Iran 'defeated', 'wants a deal' US won't accept: Trump
WASHINGTON, Mar 14 (AFP): US President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran has been "totally defeated" in the US-Israeli military campaign against the country and wanted a deal he would not accept, despite Iranian officials pledging to continue the fight."The Fake News Media hates to report how well the United...
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US slashes fee to renounce US citizenship
WASHINGTON, Mar 14 (AP): The State Department has slashed by about 80% the fee for Americans to formally renounce their U.S. citizenship.After years of legal battles with several groups representing Americans wanting to give up their citizenship, the department on Friday published a final rule in the Federal Register that...
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Meloni faces 'invincibility' test with justice referendum
ROME, Mar 14 (AFP): Italians vote next week on a highly divisive judicial reform that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says is essential for impartiality, but which opponents condemn as a power grab.The referendum comes amid an ongoing struggle between Meloni's hard-right government and magistrates, who claim the proposed changes will...
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Pakistan thwarts Afghan Taliban 'drone attacks'
ISLAMABAD, Mar 14 (AFP): President Asif Ali Zardari said on Saturday the Afghan Taliban had "crossed a red line" by launching what the military called "rudimentary drones" against civilian targets in Pakistan.Pakistan's military said they were intercepted on Friday night and did not reach their targets, including their own headquarters...
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