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China pledges broader ties with Russia in 2018

BEIJING, Dec 31 (Agencies): Chinese President Xi Jinping said Sunday he is ready to join his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in consolidating political and strategic mutual trust and expanding bilateral all-around pragmatic cooperation.Xi made the pledge in his New Year greeting message to Putin. Meanwhile, Li Keqiang also exchanged New...

Rebel attack claims seven lives in Indian Kashmir

SRINAGAR, Dec 31 (Agencies): Suspected rebels stormed a paramilitary camp in Indian Kashmir early Sunday leaving seven including three attackers dead, a security forces spokesman said, capping off the deadliest years in a decade for the disputed territory. Armed militants lobbed grenades and fired automatic rifles to enter the camp...

15 die in suicide attack on Afghan funeral

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Dec 31 (AFP): A suicide attacker blew himself up at a funeral in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least 15 mourners and wounding another 14, officials said, capping a deadly year for civilians. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Taliban and Islamic State militants have...

36 lose lives in Kenya bus crash

NAIROBI, Dec 31 (AFP): Thirty-six people were killed and 11 injured early Sunday morning in a head-on collision between a bus and a lorry on a road in central Kenya, police said. "The death toll is now 36," said Rift Valley traffic police chief Zero Arome, explaining the initial toll...

Trump's Russia probe 'began on Australian tip-off'

SYDNEY, Dec 31 (BBC): The investigation into possible connections between Russia and Donald Trump's presidential campaign began after a tip-off from Australia, the New York Times reports.Trump adviser George Papadopoulos allegedly told Australia's top UK diplomat that Moscow had incriminating "dirt" on Hillary Clinton.The newspaper alleges the revelation came "during...

Seaplane crash leaves six dead in Australia

SYDNEY, Dec 31 (BBC): Six people have died after a seaplane crashed into a river in Australia some 30 miles (50km) north of Sydney.The crash happened on the Hawkesbury River near the suburb of Cowan.Police divers have recovered six bodies from the wreckage, which is lying in 13m (43ft) of...

Europe top priority for Merkel's new govt

BERLIN, Dec 31 (AFP): Chancellor Angela Merkel will tell Germans that European co-operation is "the decisive question of the coming years" in a New Year's Eve broadcast Sunday, as her conservatives eye tricky coalition talks.Merkel will say that "27 states in Europe must be persuaded more strongly than ever to...

Puigdemont urges Madrid to hold talks

BRUSSELS, Dec 31 (CNN): The former leader of Catalonia urged Madrid to enter political negotiations following a regional election that gave pro-independence parties a majority in the Catalan parliament."We are a democratically mature country that has earned the right to become a republic of free men and women," said former...

News in Brief -(01-01-2018)

Zambia deploys army to fight cholera outbreakLUSAKA, Dec 31: Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has dispatched the military to help fight a cholera outbreak, which has killed 41 people in the capital, Lusaka, and affected more than 1,500 others since September. In a Facebook post late on Friday, Lungu said "all...