Armenian PM Sarkisian resigns after protests
YEREVAN, Apr 23 (Agencies): Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan has resigned after days of large-scale street protests against him.Opposition supporters accused Mr Sargsyan of clinging to power when he was appointed prime minister last Tuesday, soon after finishing two five-year terms as president."The street movement is against my tenure. I...
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Naidu rejects motion to impeach India’s CJ
NEW DELHI, Apr 23 (Reuters): India's Vice-President and chairman of the Upper House of parliament, Venkaiah Naidu, has rejected the opposition's notice for impeachment of Chief Justice (CJ) of India, Dipak Misra. But the Congress, which submitted the motion had said that it would approach the Supreme Court if the...
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N Korea bus crash leaves 32 Chinese tourists dead
BEIJING, Apr 23 (Agencies): A tour bus has crashed in North Korea, killing 36 people including 32 Chinese nationals, Chinese officials say.The crash, which also killed four North Koreans, happened in North Hwanghae province on Sunday night.Chinese state media footage showed the blue tour bus completely flipped over, with part...
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KL releases images of suspects
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 23 (Agencies): Malaysian police on Monday released composite images of two suspects who gunned down a Palestinian engineer and said they appeared to be European or Middle Eastern, fueling suspicion that the slaying was an Israeli assassination.Gaza's ruling Hamas militant group has accused Israel of being behind...
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S Korea halts border broadcasts ahead of North-South summit
SEOUL, Apr 23 (AFP): South Korea silenced on Monday its battery of giant loudspeakers that blast messages at the North's border soldiers, in a conciliatory gesture before Friday's historic inter-Korean summit.Despite tentative hopes of a breakthrough over Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal, US President Donald Trump warned that a solution to the...
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Grief turns to anger over Kabul suicide attack
KABUL, Apr 23 (Agencies): Grieving Afghans buried their loved ones in Kabul on Monday amid growing anger over a suicide attack on a voter registration centre in the city.The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemned on Monday the suicide attack against an election-related facility in Kabul.On Sunday, a...
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News in Brief--(24-04-2018)
Prince William’s wife Kate gives birth to third childLONDON, Apr 23: Kate, the wife of Prince William, gave birth to a boy at a hospital in London on Monday, the third child for the British royal couple and now fifth in line to the throne. Kensington Palace said the baby...
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