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Portugal PM threatens to resign if parliament passes teachers pay hike

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Portugal PM threatens to resign if parliament passes teachers pay hike

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SECP directs freeze on Masood Azhar’s assets

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), the country’s financial regulatory agency, has directed all non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and other regulated entities to immediately freeze all investment accounts of Jaish-e-Muhammed chief Masood Azhar soon after the UN placed him on its global terror list from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2GSVMps

Sri Lanka frees Reuters journalist on bail

A Sri Lankan court on Friday released on bail a Reuters news agency journalist arrested on a charge of trespassing while covering the aftermath of the Easter bombings. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2LiFFa9

Sri Lanka bombings: NTJ's financial controller held

The Lankan police on Friday arrested a man alleged to have been in-charge of the finances of the banned local Islamist extremist outfit, NTJ, linked to the ISIS, which claimed the responsibility for the Easter bombings that left 253 people dead and several hundreds injured. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2VMcVKI

Radio journalist murdered in southern Mexico: Official

Telesforo Santiago Enriquez, a journalist and professor, expressed his analysis and criticism of the government on the radio and recently publicly denounced the municipal authorities for alleged diversion of resources. He was shot dead, said the national ombudsman said on Friday. He is the fourth journalist murdered in Mexico this year. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2LkV49W

Israel says two soldiers wounded by gunfire from Gaza

The army said Friday the soldiers were moderately and lightly wounded, respectively. Israeli aircraft hit a Hamas militant site in response. The shootings come as thousands of Palestinians demonstrate along the territory's perimeter fence with Israel. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2VGeBFS

Main parties take Brexit battering in UK local elections

With results in Friday from about half of the 259 local authorities up for grabs, the governing Conservatives had lost more than 460 seats. The opposition Labour Party, which had hoped to increase its tally of local councilors, lost 60. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2LnHtP5

ISIS bride Shamima Begum will be hanged if she comes to Bangladesh: Foreign Minister

Minister Abdul Momen said the 19-year-old girl - who fled Bethnal Green for Syria and is currently living in the al-Hol desert refugee camp in Syria - would be punished severely as the country has a "zero tolerance" for terrorism. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2GTtzyS

More than 1 million children affected by Mozambique cyclones

More than 1 million children have been affected by two cyclones that ripped into Mozambique in less than two months, the United Nations children's agency says. Many of the children are without shelter or food. Some saw parents killed or disappeared in the flooding that followed the storms. Of the 150,000 people affected by Cyclone Kenneth, half are children. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2VGq08p

US arrests Pakistani-American for ties to JeM after helping designate its leader Masood Azhar as "global terrorist"

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Indian-American pharma executive convicted of opioid racketeering

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Indian-American pharma executive convicted of opioid racketeering

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Ebola deaths in Congo outbreak likely to exceed 1,000: UN

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Ebola epidemic death toll to pass 1,000: UN

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Spanish police bust Bangladeshi-run migrant smuggling ring

The migrants allegedly paid the ring between 14,000-20,000 euros ($15,500-$22,000) for the journey, police said, adding that 11 people had been arrested in Barcelona where the group was based. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India http://bit.ly/2LkyIFB

Julian Assange UK bail sentence 'disproportionate': UN experts

The 50-week jail sentence given to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for breaching a British court's bail conditions seven years ago is "disproportionate," the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said on Friday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2J8zwdY

Julian Assange UK bail sentence 'disproportionate': UN experts

The 50-week jail sentence given to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for breaching a British court's bail conditions seven years ago is "disproportionate," the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said on Friday. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India http://bit.ly/2J8zwdY

US Air Force General Tod Wolters sworn in as Nato commander

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US Air Force General sworn in as Nato commander

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Thousands protest again against ruling elite in Algeria

Weeks of demonstrations forced Bouteflika out of office on April 2 after 20 years in power. Protesters have continued mass demonstrations every Friday, demanding other members of the country's elite also give way. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2Wlysar

Cyclone Fani to change Nepal's weather condition

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FBI sent undercover investigator to meet Trump aide: Report

The investigator who met with George Papadopoulos from Trump's campaign team at a London bar in September 2016, was posing as a research assistant, the New York Times said, citing unnamed people familiar with the operation. The effort ultimately "yielded no fruitful information," but the revelation may provide further ammunition to Trump, who has denounced what he has termed "spying" on his campaign. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2LjxWsh

FBI sent undercover investigator to meet Trump aide: Report

The investigator who met with George Papadopoulos from Trump's campaign team at a London bar in September 2016, was posing as a research assistant, the New York Times said, citing unnamed people familiar with the operation. The effort ultimately "yielded no fruitful information," but the revelation may provide further ammunition to Trump, who has denounced what he has termed "spying" on his campaign. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2LjxWsh

Russia confirms Lavrov-Pompeo meeting next week

Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Friday by state news agency Tass that a meeting has been set up between foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and US secretary of state Mike Pompeo next week in Finland. Reports say the pair will meet on the sidelines of the Arctic Council ministerial session on Monday and Tuesday in the city of Rovaniemi. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2VGrsI2

Pak top court rejects bail extension for ex- PM Sharif

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Message of local UK elections is sort out Brexit: Labour's spokesman

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Facebook bans 'dangerous individuals' cited for hate speech

Decried as censorship by several of those who got the axe, the move signals a renewed effort by the social media giant to remove people and groups promoting objectionable material such as hate, racism and anti-Semitism. Removing some of the best-known figures of the US political extreme takes away an important virtual megaphone that Facebook has provided. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2JbiiMZ

More attacks feared in Sri Lankan capital: Police

Islamist extremists in Sri Lanka are believed to be planning attacks on bridges in Colombo, authorities said. Sri Lanka's military has set up a special command centre to coordinate anti-jihadist operations, while the army said more troops have been deployed for search operations. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2UWEEnJ

Airlines are hiring doctors to make your long flights easier

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Barr skips House hearing; Pelosi accuses him of lying

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