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Jerusalem [Israel], Jan. 28 : In a move seen as a step toward marijuana decriminalization in Israel, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan announced a new policy that would cut down on prosecution for recreational use of the drug.Erdan said the plan wou…

Strasbourg [France], Jan. 28 : The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Switzerland to pay EUR 30,000 to a Sri Lankan Tamil national who was deported from Switzerland and subsequently arrested and allegedly beaten in Colombo.In a judgement…

Washington D. C. [USA], Jan. 28 : A day after Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto cancelled a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump after renewed tensions over the border wall, the two leaders held a conversation over phone on Friday.”The United St…

New York [USA], Jan. 28 : British Prime Minister Theresa May has said that U.S. President Donald Trump will make a state visit to the United Kingdom as he accepted an invitation conveyed from Queen Elizabeth for a visit later this year.Speaking at the …

Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 28 : Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has authorised the deployment of up to 2,00,000 troops to support the national population census.”#COAS approves plan to support conduct of 6th Population …

London [UK], Jan. 28 : Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak to his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump via telephone on Saturday in their first conversation since the latter took office.This comes as recently, top Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway said t…

New York [US], Jan. 27: The United Nations on Friday said that there has been no confirmation that talks on the Syrian conflict planned for February 8 in Geneva have been postponed as earlier announced by Russia.A spokeswoman for UN special envoy Staff…

Washington (D.C.), Jan. 27 : US President Donald Trump has indicated that both Pakistan and Afghanistan will be among the countries whose citizens will have to go through an extreme selection process before entering the United States.In an interview ai…

New York [U.S.], Jan. 27: The United Nations hosted negotiations on the Syrian conflict planned for February 8 in Geneva have been postponed.Russia’s Foreign Minister,Sergey Lavrov said in a meeting with Syrian opposition representatives in Moscow that…

Berlin [Germany], Jan. 27: German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel was appointed the Foreign Minister on Friday, days after he bowed out of this year’s election battle against Chancellor Angela Merkel.According to Deutsche Welle, Gabriel moved out of the…