deadlock

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Lanka President takes U-turn over war crimes probe

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Turkey, Iran to stage joint raid against Kurd rebels: Minister

Turkey has battled the PKK for decades, while the Iranian security forces have also fought its affiliate, the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK). Both groups have rear bases in neighbouring Iraq. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2XCFXed

Suicide blast near airport in east kills 16: Afghan official

Militants in Afghanistan set off a suicide blast on Wednesday at a construction company near the airport in Jalalabad, killing at least 16 people. The dawn assault drew in US forces to assist the Afghan troops in the ensuing shootout. No one immediately claimed responsibility but both the Taliban and the IS are active in eastern Afghanistan. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2SLzY34

Iraq children tortured, unfairly tried for alleged IS ties: HRW

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Death toll from Indonesia mine collapse rises to 16

18 people have been pulled alive but injured from the illegal mine on Sulawesi island, but it is unclear how many were inside when the accident happened last Tuesday. Painstaking rescue efforts have been hampered by steep terrain, unstable soil and dangerously narrow mining shafts. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2TmwXLJ

Talks with Taliban focus on four key issues to end the Afghan war: US

A high-powered American delegation led by Special US Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has been holding marathon meetings in Doha, Qatar with a high-level Taliban team led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Tm78eu

Monster twister takes 10 relatives from 1 Alabama family

The couple's son Emmanuel Jones, a 53-year-old uncle to the cousins, is gone too. Also dead, they said, were seven cousins by both blood and marriage: Eric Jamal Stenson, 38; Florel Tate Stenson; 63; Henry Lewis Stenson; 65; James Henry Tate, 86; Tresia Robinson, 62; Raymond Robinson Jr., 63; and Maggie Delight Robinson, 57. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ECgGrG

US visa duration for Pakistani citizens reduced to 3 months

The visa duration for Pakistani nationals has been reduced to three months from five years, said a spokesperson of the US embassy in Pakistan. The US government has also increased visa application fees for the Pakistani citizens to $192 form $160. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2XCHyAw

Evacuations in California take place as storm approaches

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office ordered 3,000 residents to evacuate hillside neighborhoods scarred by fires — including parts of Montecito hit by a disastrous debris flow just over a year ago. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2XAjWg1

Venezuela's Guaido tells Maduro pressure 'just beginning'

The 35-year-old National Assembly leader returned home to a hero's welcome on Monday, having defied a ban on leaving the country to embark on a 10-day tour of South American allies and remains free after returning despite the threat of arrest by the government. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2H1P9DK

South Korea court grants bail for ex-president Lee

The CEO-turned president, who served from 2008 to 2013, was found guilty on charges including bribery and embezzlement and sentenced to 15 years in prison last October. But the Seoul High Court approved the request for bail that the 77-year-old Lee made on the grounds of ill health, the South's Yonhap news agency reported. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2XDCcF4

France tries to set trend with internet tax bill

The bill, to be discussed by cabinet ministers before being submitted to parliament, is a proposal by Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire to have companies pay a tax of three percent on much of their digital sales in France. The government hopes the move will catch on abroad despite an earlier failure to reach consensus at the European Union level. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2EOPh7i

Nude 'Mona Lisa' may be by Leonardo, say experts

Experts at the Louvre in Paris, where the world's biggest collection of Leonardo's work is held, have been examining a charcoal drawing known as the "Monna Vanna" which has long been attributed to the Renaissance painter's studio. But the charcoal preparatory work for a painting of a semi-nude woman, held at the Conde Museum at Chantilly north of Paris, may now have to be reclassified. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2VE35H8

US 'very closely' following reports of F-16 misuse by Pakistan: State Dept

The Indian Air Force on Thursday displayed parts of an AMRAAM beyond visual range air-to-air missile as evidence to "conclusively" prove that Pakistan deployed US-manufactured F-16 fighter jets during an aerial raid targeting Indian military installations in Kashmir after India's anti-terror operation in Balakot. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2H7LFjh

UN chief: South Sudan cease-fire largely holding but fragile

These include "silencing the guns,'' reaching agreement on a future vision for the security sector, establishing transitional security arrangements, and forming a transitional government that meets agreed quotas for women and the opposition, Guterres says. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NKHb2m

North Korea 'rebuilding' main satellite launch site, photos show

A Washington-based think tank says activity is "evident" at the vertical engine test stand and the launch pad's rail-mounted rocket transfer structure at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station -- the facility from which Pyongyang launched satellites in 2012 and 2016. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2EAiJg2

Donald Trump’s grip shows signs of slipping as senate prepares to block wall emergency

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Google moves to address wage equity, and finds it’s underpaying many men

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Indian and Pakistani students at Oxford say ‘No’ to war

Nearly 100 nationals from the two countries took part in the “India-Pakistan Solidarity Demonstration” outside the Radcliffe Camera, one of Oxford’s iconic landmarks, on Saturday. Holding placards saying “This is not our war” and “No to war”, they read out anti-war poems in Bengali, Urdu, Punjabi and English and sang Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s nazm “Hum Dekhenge” from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Tt90Se