SRINAGAR, Aug 18 (Reuters): Indian authorities reimposed restrictions on movement in major parts of Kashmir's biggest city, Srinagar, on Sunday after violent overnight clashes between residents and police in which dozens were injured, two senior officials and eyewitnesses said.In the past 24 hours, there has been a series of protests...
Read moreLONDON, Aug 18 (BBC): Boris Johnson will tell EU leaders there needs to be a new Brexit deal when he makes his first trip abroad as PM later this week.The UK will leave the EU on 31 October with or without a deal, he will insist.Meanwhile, the Sunday Times has...
Read moreBEIRUT, Aug 18 (AFP): Syrian pro-regime forces fought pitched Battles on Sunday with insurgents as they inched closer to a jihadist-run town in the northwestern province of Idlib, a war monitor said.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "fierce clashes" between loyalist forces, jihadists and allied rebels were taking...
Read moreHONG KONG, Aug 18 (AP): Heavy rain fell on tens of thousands of umbrella-toting protesters on Sunday as they marched from a packed park and filled a major road in Hong Kong, where mass pro-democracy demonstrations have become a regular weekend activity this summer. Organizers said they hoped the assembly...
Read moreKHARTOUM, Aug 18 (AFP): Sudan was expected to form its sovereign council on Sunday, the first step after the signing of a transitional constitution triggered unprecedented celebration in Khartoum.Rare scenes of jubilation filled the streets of the capital on Saturday after generals and opposition leaders signed the documents that will...
Read moreNEW YORK, Aug 18 (AFP): A young homeless man has been charged with placing false bombs, police said on Saturday, after three empty rice cookers caused major commuter disruption in New York.Larry K. Griffin II, 26, was arrested by the New York Police Department and charged with three counts of...
Read moreBEIJING, Aug 18 (AFP): Chinese authorities have found at least one firearm in a FedEx package sent from the US, local police said Sunday, in the latest incident to befall the logistics firm in China.Police in Fuzhou, eastern Fujian province, said "in recent days" they had received a tip about...
Read more11 killed in Thailand van-truck collisionBANGKOK, Aug 18: A van collision in eastern Thailand killed 11 and injured four on Sunday, local media reported. The chartered van was carrying Laotian workers from Sa Kaeo Province for visa renewal at the Chanthaburi immigration checkpoint. Police said on TV that they suspected...
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