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Hakikat Singh Panag, 59, his wife, Paramjit Kaur, 62, their daughter, Shalinder Kaur, 39, and his sister-in-law, Amarjit Kaur, 58, were all shot to death around 9:50 p.m (local time) on Sunday in their home in a suburban Ohio community. The motive behind the slayings remains unclear. External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has also taken cognisance of the incident. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2ZLRN6J

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi asked US President Donald Trump to make the designation during an April 9 visit to Washington, a senior US official said, confirming a report in the New York Times on Tuesday. The White House is now working to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) but did not say what basis it will give to do so. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2LfhWra

The violent street battles that erupted in parts of Caracas were the most serious challenge yet to Maduro's rule. And while the rebellion seemed to have garnered only limited military support, at least one high-ranking official announced he was breaking with Maduro, in a setback for the embattled president. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2ZMxaal

Two days ago, police special task force and army personnel had quietly swept into two houses tucked away in Anwar Palli area where Zahran’s parents and another sister, Jazeera, with child, husband Nishad and small daughter Ubeida lived until they left hurriedly, three days before the deadly Easter Sunday bombings on April 21. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2UShvTo

"Today interim President Juan Guaido announced start of Operacion Libertad," tweeted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, as Maduro's government vowed to put down what it called an attempted coup. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2vAluJT

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces sentencing in London on Wednesday for breaching his bail conditions, the whistleblowing site and a court official said. Assange could face a 12-month prison sentence for the violation, although time already served in prison may be taken into account. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2GMEhqQ

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Isabel Celaa, spokeswoman for the Socialist caretaker government, says her party is capable of running the country as a minority government. But she said on Tuesday the Socialists "are open to talking to everybody" on certain topics that might smooth the government's work. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2J0nP98

Israel's new parliament will be sworn in Tuesday following April 9 elections that saw PM Netanyahu win a 5th term, but he has yet to put together a new coalition government. The Knesset, or parliament, has potentially stormy sessions ahead as it works to resolve religion & state issues as well as a possible proposal that would shield Netanyahu from prosecution. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2IQIXiW

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Outgoing Japanese emperor Akihito today performed the main ritual to hand over the Chrysanthemum Throne to his son Naruhito -- Japan's first abdication in more than two centuries. Akihito technically remains emperor until the stroke of midnight when the country ushers in the new imperial era of Reiwa, or "beautiful harmony", that will last as long as Naruhito reigns. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2J5RI87

There were no attacks on Sunday and Monday but security across Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka remains ramped up, with scores of suspected Islamists arrested since the April 21 attacks on hotels and churches that killed more than 250 people, including 42 foreign nationals. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2PDVPcs

The Sri Lankan government has lifted a ban on social media platforms intended to stop the spread of rumours after the Easter Sunday bombings, a source from the president's office said on Tuesday. The ban on platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Viber has been lifted with immediate effect, the source told Reuters. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2W8YltT

New Zealand police arrested a man in Christchurch following reports of a possible bomb threat in the city, where 50 people were killed in attacks on two mosques. Police cordoned off streets in the Phillipstown area of the city on New Zealand's South Island, with a bomb disposal team, ambulance and fire and emergency crews sent to the scene. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2DBFWP6

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The former vice president told hundreds of supporters and labour activists that Saturday's deadly shooting at a California synagogue proves a new that the country is "in a fight for its soul." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2DEjsNs

Japanese Emperor Akihito reported his abdication to a Shinto sun goddess in a ritual at the Imperial Palace on Tuesday, starting a day of ceremonies to end a three decade reign in which he sought to ease painful memories of World War Two and bring the monarchy closer to people. Akihito, 85, was the first Japanese monarch to take the throne under a post-war constitution that defines the emperor as a symbol of the people without political power. His abdication is the first in two centuries. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2WdYDQj

A week after Islamic State owned up to deadly bombings in Sri Lanka that killed over 250 people and injured over 500, the outfit’s elusive chief, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, sprung a surprise by appearing in a video on Monday evening, nearly five years after he was last seen. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2J3vkMk

A harness recovered from an unusually friendly white whale in north Norway may indicate the animal had been trained by the Russian navy as part of a marine mammal special force, experts in Norway have said. The harness, which had the words “Equipment of St. Petersburg” labelled on it, could be used to attach cameras or other instruments, the experts added. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2IOx2lC

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The idea of moving Indonesia's seat of government from an urban conglomeration of nearly 30 million people with some of the world's worst traffic jams has stretched on for decades. Jakarta, which suffers billions of dollars in annual congestion-and-flood linked economic losses, would remain the country's financial hub. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2XWmbcD

Sri Lanka's president suspended the chief of police on Monday and appointed a new defence secretary in a shake-up of the shell-shocked country's security services following the Easter Sunday terror attacks. Separately, Sirisena appointed a former head of the army, Shantha Kottegoda, as the country's top defence official. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2DDkqd0

Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund have launched the final round of talks over the $8 billion bailout package for Islamabad, a deal that's expected to be signed next month. The round started on Monday in the Pakistani capital and is expected to last till May 7. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2vxEwAB

The deadly attacks could have been prevented if the new Counter Terrorism Bill, which provides for territorial jurisdiction, was passed in Parliament without delay, PM Ranil Wickremesinghe said today after joining the Sunday Mass in Colombo and the mass at the Saint Anthony's church in Kochchikade, a week after the deadly suicide bombing killed over 250 people. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2Lky0Ia

German news agency DPA reported Monday that firefighters discovered the containers Sunday in a storehouse in Preussisch Oldendorf, near the city of Bielefeld, while extinguishing a cable fire in the facility. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2GRlWtZ

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The gunfire erupted after 5pm on a block in the city's western district of brick row homes. One man who was shot collapsed behind a Baptist church nearby and was pronounced dead at the scene. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2IWW3KG

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialists won snap elections on Sunday without the necessary majority to govern solo in a fragmented political landscape marked by the far-right's entry into parliament. Sanchez's Socialist Party (PSOE) got 123 lawmakers out of 350, short of an absolute majority but much better than the 85 seats it got in 2016. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2GF3bZi

A week after serial explosions ripped through Sri Lanka, the President’s office on Sunday banned any “covering of face” to conceal identity. President's office said covering the face in order to avoid the identification of a person will be banned with effect from Monday to ensure public safety. Sirisena took the decision under the Emergency Regulations. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2Vxjlxg

It is getting tougher for H-1B visa holders to switch jobs. Even if the new job is similar, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), in several cases, has denied the application by the new employer on various grounds. The most common reason for denial is that the new position does not constitute a ‘specialty occupation’. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2UNxqCi

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A soft-spoken and thoughtful former Rhodes Scholar, Lugar dominated Indiana politics during his 36 years in the US Senate. That popularity gave him the freedom to concentrate largely on foreign policy and national security matters — a focus highlighted by his collaboration with Democratic Sen. Sam Nunn on a program under which the US paid to dismantle and secure thousands of nuclear warheads and missiles in the former Soviet states after the Cold War ended. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2XXb9El

Children born to Yazidi women as a result of rape by Islamic State group fighters will not be permitted to join the community in northern Iraq, the faith's Supreme Spiritual Council said. The Yazidi community once numbered around 500,000 members in the mountainous Sinjar region of northwest Iraq, but it was ravaged by IS's 2014 sweep into the area. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2vsnjsx

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The Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar Economic Corridor, originally listed in the China's multi-billion dollars Belt and Road Initiative projects, has been conspicuously missing from the new list issued at the end of the Belt and Road Forum meeting in Beijing. Like in 2017, India skipped the meeting over its objections on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2LiSXnc

President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed an offer by Vladimir Putin to provide passports to Ukrainians, and pledged instead to grant citizenship to Russians who "suffer" under the Kremlin's rule. Kiev has been fighting Moscow-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine since 2014 in a war that has killed 13,000. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2UL5TBt

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Pope Francis has donated $500,000 to help migrants in Mexico, offering assistance to local projects that provide food, lodging and basic necessities. The funds, from the Peter's Pence collections, will be distributed among 27 projects promoted by 16 Mexican dioceses and religious congregations, Peter's Pence said in a statement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2GPUQ6t

Spain voted on Sunday in an uncertain snap general election marked by a resurgence of the far-right after more than four decades on the outer margins of politics. Opinion polls give outgoing socialist premier Pedro Sanchez a win but without the necessary majority to govern alone, meaning he will have to seek alliances in a political environment that has soured since Catalonia's failed secession bid. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2UZnLgZ

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Traders travel freely through the bustling Khorgos special economic zone that straddles the Kazakhstan-China border, but signs on the Chinese side bear a blunt warning — no veils or long beards allowed. It's a stark reminder of the severe security policies that China has imposed on mostly Muslim ethnic minorities in its vast border region of Xinjiang. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2ZGW5w0

"God is the reflection of love and kindness, so how can someone kill in the name of God?" Cardinal Ranjith asked in a reference to the militants who claimed that the attacks were on behalf of the almighty. The archbishop, who started his mass with an appeal for peace and unity, said: "What happened last Sunday is a great tragedy, an insult to humanity" from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2DC3F1I