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US Chief Justice Roberts rebukes Trump’s ‘Obama judge’ complaint
US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts pushed back on Wednesday against Donald Trump's description of a judge who ruled against the president's new asylum policy as an "Obama judge". It's the first time
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India dissolves Kashmir assembly, fresh polls likely
Srinagar, India-administered Kashmir - The legislative assembly in India-administered Kashmir has been dissolved, a move likely to lead to fresh elections in the troubled state that has seen violence escalate in the last few years.
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Up to 85,000 children ‘dead of starvation or disease in Yemen’
JERUSALEM: A senior Israeli minister said Wednesday that US President Donald Trump’s long-awaited plan for peace with the Palestinians was “a waste of time.”“I think that the gap between the Israelis and Palestinians is
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Amnesty to expand probe of US-led campaign in Syria’s Raqqa
BEIRUT: Amnesty International said Wednesday it is enlisting the help of thousands of online activists to speed up its investigation into the US-led campaign that drove Daesh militants from their self-styled capital of Raqqa
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UN envoy to Yemen arrives in Sanaa
JERUSALEM: A senior Israeli minister said Wednesday that US President Donald Trump’s long-awaited plan for peace with the Palestinians was “a waste of time.”“I think that the gap between the Israelis and Palestinians is
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UN warns of famine in violence-hit Central African Republic
Famine will hit the Central African Republic if nothing is done to reverse the humanitarian situation in the country, which is deteriorating at an "alarming rate", the United Nations has warned. The growing unrest in
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Turkey condemns ‘comical’ Trump statement supporting Saudi Arabia
While there's been no official reaction out of Turkey to Trump's Tuesday statement, many politicians are angry. The deputy chairman of the ruling AK Party called Donald Trump's statement “comical” and has accused the
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‘Step up’: Twitter’s apology over photo angers Indian activists
New Delhi, India - Women journalists and activists in India have hit back after Twitter apologised for a photo of its top official holding a placard that criticised the patriarchy propped up by India's caste
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California wildfire survivors brace for rain and mud
Northern California residents left homeless by the deadliest, most destructive wildfire in state history braced for a new bout of misery on Wednesday from showers expected to plunge encampments of evacuees into rain-soaked fields
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‘Brutal and barbaric’: Victims recount horror of Kabul attack
The death toll in the suicide attack inside a Kabul banquet hall hosting a gathering of religious scholars has gone up to 55, with authorities saying another 94 were wounded. Tuesday's attack at the


