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US says talks with N Korea must lead to ending nuke programme

WASHINGTON, Feb26 (Reuters): The White House said any talks with North Korea must lead to an end to its nuclear programme after senior officials from Pyongyang visiting South Korea said on Sunday their government was open to talks with the United States (US).The North Korean delegation, in Pyeongchang for the...

India mourns death of Bollywood star Sridevi

MUMBAI, Feb 26 (AFP): Heartbroken fans Monday awaited the arrival of the body of Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor as tributes poured in for the actress who died in Dubai of a heart attack aged just 54.Hundreds gathered outside her Mumbai home hoping to catch a final glimpse of the star...

Merkel quells party rebellion ahead of coalition deal vote

BERLIN, Feb 26 (AFP): German Chancellor Angela Merkel will put a hard-fought coalition deal to a vote Monday by her conservative party, which is expected to give its approval after she moved to quash a rightwing rebellion.Officials from Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the party she has led for nearly...

110 Nigerian girls missing after Boko Haram attack

YOBE (Nigeria), Feb 26 (Reuters): One hundred and ten girls are missing after an attack on a school in northeast Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, the information ministry said on Sunday, in what may be one of the largest abductions since the Chibok kidnappings of 2014.The Islamist militant group...

EU for immediate Syria ceasefire

BRUSSELS, Feb 26 (AFP): The EU's diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini on Monday demanded that a UN-backed ceasefire in Syria be implemented "immediately", as fresh government strikes on rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta killed 10 civilians.Mogherini said a UN Security Council resolution passed Saturday calling for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria...

16 Turkish women to die for joining IS

BAGHDAD, Feb 26 (Reuters): An Iraqi court has sentenced 16 Turkish women to death by hanging for joining Islamic State, a judiciary spokesman said on Sunday.Iraq is conducting the trials of hundreds of foreign women who have been detained, with hundreds of their children, since August by Iraqi forces as...

Afghan army kills 28 militants

KABUL, Feb 26 (Xinhua): At least 28 insurgents were killed and nine others injured in separate incidents across Afghanistan on Sunday, Afghan Defence Ministry said Monday.In Pashtun Kot district of northern Faryab province, 16 insurgents were killed and six others wounded during an army's cleanup operation, the ministry said in...

Four die in Leicester explosion

LONDON, Feb 26 (BBC): Four people have died in an explosion at a shop in Leicester.Residents said they heard "a big thud, like an earthquake" at the time of the blast in Hinckley Road at about 19:00 GMT on Sunday.Four other people remain in hospital, one with serious injuries, the...

News in Brief(27-02-2018)

Michelle Obama to release memoir in NovemberNEW YORK, Feb 26: Michelle Obama's memoir, one of the most highly anticipated books in recent years, is coming out Nov 13. The former first lady tweeted Sunday that the book, to come out a week after the 2018 midterm elections, is called "Becoming."...