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Washington, Oct 22: WikiLeaks has revealed US President Barack Obama's private email address by publishing hacked emails, in another potentially embarrassing document dump targeting the Democrats, a media report said. "WikiLeaks reveals first batch of US President Barack Obama emails sent via secret address," WikiLeaks, the Julian Assange-founded open secrets site, tweeted on Thursday — implying

Jeddah, Oct 21: Leading experts in Arab affairs, columnists and journalists feel that the race for the American presidential elections remains wide open and evenly poised. They described the outcome of the three presidential debates as inconclusive and unclear. For some, Hillary Clinton came out on top; for others Donald Trump, despite his brashness, managed to retain his appeal to his core base

Beijing, Oct 20: A campaign to boycott Chinese goods in India due to differences over India's bid for NSG membership and UN ban on JeM chief Masood Azhar will not have much "political effect" and will fail to "fundamentally change the bilateral trade ties, state-run Chinese media said today. Quoting Indian media reports, an article in the state-run Global Times said that "some politicians and

Nevada, Oct 20: Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected allegations that he has groped several women, accusing Hillary Clinton of manufacturing the charges by her campaign. "I believe," Trump said, "she got these people to step forward," accusing Hillary of running a "very sleazy campaign" and adding of the claims aired by several women dating back decades: "It was all fiction." Meanwhile, Democrat

Washington, Oct 18: In a first, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft has beamed back ultraviolet images of Mars that unveils dynamic, previously invisible activities in the atmosphere of the red planet such as change in ozone levels over the seasons and formation of clouds. The images were taken by the Imaging UltraViolet Spectrograph (IUVS) on the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission (MAVEN) - a

Vadodara, Oct 18: A 15-year-old boy having his family roots in Anand district's Demol village was shot dead by an armed robber in Cleveland Heights in Ohio, US. Victim Sunny Patel's relatives said that the robber barged into Mr Hero restaurant owned by his uncle on South Taylor Road and shot him in the head on Friday night. The robber then stole cash from the register and fled. Sunny's father Ravi

Washington, Oct 18: Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, has a nine-point lead over her Republican rival Donald Trump, according to a latest poll which comes just three weeks before the general election. Clinton's (47 per cent) lead over Trump (38 per cent) has expanded to nine points, said CBS News in its poll conducted amidst allegations of sexual harassment against the

Jeddah, Oct 17: The Houthi militias, which are backed by Iran, have — for the third time in less than a week — attacked US Navy in the strategic Bab Al-Mandab Strait, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. Saturday night's attack came after the first one on Monday, Oct. 10. At that time, the US Navy said it was unsure if it was being targeted or if the attack was a mistake. The second attack —

Islamabad, Oct 16: A proposal to elevate Pakistan's Army chief General Raheel Sharif to the rank of Field Marshal has reached the Islamabad High Court, weeks ahead of his retirement from the powerful post. A lawyer has sought the high court's help to elevate Gen Raheel, 60, to the rank of Field Marshal in the greater national interest by taking into consideration his "exemplary services and

Washington, Oct 15: Asserting that the US cannot afford to have another four years of Obama Administration, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said that failing to win the upcoming general elections would amount to losing the country. "Either we win this election or we're going to lose our country, because four more years of Obama, you can't take," Trump told his supporters at an