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Donald Trump strongly warned Republicans that they must pass health care reform, taking his party to task and bluntly declaring that "Obamacare is death."

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is scaling up emergency assistance to Sri Lanka with the Sri Lanka Red Cross to help contain the outbreak.

The Philippines is the world's biggest supplier of nickel ore and also among the top producers of copper and gold. However, the sector contributes less than 1 percent to the country's economy, based on data from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau.

Donald Trump has inquired about his authority to issue pardons to aides, family members and perhaps himself, US media has reported.

A Geo News report said Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif will most likely become the interim prime minister of the country for 45 days till Nawaz Sharif's younger brother Shehbaz Sharif is elected in by-polls.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull termed Sydney native Justine Damond's (40) death as "shocking" and "inexplicable."

Minneapolis police chief Janee Harteau had faced criticism over her handling of the killing of Justine Damond, which ignited an international outcry.

After nightfall, a Palestinian sneaked into a home in the Israeli settlement of Halamish in the West Bank and stabbed to death three Israelis. An Israeli news site said those killed were two men and a woman who were having dinner at the time.

The three-member bench headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal and comprising Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and Justice Ijazul Ahsan has not given any date for the announcement of the verdict.

Federal agencies expect to complete 1,732 regulations this year, roughly a 20 percent reduction compared to the fall of 2016.

For the first time in its 94-year existence, the BBC was this year forced to release a list of its employees paid more than 150,000 pounds between 2016/2017, after a change in its charter last year.

The couple married as man and woman in 2015 but the husband underwent a sex change operation and updated his national identity card to read "female", the Straits Times newspaper reported.

Federal officials said there were not enough qualified and willing American workers available to perform certain types of temporary nonagricultural work.

Splits in London over basic issues, such as the need for a phased withdrawal lasting for some years, could raise the risk of a failure to reach any deal, EU officials say.

"The Washington Post story today that we actually hacked the Qataris is also not true," said Anwar Gargash, UAE's minister of state for foreign affairs.

According to the United Nation's figures, more than 26,500 civilians have died and nearly 49,000 injured as a result of armed conflict in Afghanistan since January 2009.