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British PM expected to make fresh attempt to force election

Shawdesh Desk: The British prime minister is expected to make a fresh attempt Tuesday to force an early election, despite MPs rejecting his plan, after the European Union agreed to

IS chief Baghdadi buried at sea by US military

Shawdesh Desk: US officials have said the body of Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was buried at sea, as fresh details surfaced about the US special forces operation

EU agrees Brexit delay to Jan31

Shawdesh Desk: The European Union agreed on Monday to delay Brexit until January 31, said the bloc’s chairman, Donald Tusk. ‘The EU27 has agreed that it will accept the UK’s

Trump asked aide to ‘screw Amazon out’ of defence contract

Shawdesh Desk: US President Donald Trump had directed his former Defence Secretary James Mattis to “screw Amazon’ out of Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud computing contract, his former speechwriter and communications

Trump ends sanction against Turkey

United States president Donald Trump ended sanctions against Turkey on Wednesday, drawing a line under American involvement in ‘blood-stained’ Syria, as Turkish and Russian troops seized territory previously held by

Tornadoes hits Dallas of US, kill 4

Shawdesh desk: The National Weather Service says four people died in Arkansas and Oklahoma as a result of the storms late Sunday and early Monday as nine tornadoes struck the

39 dead in truck were Chinese: British media

Shawdesh Desk: The 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain were Chinese nationals, several British media outlets reported on Thursday, citing sources. The victims were discovered in a

Brexit: No 10 denies government is split over pre-Christmas election

Shawdesh Desk: Downing Street has dismissed reports of disagreements within UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government over how to move forward with the Brexit process. No 10 has indicated the