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Presidential debate heats up as candidates battle for power

Updated: May 04, 2017 13:05 IST      

New York [U.S.] May 4 (ANI): Days before the final French vote, candidates Emmanuel Macron, independent centrist, and Marine Le Pen from Front National clashed on live TV in a presidential debate.

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Queen Elizabeth summons 'emergency' meeting at Buckingham Palace

Updated: May 04, 2017 11:22 IST      

London [United Kingdom] May 4 (ANI): Rumors are flying high as Queen Elizabeth II summoned her entire household for an emergency meeting at the Buckingham Palace.

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Obama's Affordable Care Act is failing: White House

Updated: May 04, 2017 07:21 IST      

Washington [US] May 4 (ANI): President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act is currently failing and not doing what it's supposed to, said White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday.

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Trump vows to revive stalled Israel-Palestine peace process

Updated: May 04, 2017 07:18 IST      

Washington D.C. [United States], May 4 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has vowed to revive the stalled Israel-Palestine peace process by acting as a "mediator, an arbitrator or a facilitator".

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U.S. House of Representatives passes bill to fund govt.

Updated: May 04, 2017 06:26 IST      

Washington [United States], May 4 (ANI): The U.S. Congress moved one step closer to avoiding a government shutdown after the House of Representatives approved a USD1.2-trillion spending bill to fund the government through September.

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Former U.S. NSA turns down request to testify on Russian hacking

Updated: May 04, 2017 06:26 IST      

Washington D.C. [United States], May 4 (ANI): Former U.S. National Security Advisor (NSA) Susan Rice has turned down the request to testify before a Senate judiciary subcommittee investigating Russian attempts to influence the U.S. election, CNN reported.

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FBI Director has no regrets over 'Hillary's emails'

Updated: May 04, 2017 04:22 IST      

Washington D.C. [United States], May 4 (ANI): Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey has no regrets over his agency's investigation into emails related to former secretary of state Hillary Clinton's personal computer just days before the 2016 presidential election.

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Coal mine blast kills 23 in northern Iran

Updated: May 04, 2017 03:00 IST      

Tehran [Iran] May 4 (ANI): At least twenty three miners have reportedly been killed and many others injured in a blast in northern Iran's Zemestan Yurt coal mine, local media reports said.

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Two dead at Texas's North Lake College shooting

Updated: May 04, 2017 01:29 IST      

Irving [United States], May 4 (ANI): Two people have been reported dead in a shooting that took place at Texas's North Lake College in Irving.

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Nepal: Politicos file candidacy for first phase polls

Updated: May 03, 2017 23:06 IST      

Kathmandu [Nepal], May 3 (ANI): The filing of nominations by the political parties for the first phase of Nepal local polls slated for May 14 is over.

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Iran attempted missile launch from submarine: U.S. officials

Updated: May 03, 2017 21:41 IST      

Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 3 (ANI): Iran on Tuesday attempted to launch a cruise missile from a submarine in the Strait of Hormuz, two U.S. officials told Fox News.

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Kabul: ISIS claims responsibility for attack on NATO convoy

Updated: May 03, 2017 19:12 IST      

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 3 (ANI): The ISIS-Khurasan, an offshoot of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terror group, has claimed responsibility for the deadly suicide attack that targetted a convoy of the Resolute Support Mission forces led by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in Kabul.

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New York [U.S.A.], May 3 (ANI): Palestinian militant outfit Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal has said that United States President Donald Trump has an 'historic opportunity' to pressurise Israel to find an "equitable solution" for the Palestinian people.

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President Ghani responds to Kabul suicide attack

Updated: May 03, 2017 18:31 IST      

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 3 (ANI): Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani strongly reacted at the suicide attack in Kabul, stating that the terror groups were hiding their defeats by conducting such attacks.

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May vows to be tough during Brexit talks

Updated: May 03, 2017 17:28 IST      

London [United Kingdom], May 3 (ANI): British Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to be tough with European Union (EU) Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on talks related Britain's exit from the Eurpoean Union.

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Nawaz Sharif's daughter triggers Twitter war over Panamagate

Updated: May 03, 2017 17:16 IST      

Lahore [Pakistan], May 3 (ANI): Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz triggered a war on twitter with German investigative reporter Bastian Obermayer, who investigated the Panama Papers, by terming the scandal 'crap'.

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Rohingya Muslims 'abused': Myanmar rejects UN interference

Updated: May 03, 2017 15:12 IST      

London [U.K.] May 3 (ANI): Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rejected the United Nations Human Rights Council's (UNHRC) decision to investigate allegations of crimes and inhumane treatment by Myanmar's security forces against minority Rohingya Muslims.

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Trump's pick for China Ambassador promises to mend US-China ties

Updated: May 03, 2017 14:43 IST      

Washington D.C. (United States), May 3 ANI: US President Donald Trump's pick for Ambassador to China ,Terry Branstad, expressed confidence to take ties between Washington and Beijing in a positive direction.

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Afghan warlord Hekmatyar to arrive in Kabul on Thursday

Updated: May 03, 2017 14:23 IST      

Kabul (Afghanistan),May 3 ANI: Notorious Afghan warlord and the leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar will arrive in Kabul on Thursday.

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Lahore (Pakistan) ,May 3 (ANI):At a time when tensions between India and Pakistan are at an all time high, Islamabad is planning to hold joint mechanism with India and Afghanistan for joint watershed management and trans-boundary aquifer sharing, to minimize the negative impact of development projects.

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