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Parliament's lower House of Commons seized the initiative last week by holding a first round of votes on eight alternative Brexit options but failed to find a majority on any of them.

In a move that would be unthinkable in the United States, one of New Zealand's largest gun retailers, Hunting & Fishing, voluntarily stopped selling MSSAs and halted online firearms sales.

Elham, from Afghanistan's ethnic Hazara minority, enchanted audiences with her high-pitched, raspy voice, performing Hazara and Persian folk music in traditional loose, colourful Afghan dresses and heels.

China has called US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's comments "absurd" and that his comment is an act of interference in the country's "internal affairs."

Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani from the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) submitted Child Marriage Restraint Act (Amendment) Bill 2019 and the Criminal Law (Protection of Minorities) Act 2019 in National Assembly on Tuesday.

The judge believes all the identified suspects went to the United States after the raid and that he would request their extradition to Spain.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait criticised Monday's move to recognise Israel's 1981 annexation and said the territory was occupied Arab land. Riyadh and Abu Dhabi said it was an impediment to peace.

Imran Khan reportedly told Pakistani journalists on Monday that forming an interim Afghan government would smooth peace talks between US and Taliban officials since the militant group refuses to speak to the current government.

Senate Democrats immediately objected to the transfer of money to build fencing along the southern border to block drug smuggling.

The judicial inquiry was ordered after New Zealand's spy agencies faced criticism in the wake of the attack for focusing attention only on the threat from Islamic extremism.

World leaders were quick to hail Saturday's announcement by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces that the last shred of land controlled by IS in Syria had been conquered.

From his home in Israel, Geller - who is also a British citizen and a former resident of May's Maidenhead constituency - wrote an open letter to the prime minister urging her to block Britain's exit from the European Union.

Sunday's election was held under new laws written by the military to smooth its transformation into a civilian government.

Pompeo's comments came on a Jewish holiday, Purim, which celebrates the biblical rescue of Jewish people from genocide. Donald Trump was compared to Queen Esther who rescued Jews.

Khan said that Pakistani armed forces are ever ready and would give a befitting response in case of any military aggression. In addition, he added, all the political parties in Pakistan have agreed to the National Action Plan against militancy.

Interior Minister Nestor Reverol accused the aide, Roberto Marrero, who serves as Guaido's chief of staff, of leading a "terrorist cell" bent on attacking the government's leadership.