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Trump orders declassification of documents in Russia probe
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 18 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Monday directed Justice Department to release a series of highly sensitive documents and text messages in connection to the investigation into the alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
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Trump dubs Robert Mueller's Russia probe 'illegal'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 17 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Sunday once again hit out at special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation on alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, saying that the latter is continuing his "search of a crime."
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Exiled Nasheed calls on EU for fair Maldivian elections
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Sep 15 (ANI): Former Maldivian president, Mohamed Nasheed visited Brussels and Strasbourg and called on the European Union to issue a populated sanctions list and support a 'free and fair Presidential Election' in the island nation, which is scheduled for September 23.
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Trump's ex-campaign head, to cooperate in Russia meddling probe
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 15 (ANI): US President Donald Trump's former campaign-chief, Paul Manafort, on Friday agreed to cooperate with the ongoing investigation into Russian intervention in the country's 2016 presidential election.
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RSF asks Maldives' presidential candidates to assure press freedom
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Sep 13 (ANI): Days after the Maldives Broadcasting Commission slapped a hefty fine on a TV channel for allegedly defaming the President and threatening national security, the Press watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF or Reporters Sans Frontieres) sought a firm undertaki
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US congratulates Alvi for presidential election win
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], Sept 09 (ANI): The United States on Sunday congratulated Arif Alvi on his swearing in as the new President of Pakistan.
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Brazil presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro stabbed while campaigning
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], Sep 07 (ANI): Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro was on Thursday stabbed in the abdomen during his campaign event in the state of Minas Gerais.
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Twin blasts in Afghanistan kill 20
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sep 06 (ANI): At least 20 people were killed and dozens others were injured in two bomb blasts that occurred in Kabul's Qala-e-Nazer area on Wednesday.
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I should be so lucky: Trump on possible Kerry Presidential run
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], Sep 04 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Monday said he would be "so lucky" if former Secretary of State John Kerry would run for President in 2020.
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Ex-Brazilian president barred from running for presidency
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Sept 1 (ANI): Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is out from the presidential race in the next month's elections due to a corruption conviction.
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Liberal democratic norms under threat in Maldives, says Australian think-t
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Nedlands [Australia], August 30 (ANI): As Maldives is heading closer to hold Presidential elections, the international community has raised concern over threat to liberal democratic norms under the leadership of President Abdulla Yameen in the island nation.
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Maldives relapsing back to a dictatorship
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], August 30 (ANI): Uncertainty continues to persist in Maldives, the Indian Ocean Island, as there are high assumptions of not having free and fair Presidential polls scheduled to be held on 23rd of next month.
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