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EU gives PM May ‘flexible’ Brexit recess to Oct. 31

European Union leaders gave Theresa May a new Brexit deadline of Oct. 31, four months longer than the prime minister asked for, in a move the EU summit chair மேலும் படிக்க...

India’s top court to review fighter jet deal

India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to review its earlier decision on a controversial fighter jet deal, dealing a blow to the government on the eve of a மேலும் படிக்க...

India’s giant election gets underway with voting in first of 7 phases

 Indians began voting on Thursday in the first phase of a mammoth general election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi gunning for a second term having மேலும் படிக்க...

Netanyahu victory torpedoes two-state solution, say analysts

Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory in Israeli elections have caused irreparable damage to a two-state solution, analysts have told Arab News. Saeb Erekat, secretary மேலும் படிக்க...

UNP TO PLACE GOTA’S FATE IN SF’S HANDS?

The UNP has sought to shift the responsibility for handling former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s citizenship to Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, மேலும் படிக்க...

Global executions fall to lowest in decades

Annual executions recorded worldwide fell by almost a third in 2018 to the lowest figure in more than a decade, Amnesty International says. Some 690 people மேலும் படிக்க...

EMERGENCY POWER PURCHASES TO COST RS. 75 MILLION PER DAY

The government would have to allocate Rs. 75 million per day to purchase 100 MW of emergency power from the private sector for the required six months. Despite மேலும் படிக்க...

SRI LANKA’S FORMER DEFENCE CHIEF ACCUSED OF TORTURE AND KILLING AFTER BEING SERVED LAWSUIT IN US GROCERY PARKING LOT

Sri Lanka’s former powerful defence chief has been accused of torture and killing during the country’s bloody operation against Tamil militants, in an legal மேலும் படிக்க...

Varun Gandhi to face legal action for not paying telephone dues of over Rs 38,000

In letter on Mar 30, BSNL said telephone dues billed during Varun's 2009-2014 tenure as Pilibhit MP weren't paid 'despite several attempts'. BJP lawmaker Varun மேலும் படிக்க...

Robbers steal millions of euros from Albania’s main airport

Albanian police arrested four people and questioned 40 others late on Tuesday after armed robbers stole millions of euros from an Austria Airlines aeroplane in மேலும் படிக்க...