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Putin heads for commanding win in Russian poll

MOSCOW, Mar 18 (Agencies): From frustration with corruption and poverty to Moscow's showdown with the West, Russians shared their concerns as they voted in Sunday's presidential election that is set to extend President Vladimir Putin's Kremlin term to 2024.Opinion polls give Putin, the incumbent, support of around 70 per cent,...

Turkish forces, allies take control of Syria’s Afrin

ISTANBUL, Mar 18 (AP): Turkey's president said on Sunday that allied Syrian forces have taken "total" control of the town center of Afrin, the target of a nearly two-month-old Turkish offensive against a Syrian Kurdish militia, which said fighting was still underway.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the Turkish flag and...

China introduces public oath of office for all state functionaries

BEIJING, Mar 18 (Xinhua): A Chinese president has for the first time taken a public oath of allegiance to the Constitution upon assuming office.Newly elected Chinese President Xi Jinping took the solemn oath in Beijing last Saturday, pledging his allegiance to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China (PRC)...

Ethnic violence displaces 60,000 people in Congo

BUNIA, Mar 18 (AP): The assailants attacked under cover of darkness, slaughtering Nguli Nzafi's wife and three children with machetes and arrows.The 71-year-old, who also lost all 40 of his cattle in the violence, was forced to flee on foot some 90 kilometers (56 miles) to safety in the town...

Pakistan soldiers kill five members of a Kashmir family

JAMMU, Mar 18 (AFP): Five members of a single family were killed Sunday when a mortar bomb fired by Pakistani soldiers landed on their home in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said.The incident happened in the southern Poonch sector in the disputed Himalayan region.Police said a 35-year-old man, two children aged seven...

Sri Lanka lifts state of emergency

COLOMBO, Mar 18 (Reuters): Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena said on Sunday he had lifted a nationwide state of emergency imposed on Mar 6 after Buddhist-Muslim clashes. "Upon assessing the public safety situation, I instructed to revoke the State of Emergency from midnight yesterday," Sirisena said on his Twitter feed....

News in Brief-(19-03-2018)

29 insurgents die in Afghan attack LASHKARGAH, Mar 18: At least 29 armed militants were killed during air attacks by Afghan air force in Helmand province, south of Afghanistan, on Saturday, Afghan Defence Ministry said in a statement released here on Sunday. "The air force's warplanes targeted hideouts of Taliban...