MOSCOW, May 07 (Agencies): Vladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia's president for a fourth term at a ceremony in the Kremlin on Monday, extending his almost two-decade rule by another six years."I consider it my duty and my life's aim to do everything possible for Russia, for its present...
Read moreBEIRUT, May 07 (AFP): Hezbollah was poised to seal its dominance of Lebanon Monday with results for the decade's first general election expected to confirm the Iran-backed party as the main winner.The polls were also marked by a low turnout of 49.2 per cent and the emergence of a civil...
Read moreTEHRAN, May 07 (AFP): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned that if the United States quits the nuclear deal then Washington will regret it "like never before", as British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson scrambles to save the agreement during talks with the Trump administration Monday.US President Donald Trump has threatened to...
Read moreKABUL, May 07 (Xinhua): At least 42 militants were killed and 24 others wounded in separate airstrikes in Afghanistan within the past 24 hours, the country's Defence ministry said Monday.In southern Uruzgan province, 18 militants were killed and 14 others wounded after Taliban militants' positions were targeted on outskirts of...
Read moreBEIRUT, May 07 (AFP): More than 30 Syrian government troops have been killed in a southern district of the capital in a fierce counter-offensive by Islamic State group fighters, a monitor said Monday.Regime forces are seeking to end IS's years-long foothold in the Palestinian camp of Yarmuk and neighbouring district...
Read moreNEW DELHI, May 07 (AFP): A 17-year-old battled for her life Monday after being raped, doused in kerosene and set on fire, the second such case to shake India as it battles an increase in sexual crimes.The teenager was attacked on the same day and in the same eastern state...
Read moreLAHORE, May 07 (Reuters): Pakistani Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was wounded on Sunday in an apparent assassination attempt by a gunman linked to a new ultra-religious Muslim party - an incident likely to raise tensions before an election expected in late July.Iqbal (59), a senior member of the ruling Pakistan...
Read moreSEOUL, May 07 (AFP): US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un are likely to meet in Singapore next month, reports said Monday, as anticipation builds for unprecedented talks between the mercurial leaders.Trump said at the weekend that the two sides had settled on a date and location...
Read moreMAIDGURI, May 07 (Reuters): Armed bandits attacked a village in Nigeria's northwest Kaduna state, killing at least 51 people, residents and officials said.Police Inspector General Ibrahim Idris confirmed the bandits invaded the village of Gwaska Saturday, fighting local Defence forces protecting the Birnin Gwari local government area, a community of...
Read moreFirst signs go up for US embassy in JerusalemJERUSALEM, May 07: Workmen on Monday put up street signs to the US embassy due to open in Jerusalem on May 14, a move hailed as historic by Israel but loathed by Palestinians. Municipal workers erected signposts reading "US Embassy" in Hebrew,...
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