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Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank marched and clashed with police to protest a US-brokered conference in Bahrain, where business delegations from the Middle East and beyond discuss Washington’s plan for Palestine. Thousands took to the streets to condemn the conference, which began in the city of Manama on Tuesday with a workshop dubbed ‘Peace…

India is considering offering financial incentives to lure companies that could move from China due to the ongoing trade conflict with the United States. An unnamed source told Bloomberg that financial incentives such as preferential tax rates and tax holidays are among the measures being considered. According to an Indian Trade Ministry document seen by…

What started out as a heated political debate between a Pakistani politician and a journalist descended into a violent brawl during a live television broadcast. Masroor Ali Siyal, a senior leader of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, attacked journalist and president of Karachi Press Club, Imtiaz Khan, while appearing on ‘News Line with Aftab…

Nothing the US does will make Turkey abandon its deal with Moscow to purchase S-400 air defense systems, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said, as Washington keeps threatening Ankara with sanctions. The purchase of the Russian-made weapons has long been a point of contention in relations between the two NATO allies. The US has repeatedly…

Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden has penned a scathing op-ed attacking President Donald Trump’s “morally bankrupt” border policies, but he has spent much of his career enabling the ‘deportation state’ he now decries. The former vice president took to the pages of the Miami Herald on Monday to lay out his approach to immigration, positioning…

They say that every man has a price, but perhaps that’s not so true on the 6:30pm flight to Carolina as the Panthers’ 6ft 5in QB Cam Newton was shot down in his attempt to pay a fellow passenger to switch seats for extra legroom. A video clip shot by a fellow passenger shows the…

Another liberal institution is challenging an age-old dogma – this time on hallowed religious ground – with radical new ideas. This would not be worrisome if dissenting voices were invited, but that is not the case. Hell hath no fury than a liberal scorned, and if Swarthmore College, situated on a lush, tree-lined campus in…

A team of scientists claim to have developed the world’s first blood test that can detect Alzheimer’s disease. The pioneering method may prove vital in dealing with the impending dementia crisis the world could face this century. The Amplified Plasmonic Exosome (Apex) system was developed by researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and…

A defense minister in Theresa May’s cabinet has warned Boris Johnson that if he pursues a ‘no-deal’ Brexit as UK PM, he and many other Tory MPs would vote to bring down his government if a no-confidence motion were called. In an interview with the BBC, junior defense minister Tobias Ellwood suggested that Johnson could…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied that Donald Trump can secure concessions on key issues by dangling the prospect of a new one-to-one meeting, but reiterated that Moscow is ready for fresh talks. The US president has repeatedly insisted that he will speak face-to-face with Putin at the G20 summit in Osaka next week, and…