Unable to understand the outrage over my statement says Mehbooba Mufti
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Oil hovers near 2019 highs amid OPEC cuts
LONDON – Oil prices hovered around 2019 highs on Thursday, bolstered by OPEC-led supply cuts and U.S. sanctions on Venezuela and Iran, but were capped by slowing growth in the global economy. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures were at $57.14 a barrel at 0955 GMT, […]
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Wary of Xinjiang backlash, China invites waves of diplomats to visit
BEIJING – China is stepping up its diplomatic outreach over controversial camps in its heavily Muslim region of Xinjiang, inviting more foreign diplomats to visit as it seeks to head off criticism from Muslim-majority countries and at the United Nations. Since December, China has taken at least three […]
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At least 70 killed in major Bangladesh blaze, toll likely to rise
DHAKA – As many as 70 people died in a major fire that engulfed several buildings in a centuries-old neighbourhood of the Bangladesh capital, a fire official said on Thursday, warning the toll could climb as fire fighters scour the rubble. Lax regulations and poor enforcement of rules […]
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Mulayam criticises his party alliance with BSP
Lucknow, Feb 21:Â Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav Thursday showed his displeasure over the alliance forged by his son and party president Akhilesh Singh Yadav with the Bahujan Samaj Party. Addressing party workers at the SP headquarters here, Mulayam Singh Yadav made clear that he was unhappy with […]
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PM continued shooting for documentary after Pulwama attack, alleges Congress
New Delhi, Feb 21:Â Prime Minister Narendra Modi continued shooting for a film in the Corbett National Park for his “propaganda and publicity” till the evening of February 14 despite the Pulwama attack taking place in the afternoon that day, the Congress on Thursday alleged, citing reports in a […]
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Priyanka has energised Congress ‘troops’: Salman Khurshid
Hyderabad, Feb 21:Â The Congress has gone well beyond whatever it has done in the past to reach out to opposition parties and bring them together to take on BJP-led NDA in the Lok Sabha elections, says senior party leader Salman Khurshid. The former union minister also said Priyanka […]
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Advocates say US still separates migrant families needlessly
HOUSTON — Months after the Trump administration announced an end to its widescale separation of migrant parents and children, the policy remains a heated issue in the courts and at the border as critics contend the government is still needlessly breaking up immigrant families. The Texas Civil Rights […]
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More than 150 IS militants handed over to Iraq from Syria
BAGHDAD — An Iraqi security official says the U.S.-backed Syrian forces fighting the Islamic State group in Syria have handed over more than 150 Iraqi members of the group to Iraq. The official says the IS militants were handed over to the Iraqi side overnight, and that they […]
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Pope opens sex abuse summit amid outcry from survivors
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis warned bishops and religious superiors summoned Thursday to a landmark sex abuse prevention summit that the Catholic faithful are demanding more than just condemnation of the crimes but concrete action to respond to the scandal. Francis opened the four-day summit by telling the […]
