'Gentle Giant' Atal Bihari Vajpayee no more

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New Delhi –  The world on Thursday lost a 'Gentle Giant' with the demise of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi after prolonged illness. He was 93.  ...

Airstrikes kill 31 militants in S. Afghanistan

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QALAT, Afghanistan –Up to 31 militants were killed as Afghan Air Force in series of sorties pounded Taliban hideouts in parts of the southern Zabul province on Thursday, provincial police...

Keita re-elected Mali president with landslide

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BAMAKO –Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been re-elected for a five-year term after winning a landslide in a runoff ballot, according to official figures Thursday.  The elections...

China, US to resume trade talks in late August

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BEIJING –China will send a senior negotiator to the United States in late August to resume trade talks, its commerce ministry said Thursday, the first public meeting on the dispute...

Malaysia court rules Kim Jong Nam assassination trial can proceed

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SHAH ALAM, Malaysia –A Malaysian court ruled Thursday the murder trial of two women accused of assassinating the half-brother of North Korea's leader can proceed -- in a blow to...

Colombia says 19 citizens killed in tourist bus crash

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QUITO –Colombia's government said Wednesday that 19 of the victims of a deadly bus crush in Ecuador were its citizens, as Quito lowered the overall death toll from the accident.  ...

Turkey's finance minister Berat Albayrak

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ISTANBUL –Turkey's finance minister Berat Albayrak will seek to soothe the markets about the lira's dramatic fall in the wake of escalating tensions with the United States via a conference...

Zimbabwe ruling party challenges bid to overturn poll results

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HARARE –Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party on Wednesday filed a counter-petition challenging the opposition's court bid to overturn election results that gave a narrow victory to incumbant Emmerson Mnangagwa.  ...

Turkey court rejects new appeal to release detained US pastor: report

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ISTANBUL – A Turkish court on Wednesday rejected a new appeal to free US pastor Andrew Brunson, whose detention has sparked a severe crisis in relations between Turkey and the...

44 die as monsoon rains continue to pound Indian state

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NEW DELHI –As many as 44 people have died and over 34,000 displaced since August 8 in southern Indian state of Kerala in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains,...

Farmers in war-torn Afghanistan hit by worst drought in decades

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MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan –After his wheat crop failed and wells dried up, Ghulam Abbas sold his animals and joined thousands of other farmers migrating to cities as Afghanistan's worst drought in...

Russian President is ready to meet with North Korean leader

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SEOUL –Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "at an early date", the North's state media reported Wednesday, amid a rapid diplomatic...

45 soldiers killed in Taliban attack on military camp in N. Afghanistan

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KABUL –At least 45 Afghan security force members were killed after Taliban militants stormed a joint military camp in northern Baghlan province overnight, reported local media Tolo News TV on...

Search for survivors after deadly Italy bridge collapse

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GENOA, Italy –Italian rescuers searched through the night Wednesday for any survivors under the shattered remains of a motorway bridge in Genoa as investigators probed what could have caused such...

Pedestrians injured in crash outside parliament in London

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LONDON –Police shut down the area around Parliament on Tuesday after witnesses said a motorist deliberately crashed into pedestrians and cyclists during the morning commute, heightening tensions in a city...