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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

Colombo, Oct 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comment that Ravana was the new form of terrorism has drawn fire from Ravana followers in Sri Lanka. In his Vijayadashmi address in Lucknow on October 11, Modi had linked Ravana with terrorism and said that "the first person to fight terror was neither a soldier nor a politician, but the mythological bird Jatayu who fought against Ravana to protect a

Washington, Oct 14: The New York Times has rejected Donald Trump's claim the newspaper had libeled the Republican presidential nominee, saying its story about two women who said he sexually assaulted them was "newsworthy information about a subject of deep public concern." In a letter Thursday, Times attorney David McCraw said Trump "has bragged about his non-consensual sexual touching of women"

Washington, Oct 14: US First Lady Michelle Obama has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump over his "demeaning" remarks about women, saying the Republican Presidential nominee's "sexually predatory behaviour" has left her "shaken" to the core. "The fact is that in this election, we have a candidate for President of the US who, over the course of his lifetime and the course of this campaign

Stockholm, Oct 13: American music legend Bob Dylan today won the Nobel Literature Prize, the first songwriter to win the prestigious award and an announcement that stunned prize watchers. Dylan, 75, was honoured "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," the Swedish Academy said. The choice was met by gasps and a long round of applause from journalists

Bangkok, Oct 13: Thailand's revered King Bhumbol Adulyadej passed away today, the palace announced, ending a remarkable seven-decade reign as the world's longest ruling monarch who was seen as a unifying force in the deeply divided country. He was 88. The king died at 3.52 pm (local time) at the Siriraj hospital, the palace said in a statement.Crown Prince Maha Vajralongkorn, Princess Maha Chakri

Washington, Oct 13: SAARC has not lived up to its potential, a top White House official said and "regretted" that the regional summit has to be postponed this year after most of the member countries pulled out of it. "It is regrettable that the SAARC meeting could not be held this year," Peter Lavoy, Senior Director for South Asia at the National Security Council (NSC), White House told a