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Trump cancels peace talks with Taliban leaders

Shawdesh Desk: United States president Donald Trump on Saturday said that he cancelled peace talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders after the insurgent group claimed responsibility last week for an attack

UK senior minister Amber Rudd quits amid Brexit crisis

Shawdesh Desk: United Kingdom prime minister Boris Johnson received a fresh blow Saturday when senior minister Amber Rudd quit her work and pensions post in protest at his handling of

Senior UK minister Amber Rudd quits government over Johnson’s Brexit stance

Shawdesh Desk: Senior UK minister Amber Rudd has quit the cabinet and surrendered the Conservative whip saying she cannot “stand by” while “moderate Conservatives are expelled”. The work and pensions

Afghanistan War: Trump cancels peace deal with Taliban

Shawdesh Desk: US President Donald Trump says he has cancelled a peace deal with the Taliban. Mr Trump tweeted he had been set to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and

Johnson in election mode as he visits Scotland after Brexit setbacks

Shawdesh desk: Prime Minister Boris Johnson heads to Scotland on Friday in campaign mode despite failing to call an early election after MPs this week thwarted his hardline Brexit strategy.

US, China to start trade talks again in next month

Shawdesh Desk: China and the United States will resume trade talks in Washington in early October, Beijing said on Thursday, allaying fears that new punitive tariffs would lead to a

Johnson’s hardline Brexit strategy stands in tatters

Shawdesh Desk: British prime minister Boris Johnson’s hardline Brexit strategy stood in tatters on Thursday after a humiliating week left him without a working majority but unable to call an

British PM faces rebellion over Brexit strategy

Shawdesh Desk: British prime minister Boris Johnson faces a rebellion by his own lawmakers on Tuesday over his Brexit strategy, despite warning he would respond to any defeat by calling