Category: World News

UK lawmakers due to vote on Brexit bill in January

London : British lawmakers will vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal in January, according to a schedule published Thursday by the leader of the lower house of parliament Andrea Leadsom. The coming week has been filled by other draft legislation, with parliament then breaking for the holidays […]

Amenities on National Highways

open view web desk NHAI is constructing Highway Nests (Mini) at toll plazas for convenience of highway users for their safe and comfortable journey. It has provision of kiosks for sale of dry snacks, tea and coffee vending machine and water ATM etc. In addition, there is a […]

Israel locks down Ramallah after two soldiers shot dead

A Palestinian shot dead two Israeli soldiers at a bus stop in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the military said, sparking army raids in the city of Ramallah during which a Palestinian was killed. The attack came hours after security forces killed two Palestinian murder suspects, with […]

Yemen’s warring parties agree Hodeida ceasefire at UN talks

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday announced a series of breakthroughs in peace talks with the warring parties in Yemen, including a ceasefire for a vital port. If implemented, the deal on the Hodeida port, a key gateway for aid and food imports to a country where 14 […]

AP Exclusive: Iran hackers hunt nuke workers, US officials

LONDON — As U.S. President Donald Trump re-imposed harsh economic sanctions on Iran last month, hackers scrambled to break into personal emails of American officials tasked with enforcing them, The Associated Press has found — another sign of how deeply cyberespionage is embedded into the fabric of US-Iranian […]

States cite climate worries in push to stop US coal sales

BILLINGS, Mont. — Four states that say burning coal will hurt their residents as it makes climate change worse are trying to stop the Trump administration from selling vast reserves of the fuel that are beneath public lands. Attorneys for California, New Mexico, New York and Washington argue […]

Migrant girls vanish into Asian trafficking networks

FATUKOKO, Indonesia — The stranger showed up at the girl’s door one night with a tantalizing job offer: Give up your world, and I will give you a future. It was a chance for 16-year-old Marselina Neonbota to leave her isolated village in one of the poorest parts […]

Amnesty says Islamic State group decimated rural Iraq

Baghdad, Dec 13: The Islamic State group’s deliberate destruction of agriculture in northern Iraq has hindered the return of hundreds of thousands of residents, Amnesty International said in a report released Thursday. The New York-based rights group said IS fighters burnt or chopped down orchards and sabotaged wells by […]

Cuba health mystery: Diplomats had inner-ear damage early on

MIAMI  — American diplomats affected by mysterious health incidents in Cuba showed damage in the inner ear shortly after they complained of weird noises and sensations, according to their earliest medical exams, publicized Wednesday. The detailed findings were published in a medical journal nearly two years after what […]

States cite climate worries in push to stop US coal sales

BILLINGS, Mont.  — Four states that say burning coal will hurt their residents as it makes climate change worse are trying to stop the Trump administration from selling vast reserves of the fuel that are beneath public lands. Attorneys for California, New Mexico, New York and Washington argue […]

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