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Iraq’s Council of Ministers on Sunday approved a package of reforms proposed by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ostensibly aimed at improving public services and rooting out widespread corruption.

BJP President Amit Shah on Sunday addressed the second “Parivartan Rally” by BJP in Bihar’s Gaya district.

His comments came after Russian Federation on Friday backed the setting up of a UN Security Council panel to identify who is behind the chlorine attacks, which the West blames on the Damascus regime.

Athletes with suspicious blood scores are said to have collected more than £3m in prize money for winning city marathons.

Significantly, the Congress is in direct opposition to the BJP in both these states where there is no third party, and the two face each other directly in elections.

In France’s Port of Calais, thousands of migrants – including many refugees from Africa and the Middle East – have set up camp not far from the entrance to the Channel tunnel, which connects France and Great Britain. Observers say their push to enter the...

Some of his proposals have already been approved by the council of ministers but still require the parliament’s approval, while others will require changes to the country’s constitution, meaning that swift action is unlikely.

Most of MH370’s 239 passengers and crew were Chinese.

Triggering a fresh controversy, Pakistan again raised the Kashmir issue by refusing to invite the Jammu and Kashmir assembly speaker to a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference it is hoisting on the ground that the state is disputed territory, leading to India...

The American dentist who killed Cecil the lion a month ago in Zimbabwe had paid for an illegal hunt and should be extradited to the southern African nation to face justice, Environment Minister Oppah Muchinguri said yesterday.

A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the majority of schools are starting the day too early.

When Pope Francis speaks outside Philadelphia’s Independence Hall in September, he will stand at the same lectern that President Abraham Lincoln used to deliver the Gettysburg Address.

As for Watford, they have had a squad overhaul adding 10 new faces in a bid to stave off relegation. If we are like that, we can not compete in this league, and after they scored, we had an incredible mountain to climb. Everton are a much better team than their record last term...

As the only country to have experienced nuclear bombs – Nagasaki was attacked three days later – Japan has a special duty to work toward a world free of nuclear weapons, Abe told the audience after a minute’s silence. On that day in 1945, the US Air Force...

She said that a few days later, Savita went missing and a report was also lodged with the police station concerned, Ganesh said.