Johnson promises Brexit for Christmas in manifesto

TELFORD, England – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will promise to bring his deal to leave the European Union back to parliament before Christmas when he launches his Conservative Party’s manifesto on Sunday. With less than three weeks before Britain heads to the polls on Dec. 12, the […]

Security forces kill eight in Iraq protests

BASRA, Iraq – Security forces opened fire on protesters in Baghdad and several cities in southern Iraq on Sunday, killing at leassst eight people and wounding dozens of others, police and medical sources said, the latest violence in weeks of unrest. Anti-government protests erupted in early October and […]

Israel’s Netanyahu faces court, party challenges after indictment

JERUSALEM – A watchdog group asked Israel’s top court on Sunday to order Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step aside after his indictment on corruption charges, adding to pressure he is facing from within his ruling party. Netanyahu, a four-term conservative leader, has denied the charges of bribery, […]

Record turnout for Hong Kong council elections amid calls for full democracy

HONG KONG – Record numbers of people voted on Sunday in Hong Kong district council elections viewed as a test of support for chief executive Carrie Lam following six months of often violent pro-democracy protests that have convulsed the Chinese-ruled city. Government data showed more than 2.6 million […]

SC asks Centre to place letters of Governor & Fadnavis, no order on floor test in Maha

New Delhi, Nov 24: The Supreme Court on Sunday asked the Centre to place before it on Monday morning the letters of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari inviting Devendra Fadnavis and of the BJP leader staking his claim to form the government in the state. In an unprecedented hearing […]

MoS DoNER inaugurates ‘Destination North East’ festival in Varanasi

open view news desk The Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Dr Jitendra Singh said that 4-day North East festival beginning from today in Varanasi will offer an opportunity for the fusion of the two rich cultures of Ganga and Brahmaputra, represented by Varanasi and […]

Iran warns regional states of consequences if they stoked unrest

DUBAI – Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri on Saturday warned regional countries of unspecified dire consequences if it is proven that they meddled to stoke unrest in Iran, the semi-official news agency Fars reported. “Some countries in the region should know that they will not have an easy […]

China attacks U.S. at G20 as the world’s biggest source of instability

BEIJING – The United States is the world’s biggest source of instability and its politicians are going around the world baselessly smearing China, the Chinese government’s top diplomat said on Saturday in a stinging attack at a G20 meeting in Japan. Relations between the world’s two largest economies […]

In bid to repair ties, Japan and South Korea agree to summit next month

NAGOYA, Japan – Japan and South Korea agreed on Saturday to hold formal talks next month, taking a step towards improving relations strained by decades of bitterness over their wartime past and now exacerbated by a simmering trade dispute. The decision to return to the table came a […]

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