Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to be sworn in for his second term as head of the state on Monday, taking on greater powers than any Turkish leader for decades under a new system condemned by opponents as autocratic. Erdogan, who has transformed Turkey by allowing Islam to play a greater role in public […]
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Erdogan assumes greater powers as Turkey’s new era begins
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Pakistan launches remote sensing satellite in China
The Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite-1 (PRSS-1) was launched by Pakistan on Monday morning from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Centre, the Foreign Office (FO) said in a press release. The PRSS-1 is the first optical remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan by China, and the 17th satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) for […]
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Kashmir in lockdown on Wani anniversary
SRINAGAR: Police and Indian soldiers fanned out across much of India-held Kashmir to enforce a security lockdown on Sunday as leaders and activists opposing Indian rule called for a shutdown and protests on the second anniversary of the martyrdom of a charismatic militant leader. Government forces patrolled deserted streets and sealed off the hometown of […]
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US, Afghan forces clear IS from Nangarhar district
DEH BALA: US and Afghan Special Forces are completing an operation to clear fighters of the militant Islamic State group from a remote district in Nangarhar, the eastern province where they have their main stronghold in Afghanistan, officials said. The operation in Deh Bala, on the border with Pakistan, began at the end of April […]
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North Korea rejects US call for unilateral disarmament
TOKYO: The peace process between the United States and North Korea was in crisis on Sunday after Pyongyang angrily rejected Washington’s “gangster-like” demand for rapid nuclear disarmament, despite two days of intense talks. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Tokyo to brief his Japanese and South Korean counterparts on the talks, which he […]
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Iran threatens to retaliate after Dutch expel two diplomats
TEHRAN: Iran protested on Sunday against the Netherlands’ expulsion of two of its diplomats and threatened to retaliate for the “unfriendly and destructive move”. A spokesman for the Dutch intelligence service AIVD said on Friday that two employees of Iran’s embassy had been expelled on June 7, without providing further details. The Dutch ambassador to […]