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April 18, 2019
Mueller's Russia report details episodes of Trump 'obstruction'
WASHINGTON — Details of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 US election were released on Thursday, showing a series of incidents in which President Donald Trump took actions to impede the probe that raised questions of whether he committed the crime of obstruction of justice.Release of a long-awaited report by Mueller was a watershed moment in Trump's tumultuous presidency. Ahead of its release, Attorney General ...
April 18, 2019
Widodo claims reelection victory; rival cries foul
JAKARTA — Indonesia's Joko Widodo said Thursday his reelection as head of the world's third-biggest democracy was all but assured, calling for calm as his firebrand ex-general rival insisted he had in fact won the nation's top job.Widodo, 57, said he had received phone calls from world leaders to congratulate him on his country's biggest-ever election, but added he would await the final results before formally declaring victory.He cited a ...
April 18, 2019
Afghan peace talks deferred
KABUL — A meeting between the Taliban and Afghan politicians and civil society aimed at ending more than 17 years of war in Afghanistan has been postponed, officials and diplomats said on Thursday, citing Taliban objections to the size of the Afghan delegation.The talks were set to begin on Friday in Doha, but a senior government official in Kabul said "the gathering has been called off for now and details ...
April 18, 2019
Protestors throng Khartoum a week after Bashir's ouster
KHARTOUM — Protestors thronged the Sudanese capital Khartoum Thursday to mark one week since the army ousted president Omar Al-Bashir, determined to complete their revolution seeking civilian rule.On April 11, the army brought Bashir's three-decade rule to an end as tens of thousands of protesters camped outside the military headquarters in central Khartoum to demand its backing.But protesters have vowed to keep up the pressure, calling for a civilian government ...
April 18, 2019
Drive back Zionism, Iran's Rohani calls on M-E states
TEHRAN — Iran's President Hassan Rohani called on Middle East states on Thursday to "drive back Zionism", in an Army Day tirade against the republic's archfoe Israel.Speaking flanked by top generals before troops began their annual march-past, Rohani also sought to reassure the region that the weaponry on display was for defensive purposes and not a threat."The region's nations have lived alongside each other for centuries and never had a ...
April 18, 2019
Turkey freezes assets of top Houthi leaders
ISTANBUL — Turkey has frozen assets of three senior Yemeni Houthi militia leaders in line with UN Security Council sanctions against the rebels, the state's official gazette said on Thursday.The UN imposed sanctions in 2014 on the Houthi leadership and then Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was forced out in 2012 and blacklisted for obstructing peace by later backing the Shiite militia after it seized power in Sanaa.Ankara has ...
April 18, 2019
Army shelling kills 10 in Idlib: Monitor
BEIRUT — Regime shelling killed 10 civilians in Syria's jihadist-controlled Idlib region on Thursday, in the latest violence to threaten a seven-month-old truce, a war monitor said.Rocket fire targeted a village and an adjacent camp for the internally displaced in Idlib's southeastern countryside, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.Four women and three children were among the 10 civilians killed, the monitor said.Another 30 people were wounded, it ...
April 18, 2019
Armed group attacks Haftar-held major air base in southern Libya
BENGHAZI, Libya/TRIPOLI — An armed group on Thursday a major air base in southern Libya held by eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar on Thursday after he moved most of his forces north to try to seize the capital Tripoli, officials said.The eastern Libyan National Army (LNA) forces managed to repel the assault on the Tamanhint air base near Sabha, the main city in Libya's south, two eastern military officials said.An ...
April 18, 2019
India's mega vote in 2nd round amid high security
NEW DELHI — Voters across India cast ballots Thursday in the second round of the country's mega elections, amid more violence including a clash between protesters and security forces in tense Kashmir state.More than 157 million of India's 900 million voters are eligible to cast ballots on the second of seven days of voting in the world's biggest election.Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a second term but faces a ...
April 18, 2019
Bulgaria seizes 288 kg of heroin in truck from Iran
SOFIA —Bulgarian customs officials confiscated more than 288 kg (635 pounds) of heroin hidden on a truck from Iran, prosecutors announced Thursday.The haul is the biggest amount of heroin seized at Bulgaria's borders this year, the customs agency said.Two men — the Iranian truck driver and a Turkish man, who was allegedly to receive the drugs in Bulgaria — were detained and indicted for drug trafficking, the Haskovo regional prosecution ...
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