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  • Taliban kidnap around 185 in Kunduz

    Taliban kidnap around 185 in Kunduz

    Date: 2016-05-31 13:18:10 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:7 - ID:5016329

    The Taliban insurgents abducted nearly 200 in the early hours of today in northern Kunduz province, Khaama Press reported. According to the local government officials, the Taliban militants have killed at least 12 of the abducted ....

  • Putin arrives in Astana to take part in Eurasian Economic Union summit

    Putin arrives in Astana to take part in Eurasian Economic Union summit

    Date: 2016-05-31 12:46:36 GMT - Kazakhstan - International - SN:6 - ID:5015849

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Astana, Kazakhtan, where he will hold talks on Tuesday with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, according to TASS. He also will take part in a session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council at ....

  • No-confidence motion against Abe Cabinet voted down

    No-confidence motion against Abe Cabinet voted down

    Date: 2016-05-31 11:34:28 GMT - Japan - International - SN:4 - ID:5015037

    A motion of no-confidence in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet failed in the House of Representatives Tuesday following its joint submission by the Democratic Party and three other Japanese opposition parties in response to Abe's plan to further ....

  • Israeli government unanimously approves Lieberman as defense minister

    Israeli government unanimously approves Lieberman as defense minister

    Date: 2016-05-30 10:28:49 GMT - palestine - International - SN:9 - ID:5007562

    The latest version of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition was unanimously approved by the cabinet Monday after weathering its first storm, Netanyahu's Likud party said as quoted by Ha'aretz newspaper. The expanded ....

  • Vatican pope rules out retiring like his predecessor

    Vatican pope rules out retiring like his predecessor

    Date: 2016-05-30 07:26:25 GMT - Vatican - International - SN:6 - ID:5005961

    Pope Francis says he has no intention of quitting the papacy — a possibility opened up by his predecessor Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, The Washington Post reported. The pope, responding to a question from a young person at a Vatican event, said ....

  • Larijani elected Iran’s new parliament speaker

    Larijani elected Iran’s new parliament speaker

    Date: 2016-05-29 08:29:08 GMT - Iran - International - SN:4 - ID:4999953

    Lawmakers have voted Ali Larijani as the temporary speaker of Iran’s new parliament following February elections, Press TV reported. Larijani, a Principlist, won the post on Sunday with 173 votes in a race against Mohammad Reza Aref who had ....

  • Lufthansa to suspend flights to Venezuela

    Lufthansa to suspend flights to Venezuela

    Date: 2016-05-29 07:51:41 GMT - Germany - International - SN:2 - ID:4999681

    The German airline, Lufthansa, has announced that it will suspend flights to Venezuela from 18 June due to economic difficulties in the country, the BBC reported on Sunday. The company also said currency controls in Venezuela made it impossible ....

  • Canadian PM 'hopeful' physician-assisted suicide bill will pass

    Canadian PM 'hopeful' physician-assisted suicide bill will pass

    Date: 2016-05-29 07:50:19 GMT - Canada - International - SN:1 - ID:4999669

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he is "hopeful" Parliament will pass a new bill allowing physician-assisted suicide before the previous law permitting the practice expires, United Press International reported on Sunday. The deadline, ....

  • Abe mulling 2nd extra budget for FY 2016 after G-7 summit

    Abe mulling 2nd extra budget for FY 2016 after G-7 summit

    Date: 2016-05-28 10:40:43 GMT - Japan - International - SN:9 - ID:4995301

    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is compiling a second supplementary budget for the current fiscal year through next March to bolster the faltering Japanese economy following discussions at the Group of Seven summit, Kyodo News quoted government ....

  • Indian PM wishes speedy recovery of Pakistani counterpart

    Indian PM wishes speedy recovery of Pakistani counterpart

    Date: 2016-05-28 09:40:57 GMT - India - International - SN:8 - ID:4994877

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended his best wishes to Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif who was in London for treatment, according to Geo News. Prime Minister Sharif is scheduled to undergo an open-heart surgery on ....

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