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Greece votes in election expected to oust leftist Tsipras

Greek voters cast their ballots on Sunday in the country's first national election of the post-bailout era, with leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's Syriza party expected to be ousted by the conservative opposition. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Jh2Oqd

Greece votes in election expected to oust leftist Tsipras

Greek voters cast their ballots on Sunday in the country's first national election of the post-bailout era, with leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's Syriza party expected to be ousted by the conservative opposition. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Jh2Oqd

Iran set to exceed nuclear deal uranium enrichment cap

Iran on Sunday said it was set to breach the uranium enrichment cap set by an endangered nuclear deal within hours as it seeks to press signatories into keeping their side of the bargain. The Islamic republic also threatened to abandon more commitments unless a solution is found with parties to the 2015 agreement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JhMcPm

Taliban launch major attack in central Afghanistan

A Taliban attack on a government security compound in central Afghanistan on Sunday killed at least eight security personnel and six civilians and wounded more than 140, officials said, as rival Afghan groups met in Qatar to discuss peace. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2XuDYr4

Iran reduces commitment to 2015 nuclear deal

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Protests pile pressure on Hong Kong's already-stressed youth

Hong Kong's protests have ratcheted up already high stress levels among young people as they despair for their future under Beijing's heel in a city where anger has long simmered over inequality and sky-high property prices, experts warn. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xB7MYh

At least five dead in Taliban blast in Afghan city: Officials

A Taliban car bomb in eastern Afghanistan killed at least 5 people and wounded scores more on Sunday, Afghan officials said, in a blast that came amid ongoing peace talks in Qatar. The attack hit the eastern city of Ghazni and targeted an intelligence unit, Ghazni provincial governor spokesman said. The Taliban claimed the attack in a WhatsApp message. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JyJcNA

California governor says earthquakes are a 'wakeup call'

The two major earthquakes that hit Southern California should alert people across the nation of the need to be prepared for natural disasters, the state's governor said as officials expressed relief that the damages weren't worse. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JjVgTY

Biden apologizes for comments defending segregationist senators

Former US Vice President Joe Biden, the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 presidential election, apologized on Saturday for comments supporting segregationist lawmakers that had been seized on by his opponents. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2XAbBb2

Biden apologizes for comments defending segregationist senators

Former US Vice President Joe Biden, the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 presidential election, apologized on Saturday for comments supporting segregationist lawmakers that had been seized on by his opponents. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2XAbBb2

California governor says earthquakes are a 'wakeup call'

The two major earthquakes that hit Southern California should alert people across the nation of the need to be prepared for natural disasters, the state's governor said as officials expressed relief that the damages weren't worse. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JjVgTY

Pakistan's top anti-graft body summons Shehbaz Sharif on July 12 in corruption case

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Pakistan judge 'blackmailed' into issuing verdict against Nawaz Sharif: Maryam

PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz has released a video clip showing an accountability court judge allegedly confessing that he was "blackmailed and forced" to convict former PM Nawaz Sharif in a corruption case. Sharif has been serving a 7-year prison term since December 24, 2018 when the accountability court convicted him in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills case. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JurZEL

China station next target for Hong Kong protesters

Anti-government protesters in Hong Kong plan to rally later Sunday outside a controversial station where high-speed trains depart for the Chinese mainland as they try to turn up pressure on the city's pro-Beijing leaders. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2L6PHdG

Indonesia's famed disaster spokesman dies of cancer

Affectionately known as Pak Topo (Mr Topo), Nugroho was the face of government efforts to get word out on the latest developments in a string of natural disasters, including a quake-tsunami that killed thousands on Sulawesi island in 2018. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2L5fFOm

Hundreds of thousands march across Europe for Gay Pride

Four hundred thousand people turned out on the streets of Madrid on Saturday for a Gay Pride parade dedicated this year to pioneers of the LGBT+ cause, amid growing fears of repression with the rise of far-right in Europe. The marchers converged on the Spanish capital's main Atocha train station for the start of the festivities. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/30braHM

Hundreds of thousands march across Europe for Gay Pride

Four hundred thousand people turned out on the streets of Madrid on Saturday for a Gay Pride parade dedicated this year to pioneers of the LGBT+ cause, amid growing fears of repression with the rise of far-right in Europe. The marchers converged on the Spanish capital's main Atocha train station for the start of the festivities. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/30braHM

US demands El Chapo forfeit $12.7 billion in drug money

Prosecutors on Friday said they were seeking $12.7 billion from convicted Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, based on a conservative estimate of revenues from his cartel's drug sales in the US. Based on prices for drugs quoted by various witnesses, Guzman's 25-year reign atop the Sinaloa cartel netted sales of some $11.8 billion in cocaine, $846 million in marijuana and $11 million in heroin, authorities said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JufRUf

US demands El Chapo forfeit $12.7 billion in drug money

Prosecutors on Friday said they were seeking $12.7 billion from convicted Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, based on a conservative estimate of revenues from his cartel's drug sales in the US. Based on prices for drugs quoted by various witnesses, Guzman's 25-year reign atop the Sinaloa cartel netted sales of some $11.8 billion in cocaine, $846 million in marijuana and $11 million in heroin, authorities said. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JufRUf

After cake, honey & slippers, Melania Trump gets her own monument

After Melania cake, Melania honey, and even Melania slippers, the Slovenian hometown of the US first lady will now boast a statue of its most famous daughter - albeit one that has faced decidedly mixed reviews. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2YALX7j

Eva Kor, an Auschwitz survivor, dies in Poland

Eva Mozes Kor, a survivor of Auschwitz and the death camp's infamous doctor Josef Mengele, has passed away in Poland during a trip to the Holocaust site, sources said. The Romanian-born Kor, who founded the Candles Museum in Terre Haute, Indiana and devoted her life to Holocaust awareness, was 85. "The moment I forgave the Nazis, I felt free from Auschwitz and from all the tragedy that had occurred to me," Kor said in a video recording of her last visit. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Js4IU5

After cake, honey & slippers, Melania Trump gets her own monument

After Melania cake, Melania honey, and even Melania slippers, the Slovenian hometown of the US first lady will now boast a statue of its most famous daughter - albeit one that has faced decidedly mixed reviews. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2YALX7j

Eva Kor, an Auschwitz survivor, dies in Poland

Eva Mozes Kor, a survivor of Auschwitz and the death camp's infamous doctor Josef Mengele, has passed away in Poland during a trip to the Holocaust site, sources said. The Romanian-born Kor, who founded the Candles Museum in Terre Haute, Indiana and devoted her life to Holocaust awareness, was 85. "The moment I forgave the Nazis, I felt free from Auschwitz and from all the tragedy that had occurred to me," Kor said in a video recording of her last visit. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Js4IU5

Ahead of deadline, Iran says could raise uranium limit to 5%

Iran will announce on Sunday that it will raise its uranium enrichment level to 5%, ahead of deadline it set for world powers to save a landmark 2015 nuclear deal. The concentration under the deal was earlier pegged at above 3.67%. Iran is acting on its May 8 threat to suspend from Sunday parts of the agreement in response to Trump’s reimposition of crippling sanctions after withdrawing from the deal in May last year. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2XuZ6x2

Donald Trump blames teleprompter for I-Day goof-up

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Donald Trump blames teleprompter for I-Day goof-up

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