Greek police say they have arrested eight migrants on suspicion of the murder of a Pakistani man trying to leave the country illegally. Police said on Friday the eight were suspected of involvement in the July 23 stabbing death of a 29-year-old Pakistani man who had been with three compatriots heading toward Greece’s northern border […]
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Greek police arrest 8 suspected of killing Pakistani migrant
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China loses spot as world’s No.2 stock market: Bloomberg
China’s stock market has been overtaken as the world’s second-biggest by Japan’s, having been swiped this year by the threat of a trade war with the United States and slowing economic growth. Data from Bloomberg News in intra-day trade on Friday showed the value of equities on the mainland had slipped behind those in their […]
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Trump tells attorney general to end Russia probe
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Wednesday told his attorney general to end the high-profile investigation into Russian election meddling that has ensnared key members of his presidential campaign and cast a long shadow over his White House. In a series of tweets that quickly sparked accusations that Trump was publicly trying to pervert justice, the president […]
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Assam’s controversial citizens’ list unites Modi’s opponents
NEW DELHI: One of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s biggest critics is rallying opposition parties against his government after a new list of citizens excluded 4 million people from a border state in a drive against illegal immigrants. The draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) is the result of a years-long agitation by residents of […]
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Iran reject talks with Trump, says it would be ‘humiliation’
TEHRAN: Scepticism was rife in Iran on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump offered talks, with one lawmaker saying negotiations would be a “humiliation”. The country’s top leaders did not give an immediate response to Trump’s statement a day earlier that he would meet them “any time” without preconditions. But several public figures said it […]
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North Korea developing new missiles: WP
WASHINGTON: US intelligence agencies have found that North Korea is building new missiles, based on satellite photographs taken in recent weeks and other new evidence, The Washington Post reported on Monday. Just weeks after a high-stakes summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang appears to be developing at least […]