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Trump’s Iran conundrum

  US President Donald Trump has secured a welcome Middle East diplomatic breakthrough with an agreement for Hamas militants to

US to make visa bond programme permanent, raises maximum fee to $20,000

  The United States will make permanent a visa bond programme requiring applicants from 50 countries, most of them in

Drones and blackouts inflict a tense summer on Russia-annexed Crimea

  A boom rang out over the city of Sevastopol on the Russian-annexed peninsula of Crimea. A Russian air-defence drill

IS claims killing of Taliban official in Afghanistan

  A regional branch of the Islamic State group has claimed a rare deadly attack on a Taliban official in

Mediator Pakistan says ‘doing utmost’ to bring US, Iran back to talks under MoU

  Mediator Pakistan said on Thursday it was doing its “utmost” to bring Iran and the United States back to

Four migrants die trying to cross Channel: French authorities

  Four migrants died in two separate attempts to cross the Channel from France to Britain, French authorities said on