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Trump hails Syria cease-fire after he played role in crisis

President Donald Trump framed the US-brokered cease-fire deal with Turkey as "a great day for civilization," but its effect was largely to mitigate a foreign policy crisis widely seen to be of his own making. Trump was widely criticized for turning on the Kurds, who had taken heavy casualties as partners with the US in fighting IS extremists since 2016. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/33JNZns

Trump hails Syria cease-fire after he played role in crisis

President Donald Trump framed the US-brokered cease-fire deal with Turkey as "a great day for civilization," but its effect was largely to mitigate a foreign policy crisis widely seen to be of his own making. Trump was widely criticized for turning on the Kurds, who had taken heavy casualties as partners with the US in fighting IS extremists since 2016. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/33JNZns

Nearly 1,700 Syrian Kurds seek refuge in Iraq

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Fate of Japan's imperial dynasty rests on shoulders of 13-year-old

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Pakistan blacklists, expels global journalists' group leader

Pakistan blacklisted and expelled the Asia coordinator of global press freedom group the Committee to Protect Journalists. Steven Butler was refused entry at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore despite having a valid visa and was returned to the United States. Butler said he was told he was on "a stop list of the Interior Ministry." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2BnKkzG

Top White House official indicates Donald Trump withheld Ukraine aid

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Pompeo to meet Netanyahu in Israel after Turkey meeting

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo was due to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Friday, hours after Turkey agreed with the US to pause its offensive on Kurdish forces in Syria. Thursday's truce, brokered in Ankara by a US team including Pompeo and US vice president Mike Pence, gives Kurdish forces five days to withdraw from a "safe zone" Ankara had sought to capture. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2J0bRLS

Singapore hands down first conviction for terror financing

There have been a steady stream of arrests in Singapore related to support for Islamist extremism, and the affluent city-state's leaders have warned it is a prime target for an attack. Ahmed Hussein Abdul Kadir Sheik Uduman was jailed for two and a half years for donating Sg$1,146 ($840) to Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal, an Islamist preacher living in Jamaica, according to court documents seen by AFP Friday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2P425fH

Trump says Turkey and Kurds needed to fight 'like two kids'

President Trump said Thursday that he allowed Turkish & Kurdish forces to clash in deadly battle because the two sides were like children who needed to fight each other. "Like two kids in a lot, you have got to let them fight and then you pull them apart. They fought for a few days and it was pretty vicious," he said. Trump also stressed that "not one drop of American blood" was shed. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2oQYW89

Trump says Turkey and Kurds needed to fight 'like two kids'

President Trump said Thursday that he allowed Turkish & Kurdish forces to clash in deadly battle because the two sides were like children who needed to fight each other. "Like two kids in a lot, you have got to let them fight and then you pull them apart. They fought for a few days and it was pretty vicious," he said. Trump also stressed that "not one drop of American blood" was shed. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2oQYW89

Another Brexit deal. But will it finally take UK out of EU?

British PM Boris Johnson has announced that a fresh deal has been agreed that will finally allow UK to leave EU by October 31, the Brexit deadline. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MUz9UJ

Sanctions on Turkey no longer necessary: Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump has said that America's proposed economic sanctions on Ankara are no longer necessary after the US and Turkey struck a deal for a five-day cease fire in Syria. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JfzkZN

What’s happening in Vegas? The famed quickie marriages are slowing down

All you need to get married at the chapel, or anywhere in Las Vegas, is $77, a photo ID and proof that you’re at least 18 years old. But it’s no secret that marriage rates in the US have dwindled in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, and that shifting social values coupled with the burdens of student debt have made tying the knot for millennials unfeasible and unappealing, and sometimes both. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2BmdX4v

Animal trapper plays with alligator until it tires, pulls it from pool

Celebrity trapper Paul Bedard, who is contracted with the Florida’s nuisance alligator program, said he was able to pull the nearly 9-foot (2.7-meter) animal out of the water once it grew tired from playing with him in the pool at a home in Parkland. He put a snare on its mouth and taped it. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2oTnrBv

Turkey, US agree on Syria ceasefire to force Kurdish fighters' withdrawal

Turkey has agreed to suspend its Syria offensive for five days and will end the assault if Kurdish-led forces withdraw from a safe zone along the border, US Vice President Mike Pence and Turkish officials announced Thursday after high-stakes talks. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/32p0DbB

Europe endorses Brexit deal and urges UK MPs to back it

European Union leaders endorsed a hard-fought Brexit deal with Britain on Thursday, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces an uphill battle getting it through the British parliament. If the deal is defeated, the prime minister is legally obliged to ask EU leaders to postpone Brexit for a third time -- breaking his vow to lead Britain out on October 31. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/32m43M2