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Lord Mountbatten Was Killed By Terrorists. Now He's A Royal Baby Namesake

Prince William and Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby named after Lord Mountbatten.

On a late summer morning in 1979, Lord Louis Mountbatten -- cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, World War II hero, last viceroy of India -- set off
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un Willing To Talk To Japan 'Any Time': Seoul

Shinzo Abe had earlier informed Seoul of his intention for talks with the North. (File)

Seoul, South Korea:  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is ready for dialogue with Japan "any time", Seoul's presidential office said Sunday, as concerns grow in Tokyo that it is being sidelined from the reconciliation drive with
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Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia:  Saudi King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attended the ground-breaking ceremony on Saturday of a vast entertainment resort that is at the heart of an ambitious strategy to open the economy and ease social restrictions.

Qiddiya, about an hour's drive from Riyadh, is being built on a 334

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North Korea To Rejoin South's Time Zone In Conciliatory Gesture

Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-In during the inter-Korean Summit on Friday. (File)

Seoul, South Korea:  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he would move the country's clocks 30 minutes forward to unify with the South's time zone as a conciliatory gesture after Friday's inter-Korean summit, Seoul said Sunday.

The two countries

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Mike Pompeo Starts Mideast Tour With Call For New Iran Sanctions

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir in Riyadh (Reuters)

Riyadh:  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday on a hastily-arranged visit to the Middle East as the United States aims to muster support for new sanctions against Iran.

The visit to Riyadh,

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Kamra, Pakistan:  The sprawling complex at Kamra, west of Islamabad, reverbates at the thundering take-off of a Mirage Rose-1, the latest ageing fighter jet to have been gutted and reassembled by the Pakistani Air Force.

Fifty years after Pakistan bought its first Mirages, many planes in the venerable fleet are still

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