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Imran sees better chance of peace with India if BJP wins election

ISLAMABAD, Apr 10 (Reuters): Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said he thinks there may be a better chance of peace talks with India if Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wins the general election due to begin there on Thursday.Khan said that if the next Indian...

Netanyahu in good position to form coalition govt

TEL AVIV, Apr 10 (AFP): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared best placed to form a governing coalition on Wednesday after high-stakes Israeli elections, exit polls showed, but remained in a tight race with his main rival as votes were being counted.Both Netanyahu and ex-military chief Benny Gantz claimed victory after...

EU may extend Brexit delay by one year

BRUSSELS, Apr 10 (AP): Just days away from a potentially calamitous no-deal Brexit, European Union leaders were set to meet on Wednesday to discuss granting the United Kingdom a new delay - possibly of up to a year - to its departure from the bloc.It's likely to be a rough...

Another graft case against Malaysia former first lady

KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 10 (AP): The wife of Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak was hit on Wednesday with a new corruption charge over a solar energy contract.Rosmah Mansor pleaded not guilty to accepting a 5.0 million ringgit ($1.22 million) bribe through her aide from a manager at Jepak Holdings...

Woman dies at 99 with most organs on wrong side of body

SALEM, Apr 10 (AP): Rose Marie Bentley was an avid swimmer, raised five kids, helped her husband run a feed store, and lived to the ripe age of 99. It was only after she died that medical students discovered that all her internal organs - except for her heart -...

Japan recovers wreckage of crashed F-35 fighter jet

TOKYO, Apr 10 (BBC): Wreckage from a Japanese F-35 stealth fighter jet has been found, a day after it disappeared from radar over the Pacific Ocean.The pilot of the plane, however, is still missing, Japanese military officials said.Parts of the plane have been recovered during search operations at sea.It is...

20 Afghan troops die as Taliban storm checkpoints

KABUL, Apr 10 (AP): Taliban fighters stormed army checkpoints in southern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border overnight, killing 20 troops, an official said on Tuesday.Eight other security forces were also wounded in Monday night's attack in Shorabak district, Mohammad Yousof Younosi, a provincial council member in Kandahar, said.An official from...

Turkey may take delivery of Russian S-400s earlier: Erdogan

ANKARA, Apr 10 (AFP): President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the delivery of Turkey's disputed Russian S-400 missile defence systems could be earlier than initially planned, Hurriyet daily reported on Wednesday.Ankara's purchase of the S-400s risks US sanctions and has further strained already tense relations with Washington.US officials are concerned over...

Mueller probe gave birth to a mouse: Putin

ST. PETERSBURG, Apr 10 (AP): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday mocked US special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Kremlin interference in the 2016 presidential election, saying "a mountain gave birth to a mouse."In his first comments since Mueller finished his probe, Putin sought to cast the 22-month investigation as...

Doctor finds four live bees inside woman's eye

TAIPEI, Apr 10 (BBC): A Taiwanese woman was found by doctors to have four small sweat bees living inside her eye, the first such incident on the island.The 28-year-old woman, identified only as Ms He, was pulling out weeds when the insects flew into her eyes.Dr Hong Chi Ting of...

News in Brief -(11-04-2019)

Powerful rainstorm in Pakistan kills sixPESHAWAR, Apr 10: A Pakistani government official says a powerful rainstorm with heavy winds across the country's northwest killed at least six people overnight. Taimur Khan, a spokesman for the provincial Disaster Management Authority said on Wednesday that several people were also injured in the...