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Turkey launched an operation into Syrian territory on Wednesday, aimed at combating Kurdish militants tied to insurgents in its own territory.

Pakistan was placed on the grey list by the Paris-based watchdog in June last year and was given a plan of action to complete it by October 2019, or face the risk of being placed on the black list with Iran and North Korea.

The UN Security Council plans to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the assault.

Police cleared the plaza and the sidewalk in front of the court, which had been filling with people ahead of the high-profile arguments today, following the discovery of the suspicious packages.

The Pakistan PM reportedly told the US Senators that talks with India were out of question in the ongoing situation in Kashmir.

Experts say some fishermen from the North are travelling far out to sea in order to satisfy government mandates for bigger catches.

President Emmanuel Macron pledged during his 2017 election campaign to support the law despite deep resistance among rightwing opponents as well as conservative Roman Catholics and other religious groups.

The white-haired former mayor of Lisbon, of Indian descent, enjoys a comfortable poll lead, bucking the trend of declining centre-left fortunes elsewhere in Europe.

The virus originated in Africa but has been spread northward by migratory birds and mosquitoes. There have been several outbreaks in southern and central Europe in recent years.

WHO says that in 2017 alone there were about 219 million cases of malaria in 87 countries around the world. The same year saw the deaths of 435,000 people from this disease.

The protest comes ahead of planned disruption to 60 cities around the world from Monday in a fortnight of civil disobedience, from Extinction Rebellion, which is warning of an environmental 'apocalypse'.

Mitt Romney, who lost the 2012 election to Democratic incumbent President Barack Obama, criticized Trump for asking China to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, who is seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

The inquiry reached deeper into the White House when the House sent a letter Friday to Trump's acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, informing him that the White House was being subpoenaed for documents it had refused to produce.

North Korea's Kim Myong Gil and Stephen Biegun, the special envoy of US President Donald Trump, are part of the teams at an island off Stockholm.

According to a report published in Scientific American, numbers released recently show the majority of cases have come out of Massachusetts, with 12 reported cases and three deaths.

Rail operator MTR Corp suspended all services, paralysing transport in the Asian financial hub, while malls and shops closed early after a night of chaos in which police shot a teenage boy.