Two more Australian cabinet ministers quit as election looms

Two more ministers in Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's cabinet said on Saturday they will not contest elections due in May, adding to a flurry of high-profile resignations as opinion polls suggest the center-right government faces a heavy defeat.

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Washington cranks up Venezuela sanctions as Guaido tours South America

The United States on Friday ramped up its attempt to dislodge Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power, imposing new sanctions and revoking visas, while opposition leader Juan Guaido said Maduro's support among the military was cracking.

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South Korea to work with U.S., North Korea after failed nuclear talks

South Korea will work with the United States and North Korea to help them reach a denuclearization deal, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Friday, a day after a U.S.-North Korean summit collapsed over a disagreement on sanctions.

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London's Stansted's runway reopens after aborted takeoff

London Stansted Airport was up and running again on Friday night after an aborted takeoff caused by an engine failure briefly shut down the runway.

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Trump, on U.S.-North Korea talks, says both sides know the issues

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Twitter on Friday that his talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi had been "substantive," adding, "We know what they want and they know what we must have."

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EU ready to give Britain more guarantees 'backstop' is temporary: Barnier

The European Union is ready to give Britain more guarantees that the Irish "backstop" is only intended to be temporary, the bloc's chief Brexit negotiator said on Friday.

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Lula's attorneys to seek temporary release after death of grandson

Lawyers for Brazil's former president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said on Friday they will ask courts to release him temporarily from jail so he can attend the funeral of his 7-year-old grandson who died hours earlier.

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Rights groups urge release of more Nicaragua prisoners

Human rights advocates on Friday urged Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega to free 566 people still in custody that the opposition considers political prisoners following an initial release of detainees from a simmering political crisis.

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Algerian protest, stampede leaves at least one dead in capital: source

One person was killed on Friday in the Algerian capital during a stampede as police and protesters clashed, an informed source said.

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Yazidis freed from Islamic State captivity in Syria, returned to Iraq

A group of Yazidi women and children returned to Iraq from Syria on Friday after more than four years in Islamic State captivity.

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U.S.-backed Syrian force attacks final IS enclave

U.S.-backed forces launched an attack on Friday to evict Islamic State from its last territorial bastion and seal four years of international efforts to roll back a "caliphate" that redrew the map of the Middle East.

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U.S. revokes visas of 49 people aligned with Venezuela's Maduro: State Department

The United States on Friday revoked the visas of 49 individuals aligned with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, according to the State Department, a move intended to pressure Maduro to step down.

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Southern Yemenis warn exclusion from U.N. peace talks could trigger new conflict

A separatist leader from south Yemen said a U.N.-mediated peace deal that fails to address the south’s wish for self-determination would be "dangerous" and could trigger a new conflict.

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Delhi Approves 1,000 Electric Buses In Bid To Fight Air Pollution

The Delhi Cabinet on Saturday approved a thousand low floor electric buses for the national capital in a bid to fight air pollution.

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Easter Island's Famed Giant Heads Could Soon Become "Rectangular Blocks"

Easter Island, Chile: In just 100 years, the emblematic stone sculptures that guard the coastline of Easter Island could be little more than simple rectangular blocks, conservation experts are...

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Body of Army Jawan Recovered 10 Days After Himachal Pradesh Avalanche

The body of one of the five Army jawans missing for the last 10 days in an avalanche in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district was recovered Saturday, district officials said.

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Over 7,000 Participants Set A New Guinness World Record At Kumbh

At Kumbh Mela 2019, a new Guinness World Record has been set for "most contribution to a handprint painting in 8 hours" by Prayagraj Mela Authority.

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"Positive Momentum": UN Chief Welcomes IAF Pilot's Return To India

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the return of Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthman from captivity in Pakistan and called on the two countries to sustain the "positive...

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Jamaat-e-Islami Workers' Properties Sealed By Authorities In Kashmir

Days after the centre banned the Jamaat-e-Islami J&K (JeI), houses of dozens of workers and leaders of the group have been sealed by authorities at several locations across the Kashmir valley....

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Ex-Kolkata Top Cop, Probed In Chit Fund Scams, To Head Special Task Force

The West Bengal government has given additional charge of the state directorate of economic offences and the special task force (STF) of Kolkata Police to former city police commissioner Rajeev Kumar.

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