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Israeli missiles hit Syrian military outposts

DAMASCUS, Jan 09 (Agencies): Syria's military accused Israel of launching missiles targeting its outposts near Damascus in a wave of three pre-dawn attacks Tuesday and claimed that the Syrian air force hit one of the Israeli jets and shot down several of the missiles.In a statement, the army said the...

Pakistan court frees anti-US cleric amid spat with Trump

PESHAWAR, Jan 09 (AP): A Pakistani court has ordered the release of a radical anti-U.S. cleric who went to Afghanistan with thousands of volunteers to help the Taliban fight against Americans after the 2001 U.S.-led invasion.The development comes amid rising U.S.-Pakistani tensions following President Donald Trump's accusations that Pakistan is...

US sets 18-month deadline for 200,000 Salvadorans to leave

WASHINGTON, Jan 09 (AFP): The US government announced Monday the end of a special protected status for about 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants, a move that threatens with deportation tens of thousands of well-established families with children born in the United States.Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced the end of the "temporary...

Resignation mars May's cabinet reshuffle

LONDON, Jan 09 (AFP): British Prime Minister Theresa May's long-awaited government reshuffle Monday was branded ineffectual and shambolic after she promoted few fresh faces to her top team and a minister resigned rather than accept a new post.Education Secretary Justine Greening became the fourth minister to leave the Cabinet since...

Philippines to protest over China activity on disputed reef

MANILA, Jan 09 (AFP): The Philippines will lodge a diplomatic protest with China after Manila questioned if Beijing had reneged on a pledge not to militarise a disputed South China Sea reef.Beijing claims nearly all of the sea and has been turning reefs in the Spratly and Paracel chains into...

Thai PM leaves cardboard cutout to answer newsmen queries

BANGKOK, Jan 09 (BBC): Thailand's prime minister has taken a novel approach to avoiding questions at a news conference, by leaving a cardboard cutout to do the job.Prayuth Chan-ocha briefly spoke to an audience outside Government House in Bangkok, before the life-sized replica was brought out."If you want to ask...

Mueller likely to interview Trump within weeks

NEW YORK, Jan 09 (BBC): Donald Trump's lawyers are in talks with investigators who are seeking to interview the US president as part of a justice department probe, reports say.The Washington Post, quoting an unnamed person close to Mr Trump, says investigation lead Robert Mueller is likely to interview him...

Libya arrests two IS men for plotting attack

TRIPOLI, Jan 09 (Xinhua): Two members of the Islamic State (IS) who planned to carry out a car bomb attack in the Libyan capital of Tripoli were arrested on Monday, the state's Ministry of Interior said."After tracking and monitoring of the movements of (the) suspects, two persons were arrested and...

Zambia closes all schools as cholera toll rises to 61

LUSAKA, Jan 09 (AFP): The start of Zambia's school year has been postponed and all public gatherings banned to contain a cholera outbreak that has killed 61 people, officials said Tuesday.Church services were cancelled on Sunday and a night-time curfew has been imposed to limit movement in Lusaka's densely-populated slum...

News in Brief -(10-01-2018)

Nine Afghan soldiers die in camp attack TIRIN KOT, Jan 09: At least nine Afghan army soldiers were killed and 20 others wounded after Taliban militants attacked an army camp in Uruzgan province, south of Afghanistan, a local official said Tuesday. "Armed militants attacked an army camp in Kaftar Khana,...