WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP): Donald Trump hit out hard at Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz Sunday, sounding unapologetic two days before a key primary in Indiana he says will decide the Republican presidential race. A new poll ahead of the winner-take-all vote Tuesday put the Republican frontrunner far in front of Cruz, who is hoping the Midwestern […]
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Trump hits out at Clinton and Cruz ahead of Indiana primary
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Russia says talks under way to agree freeze in fighting in Aleppo province
MOSCOW, May 1, (APP/AFP) – Russia said on Sunday that talks were under way to agree a freeze in fighting in Aleppo province after the United States demanded that the Syrian regime halt their bombardment there. “Currently active negotiations are under way to establish a ‘regime of silence’ in Aleppo province,” Lieutenant General Sergei Kuralenko, […]
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Thousands battle deadly forest fires in India
NEW DELHI, May 1, (APP/AFP) – Thousands of labourers backed by water-carrying helicopters were battling to control fires that have killed two people in India’s northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, officials said Sunday. Fires have swept through more than 1,900 hectares (4,700 acres) of forest but have so far not threatened towns in Uttarakhand which […]
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Syria government says will attend peace talks starting March 14
BEIRUT, March 8, (APP/AFP) – Syrian government said Monday it would attend renewed peace talks in Geneva starting March 14, but the opposition was still considering whether to go despite a major lull in fighting. The United Nations is hoping to restart peace talks that collapsed last month, building on a ceasefire that has led […]
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22,810 women widowed, 10,176 molested since 1989 in IOK
ISLAMABAD, Mar 8 (APP): As the world observes the International Women’s Day, on Tuesday , the miseries and victimization of Kashmiri women by Indian troops and police personnel in Indian occupied Kashmir continue unabated. According to a report released by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service, on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, […]
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Thousands of protesters break into Baghdad ‘Green Zone’
BAGHDAD, (APP/AFP) – Thousands of protesters broke into Baghdad’s heavily fortified “Green Zone” on Saturday and ransacked parliament after lawmakers again failed to approve new cabinet ministers. An AFP reporter said thousands of angry protesters moved into the restricted area, which houses the country’s key government institutions, and some began ransacking the parliament building.