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US to avoid war with Iran: Pompeo

NEW YORK, Sept 23 (Agencies): The United States aims to avoid war with Iran and the additional troops ordered to be deployed in the Gulf region are for "deterrence and defence," US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday.Speaking to Fox News Sunday, Pompeo added that he was confident...

Taliban team meets Chinese spl envoy

BEIJING, Sept 23 (Reuters): A Taliban delegation met China's special representative for Afghanistan in Beijing on Sunday to discuss the group's peace talks with the United States, a spokesman for the Islamist insurgency said.The meeting comes after US President Donald Trump's eleventh-hour cancellation earlier this month of the negotiations between...

Australia uses new technology to catch drivers on phones

CANBERRA, Sept 23 (AP): An Australian state is attempting to persuade people to put down their smartphones while driving by rolling out cameras to prosecute distracted motorists. New South Wales Roads Minister Andrew Constance said Monday that Australia's most populous state is the first jurisdiction in the world to use...

Trump hails Modi at Texas rally

TEXAS, Sept 23(BBC): US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi exchanged warm words of friendship in Texas at a rare mass rally for a foreign leader.Around 50,000 people gathered for what Mr Trump called a "profoundly historic event" on Sunday in Houston.The "Howdy, Modi!" event was billed...

Progress made on forming constitutional body in Syria

DAMASCUS, Sept 22 (Xinhua): Geir Pedersen, UN special envoy for Syria, said on Sunday that progress has been made on the formation of a Syrian constitutional committee. Pedersen made the remarks upon arriving in the capital Damascus on Sunday evening, when he said that since his last visit to Syria...

Protesters burn buildings in Papua province

JAKARTA, Sept 23 (AP): Hundreds of protesters in Indonesia's restive Papua province set fire to homes and other buildings on Monday in a protest sparked by rumors that a high school teacher had insulted students, police said. The angry mob torched local government buildings, shops and homes and set fire...

News in Brief (24-09-2019)

Dutch reinforce major dam as seas riseTHE AFSLUITDIJK, Sept 23: The Dutch, whose low-lying country is crisscrossed by rivers and bordered by the sea, have been battling with water for centuries. That challenge will only grow as warmer temperatures cause sea levels to rise. With that in mind, the government...