World
Indian woman says she was forced to marry Pakistani
- May 08, 2017
She appeared before a local court and recorded her statement. The 20-year-old girl Uzma met Tahir in Malaysia and fell in love after which she travelled to Pakistan on May 1 via the Wagah border and contracted a court marriage on May 3 in Buner, according to a request for help lodged at Islamabad s Secretariat Police Station by Tahir. (more...)
- May 08, 2017
She appeared before a local court and recorded her statement. The 20-year-old girl Uzma met Tahir in Malaysia and fell in love after which she travelled to Pakistan on May 1 via the Wagah border and contracted a court marriage on May 3 in Buner, according to a request for help lodged at Islamabad s Secretariat Police Station by Tahir. (more...)
Federal Bureau of Investigation director says he's looking into possible leaks to Giuliani
- May 08, 2017
It makes me mildly nauseous to think we might have had some impact on the election". Comey said that he made a decision to reopen the probe because Federal Bureau of Investigation agents found "thousands" of e-mails from Clinton on the laptop of former lawmaker Anthony Weiner , who was married to Huma Abedin , one of the Democratic presidential nominee's closest political advisers. (more...)
- May 08, 2017
It makes me mildly nauseous to think we might have had some impact on the election". Comey said that he made a decision to reopen the probe because Federal Bureau of Investigation agents found "thousands" of e-mails from Clinton on the laptop of former lawmaker Anthony Weiner , who was married to Huma Abedin , one of the Democratic presidential nominee's closest political advisers. (more...)
1 million children refugees from South Sudan's civil war
- May 08, 2017
Two UN agencies said today that more than 1 million children have fled South Sudan's civil war, contributing to the world's fastest growing refugee crisis. The Famine Early Warning Systems Network says starvation is likely to occur in Koch county. - Around 75% of the country's children are not now going to school - the highest proportion of non-attendance in the world . (more...)
- May 08, 2017
Two UN agencies said today that more than 1 million children have fled South Sudan's civil war, contributing to the world's fastest growing refugee crisis. The Famine Early Warning Systems Network says starvation is likely to occur in Koch county. - Around 75% of the country's children are not now going to school - the highest proportion of non-attendance in the world . (more...)
Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram released
- May 08, 2017
The young women were flown Sunday by military helicopters from northeastern Nigeria to Abuja, the capital, where they were expected to meet the president in the evening. After Saturday's release, 113 schoolgirls remain unaccounted for. The girls released in October are reported to be in care in Abuja for medical attention, trauma counselling and rehabilitation. (more...)
- May 08, 2017
The young women were flown Sunday by military helicopters from northeastern Nigeria to Abuja, the capital, where they were expected to meet the president in the evening. After Saturday's release, 113 schoolgirls remain unaccounted for. The girls released in October are reported to be in care in Abuja for medical attention, trauma counselling and rehabilitation. (more...)
North Korea accuses Central Intelligence Agency of plot to kill leader Kim Jong
- May 08, 2017
North Korea accused the CIA and South Korea's intelligence service of attempting to assassinate its leader, Kim Jong-Un, with a bio-chemical weapon. The allegations made by North Korea are detailed. Both Malaysia and South Korea have blamed the North for the assassination, which retorts that the accusations are an attempt to smear it. (more...)
- May 08, 2017
North Korea accused the CIA and South Korea's intelligence service of attempting to assassinate its leader, Kim Jong-Un, with a bio-chemical weapon. The allegations made by North Korea are detailed. Both Malaysia and South Korea have blamed the North for the assassination, which retorts that the accusations are an attempt to smear it. (more...)
Pakistan, Afghanistan start joint survey after border clash
- May 08, 2017
On the Afghan side, officials reported six killed in the incident, a significant escalation of hostilities between the two neighbors. "The unprovoked firing from the Afghan side not only led to the loss of precious lives and injured many, but has also disrupted the census in areas on the Pakistan side of the border and caused damage to properties", a ministry statement said. (more...)
- May 08, 2017
On the Afghan side, officials reported six killed in the incident, a significant escalation of hostilities between the two neighbors. "The unprovoked firing from the Afghan side not only led to the loss of precious lives and injured many, but has also disrupted the census in areas on the Pakistan side of the border and caused damage to properties", a ministry statement said. (more...)
Trump to reveal lower federal court nominees
- May 08, 2017
Gov. Rick Snyder appointed Larsen to the Michigan Supreme Court in September 2015 to fill a vacancy. It was the end of July in President Obama's first year in office before he had announced a dozen judicial nominees. She graduated first in her class from Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, served in President George W. Bush's Justice Department and taught at the University of Michigan Law School. (more...)
- May 08, 2017
Gov. Rick Snyder appointed Larsen to the Michigan Supreme Court in September 2015 to fill a vacancy. It was the end of July in President Obama's first year in office before he had announced a dozen judicial nominees. She graduated first in her class from Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, served in President George W. Bush's Justice Department and taught at the University of Michigan Law School. (more...)
Days: How Trump's Low Approval Ratings Compare to Past Presidents
- May 08, 2017
H.W. Brands, a history professor at the University of Texas at Austin, said Trump is learning that "the world is the way it is for a whole bunch of complicated reasons". "New polls out today are very good considering that much of the media is FAKE and nearly always negative". But blasting the media, and doing it on social media, is out of step with some voters, the Elon poll said. (more...)
- May 08, 2017
H.W. Brands, a history professor at the University of Texas at Austin, said Trump is learning that "the world is the way it is for a whole bunch of complicated reasons". "New polls out today are very good considering that much of the media is FAKE and nearly always negative". But blasting the media, and doing it on social media, is out of step with some voters, the Elon poll said. (more...)
Taliban launches operation Mansoori, vows more attacks
- May 08, 2017
Speaking at the Pentagon in December, the top US commander in Afghanistan, Army Gen. John Nicholson, estimated that his forces had killed about 500 ISIS fighters in 2016, including 12 of the group's most senior leaders. 'Another tough year' The Taliban announcement comes days after Pentagon chief Jim Mattis visited Kabul as the Trump administration seeks to craft a new strategy in Afghanistan. (more...)
- May 08, 2017
Speaking at the Pentagon in December, the top US commander in Afghanistan, Army Gen. John Nicholson, estimated that his forces had killed about 500 ISIS fighters in 2016, including 12 of the group's most senior leaders. 'Another tough year' The Taliban announcement comes days after Pentagon chief Jim Mattis visited Kabul as the Trump administration seeks to craft a new strategy in Afghanistan. (more...)
Woman Flying To Paris On United Ends Up At SFO Instead
- May 08, 2017
An announcement might have been made in English, but never in French, her niece told ABC-TV. A French-speaking United passenger Lucie Bahetoukilae said she mistakenly boarded a flight to San Francisco when the airline failed to notify her of a gate change. (more...)
- May 08, 2017
An announcement might have been made in English, but never in French, her niece told ABC-TV. A French-speaking United passenger Lucie Bahetoukilae said she mistakenly boarded a flight to San Francisco when the airline failed to notify her of a gate change. (more...)
W. Kamau Bell: Berkeley Cancelled Over 'Safety,' Not 'Free Speech'
- May 08, 2017
While the thuggish and grotesque riot that forced the cancellation of the January appearance at Berkeley of conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was inspired largely, but not exclusively, by students, the University's craven administrators were certainly complicit in the exclusion of conservative views from campus. (more...)
- May 08, 2017
While the thuggish and grotesque riot that forced the cancellation of the January appearance at Berkeley of conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was inspired largely, but not exclusively, by students, the University's craven administrators were certainly complicit in the exclusion of conservative views from campus. (more...)
Delhi Metro To Announce New Fares Today
- May 08, 2017
Earlier, this year, NITI Aayog requested the Prime Minister's office to take a call on raising fares. Mumbai: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has revised up its minimum and maximum fares eight years after DMRC had first proposed a fare hike in 2009. (more...)
- May 08, 2017
Earlier, this year, NITI Aayog requested the Prime Minister's office to take a call on raising fares. Mumbai: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has revised up its minimum and maximum fares eight years after DMRC had first proposed a fare hike in 2009. (more...)
Rundle: heady hours for centrist France as Macron thumps Le Pen
- May 08, 2017
I want to thank the activists who have supported and accompanied me throughout this campaign. Macron acknowledged the results as much in a speech shown on live television. The 39-year-old Macron won a decisive tally of around 66% of the vote, according to the French Interior Ministry. "Political risk in Europe has been considered as a major market theme this year". (more...)
- May 08, 2017
I want to thank the activists who have supported and accompanied me throughout this campaign. Macron acknowledged the results as much in a speech shown on live television. The 39-year-old Macron won a decisive tally of around 66% of the vote, according to the French Interior Ministry. "Political risk in Europe has been considered as a major market theme this year". (more...)
French president-elect Emmanuel Macron hails 'new page of our history'
- May 08, 2017
Macron becomes not only France's youngest-ever president but also one of its most unlikely. The French voters trickled into a bilingual school in Berkeley on Saturday, their relative order and calm belying the titanic presidential election slated to take place Sunday a world away. (more...)
- May 08, 2017
Macron becomes not only France's youngest-ever president but also one of its most unlikely. The French voters trickled into a bilingual school in Berkeley on Saturday, their relative order and calm belying the titanic presidential election slated to take place Sunday a world away. (more...)
FACT CHECK: Are pregnancy, rape pre-existing conditions?
- May 08, 2017
The Affordable Care Act expanded Medicaid with extra payments to 31 states to cover more people but the House bill halts the expansion, in addition to cutting government spending on the programme, which Mr Trump's health chief argues is flawed and dictates too much from Washington . (more...)
- May 08, 2017
The Affordable Care Act expanded Medicaid with extra payments to 31 states to cover more people but the House bill halts the expansion, in addition to cutting government spending on the programme, which Mr Trump's health chief argues is flawed and dictates too much from Washington . (more...)
MCD Polls: Union ministers, BJP leaders cast their vote
- May 08, 2017
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been accusing the BJP of "turning the city into a garbage dump" and the campaigns have been created to target the three corporations. Responding to whether the MCD election was a referendum on AAP-led government in Delhi, the CM Kejriwal said that we will see when the results will come out. (more...)
- May 08, 2017
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been accusing the BJP of "turning the city into a garbage dump" and the campaigns have been created to target the three corporations. Responding to whether the MCD election was a referendum on AAP-led government in Delhi, the CM Kejriwal said that we will see when the results will come out. (more...)
Trump's First Foreign Trip As President Is Later Than Anyone Since LBJ
- May 08, 2017
Following those stops, Trump will jet onto a highly-anticipated North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit in Brussels on May 25, where he is expected to hound allies on boosting their defense spending, and a G-7 summit in Sicily on May 26 to talk shop on economics, foreign policy, and trade. (more...)
- May 08, 2017
Following those stops, Trump will jet onto a highly-anticipated North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit in Brussels on May 25, where he is expected to hound allies on boosting their defense spending, and a G-7 summit in Sicily on May 26 to talk shop on economics, foreign policy, and trade. (more...)
Venezuela opposition calls for 'mega protests' against Maduro's move on constitution
- May 08, 2017
Opposition leaders called the planned constitutional assembly a ploy to keep Maduro and his allies in power by putting off regional elections scheduled for this year and a presidential election that was to be held in 2018. "What has happened today, and I say this without exaggerations... is the most serious coup d'etat to have taken place in the history of Venezuela... (more...)
- May 08, 2017
Opposition leaders called the planned constitutional assembly a ploy to keep Maduro and his allies in power by putting off regional elections scheduled for this year and a presidential election that was to be held in 2018. "What has happened today, and I say this without exaggerations... is the most serious coup d'etat to have taken place in the history of Venezuela... (more...)
Michael Slager pleads guilty to killing of Walter Scott
- May 08, 2017
Slager pleading guilty to violating Scott's civil rights in federal court this afternoon will end the federal case against him and also resolve the state charges that were still pending after a mistrial was declared in the state murder trial past year. (more...)
- May 08, 2017
Slager pleading guilty to violating Scott's civil rights in federal court this afternoon will end the federal case against him and also resolve the state charges that were still pending after a mistrial was declared in the state murder trial past year. (more...)
Trump's pick for Army secretary drops out
- May 08, 2017
Kirsten E. Gillibrand, D-N.Y., who expressed concerns about past comments he made regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The American Military Partner Association (AMPA), an LGBT advocacy group , issued a statement immediately following his nomination, saying it was "deeply concerned" about Green's nomination. (more...)
- May 08, 2017
Kirsten E. Gillibrand, D-N.Y., who expressed concerns about past comments he made regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The American Military Partner Association (AMPA), an LGBT advocacy group , issued a statement immediately following his nomination, saying it was "deeply concerned" about Green's nomination. (more...)
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