Iran may attack Israel if U.S. standoff escalates: Israeli minister

An Israeli cabinet minister warned on Sunday of possible direct or proxy Iranian attacks on Israel should the stand-off between Tehran and Washington escalate.

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UK's Labour questions whether successor to PM May would honor Brexit deal

A major sticking point in talks between Britain's government and opposition Labour Party is the lack of any guarantee that a successor to Prime Minister Theresa May would deliver on any Brexit agreement, Labour's trade policy chief said on Sunday.

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Pakistani forces comb hotel a day after raid kills at least five

Pakistani security forces searched a luxury hotel in the port city of Gwadar on Sunday a day after separatist insurgents stormed in, killing at least five people, in what the militants said was a strike against Chinese and other foreign investors.

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Iran facing 'unprecedented' pressure from international sanctions, Rouhani says

President Hassan Rouhani calls for political unity at home in the face of international sanctions 'war'.

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India election 2019: A journey across land and sea to reach 44 voters

Indian election officials travelled to a remote island in the Arabian Sea to reach a handful of voters.

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In Case You Missed It: Met Gala, meteors and bears

Some of the video stories you might have missed this week.

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Iran Guards chief says Americans have started 'psychological war'

The United States has started a psychological war in the region, the commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said in a parliament session on Sunday, according to a parliamentary spokesman.

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Lebanese Maronite patriarch who opposed Syrian army presence dies

Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, the former patriarch of Lebanon's Maronite church who presented himself as a champion of Christian rights and pushed for Syrian forces to leave his country, died early on Sunday, state news agency NNA reported.

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Alyssa Milano urges sex strike in protest against Georgia abortion law

#MeToo activist Alyssa Milano, one of the actors opposing Georgia's law, calls for a sex strike.

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Myanmar pilot safely lands plane on its nose after landing gear failure

A Myanmar pilot safely landed a passenger jet without its front wheels on Sunday, after landing gear on the Myanmar National Airlines plane failed to deploy, the airline and an official said.

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Indians vote in penultimate phase of seven-round general election

Voters in north India lined up early on Sunday to cast their ballots in the second-to-last round of a seven-phase general election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi facing a diverse group of opposition parties seeking to deny him a second term.

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U.N. Secretary-General warns world 'not on track' to limiting temperature rise to 1.5 percent: TVNZ

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said the world was "not on track" to limiting global temperature rises to 1.5%, TVNZ reported on Sunday, during his visit to New Zealand.

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New best story on Hacker News: Adults learn language to fluency nearly as well as children: study

Adults learn language to fluency nearly as well as children: study
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Latest Sri Lanka arrest throws spotlight on Wahhabism in eastern hotbed

Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a Saudi-educated scholar for what they claim are links with Zahran Hashim, the suspected ringleader of the Easter Sunday bombings, throwing a spotlight on the rising influence of Salafi-Wahhabi Islam on the island's Muslims.

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Australia's PM launches official campaign six days out from election

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison officially launched his party's election campaign on Sunday, less than a week before the May 18 vote that opinion polls have consistently indicated he will lose.

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Lithuanian presidential hopefuls vow to tackle inequality

Lithuanians started voting in a tightly contested presidential election on Sunday to replace outgoing Dalia Grybauskaite, the Baltic nation's "Iron Lady" who was one of the European Union's most outspoken critics of Russia.

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India votes in penultimate phase of seven-round general election

Voters in Delhi and elsewhere in India's north lined up early on Sunday to cast their ballots in the second-to-last round of a seven-phase general election, with the opposition seeking a united stand to deny Prime Minister Narendra Modi a second term.

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Albanian protesters hurl petrol bombs, seek snap polls

Albanian opposition protesters hurled petrol bombs at the entrance of Prime Minister Edi Rama's office on Saturday, after three months of demonstrations calling for him to quit over alleged election fraud and corruption.

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