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Cabinet ministers will take oath within a few days: PM Shahid Khaqan

03 August 2017, 01:12

Replying a query, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said the policies of PML-N government will continue with focus on energy, motorway, dams, investment and other ongoing development projects. A five-judge Supreme Court bench disqualified Nawaz Sharif as prime mi...

Qatar signs $6bn deal with Italy for seven warships

03 August 2017, 01:13

Reacting to the visible isolation, Qatar's Foreign Ministry expressed deep regret over the decision of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates' and Egypt to break diplomatic ties with it. There was no immediate reaction from the three countri...

LPG subsidies: Centre comes under Opposition fire in Rajya Sabha

03 August 2017, 01:13

For the month of July 2017, the subsidy on domestic LPG was Rs. 86.5 /cylinder, which is materially lower than the threshold level of Rs. 255 /cylinder due to the low global prices and regular retail price increase in the recent past, thereby providi...

Bride pulls a gun on groom

03 August 2017, 01:09

Police said she pulled a gun out of her wedding dress and pulled the trigger during the argument. When the police arrived, they found that both Prichard and Burton "were being very uncooperative", Sgt. "After the incident, she went to the bathro...

China's State Media Slams Trump's 'Emotional Venting' on Twitter

03 August 2017, 01:09

China's United Nations ambassador said on Monday it is primarily up to the U.S. and North Korea , not Beijing, to reduce tensions and work toward resuming talks to end Pyongyang's nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs. Chinese Ambassad...

Hospital building in Oxford fails safety tests

03 August 2017, 01:08

The college said a sample of cladding from its building was taken and tested as part of the national screening process run by the Building Research Establishment. 'The Government must commit to meet the full cost to councils of removing and replacing...

USA to North Korea: Let's talk

03 August 2017, 01:10

China said on Monday the USA should not link trade to discussions about North Korea's nuclear programme. There is a certain logic to Trump's argument, as Vox's Zack Beauchamp explains : China is North Korea's largest trading partner. Xinhua's edi...

Racist group mistakes bus seats for burqas

03 August 2017, 01:06

A user posted a photo of empty bus seats to the Facebook group Fedrelandet viktigst (roughly translated as " Fatherland first ") with the question "what do people think about this?" "This looks really scary", one commenter said, according to...

Northwest braces for historic heat wave

03 August 2017, 01:06

Seattle could see 100 degrees, which would be only the fourth time in recorded history. This week, however, it's looking like Seattle could add another record to the books, with temperatures projected to get dangerously close to the 100°F mark...

One Of Four Men Arrested Over Sydney Terror Plot Released

03 August 2017, 01:05

But Merhi was released without charge on Tuesday night while the other three men remain behind bars. Australian media outlets have reported that the conspirators wanted to target a flight to the Middle East, possibly the Emirati city of Dubai, ...

Gulf crisis: Qatar makes legal complaint to WTO over trade boycott

03 August 2017, 01:02

For its part, Qatar continues to reject the notion that it supports terrorism and that the allegation is a front to get the country to fall into line with Gulf politics. The four Arab states involved in the diplomatic row with Qatar are violating w...

China issues position document on Indian border troop trespass

03 August 2017, 01:02

After the India-China standoff in Sikkim over Doka La, Chinese activity has been reported across the border in Himachal Pradesh districts near the area where the neighbouring country is constructing roads. It has nothing to do with India. "Tri-juncti...

Trump Dips Below Obama's Worst Approval Rating

03 August 2017, 12:54

The poll has a +/- 3.4 percentage point margin of error. And, just to rub salt int he wound, Rasmussen adds: "Trump's overall approval numbers this week are lower than any Barack Obama received during his entire presidency". ".trump, .russia....

The US Senate Established Christopher Wray as FBI Director

03 August 2017, 12:44

The Senate confirmed Mr. Wray by a vote of 92 to five. Comey's sacking had led to accusations Trump was attempting to impede an investigation into links between his aides and Russian Federation during last year's presidential election, which led ...

Protesters Demand Justice in Killing of Kenyan Election Official

03 August 2017, 12:41

Police said on Monday that the bodies of Mr Msando and an unidentified woman were found on the outskirts of Nairobi, the country's capital, and had been taken to a mortuary in the city. The primaries in April were neither completely free nor fair but...

Only Karnataka Minister searched, not resort, says Jaitley in RS

03 August 2017, 12:36

Rs. 11 crore cash recovered from wardrobes and under the bed in New Delhi . Congress lawmaker N. Ravi's house in Bengaluru's southern suburb was also searched. Reports said that some mobile phones have been seized. "The CRPF has been brought in ...

Will names appearing in the Panama Papers be investigated, asks Tejashwi Yadav

03 August 2017, 12:30

The wily politician that he is, Yadav seems to have - for now - made a decision to stay within the JD (U ) and act as the party's internal voice of dissent at least till a time when he is either won over by Kumar or can break away and join some othe...

Russian Federation relations 'under considerable stress,' Tillerson says

03 August 2017, 12:29

The United States and China share the same objective, a denuclearized Korean Peninsula, the U.S. diplomat said. Politico reported, "Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is resisting the pleas of State Department officials to spend almost $80 mill...

Prince Philip honored as he hosts final public event

03 August 2017, 12:31

Wearing a bowler hat and raincoat to protect himself from heavy rain, he watched the marines parade on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace, the main royal residence in London . Prince Philip has carried out official royal duties alone or with the que...

DOJ to use civil rights funding to fight against affirmative action

03 August 2017, 12:27

The Times obtained a document that says the Justice Department's civil rights division is set to begin looking for "race-based discrimination", which the newspaper says refers to white applicants. The policies are also a way for colleges to increas...

Two sunbathers killed as light aircraft crashes on beach in Portugal

03 August 2017, 12:29

The 56-year-old man was hit in the legs by the plane as he sunbathed on a towel and died on the beach. The crash happened near the home city of Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, of Setubal. "It came down and advanced around 100 metres in the...

Trump, senators to unveil bill to cut legal immigration to US

03 August 2017, 12:21

Trump announced his support for the RAISE Act at the White House on Wednesday afternoon, alongside Cotton and Perdue, throwing his weight behind what he called a new "merit-based" system. Two-thirds of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are immigr...

Baltimore cops caught turning off body cameras before finding drugs

03 August 2017, 12:21

The incident follows another video from police body camera video from a couple of weeks ago, which showed an officer's alleged mishandling of evidence. What was so damning about last year's Justice Department's report was not the misconduct feder...

Inmates Use Peanut Butter to Escape Alabama Jail

02 August 2017, 05:48

First, he says they altered the numbers above cell doors using peanut butter. Kilpatrick was the last of a dozen prisoners to be captured, and the only one to make it out of the Walker County Alabama area. A lot of them were found in the Jasper are...

Deadly shootout in Moscow

02 August 2017, 05:45

A criminal case has been opened after shooting that occurred earlier today in the building of the Moscow Regional Court, Russia's Investigative Committee announced on Tuesday. Attorney Sofia Rubasskaya , who witnessed the incident, told RIA...

AMBER Alert canceled for 2-year-old girl abducted from Detroit

02 August 2017, 05:45

As of 9:15am, the suspect was leading police on a high speed chase in the metro Detroit area. Police say she was snatched from a home in the 21000 block of Karl Street on Detroit's west side. The child is a black female with black hair and brown ...

Pete Rose: I had sex with teen girl

02 August 2017, 05:46

Photo via Wikimedia CommonsThat's the allegation coming to life anew amid Rose's lawsuit against the man who aired that accusation in 2015. "It was at that house ... In new papers filed in the Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia,...

Analyst Price Targets On Costain Group (LON:COST)

02 August 2017, 05:45

As per Tuesday, March 15, the company rating was maintained by Peel Hunt. The rating was maintained by Investec on Thursday, August 20 with "Buy". Liberum Capital reiterated a "sell" rating and set a GBX 360 ($4.70) price objective on shares of Pear...

Should juveniles be protected from no-parole life sentences?

02 August 2017, 05:44

Three inmates are now serving life without parole for homicides they committed as juveniles. But past year, the state joined others in banning life without parole sentences for juveniles in any new cases. Jay Nixon, a range of terms is now available ...

Islamic State claims horrific mosque attack

02 August 2017, 05:47

Shiites are a minority in Afghanistan and have been threatened by the affiliate of the Islamic State group that operates in the country's east. Herat borders Iran whose capital Tehran was attacked by the so-called Islamic State in June. No one imme...

Senate sends Trump US sanctions against Russia, Iran, North Korea

02 August 2017, 05:48

The House overwhelmingly passed sanctions against Russia , North Korea and Iran on Tuesday, with only three votes against the action. "Trump read early drafts of the bill and negotiated regarding critical elements of it", a White House statement s...

Afghanistan says 2 Iraq embassy staff killed

02 August 2017, 05:43

On Monday a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the embassy, allowing at least three other militants to breach the compound unleashing an hours-long gun battle. Yesterday's attack on embassy of Iraq was the second attack carried out by the anti-go...

Qatar files United Nations complaint over Saudi obstacles imposed on its Hajj pilgrims

02 August 2017, 05:43

In an interview with the TV channel Al Jazeera , Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said there has been no suggestion by any Qatari official about internationalizing the pilgrimage issue. Last week, Saudi authorities ...

Trump approval rating drops to new low of 39%

02 August 2017, 05:42

WASHINGTON-President Donald Trump is deeply unpopular in his old stomping grounds, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Monday. The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 39% of Likely U.S.

Amal and George Clooney are Helping Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

02 August 2017, 05:44

According to USA Today , the couple has also mentioned that the ultimate goal of their initiative is to be able to provide help through education for the Syrian children who are victims of the war. They believe education is the key to changing liv...

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Cabinet ministers will take oath within a few days: PM Shahid Khaqan

Qatar signs $6bn deal with Italy for seven warships

LPG subsidies: Centre comes under Opposition fire in Rajya Sabha

Bride pulls a gun on groom

China's State Media Slams Trump's 'Emotional Venting' on Twitter

Hospital building in Oxford fails safety tests

USA to North Korea: Let's talk

Racist group mistakes bus seats for burqas

Northwest braces for historic heat wave

One Of Four Men Arrested Over Sydney Terror Plot Released

Gulf crisis: Qatar makes legal complaint to WTO over trade boycott

China issues position document on Indian border troop trespass

Trump Dips Below Obama's Worst Approval Rating

The US Senate Established Christopher Wray as FBI Director

Protesters Demand Justice in Killing of Kenyan Election Official

Only Karnataka Minister searched, not resort, says Jaitley in RS

Will names appearing in the Panama Papers be investigated, asks Tejashwi Yadav

Russian Federation relations 'under considerable stress,' Tillerson says

Prince Philip honored as he hosts final public event

DOJ to use civil rights funding to fight against affirmative action

Two sunbathers killed as light aircraft crashes on beach in Portugal

Trump, senators to unveil bill to cut legal immigration to US

Baltimore cops caught turning off body cameras before finding drugs

Inmates Use Peanut Butter to Escape Alabama Jail

Deadly shootout in Moscow

AMBER Alert canceled for 2-year-old girl abducted from Detroit

Pete Rose: I had sex with teen girl

Analyst Price Targets On Costain Group (LON:COST)

Should juveniles be protected from no-parole life sentences?

Islamic State claims horrific mosque attack

Senate sends Trump US sanctions against Russia, Iran, North Korea

Afghanistan says 2 Iraq embassy staff killed

Qatar files United Nations complaint over Saudi obstacles imposed on its Hajj pilgrims

Trump approval rating drops to new low of 39%

Amal and George Clooney are Helping Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

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