Turkey orders arrest of 176 military personnel over suspected Gulen links

Turkey has ordered the arrest of 176 serving military personnel over suspected links to the network which Ankara says was behind an attempted coup three years ago, the Istanbul chief prosecutors' office said on Tuesday.

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Hong Kong leader says extradition bill 'dead', but critics not satisfied

The extradition bill that sparked Hong Kong's biggest crisis in decades is dead, the territory's leader said on Tuesday, adding that the government's work on the legislation had been a "total failure", but critics accused her of playing with words.

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British capture of Iranian tanker won't go 'unanswered': officer

Britain's seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off Gibraltar last week will not be "unanswered", Iran's armed forces chief of staff, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, said on Tuesday, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

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Government faces no-deal backlash by own business experts

Advisers asked to find a solution to the Irish border Brexit problem balk at signing terms.

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UK's capture of Iranian oil tanker won't be 'unanswered': military official

Britain's seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off Gibraltar last week will not be "unanswered", Iran's armed forces chief of staff, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, said on Tuesday, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

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Japan rebuffs Seoul's calls to scrap export curbs

Japan pushed back on Tuesday against calls from South Korea to scrap curbs on some high-tech exports, ratcheting up tension in a decades-old diplomatic dispute that threatens to disrupt the global supply of memory chips and smartphones.

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Qatari official announces success of intra-Afghan peace talks: foreign ministry

A Qatari official has announced the "success" of Afghan peace talks held this week in Doha, the Qatari foreign ministry said in a statement dated Monday and published on Tuesday.

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Financier Epstein pleads not guilty to sex trafficking charges involving girls

American financier Jeffrey Epstein pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of sex trafficking as prosecutors accused him of luring dozens of girls as young as 14 to his luxury homes in New York and Florida and paying them for sex acts.

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New best story on Hacker News: Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious websites to enable camera

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Hong Kong leader says extradition bill 'dead', students not satisfied

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the extradition bill that sparked the city's biggest political crisis in decades was dead and the government's work on the bill a "total failure".

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US approves $2.2bn Taiwan arms sale despite Chinese ire

China had urged the US to halt the $2.2bn sale, calling it an extremely damaging decision.

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Carrie Lam: 'Hong Kong extradition bill is dead'

Hong Kong's leader said there is "no such plan" for the controversial extradition bill.

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Nanda Devi: Video reveals last moments of Himalayan climbers

The clip shows eight climbers taking slow and synchronised steps up a peak in sunny weather.

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Japan pushes back against Seoul's calls to scrap export curbs

Japan pushed back on Tuesday against calls from South Korea to scrap restrictions on high-tech exports to its Asian neighbor, as a diplomatic row over forced wartime labor escalates between the two key U.S. allies.

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Hong Kong leader says extradition bill is dead after mass protests

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the extradition bill that sparked the territory's biggest political crisis in decades was dead, admitting that the government's work on the bill had been a "total failure".

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Hong Kong extradition bill 'is dead' says Carrie Lam

Carrie Lam says work on the controversial bill was a "total failure" but stops short of withdrawing it.

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U.S. judge strikes down Trump administration rule requiring drug prices in TV ads

A federal judge on Monday dealt a blow to the Trump administration by striking down a new rule that would have forced pharmaceutical companies to include the wholesale prices of their drugs in television advertising.

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Ambassador 'has PM's full support' despite Trump criticism

The US president says he will not work with the diplomat who had described his administration as inept.

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Japan not thinking of scrapping South Korea export curbs: Seko

Industry minister Hiroshige Seko said on Tuesday that Japan was "not thinking at all" of withdrawing restrictions on Japanese high-tech exports to South Korea and that the curbs did not violate World Trade Organization rules.

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New best story on Hacker News: Ten Years of Erlang

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Fortnite: Gamer admits assaulting pregnant partner during live stream

The Sydney man attacked his pregnant partner in a video that went viral on social media.

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USA win Women's World Cup 2019: Can Americans be caught by Europe's elite?

The United States were deserved winners of the 2019 Women's World Cup, but there are signs that Europe's best teams can challenge their dominance.

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Iran tanker detention by Britain was threatening act, minister says

Britain's detention of an Iranian tanker last week was a threatening and incorrect action, Iran's Defence Minister Amir Hatami said on Monday in a speech broadcast live on state television.

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