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Australia's conservative coalition wins surprise 3rd term
Sunday, May 19, 2019, 12:25 PM
Australia's ruling conservative coalition won a surprise victory in the country's general election on Saturday, defying opinion polls that had tipped the center-left opposition party to oust it from power and promising an end to the revolving door of national leaders. "I have always believed in miracles," Prime Minister Scott Morrison told a jubilant Sydney crowd.
War talk grips Iraq as storied US carrier returns to Gulf
Sunday, May 19, 2019, 12:23 PM
Iraqis have endured successive wars but spiralling tensions between Washington and Tehran have many convinced that new conflict looms between their key allies and that they will pay the price. In Baghdad, the Pentagon's deployment to the Gulf of a carrier group led by the USS Abraham Lincoln accompanied by B-52 bombers has many people persuaded the US threats are very real.
US, Lanka to work together for peace, security in Indo-Pacific region
Sunday, May 19, 2019, 12:22 PM
The US and Sri-Lanka have resolved to work together to ensure a-safe-maritime domain in Indian and Pacific oceans through a rules-based order that ensures respect for international-laws and norms, amid increasing Chinese influence over the strategically important region. The US has conducted a-series-of "freedom of navigation" exercises in disputed South China Sea, triggering protests from Beijing over what it says is infringement of sovereignty.
