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Germany, France call for 'in-depth' probe into Khashoggi's death
Strongly condemning the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi consulate in Istanbul, both France and Germany have called for "further" and "comprehensive" investigation into the incident.
Turkey won't allow cover-up of Khashoggi's death: Official
Turkey will "never allow a cover-up" of the death of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi, deputy head of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Numan Kurtulmus, said on Saturday.
US will pull out of nuclear treaty with Russia, says Trump
US President Donald Trump has said that his country will pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia, a decades-old pact limiting strategic weapons development.
US will pull out of Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces treaty with Russia: Trump
President Donald Trump has confirmed that the US will pull out of the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty that it had signed with Russia during the Cold War and alleged that Moscow has "violated" the agreement. We're going to terminate the agreement and we're going to pull out, Trump told reporters Saturday in Nevada when asked about responding reports that his National Security Advisor John Bolton wants the US to pull out of the three-decade-old treaty. We'll have to develop those weapons, he said. The INF treaty was signed between the then US president Ronald Reagan and his USSR counterpart Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987 on the elimination of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles. It eliminates all nuclear and conventional missiles, as well as their launchers, with ranges of 5001,000 kilometers or 310620 miles (short-range) and 1,0005,500 km or 6203,420 miles (intermediate-range). We are going to terminate the agreement and then we are going to develop the weapons, ...
US to pull out of arms control treaty with Russia
United States President Donald Trump on Saturday confirmed that the US will be pulling out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), a nuclear deal signed between Washington and Moscow during the Cold War."We're going to terminate the agreement and we're going to pull out. We'll have to develop those weapons," The Hill quoted Trump, as saying.Trump further claimed that Russia has been violating the treaty and has not adhered to the agreement.INF was signed in 1986 between former US president Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev and allows the US to counter Chinese efforts to accumulate arms in the Pacific. It, however, prevents Washington from deploying new weapons in response.A nuclear strategy document from the Trump administration, which was accessed by The Hill, noted that Russia's decision to violate the INF Treaty and other commitments was a clear indication of the fact that Russia has "rebuffed repeated US efforts to reduce the salience, role,
Trump opposes halting Saudi arms deal after journalist death
US President Donald Trump has warned against halting a Saudi arms deal, saying it would hurt American jobs, despite the international furore over the death in the conservative kingdom's Istanbul consulate of a dissident journalist. "We have $450 billion, $110 billion of which is a military order, but this is equipment and various things ordered from Saudi Arabia," Trump told reporters on Saturday about an agreement to sell weapons to Riyadh. "It's over a million jobs; that's not helpful for us to cancel an order like that. That hurts us far more than it hurts them... but there are other things that could be done, including sanctions.
BJP wins Jammu Municipal Corporation; Independents, Congress do better in Valley (Roundup)
As a hassle-free counting of votes in the Jammu and Kashmir civic elections ended on Saturday, the BJP emerged winner in the Jammu Municipal Corporation, while majority of seats in Srinagar Municipal Corporation went to Independent candidates.
Saudi account of Khashoggi killing is widely denounced
Turkey will "never allow a cover-up" of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, a senior official in Turkey's ruling party has said, reflecting international skepticism over the Saudi account that the writer died during a "fistfight." The comment was one of many critical reactions to Saudi Arabia's announcement early Saturday of the writer's violent death, indicating the kingdom's efforts to defuse a scandal that has gripped the world were falling short. US President Donald Trump, however, was an exception. Asked whether he thought the Saudi explanation was credible, he replied: "I do. I do." Despite widespread outrage over the killing of the columnist for The Washington Post, it is unclear to what extent the top leadership of Saudi Arabia, a key US ally and a powerful player in a volatile region, would be held accountable for what human rights activists describe as an extrajudicial killing by Saudi agents. The only way to find out what
Congress wins all 13 seats in Leh municipal polls
The Congress Party has registered a clean sweep in the 13 wards in the Municipal Committee Elections in Leh.The result was declared on Saturday by Deputy Commissioner/District Election Officer Avny Lavasa in presence of all the contesting candidates.After long 13 years, the elections for the municipal committee were conducted in Jammu and Kashmir and for the first time in Leh district. In Leh, 29 candidates, including 19 males and 10 females, contested for the 13 wards in which four seats were reserved for women.Other than 13 candidates each from Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), three independent candidates also contested in the election. The People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the National Conference (NC) boycotted the local urban elections across the state.In Leh, the elections were held on October 8 during which 54.2 per cent electorates had exercised their voting right at 21 polling stations, which included 3,780 male and 4,030 female voters out of the total 14401 ...
Congress, JD-S to jointly campaign for Karnataka by-polls
Reaffirming its coalition government alliance, the ruling Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) would jointly campaign for the five by-elections in Karnataka on November 3, said leaders of both parties here on Saturday.
Biden says American values are being 'shredded' under Trump
The values that built America "are being shredded by a president who's all about himself," former Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday as the potential 2020 White House candidate and President Donald Trump held duelling rallies in Nevada weeks before Election Day. As early voting in the pivotal state got underway, Trump appeared in rural Elko, wrapping up a swing of Western states where he campaigned for Republican candidates, while Biden was several hundred miles south in Las Vegas at a union local. Biden, whose appearance ended shortly before Trump's began, said the United States was founded "on an idea, the American idea, basic fundamental decency, and it's being shredded." He said values long admired by other countries helped the United States build "the great alliances in literally the history of the world" over the past 70 years. "But my God, think of what's going on now," Biden said, bemoaning that those values "are being shredded by a president who's all about himself. It's .
Former Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok dies at 80
Former Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok, a trade unionist-turned-politician who inspired a new breed of pragmatic Social Democratic leaders who swept to power in Europe in the 1990s, has died at 80. Current Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Kok, who died Saturday, "was a man to look up to if only for his long service and great importance for our country." Labor Party leader Lodewijk Asscher called Kok a "model of integrity." Kok hitched his Dutch Labor Party to the right-wing Liberal Party and to the centrist Democrats 66 to form two ruling coalitions that steered the Netherlands to unprecedented economic success from 1994 to 2002. Ahead of Kok's second election victory in 1998, British Prime Minister Tony Blair praised him as "one of the greatest people in politics today." Kok's middle-of-the-road policies were also praised by former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and former French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin. Dutch King Willem-Alexander, his wife Queen Maxima and former queen .
Top Assam police officer suspended for security lapse during CJI's visit
The Assam government Saturday suspended Guwahati West Deputy Commissioner of Police for not ensuring adequate security for Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi who was on a visit to the Kamakhya Temple recently. Bhanwar Lal Meena has been suspended with immediate effect under Rule 3(1) of the All India Services (Disciple and Appeal) Rules, 1969, according to an order issued in the name of the Governor by the state Home Department. The order, signed by Secretary Home (A) Department, Deepak Majumdar, further stated that during the period of this order in force, Meena shall remain at the Assam Police headquarters and not leave it without obtaining permission from the competent authority. CJI Gogoi and his wife had visited Guwahati on October 17 and his programme was intimated by the General Administration Department to all concerned. There was, however, lapse of adequate security arrangements for the CJI at Kamakhya Temple causing him inconvenience, the order stated.
BJP releases first list for Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Mizoram assembly polls
The BJP on Saturday released its first list of 77 candidates for the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls after a long deliberations at party's central election committee meeting.
Congress-JD-S to jointly campaign for by-polls in Karnataka
Reaffirming its coalition government alliance, the ruling Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) would jointly campaign for the five by-elections in Karnataka on November 3, said leaders of both parties on Saturday.
J-K municipal polls: Independent candidates lead Kashmir with 178 seats
Independent candidates have dominated the municipal elections in Kashmir by winning 178 seats beating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress contenders.Congress has won 157 seats while BJP contenders won 100. The counting took place at Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC).In total, there were 624 wards in Kashmir and among them, 208 saw contest while 231 wards were won by candidates uncontested and the remaining 185 remained vacant.Out of 157 seats won by Congress, 79 seats were contested and remaining 78 were uncontested. Meanwhile, for BJP 24 seats were contested and 76 were uncontested.The Congress and the BJP were two major sides battling for municipal authority in Jammu and Kashmir as the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Alliance (PDP) boycotted the elections over lack of clarity in the Centre's stance on Articles 35A.Meanwhile, in the 75-seat Jammu municipal corporation polls, the BJP won 43 seats followed by Congress (14), while ...
Hilary Clinton faces long list of questions during a talk show
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had to face a long list of questions when she appeared on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' on Friday.According to Fox news, Colbert, the host of the show allowed his team members to ask a question each to Hilary claiming that his team members get excited whenever someone as knowledgeable as her appears in the studio.In the late night show's 'Just One Question' segment, one of Colbert's assistants asked what one of her proudest moments was while serving as a secretary of state. She replied that the time spent working in collaboration with the U.S. diplomats is one of her proudest moment.In one of the questions where she was asked about her opinion on the upcoming 2020 elections, Clinton joked and said that she will be saving her insight for her upcoming book 'What Will Happen: A Book of Predictions: Hillary Clinton and Paul the Psychic Octopus'.People close to her said that Clinton's appearance in the show is deemed as an attempt to portray
Faizabad admin imposes prohibitory orders ahead of Togadia's march
Faizabad administration said Saturday it has imposed prohibitory orders in the district, ahead of former VHP leader Pravin Togadia's scheduled march from Lucknow to Ayodhya from Sunday. On October 6 in Ahmedabad, Togadia had said he would lead a march of his supporters if the Centre failed to bring an ordinance to build a Ram temple in Ayodhya. The Faizabad administration has deployed a large number of police personnel on the district's boundaries to stop Togadia and his supporters from entering the area. Additional District Magistrate Vindhyavasini Rai told PTI, "Prohibitory orders (under Section 144 of CrPC) have been issued in the district, so no permission could be given for any public meeting or assembly of people on the controversial issue". According to the march schedule released by Togadia's Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad, its activists would start his march from Lucknow and then gather in Barabanki on Sunday. On Tuesday, they would head to Ayodhya and organise a programme on .
Mattu nominated as mayoral candidate of Srinagar Municipal Corporation
Junaid Mattu, the rebel National Conference leader who resigned from the party to participate in the urban local body polls in Kashmir, was Saturday nominated as the mayoral candidate of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) by Sajjad Lone-led People's Conference (PC). Mattu contested the municipal polls as an independent on four wards out of which he won in three. "Congratulations to PC Mayoral Candidate @Junaid_Mattu and the victorious candidates from PC for heralding a new change in Srinagar and thanks to Irfan Ansari and all my senior colleagues for his successful campaign management during the ULB elections," Lone, a former minister, wrote on Twitter. He said his party was sure of getting the mayoral position in Srinagar. "I had earlier mentioned that we don't have a common symbol allotted to us. That is the reason our candidates r (are) shown as independents. We have taken six towns and are sure of getting the mayoral position in Srinagar," Lone said. In response to his ...
MIM shares BJP's ideology of hatred, says Rahul Gandhi
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) shares Bharatiya Janata Party's ideology of hatred and divisiveness.