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Spectre of N. Korean atmospheric nuclear test prompts emergency plans in Seoul & Tokyo

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Spectre of N. Korean atmospheric nuclear test prompts emergency plans in Seoul & Tokyo

FILE PHOTO © Reuters South Korean banks and utility companies are drawing up plans to construct shielding and potentially move operations overseas to protect against North Korea as further provocation from Pyongyang is expected on October 10. South Korean banks and vital infrastructure facilities, including nuclear power plants and government ministries, have reportedly been hacked by Pyongyang […]

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Spain heads for showdown over Catalan independence referendum

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Spain heads for showdown over Catalan independence referendum

Photos: AFP Spain is on tenterhooks as the crisis between Catalan separatist leaders and the central government reaches fever-pitch ahead of an independence referendum banned by Madrid on Sunday. The showdown is one of Spain’s biggest political crises since the end of the dictatorship of Francisco Franco four decades ago and it has Catalonia deeply […]

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Trump sets US refugee cap for next year at 45,000

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Trump sets US refugee cap for next year at 45,000

M AFP Photo The United States will admit a maximum of 45,000 refugees during the 2018 fiscal year, President Donald Trump said in a memorandum to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and released by the White House on Friday. The cap, the lowest in decades, was proposed by the administration in a report to Congress […]

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‘Not invaluable, but worthless’: Moscow laughs off UK claims of ‘major’ contribution to ISIS defeat

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‘Not invaluable, but worthless’: Moscow laughs off UK claims of ‘major’ contribution to ISIS defeat

FILE PHOTO: Servicemen stand near a British Tornado jet preparing to takeoff at the RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus © Reuters  The Russian Ministry of Defense has issued a scathing rebuke to a claim by UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon that Britain has made a “major contribution” to “crippling” Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. “As […]

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More than 40 IS militants killed, as second phase of Hawija offensive starts

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More than 40 IS militants killed, as second phase of Hawija offensive starts

Members of Iraqi Federal Police carry their weapon at the frontline during a battle with Islamic State militants in western Mosul, Iraq June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Twenty five Islamic State militants have been killed, few hours after offensives were launched to free the group’s holdout in southwestern Kirkuk, the Interior Ministry […]

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Turkey raises oil threat after Iraqi Kurds’ referendum

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Turkey raises oil threat after Iraqi Kurds’ referendum

Most oil that flows through a pipeline from Iraq to Turkey comes from Kurdish sources and a cut-off would damaging. Turkey has ramped up its criticism of the KRG after Monday’s referendum on independence [File: Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters] Turkey has threatened potentially crippling restrictions on oil trading with Iraqi Kurds after they backed independence from Baghdad […]

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‘New global threat’: IAEA anxious over ‘rapid progress’ of N. Korean nuclear program

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‘New global threat’: IAEA anxious over ‘rapid progress’ of N. Korean nuclear program

© KCNA / Reuters North Korea’s nuclear weapons program demonstrates “rapid progress” and poses a “new global threat” to international security, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said following the sixth nuclear test by Pyongyang earlier this month. On September 3 Pyongyang conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test yet, using […]

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Trump finally congratulates Merkel on election win, after unexplained delay

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Trump finally congratulates Merkel on election win, after unexplained delay

Not the best of friends. Photo: DPA President Donald Trump spoke by phone Thursday with Chancellor Angela Merkel, the White House said, after breaking with custom and waiting days to congratulate the German leader on her re-election. The pair connected after growing questions about a delay in the call between the uneasy allies. “President Donald […]

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22 killed in stampede at Mumbai’s Elphinstone railway station

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22 killed in stampede at Mumbai’s Elphinstone railway station

HIGHLIGHTS At least 22 people were killed and scores injured in the stampede at Mumbai’s Elphinstone railway station NDRF team has reached the site of stampede A combination of heavy rain, a loud sound and rush hour caused the tragedy, according to police   MUMBAI: At least 22 people were killed and several injured in […]

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‘De-facto conditions’ to end war in Syria in place, ‘joint success with Turkey’ – Putin

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‘De-facto conditions’ to end war in Syria in place, ‘joint success with Turkey’ – Putin

  © Mikhail Klimentiev / Sputnik Vladimir Putin has termed the progress in the peaceful solution of the Syrian crisis ‘a joint success’ between Moscow and Ankara after talks with the Turkish leader. He said the agreements created “conditions” to end the bloodshed in the war-torn state. Read more Turkey confirms deposit on Russia’s state-of-the-art S-400 […]

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