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The Commission is satisfied that sufficient progress has been achieved in each of the three priority areas of citizens rights, the dialogue on Ireland / Northern Ireland, and the financial settlement, as set out in the European Council Guidelines. (Photo: AFP)

Brexit divorce deal sees light of day: UK, EU agree, ready for 2nd...

Jean-Claude Juncker, said: This is a difficult negotiation but we have now made a first breakthrough.'

8 Dec 2017 12:51 PM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Trump administration moves to block hiring of transgender recruits to...

Trump sent out three tweets in July saying that transgender troops could not serve in any capacity' in the military.

8 Dec 2017 11:24 AM IST

25-year-old Tanveer Hussain is from the Kashmir region and entered the plea Wednesday in Essex County Court. Hussain now awaits deportation. (Photo: World Snowshoe Federation)

US: Indian sportsman pleads guilty to passionately kissing' child,...

Hussain originally faced a felony charge of sexual abuse for what police termed 'a passionate kiss' with a 12-year-old.

8 Dec 2017 10:57 AM IST

Sporadic clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces on Thursday, as Israel deployed hundreds more troops to the occupied West Bank amid uncertainty over the fallout. (Photo: AFP)

Violence breaks out after Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli...

Trump's announcement was met by an almost universal diplomatic backlash.

8 Dec 2017 10:41 AM IST

The communication is in line with the decision announced by President Donald Trump recently, which was one of his key electoral promises. (Photo: AP)

Anger, clashes, protests over Trump's Jerusalem decision

But key US allies, including the UK and Australia, made clear they did not plan to follow Mr Trump's lead on the issue.

8 Dec 2017 7:15 AM IST

Richard Gere holds up an image of a Tibetan monk during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo: AP)

US lawmakers slam China for repression, rights violations'

Congressman Brad Sherman demanded that Congress must act quickly to counter China's repressive tactics and policies ...

8 Dec 2017 6:47 AM IST

Nawaz Sharif's wife to remain MP

On September 18, 2017, Kulsoom Nawaz won NA-120 by-election with 61,745 votes.

8 Dec 2017 6:44 AM IST

Mayor Sadiq Khan called for Londoners to attend a candlelit vigil at Trafalgar Square on Thursday evening in solidarity with the victims and their families. (Photo: AFP)

UK says Jallianwala massacre shameful', avoids apology

The Foreign Office invoked former British Prime Minister David Cameron's views on the issue after Khan asked for an...

8 Dec 2017 1:10 AM IST

Quite simply my view is a dead terrorist cant cause any harm to Britain, Williamson told the Daily Mail in an interview published late on Wednesday. (Photo: Twitter)

Hunt, use air strike to kill 270 Britons who joined ISIS: UK minister

Williamson, 41, has been defence minister for little over a month, replacing Michael Fallon after he quit in a sexual...

7 Dec 2017 7:12 PM IST

Haniyeh called on Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to withdraw from peacemaking with Israel and on Arabs to boycott the Trump administration. (Photo: AFP)

In lieu of Trump's Jerusalem declaration, Palestine's Hamas calls for...

Israel and the United States consider Hamas, which has fought three wars with Israel since 2007, a terrorist...

7 Dec 2017 6:37 PM IST

The world waited with bated breath since Monday amid reports of delay in President Donald Trumps statement. (Photo: AFP)

The what, why, how of Trump's Jerusalem declaration

'Israel is a sovereign nation with the right...to determine its own capital,' Trump said in his speech.

7 Dec 2017 5:56 PM IST

Earlier studies had shown significant abnormalities in the white matter in the brains of people who had experienced child abuse (Photo: AFP)

Former Catholic school master in UK convicted for sexually abusing...

Andrew Soper, 74, fled to Kosovo in 2011 to avoid prosecution over charges he molested boys at St Benedict's School in...

7 Dec 2017 1:12 PM IST