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Barack Obama tells Japan ‘North Korea a real threat’

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North Korea poses a "real threat" whose solution will require international co-operation, former US President Barack Obama said on a visit to Japan.

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Lalu Prasad Yadav
Lalu Prasad sentenced to 14 yrs in prison in fourth fodder scam case

A special CBI court on Saturday sentenced former Bihar chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad to 14 years of imprisonment in the fourth fodder scam-related case. 

Trump
White House increasingly facing questions about Trump’s past

Haunted by Russia and beset by internal strife, Donald Trump’s White House is also increasingly being forced to confront allegations from the president’s past, as an adult film star, a

Iraq
Iraq holding more than 19,000 prisoners because of IS, militant ties

Iraq has detained or imprisoned at least 19,000 people accused of connections to the Islamic State group or other terror-related offenses, and sentenced more than 3,000 of them to death,

Peru
Peru’s president offers resignation amid political turmoil

Embattled President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski offered his resignation Wednesday ahead of an impeachment vote, seeking to put an end to a fast-moving political drama playing out just three weeks before

Sudan
World’s last male northern white rhino, Sudan, dies

The world’s last male northern white rhino, Sudan, has died after “age-related complications,” researchers announced Tuesday, saying he “stole the heart of many with his dignity and strength.”

Putin
What to expect from Putin and a resurgent Russia

Vladimir Putin now has a stronger hold on Russia — and stronger place in the world — thanks to an overwhelming mandate for yet another term as president.

Xi
Xi reappointed as China’s president with no term limits

Xi Jinping was reappointed Saturday as China’s president with no limit on the number of terms he can serve. The National People’s Congress, China’s rubber-stamp legislature, also appointed close Xi

Syria
Syria marks 7 years of war; rebel-held enclave under assault

Syrian government forces and Russian aircraft blanketed parts of the besieged, rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghotua with airstrikes and rocket fire on Thursday, activists said, as Syrians marked seven years

Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking, best-known physicist of his time, has died

Stephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralyzed by disease, died early Wednesday, a University of Cambridge spokesman said. He was 76 years