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China backs Pakistan on terrorism measures

An attack on Indian-administered Kashmir last month killed 40 Indian security personnel and was claimed by a Pakistan-based militant group. "China commends Pakistan's recent strong counter-terrorism measures at home," Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters after meeting with his Pakistani counterpart. "We fully support Pakistan in carrying through its counterterrorism campaign," Wang said from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2TVtTpf

UK played honest broker to avert recent India-Pakistan flash point: Minister

Mark Field, UK Foreign Office minister in-charge of Asia, told the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) that there was a brief moment where the situation had reached the flash point of nearly 20 years ago during the Kargil War from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ULoH4j

Chinese nuclear modernisation programme is destabilising: US

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Pakistani airspace restrictions keep routes closed, carriers off balance

The closure of large swathes of the eastern airspace effectively shuts off major international flight routes in and out of Islamabad and Lahore along with select domestic routes. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2FmaWUq

Pakistan court mulls options for recording Musharraf's statement in treason case

The previous Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government had filed the treason case against the ex-army chief general (retd) Musharraf in 2013 over the imposition of extra-constitutional emergency in November 2007 from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2HCSZml

Letter points to 'terror' in Dutch tram attack

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French EU minister says London must break Brexit impasse

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Awami League leader shot dead in Bangladesh

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Iran denies joint raid with Turkey against Kurd rebels

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Myanmar court jails Rakhine leader for 20 years for treason

Security forces tried to calm hundreds of supporters outside the court in Rakhine state capital Sittwe as Aye Maung was escorted to a waiting police van following the verdict. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Jmkymj

In US presidential race, how old is too old?

Donald Trump, the oldest person ever elected US president, will be 74 on Inauguration Day 2021. Two likely contenders for the Democratic nomination who lead early polls, Senator Bernie Sanders and former vice president Joe Biden, will be 79 and 78, respectively. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2CrTbRX

After Paris violence, pressure mounts on Macron's post-debate response

Town hall meetings across France launched two months ago to defuse the unrest helped Macron reconnect with voters, boosting his popularity and lifting the gloom in the Elysee, even if some participants felt the encounters were a pointless talk shop. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2UDuNUq

Death toll from Indonesia floods, mudslides rises to 89

National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho says the worst-hit area from the flooding was Sentani subdistrict, where tons of mud, rocks and trees from a landslide on a mountain rolled down to a river that burst its banks, sweeping away residents. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2CqbuqL

Trump to nominate Washington lawyer ambassador to Mexico

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Trump to nominate Washington lawyer ambassador to Mexico: White House

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Pak govt believes $ 11 billion stashed abroad by Pakistanis: Report

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Trump hosts 'Trump of the Tropics' Bolsonaro at White House

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Hawaii weighs first-in-nation plastic bans at restaurants

Dozens of cities across the country have banned plastic foam containers, but Hawaii's measure would make it the first to do so statewide. The liberal state has a history of prioritizing the environment — it's mandated renewable energy use and prohibited sunscreen ingredients that harm coral. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2TOIumv

UN received 259 allegations of sexual exploitation, abuse in 2018: Report

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Erdogan campaign use of Mosque shooter video draws NZ ire

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Homes flood as Missouri River overtops, breaches levees

Hundreds of homes flooded in several Midwestern states after rivers breached at least a dozen levees following heavy rain and snowmelt in the region, authorities said Monday while warning that the flooding was expected to linger. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JiZlcL

How long will Pompeo serve? Until Trump 'tweets me out'

Secretary of state Mike Pompeo, who served at the start of Trump's term as CIA director, is careful not to show any daylight with the president and has succeeded in becoming one of the rare original cabinet members who has not clashed with him. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2TYqvtG

Homes flood as Missouri River overtops, breaches levees

Hundreds of homes flooded in several Midwestern states after rivers breached at least a dozen levees following heavy rain and snowmelt in the region, authorities said Monday while warning that the flooding was expected to linger. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JiZlcL

How long will Pompeo serve? Until Trump 'tweets me out'

Secretary of state Mike Pompeo, who served at the start of Trump's term as CIA director, is careful not to show any daylight with the president and has succeeded in becoming one of the rare original cabinet members who has not clashed with him. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2TYqvtG

Jack the Ripper unmasked, he was a Polish barber

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New Zealand's darkest day: 36 minutes of terror

On March 15, New Zealand changed. Some are calling it a loss of innocence, a reminder that distance doesn't bring protection against violence. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has vowed to change gun laws and investigate what went wrong. This is how 36 minutes of terror unfolded, according to witness accounts and livestream video. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2TR7ppt

Australian PM pushes G20 to tackle internet extremism

Australian PM Scott Morrison has called on world leaders to press technology firms to tackle the "ungoverned" space of extremist internet content in the wake of the Christchurch attack. In a letter published Tuesday, Morrison asked the G20 summit host, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, that the issue be raised when leaders gather in Osaka this June. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JAFbvl

Turkish man suspected of killing three in tram shooting in Dutch city held

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More than 1,000 feared dead in Mozambique storm

"For the moment we have registered 84 deaths officially, but when we flew over the area... this morning to understand what's going on, everything indicates that we could register more than 1,000 deaths," Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi said in a nationwide address. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OcmlJv