Iran has right to peaceful N power: Putin
MOSCOW, June 19 (Reuters/AFP): President Vladimir Putin on Thursday refused to discuss the possibility that Israel and the United States would kill Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and said the Iranian people were consolidating around the leadership in Tehran.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has openly speculated that Israel's military...
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Trump hosts Pak army chief in unprecedented meeting
NEW YORK, June 19 (Reuters): US President Donald Trump hosted Pakistan's army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir at the White House on Wednesday, in an unprecedented meeting that risked worsening a disagreement with India over the president's claim that he stopped the recent war between the nuclear-armed South Asian foes.The...
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Paetongtarn alliance has slim majority after losing key coalition partner
BANGKOK, June 19 (BBC): Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's coalition government is on the brink of collapse after a phone call between her and former Cambodian leader Hun Sen about a festering border dispute was leaked.The leak provoked public anger and prompted a key coalition partner of the 38-year-old Paetongtarn's...
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Israeli fire on Gaza leaves 25 dead
GAZA, June 19 (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli fire killed at least 25 people on Thursday, including 15 who had gathered near an aid distribution site.Civil defence official Mohammad al-Mughayyir told AFP that 15 people were killed and 60 wounded, while waiting for aid in central Gaza's Netzarim...
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Russia rejecting truce calls for 100 days: Kyiv
KYIV, June 19 (AFP): Ukraine said on Thursday that Russia has for more than three months been refusing a US and Ukrainian proposal to halt some three years of fighting without any preconditions.The inauguration of US leader Donald Trump earlier this year has spurred a flurry of meetings between US,...
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