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Boris Johnson manages to get nod for Brexit bill, but not for sticking to deadline

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that if the EU agrees to extend the Brexit deadline, he would be forced to call a general election.

The long Brexit weekend – delays, extensions and the two letters

The UK parliament voted on an amendment Saturday, seeking an extension to the Brexit deadline to hold off voting on Boris Johnson’s renegotiated deal.

US-Turkey agree to a ceasefire in Syria, Kurdish forces asked to withdraw

The ceasefire was announced after US Vice President Mike Pence travelled to Ankara to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed is gradually transforming the country’s economy

This year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, Ahmed aims to privatise many state-owned industries to steer Ethiopia towards economic growth.

Turkey’s military assault in Syria continues, thousands flee to escape violence

The Turkish offensive began after US President Trump ordered the removal of American forces from the Syrian-Turkey border Sunday.

Trump refuses to cooperate with impeachment inquiry, triggers a constitutional crisis

Democrats warned that Trump's failure to cooperate with the investigation will be considered as obstruction of justice.

Second whistleblower comes forward in Trump impeachment case

According to reports, the second whistleblower has 'first-hand knowledge' of the allegations against Donald Trump and is also an intelligence official.

Violent protests in Iraq leave one-year-old Mahdi govt in lurch

According to reports, 31 people have been killed after the government resorted to brute force to curb protests.

Jaishankar’s 7 day, 7 think tanks blitz leaves US academics bickering

Despite a tight schedule, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar spoke at seven think tanks during his US trip.

Live bullets fired in Hong Kong protests as China boasted military might

104 people, including an 18-year-old student, were injured after Hong Kong police fired live bullets on protesters.

On Camera

BJP goes ‘headless’ – Why Modi-Shah can’t decide Nadda’s successor

JP Nadda recently appointed in-charges and co-in-charges in 23 states. The problem is that he made these appointments five days after his term as party president was supposedly over.

Jobs, rural India likely to be focus of new Modi government’s first budget, says Goldman Sachs

The budget proposal for the financial year ending March 2025 will be presented on 23 July, the government said over the weekend.

Four Army soldiers killed, several injured in terrorist ambush on convoy in ‘peaceful’ Kathua

It is learnt the last time this particular area saw such terrorist activity was in 2001. The area is Hindu-dominated, and closer to Himachal Pradesh than Jammu.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.