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USA support for the Kurdish-led forces has infuriated Turkey, which views growing Kurdish power as a security threat along its frontier.

There was far less drama in the senate, where the measure sailed through by 71-28.

Rand Paul (R-Ky.) blocked a vote on a bipartisan budget agreement that raises spending caps for two years and funds the government through March 23, 2018.

The bill stalled in the Senate Thursday night when one of the opponents, Sen.

In early March, the agreement must pass a vote among the SPD’s 460,000 members, many of whom are loath to see the party enter government with the conservatives again. Did she pay too dearly?

On Wednesday, Pence announced the US would again ramp up economic sanctions aimed at starving the regime of resources.

According to an online poll conducted by Business Standard, more than 55% people are of the opinion that crude oil prices will float between $60 to $70 per barrel in 2018.

The Brexit sub-committee meeting comes after it emerged the European Union wants to put in place a method to rapidly curtail the UK’s single market benefits if it breaches agreements on a transition deal.

The Asian markets too came back from the brink, following a hefty bounce in the Wall Street.

However, Modi’s speech was thoroughly disappointing. He hid his failures. “When will the PM break his silence, and speak on the Rafale deal”, he said.

The 1867 Parliamentary Reform Act had notably granted the vote to occupiers in the boroughs (people who rented properties rather than owning them) as well as lodgers who paid rent of £10 a year or more and in 1884, a Third Reform Act extended these voting rights to the counties.

The United States and Canada square off in women’s hockey February 15, and to paraphrase the late Keith Jackson, “These teams plain don’t like each other”.

Bipartisan Senate leaders reached an agreement Wednesday on a sweeping spending deal that would raise caps on military and domestic spending, increase the nation’s debt limit, fund disaster relief efforts around the nation and include long-term funding for community health...

Kemba is now one of the best bargains in the league. A recent behind-closed-door team meeting was rumored to end with a number of players holding Kevin Love responsible. LeBron James failed to record a rebound or an assist in the second half and the Magic’s Jonathon Simmons...

Meanwhile, the Maldives High Commission in India said in a statement that it was committed to ensuring the safety of all residents in the Indian Ocean nation irrespective of nationality.