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Royal funeral offers chance for William, Harry to reconcile

Prince Harry, Meghan sign up to exit deal; give up royal titles

7:30 pm January 19, 2020

London: Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have signed up to a formal exit deal from the royal family, which will see them forsake their His and Her Royal Highness (HRH) titles and will no longer receive UK taxpayers’ funding for their duties. The deal, which comes into […]

Iran backtracks on plan to send flight recorders to Ukraine

7:24 pm January 19, 2020

Tehran: The Iranian official leading the investigation into the Ukrainian jetliner that was accidentally shot down by the Revolutionary Guard appeared to backtrack Sunday on plans to send the flight recorders abroad for analysis, a day after saying they would be sent to Kiev. Hassan Rezaeifar was quoted by the state-run IRNA news agency as […]

Trump warns Iran’s supreme leader to be ‘careful with his words’

11:03 am January 18, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump on Friday warned Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to be “very careful with his words.” “The so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ of Iran, who has not been so Supreme lately, had some nasty things to say about the United States and Europe,” Trump tweeted of Khamenei’s comments earlier Friday in Tehran. According […]

Millennials fear nuclear attack in next decade: survey

8:05 pm January 16, 2020

Geneva: More than half of millennials fear there will be a nuclear attack somewhere in the world within the next decade, according to a survey by the Red Cross released on Thursday. Some 47 per cent of respondents to the poll of 16,000 young people also believed it was more likely than not that there […]

UK judge rules that newspaper invaded Meghan's privacy

Prince Harry resurfaces after royal bombshell

7:57 pm January 16, 2020

London: Britain’s Prince Harry was to make his first public appearance on Thursday since he and his wife Meghan’s bombshell decision to quit as full-time royals. The Duke of Sussex was to host the 2021 Rugby League World Cup draw at Buckingham Palace — with all eyes on whether he will address the still-unresolved royal […]