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WikiLeaks’ Assange extradition appeal to be heard next month

LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's appeal against extradition from Britain to the United States will be heard next month, court officials in London said on Tuesday. The

France’s conservative leader reaches out to far-right Le Pen to form “alliance”

PARIS (Reuters) - France's conservative Republicans party chairman Eric Ciotti on Tuesday called for a country-wide alliance between his party's candidates and the far-right National Rally in

Bomb maker sentenced to 5,200 yrs — who is Abdullah Barghouti, no. 1 on Hamas prisoner swap list

Known as Hamas's 'engineer', Barghouti was responsible for series of attacks in public places that killed over 60 Israelis & several Americans in early 2000s.

UK Foreign Secy congratulates Jaishankar on his reappointment as Minister of External Affairs

New Delhi , June 11 (ANI): UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Tuesday extended his congratulations to S Jaishankar on his reappointment as External...

Pakistan security forces arrest 85 Afghan nationals for illegally crossing border

Islamabad , June 11 (ANI): As many as 85 Afghan nationals have been arrested by security forces in the border district of Chagai district...

Bangladesh names Lt Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman as new Army chief

Dhaka, Jun 11 (PTI) Lieutenant General Waker-Uz-Zaman was on Tuesday named Bangladesh's next Army chief for a three-year term and will assume charge...

Hamas says it accepts UN-backed Gaza truce plan, US cites ‘hopeful sign’

By Daphne Psaledakis and Nidal al-Mughrabi TEL AVIV/CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas accepts a U.N. resolution backing a plan to end the war with Israel in Gaza and is ready to negotiate details, a senior

German, Ukraine finance ministries sign reconstruction declaration

BERLIN (Reuters) - The finance ministries of Ukraine and Germany signed on Tuesday a joint Declaration of Intent to bolster bilateral cooperation to support Ukraine’s reconstruction after the war with

Gaza civilian killings during Israel’s freeing of hostages could be war crimes, UN says

GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday the killings of civilians in Gaza during the Israeli operation to release four hostages, and also armed groups' holding of captives in

Exclusive-Kharkiv mayor says striking Russia has helped to calm embattled city

By John O'Donnell BERLIN (Reuters) - Ukraine's army has struck missile launch positions in Russia, helping to reduce the number of attacks on the embattled city of Kharkiv, its mayor told Reuters on

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Haryana win is redemption, J&K defeat is vindication. BJP is walking out of Lok Sabha poll fog

A leader's charisma is a big plus. But don't underestimate the craft of mounting an election campaign. Haryana is BJP's reward for mastering it. All-round participation and peaceful polling in J&K too is a win.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?