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Second Brexit legal challenge thrown out of the High Court
The day after the UK Parliament voted - 498 votes to 114 - to give Prime Minister Theresa May the power to trigger Article 50, the UK Government released their formal policy paper setting out how the UK proposes to leave the EU. The two claimants - one of which event voted Leave in the referendum - are trying to keep Britain tied to a "soft Brexit " by keeping Britain in the European Union single market.
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Trump Administration Set to Impose New Sanctions on Iran Entities
One of Donald Trump's favorite targets throughout his presidential campaign was the Iran nuke agreement , which he often referred to as "the stupidest deal of all time". Iranian leaders have dismissed Trump's statements as the "hollow rants" of a political novice and vowed to continue the missile tests, which it says are not in violation of United Nations resolutions.
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UP is crime capital of India: Amit Shah
Targeting the SP-Congress alliance, the BJP president said, "It's an alliance of two-problem ridden families". Meerut is the crucial region of western Uttar Pradesh where the BJP had fared well in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections due to polarisation of voters.
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François Hollande leads attacks on Donald Trump at European Union summit
But the fast-moving, unpredictable President Trump is also on the agenda for the first meeting of European leaders since his inauguration. He said Mrs May "reported to us and also shared her views about the new administration, she did so in the name of the United Kingdom but also, I believe she's done it in Europe's interests".
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Heavy snow claims over 54 lives in Afghanistan
Massive avalanches killed 54 people elsewhere in northern and central Afghanistan . Number of heavy goods career and public transport have been stranded on the Salang Pass which connects capital Kabul to nine provinces in the north. Sediqi said 30 houses were destroyed, noting rescue teams had been sent to the affected areas. An avalanche in neighbouring Pakistan killed at least 13 people and buried five homes, according to Nizamud Shah, a local official in the northern town of ...
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Israel Approves More Settlement, EU Condemns
The White House released this statement shortly after Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu released plans to construct a new settlement in the West Bank. Dore Gold, the president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and an occasional foreign policy adviser to Netanyahu, said the White House statement appeared to tolerate building within existing settlements.