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| Kuwait minister resigns ahead of planned no-confidence vote over IOC ban | | | Kuwait's minister of information and youth affairs resigned on Tuesday ahead of a parliamentary no confidence vote over the nation's 15-month international sports ban, state news agency KUNA reported. Sheikh Salman Sabah al-Humoud al-Sabah, a member of the ruling family, was due to face the no-confidence vote on Wednesday following several hours of grilling last week in which lawmakers accused him of "complacency and mismanagement". No confidence motions had in the past led either to the resignation of the minister facing a vote or the whole government, or brought about the dissolution of parliament. |
| Poland's Walesa says accusations of collaboration falsified and humiliating | |  Poland's leader of the Solidarity movement Lech Walesa said on Tuesday documents suggesting he cooperated with the communist secret police were falsified and that such allegations were humiliating. A government-affiliated history institute said late in January that handwriting experts proved the authenticity of documents suggesting that Walesa had been a paid informant of communist secret police in the 1970s. "None of these texts are my texts," he said at his first news conference in Poland since the disclosure of the documents.
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| At least 20 dead in bomb blast outside Afghan Supreme Court in Kabul | |  At least 20 people were killed on Tuesday in a bomb blast outside the Supreme Court in the centre of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, government officials said, in what appeared to be the latest in a series of attacks on the judiciary. The Ministry of Public Health said at least 20 people were killed and 38 injured people were taken to city hospitals. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, in which police said an apparent suicide bomber targeted Supreme Court employees leaving their offices at the end of the working day.
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| Iran leader rebuffs Trump's warning on missiles | |  By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin DUBAI (Reuters) - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed Donald Trump's warning to Iran to stop its missile tests, saying the new U.S. president had shown the "real face" of American corruption. In his first speech since Trump's inauguration, Iran's supreme leader called on Iranians to respond to Trump's "threats" on Feb. 10, the anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. Trump had tried but failed to frighten Iranians, Khamenei said.
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| Britain's May faces bumpy road to her "special relationship" with U.S. | |  By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - It was an invitation to seal Theresa May's bid to revitalise the "special relationship" with the United States, but the promise of a state visit for Donald Trump is turning into another headache for the British leader. May is determined to strengthen her hand before launching divorce talks with the European Union by bolstering ties with world powers like the United States.
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| Madonna granted permission to adopt two children from Malawi | |  Madonna has been granted permission to adopt two more children from Malawi after the High Court in the impoverished southern African country gave its approval. The U.S. singer's previous adoptions stirred anger among some Malawians who accused the government of allowing the pop star to skirt laws that ban non-residents from adopting children. Madonna was inside the courtroom when the approval ruling was delivered, Mlenga Mvula, a spokesman for Malawi's judiciary said on Tuesday.
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| Pakistan bans hit Bollywood film 'Raees' starring Pakistani actress Mahira Khan | |  By Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has banned cinemas nationwide from screening an Indian blockbuster movie "Raees" starring famous Pakistani actress Mahira Khan, a censor official said on Tuesday, the latest media clampdown after last year's spike in tension between the nuclear-armed neighbours. The movie has been highly anticipated in Pakistan, a nation of 190 million people where Bollywood's elaborate song-and-dance sequences are wildly popular, as it marks the debut of the Pakistani actress alongside Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan. "Yes, the censor certificate has not been issued to the film 'Raees' for having inappropriate content," Mubashir Husain, the chairman of Pakistan's panel of film censors, told Reuters.
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| Four killed in armed attack on Banro's Congo gold mine | | | Armed men attacked Banro Corp's Twangiza gold mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo early on Tuesday, leaving three police and one assailant dead, the company said. Police opened fire on the raiders, ending the assault, Banro's vice president for government relations, Désiré Sangara, told Reuters. Twangiza opened in 2011 and has become the most advanced of Banro's four gold mines in eastern Congo. |
| PM Modi says cash crackdown is a fight for the poor | |  By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday defended his decision to abolish high denomination bank notes that has left the economy reeling, calling it a "fight" for the poor. Modi's comments came days before the start of a regional assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, a battleground state that is home to one in six Indians and will help in determining his chances of winning a second term in 2019. While the decision to outlaw 500- and 1,000-rupee bank notes late last year was part of a broader crackdown on corruption, the sudden withdrawal of 86 percent of currency in circulation had left businesses, farmers and households all suffering.
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| Magistrate orders French ex-president Sarkozy to stand trial | |  By Chine Labbé PARIS (Reuters) - A magistrate has ordered former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to stand trial over irregularities in the funding of his failed 2012 re-election bid, a judicial source said on Tuesday. The charge against Sarkozy, who led France for five years from 2007, exposes the 62-year old conservative politician to a one-year prison sentence if convicted. Sarkozy's lawyer Thierry Herzog described the trial order as "inane" and said he would lodge an appeal against it.
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| Suspect in Paris Louvre attack now talking to investigators - source | |  PARIS (Reuters) - The suspect arrested by police for attacking soldiers near the entrance to the Louvre museum in Paris on Friday has started to talk to investigators after initially refusing to speak, a judiciary source said on Tuesday. "During a third hearing yesterday, the suspect accepted to start talking to investigators, giving his identity and exposing his first version of the facts," a judiciary source told Reuters in a text message. (Reporting by Chine Labbe; Writing by Michel Rose; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
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| Romania's president Iohannis slams government for crisis | |  BUCHAREST (Reuters) - President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday the Social Democrat government had caused a crisis in Romania with a graft decree that prompted hundreds of thousands of people to protest, but he did not want to topple the cabinet or hold a snap election. "The resignation of a single minister is too little and early elections would be at this stage too much: this is the space for manoeuvre available," Iohannis told parliament. "Romania needs a strong government, not one that shyly executes party orders. ...
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| Analysis - Islamic State sees chance to revive fortunes in Trump presidency | |  By Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has set out to crush Islamic State when it is already at a low ebb, but Islamists and some analysts say his actions could strengthen the ultra-hardline group by creating new recruits and inspiring attacks on U.S. soil. IS has been weakened in recent months by battlefield defeats, the loss of territory in Iraq, Syria and Libya, and a decline in its finances and the size of its fighting forces. Trump's pledge to eradicate "Islamic extremism" looks at first sight to be yet another blow to Islamic State's chances of success.
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| Thai court sentences Australian to death for Hells Angels murder | | | A Thai court on Tuesday sentenced an Australian man to death for murdering a Hells Angels gang member in 2015, a lawyer at the trial said. Australian Antonio Bagnato, 28, and U.S. national Tyler Gerard, 22, were arrested after police found the battered body of Wayne Schneider in a shallow grave. Bagnato was sentenced to death by a court in the resort city of Pattaya for detaining, assaulting and then killing the victim, Gerard's lawyer told Reuters. |
| Kremlin says Fox News host's Putin remarks reflect badly on channel | |  The Kremlin on Tuesday shrugged off a Fox News host's refusal to apologise for comments he made about Russian President Vladimir Putin, but said his remarks reflected badly on the U.S. channel. In an interview with U.S. President Donald Trump which aired at the weekend, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly described Putin as "a killer" as he tried to press Trump to explain more fully why he respected his Russian counterpart. The Kremlin said on Monday it wanted an apology for what it said were "unacceptable and insulting" comments, but O'Reilly dismissed the call for an apology.
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| Duterte to send rogue cops to violence-plagued south Philippines | |  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday corrupt police will be sent to a violence-racked stronghold of Islamist militants or they should quit, in a fierce dressing down of men from a force he had relied on to fight his war on drugs. "Find a clean livelihood," he said.
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| Man tries to set himself alight at Mecca Grand Mosque - police | | | A man tried to set himself alight with gasoline beside the Kaaba, the black-clad building towards which the world's Muslims face to pray, inside Mecca's Grand Mosque late on Monday but was arrested before he could do so, police in Saudi Arabia said. "His actions suggest that he is mentally ill," the mosque's police service said in a statement, adding without elaborating that police would take measures to address the incident. A video clip circulating on social media showed a man being hustled away from the Kaaba by pilgrims and security guards. |
| Home of Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi burgled, peace medal replica stolen | |  Thieves broke into the New Delhi home of India's 2014 Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi, and stole a replica of his prize medal, police said on Tuesday. Police official Romil Baniya told Reuters the replica was stolen from the south Delhi home of the children's rights activist in an early morning burglary. "We have launched an investigation to nab the culprits," said Baniya, a deputy commissioner of police in the Indian capital.
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