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Security personnel use batons to disperse students protesting against the citizenship bill, Guwahati, Dec. 11, 2019. (AFP Photo) India’s Parliament Wednesday passed a contentious citizenship bill which discriminates against Muslims as part of the Hindu-nationalist government’s agenda, amid violent protests against the move. The bill will let New Delhi grant citizenship to illegal immigrants who […]

Niger soldiers provide security for an anti-Boko Haram summit in Diffa city, Niger September 3, 2015. Picture taken September 3, 2015. To match Exclusive USA-NIGER/BOKO HARAM REUTERS/Warren Strobel Hundreds of jihadists attacked a Niger military camp near the border with Mali with shelling and mortars, killing 71 soldiers, the defence ministry said Wednesday. Tuesday’s attack […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump in Singapore on June 12 2018. Picture: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump in Singapore on June 12 2018. Picture: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST Tensions are quickly rising between the United States and North Korea, which has ramped up pressure as […]

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (AP) WASHINGTON — The United States is hopeful North Korea will continue to refrain from nuclear tests and long-range missile tests, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday, after Pyongyang said it had conducted a “very important” test over the weekend. North Korea said the test occurred at […]

  MAung San Suu Kyi denies genocide charges against Myanmar – video The Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has defended Myanmar’s government against accusations of genocide at the international court of justice, calling the allegations an “incomplete and misleading factual picture of the situation in Rakhine state”. Addressing a bench of 17 judges from […]

  House Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment, accusing President Donald Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The Judiciary Committee is slated to vote on the articles later this week, setting up a full House vote next week.  In a news conference announcing the articles Tuesday morning, Democrats said Trump put his […]

TEHRAN- President Hassan Rouhani submitted the administration’s draft of the national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year 1399, which starts on March 20, 2020, to the Majlis on Sunday, IRNA reported. The proposed budget amounted to about 1.988 quadrillion rials (about $473.5 billion at the official rate of 42,000 rials), with a 14-percent […]

An image of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ascending Mt. Baektu on horseback with Pak Jong-chon, chief of the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army, and other military leaders published by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Dec. 4. (Yonhap News) After US President Donald Trump said the US would use military force […]

The four men were accused in the rape and murder of a 26-year-old veterinarian at Shamshabad on the outskirts of Hyderabad on the intervening night of November 27 and 28.(ANI PHOTO.)    A four-member team from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Saturday questioned the doctors who conducted the autopsy on the bodies of the four […]