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June 11, 2017 2:53 PM

UK election: Tories and DUP 'still in discussions'

Downing Street and the Democratic Unionist Party say they are still in discussions over a possible deal to secure support for a minority Conservative government. Yesterday, Downing Street announced a deal had been agreed in principle - but both sides then issued statements saying talks were ongoing....

June 11, 2017 2:31 PM

Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UAE may let some Qataris stay amid diplomatic rift

Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have signaled they may allow some Qataris to stay in their countries amid a diplomatic rift with the Gulf nation. The three Gulf nations said early today that officials would consider "humanitarian cases" as a deadline looms for Qataris to...

June 11, 2017 2:05 PM

UK election: Tories and DUP 'still in discussions'

Downing Street and the Democratic Unionist Party say they are still in discussions over a possible deal to secure support for a minority Conservative government. Yesterday, Downing Street announced a deal had been agreed in principle - but both sides then issued statements saying talks were ongoing....

June 11, 2017 2:03 PM

First round of French parliamentary election today

In France, the first round of parliamentary election is being held today, to elect representatives for the 577 member National Assembly, lower house of Parliament. More than 47 million people are eligible to vote in the first round of the parliamentary election. President Emmanuel Macron's cent...

June 11, 2017 2:02 PM

South Korea's Prez names former navy chief as defence minister

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in has nominated a former navy chief as his defence minister. The presidential Blue House office today said, the nominee, Song Young-moo, was well suited to deal with North Korea's nuclear and missile threat. Song does not need parliament's approval fo...

June 11, 2017 12:02 PM

Jeff Sessions to appear before Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he will appear before a Senate Intelligence Committee investigating Russian interference in last year's presidential election. In a letter to Senator Richard Shelby yesterday, Sessions said that his decision to appear comes in light of last week's tes...

June 11, 2017 11:02 AM

Protesters hold rallies across US to denounce sharia law

Protesters held rallies across the United States yesterday to denounce sharia law, the Islamic legal and moral code that organisers say poses a threat to American freedoms. ACT for America, a self-described grassroots organisation focusing on national security, staged rallies in New York, Chicago, B...

June 11, 2017 10:29 AM

Gaddafi's son Saif 'freed' in Libya

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, second son of the late deposed Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, is said to have been freed under an amnesty. His father's preferred successor, he had been held by a militia in the town of Zintan for the past six years. The Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Battalion said he had been r...

June 11, 2017 10:18 AM

Three US soldiers killed during joint operation in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, three US troops were killed and another wounded during a joint operation in the eastern Nangarhar province.<br/><br/>The wounded soldier has been evacuated for medical treatment. In a statement yesterday the Pentagon said, the attack is in the latest, so-called insider at...

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