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SC extends deadline for linking Aadhaar with various services till March 31
The deadline for existing bank account holders to furnish Aadhaar was initially December 31, 2017. Currently, a five-member constitution bench of the apex court is holding hearings over whether the government's push to link Aadhaar to private and public services infringes on individual privacy rights. [Full Article...]
ISIS Threatens Attacks on US Soil After Trump's Jerusalem Decision
In its 200-page investigation, the weapons tracking organization claimed that more than 30 percent of the arms used by IS extremists on battlefields in Syria and Iraq originally came from factories in Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Germany. [Full Article...]
Jerusalem: Three Palestinians killed in fresh clashes with Israel
Following the 1967 Middle East war, Israel declared Jerusalem as its capital. Protests have erupted across the Muslim world from Indonesia to Mauritania and among diaspora communities in Europe. Turkish opposition parties have noisily called on the Turkish government to open an embassy in East Jerusalem and recognize as the capital of Palestine in retribution for the Trump move. [Full Article...]
Erdogan Urges World To Recognize Jerusalem As Palestinian Capital
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi also met Palestinian President Abbas on the sidelines of the OIC summit in Istanbul. "The ANC in the Western Cape joins the various civil society organisations and religious leaders who are demanding a firm response by SA against Israel's violations of worldwide law and Donald Trump's ridiculous announcement on Jerusalem‚" said Jacobs. [Full Article...]
United States envoy says real dialogue needed with North Korea
We have a lot of support. We have been clear that all options remain on the table in the defense of our nation, but we do not seek, nor do we want, war with North Korea. I mean, when Kim Jong un talks about what he wants to do, that is nuclearize North Korea, that is really to finish his father's unfinished business, and he also talks about unification and that is to finish his grandfather's unf... [Full Article...]
Westbrook Records Triple-Double, Thunder Top 76ers In 3OT
In arguably the game of the National Basketball Association season so far, the Thunder finally prevailed 119-117 after the two sides had gone basket-to-basket during overtime. Tyreke Evans finished with 22 points, as the Memphis Grizzlies edged the Atlanta Hawks 96-94. Dario Saric added 16, while Ben Simmons had 12 points, 11 assists, nine rebounds, four steals and three turnovers. [Full Article...]
Chief Justice Roberts Sends Kozinski Inquiry To Another Judicial Council
Christine Miller, a retired U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge, said Kozinski grabbed her breasts during a auto ride in 1986 after a legal community function in the Baltimore area. A spokesman for the court, David Madden, also confirmed "that one or more of Judge Kozinski's current law clerks has resigned" but declined to elaborate. [Full Article...]
White House undercuts Tillerson on North
North Korea's United Nations ambassador on Thursday met with a senior United Nations official who made a recent trip to Pyongyang to push for talks on ending the crisis over the reclusive country's nuclear and missile tests. But the White House said on Wednesday that no negotiations could be held until North Korea improved its behaviour. The photograph is visible only briefly as the camera sets... [Full Article...]