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Dozens die in air strikes, shelling, thousands flee twin offensives

Russian air strikes and Turkish shelling killed at least 49 in Syria on Friday, report agencies.As many as 50,000 people have fled separate offensives against rebel forces in northern and southern Syria in recent days, activists say.Russian air strikes reportedly killed 31 people in the Eastern Ghouta outside Damascus on...

Kashmir gunfight kills two militants

SRINAGAR, Mar 16 (Xinhua): Two militants were killed and a paramilitary trooper of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was wounded in an overnight gunfight in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Friday. The gunfight erupted Thursday late afternoon at Khonmoh village in the outskirts of Srinagar city, the summer capital of...

China slams UK warnings about Hong Kong liberties

BEIJING, Mar 16 (AFP): Beijing hit back Friday at Britain over a report condemning jailings of democracy activists and the disqualification of rebel lawmakers in Hong Kong."There is no room or right for the UK to intervene," foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a regular briefing."The attempt to show the...

Corbyn warns of rushing into new Cold War without full evidence

LONDON, Mar 16 (Reuters): British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warned on Friday against rushing into a new Cold War with Russia before full evidence of Moscow's culpability in a military-grade nerve toxin attack on a former double agent is proven.Prime Minister Theresa May said Russia was behind the Novichok nerve...

Islam doesn't belong to Germany, says Interior Minister

BERLIN, Mar 16 (Reuters): New Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Islam does not belong to Germany and set out hardline immigration policies in an interview published on Friday, as he sought to see off rising far-right challengers.Seehofer told Bild newspaper he would push through a "master plan for quicker deportations",...

Donald Trump Jr's wife files for divorce

OHIO, Mar 16 (Reuters): Wife of Donald Trump Jr, the eldest son of US President Donald Trump, has filed for divorce in New York, according to court records.Vanessa Trump, a former model and actress, and Trump Jr said in a joint statement on Thursday: "After 12 years of marriage, we...

New Zealand cools on climate refugee plan

WELLINGTON, Mar 16 (AFP): New Zealand says it will not adopt world-first plans to allow climate change refugees without approval from the Pacific island nations the measure is intended to help.Both the ruling Labour Party and its Green coalition partner went into last year's election with a platform of allocating...

Iraq copter crash claims seven US service members’ lives

WASHINGTON, Mar 16 (AFP): Seven US troops were killed when the helicopter carrying them crashed in western Iraq, a US defense official said Friday."There were seven people aboard, they are all believed to be dead," the official said, adding they were US service members."It was a routine troop transport operation...

Greek court rejects Turkey's request

ATHENS, Mar 16 (Reuters): A Greek appeals court on Friday rejected a Turkish demand for the handover of eight Turkish soldiers accused by Ankara of having played a direct role in the abortive coup against President Tayyip Erdogan in 2016.It was the third extradition request Greek courts have refused, an...

News in Brief-(17-03-2018)

Hillary Clinton fractures hand on India tripNEW DELHI, Mar 16: Hillary Clinton has fractured her hand during a tour of India, reportedly slipping in a bathtub at a luxury hotel in a former palace. A doctor at the private Goyal Hospital told AFP Friday that Clinton had undergone screening after...