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LONDON Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's justification, planning and handling of the Iraq War involved a catalogue of failures, a seven-year inquiry concluded on Wednesday in a scathing verdict on Britain's role in the conflict. Eight months before the 2003 invasion, Blair told U.S

LONDON Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's justification, planning and handling of the Iraq War involved a catalogue of failures, a seven-year inquiry concluded on Wednesday in a scathing verdict on Britain's role in the conflict.

LONDON Gold hit more than two-year highs on Wednesday as equities fell and some bond yields slid to record lows in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the European Union, prompting investors to buy bullion as a haven from risk.

BEIRUT The death toll from a suicide bomb blast claimed by Islamic State at a bakery in the mostly Kurdish-controlled city of Hasaka in northeastern Syria on Tuesday rose to at least 25, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. At least nine more people had succumbed to their injuries, the monitor said on Wednesday.

LONDON/FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank is looking to sell at least $1 billion of shipping loans to reduce its exposure to a sector whose lenders face closer scrutiny from the European Central Bank, sources told Reuters.

Muslims around the world celebrated the Eid-al-Fitr religious holiday on Wednesday, marking the end of Islam's holy month of Ramadan. Like the start of Ramadan, during which believers abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours, Eid-al-Fitr depends on the sighting of the moon and its celebration varies in different countries.

LONDON Britain's decision to go to war with Iraq in 2003 had a "far from satisfactory" legal basis and ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's case for military action was over-hyped, a long-awaited inquiry into the conflict concluded on Wednesday. The intelligence about Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction which Blair used to justify joining the U.S.-led invasion, which led to the removal of Saddam Hussein and the deaths of 179 British soldiers, was flawed but went unchallenged, inquiry chairman John Chilcot said. Читать дальше...

BRUSSELS European Union finance ministers will issue a statement at their meeting next week urging bank regulators to avoid imposing a disproportionate increase of costs on European banks, draft conclusions of the meeting said. The Basel Committee, a body of banking supervisors from nearly 30 countries, is reviewing global banking rules

DHAKA A pizza chef killed during a militant attack on a cafe where he worked in Bangladesh's capital city last week was probably in league with the assailants, police said on Wednesday. Saiful Islam Chowkidar carried no arms but was seen "moving and running" with the five gunmen during the 12-hour stand-off, Monirul Islam, the chief of counter-terrorism police, said. On Friday, at least five Bangladeshi men had stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery, a cafe popular with foreigners, businessmen and diplomats and killed 20 customers... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama on Wednesday shelved plans to cut the U.S.

Three policemen were placed under suspension and a police station in-charge was line-attached in Bhopal for allegedly manhandling two journalists.

In 2015-16, Mahindra Two Wheeler saw sales declined by 12.7 percent at 133,355 units

The Madras High Court's ruling in the case against Tamil writer Perumal Murugan deserves to be read as a literary document in its own right

The Islamic State terror group on Wednesday issued a new chilling video warning the Bangladesh government of more attacks in the country and across the world until Shariah law is established globally, saying last week's gruesome attack on a cafe here was just "a glimpse".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his four-nation Africa tour is aimed at enhancing economic and people-to-people contacts.

mplementation of a uniform civil code is one of the core issues of BJP and the Sangh Parivar

Zakir Naik, who served as inspiration for one of the militants of the Dhaka terror atttack, may face government action.

This is not the first time a student has committed suicide in Kota, the hub of coaching institutes who train youngsters for IIT and medical examinations.

Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Wednesday welcomed the exit of Smriti Irani from the Human Resource Development Ministry.

Smriti Irani's ouster from the HRD ministry in cabinet reshuffle is believed to be triggered by the deep-rooted alienation caused among the Dalit community.

The latest expansion of the NDA government's Cabinet indicates a submission to the compulsions of electoral politics.

Bihar Health Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav on Tuesday publicly threatened an English news channel reporter.

In light of the recent spike in terrorist attacks, Canadian Prime Minister came out in support of the Muslim minorities in Canada with his Eid-al-Fitr message.

Hailed by many as the future of Indian wrestling, Narsingh Yadav will be keen to prove a point with his performance at Rio.

Highly appreciative of the series of economic reforms, in particular streamlining bureaucratic decision making and raising FDI limits in certain sectors, US State Department in a report said