Trump issues ultimatum for Iran to accept deal or face more bombing

WASHINGTON, May 06 (Agencies): US President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum Wednesday for Iran to accept a deal to end the war or face renewed, more intense US bombing, in the latest of a series of abrupt policy shifts."Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is...

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Russian trikes kill 21 in Ukraine

KYIV, May 06 (AFP): Russian attacks killed 21 people in cities across Ukraine, as President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned Moscow's "utter cynicism" for launching deadly strikes while seeking a truce to stage its May 9 patriotic parade.The attacks on Tuesday-hitting the cities of Zaporizhzhia, Kramatorsk and Dnipro-came hours before a Ukrainian-suggested...

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India's fiercest female politician faces a fight for survival

For 15 years, Mamata Banerjee and her regional Trinamool Congress (TMC) party seemed to embody a political law of India's West Bengal state: they always found a way to survive, reports BBC.On Monday, that ended.The firebrand populist's defeat to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ended her bid for a fourth...

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