Afghan military operations claim 132 militants’ lives
KABUL, July 04 (Xinhua): Some 132 militants were killed and 28 others wounded during military operations and air strikes in Afghanistan, sources said on Wednesday.The country's Defence Ministry said the Afghan army waged 10 military and cleanup operations and 89 night raids and small-scale operations led by army's commandos in...
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Turkey transfers some powers to president
ISTANBUL, July 04 (Agencies): Turkey issued a decree on Wednesday transferring some powers to the president.The decree, issued in the official gazette, makes changes to laws dating from 1924 to 2017, altering references to the prime minister and cabinet of ministers to the president and the president's office.In a referendum...
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Trump reverses Obama-era race guidelines for school entry
WASHINGTON, July 04 (AFP): US President Donald Trump's administration took steps Tuesday to rescind Obama-era guidelines that encouraged schools to take applicants' race and ethnicity into account to promote diversity.The move indicates federal support for schools to adopt a race-blind admissions process and brings the highly contentious issue of affirmative...
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Rescuers vow to take 'no risks' in evacuation of Thai cave boys
MAE SAI (Thailand), July 04 (Agencies): Thai rescuers vowed to take a "no risk" approach to freeing 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave.The fresh video emerged Wednesday showing the team in good spirits following their astonishing discovery nine days after going missing.Freeing the boys from the...
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Court indicts Malaysian ex-PM Najib Razak
KUALA LUMPUR, July 04 (AP): Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was charged Wednesday with criminal breach of trust and corruption, two months after a multibillion-dollar graft scandal at a state investment fund led to his shock election defeat.He pleaded not guilty to all charges. "I claim trial," he said...
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10 die in factory fire in India
NEW DELHI, July 04 (Xinhua): At least 10 people were killed and several others injured Wednesday after a massive fire broke out inside a fireworks factory in southern Indian state of Telangana.The fire broke out at Kotilingala Devasthanam in Kashibugga area of Warangal district, about 160 km east of Hyderabad,...
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News in Brief -(05-07-2018
New Delhi asks WhatsApp to prevent misuse after mob killingsNEW DELHI, July 04: India's government says it has asked WhatsApp to take "immediate action" to prevent the social media platform from being misused to spread rumors and irresponsible statements like those blamed for recent deadly mob attacks in the country....
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