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January 30, 2018 12:03 PM

US lifts ban on refugees from 11 what it termed high-risk countries

The United States has announced that it is lifting its ban on refugees from 11 what it termed high-risk countries. <br/><br/>Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, however, said in Washington that those seeking to enter the US would come under much tougher scrutiny than in the pas...

January 30, 2018 7:41 AM

US Senate defeats bill banning late-term abortion

US Senate Democrats have blocked a controversial measure that would ban and criminalise abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, scuttling a longtime priority of conservatives in Congress President Donald Trump described the failure of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act as disappointing, and ...

January 30, 2018 7:40 AM

Ireland to hold referendum in May on easing abortion ban

Ireland's voters will decide in late May on whether to lift a constitutional ban on most abortions, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said today. Varadkar spoke after a special meeting of the Cabinet to agree on details of a referendum on the eighth amendment to Ireland's constitution.<br/&gt...

January 30, 2018 7:10 AM

Ready to hold talks with India to resolve differences over CPEC: China

China has said that it is ready to hold talks with India to resolve differences over the 50 billion US Dollars China-Pakistan Economic Corridor that passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, days after India's envoy in Beijing said the issue should not be swept under the carpet. <br/><...

January 30, 2018 1:40 AM

Trump rules out talks with Taliban after wave of attacks in Afghanistan

US President Donald Trump today ruled out quick talks with the Taliban, following a wave of bloody large-scale attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul. <br/><br/>I don't think we are prepared to talk right now, Trump said in washington today, throwing into question Washington's str...

January 30, 2018 1:01 AM

Afghanistan: 11 soldiers killed, 16 injured in Kabul military academy attack

In Afghanistan, at least 11 Government troops were killed and 16 wounded when Islamic State militants attacked the soldiers guarding a military academy in Kabul today. <br/>&apos;<br/>Afghan Defence Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said a suicide bomber struck the military unit guarding ...

January 30, 2018 12:06 AM

Britain 'must accept' all EU laws during transition, says Barnier

European Union negotiator Michel Barnier said Britain must accept all EU laws during a post-Brexit transition period, including those made after it leaves. <br/>&apos;<br/>The French former minister and European commissioner was speaking at a news conference in Brussels today after minis...

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