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Qatar says it won't 'surrender' in Gulf row
Qatar has yet to receive any list of demands from the Arab countries that have cut ties, Sheikh Mohammed said. Kuwait's ruler, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, travelled from the UAE to Qatar on Wednesday after visiting Saudi Arabia the day before to try to resolve the crisis. [Full Article...]
Lorde shares intense new track "Sober" ahead of sophomore LP

Iran calls Trump's reaction to ISIS attacks 'repugnant'

Manspreading banned on public transit in Madrid

The Russia problem only one reason Donald Trump has a hiring problem

Sheffield voters knock out Ex-deputy PM Nick Clegg

Handel, Ossoff dance around Trump in Georgia debate

Police Identify Third London Bridge Terrorist Attack Suspect
Police fatally shot them, along with the newly identified third suspect, Youssef Zaghba . Newspaper Corriere wrote that Zaghba, who worked in a London restaurant, was stopped at Bologna airport in 2016 when he was trying to fly to Syria . [Full Article...]
Republican officials from 16 states back Trump in travel ban fight

Theresa May's UK election gamble backfires as Tories lose majority
In 1974, Labour won 301 seats and the Tories 297. Speaking after being re-elected to his London seat, Corbyn said May should "go. and make way for a government that is truly representative of all the people of this country". The reason the prime minister gave for calling the election was to strengthen her hand during the negotiations. Corbyn signalled that Labour should be given the opportunit... [Full Article...]
Modi meets Xi Jinping ahead of SCO summit in Astana, Kazhakstan
Pakistan and India both now hold observer status at SCO. "One is trade, economy, connectivity, energy, transport, banking, that set of issues", he said. The president of Kazakhstan, this year's rotating chair state in the SCO, Nursultan Nazarbayev is meeting with the leaders arriving for the summit. [Full Article...]
Trump Not Planning to Invoke Executive Privilege for Comey Testimony — NY Times
As FBI director, Comey was leading the agency's probe into Russian interference in last year's presidential election and into whether Trump campaign aides illegally colluded with Russia before Trump fired Comey last month. Warner said he meant to use that time to ask Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and National Security Agency Director Adm. Mike Rogers about reports that Tru... [Full Article...]
California, China Sign Climate Deal After Trump's Paris Exit

FM: Qatar ready for dialogue to solve crisis
Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, speaking during an interview with the Associated Press, repeatedly denied his country funded extremists and rejected the idea of shutting down its Al-Jazeera satellite news network. [Full Article...]
United Kingdom police name third attacker as new search gets underway

Paris Police Shoot, Wound Hammer-Wielding Assailant Outside Notre Dame
Paris remains under high security after several terrorist attacks in recent years, including on law enforcement and security personnel. Notre-Dame, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Paris , typically attracts long lines of visitors. [Full Article...]
Voters have 'golden opportunity' to end austerity, Nicola Sturgeon says
Less than three years on from the 2014 referendum, Mr Brown said it was important to send First Minister Nicola Sturgeon "a message that she should focus on the day job of running our schools and hospitals, and forget about her obsession with another divisive independence referendum". [Full Article...]
General Election: Labour continuing to close gap on Tories new poll shows

EU's Juncker hopes Britain ready to start Brexit talks on time
President Trump has demanded that Nato's 22 European Union members hike spending to 2% of gross domestic product on military budgets. Many defence projects are done on national level with no coordination, he added. Besides increasing its defense, Juncker said North Atlantic Treaty Organisation remains crucial for the EU's security. "Let me be very open about this", Ms Mogherini said. [Full Article...]
Death toll from Afghanistan bombing rises to at least 150
On the same day, a rocket struck the Indian diplomatic compound in Kabul . Tuesday's Kabul peace conference also comes amid an acute foreign relations crisis, as the majority of Afghans accuse Pakistan of continuing to host the Taliban leadership and its most murderous wing, the Haqqani group. [Full Article...]