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1991 Gulf War looms large over George H W Bush's Mideast legacy

With Bush's death , his legacy across the Middle East takes root in that 100-hour ground war that routed Iraqi forces. That war gave birth to the network of military bases America now operates across the Persian Gulf supporting troops in Afghanistan and forces fighting against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.
2018-12-01 06:53:00 Read More

Things to know about George HW Bush

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JD.com founder's rape accuser says she was lured to Liu dinner

A 21-year-old undergraduate student of University of Minnesota has revealed that she was lured to a dinner by Charlie Yao, a Chinese businessman, where she was forced to drink alcohol and raped by Richard Liu, one of China's wealthiest men and CEO of e-commerce giant JD.com Inc.
2018-12-01 04:07:25 Read More

US seen blocking G20 progress on trade, climate

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Beijing lashes out at US for South China Sea sail-by

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Six new antibodies developed to combat Zika

The antibodies "may have the dual utility as diagnostics capable of recognising Zika virus subtypes and may be further developed to treat Zika virus infection," said Ravi Durvasula from Loyola University in the US.
2018-11-30 10:45:02 Read More

Five dead, 32 injured in Hong Kong coach crash

Five people were killed and 32 injured when a coach carrying Cathay Pacific staff to Hong Kong's airport collided with a taxi on Friday, police said, with passengers thrown from the coach's windows on impact.
2018-11-30 09:15:27 Read More

Ebola outbreak in east Congo now world's second biggest

The epidemic in a volatile part of Democratic Republic of Congo is now only surpassed by the 2013-2016 outbreak in West Africa, where more than 28,000 cases where confirmed, and is bigger than an outbreak in 2000 in Uganda involving 425 cases.
2018-11-30 08:38:54 Read More

Facebook says COO Sandberg asked for information on Soros

Facebook on Thursday said that chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg asked staff to look into whether billionaire critic George Soros had a financial interest in tarnishing the social network. "Mr. Soros is a prominent investor and we looked into his investments and trading activity related to Facebook," a spokeswoman said, queried by AFP.
2018-11-30 08:28:37 Read More

Bangladesh arrests 10 Rohingya bound for Malaysia

Southeast Bangladesh is home to around a million Rohingya, most of whom fled Myanmar last year following a military crackdown and are now in vast camps.
2018-11-30 08:03:04 Read More

Another Canadian diplomat diagnosed with mysterious Cuba brain injury

Another Canadian diplomat in Havana has been diagnosed with a mysterious brain trauma that in 2016 started afflicting Canadian and US officials in the Cuban capital, a senior official said Thursday.
2018-11-30 07:57:43 Read More

Ex-Interpol chief ousted from China top advisory body

The National Committee for the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) agreed to revoke Meng Hongwei's membership following a meeting, Xinhua news agency reported. The CPPCC is a 2,000-strong assembly of delegates whose role is supposedly to "advise" the government by putting forth policy suggestions.
2018-11-30 07:03:38 Read More

Trump says close to doing something with China on trade

The US is very close to a trade deal with China, President Donald Trump has said, but remained noncommittal to its final outcome ahead of his meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Argentina on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit.
2018-11-30 06:02:03 Read More

Two Koreas start landmark journey for railway reconnection

Linking up the railway systems was one of the agreements made earlier this year in a key meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South's President Moon Jae-in. The six-carriage train is transporting 28 South Koreans, including railway engineers and other personnel, and carrying 55 tonnes of fuel and an electricity generator.
2018-11-30 04:57:18 Read More

Search for remains in California's deadliest wildfire officially ends

Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said he was optimistic that some who remain unaccounted for will turn up alive, but he also left open the possibility that "bones or bone fragments" of additional victims could turn up as evacuation zones are reopened to civilians.
2018-11-30 03:17:32 Read More

UK PM May says focused on December 11 parliament Brexit vote

â€‹May secured an agreement with European Union leaders on Sunday that will see Britain leave the bloc in March next year with continued close trade ties, but the odds look stacked against her getting it through a deeply divided British parliament.
2018-11-30 03:13:50 Read More

Moon rocks sell for $855,000 in New York: Sotheby's

The rocks, collected by Soviet Luna-16 Mission in 1970, went for nearly double the $442,500 last paid for them by present-day US sellers in a Sotheby's Russian space history sale in 1993. They were originally the property of Nina Ivanovna Koroleva, widow of former director of Soviet space program, who was given them in honor of her husband's work.
2018-11-30 03:07:54 Read More

Side issues loom over G-20 summit as world leaders arrive

The two-day summit beginning Friday is supposed to focus on development, infrastructure and food security, but those seemed largely an afterthought amid soured US-European relations and as the United States, Mexico and Canada hammered out the final language of a replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement expected to be signed Friday.
2018-11-30 02:27:10 Read More

Side issues loom over G-20 summit as world leaders arrive

Merkel warns 'no military solution' to Ukraine conflict

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UK govt to face votes on Brexit alternatives before final approval ballot

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UK security firm G4S says five employees killed in Kabul attack

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Turkey to pay for Russian S-400s in rubles or lira: Erdogan

Erdogan said the final currency composition had yet to be agreed but confirmed he expected the deliveries of the systems to take place in 2019. His comments came a day after Putin said that Russia was cutting its dependency on dollars in international trade due to increasingly tough US sanctions.
2018-11-29 10:51:07 Read More

China expresses concerns over US warships in Taiwan Strait

Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters Thursday that Taiwan was the ``most important and sensitive issue'' in relations between the sides. China's defense ministry also said it had closely followed the warships' passage.
2018-11-29 10:37:05 Read More

Putin, Trump will meet at G20 summit as planned: Kremlin

A meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin will take place at this week's G20 summit as planned, the Kremlin said Thursday, despite US threats to cancel over Moscow's tensions with Ukraine.
2018-11-29 10:34:25 Read More

Despite sanctions South Sudan stays armed for war: Report

A four-year investigation, by London-based Conflict Armament Research (CAR), into the supply of weapons that have helped keep South Sudan's civil war alive since December 2013, has revealed the important role played by neighbouring countries, particularly Uganda, in circumventing arms embargoes.
2018-11-29 09:59:45 Read More

Sri Lanka Parliament to cut PM's budget

Thursday's vote comes more than a month after President Maithripala Sirisena triggered the crisis by ousting former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and replacing him with Rajapaksa, who was then in turn sacked by Parliament.
2018-11-29 09:23:58 Read More

Ukraine's Poroshenko: Putin wants my whole country

Russia seized three Ukrainian navy ships and their crews on Sunday near the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow annexed in 2014, over what it said was their illegal entry into Russian waters - a charge Ukraine strongly refutes.
2018-11-29 08:37:18 Read More

US puts on hold discussions over Lanka's participation in MCC amidst political crisis

The US has put on hold its discussions with Sri Lanka on its potential participation in an American aid initiative on poverty reduction due to the disruption in the country's democratic process following the ouster of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, a senior official has said.
2018-11-29 08:36:21 Read More

Trump heads to G20 primed for new conflicts

US President Donald Trump jets to Argentina Thursday for a G20 summit, keen to do battle with China on trade and sharpening his rhetoric against Russia over Ukraine.
2018-11-29 07:38:30 Read More

Pompeo says no hard evidence Saudi prince ordered Khashoggi killing

Pompeo spoke to reporters after he and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told the Senate behind closed doors that weakening U.S.-Saudi ties over the killing would hurt national security.
2018-11-29 06:58:23 Read More

Pompeo says no hard evidence Saudi prince ordered Khashoggi killing

US seeks transparency on Chinese debt on Pakistan

"The IMF team just came back from Pakistan. One of the things we're pushing hard for is full transparency of the debt," Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs David Malpass told lawmakers during a Congressional hearing.
2018-11-29 04:01:04 Read More

Thereâ€™s no attempt to hide: Ivanka says her private emails not like Hillaryâ€™s

Ivanka Trump, US President Donald Trumpâ€™s oldest daughter and a White House adviser, dismissed comparisons of her use of private email for government work and that of Hillary Clinton, her fatherâ€™s Democratic rival in the 2016 election.
2018-11-29 00:34:43 Read More

Trump endorses treason charges against Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton

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UN chief says ready to meet Saudi prince to discuss Yemen

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Sri Lanka's top military official detained over mass murder cover-up

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Putin blames Ukraine for standoff, boosts defenses in Crimea

Ukraine, for its part, released what it said was the exact location where its ships were fired on Sunday by Russia, showing that they were in international waters approaching Kerch Strait from the west, not from the east, as Putin suggested.
2018-11-28 14:39:15 Read More

No-deal Brexit could cost UK economy 9.3 per cent of GDP over 15 years: Govt

Given this range of options, the economic analysis offered two different models on what the final deal could look like, and assessed how they could affect the economy when combined with the government's hopes of ending free moment of EU workers into Britain.
2018-11-28 13:11:26 Read More

Will Saudi crown prince be a pariah at G20?

All eyes will be on Saudi Arabia's embattled Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman later this week when he heads to Buenos Aires for the Group of 20 summit. At issue is the gruesome slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and allegations that the crown prince ordered his killing.
2018-11-28 09:14:34 Read More

Will Saudi crown prince be a pariah at G20?

Lion Air jet should have been grounded before fatal flight: Safety agency

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Pilots struggled to control plane that crashed in Indonesia: Report

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Trump says he may cancel Putin meeting, White House warns Xi

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Blast kills 22 near north China chemical plant: Official

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Ex-Trump campaign chairman met WikiLeaks founder: Report

Manafort went to the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2013, 2015 and then "around March 2016" to meet Assange, whose organization is accused of leaking thousands of emails allegedly stolen by Russian hackers from Hillary Clinton's rival campaign, the newspaper said, citing unnamed sources.
2018-11-27 17:27:39 Read More

China's Xi to send special envoy to Mexican presidential inauguration

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China's Xi to send special envoy to Mexican presidential inauguration

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UN chief urges 'maximum restraint' from Russia, Ukraine

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Roadside bomb kills 3 US soldiers in eastern Afghanistan

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Dortmund team-bus bomber gets 14-year jail sentence

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Bangladeshi court bars Khaleda Zia from contesting next month's polls

A local official in Raqqa says more than 500 bodies have so far been exhumed from one of the largest mass graves discovered near the Syrian city. Raqqa was liberated in a US-backed campaign that ended more than a year ago, but rescuers and recovery teams continue to locate mass graves around the northern city.
2018-11-27 13:18:31 Read More

Responding to Trump, UK's May says will be free to strike US trade deals

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Hundreds of bodies exhumed from mass grave in Syria's Raqqa

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EU may consider further Russia sanctions over Ukraine

Rauff Hakeem, the leader of the main Muslim minority party Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, urged Speaker Jayasuriya that "the print and electronic media are continuing to recognise MP Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister. Please issue an order that the media should not give recognition to an illegal government". Jayasuriya has officially conveyed that the House does not recognise Rajapaksa as the legal prime minister until he proved his majority in the House.
2018-11-27 12:09:56 Read More

Pakistan lodges protest with Bangladesh over burglary at high commission in Dhaka

"Here's what the bottom line is: China has to treat us fairly. They haven't been. They have to treat us fairly," Trump told reporters at the White House.
2018-11-27 11:46:30 Read More

Pakistan lodges protest with Bangladesh over burglary at high commission in Dhaka

"Here's what the bottom line is: China has to treat us fairly. They haven't been. They have to treat us fairly," Trump told reporters at the White House.
2018-11-27 11:46:30 Read More

Sri Lanka parliament urged to order media not to refer Rajapaksa's regime as lawful

Jack Ma, founder of Chinese tech giant Alibaba, is not the first nor likely the last Chinese super-rich capitalist to join the party, which counts property titan Xu Jiayin and Wanda Group founder Wang Jianlin among its billionaire members. Ma's membership had not been known until now as he had previously suggested that he preferred to stay out of politics.
2018-11-27 11:34:17 Read More

Saudi crown prince visits Tunisia amid Khashoggi protests

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Pakistan assured full security to our nationals, CPEC following terror attack on Consulate: China

Three heavily-armed suicide bombers stormed the Chinese consulate in the Pakistan's largest city on November 23, killing four people including two policemen before being shot dead by security forces which foiled the daring attack in the high-security zone.
2018-11-27 10:22:02 Read More

Jack Ma, China's richest man, is a Communist Party member

Trump: China has to treat US fairly

"Here's what the bottom line is: China has to treat us fairly. They haven't been. They have to treat us fairly," Trump told reporters at the White House.
2018-11-27 03:48:26 Read More

Trump: China has to treat US fairly

"Here's what the bottom line is: China has to treat us fairly. They haven't been. They have to treat us fairly," Trump told reporters at the White House.
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UK would be thrust into the unknown if Brexit deal rejected, Theresa May says

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Britain condemns Russia's 'act of aggression' in Kerch Strait

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2018-11-26 14:46:13 Read More

US: Snowstorm batters parts of Midwest, hundreds of flights cancelled

The Chicago Department of Aviation reported early Monday that average departure delays at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport are 77 mins, and a flight-tracking website reported that more than 350 flights headed to or from the US were cancelled. Heavy snow was expected to continue through the early hours of Monday with up to a foot of snow expected in Chicago.
2018-11-26 14:12:41 Read More

Police search villas in northwest Turkey for 'Khashoggi remains'

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Maldives' top court cancels jail sentence of former president Mohamed Nasheed

The Maldives Supreme Court on Monday canceled former president Mohamed Nasheedâ€™s 13-year jail sentence. Under former leader Abdulla Yameen's administration, which jailed a number of opposition leaders, the court had previously upheld the conviction in 2016. Yameen lost power in the September presidential election to Nasheed's ally Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.
2018-11-26 13:33:22 Read More

NATO calls emergency meeting with Ukraine on sea clash

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UK's May fights to sell Brexit deal to a skeptical country

May was gathering her Cabinet for a meeting hours after returning from Brussels with the divorce agreement approved by the 27 other EU leaders. She plans to address lawmakers in the House of Commons later in the day. The deal needs to be approved by Parliament, but scores of legislators - from both the opposition and May's governing Conservative Party - say they will oppose it.
2018-11-26 11:04:48 Read More

China bars US citizens from leaving over 'economic crimes'

The US State Department issued a travel advisory in January, warning its citizens about the use of "exit bans" to compel American nationals to resolve disputes or compel family members or colleagues to cooperate with Chinese authorities.
2018-11-26 10:59:59 Read More

UAE pardons Briton sentenced to life for spying

Matthew Hedges was among more than 700 prisoners pardoned by UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on the occasion of National Day. "Mr. Hedges will be permitted to leave the UAE once formalities are completed," the statement said.
2018-11-26 08:44:06 Read More

China is building third aircraft carrier: Reports

A late entrant into aircraft carrier-led naval battleship formations, China launched its first aircraft carrier, Liaoning, in 2012, which was a refit of the former Soviet vessel bought from Ukraine. Though Liaoning was operationalised and led trial expeditions into the Taiwan Straits, it was widely regarded as an experimental vessel used for mastering technologies, especially to operate the newly built J-15 planes from its deck.
2018-11-26 08:12:53 Read More

California's deadliest wildfire finally tamed

A total of 153,336 acres were affected by the fire, with nearly 14,000 homes and hundreds of other structures destroyed. Heavy downfalls that have soaked the fire zone in the past days helped douse the remaining flames, but also made it more difficult for crews searching for bodies.
2018-11-26 04:51:42 Read More

China heaps pressure on Taiwan president after election defeat

China has refused to deal with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen since she took office in 2016, accusing her of pushing for the island's formal independence. That is a red line for China, which considers the proudly democratic island sacred Chinese territory.
2018-11-26 04:43:37 Read More

Australian PM Scott Morrison holds emergency meeting as election rout looms

Morrison met lawmakers from southern Victoria, Australia's second-most populous state, where voters overwhelmingly turned against the Liberals in a state election on Saturday, stoking panic within the Liberal-National coalition
2018-11-26 03:10:47 Read More

Australian PM Scott Morrison holds emergency meeting as election rout looms

Storm strands US holiday travelers, more than 1,240 flights canceled

Blizzard warnings were issued in areas stretching across northeast Kansas to Chicago, with snow already falling in some regions including Kansas, central Missouri, southeast Nebraska and southern Iowa, said Bob Oravec, meteorologist for the National Weather Service.
2018-11-26 03:10:41 Read More

US looking to convince Pak to crack down on terror

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Legal weed forcing sniffer dogs into early retirement in US

As states and cities in America loosen their drug laws, the highly trained dogs their police departments use to sniff out narcotics canâ€™t always be counted on to smell the right thing. In many places that have legalized the drug, including California, Oregon, Maine and Vermont, most new recruits are no longer being trained to sniff out pot.
2018-11-26 01:06:21 Read More

US agents fire tear gas as some migrants try to breach fence

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Ukraine accuses Russia of firing on, seizing three of its ships

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Thirty one dead in Ugandan boat accident, toll expected to rise

The vessel was believed to be overcrowded with nearly 100 passengers, said Zurah Ganyana, a senior police officer at the scene. At least 27 people were rescued overnight, lower than earlier reports, she said. The boat, on a routine pleasure cruise and full of mostly youthful revelers, overturned and sank at about 7 p.m. on Saturday, she said.
2018-11-25 16:56:35 Read More

Democrats to probe Trump money ties to Russia, Saudis: Lawmaker

Adam Schiff, currently the ranking Democrat on the intelligence committee, accused Trump of being "dishonest" about the role of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. "What is driving this?" Schiff asked, questioning "whether there's a financial motivation; that is, his own personal finances."
2018-11-25 16:31:00 Read More

Russian warplanes strike rebels after alleged gas attack

Russian warplanes attacked rebel-held areas in northern Syria for the first time in weeks on Sunday, as Syrian officials said more than 100 people were treated at hospitals for a suspected poison gas attack in the northern city of Aleppo that Damascus and Moscow blamed on rebels.
2018-11-25 16:18:09 Read More

Drone strike kills five suspected Qaeda members in Yemen

A drone strike probably carried by the United States killed five suspected Al-Qaeda jihadists, including a local commander, in central Yemen's Bayda province Sunday, an official said.The US military is the only force known to operate armed drones over Yemen.
2018-11-25 16:16:52 Read More

US judge orders former Donald Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos to jail

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Pakistan hails India's move to send 2 ministers for Kartarpur corridor's groundbreaking ceremony

â€‹â€‹â€‹Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan is located across the river Ravi, about four kilometres from the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Punjab's Gurdaspur district. It was established by the Sikh Guru in 1522. The first Gurdwara, Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib, was built here, where Guru Nanak Dev is said to have died.
2018-11-25 14:48:36 Read More

How Ireland beat Britain in the Brexit divorce battle

At the centre of the dispute was a legal guarantee to keep the Irish border open, known as the "backstop", which Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and his EU allies insisted on and Britain eventually and very reluctantly agreed to.
2018-11-25 12:55:23 Read More

Protest in Myanmar's Rakhine state opposes Rohingya return

The demonstration comes 10 days after Bangladesh and Myanmar were supposed to officially start repatriating members of the Rohingya minority who had fled violent military operations in August 2017. The deal to bring them back was struck a year ago but Rohingya in the Bangladesh camps fear to return without guarantees of citizenship and safety.
2018-11-25 12:22:46 Read More

EU leaders approve Brexit divorce pact with UK

European Council President Donald Tusk, after a special summit in Brussels this weekend, tweeted: "EU27 has endorsed the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration on the future EU-UK relations". May now faces the final and biggest hurdle of getting the deal approved by the UK Parliament where many MPs from her own party remain vehemently opposed to it.
2018-11-25 12:05:58 Read More

Sirisena: Rajapaksa-related investigations to continue

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Sirisena: Rajapaksa-related investigations to continue

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Sri Lanka president vows never to reappoint ousted premier

Wickremesinghe's party has a majority in parliament and Sirisena's bid to bring back the country's former strongman Mahinda Rajapakse has already failed. But Sirisena choked back tears in a meeting with foreign correspondents as he accused Wickremesinghe, who he sacked on October 26, of being "highly corrupt".
2018-11-25 10:28:00 Read More

Theresa May pens open letter to Britons lauding Brexit deal

British Prime Minister Theresa May, who hopes to seal the divorce agreement and outline of future ties with Europe at a Brussels summit Sunday, faces a daunting challenge winning the support of Britain's parliament.
2018-11-25 03:15:36 Read More

EU leaders to sign off historic Brexit deal

At a special summit in Brussels that was almost derailed by a row over Gibraltar, the other 27 leaders will gather to sign off the agreement before May joins them to mark the milestone.
2018-11-25 03:12:37 Read More

Taiwan ruling party suffers major defeat in local elections

Rival China said the results reflected a desire of Taiwanese for better relations with the mainland. Ma Xiaoguang, the spokesman for Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office, said his government will continue to treat Taiwan as part of China and "resolutely oppose separatist elements advocating `Taiwan independence' and their activities," according to the official Xinhua news agency.
2018-11-25 03:09:24 Read More

Spain to back Brexit deal after UK agrees to Gibraltar terms

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Pakistan arrests over 1100 members of radical party

Last month, Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) disrupted daily life across Pakistan by staging widespread protests following Bibi's acquittal in a blasphemy case by the apex court.
2018-11-24 18:00:18 Read More

Ajit Doval condemns attack on Chinese consulate in Karachi

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Saturday strongly condemned the terror attack on the Chinese consulate in Pakistan's Karachi city. Three heavily-armed suicide bombers stormed the Chinese consulate in Pakistan's largest city on Friday, killing four people including two policemen, before being shot dead by security forces.
2018-11-24 17:36:09 Read More

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Iran's Rouhani calls Israel a 'cancerous tumor'

Iran's leaders frequently condemn Israel and predict its demise, but Rouhani, a relative moderate, rarely employs such rhetoric. Addressing an annual Islamic Unity Conference on Saturday, Rouhani said "one of the ominous results of World War II was the formation of a cancerous tumor in the region.
2018-11-24 17:27:28 Read More

Iran urges Muslims to unite against US, including Saudi 'brothers'

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged Muslims worldwide on Saturday to unite against the United States and assured Saudis they were "brothers" who had nothing to fear from Tehran. "What the United States wants of (the Middle East) today is enslavement," Rouhani said.
2018-11-24 16:56:11 Read More

Iran urges Muslims to unite against US, including Saudi 'brothers'

Saudi royal says crown prince is here to stay

A prominent Saudi royal said on Saturday that whether or not heads of state gathered in Argentina next week for the Group of 20 summit warmly engage with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, he is someone "that they have to deal with."
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Paris police use tear gas, water cannon against 'yellow vest' protesters

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Lankan prez to pen book on current political crisis

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Lankan prez to pen book on current political crisis

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Pakistan arrests over 100 TLP members

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Swedenâ€™s push to go cashless has some saying, â€˜not so fastâ€™

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Brexit deal almost done, but Spain holds out over Gibraltar

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WTO changes must support developing countries: China

China will go along with changes meant to update global trade rules so long as they protect Beijing's status as a developing country. China will go along with changes meant to update global trade rules so long as they protect Beijing's status as a developing country, Chian official said.
2018-11-23 16:17:43 Read More

Berlin man, 95, charged over 36,000 deaths in Nazi camp

German prosecutors on Friday charged a 95-year-old man with more than 36,000 counts of accessory to murder over his alleged time as a Nazi concentration camp guard during World War II. The allegations against the accused, identified only as Hans H., concern atrocities committed at the Mauthausen camp in Austria, the Berlin public prosecutor's office said in a statement.
2018-11-23 15:25:03 Read More

Saudi dismisses sexual harassment reports as 'baseless'

Saudi Arabia dismissed Friday as "baseless" reports that detained activists, including women, faced sexual harassment and torture during interrogation. "These recent reports by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are baseless," the kingdom said in a statement
2018-11-23 15:07:04 Read More

Donald Trump says time for action on 'the Wall,' visits golf course

Trump began his Friday on Twitter, saying Democrats and Republicans "MUST come together, finally, with a major Border Security package, which will include funding for the Wall."
2018-11-23 14:40:00 Read More

UK faces 'more division' if Brexit deal fails: May

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Singapore's ruling party signals choice of next PM

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said he hopes to step down in four years. He called the leadership reshuffle "a major step forward in our political renewal."
2018-11-23 09:34:00 Read More

Rajapaksa's opponents win control of key panel in Lankan Parliament

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Saudi prince lands in UAE on first foreign tour since Khashoggi murder

Prince Mohammed will visit a "number of brotherly" Arab states at the request of his father, King Salman, the royal court said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency, without naming the countries.
2018-11-23 04:02:53 Read More

Tensions rise at US-Mexico border as migrants, holiday travelers wait to cross

With few belongings, and many of them with children in tow, the migrants set out for the crossing from the baseball field in the Mexican border city of Tijuana where they have been camped out. Around 6,000 migrants who have trekked across Mexico in a caravan in recent weeks are now crammed into the field.
2018-11-23 04:00:19 Read More

Tensions rise at US-Mexico border as migrants, holiday travelers wait to cross

From cars to behind bars: Ghosnâ€™s Japanese cell

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Pakistan's iconic Urdu poet Fahmida Riaz dies at 73

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Outgoing Facebook media chief admits Soros was targeted

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Theresa May defends draft Brexit deal agreed by EU, Britain

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Donâ€™t have Obama, Bush or Clinton judges: CJ

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Russia may deploy missiles on allies' territory: Lawmaker

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Lankan Parliament to meet again on Friday

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Scuffle as opposition MPs removed from Zimbabwe's parliament

Parliamentary speaker Jacob Mudenda on Thursday asked the opposition members to leave the chamber, accusing them of disrespect. When they refused, he called in the police and scuffles ensued. Opposition MDC party spokesman Jacob Mafume says two female members of parliament were injured and taken to a hospital.
2018-11-22 15:57:48 Read More

2 premiers and no government: Crisis confuses

The trouble started when President Maithripala Sirisena, fed up with disagreements with his prime minister over money, an alleged conspiracy plot and unresolved issues of wartime crimes against civilians, fired Ranil Wickremesinghe and his Cabinet and replaced them with a government headed by a popular former strongman, Mahinda Rajapaksa.
2018-11-22 14:29:40 Read More

Saudi Arabia warns crown prince a 'red line' in Khashoggi probe

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Head of Russian spy agency accused of British poison attack dies

State news agency TASS cited the ministry as saying Igor Korobov, 62, who ran the spy agency since 2016, had been made a Hero of Russia for his service in the post, the highest state award.
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Head of Russian spy agency accused of British poison attack dies

Sheriff: California Wildfire death toll rises to 83

The blaze that started November 8 levelled Paradise, destroying more than 13,000 homes. Paradise is about 140 miles north of San Francisco. The cause of the fire has not been determined
2018-11-22 03:00:48 Read More

Trump clashes with conservative US chief justice over judiciary

The remarks by Roberts represented his first public response to Trump over the Republican president's persistent criticism of the federal courts. Opponents of Trump have called his criticism of judges an attack on the rule of law in the United States.
2018-11-22 02:50:49 Read More

Oldest US military survivor of Pearl Harbor dies at age 106

Ray Chavez, at 106 was the oldest U.S. military survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor that plunged the United States into World War II. He died on Wednesday in his sleep and had been battling pneumonia. Although never wounded, he left the military in 1945 suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder that left him anxious and shaking.
2018-11-22 02:45:49 Read More

Crown prince a 'red line' in Khashoggi probe: Saudi FM

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said, "In KSA our leadership is a red line. The custodian of the two holy mosques (King Salman) and the crown prince are a red line." He added, "will not tolerate any discussion that is disparaging towards our monarch or our crown prince." Jamal Khashoggi, a journalist critical of the Prince was killed inside Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
2018-11-22 02:09:46 Read More

Donald Trump wanted Hillary probed, gave in only when told itâ€™d get him impeached

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In terror-struck Pakistan village, home is where the cave is

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In Europe, Army of Davids challenges Goliath Google

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Russia loses Interpol race, South Korean backed by West becomes new chief

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Donald Trump defies calls to punish crown prince for Jamal Khashoggi's death

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Donald Trump defies calls to punish crown prince for Jamal Khashoggi's death

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US carrier in Hong Kong after bombers fly over South China Sea

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Group in Saudi royal family plotting to stop crown prince from becoming king: Report

Dozens of princes and cousins from powerful branches of the Al Saud family want to see a change in the line of succession but would not act while King Salman is still alive, the sources said. They recognise that the king is unlikely to turn against his favourite son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
2018-11-21 03:11:58 Read More

Kremlin foes fume as Russian set to be Interpol chief

Alexander Prokopchuk, a former major general in Russiaâ€™s ministry of the interior, emerged as one of the favourites to become Interpol chief, a prospect that alarmed critics of President Putin. Politicians in Lithuania and Ukraine have urged their govts to quit Interpol if Prokopchuk is elected. Britain has said it is backing his South Korean rival Kim Jong-yang.
2018-11-21 02:53:44 Read More

Kremlin foes fume as Russian set to be Interpol chief

Won't pay Pak as it has done nothing for US: Donald Trump

In an interview to Fox News over the weekend, Trump said that people in Pakistan knew that Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida leader, was living in a mansion near their garrison city of Abbottabad, but they did not tell the US and kept on accepting billions of dollars in aid.
2018-11-21 02:22:09 Read More

Under-fire UN environment chief resigns

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At least 40 killed in a blast in Afghan capital Kabul

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UK PM Theresa May sees off leadership threat over Brexit for the moment

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Donald Trump criticizes war hero for not capturing Osama bin Laden sooner

Trump took shots at retired Adm. William McRaven in a weekend Fox News interview in which he also asserted that the former Navy SEAL and former commander of US Special Operations Command was a "backer" of Trump's 2016 rival Hillary Clinton and a supporter of President Barack Obama.
2018-11-20 12:57:17 Read More

Acquitted Christian woman wants to leave Pakistan for West

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Pakistan summons US envoy over Donald Trump's remarks on bin Laden

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China hopes new Maldives govt will not pull out of FTA

The new Maldivian government fired its first salvo on Monday when former president Mohamed Nasheed, who headed the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), said that the new Solih-led government would pull out of the "lopsided" free trade agreement (FTA) with China signed by Yameen.
2018-11-20 10:06:53 Read More

China hopes new Maldives govt will not pull out of FTA

Sri Lanka reinstates top detective after an outcry

The island nation has been politically paralysed since October 26 when President Maithripala Sirisena controversially sacked prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and replaced him with former rival Mahinda Rajapakse
2018-11-20 09:14:05 Read More

Judge bars US from enforcing Trump asylum ban

Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights, which quickly sued after President Donald Trump issued the ban this month in response to the caravans of migrants that have started to arrive at the US-Mexico border.
2018-11-20 07:42:17 Read More

Prez removes top Rajapaksa investigator

Sri Lankaâ€™s president ordered the removal of a police chief investigating alleged crimes by the family and associates of his preferred candidate for PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, officials said on Monday.
2018-11-20 05:02:18 Read More

White House to again yank CNN scribeâ€™s access?

Acostaâ€™s credentials were revoked after Trump denounced him as a â€œrude, terrible personâ€ during a November 7 presser. CNN challenged the move in court and on Friday won a ruling that reinstated Acosta for two weeks.
2018-11-20 04:35:16 Read More

May vows to give Indian techies fair chance post Brexit

Addressing the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) annual conference in London, she said the countryâ€™s post-Brexit immigration system will be based on skills and talent rather than which country the immigrant comes from.
2018-11-20 04:21:23 Read More

Qaida chiefâ€™s son-in-law & daughter held in Pakistan: Reports

Pakistani security forces and intelligence agencies have arrested al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiriâ€™s daughter and son-in-law Umar Jalal Kathio in a massive operation in Karachi, reports in Pakistani media said on Monday.
2018-11-20 04:07:07 Read More

California wildfire death toll rises to 79

Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea says the list of names of those unaccounted for after a deadly wildfire has dropped to around 700. He says that's about 300 fewer than what was posted at the start of Monday.
2018-11-20 04:02:34 Read More

After Khashoggi murder, some Saudi royals turn against kingâ€™s favorite son

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Chicago hospital shooting leaves four dead

The gunman, whose name has not been released, was the ex-fiance of the doctor he killed outside the hospital. He then stormed inside the facility and was followed by officers who then exchanged gunfire with him. The rampage killed a pharmaceutical assistant and a police officer. The gunman also died but it was not clear if he shot himself or was struck by a police officer's bullet.
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Chicago hospital shooting leaves four dead

CNN says White House preparing to eject reporter again

CNN said on Monday it asked for a new emergency hearing to allow its reporter Jim Acosta to remain at the White House, saying officials are threatening to again revoke his press pass. "The White House is continuing to violate the First and Fifth Amendments of the constitution," the network said in a statement on Sunday.
2018-11-19 15:47:35 Read More

Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salman praises judiciary amid Khashoggi fallout

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Sri Lanka Parliament speaker to get tough after lawmakers' brawl

On November 16, Sri Lanka's Parliament witnessed unprecedented violence as lawmakers threw furniture and chilli powder at each other. The speaker refuted allegations that unauthorised persons had entered the public galleries on that day. Each parliamentarian had been allowed visitors and their details were provided to the House, he said.
2018-11-19 13:04:16 Read More

Lanka parties agree to form select committee

Sri Lankan political parties decided to form a select committee to conduct parliamentary affairs. All-party meeting called by President Sirisena yesterday to resolve the crisis ended inconclusively. The House till now has passed two no-confidence motions against Rajapaksa and his government by a voice voteâ€‹.
2018-11-19 11:55:27 Read More

Red alert after Guatemala volcano erupts again, 200 flee

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Sri Lanka parliament adjourned after just five minutes

Rajapakse has lost two no-confidence votes and last week his supporters threw projectiles and chilli powder at their rivals and the speaker, deepening international concern. Monday's session was adjourned after five minutes as the 225-member assembly failed to agree on a committee to draw up the legislature's agenda. They were to meet again on Friday.
2018-11-19 10:49:02 Read More

Taliban confirms talks with US officials on Afghan conflict

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Taliban confirms talks with US officials on Afghan conflict

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Vladimir Putin told Mike Pence Russia did not meddle in vote: Spokesman

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Cambodian PM says no China naval base being built

Cambodia will not allow foreign military bases on its soil, strongman premier Hun Sen said Monday, swatting away US concerns about a possible Chinese naval site near hotly contested seas.
2018-11-19 09:40:21 Read More

US Army unfurls miles of fencing along border with Mexico

They started work in the cool of the morning and moved quickly, uncoiling reel after reel of vicious-looking fencing and tying it with barbed wire to green poles hammered into the ground.
2018-11-19 09:33:50 Read More

No better Brexit deal available, EU ministers tell Britain

British Prime Minister Theresa May is battling at home to keep the last week's deal alive and push it through the British parliament amid criticism from pro-Brexit politicians, Northern Ireland's unionists and those who want to keep closer EU ties.
2018-11-19 09:13:57 Read More

Trump's attacks on media "greatest threat" to democracy: Navy seal who killed Osama

William McRaven, the retired Navy Seal who oversaw Osama bin Laden's killing and Saddam Hussein's capture, was derided by Prez Trump as a "Hillary Clinton fan" and an "Obama backer". McRaven responded that he did not back Hillary Clinton or anyone else and added, "I stand by my comment that the Prez's attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime."
2018-11-19 07:14:18 Read More

China approves $6 billion airport expansion in Xinjiang capital

Construction will run through 2030 when the expanded airport is expected to handle 63 million passengers and 750,000 tonnes of cargo a year, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a statement.
2018-11-19 06:14:36 Read More

Sri Lanka president calls third vote on no-confidence motion against Rajapaksa

"To decide on the no confidence motion presented against the government, president noted that he wanted a vote with a name call or electronically displayed," Sirisena's office said in a statement. With parliament scheduled to reconvene on Monday, Sirisena appears faced with the choice of either re-appointing Wickremesinghe, or allowing the crisis to fester.
2018-11-19 05:49:05 Read More

Landslides kill 13, leave 4 missing in south central Vietnam

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Not content with ban, China â€˜slaughteringâ€™ Twitter accounts

As Beijing presses a campaign to throttle any remaining voices that stray from the Communist Party narrative, it is extending its reach to foreign sites outside of its â€œGreat Firewallâ€ of internet censorship.
2018-11-19 04:15:37 Read More

Flash floods, landslides kill 12 in Vietnam

Heavy rains pounded the Khanh Hoa province over the past few days as tropical depression Toraji blew in from the South China Sea, triggering landslides that wiped out houses and destroyed a small reservoir.
2018-11-19 04:10:43 Read More

California wildfire death toll rises to 77

Over a thousand names remain on a list of those unaccounted for after the so-called Camp Fire swept through the rural town of Paradise on November 8. Authorities stressed that many of those may be safe and unaware they have been reported missing.
2018-11-19 04:04:09 Read More

Imran govt to refer 4 cases against Sharifs to graft panel

Khanâ€™s adviser Shehzad Akbar and special assistant Iftikhar Durrani said the cases related to the alleged misuse of government resources by former Punjab CM and PML-N chief Shehbaz Sharif and ousted PM Nawaz Sharif â€™s daughter Maryam, the Express Tribune reported.
2018-11-19 04:03:06 Read More

Chief of staff Kelly may be next in Trumpâ€™s â€˜firingâ€™ line

US President Donald Trump, in a wide-ranging interview that aired on 'Fox News Sunday', praised chief of staff John Kelly's work ethic and much of what he brings to the position but added, "There are certain things I donâ€™t like that he does. There are a couple of things where itâ€™s just not his strength."
2018-11-19 03:54:49 Read More

Lanka prezâ€™s all-party meet fails to end political crisis

Sirisena on Sunday called an all-party meeting which ended without making breakthrough, Wickremsingheâ€™s United National Party (UNP) said. This was the first time that Sirisena, Wickremsinghe and Rajapaksa met face to face since the crisis erupted on October 26
2018-11-19 03:42:50 Read More

Lanka prezâ€™s all-party meet fails to end political crisis

Israeli PM Netanyahu takes on defence post amid call for early polls

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North Korea's new 'tactical' weapon test highlights military modernisation

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un witnessed the test of a newly developed tactical weapon that could serve as a "steel wall", state media reported on Friday, without giving details of the weapon.
2018-11-19 03:15:54 Read More

Pak PM reaches Abu Dhabi amid reports of UAE package

â€‹Pakistan PM Imran Khan held talks with the crown prince of Abu Dhabi and discussed matters of bilateral, regional and mutual interest. He has been accompanied by finance minister Asad Umar, foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and chief of army staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa. The UAE is one of the major oil suppliers to Pakistan. â€‹
2018-11-18 17:11:38 Read More

Interpol meets to select new president after China's arrest

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12 dead in Vietnam floods, landslides

Heavy rains pounded the central Khanh Hoa province over the past few days as tropical depression Toraji blew in from the South China Sea, triggering landslides that wiped out houses and destroyed a small reservoir. Vietnam is routinely hit by heavy rains during typhoon season from May to October.
2018-11-18 12:05:50 Read More

Pope denounces 'din of rich few' on World Day of Poor

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Taliban hold talks with US envoy in Qatar

The Taliban have held three days of talks with US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in the Gulf state of Qatar, where the Afghan insurgent group has a political office, a Taliban official and another individual close to the group said Sunday
2018-11-18 10:26:57 Read More

Taliban hold talks with US envoy in Qatar

Scientists make robots more expressive

Japanese scientists have found way to make faces of human-like robots more expressive, paving the way for machines to show a greater range of emotions, and ultimately have deeper interaction with people.
2018-11-18 06:49:31 Read More

Police called on Chinese delegates as APEC summit tensions boil over

The Chinese delegates "tried to barge in" to the office of Papua New Guinea's foreign minister on Saturday, in an eleventh-hour bid to influence a summit draft communique, but were denied entry. "It's not appropriate for the minister to negotiate solo with the Chinese. The Chinese negotiating officials know this," the minister said.
2018-11-18 05:28:05 Read More

Police called on Chinese delegates as APEC summit tensions boil over

Death toll rises to 76 in California fire as Trump visits

Several people who fled the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century clustered around a television set at an evacuation centre Saturday and watch President Donald Trump survey what remained of their Northern California community.
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US to make final conclusions on Khashoggi killing in days: Trump

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US to make final conclusions on Khashoggi killing in days: Trump

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'Yellow vest' protests against Emmanuel Macron snarl traffic across France

Around 50,000 people took part in more than 1,000 protests at roundabouts and exits, wearing "yellow vests", against high fuel prices and stagnant spending power under President Emmanuel Macron.Most protests were relatively calm except a single casualty and few getting injured.The govt announced last week energy subsidies and higher scrappage bonuses towards cleaner vehicles.
2018-11-17 11:08:02 Read More

'Yellow vest' protests against Emmanuel Macron snarl traffic across France

Two killed, 10 injured in bomb blast in Pakistan's Karachi city

At least two people were killed and 10 others injured as a bomb exploded near a flyover in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on Friday. The blast killed two teenagers, aged 18 and 16, and injured 10 others, officials said.
2018-11-17 08:52:26 Read More

Iraq's President visits Iran weeks after US renews sanctions

Iraq's President is visiting Iran less than two weeks after the United States restored oil sanctions that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal. Iran, which has had major influence over Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, is hoping to maintain exports to its neighbor despite the renewed sanctions
2018-11-17 08:07:38 Read More

Number of missing jumps to more than 1,000 in California fire

The number of people missing in a devastating wildfire in northern California jumped to more than 1,000 on Friday, authorities said, as the remains of eight other victims were found by rescuers. The eight additional victims brings to 71 the number of people who have died in the so-called Camp Fire.
2018-11-17 06:26:11 Read More

CIA concludes Saudi crown prince behind Khashoggi's murder: Report

The US assessment directly contradicts the conclusions of a Saudi prosecutor one day prior, which exonerated the prince of involvement in the brutal murder. But The Washington Post, which broke the story, said the CIA found that 15 Saudi agents flew on government aircraft to Istanbul and assassinated Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate.
2018-11-17 04:29:09 Read More

US to partner in Papua New Guinea military base: Mike Pence

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UK PM May appoints Stephen Barclay as new Brexit Secretary

British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Stephen Barclay, a junior health minister who voted to leave the European Union in a 2016 referendum, as her new Brexit Secretary on Friday, her spokesman said.
2018-11-16 16:59:57 Read More

Pak got a "big" aid deal from China; not to reveal amount under instructions from Prez Xi: Imran Khan

During an interaction with journalists at the PM House, Imran Khan said that Pakistan has received a "big" package of aid from China but will not reveal it, Geo News quoted him as saying. Khan said he did not want to reveal the quantum of aid from Beijing as other countries will start demanding more money from China, the report said.
2018-11-16 14:50:45 Read More

China ups cash rewards for citizens who report porn

Starting Dec 1, people can earn up to 600,000 yuan ($86,000) for reporting pornographic and illegal content, online or otherwise, double the 300,000 yuan under previous guidelines."Illegal" content in China is broadly defined by umbrella terms like "endangers national unity", "leaks state secrets", and "disturbs social order", that is also sometimes used to silence dissidents.
2018-11-16 12:36:36 Read More

China ups cash rewards for citizens who report porn

UK PM Theresa May soldiers on amid ongoing Brexit rebellion

A day after she was hit by a number of ministerial resignations, including Brexit secretary Dominic Raab who stepped down over "fatal flaws" in the divorcedeal with the EU, there are reports that his potential replacement may also be pondering stepping down from the Cabinet.
2018-11-16 10:45:26 Read More

At least 42 feared dead in Zimbabwe bus fire

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India, China should boost military exchanges: Chinese defence minister

At the dialogue, held over a year after the 73-day Doklam military standoff in the Sikkim sector, top defence officials of India and China agreed on the importance of maintaining peace in the border areas while implementing the consensus reached between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping at the Wuhan summit in April.
2018-11-16 10:17:05 Read More

Major hotels in China inspected after room cleaning expose

Chinese authorities are inspecting several major international hotels after hidden camera video showed room cleaning workers using soiled towels to clean cups and glasses and other questionable practices.
2018-11-16 09:28:43 Read More

North Korea to deport US citizen held since October: Report

An American man of the same name was deported from South Korea in November 2017 after being found wandering near the heavily fortified border with North Korea, but there was no immediate confirmation of the identity of the man held by North Korea.
2018-11-16 09:00:59 Read More

Brexit deal thrusts UK PM May into biggest crisis of premiership

Brexit will pitch the world's fifth largest economy into the unknown. Many fear it will divide the West as it grapples with both the unconventional U.S. presidency of Donald Trump and growing assertiveness from Russia and China.
2018-11-16 08:09:10 Read More

Indonesian jet crash victim's family sues Boeing

Questions have swirled about Boeing's alleged failure to tell airlines and pilots about changes to an anti-stall system that is being investigated for its possible links to the crash. The jet's engines are heavier than those installed on prior versions, meaning the plane can stall under different conditions.
2018-11-16 07:36:30 Read More

Julian Assange charged in US: WikiLeaks

Prosecutors revealed the existence of the sealed indictment inadvertently in a court filing in an unrelated case, WikiLeaks said. The exact nature of the charges against Assange was not immediately known.
2018-11-16 06:34:54 Read More

California town's wildfire evacuation plan raises questions

Now, with at least 56 people dead and perhaps 300 unaccounted for in the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century, authorities are facing questions of whether they took the right approach.
2018-11-16 04:45:47 Read More

California town's wildfire evacuation plan raises questions

Number of missing in California fire jumps past 600

Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said the number of missing had more than doubled during the day as investigators went back and checked emergency calls made when the fire broke out a week ago.
2018-11-16 03:14:52 Read More

North Korea's Kim inspects testing of newly developed 'tactical' weapon

The North's first mention of a new weapons development in months threatens to sour the political atmosphere as negotiations between Pyongyang and the United States appear to have stalled.
2018-11-16 02:52:16 Read More

Plots and rebellion: MPs savage British PM over Brexit deal

Prime Minister Theresa May's statement to parliament to explain the terms of the divorce deal with the European Union was met with a torrent of opposition. Conservative MP, Andrew Bridgen, asked her to resign. Another, Jacob Rees-Mogg, submitted a letter of no confidence. May conceded that Brexit required "difficult choices" but insisted the deal was in "the national interest".
2018-11-15 16:16:06 Read More

Xi Jinping arrives in Papua New Guinea ahead of APEC summit

With US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin skipping the APEC leaders meeting in Port Moresby on Saturday and Sunday, Xi Jinping has a golden opportunity to highlight China's growing regional clout.
2018-11-15 11:47:19 Read More

Pence says Trump-Kim meeting likely in New Year, won't accept broken promises

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Facebook vied to conceal Russia meddling: Report

In a lengthy investigative piece that is likely to trigger political repercussions in Washington, the Times argued that Facebook's way of dealing with crisis was to "delay, deny and deflect."
2018-11-15 11:38:03 Read More

EU divorce deal in peril after two UK Cabinet ministers quit

Before Parliament votes on the deal, EU leaders have to give their backing. On Thursday, EU chief Donald Tusk called for a summit of leaders to take place on November 25 so they can rubber-stamp the draft Brexit deal reached by officials earlier this week.
2018-11-15 11:35:57 Read More

PM May hit by resignations over Brexit draft deal

British leader Theresa May suffered a huge blow on Thursday when a series of ministers including her Brexit secretary quit as she tried to sell her proposed EU withdrawal agreement to a divided parliament. Dominic Raab resigned from his role at the Brexit ministry while a second cabinet minister and two junior government ministers also walked out.
2018-11-15 11:32:36 Read More

Arms control to top agenda for his meeting with Trump: Putin

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Trump admin defends its case against CNN's Acosta

Acosta had refused to give up a microphone when the president said he didn't want to hear anything more from him. Trump called Acosta a "rude, terrible person." Acosta has repeatedly clashed with Trump and press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders in briefings over the last two years.
2018-11-15 11:06:07 Read More

Indian-origin minister leads resignations in fresh Brexit turmoil for Theresa May

Minutes after Vara stepped down as Northern Ireland minister, Prime Minister May was hit by a bigger blow as her Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab resigned from the Cabinet saying he "cannot in good conscience" support the draft of the withdrawal agreement with the 28-member bloc.
2018-11-15 10:51:14 Read More

Asia Bibi: Pakistani Christian woman in limbo after blasphemy verdict

Since the Supreme Court overturned Asia Bibi's conviction last month, Pakistan has been rattled by violent protests from Islamists calling for her beheading, for mutiny in the armed forces and for the murder of the country's top judges.
2018-11-15 10:25:17 Read More

Bangladesh court bails jailed photographer who was critical of government

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US, China see rival visions for entwined Asia-Pacific region

The ASEAN meetings focus on enhanced trade and security in a region of more than 630 million people. They wrapped up Thursday with leaders saying they made progress on such issues as cybersecurity, e-commerce and a free trade pact whose final draft was pushed back to next year after more than six years of negotiations.
2018-11-15 10:02:40 Read More

China says foreign concerns over Muslim rights unwarranted

China's foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters at a daily briefing that it would be "problematic" if the diplomats were attempting to put pressure on local authorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, where the detentions have taken place.
2018-11-15 09:54:48 Read More

EU sets Nov 25 as summit day to endorse draft Brexit deal

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Sri Lanka grinds to political halt amid parliamentary chaos

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Shh...! South Korea hushes for crucial exam

Nearly 595,000 students were sitting the gruelling exam this year, known as "suneung" and stretching over nine hours. All takeoffs and landings at South Korean airports are suspended for 25 minutes to coincide with an English listening test. The college entrance test is the culmination of South Korea's highly demanding school system.
2018-11-15 06:34:58 Read More

Shh...! South Korea hushes for crucial exam

Pence says Trump to meet North Korea's Kim in 2019; won't allow broken promises

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White House official criticized by first lady removed from post

On Tuesday the office of the First Lady had gone public saying, deputy national security advisor Mira Ricardel "no longer deserves the honour of serving in this White House." Ricardel is believed to have entered into confrontation with the first lady's staff during her trip to Africa last month.
2018-11-15 02:35:43 Read More

Trump expected to reshuffle staff in White House turmoil

The start to the second half of Trump's first term is enveloped in gloom as the president surveys the damage from the midterms, tension with some of America's closest allies, and now turmoil inside the administration.
2018-11-14 17:43:13 Read More

Fox News to back CNN in court battle with White House

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Indian-origin MP in UK calls for decisive action against temple burglaries in London

The latest break-in took place at the Shree Kutch Satsang Swaminarayan Temple on Westfield Lane in Kenton in the early hours of Tuesday. This followed a previous break-in at Shree Swaminarayan Mandir in Willesden last Friday, when three Krishna idols were stolen.
2018-11-14 16:23:12 Read More

US first lady seeks sacking of Donald Trump aide

The White House press corps was quite stunned on Tuesday by a statement from Melania Trumpâ€™s spokesperson that bluntly said "It is the position of the office of the first lady that she (Mira Ricardel) no longer deserves the honor of serving in this White House."
2018-11-14 16:00:29 Read More

SP Peshawar found dead in Afghanistan 18 days after being abducted: Authorities

A top police officer of Pakistan's Peshawar city has been found dead in Afghanistan, 18 days after he was abducted to the war-torn country by unidentified militants, authorities said Wednesday. â€‹
2018-11-14 15:08:33 Read More

Sri Lanka cricket star joins Rajapaksa's party

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North Korean delegation visits South to attend history forum

A five-member North Korean delegation is visiting South Korea to attend an academic forum on Japan's wartime actions. The delegation's arrival Wednesday comes as the two Koreas continue reconciliation efforts despite stalemated U.S.-led nuclear diplomacy.
2018-11-14 12:03:21 Read More

No plans to grant MFN status to India: Pakistan govt

Under the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status, a WTO member country is obliged to treat other trading nations in a non-discriminatory manner with regard to customs duty and other levies. India has already granted this status to all WTO members, including Pakistan. Pak also maintains a negative list of 1,209 items which are not permitted to be imported from India.
2018-11-14 11:31:31 Read More

Mike Pence says Myanmar's handling of Rohingya 'without excuse'

In a meeting on the sidelines of a regional summit in Singapore, Pence told Suu Kyi that he was anxious to hear about progress in resolving the crisis, which stems from a violent military crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine state that the United Nations has called ethnic cleansing.
2018-11-14 10:21:49 Read More

Southern California wildfire roars to life in wilderness

A massive plume rose suddenly at midmorning in the Santa Monica Mountains near the community of Lake Sherwood, prompting authorities to send numerous aircraft to drop fire retardant and water on the blaze.
2018-11-14 08:04:34 Read More

Southern California wildfire roars to life in wilderness

Gene-edited food is coming, but will shoppers buy?

By early next year, the first foods from plants or animals that had their DNA "edited'' are expected to begin selling. It's a different technology than today's controversial "genetically modified'' foods, more like faster breeding that promises to boost nutrition.
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Trump lights Diwali lamp -- and needless controversy -- in White House

The short ten-minute event in the Roosevelt Room at the White House had familiar ad-libbed Trump asides, digressions, and playing to the gallery, but with his daughter Ivanka Trump also in attendance, it was as warm as it was unexpected, considering he had just returned from Europe amid the usual tumult in his administration, and there was no advance notification of his participation.
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UK Lord offered activist peerage in return for sex

A parliamentary investigation found that Lord Lester, a member of the House of Lords, sexually harassed Jasvinder Sanghera â€” a British Indian â€” offered her â€œcorrupt inducements to sleep with himâ€ and threatened â€œunspecified consequencesâ€ if she refused.
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Russia blocks return of IS militants' families: Activist

â€‹A Chechen activist on Tuesday accused Russia's FSB security service of blocking attempts to bring back widows and children of Russian Islamic State fighters from Syria and Iraq. Since last year, around 100 women and children -- mostly from Russia's majority-Muslim Caucasus -- have returned under a program championed by Chechnya's powerful leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
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Trump says North Korean missile sites are 'nothing new'

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Trump to discuss trade war with Xi at G20 summit

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will discuss trade on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit in Argentina this month, a senior US official said Tuesday.
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Pakistan frees two more Taliban leaders

Abdul Samad Sani, a Taliban fundraiser, and Salahuddin, a military commander, were freed from prison in Pakistan on Monday. The move came in the wake of the meetings between the representatives of the Taliban and the US officials in Qatar. Weeks back Pak had freed former Taliban deputy chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar as part of USâ€™s effort to revive peace talks with the insurgents.
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Brexit divorce deal text agreed by EU and UK

UK cabinet at an emergency meeting Wednesday will examine the draft agreement that negotiating teams have reached in Brussels and will decide on next steps. A European source said a technical agreement had been struck but still needed political approval both on the British and European sides.
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Indian-origin women killed in UK arrow attack

Devi Unmathallegadoo's unborn baby survived after an emergency Caesarean section. The baby is fighting for his life in a hospital in Ilford area of east London. Devi's husband noticed the attacker in their shed with a loaded crossbow. He ran back into the home to alert his wife and children, but she was shot with the arrow in her abdomen soon after. She couldn't survive the attack.
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Days after visit, Trump blasts France's Macron as relations sour

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US hate crimes surge in Trump's first year: FBI

The FBI did not explain the increase, which came amid a perceived general rise in social and political tensions across the country marked by the election of the divisive Trump. But it did note that more law enforcement jurisdictions were reporting hate crimes than previous years.
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Angela Merkel calls for a 'real, true' European army

"What is really important, if we look at the developments of the past year, is that we have to work on a vision of one day creating a real, true European army," Merkel told a session of European Parliament, drawing applause and some boos.
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Saudi king to resume domestic tour amid Khashoggi fallout

Saudi King Salman will resume an unprecedented domestic tour next week, the royal court said Tuesday, as the kingdom grapples with an international crisis over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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IMF dissatisfied with Pakistan's fiscal policies: Reports

Pakistan may ask the IMF for up to $6 billion, Geo News reported. If approved, it would be Pakistan's 13th rescue package from the multilateral lender since the late 1980s. Pakistan formally approached the IMF in October for loans.
2018-11-13 14:49:58 Read More

Donald Trump suggests France would have been defeated without US

Trump tweeted about a suggestion by French President Emmanuel Macron that Europe build up its militaries because the continent can no longer depend on the US for defense. Macron had also said Europe needs to protect itself against cyberthreats from China, Russia and the US.
2018-11-13 14:22:06 Read More

Chinese tourism minister to attend new Maldives president's inauguration

Luo Shugang will travel to the Maldivian capital Male from November 15-19 to attend the inauguration of President-elect Solih as special envoy of President Xi, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said here on Tuesday.
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After 17 years, many Afghans blame US for unending war

The United States has lost more than 2,400 soldiers in its longest war, and has spent more than $900 billion on everything from military operations to the construction of roads, bridges and power plants. Three US presidents have pledged to bring peace to Afghanistan, either by adding or withdrawing troops, by engaging the Taliban or shunning them. Last year, the US dropped the "mother of all bombs" on a cave complex.
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Israel, Palestinians battle in most serious Gaza violence since 2014 war

The fighting - which has killed six Palestinians, five of them militants, and a Palestinian man in Israel since Monday -threatened to derail efforts by the United Nations, Egypt and Qatar to broker a long-term ceasefire and head off another major conflict in the impoverished, densely populated enclave.
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Report: Putin's friend set to win lucrative new contract

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NATO chief voices concern about Chinese missiles

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday voiced concern about Chinese as well as Russian medium-range missiles and urged Beijing to join an international nuclear arms control treaty."We see that China is investing heavily in new, modern weapons, including new missiles," Stoltenberg said on German ZDF public television, according to the German translation.
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China says world should ignore 'gossip' about Xinjiang

Western countries including Canada, France, Germany, and the United States have called on China to close down camps in Xinjiang, where activists say as many as 1 million members of the Uighur minority and other Muslims are being detained.
2018-11-13 08:37:51 Read More

Beijing wants South China Sea code finished in three years

A rulebook to settle disputes in the hotly contested South China Sea should be finished in three years, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said. Li's comments appeared to be the first clear timeframe for finishing the code of conduct.
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UN, Egypt working to end Gaza fighting

The office of the UN's Mideast envoy, Nickolay Mladenov, said Monday that efforts were underway ``to ensure that Gaza steps back from the brink.'' It called for an end to rocket fire, and for restraint "by all.''
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Death toll in California wildfire jumps to 42

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Death toll in California wildfire jumps to 42

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228 missing in Californiaâ€™s deadliest wildfire; toll at 31

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UN nuclear watchdog says Iran abiding with 2015 deal limits

In a confidential quarterly report distributed to member states and reviewed by The Associated Press, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran has been abiding with key limitations set in the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA.
2018-11-12 16:45:22 Read More

Netherlands halts visa service in Pakistan, denies closing embassy

The Dutch government said in a statement its embassy in Pakistan, which is in a tightly guarded "diplomatic enclave", had temporarily halted issuing visas "due to circumstances beyond our control". Pakistani media reported that the embassy had been forced to close because of threats from Islamic hardliners.
2018-11-12 13:58:42 Read More

'King dollar' reigns supreme in world of slowing growth, European risks

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At least three killed in Kabul suicide attack: Officials

Health ministry spokesman Wahid Majroh said another eight people were wounded in the blast, which struck in front of a high school in the downtown area of the Afghan capital. A photo shared on WhatsApp showed several bodies lying on the ground.
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Bangladesh election day pushed back to Dec 30

Bangladesh poll authority on Monday deferred the date for next month's general elections by a week to December 30, a day after the country's main opposition alliance demanded delaying the polls by a month. Last week, Bangladesh Election Commission said that the general election will be held on December 23.
2018-11-12 11:42:00 Read More

Pence in Japan to discuss trade, N Korea before summits

Pence is expected to discuss North Korea, China's growing regional influence and bilateral trade with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Pence said in a recent opinion piece in the Washington Post that America will soon begin negotiations for "a historic trade agreement with Japan."
2018-11-12 11:13:13 Read More

In China's Himalayas, a wine 'flying above the clouds'

China is not known as a major wine producer, but French luxury giant Moet Hennessy has bet on the remotely located Ao Yun's vineyards which show the Asian country can produce a 1st-class bottle of red. It took 4 years for the company to find the ideal spot and the result was Ao Yun, Chinese for "flying above the clouds", which debuted in 2013.
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In China's Himalayas, a wine 'flying above the clouds'

California wildfire toll matches deadliest ever with 29 victims

The "Camp Fire" â€” in the northern foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains â€” is the largest and most destructive of several infernos that have sent 250,000 people fleeing their homes across the tinder-dry state, razing 6,400 homes in the town of Paradise and effectively wiping it off the map.
2018-11-12 04:04:46 Read More

Pompeo speaks with Saudi Prince over Khashoggi case

The State Department on Sunday said Pompeo emphasized that the US would hold all of those involved in the killing of The Washington Post journalist accountable and that Saudi Arabia must do the same, reports Xinhua news agency.
2018-11-12 03:50:16 Read More

Maithripala Sirisena says parliament was dissolved to prevent unrest

Maithripala Sirisena in an address to the nation outlined his reasons for dissolving parliament well ahead of its scheduled closure. His decision was criticised by some political parties and civil society groups as unconstitutional and illegal.
2018-11-11 17:27:24 Read More

Speaker accuses Sirisena of usurping rights of legislators

On October 26, Maithripala Sirisena abruptly sacked Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister and replaced him with Mahinda Rajapaksa, after three-and-a-half years of an estranged relationship with him.
2018-11-11 15:55:57 Read More

Speaker accuses Sirisena of usurping rights of legislators

Trump joins world leaders to mark centenary of end of World War 1

More than 66 leaders gathered on a rainy day in Paris a century after guns fell silent in a global war that killed millions. Donald Trump was accompanied by first lady Melania Trump at the tomb of the unknown soldier at the base of the Arc de Triomphe.
2018-11-11 11:11:35 Read More

Sri Lanka's Mahinda Rajapakse vows to hold polls despite challenge

President Maithripala Sirisena triggered the crisis two weeks ago by sacking prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and replacing him with Rajapakse in a power swap his rivals say is illegal.
2018-11-11 10:10:52 Read More

At least 61 killed in clashes in Yemen's Hodeida

Medics in the Red Sea city reported 43 Huthi rebels and nine loyalists killed in clashes over the past 24 hours. Another nine loyalist fighters were reported killed by medics at a hospital in government-held Mokha, south of Hodeida. A government military source confirmed the toll.
2018-11-11 07:01:50 Read More

How World War I shaped the 20th century and beyond

The "war to end all wars" turned out to be the opposite. By ensuring Germany's economic ruin and political humiliation, the post-war settlement provided fertile ground for the rise of Nazism and its horrors.
2018-11-11 04:53:16 Read More

Death toll from California fire rises to 23

The death toll from the most destructive fire to hit California rose to 23 on Saturday as rescue workers recovered more bodies of people killed by the devastating blaze. Rescuers could be seen removing remains over a period of several hours in Paradise and placing them in a black hearse. Pieces of bodies were transported by buckets, while intact remains were carried in body bags.
2018-11-11 02:43:09 Read More

World leaders mark 100 years since WWI Armistice in Paris

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Jordan opens shelter as flash flood death toll climbs to 12

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Police 'kidnap' 10 labour activists across China: Rights group

House Democratic leaders are still stopping short of citing the constitutional power of impeachment. Itâ€™s a move that could backfire by coming off as partisan overkill and prove futile because impeachment by the House would unlikely result in removal of the president by the Senate, where the Republicans increased their majority in Tuesdayâ€™s elections.
2018-11-10 17:14:16 Read More

Police 'kidnap' 10 labour activists across China: Rights group

Leaders of France and Germany in show of unity 100 years after first World War

President Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela Merkel inspected troops from a joint Franco-German brigade before unveiling a plaque paying tribute to the reconciliation and renewed friendship between the foes of two world wars.
2018-11-10 17:14:14 Read More

Death toll from Mogadishu bombings jumps to over 40

The death toll from a series of car bombings near a popular hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu has jumped to at least 41, police said on Saturday. Friday's attack was the latest in a wave of bombings by Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaida affiliate which has been fighting to overthrow the internationally-backed Somali government for over a decade.
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Trump continues to roil Europe after another spat with Macron

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Khashoggi recordings shared with S Arabia, US, others: Erdogan

Turkey has shared recordings linked to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi with Riyadh, Washington and other capitals, President Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday.
2018-11-10 13:34:45 Read More

Impeaching Trump an option top Democrats don't want to touch

House Democratic leaders are still stopping short of citing the constitutional power of impeachment. Itâ€™s a move that could backfire by coming off as partisan overkill and prove futile because impeachment by the House would be unlikely to result in removal of the president by the Senate, where the Republicans increased their majority in Tuesdayâ€™s elections.
2018-11-10 13:22:11 Read More

Macron hosts Trump amid row over European defence

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Indonesia stops search for victims of Lion Air crash

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Pak anti-graft body arrests PML-N chief in another corruption case

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Seoul says 2 Koreas complete disarming 22 guard posts

A South Korean Defense Ministry official says the North and South Korean militaries have completed withdrawing troops and firearms from 22 front-line guard posts as they continue to implement a wide-ranging agreement reached in September to reduce tensions. â€‹
2018-11-10 10:23:13 Read More

Dissolution of Lanka parliament undemocratic: US

Independent legal experts say that parliament could be dissolved only in early 2020, which would be four-and-half-years from the first sitting of the current parliament. The only other legal way would be through a referendum, or with the consent of two thirds of lawmakers. Given those views, it was not immediately clear how Sirisena is on legal safe ground by dissolving parliament.
2018-11-10 10:17:46 Read More

Two monster wildfires rage in California, Trump blames 'forest mismanagement'

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Haven't discussed anything with Whitaker on Russian probe: Trump

The statement from the President came amid speculations that he had appointed Whitaker as an acting attorney general in order to terminate the investigation by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
2018-11-10 06:09:07 Read More

Melbourne stabbing attacker identified as Hassan Khalif Shire Ali from Somalia

Victoria Police on Saturday identified the man, who set a car on fire and stabbed three people, killing one of them, before being fatally shot in the Australian city of Melbourne, as Hassan Khalif Shire Ali from Somalia. Ali allegedly set his ute alight and began stabbing members of the public Friday. He was shot by police.
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US to stop refueling of Saudi aircraft in Yemen war

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US presses China to halt militarization of South China Sea

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Nine killed in California wildfire -sheriff

Wildfires burned out of control on Friday across California, killing at least nine people in a mountain town and forcing residents to flee the upscale beach community of Malibu in the face of a monster fire storm. â€‹
2018-11-10 02:54:18 Read More

World's first AI news anchor debuts in China

AI is a way of making a machine 'think' and 'demonstrate' in a manner similar to humans. The AI news anchor has a male image with a voice, facial expressions of a real person and made his debut at the ongoing fifth World Internet Conference in east China's Zhejiang province. The AI news anchor will work 24 hours a day on Xinhua's website and various social media platforms.
2018-11-09 14:46:02 Read More

California wildfire leaves town in ruins, thousands flee

The fire earlier ripped through Paradise, about 20 miles east of Chico. "The town is devastated, everything is destroyed. There's nothing much left standing," said California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) spokesman Scott Maclean.
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California wildfire leaves town in ruins, thousands flee

Sri Lanka crisis: 'Rajapaksa short of magic number'

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Boeing jet crash-lands at Guyana airport, six injured: Minister

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Case dropped against Myanmar journalists facing incitement charges

Eleven Media's executive editors Kyaw Zaw Lin and Nayi Min and chief reporter Phyo Wai Win were arrested in October after an article raised questions about budgeting within the city government, which is run by Phyo Min Thein, a close confidante of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. They were booked for causing "fear or alarm to the public". The case has now been withdrawn.
2018-11-09 09:56:29 Read More

US, China meet to explore path forward from tensions

Washington, Nov 9 (AFP) The United States and China resume top-level talks Friday after months of spiraling tension, looking to see if they can find a way forward on disputes from trade to military friction.
2018-11-09 09:41:44 Read More

EU demands end to Sri Lanka crisis

The European Union joined a chorus of international voices demanding an end to Sri Lanka's two-week-old political crisis Friday, saying the island nation's international reputation and investments were at risk.
2018-11-09 09:19:05 Read More

UN gender agency hails record-breaking number of women in new US Congress

The record number of women who stood as candidates and won in the US midterm polls marked an unprecedented advance critical for the achievement of gender equality and sustainable development, the UN gender equality agency has said. â€‹
2018-11-09 08:55:47 Read More

Three stabbed in Melbourne, terror not suspected

"Three people have been stabbed, unfortunately one of them is deceased at the scene," David Clayton, police superintendent of Victoria state, told reporters. "There is no known links to terrorism at this stage. We will keep an open mind as to whether there is any link," the police official said.
2018-11-09 08:08:24 Read More

No snap election, no referendum to end political crisis in Lanka: President's aide

President Maithripala Sirisena has decided that there will be no snap elections or a national referendum to end the current political and constitutional crisis in Sri Lanka, according to his close aide. Piyadasa was scotching rumours that Sirisena may opt for a snap poll with a dissolution of parliament well ahead of its August 2020 term expiry.
2018-11-09 07:56:01 Read More

Southern California city mourns in wake of bar massacre

Hundreds of people gathered on Thursday evening to remember the dozen people shot and killed by a Marine veteran at the packed Borderline Bar & Grill the night before. It was a scene of horror enacted in many places around the country in recent months, but never before in Thousand Oaks.
2018-11-09 07:24:21 Read More

Aid groups say Rohingya 'terrified' about Myanmar repatriation

A plan to start repatriating Rohingya Muslims back to Myanmar is premature and the refugees are "terrified" about leaving Bangladesh where they sought refuge, dozens of aid agencies working in the region said Friday.
2018-11-09 06:49:33 Read More

Imelda Marcos convicted of graft, court orders her arrest

A Philippine court has found former first lady Imelda Marcos guilty of graft and ordered her arrest in a rare conviction among many corruption cases that she's likely to appeal to avoid jail and losing her seat in Congress.
2018-11-09 04:19:34 Read More

Michelle Obama rips Donald Trump in new book

In her memoir "Becoming," set to come out Tuesday, Michelle Obama writes openly about everything from growing up in Chicago to confronting racism in public life to her amazement at becoming the country's first black first lady. She also reflects on early struggles in her marriage to Barack Obama as he began his political career and was often away.
2018-11-09 02:34:26 Read More

Northern California wildfire destroys hundreds of buildings

Tens of thousands of people fled a fast-moving wildfire in Northern California, some clutching babies and pets as they abandoned vehicles and struck out on foot ahead of the flames that forced the evacuation of an entire town and destroyed hundreds of structures.
2018-11-09 02:29:11 Read More

US to deny asylum to illegal border crossers

The restriction on asylum claims will seek to address what a senior administration official called the "historically unparalleled abuse of our immigration system" along the border with Mexico.
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US to deny asylum to illegal border crossers

Bangladesh general election set for December 23

Detained opposition leader Khaleda Zia of BNP will almost certainly be banned from contesting the election as she has been jailed for corruption and has virtually no time to appeal. The BNP and its allies have held talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on their election demands which included releasing the party leader but Hasina rejected the move.
2018-11-08 14:17:40 Read More

Myanmar agrees smaller deal for China-backed port after 'debt-trap' concern

Myanmar Deputy Minister of Planning and Finance Set Aung said Myanmar and CITIC signed a "framework agreement" for the port in Kyauk Pyu, in conflict-hit coastal Rakhine State.
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Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy 'secure', out of jail

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EPP picks Germany's Weber as lead EU election candidate

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Philippines marks five years since its deadliest storm

In Tacloban, the worst-hit city, residents painted gravestones, laid flowers and lit candles at a cemetery in memory of the typhoon dead, shedding tears as they recounted how they themselves had survived.
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Pakistan seizes Indian and other DTH worth Rs 7.83 cr in nation-wide crackdown

Pakistan authorities have seized smuggled Indian and other DTH equipment worth Rs 7.83 crore from various markets in a nation-wide crackdown against the illegal devices, revealed a report. The report was submitted to the Supreme Court on Wednesday after it took up a Suo Motu case relating to the easy availability of Indian DTH or magic box in the Pakistani market.
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China again declines to reveal details of financial assistance to Pakistan

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Woman at centre of blasphemy row still in Pakistan: Foreign ministry

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Taiwan navy adds two new warships as China tensions grow

Beijing still claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory awaiting reunification, by force if necessary, even though the two sides have been ruled separately since 1949 after a civil war.
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Seoul says North Korea asked to delay Mike Pompeo talks: Report

The US State Department said Wednesday that the encounter between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and top North Korean official Kim Yong Chol, initially scheduled for Thursday, had been shelved for "a later date".
2018-11-08 04:30:59 Read More

White House suspension of CNN reporter 'unacceptable': Journalist group

"The White House Correspondents' Association strongly objects to the Trump Administration's decision to use US Secret Service security credentials as a tool to punish a reporter with whom it has a difficult relationship," the group said in a statement.
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White House bars CNN reporter after heated Trump exchange

A visibly angry Trump had called CNN reporter Jim Acosta a "rude, terrible person," after he ignored Trumpâ€™s order to sit down. When asked if he had "demonized immigrants" during the midterms campaign, Trump replied: "No, I want them to come but legally." Acosta persisted, saying: "They are hundreds of miles away. That is not an invasion." At that point, Trump snapped.
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Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi freed, flies out of Multan

Bibi was convicted of blasphemy in 2010. She always denied having committed blasphemy. Bibi is now at a secure location, officials said. Her release had prompted anger from a hard-line Islamist party that has threatened to paralyse daily life countrywide. Insulting Islam's Prophet Mohammad carries a mandatory death penalty in Pakistan.
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Record women won in US midterm elections

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Record women won in US midterm elections

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Boeing issues advice for pilots after Indonesia crash

Boeing Co has issued a safety bulletin reminding pilots how to handle erroneous data from a key sensor in the wake of last week's Indonesian jetliner crash. Some modern aircraft have systems designed to correct the posture of the aircraft automatically to keep flying safely. There are also procedures for pilots to follow in the event of missing data from damaged sensors.
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Diwali celebrates triumph of light over darkness: Mike Pompeo

The US secretary of state said that nearly a billion celebrants from around the world will light the diya, or lamp, "as a reminder that good ultimately overcomes evil, understanding over ignorance, and kindness over animosity".
2018-11-07 06:35:56 Read More

Trump calls midterm elections 'tremendous success'

President Donald Trump called on Tuesday's midterm congressional elections a "tremendous success," despite his Republican Party losing control of the House of Representatives. The Democrats now control the lower house for the first time in eight years.
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In a first, 2 Muslim women elected to US Congress

Both women â€” Ilhan Omar, 37, and Rashida Tlaib, 42 â€” are Democrats from the Midwest and outspoken advocates of minority communities that have found themselves in the sights of US President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant policies.
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FB admits not doing enough to prevent Myanmar violence

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Jeremy Heywood, author of the Heywood review, has died

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Bonfire revellers mock Grenfell victims in â€˜vileâ€™ video

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Trump on trial as Americans vote in midterm election

Americans headed to the polls on Tuesday for a pivotal midterm election seen as a referendum on the first two years of the volatile presidency of Donald Trump. With control of Congress at stake, all eyes are on several dozen close House and Senate races that will decide if Democrats or Republicans control the legislative bodies.
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UN denies forcing Pakistani lawyer to leave

The United Nations on Tuesday denied that it had forced the Pakistani lawyer of a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy to leave the country. Saif-ul-Malook fled to the Netherlands from Pakistan after violence erupted over the Pakistani Supreme Court's decision to overturn the conviction of Asia Bibi who was on death row. â€‹â€‹
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King tours Saudi as Khashoggi crisis rages abroad

Jeremy Heywood, the senior civil servant who wrote the report investigating UK involvement in Operation Blue Star, has died of lung cancer . The former cabinet secretary died aged 56 on Sunday.
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Taliban confirms delegation to attend Moscow peace talks

Saudi King Salman embarked on an unprecedented domestic tour on Tuesday, an official said, as the country grapples with an international crisis over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The king was also set to visit the northern region of Hail, in his first such tour since he ascended to the most powerful throne
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Bus service from Lahore to China's Xinjiang launched

The Taliban confirmed that they will send representatives to multilateral talks in Moscow on Nov 9 to discuss ways to kickstart peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said that this conference is not about negotiations but "finding a peaceful solution to the Afghan quandary and ending the American occupation."
2018-11-06 14:50:17 Read More

Up to eight feared dead in Marseille building collapse

As many as eight people might have died in the southern French city of Marseille in two building collapses, officials said Tuesday after the first body was pulled out from the wreckage.
2018-11-06 13:38:38 Read More

Six arrested over attack plans against French President Macron

Democrats hope voter dissatisfaction with the contentious commander in chief will lead to a blue wave that flips control of the US House out of Republican hands.
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Top leader of Bangladesh's banned militant outfit killed

Italyâ€™s real-life soap opera, the relationship between deputy PM Matteo Salvini and television star Elisa Isoardi, reached its last episode on Monday when she said goodbye by posting a selfie of them in bed. Isoardi, 35, who hosts a television talk show, posted a picture of herself awake while Salvini appeared to be sleeping on her shoulder.
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Top leader of Bangladesh's banned militant outfit killed

US midterms: Key factors of the 2018 elections

Democrats hope voter dissatisfaction with the contentious commander in chief will lead to a blue wave that flips control of the US House out of Republican hands.
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Saudi Arabia to build first nuclear research reactor

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday laid the foundation stone for country's first nuclear research reactor as the kingdom seeks to diversify its energy mix. Saudi Arabia currently draws on oil and natural gas to meet its own fast-growing power demand and desalinate its water.
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Iran president warns of 'war situation' as sanctions resume

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Myanmar's ruling party wins 7 of 13 by-election seats

Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy took seven of the 13 seats made vacant by death or resignation. Initial results for 12 races showed it had won six seats, and the delayed result for the 13th race, for a lower house constituency in western Chin State, gave it its seventh victory.
2018-11-06 03:34:04 Read More

Italian deputy PM's GF bids him goodbye with bedside selfie

With him or against him, Trump looms large over Election Day

President Donald Trump looms large over Tuesday's election, which is expected to draw historic numbers to the polls and will determine which party controls Congress.
2018-11-06 02:42:29 Read More

Briton swims round Britain, spending 5 months at sea

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India stands to gain as UK group seeks work visa rejig

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Sri Lanka crisis scares tourists in fresh hit to economy

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Iran urges UN to hold US to account over sanctions

Iran on Monday urged the United Nations to hold the United States accountable for re-imposing sanctions on Tehran, branding the measures illegal and in violation of a Security Council resolution.
2018-11-05 17:15:06 Read More

US warns of severe penalties for firms continuing sanctionable commerce with Iran

The US warned companies globally that they would be subject to severe penalties if they continued to have sanctionable commercial transactions with Iran. "If a company evades our sanctions regime and secretly continues sanctionable commerce in the Islamic Republic, the US will levy severe, swift penalties on it, including potential sanctions," secretary of state Mike Pompeo said.
2018-11-05 16:50:05 Read More

Tectonic Tuesday: US fault lines to the fore in midterm polls

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Pakistan blasphemy lawyer says EU, UN made him leave 'against my wishes'

The Pakistani lawyer who saved a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy from death row said Monday that the UN and EU made him leave the country "against my wishes" because his life was at risk.
2018-11-05 16:00:02 Read More

Hassan Rouhani says Iran to sell oil, defy US sanctions

"America wanted to cut to zero Iran's oil sales ... but we will continue to sell our oil ... to break sanctions," Rouhani told economists at a meeting broadcast live on state television.
2018-11-05 08:50:31 Read More

Saudi sent 'cover-up team' to dispose of Khashoggi body: Report

According to Turkey's pro-government Sabah daily, Saudi Arabia sent an 11-member "cover-up team" to Istanbul on October 11, nine days after the Washington Post contributor vanished after entering the diplomatic compound to obtain paperwork for his marriage.
2018-11-05 08:47:38 Read More

Khashoggi killing: Sons ask Saudis to return his body

Khashoggi's sons voiced worry that the work of their father, a columnist for The Washington Post, was being distorted for political reasons. Khashoggi was killed inside the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul by a team sent from Riyadh on October 2, a murder Turkey's president said was ordered from "the highest levels" of Saudi Arabia's government.
2018-11-05 06:47:41 Read More

What's at stake on November 6 in US midterm elections

Midterm elections are often seen as a referendum on the president and there is no shortage of opinions this time around about the current occupant of the White House. The House has 435 members with states represented on the basis of population. There are currently 236 Republicans, 193 Democrats and six vacancies.
2018-11-05 03:48:05 Read More

Trump, Democrats in frenzied final push ahead of US elections

Trump has seized on the nativist us-versus-them message that resonated with his base during the fiery 2016 campaign as he races across the country to secure votes, using inflammatory language as he paints a country under threat from hordes of illegal immigrants, rampant crime and far-left Democrats.
2018-11-05 03:43:03 Read More

France's New Caledonia rejects independence in tighter-than-expected vote

On the final count, 56.4 percent of people rejected the proposition that New Caledonia -- some 18,000 kilometres (11,000 miles) from the French mainland â€” become independent. Turnout was high at 80.63 percent.
2018-11-05 02:50:54 Read More

France's New Caledonia rejects independence in tighter-than-expected vote

Statue to recognise Sikhsâ€™ contribution in WW I unveiled in UK

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Saudi Prince Alwaleed: Khashoggi probe will exonerate leader

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2018-11-04 17:46:27 Read More

Sri Lanka to lift parliament suspension in 10 days

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a top international businessman from the kingdom, said on Sunday that an official investigation into the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi will exonerate the country's leader.On the Fox News program "Sunday Morning Futures," he asked Saudi Arabia to make public as soon as possible the results of the investigation.
2018-11-04 16:18:58 Read More

Sri Lanka's ousted PM says US, Japan freeze aid over political crisis

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Passenger train arrives in Eastern Nepal from India

Thousands of people in Nepal Sunday greeted the arrival of the first passenger train from India to the country's Eastern industrial town of Biratnagar as part of a test run for the 18.1-kilometre proposed cross-border railway line. The train, having both Indian and Nepalese flags fluttering, arrived from Bathnaha in Bihar to Katahari in Nepal's Morang district.
2018-11-04 12:08:48 Read More

Passenger train arrives in Eastern Nepal from India

At 8,611 metres (28,251 feet), K2 is not quite as high as Mount Everest, which stands at 8,848 metres. But its technical challenges have earned it the nickname "the Savage Mountain" and dozens have lost their lives on its treacherous, icy flanks.
2018-11-04 12:08:48 Read More

Hasina announces building 560 model mosques, Islamic varsity in Bangladesh

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Pakistan arrests 150 over violence at blasphemy protests

Police were using video clips to identify others involved in assaults, torching property and vehicles, and blocking highways during protests. Pakistan's top court acquitted Asia Bibi on Wednesday in a move that infuriated hard-line Islamists, who held three days of nationwide protests demanding her execution.
2018-11-04 09:26:34 Read More

Indonesia extends search for victims, second black box from crashed jet

The decision was based on an evaluation and observations of the crash site, he told reporters, noting that many victims' remains had not been recovered. As of Sunday a total of 105 body bags, few containing intact remains, had been recovered and handed to police for forensic identification, yet only seven victims had been identified.
2018-11-04 08:55:46 Read More

Tamil prisoners may be released to tilt scales in favour of Rajapaksa

Since the war with the LTTE ended in 2009, the Sri Lankan government has denied that those imprisoned LTTE members are political prisoners. Tamils say some of the prisoners have been held over a long time under anti-terrorism law without even being formally charged.
2018-11-04 06:31:58 Read More

Saudi billionaire prince Al-Waleed's brother freed from detention

The release of Prince Khalid bin Talal was confirmed by at least three relatives on Twitter, with photos shared of him kissing and embracing his son who has been in a coma for years.
2018-11-04 06:29:27 Read More

Sacked Sri Lankan PM's residence becomes symbol of power struggle

Thousands of loyalists from across the country are camped out at the Temple Trees residence in Colombo, a colonial-era bungalow where Ranil Wickremesinghe has been holed up since his shock dismissal more than a week ago.
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Trump says Democrats would ruin Florida, his second home

Trump returned to Florida for the second time this week to help rally support for Gov. Rick Scott, who is challenging Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson. Trump also sought to boost former Rep. Ron DeSantis, who is facing off against Andrew Gillum, the Democratic mayor of Tallahassee, in the race for governor.
2018-11-04 03:26:21 Read More

US campaigns in high gear three days before congressional elections

Control of both houses of the US Congress, currently dominated by Republicans, and 36 governors' offices will be at stake when Americans vote in Tuesday's elections. Interest has been unusually high for a non-presidential election year, with early voting running well ahead of past cycles.
2018-11-03 17:25:59 Read More

Lanka's main Tamil party to support no-trust motion

Mahinda Rajapaksa claims he has enough numbers to prove his majority and at least six of ousted premier, Ranil Wickremasinghe's men have defected to his side. The current suspension of parliament by the president is seen as a key to Rajapaksa negotiating for enough defections.
2018-11-03 15:16:32 Read More

China vows 'necessary support' to cash-strapped Pak as both countries ink 16 pacts

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Diver dies in search for Indonesia jet crash dead

An Indonesian diver died while recovering body parts from the ill-fated Lion Air plane which crashed into the sea killing 189 people. Syachrul Anto, 48, who died on Friday, was part of the team searching for body parts and debris from the jet in the Java Sea. "He was a volunteer with the Search and Rescue Agency. It is believed he died from decompression," an official said.
2018-11-03 06:47:57 Read More

With eye on aid, Pakistan PM meets Chinese counterpart

Before travelling to China -- one of Pakistan's firmest allies -- Imran Khan said he was striving to obtain financial aid from two unnamed countries after Pakistan secured $6 billion in funding from Saudi Arabia.
2018-11-03 06:26:41 Read More

Highest level of Saudi govt ordered Khashoggi's slaying: Erdogan

In an op-ed in The Washington Post, Erdogan said he did not believe that Saudi King Salman had ordered the killing of Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate on October 2. He said Turkey's close ties to Saudi Arabia did not mean that Turkey could turn a blind eye to the killing of the journalist.
2018-11-03 06:10:54 Read More

Myanmar by-election rare local test for Aung San Suu Kyi

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Sri Lanka's ousted PM says time running out to avert 'bloodbath'

Wickremesinghe, who has been holed up at the prime minister's official residence for more than a week as thousands of supporters gather outside, told AFP in an interview that "desperate people" could cause chaos on the Indian Ocean island.
2018-11-03 04:03:47 Read More

3 dead, including shooter, at Florida yoga studio

The people who came in were injured, including the bleeding man who was pistol-whipped while trying to stop the shooter. They told her the shooter kept coming in and out of the studio. When he loaded his gun, people started pounding the windows of the studio to warn people.
2018-11-03 02:20:54 Read More

3 dead, including shooter, at Florida yoga studio

US to impose 'toughest ever' sanctions on Iran from November 5

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SL: Rajapaksa poaches MP ahead of crucial trust vote

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Prince Harry shares touching photo of pregnant wife

The photograph captures the beaming former actress with her hands on her tummy standing among enormous redwood trees in Rotorua on Wednesday, the final day of their tour. The couple's 16-day tour opened with the bombshell announcement that Meghan was expecting the couple's first baby next year.
2018-11-02 14:06:01 Read More

Dissident cartoonist cancels Hong Kong show after China 'threats'

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2 stabbed, man arrested in incident near Sony's London HQ

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Drunk Japan Airlines pilot was 'almost 10 times over limit'

A Japan Airlines pilot who was arrested in Britain shortly before a flight for being drunk was almost 10 times over the legal blood alcohol limit for a pilot, London police said. The incident came a day after another Japanese carrier apologised for multiple delays after a hungover pilot called in sick.
2018-11-02 10:55:43 Read More

Drunk Japan Airlines pilot was 'almost 10 times over limit'

JAL pilot Katsutoshi Jitsukawa, 42, was arrested by British police and required to undergo a blood test that confirmed that his blood alcohol was 10 times over the legal limit. He had reportedly consumed two bottles of wine and nearly four US pints of beer over six hours on the night before the flight. The pilot later pleaded guilty before a court and is expected to be sentenced on Nov 29.
2018-11-02 10:55:43 Read More

Drunk Japan Airlines pilot was 'almost 10 times over limit'

Khashoggi's body was 'dissolved' after murder: Erdogan advisor

The claim echoed what a Turkish official had told the Washington Post -- for which Khashoggi was a contributor -- that authorities are investigating a theory the body was destroyed in acid. "We now see that it wasn't just cut up, they got rid of the body by dissolving it," Yasin Aktay, an advisor to Erdogan and official in Turkey's ruling party, told the Hurriyet newspaper on Friday.
2018-11-02 09:43:16 Read More

Iran braces for oil sanctions after currency crash, protests

The oil sanctions, set to take effect on Monday, will target the country's largest source of revenue in the most punishing action taken since the Trump administration withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement in May, and will also affect Iranian shipping and financial transactions.
2018-11-02 06:18:36 Read More

Sanctions on Khashoggi killers weeks away: Mike Pompeo

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said it may take "a handful more weeks" before Washington has enough evidence to impose sanctions on individuals responsible for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. "We are reviewing putting sanctions on the individuals that we have been able to identify to date that were engaged in that murder," said Pompeo.
2018-11-02 05:05:30 Read More

Imran Khan in China for talks on CPEC, IMF bailout

Imran Khan arrived on Friday in what is termed as the most significant visit to China by a Pakistani Prime Minister in recent years as the all-weather allies grapple to iron out differences over the multi-billion CPEC and Islamabad approaching 'friendly nations' to avoid a tough IMF bailout package.
2018-11-02 03:50:45 Read More

Donald Trump, Xi Jinping eye G20 talks after 'very good' phone call

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'Lankan Parliament won't be convened on Monday'

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S Korean prez: N Korean leader Kim to visit Seoul 'soon'

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Bus service with Pakistan will not change our stand on Kashmir: China

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Protesters on the boil in Pakistan against acquittal of Christian woman in blasphemy case

Pakistan was tense on Thursday as countrywide protests against the acquittal of a Christian woman sentenced to death for committing blasphemy entered the second day despite Prime Minister Imran Khan's warning to defiant hardliners. Asia Bibi, a 47-year-old mother of four, was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting Islam in a row with her neighbours.
2018-11-01 07:08:46 Read More

One 'black box' recovered from crashed Indonesia jet

The black box could provide clues to what happened after the still new plane lost contact with ground staff just 13 minutes after taking off early on Monday from Jakarta, on its way to the tin-mining town of Pangkal Pinang. A "ping" sound believed to be emitted by one of the black boxes had been getting clearer. None of the 189 passengers on board the plane survived.
2018-11-01 04:53:58 Read More

Saudi prosecutor met with Turkish intelligence on Khashoggi

Saudi Arabia's chief public prosecutor met members of Turkey's intelligence agency overnight as part of an investigation into the murder of journalist and Riyadh critic Jamal Khashoggi, local media reported Wednesday. However, there was no immediate information on what was discussed.
2018-10-31 09:06:56 Read More

Indonesia military chief 'strongly believes' crashed jet found

The smashed fuselage of a crashed Indonesian Lion Air jetliner may have been found, a top military commander said Wednesday, as Jakarta ordered the removal of the budget carrier's technical director and staff who cleared the doomed flight for take-off.Authorities said they were confident sonar technology had pinpointed the location of the Boeing 737.
2018-10-31 08:21:14 Read More

Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee calls on Trump to prevent 'cover-up'

Speaking at a memorial in London on Monday, Hatice Cengiz expressed disappointment in the "leadership of many countries." Singling out Trump, she urged him to "help reveal the truth and ensure justice be served."
2018-10-31 06:44:10 Read More

Possible seabed position of crashed Lion Air jet located

"Based on the presentation of the head of the National Search and Rescue Agency, the coordinates of the suspected body of the aircraft have been found. We will send a team there to confirm,'' said armed forces chief Hadi Tjahjanto.
2018-10-31 03:54:27 Read More

11 dead in Italy storms as wild weather sweeps Europe

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Dozens feared buried in Philippines typhoon landslide

The people trapped in the Cordillera mountain area of Natonin were buried when a wall of mud slammed into a public works building, regional disaster management chief Ruben Carandang told AFP.
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German nurse serial killer on trial over 100 deaths

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Race on as Merkel opens path for succession

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Maldives court suspends ex-prez Nasheed's jail term

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