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India will formally split up disputed Jammu and Kashmir state into two federal territories on Thursday, aiming to tighten its grip on the restive region that has been in the grip of a harsh security clampdown for nearly three months. Street protests against the measures have erupted sporadically, while militants …

US President Donald Trump has posted a barrage of tweets against the impeachment inquiry into his alleged abuse of power as a key witness gives an “extremely disturbing” testimony against him. Trump posted dozens of messages on Tuesday attacking top Democrats for their handling of the impeachment proceedings and questioning …

WhatsApp is suing an Israeli company that it claims was behind a cyberattack that installed spyware on users’ phones and targeted human rights defenders, journalists, political dissidents, diplomats, and government officials. The Facebook-owned messaging service filed the complaint against NSO Group in the US federal court on Tuesday. “This should …

Saad al-Hariri is ready to return as prime minister of a new government, a senior official familiar with his thinking said, on condition it includes technocrats and be capable of quickly implementing reforms needed to stave off economic collapse. Hariri’s resignation on Tuesday has left Lebanon with a political vacuum …

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s two main backers have agreed to work to remove him from office as protests against his government gained momentum in Baghdad and much of the Shi’ite south only to be met with violence. Populist Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who leads parliament’s largest bloc, had …

Ukraine’s military said the withdrawal of government and Russian-backed rebel troops started at 12.00 local time (10.00 GMT) on Tuesday in Zolote, a town in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk. Ukrainian forces have fought rebels in the Donbas region in a conflict that has killed more than 13,000 people. …

Iraq’s Umm Qasr commodities port near Basra was operating at only around 20% of the normal level on Tuesday after protesters blocked its entrance, port employees and local officials said. “Port operations were reduced to 20 percent because the replacement workers couldn’t join the work,” said a port manager. Thousands …

Rescue teams in Cameroon were scouring the rubble of destroyed houses for survivors on Tuesday after a landslide caused by heavy rainfall killed at least 22 people, state television reported. The police were searching for dozens of more people reported as missing in the town of Bafoussam in the western …

British police said on Tuesday they were hunting for two brothers from Northern Ireland over the deaths of 39 people discovered in the back of a truck near London last week. The discovery of the bodies in a refrigerated truck on an industrial estate near London has shone a spotlight …

Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad al-Hariri, and his government have resigned after over a week of protests, which paralyzed the country as the people accused the authorities of being corruption and causing an economic collapse. Hariri, who was in the office since December 2016, announced quits during a televised address to …

The US got rid of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s body mere hours after a swift DNA test confirmed the terrorist’s identity, Pentagon officials said, adding that all evidence of the raid and his burial at sea remains classified. Following the US special forces operation in northwestern Syria, in which Washington claims …

Britain was heading towards a December election on Tuesday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bet on breaking the Brexit deadlock with an early vote gained support from opposition parties. As the European Union finalizes the third delay to the divorce that was originally supposed to take place on March 29, …

The Iraqi parliament voted on Tuesday to host Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi. Parliament decided to host, Abdul Mahdi during the session and keep the session continues until his presence. The Speaker of the Parliament, Mohammed al-Halbousi has directed the General Secretariat of the Council, to contact the Prime Minister …

Iraqi officials have dismissed reports of fatalities during Monday’s anti-government protests in the holy city of Karbala, saying certain media outlets have been fabricating news. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Karbala Governor Nassif al-Khattabi said viral footage of security forces shooting at protesters were fake and meant to …

The death toll from torrential rains that caused flooding and mudslides in Japan climbed to 10 on Saturday, with three others missing, public broadcaster NHK reported, just two weeks after the region was hit by a powerful typhoon. Landslides ripped through waterlogged areas in Chiba and Fukushima prefectures, in eastern …

Protesters trickled back on to the streets across Lebanon on Saturday, despite army efforts to unblock roads, with no end in sight to a crisis that has crippled the country for 10 days. A military statement said army and security commanders met to plan ways to re-open main arteries to …

Police are investigating whether the deaths of 39 people found in a lorry in Essex were part of a “wider conspiracy” to traffic people, following reports the victims had set out from Vietnam in a larger group. British detectives met with the Vietnamese ambassador to the UK on Saturday, amid …

Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres has expressed strong concerns over the fresh demonstrations in Iraq, urging both the security forces and protesters to avoid violence and exercise “maximum restraint.” Thousands of people in capital Baghdad and other major cities have taken back to the streets since Friday morning, …

Funerals for protesters killed after a day of violent protests on Friday were held by grieving relatives in Baghdad and Najaf. Across the country, at least 40 protesters died, as demonstrators vented their frustration at political elites who they say have failed to improve their lives after years of conflict …

The Iraqi parliament has failed to hold its scheduled session on Saturday to discuss the repercussions of the large protests that swept the country. A parliamentary source said that the parliament failed to hold its scheduled meeting today, due to lack of quorum. The number of injured among the demonstrators …