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World News For The Year 2016 and Month Aug

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Rajapaksa's brother indicted by anti-graft body

The brother of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was among eight persons against whom the Sri Lankan graft commission filed a corruption case on for causing a loss of nearly US$ 75 million to the country.
2016-08-31 12:25:02 Read More

US Senators McCain, Rubio win their Republican primaries

Key US senators John McCain and Marco Rubio won their Republican primaries on Tuesday, setting up high-profile re-election efforts in November as their party fights to retain control of Congress. About a third of the 100-member Senate and entire House of Representatives are up for grabs in November.
2016-08-31 07:38:05 Read More

Donald Trump to visit Mexico, meet its president

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he will meet Mexico's president on Wednesday, hours before he sets out proposals to crack down on illegal immigration that have stirred up widespread anger among Mexicans.
2016-08-31 07:29:47 Read More

Malaysia: 3 held for plotting attacks on Hindu temple

Three militants from the Islamic State terror group have been arrested in Malaysia for allegedly plotting attacks on a famous Hindu temple in Batu Caves, entertainment outlets and police stations across the country on the eve of Independence Day.
2016-08-31 07:13:29 Read More

North Korea executes vice premier for education

Kim Yong Chol, the influential head of the North's United Front Department which handles inter-Korean relations, was made to undergo "revolutionary measures," the South's Unification Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-hee said.
2016-08-31 02:32:21 Read More

IS says spokesman Adnani killed in Syria's Aleppo

The Islamic State group said Tuesday its spokesman Abu Mohamed al-Adnani was killed in the Syrian province of Aleppo, as the US confirmed it had targeted him in the same area.
2016-08-31 01:32:02 Read More

Syria: Ceasefire between Turkey, Kurdish fighters

A ceasefire is holding between Turkey and Kurdish-backed fighters in northern Syria, a Kurdish military official said on Tuesday, but a Syrian rebel commander characterised it only as a "pause" and added that military operations would resume soon.
2016-08-30 16:43:58 Read More

UN hails suspension of France's burkini ban

The UN on Tuesday welcomed a decision by France's highest administrative court to suspend a controversial ban on burkini swimwear, warning that the ban had fuelled religious intolerance and stigmatisation.
2016-08-30 14:36:46 Read More

Nepal says Indian couple faked Everest climb

Nepal mountaineering authorities have determined that an Indian couple faked a Mount Everest ascent earlier this year by altering photographs to make it appear they were on the summit, officials said on Tuesday.
2016-08-30 13:06:41 Read More

Taliban appoints new military chief

The Taliban has appointed Maulvi Ibrahim Sadar, as their new military chief as the insurgents try to gain ground rather than talk peace under a new leadership, Taliban officials said in telephone interviews over the weekend.
2016-08-30 11:08:08 Read More

Taliban appoints new military chief

Islamic State buried thousands in 72 mass graves

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2016-08-30 07:25:25 Read More

Death sentence of B'desh war criminal upheld

Bangladesh's top court on Tuesday rejected a final appeal by the leader of an Islamist party against a death sentence over atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence, lawyers said, meaning he could be hanged at any time.
2016-08-30 04:12:49 Read More

Typhoon Lionrock nears Japan, over 100 flights grounded

More than 100 flights were cancelled and evacuation warnings were issued for thousands of people as a powerful typhoon approached Japan's northeast on Tuesday, a region devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami five years ago.
2016-08-30 03:35:27 Read More

North Korea publicly executes two officials

North Korea publicly executed two officials, ex-agriculture minister Hwang Min and Ri Yong Jin, an education department official, in August for disobeying leader Kim Jong-un, a South Korean newspaper reported, in what would be the latest in a series of high-level purges, if confirmed.
2016-08-30 03:31:31 Read More

Brazil president claims innocence at impeachment trial

Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff proclaimed her innocence, branding her vice president a "usurper" and warning senators that history would judge them harshly if they ousted a democratically elected leader on false charges.
2016-08-30 03:14:45 Read More

Clinton leads Trump by 7 points, race tightens in key states

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has opened up a significant lead of seven percentage points over her Republican rival Donald Trump, a latest poll has said, even as other surveys indicated a tightening race in the key states of Pennsylvania and Ohio.
2016-08-30 02:33:52 Read More

Some 6,500 migrants rescued off Libya: Coastguard

The Italian coastguard said it had coordinated the rescue on Monday of about 6,500 migrants off of Libya in one of its busiest days of life-saving in recent years.
2016-08-30 01:11:23 Read More

N Korea to respond to UN condemnation as a 'power'

North Korea is calling a UN Security Council statement strongly condemning its four latest ballistic missile launches "a hostile act" perpetrated by the United States and is vowing to respond "as a full-fledged military power."
2016-08-29 17:15:52 Read More

'IS suicide bomber' kills 71 army recruits in Yemen

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2016-08-29 13:59:51 Read More

Chinese cities shut down factories ahead of G20 summit

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2016-08-29 13:21:36 Read More

Pak SC upholds conviction of militants by lower courts

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday dismissed appeals of at least 16 terrorists, including those convicted for the Peshawar school carnage and sentenced to death, by the special military courts, the first time the apex court has ruled on the legality of cases tried by the army.
2016-08-29 11:36:10 Read More

Thai police link beach-town bombings to Muslim insurgency

Thailand's tourist industry had been largely spared a spill-over of violence from a decades-old insurgency in the far south and authorities had at first dismissed any connection between the Aug. 11-12 bombings and the separatists.
2016-08-29 10:18:49 Read More

Pak's top court upholds military court convictions

A five-member bench ruled that the appellants had not proved the military violated their constitutional rights or failed to follow procedure, in a blow to some activists who contend the courts routinely violate people's rights.
2016-08-29 09:37:04 Read More

Brussels attack was probably arson: Prosecutors

Reports of a bomb outside Belgium's criminal institute early Monday are probably false, the Brussels prosecutor's office said, describing the incident as much more likely an arson attack designed to destroy criminal evidence.
2016-08-29 07:32:35 Read More

Brussels attack was probably arson: Prosecutors

New Lanka Constitution could be presented in parliament by Nov

Sri Lanka's new draft Constitution could be presented in Parliament before the next budget which would be announced by mid-November this year, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has said, while hoping that it will celebrate the country's diversity.
2016-08-29 06:27:26 Read More

Singapore confirms 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika virus

All but seven of those infected had fully recovered, the Health Ministry and the National Environment Agency said in a statement on Sunday. The seven remain in hospital.
2016-08-29 02:47:53 Read More

Dozens killed as Turkey ramps up Syria offensive

Dozens of people were killed in Turkish bombardment in Syria on Sunday as Ankara ramped up its unprecedented offensive inside the country against the Islamic State group and Kurdish militants. A spokesman for the local Kurdish administration said 75 civilians had been killed.
2016-08-28 16:38:22 Read More

Former Obama aide calls Trump a 'psychopath'

A former top adviser to the US president President Barack Obama on Sunday labeled Donald Trump a "psychopath", saying the Republican presidential nominee met the clinical definition of the personality disorder.
2016-08-28 16:00:12 Read More

Spanish police bust Chinese immigration ring

Singapore reported 40 more cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infections on Sunday, most of them foreign workers at a construction site. The government on Saturday announced its first case, that of a 47-year-old Malaysian woman residing in the city state.
2016-08-28 14:07:02 Read More

World population may rise to nearly 10bn by 2050

The world population will reach 9.9 billion in 2050, increasing by 33 per cent from an estimated 7.4 billion now, the latest report from the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) has predicted.
2016-08-28 12:24:35 Read More

Libya forces push into last IS-held areas of Sirte

A would-be suicide bomber's explosives failed to detonate in a packed church in western Indonesia during Sunday Mass, and he injured a priest with an axe before being restrained, police said. The 18-year-old assailant left a bench and ran toward the priest at the altar, but a bomb in his backpack only burned without exploding.
2016-08-28 11:47:28 Read More

Singapore says 40 more locally transmitted Zika cases

About 50 heavily armed members of the IS-sympathising Maute group raided the local jail in the southern city of Marawi in Philippines on Saturday and freed eight comrades who were arrested barely a week ago, police said.
2016-08-28 10:39:14 Read More

Philippine Muslim extremists stage mass jailbreak

Forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed unity government pushed into the last areas of Sirte held by the Islamic State group today in what was the terrorists' coastal stronghold. Sirte lies 450 kilometres east of Tripoli.
2016-08-28 10:35:47 Read More

Afghanistan deports 250 Pakistanis due to border tension

The secretive communist government of Laos, a country with a population of less than 7 million, rarely causes a ripple on the diplomatic circuit. And yet its sleepy capital will spring to life next week when global leaders arrive for an Asian summit.
2016-08-28 09:03:27 Read More

Would-be bomber's explosives fail in Indonesia church

Kabul has deported 250 Pakistani workers as tension persists at the Pakistan-Afghan border in Chaman which remained closed for the 10th consecutive day on Sunday. The Bab-e-Dosti gate was closed on August 19 after Afghan protesters attacked the Friendship Gate and burned a Pakistani flag.
2016-08-28 07:09:06 Read More

As Obama heads to Laos, signs of a tilt away from China

US President Barack Obama called on Congress Saturday to step up funding to combat the Zika virus, warning that delay is putting more Americans at risk. More than 2,500 people in the United States have been diagnosed with Zika.
2016-08-28 01:59:03 Read More

As Obama heads to Laos, signs of a tilt away from China

Barack Obama presses Congress for Zika funding

Tunisia's youngest premier since independence sworn-in

Tunisia's new Prime Minister Youssef Chahed and members of his cabinet were sworn in on Saturday after approval from parliament. The prime minister and his 26 ministers swore to "work devotedly for the good of Tunisia" and to "respect its constitution and laws", it said.
2016-08-27 12:31:39 Read More

British PM to trigger EU pull-out 'without parliament vote'

Prime Minister Theresa May wants to trigger Britain's withdrawal from the European Union without a vote in parliament beforehand, a report said Saturday. May's government already faces a legal challenge to stop it beginning the process of leaving the EU without an act of parliament.
2016-08-27 12:25:27 Read More

Call for common EU army grows louder

The recent spate of terror attacks on mainland Europe has forced many within the European Union to call for the establishment of a common army to detect and defuse external threats. The topic remains controversial but many leaders of nations in EU want Merkel to lead the way.
2016-08-27 11:32:10 Read More

N Korea threatens to fire at US, S Korea troops

North Korea on Saturday threatened to aim fire at the lighting equipment used by "provocative" American and South Korean troops at a truce village inside the Demilitarized Zone that divides the two Koreas.
2016-08-27 11:09:33 Read More

Japan PM pledges to invest $30bn in Africa by 2018

Japan will pour $30 billion (27 billion euros) in investment in Africa by 2018, including $10 billion in infrastructure development, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Saturday at a summit in Nairobi.
2016-08-27 09:36:08 Read More

Japan PM pledges to invest $30bn in Africa by 2018

India, Pak should continue dialogue: US

India and Pakistan should continue a dialogue process to address their differences and issues, including Kashmir, the US has said as it asked the two nations to refrain from indulging in rhetoric. The US has also said that the two countries need to determine the Kashmir issue through dialogue.
2016-08-27 06:57:41 Read More

Aftershocks rattle Italy as national mourning begins

Residents of Italian towns devastated by an earthquake were rattled by a series of aftershocks overnight, the strongest measuring 4.2, as Italy began a day of national mourning. The national mourning includes a state funeral for some of the victims to be attended by Premier Matteo Renzi.
2016-08-27 06:16:08 Read More

'UN condemnation of missile tests is a provocation'

North Korea has expressed anger at United Nations Security Council discussions over a statement denouncing the country's latest submarine-launched missile test. North Korean Foreign Ministry official Jon Min Dok said that the US-led discussions at the UN were a "terrible provocation''.
2016-08-27 03:55:18 Read More

Syria: Evacuation begins from Daraya

Rebels and civilians, many in tears, began evacuating the Syrian town of Daraya on Friday after a four-year army siege, in a blow for the beleaguered opposition.
2016-08-26 17:07:27 Read More

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FDA expands Zika screening to all US blood centers

The Food and Drug Administration wants all US blood centers to start screening for Zika, a major expansion intended to protect the nation's blood supply from the mosquito-borne virus.
2016-08-26 15:57:33 Read More

Car bomb attack in Turkey kills 11 cops; 78 wounded

A Kurdish militant suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden truck into a checkpoint near a police station in southeast Turkey on Friday, killing at least 11 police officers and wounding 78 other people, the prime minister said.
2016-08-26 12:37:35 Read More

Appeal for harsher sentence for Pistorius rejected

A South African judge rejected the state's appeal seeking a longer jail sentence for Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, who is serving a six-year term for killing his girlfriend. The prosecution had been pushing for a longer sentence against Pistorius, saying the current sentence is shockingly lenient.
2016-08-26 11:42:42 Read More

Gunmen kill seven in ambush in Pakistan's southwest

Gunmen in Pakistan killed six soldiers and a provincial government official in an ambush on their convoy in the insurgency-plagued southwest province of Baluchistan, a senior official in the region said on Friday.
2016-08-26 07:24:39 Read More

Nine dead, 64 wounded in blast at police HQ in Turkey

A car bomb explosion rocked a police headquarters in the town of Cizre in Turkey on Friday, killing nine people and wounding dozens, sources said, in the latest in a spate of attacks in the country's turbulent south east.
2016-08-26 06:29:38 Read More

Gunmen attack beach restaurant in Somalia's Mogadishu

At least seven people were killed after Shabaab jihadists attacked the Banadir Beach Restaurant in Mogadishu on Thursday, setting off a car bomb before exchanging fire with security forces.
2016-08-26 04:51:55 Read More

Bolivian deputy interior minister killed by miners

Striking informal miners in Bolivia kidnapped and beat to death the country's deputy government minister after he traveled to the area to mediate in the bitter conflict over mining laws, officials said late on Thursday.
2016-08-26 04:09:40 Read More

Bolivian deputy interior minister killed by miners

Police say at least 20 killed in Nepal bus accident

At least 20 people were killed and another 17 hurt when bus drove off a highway in Nepal and plunged into a river, said police. The bus rolled about 100 meters down the slope early on Friday and crashed into the fast-flowing Trishuli river near Chandibhanjyang.
2016-08-26 03:31:22 Read More

Turkey shells Kurdish fighters in Syria after warning

Turkey shelled Kurdish militia fighters in Syria on the second day of a major military operation inside the country, saying they were failing to observe a deal with the US to stop advancing in jihadist-held territory.
2016-08-26 03:17:14 Read More

Don't discriminate among terrorists: US to Pak

The United States has stressed on the need for Pakistan to not differentiate between terror groups based on their agenda or affiliation, asking it to ensure there are no safe havens for terrorists in the country.
2016-08-26 02:45:01 Read More

Trump, Clinton exchange angry charges of racism

The tone of the US presidential campaign turned darker on Thursday, with Hillary Clinton skewering Donald Trump as a man who flirts with racism and paranoid ideas, while he in turn labeled her a racist whose family foundation was a "criminal enterprise."
2016-08-26 02:43:42 Read More

Italy quake: Asylum seekers aid rebuilding efforts

Asylum seekers in Italy have rallied to help survivors of the earthquake that killed at least 250 people in Italy, donating money and helping to clear up after the disaster, charity workers said on Thursday.
2016-08-26 02:07:43 Read More

Asia's ageing population to cost $20 trillion: Study

Asia's population is ageing faster than anywhere in the world, a study said on Thursday, warning the swelling ranks of the elderly will cost the region $20 trillion in healthcare by 2030. Yearly spending on caring for the elderly is expected to reach $2.5 billion - five times the cost in 2015.
2016-08-25 13:53:12 Read More

Pak forces crack down on Altaf Hussain's party

Mutthaida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain's posters were removed from several party offices and streets in Karachi after his anti-Pakistan diatribe, even as more top party leaders distanced themselves from his remarks.
2016-08-25 13:49:14 Read More

Bill Clinton defends embattled family foundation

Former US President Bill Clinton says he's proud of people who have donated to the Clinton Foundation and the work the organization has done, as he waded into a dispute that Republicans are hoping will damage his wife's presidential campaign.
2016-08-25 13:14:25 Read More

Iraq army takes key town on road to Mosul from IS

The Iraqi prime minister said his country's forces have retaken the key town of Qayara, near a major air base south of Mosul, from the Islamic State on Thursday. Haider al-Abadi said the victory marks an "important step" on the road to Mosul, which has been in IS hands for over two years now.
2016-08-25 12:27:26 Read More

Turkey opposition chief unharmed after convoy fired on

Turkey's main opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu said on Thursday his convoy came under attack from gunfire in the northeastern region of Artvin but he was unharmed. Kilicdaroglu, leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP), said he was safe and well after the incident whose origin was not immediately clear.
2016-08-25 12:23:46 Read More

Trump makes pitch to Hispanics to widen support

Visiting a battleground state he can't afford to lose, Donald Trump promised Hispanics "a much better life'' on Wednesday in a Florida speech that continued his recent efforts to soften his tone and broaden his support 11 weeks before the presidential election.
2016-08-25 04:30:41 Read More

Brexit leader Nigel Farage campaigns for Donald Trump

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has roped in Brexit leader Nigel Farage to canvass for him, a rare occasion when a foreign political leader has addressed an election rally in the US for one of the presidential candidates.
2016-08-25 03:40:20 Read More

Brexit leader Nigel Farage campaigns for Donald Trump

Colombia, FARC rebels end 50-year war

Colombia's government and Marxist FARC rebels reached a final peace deal on Wednesday to end a five-decade war which once took the resource-rich country to the brink of collapse. The FARC will lay down arms and reintegrate into civilian life.
2016-08-25 03:21:11 Read More

'Submarine launch test a success of all successes'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Thursday that his country had achieved the "success of all successes'' in launching a missile from a submarine, saying it effectively gave the country a fully equipped nuclear attack capability and put the US mainland within striking distance.
2016-08-25 02:45:05 Read More

Trump corners Hillary over Clinton Foundation

Hillary Clintonâ€™s alleged quid pro quo with Clinton Foundation donors is starting to haunt her campaign and Donald Trump continues to flip-flop on major issues, as the two principal US Presidential candidates, neither of them much liked or trusted by a majority of American voters, stumble forward in their campaign to win the White House in November.
2016-08-24 15:57:20 Read More

Drone strike kills 2 Qaida suspects in Yemen

A drone strike killed two al-Qaida suspects travelling in a car in southern Yemen on Wednesday, a security official said.The United States has carried out numerous drone strikes against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) operatives in Yemen.
2016-08-24 13:54:55 Read More

Wiping out militancy imperative for Pak's existence: Sharif

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that wiping out the threat of militancy is "imperative" for Pakistan's existence and survival.
2016-08-24 13:50:11 Read More

Wiping out militancy imperative for Pak's existence: Sharif

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that wiping out the threat of militancy is "imperative" for Pakistan's existence and survival.
2016-08-24 13:50:11 Read More

Water shortage behind decline of Maya civilisation

Water reservoirs that served the Mayans well in periods of drought may have made their society more vulnerable during prolonged dry spells and ultimately led to their rapid decline. Something really drastic must have happened to end the Classic Maya Period in the 9th Century, researchers said.
2016-08-24 07:58:39 Read More

Saudi Arabia foils attack on Shiite mosque in Qatif

Saudi security forces have foiled a planned suicide attack on a mosque in the Qatif region in eastern Saudi Arabia, where many Shi'ite Muslims live, al-Arabiya news channel and other Saudi media reported early on Wednesday.
2016-08-24 06:47:53 Read More

Turkey launches operation to free IS-held Syrian town

Turkey's Anadolu Agency said the operation, which began hours after Turkey indicated it would step up its engagement in Syria, began at 4am with Turkish artillery launching intense fire on Jarablus from the Turkish town of Karkamis, followed by Turkish warplanes bombing IS targets in the town.
2016-08-24 05:28:18 Read More

Man shouts 'Allahu akbar' in Australian knife attack

Police say a French man shouting the Arabic phrase "Allahu akbar'' stabbed a British woman to death and wounded two men in an attack at a hostel in northeast Australia.
2016-08-24 03:16:06 Read More

Man shouts 'Allahu akbar' in Australian knife attack

Police say a French man shouting the Arabic phrase "Allahu akbar'' stabbed a British woman to death and wounded two men in an attack at a hostel in northeast Australia.
2016-08-24 03:16:06 Read More

One dead, 30 wounded in Thai car bomb attack

A large car bomb blew up outside a hotel in Thailand's insurgency-plagued southern region, killing one and wounding more than 30 people, some of them critically, days after a series of coordinated explosions in the country's north.
2016-08-24 03:09:28 Read More

North Korea fires ballistic missile towards Japan

North Korea fired a submarine-launched missile on Wednesday that flew about 500 km towards Japan, a show of improving technological capability for the isolated country that has conducted a series of launches in defiance of UN sanctions
2016-08-24 02:36:33 Read More

In a PR move, China received aid from Pakistan!

In a novel public relations exercise, China has accepted aid from Pakistan, which has been the recipient of Chinese generosity in a wide range of fields. Chinese authorities allowed a Pakistani military transport aircraft to bring in rice for flood stricken areas of central China's Hubei province.
2016-08-23 15:09:58 Read More

US soldier killed in southern Afghanistan

The US military says an American soldier has been killed and another wounded by a roadside bomb during an operation in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province.
2016-08-23 13:23:48 Read More

US soldier killed in southern Afghanistan

The US military says an American soldier has been killed and another wounded by a roadside bomb during an operation in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province.
2016-08-23 13:23:48 Read More

Trump's stamina attack on Clinton stirs talk of gender bias

Donald Trump and his Republican allies say Hillary Clinton is weak, lacks stamina and doesn't look presidential.
2016-08-23 11:47:16 Read More

Top Boko Haram militants killed, says Nigerian air force

Nigeria's air force said it had killed a number of senior Boko Haram fighters and possibly their overall leader, as US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived for talks in the African nation on tackling the militants.
2016-08-23 09:49:14 Read More

Deaf driver shot dead by US police during traffic stop

Authorities in the southern US state of North Carolina said on Monday they are investigating the death of a deaf man who was fatally shot after a trooper tried to pull him over for speeding.
2016-08-23 08:53:42 Read More

Hundreds fall sick after toxic gas leak in Bangladesh

An explosion at a chemical fertiliser factory left at least 200 people needing medical treatment after toxic gas spread across large parts of Chittagong city in Bangladesh, officials said on Tuesday.
2016-08-23 06:29:02 Read More

Thai military court opens trial in Bangkok shrine blast

A Thai military court on Tuesday began the trial of two Uighur Muslims of Chinese nationality charged with the bombing of a popular shrine in Bangkok's center a year ago that killed 20 people and injured more than 120.
2016-08-23 05:05:27 Read More

Direct Indo-Pak dialogue good for the region: US

A direct dialogue between India and Pakistan is good for them and the region, the US has said as it voiced support to meetings at any level between the two countries. The State Department's statement came days after India rejected Pakistan's proposal to hold Foreign Secretary-level talks on Kashmir.
2016-08-23 03:28:14 Read More

Clinton ready for 'wacky' debate with Trump

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton suggested on Monday that rival Donald Trump could be an unpredictable adversary in upcoming presidential debates, saying she is girding for "wacky stuff."
2016-08-23 03:12:26 Read More

Brazil's Rousseff faces final impeachment battle

Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff will enter her final battle to win back power on August 25, when senators open an impeachment trial expected to remove her from office for good, which would formally end 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America's biggest economy.
2016-08-23 02:58:07 Read More

Trump demands special prosecutor to probe Clinton

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has demanded appointment of independent special prosecutors to investigate into the alleged wrongdoings of his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton during her tenure as the US secretary of state.
2016-08-23 02:56:53 Read More

Typhoon Mindulle dumps heavy rain on northern Japan

Typhoon Mindulle, which made landfall near Japan's capital on Monday, caused the cancellation of more than 500 flights and flooded Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Tuesday after killing one person near Tokyo and injuring dozens.
2016-08-23 02:42:10 Read More

Typhoon Mindulle dumps heavy rain on northern Japan

Trump's flip-flop keeps illegal immigrants on tenterhooks

Some 11 million undocumented immigrants and illegal aliens briefly let their hopes soar after signs that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is open to accommodating them in America, going back on his pledge to deport them en masse and build a wall across the U.S-Mexico border.
2016-08-22 17:19:24 Read More

Sarkozy announces new bid for French presidency

Former French leader Nicolas Sarkozy announced today he will seek the nomination of his centre-right party to stand in next year's presidential election.
2016-08-22 16:29:15 Read More

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Trump demands closure of Clinton Foundation

Donald Trump on Monday demanded that Hillary Clinton shut down the charitable foundation run by her husband, former US president Bill Clinton, branding it a "corrupt enterprise."
2016-08-22 15:21:10 Read More

Turkey seeks to identify child suicide bomber

Turkish authorities were scrambling to ascertain the identity of a child suicide bomber acting on the orders of IS who killed 51 people at a crowded Kurdish wedding. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the bomber was aged "between 12 and 14".
2016-08-22 10:42:28 Read More

Egypt's Sisi says Putin ready to host Mideast peace talks

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said his Russian counterpart and close ally Vladimir Putin wants to host an Israeli-Palestinian summit to revive peace talks, in an interview published today.
2016-08-22 10:20:29 Read More

Singapore PM faints during National Day rally

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong fainted while addressing a National Day Rally, shocking a live television audience, but officials on Monday said all his tests during a precautionary checkup were "normal".
2016-08-22 08:17:11 Read More

China to strengthen Communist Party's role in NGOs

China has issued new rules demanding the establishment of Communist Party panels in non-government bodies, aiming to beef up the ruling party's role in such social groups, amid a broad crackdown on civil society.
2016-08-22 06:54:01 Read More

China to strengthen Communist Party's role in NGOs

Obamas wrap up final summer trip as first family

President Barack Obama wrapped up his final summer getaway to Martha's Vineyard on Sunday, gearing up for a busy final few months at the White House. The first family spent just over two weeks at their summer vacation house at the popular Massachusetts retreat.
2016-08-22 03:05:13 Read More

California wildfire evacuees allowed to return home

Five days after an explosive wildfire in Southern California drove people from their homes, authorities lifted all evacuation orders on Sunday to allow over 80,000 evacuees to return.
2016-08-22 02:58:40 Read More

S. Korea, US start drills despite N. Korea's threat

South Korea and the United States have begun annual military drills despite North Korea's threat to launch nuclear strikes in response to the exercises that it calls an invasion rehearsal. The drills that began on Monday for a 12-day run is largely computer-simulated war games.
2016-08-22 02:47:32 Read More

13 people shot, wounded at Connecticut house party

Bridgeport police believe two shooters opened fire on about 100 party-goers from behind some hedges surrounding the home's backyard. It happened around 1:30 AM (local time) yesterday.
2016-08-22 02:47:29 Read More

Gay S Carolina police chief makes historic sheriff's run

Crystal Moore knows the November election will be tough, but she has beaten the odds before. Just two years ago, residents in Latta (population 1,400) rallied around Moore after the mayor fired her. He was later caught on a recording ranting that he would rather have a drunk watch a child than a lesbian.
2016-08-21 14:08:09 Read More

Singapore PM 'ill' during speech, not in serious condition

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsieng was taken ill while delivering a National Day rally speech on Sunday, and the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said a medical team was attending to him.
2016-08-21 14:05:54 Read More

Singapore PM 'ill' during speech, not in serious condition

UK school ablaze as explosions heard

A huge fire on Sunday engulfed a school in the south of England after reports of loud explosions. More than 75 firefighters tackled the blaze at Selsey Academy in School Lane in West Sussex as huge plumes of black smoke were seen emanating from the site.
2016-08-21 13:37:33 Read More

9 killed as bus collides with truck in Pakistan

At least nine persons, including five children and three women, were killed and 35 others injured when a bus collided with a truck in Pakistan's southeastern Sindh province while trying to overtake it, police said on Sunday.
2016-08-21 11:10:04 Read More

More than 10 dead in twin blast in Somalia town

At least 10 people were killed when two suicide car bombers attacked the local government headquarters in Somalia's Galkayo town in the semi-autonomous Puntland region on Sunday, police said. Militant group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
2016-08-21 09:34:59 Read More

Japan braces for two approaching typhoons

Afghan security forces regained control of Khan Abad district, Kunduz province which was seized by Taliban militants, police said on Sunday.
2016-08-21 06:36:58 Read More

North Korea slams South's largest-ever artillery drill

North Korea's main internet-based media and propaganda website slammed the largest-ever artillery drill conducted by the South Korean military as a grave provocation that was endangering regional peace.
2016-08-21 05:55:11 Read More

Philippines threatens to quit UN after drugs war censure

Two U.N. human rights experts last week urged Manila to stop the extra-judicial executions and killings that have escalated since Duterte won the presidency on a promise to wipe out drugs.
2016-08-21 05:03:43 Read More

Afghan district regained from Taliban

The older brother of the little Syrian boy, who was pictured sitting in an ambulance dazed and covered in blood after an air strike, died from wounds sustained in the attack on the family's apartment, a monitoring group has said.
2016-08-21 03:17:26 Read More

Brother of Omran, Syrian boy in haunting picture, dies

China offered a range of incentives including financial assistance and support for building energy projects to Myanmar during the ongoing visit by its de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Xi Jinping even offered to upgrade relations with Myanmar treating it almost on par with China's ties with Pakistan
2016-08-21 02:31:10 Read More

Brother of Omran, Syrian boy in haunting picture, dies

Chinese president offers Myanmar same treatment as Pak

Turkey to take more active role on Syria in next 6 months

Turkey will take a more active role in addressing the conflict in Syria to prevent the war-torn country being divided along ethnic lines, Turkish PM Binali Yildirim said. He said that while Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could have a role in interim leadership, he must play no part in its future.
2016-08-20 11:26:33 Read More

Japan hit by 6.0 magnitude quake, no tsunami warning

Japan was hit by a strong earthquake for the second straight day today, though there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, officials said.
2016-08-20 09:59:02 Read More

Japan hit by 6.0 magnitude quake, no tsunami warning

Japan was hit by a strong earthquake for the second straight day today, though there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, officials said.
2016-08-20 09:59:02 Read More

Taliban seize district in Afghanistan's Kunduz province

The Taliban seized a district on Saturday in the northeastern Kunduz province, where the insurgents briefly overran the provincial capital last year before being driven out by a counteroffensive, an official said.
2016-08-20 08:41:49 Read More

US military cuts staff to Saudi-led coalition in Yemen

The US military has slashed the number of intelligence advisers directly supporting the Saudi-led coalition's air war in Yemen, the US Navy said on Saturday. US officials have regularly urged their major Middle East ally to avoid harming non-combatants in Yemen.
2016-08-20 07:26:58 Read More

China and Myanmar vow closer ties

China and Myanmar have pledged to forge closer ties as ``blood brothers'' following Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's visit to Beijing, her first diplomatic trip since taking power in March. The neighboring countries said in a joint statement they would strengthen trade and cooperation on issues along the border.
2016-08-20 06:03:30 Read More

Donald Trump woos African-American community

Aiming to make a dent in the support base of his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has urged the African-American community, which had steadfastly backed the former in primaries, to join his campaign for a "better future".
2016-08-20 03:13:17 Read More

Donald Trump woos African-American community

'Jamaat-linked terror group targeting Bangladesh Hindus'

A new militant outfit, aligned to the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB), has prepared a list of local Hindus and secularists, and finalised plans to kill a Hindu doctor, police said. The members communicate with each other through a secured messaging application, police said.
2016-08-19 17:39:58 Read More

Turkish airport advert warns travellers about Sweden rape danger

A billboard displayed this week in Istanbul's main airport warned travellers against visiting Sweden, describing it as having the highest rate of rape in the world. This is seen as a retaliation to Swedish minister Margot Wallstrom's tweet regarding a Turkish legislation on sexual abuse of children.
2016-08-19 16:44:47 Read More

Ukraine details alleged payments to Trump aide

rities have released details of payments worth million of dollars that US presidential campaign hopeful Donald Trump's ex-campaign chief Paul Manafort allegedly received from Kiev's former Russian-backed leaders.
2016-08-19 14:45:02 Read More

Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort quits

Donald Trump's campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigned on Friday in the wake of campaign shake-up and revelations about his work in Ukraine. In a statement issued as he arrived in Louisiana to tour the flood-ravaged state, Trump said Manafort offered his resignation Friday morning.
2016-08-19 14:39:52 Read More

Putin arrives in Crimea after Ukraine incursion claims

Putin arrived in Crimea on Friday days after he accused Kiev of attempting an armed incursion into the peninsula. Putin is to chair a meeting of his powerful security council in Crimea and visit a youth forum on his fifth visit to the Black Sea peninsula since annexing it from Ukraine in March 2014.
2016-08-19 12:57:57 Read More

Pak probing 26/11 suspect over assistance to LeT men

Pakistan is investigating another Mumbai attack suspect, who has recently been arrested, for allegedly providing financial assistance to the LeT men to carry out the deadly assault in 2008. The accused Sufyan Zafar was absconding after being declared a proclaimed offender in the 26/11 attacks.
2016-08-19 12:05:58 Read More

Bangladesh seeks details on Zakir Naik's operations

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2016-08-19 12:00:14 Read More

Greek coast guard rescues dozens of migrants

On Friday, Greece's coast guard rescued dozens of migrants whose boat ran aground on a deserted islet off the coast of southwestern Greece, hundreds of miles from the usual entry point of migrants into the European Union nation.
2016-08-19 07:46:04 Read More

Greek coast guard rescues dozens of migrants

Paris strikes were 'optimised Mumbai-style attacks': UN

Islamic State terrorists had "studied" the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and similar "active shooter scenarios" to maximise confusion and casualties before hitting multiple locations in Paris in November, UN member-states have said.
2016-08-19 07:16:26 Read More

UN says it was involved in introducing cholera to Haiti

The United Nations is saying for the first time that it was involved in the introduction of cholera to Haiti and needs to do "much more'' to end the suffering of those affected, estimated at more than 800,000 people.
2016-08-19 03:18:32 Read More

Regret comments that caused "personal pain": Trump

For the first time since declaring his presidential run, Republican Donald Trump expressed regret for saying things that may have hurt people.
2016-08-19 02:39:59 Read More

Ukraine reports three killed in 'heaviest fighting for a year'

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Now, Donald Trump calls himself 'Mr Brexit'

Donald Trump on Thursday predicted that he'll have a new nickname. Trump tweeted "They will soon be calling me MR. BREXIT!" He offered no further explanation and the post was widely discussed â€” and sometimes mocked â€” on social media.
2016-08-18 15:35:46 Read More

Qatar Airways plane makes emergency landing in Istanbul

A Qatar Airways passenger jet made an emergency landing at Istanbul's Ataturk airport shortly after take-off Thursday, following a fire in one of its engines, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
2016-08-18 12:10:56 Read More

Qatar Airways plane makes emergency landing in Istanbul

Turkey detains several people in post-coup raids

Turkish police raided more than 100 places in Istanbul at dawn on Thursday and arrested several people in an investigation into last month's failed coup, Dogan news agency reported.
2016-08-18 06:19:10 Read More

3 killed, dozens wounded in 2 car bombings in Turkey

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US assessing if Russian use of Iran base violates UN resolution

State Department spokesman Mark Toner said US government attorneys had not yet decided whether they think Russia's use of the Iranian base is a violation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231, which was passed as part of the Iran nuclear deal.
2016-08-18 04:05:48 Read More

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Monitoring ISIS in Afghanistan: US

The US is monitoring the movement of ISIS and its affiliated groups in Afghanistan besides helping the latter's security forces to fight out the terrorist organization which is trying to expand its base rapidly in the war-torn country, a top American official has said.
2016-08-18 03:51:40 Read More

UN experts: Extremists foiling governments with encryption

Increasing number of foreign fighters for the Islamic State group and al-Qaida are returning home, potentially to carry out attacks, and are using the "dark web'' or encrypted messaging that the most sophisticated intelligence agencies can't penetrate.
2016-08-18 03:40:46 Read More

Manila won't raise sea row with China at ASEAN meet

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he will not raise long-simmering maritime disputes with China at a meeting of Southeast Asian nations in Laos next month, preferring to talk quietly with Chinese officials.
2016-08-18 03:11:30 Read More

Manila won't raise sea row with China at ASEAN meet

S Korea says N Korea deputy ambassador to Britain defected to Seoul

South Korea said on Wednesday that North Korea's deputy ambassador to Britain had defected to Seoul with his family, in a major loss of diplomatic face for Pyongyang. "They are under government protection and are going through necessary procedures with related institutions," ministry spokesman said
2016-08-17 11:52:09 Read More

North Korea says it has resumed plutonium production

North Korea says it has resumed plutonium production by reprocessing spent fuel rods and has no plans to stop nuclear tests as long as perceived US threats remain. North Korea, also said it had been producing highly enriched uranium necessary for nuclear arms and power "as scheduled".
2016-08-17 11:21:54 Read More

Pakistan military unlikely to stage a coup now: US experts

Pakistan's powerful military is not prepared to bring down the civilian government but would maintain its 'dominating influence', prominent US scholars have said amid efforts to find a successor to army chief General Raheel Sharif.
2016-08-17 10:46:08 Read More

NSA hack suspected, Russia in the dock

The release on websites of what appears to be top-secret computer code that the National Security Agency has used to break into the networks of foreign governments has caused deep concern if Americaâ€™s elite cyberwarriors have been hacked and their methods revealed.
2016-08-17 07:51:36 Read More

Turkey to release 38,000 from jail; make room for plotters

Turkey has issued a decree that will pave the way for the conditional release of some 38,000 prisoners in an apparent move to reduce its prison population to make space for coup plotters.
2016-08-17 06:50:21 Read More

Turkey to release 38,000 from jail; make room for plotters

More than 82,000 flee Southern California wildfire

A new wildfire spread on Tuesday at a staggering pace in every direction through drought parched canyons east of Los Angeles, growing to 14 square miles in a matter of hours and forcing the evacuation of more than 82,000 people from mountain communities.
2016-08-17 03:59:57 Read More

US lobbies China again on missile defence system

A decision by the United States and South Korea to deploy an advanced anti-missile defence system is aimed at defending against North Korea's missile threat and does not threaten China, a senior US officer said in Beijing on Tuesday.
2016-08-17 03:28:34 Read More

US lobbies China again on missile defence system

N Korea calls South's prez 'psychopath' over missile row

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye said on Monday that deploying the anti-missile system was an act of "self-defence" in response to the North's expanding nuclear weapons programme. A diplomat in North said Park's argument was "preposterous" and unfounded.
2016-08-17 03:16:03 Read More

'Balochistan is Pakistan's most complicated region'

Balochistan is Pakistan's most complicated region and significant parts of the restive province are not necessarily controlled by the government, according to former Pakistani diplomat Husain Haqqani.
2016-08-17 02:42:48 Read More

Turkey court shuts down pro-Kurdish newspaper: State media

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2016-08-16 17:54:58 Read More

Cuban volleyball players charged with rape in Finland

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2016-08-16 17:42:19 Read More

Russia uses Iranian airbase to strike IS targets in Syria

Russian warplanes took off on Tuesday from a base in Iran to target Islamic State fighters and other militants in Syria. It is virtually unheard of in Iran's recent history to allow a foreign power to use one of its bases to stage attacks.
2016-08-16 14:23:39 Read More

Austria: Knife attack on train wounds 2

Police say that a man attacked passengers on a train in western Austria, seriously wounding two people.
2016-08-16 09:33:05 Read More

UN chief says he'd like a woman to be next secretary-general

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he would personally like to see a woman lead the United Nations for the first time since it was established more than 70 years ago. Ban said that "it's high time now" for a female secretary-general after eight men at the helm of the world organization.
2016-08-16 05:29:24 Read More

Trump trying to give exactly what ISIS wants: Biden

US Vice President Joe Biden has said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's ideas are very dangerous and un-American as he criticised the business tycoon for playing into the hands of Islamic State by using anti-Muslim rhetoric.
2016-08-16 04:20:53 Read More

Earthquake in Peru kills at least four: Officials

A moderate 5.3-magnitude earthquake in Peru killed at least four people including a US tourist and left 68 injured, crushing villagers under rubble and cutting off roads and power in the southern Arequipa region.
2016-08-16 03:34:01 Read More

Ruinous flooding catches Louisiana off guard

An act of God is how some are describing the catastrophic 48-hour torrent of rain that sent thousands of people in Louisiana scrambling for safety and left many wondering how a region accustomed to hurricanes could get caught off-guard so badly.
2016-08-16 03:11:03 Read More

Suspected New York imam killer charged with murder

Police charged a man late on Monday night with murder in the brazen daytime shooting deaths of an imam and his friend as they left a New York City mosque over the weekend.
2016-08-16 02:43:59 Read More

Gunmen kidnap at least 10 in Mexico resort city

Gunmen stormed a bar and kidnapped at least 10 people on Monday in the Mexican resort city of Puerto Vallarta, state prosecutors said, linking it to a war between rival gangs. Four luxury cars believed to belong to the victims were found abandoned outside the restaurant.
2016-08-16 01:46:36 Read More

Trump losing support, may not get 270 electoral votes

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Syrian army repels rebel advances southwest of Aleppo

Syrian government forces on Monday repelled a renewed rebel assault southwest of the city of Aleppo, forcing opposition forces to retreat from positions they seized a day earlier in the latest territorial back and forth between the two warring sides trying to break each other's hold around Syria's largest city.
2016-08-15 14:33:48 Read More

Wildfire roars into California town, drives out thousands

The fire reached Main Street in Lower Lake, a town of 1,200 about 90 miles north of San Francisco, on Sunday and burned the post office, a winery, a Habitat for Humanity office and several businesses as thick, black smoke loomed over the small downtown strip.
2016-08-15 14:23:14 Read More

33 killed, 28 injured as bus veers off Nepal highway

The bus, which was carrying local passengers to the capital, veered off Arniko highway and rolled about 150 meters. Police is still trying to determine the cause of the crash. The highway is wide enough for two vehicles to pass but has sharp turns and no guard rails.
2016-08-15 13:47:17 Read More

Earthquake in Peru leaves at least four dead

The US Geological Survey says the quake hit at 9.58pm local time on Sunday near the town of Chivay, more than 1,000 kilometers south of Lima, the country's capital. It was centered relatively close to the surface at a depth of about 10 kilometers.
2016-08-15 12:31:24 Read More

Earthquake in Peru leaves at least four dead

Three killed in car bomb attack in Turkey's southeast

Turkey's southeast has seen some of the most intense fighting in decades after a ceasefire between the Turkish state and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) collapsed in July 2015. Thousands have since been killed in fighting across the region.
2016-08-15 12:08:49 Read More

Sri Lanka arrests son of former leader Rajapaksa

Namal Rajapaksa and family members have publicly denied any wrongdoing in the past. It was the second time he had been arrested. In July, he was arrested in connection with a separate case on suspicion of misappropriating of funds in a $650-million apartment project.
2016-08-15 12:03:11 Read More

China begins operating bullet trains at 350 kmph speed

China has developed its high-speed technology in recent years modelled on Japan and Germany bullet train technologies and rapidly expanded their network to improve connectivity. This is the first passenger service using China Standard Electric Multiple Units (EMU) trains.
2016-08-15 11:04:37 Read More

Obama interrupting vacation to campaign for Clinton

President Barack Obama is interrupting what so far has been a leisurely vacation to campaign and help raise money for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee in the US presidential election. Obama has said there's never been anyone more qualified than Clinton to be president.
2016-08-15 07:43:17 Read More

Israel demands Games ceremony for killed athletes in 1972

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2 terminals at JFK airport resuming operations after scare

Two terminals at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport are resuming normal operations Monday morning after reports of shots fired prompted evacuations and grounded and diverted flights.
2016-08-15 06:32:25 Read More

Obama declares emergency for flooded Louisiana

The action makes emergency federal funding available to support rescue crews working nonstop as deadly flooding ravages the state because of the disastrous weather that has left at least three dead and one missing, said officials.
2016-08-15 05:26:39 Read More

Media disgusting and corrupt: Donald Trump

Donald Trump's theatrical and bizarre presidential campaign continued to spiral into uncharted oddball territory, with the Republican candidate, trailing in nationwide polls, claiming that only a rigged election could stop his journey to the White House.
2016-08-14 18:55:09 Read More

Libyan forces press assault on last IS positions in Sirte

Libyan pro-government forces pressed an advance against the Islamic State group in the coastal city of Sirte on Sunday as they pushed to clear terrorist holdouts from residential areas. Backed by US air strikes, they seized control of the Ouagadougou conference centre used by the terrorists as a base
2016-08-14 13:43:02 Read More

Libyan forces press assault on last IS positions in Sirte

Dozens dead as warplanes pound rebel-held north Syria

Syrian and Russian warplanes have launched a wave of air strikes in northern Syria, killing dozens in areas held by a rebel alliance battling to take control of second city Aleppo. The strikes, which began on Saturday and were continuing on Sunday, killed at least 45 civilians in Aleppo and west of the city and 22 more in neighbouring Idlib province, a monitoring group said.
2016-08-14 12:06:59 Read More

3 killed in Louisiana floods; thousands rescued

Emergency crews plucked motorists from cars stranded by high water along a seven-mile stretch of south Louisiana interstate, pulled others from inundated homes and waist-deep waters and braced for more of the dangerous work Sunday after conducting at least 2,000 rescues.
2016-08-14 07:01:55 Read More

Turkey says no compromise with Washington on cleric's extradition

â€‹Turkey's Prime Minister's comments, at a briefing for local reporters, were the latest to take aim at Turkey's top NATO ally and coincided with a report that an Istanbul prosecutor wrote to US authorities asking for the detention of cleric Fethullah Gulen.
2016-08-14 06:42:44 Read More

Thai police say wave of attacks connected, one arrested

Blasts on Thursday and Friday targeted some of Thailand's best-known tourist resorts, just days after Thais voted to accept a military-backed constitution that paves the way for an election at the end of 2017.
2016-08-14 06:39:45 Read More

Bangladesh Bank says withholding heist probe info

Bangladesh Bank lawyer Ajmalul Hossain was responding to comments by Rizal Commercial Banking Corp in the Philippines - through which the stolen money was routed before disappearing into Manila's casino industry - that the central bank in Dhaka was wary of releasing reports that could implicate its own officials.
2016-08-14 06:38:00 Read More

Deadly police shooting sparks violent protests in Milwaukee

Protesters hurled bricks, fired gunshots and set a gas station on fire in Milwaukee on Saturday night hours after a patrol officer shot and killed an armed suspect during a pursuit that followed a traffic stop, authorities said.
2016-08-14 06:35:30 Read More

Kurdish forces in fresh push to close in on IS-held Mosul

Kurdish Peshmerga forces backed by US-led coalition airstrikes launched a fresh attack on Islamic State militants in northern Iraq in the early hours of Sunday, as part of a plan to close in on their de facto capital Mosul.
2016-08-14 04:52:11 Read More

Republican VP pick more favoured than Democrats': Poll

According to the Gallup poll released on Saturday, Republican Vice Presidential nominee Mike Pence has a more positive image than Democratic Party pick Tim Kaine.
2016-08-14 04:22:09 Read More

Republican VP pick more favoured than Democrats': Poll

According to the Gallup poll released on Saturday, Republican Vice Presidential nominee Mike Pence has a more positive image than Democratic Party pick Tim Kaine.
2016-08-14 04:22:09 Read More

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Taliban free Pak chopper hostages in Afganistan

The Afghan Taliban released the six-member crew, including a Russian, of Pakistan's Mi-17 transport helicopter on Saturday.
2016-08-13 19:01:19 Read More

Taliban free Pak chopper hostages in Afganistan

The Afghan Taliban released the six-member crew, including a Russian, of Pakistan's Mi-17 transport helicopter on Saturday.
2016-08-13 19:01:19 Read More

Funding of Clinton charity comes under Bharara lens

Preet Bharara, the much-feared US attorney for Southern New York, is reported to have launched an investigation into the Clinton Foundation amid allegations from Republican candidate Donald Trump that Hillary Clinton has used her position as secretary of state to help the family charity.
2016-08-13 18:49:50 Read More

Man attacks Swiss train passengers with fire, knife, injures 6

The man, a 27-year-old Swiss citizen, carried out the attack on a train travelling in Switzerland's far east, along its border with Liechtenstein, and was also injured, regional police in Saint Gallen said in a statement.
2016-08-13 17:06:52 Read More

ISIS claims Quetta attack in Pakistan

The Islamic State terror group on Saturday claimed responsibility for the roadside bomb attack in Quetta city in Pakistan's Balochistan province that injured 17 people. The IS claimed the attack on social media and Twitter.
2016-08-13 13:31:25 Read More

Turkish PM says Ankara sees no compromise with the US over Gulen extradition

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim made his comments to a group of Turkish journalists who quoted him as saying that U.S. Vice President Joe Biden would visit Turkey on August 24.
2016-08-13 13:30:07 Read More

Putin wishes 'dear friend' Fidel Castro happy 90th birthday

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday congratulated his "dear friend" Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on his 90th birthday.
2016-08-13 13:04:36 Read More

China, Philippines hold back talks to resolve SCS row

Winding up his five-day visit to Hong Kong, Ramos stressed that his meetings with Fu, a former chinese vice foreign minister, and Wu, a specialist on South China Sea dispute, were held "in a private capacity", but said Manila wanted formal talks to avoid further tensions with China.
2016-08-13 12:21:56 Read More

UK to maintain EU funding for farming, science

Treasury chief Philip Hammond wants to allay worry among farmers and scientists about what will replace the millions they currently get from the EU. Some scientists in Britain say the uncertainty is already hitting their ability to begin multi-year research projects.
2016-08-13 11:14:39 Read More

IS frees hundreds of civilians in north Syria

The Islamic State group has freed hundreds of civilians used by the jihadists as human shields while retreating in northern Syria, US-backed forces and a monitor said Saturday. IS fighters seized around 2,000 civilians as they fled Manbij on Friday, using them as protection against air strikes.
2016-08-13 11:01:19 Read More

IS frees hundreds of civilians in north Syria

Taliban frees crew of crashed Pakistani helicopter

Six Pakistanis and a Russian pilot, who were captured by Taliban militants after their helicopter crash-landed in Afghanistan's Logar province, have been freed, Pakistani intelligence officials said on Saturday.
2016-08-13 08:38:17 Read More

Chinese foreign minister meets PM Modi

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Malaysia arrests IS suspects for June's grenade attack

The Malaysian police have arrested nine militants, including two suspected of carrying out a grenade attack, claimed by Islamic State, at a nightspot on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur in June, the country's police chief said on Saturday.
2016-08-13 04:11:52 Read More

Seven injured in flash fire at Texas crude oil terminal

Several people were hurt on Friday in a flash fire at an oil refinery in southeast Texas, the local sheriff said.
2016-08-13 03:59:13 Read More

Thai police look for suspects after bombs hit tourist sites

Authorities looked for suspects and a motive behind a series of blasts that struck tourist resort towns across southern Thailand, which killed at least four people and wounding dozens, including 11 foreigners.
2016-08-13 03:52:34 Read More

Donald Trump backs off ISIS comments

Republican Donald Trump on Friday backed away from comments calling President Barack Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton the founders of the militant group Islamic State, while the Republican Party sought to project unity behind their candidate.
2016-08-13 03:18:52 Read More

Health emergency declared in Puerto Rico due to Zika

The US government on Friday declared a public health emergency in Puerto Rico as a result of a Zika epidemic, which allows the US Department of Health and Human Services to award grants, access emergency funds and temporarily appoint personnel where needed.
2016-08-13 03:04:31 Read More

'IS leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan killed in US drone strike'

The leader of Islamic State's branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan was killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan on July 26, a US defense official said on Friday. The strike took place in the Kot district of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.
2016-08-12 21:35:28 Read More

Erratic Trump reconciles to defeat

Donald Trump is reconciling himself to a defeat against Hillary Clinton in the US presidential election - and a long vacation thereafter.
2016-08-12 18:53:27 Read More

Hillary Clinton paid 34.2% federal tax rate in 2015

Clinton's running mate, US Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, along with his wife, Anne Holton, paid a federal effective tax rate of 20.3% in 2015, the campaign said.
2016-08-12 16:33:32 Read More

Cannes bans full-body 'burkini' swimsuits from beaches

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Cannes bans full-body 'burkini' swimsuits from beaches

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Moscow could cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine: Russian PM

Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev said Moscow might be forced to cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine if a crisis related to a purported incident involving Ukrainian saboteurs in Crimea worsened. He raised the possibility after Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of trying to carry out terrorist attacks in Crimea.
2016-08-12 14:35:46 Read More

'Pak ready for Nuclear non-testing pact with India'

Pakistan was ready for an agreement with India on bilateral moratorium on nuclear non-testing, Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said. He said that Pakistan consistently supported the CTBT and voted for it when it was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1996.
2016-08-12 10:58:54 Read More

Dead Canada attack suspect prepared martyrdom video

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Aaron Driver, a Canadian man previously banned from associating with Islamic State extremists, prepared a martyrdom video and was about to commit a terrorist attack but was killed on Wednesday in southern Ontario after he detonated his explosive device in a taxi and was shot at by officers.
2016-08-12 07:52:25 Read More

Venezuela, Colombia agree to gradual reopening of border

Venezuela and Colombia agreed on Thursday to the gradual reopening of their border one year after the Venezuelan government closed crossings to crack down on smuggling. The announcement came after a meeting of Presidents Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela and Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia.
2016-08-12 06:24:10 Read More

US govt shifts $81 million to Zika vaccine research

The US Department of Health and Human Services has shifted $81 million in funds from other projects to continue work on developing vaccines to fight Zika in the absence of any funding from US lawmakers.
2016-08-12 05:34:03 Read More

Ukraine on high alert over Crimea tensions with Russia

Ukraine put its forces around Crimea on high alert on Thursday, as tensions soared after Moscow accused Kiev of attempting to mount armed incursions into the disputed peninsula. The UN Security Council was to discuss the growing tensions later on Thursday at the request of Ukraine.
2016-08-12 05:32:08 Read More

Hillary Clinton vows to 'stand up to China'

Hillary Clinton said on Thursday she would defend US interests against China and reject the proposed Pacific trade agreement, as she struck a tough tone on global economic issues. She also sought to expose the "myth" that Trump will punish the rich and side with working- and middle-class Americans.
2016-08-12 05:19:05 Read More

Hillary Clinton vows to 'stand up to China'

7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off Vanuatu: USGS

A major earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck about 535 km (330 miles) southeast of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, briefly triggering a local tsunami warning.
2016-08-12 02:40:44 Read More

Pak okays bill to tighten grip on online content

The National Assembly, the lower house of Pakistan's parliament, passed the controversial Pakistan Electronic Crimes Bill on Thursday. The bill's section 34 empowers the government to take down online content "in the interest of the glory of Islam" and in case it runs counter to "public order and morality".
2016-08-11 23:44:40 Read More

Pak okays bill to tighten grip on online content

The National Assembly, the lower house of Pakistan's parliament, passed the controversial Pakistan Electronic Crimes Bill on Thursday. Its section 34 empowers the government to take down online content "in the interest of the glory of Islam" and if it runs counter to "public order and morality".
2016-08-11 23:44:40 Read More

Prachanda to send special envoys to India and China

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US won't reclassify marijuana, allows research

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Afghan Taliban close in on Helmand capital

Afghanistan rushed military reinforcements to Helmand as Taliban insurgents closed in on the besieged capital of the southern opium-rich province, officials said Wednesday. Fierce fighting across Helmand has sent thousands of people fleeing to Lashkar Gah, sparking a humanitarian crisis.
2016-08-11 15:59:22 Read More

Military attaches, diplomats flee Turkey's post-coup inquiry

Two Turkish military attaches in Greece fled to Italy, others were caught overseas and some diplomats were on the run after being recalled as part of an inquiry into last month's failed military coup, Turkey's foreign minister said on Thursday.
2016-08-11 15:32:54 Read More

Pak points finger at 'foreign hand' in Quetta blast

Pakistan on Thursday blamed 'foreign elements' for the recent Quetta suicide bombing that killed 74 people, mostly lawyers, in the restive Balochistan province.
2016-08-11 13:24:58 Read More

Turkey offers Russia joint operations against IS

Turkey on Thursday called on Russia to carry out joint operations against Islamic State (IS) in Syria, after crucial talks between President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan aimed at ending a crisis in ties.
2016-08-11 12:10:57 Read More

Steam pipe explosion at Chinese power station kills 21

A high-pressure steam pipe exploded at a power station in central China on Thursday, killing 21 people and injuring five others, an official newspaper reported. The blast occurred at a power plant in the city of Danyang, according to a report. Cause of the explosion is being investigated.
2016-08-11 11:59:18 Read More

Philippines, Japan to China: Respect law in sea row

Japan and the Philippines joined forces on Thursday to call on China to observe the rule of law in resolving maritime disputes after an international tribunal rejected Beijing's claims to most of the South China Sea.
2016-08-11 10:08:23 Read More

Chinese women face bias in jobs after 2-child policy

China's new policy to permit two children, ending the one child policy this year is resulting in discrimination of women in job market as employers prefer male workers to avoid lengthy maternity leave, official media reported.
2016-08-11 08:30:53 Read More

Putin meets top brass to discuss security in Crimea

Russian President Putin has held a meeting of the country's top brass to discuss boosting security in Crimea following the reports of foiled attacks. The Russian intelligence has said that two people were killed while fending off a series of attempted attacks in Crimea by Ukrainian "saboteurs".
2016-08-11 08:26:29 Read More

Russia declares three-hour daily ceasefire in Aleppo

Russia's defence ministry has said it would hold fire around Syria's ravaged city of Aleppo for three hours each day to allow humanitarian aid in, an initiative the UN said is insufficient to meet the city's needs.
2016-08-11 07:38:16 Read More

Canada terror suspect dead after police operation

A senior police official said late Wednesday that the suspect allegedly planned to use a bomb to carry out a suicide bombing mission in a public area but was killed in a police operation.
2016-08-11 03:44:33 Read More

Canada terror suspect dead after police operation

Trump incites gun lovers against Hillary

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday seemed to incite American gun lovers to violence against Hillary Clinton â€” including what some saw as an assassination threat â€” by stoking fears that a Democratic White House would curtail gun ownership.
2016-08-11 03:23:39 Read More

Bomb attacks, cross-border fire kill six in Turkey

Bomb blasts in two cities in southeast Turkey killed at least six civilians and wounded dozens on Wednesday, security sources said, blaming the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) for the coordinated attacks on police targets.
2016-08-10 18:08:19 Read More

Bomb threats reported on two planes bound for Brussels

Bomb threats were reported on two aeroplanes landing at Brussels airport in Zaventem, but one plane landed safely, Belgian state broadcaster VRT reported on Wednesday evening.
2016-08-10 18:01:53 Read More

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Out of sight, out of mind? Europe's migrant crisis still simmers

Europe's migrant crisis is at the very least numerically worse than it was last year. More people are arriving and more are dying. But the twist is that, compared with last year, a lot of it is out of sight.
2016-08-10 17:36:25 Read More

Putin accuses Ukraine of 'terror' over alleged Crimea raids

Russia's security agency announced it had thwarted "terrorist attacks" in Crimea by Ukrainian military intelligence and beaten back an armed assault, claims that have ratcheted up tensions first sparked by Moscow's 2014 annexation of the strategic Black Sea peninsula.
2016-08-10 17:29:18 Read More

Never advocated violence against Clinton: Trump

On the defensive once again, Donald Trump is blaming faulty interpretations and media bias for an uproar over his comments about the Second Amendment. He's insisting he never advocated violence against Hillary Clinton, even as undeterred Democrats pile on.
2016-08-10 14:36:54 Read More

Bangladesh arrests 6 suspected militants

Authorities in Bangladesh's capital said on Wednesday that they have arrested six suspected members of a banned Islamist group blamed for recent deadly attacks, including one last month that killed 20 people.
2016-08-10 11:35:15 Read More

Khaleda Zia gets bail in 9 cases including sedition

In a relief to Bangladesh's former premier and opposition leader Khaleda Zia, a court today granted her bail in nine cases, including one for sedition and others for a deadly transport blockade.
2016-08-10 11:20:31 Read More

UK top court split on transgender woman's pension right

Britain's top court says its judges are unable to agree on the case of a transgender woman who was denied a female pension because she refused to divorce her wife.
2016-08-10 11:02:22 Read More

UK top court split on transgender woman's pension right

Britain's top court says its judges are unable to agree on the case of a transgender woman who was denied a female pension because she refused to divorce her wife.
2016-08-10 11:02:22 Read More

Fire at Baghdad hospital kills 11 babies

A fire erupted overnight at a Baghdad hospital and killed 11 newborn babies, an Iraqi spokesman said on Wednesday. A deadly blaze caused by electrical wiring broke out late on Tuesday night inside the maternity department at the Yarmouk hospital, located in western Baghdad.
2016-08-10 08:31:07 Read More

US approves $1.15bn tank, weapons sale to Saudi

The United States has approved the possible sale to Saudi Arabia of up to 153 tanks, hundreds of machine guns and other military gear in a deal worth $1.15 billion, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
2016-08-10 04:55:05 Read More

China suspends work on $15bn nuclear waste project

The city of Lianyungang in east China has suspended preliminary work on a nuclear waste processing plant following days of protests, it said on Wednesday. Reports that Lianyungang would be chosen as the site sparked protests starting at the weekend among local residents concerned about the health risks of nuclear waste.
2016-08-10 04:38:25 Read More

Trump tries to steady campaign with economic plan

Maverick Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump attempted to steady his floundering White House bid on Monday with sweeping economic proposals even as moderate GOP lawmakers, foreign policy stalwarts, and long time party loyalists publicly renounced him and polls showed him falling behind Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
2016-08-09 15:25:36 Read More

Trump tries to steady campaign with economic plan

Turkey suspends 2,500 from religion agency

Turkey suspended over 2,500 more staff from the powerful religious affairs state agency on Tuesday in the latest purge after last month's failed coup blamed on US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen.
2016-08-09 14:35:35 Read More

Intruder tried to climb Buckingham Palace fence

London police say an intruder tried to climb a security fence at Buckingham Palace, but did not gain access to the landmark building. The Metropolitan Police say officers monitoring CCTV cameras saw the 22-year-old from Croydon and arrested him early on Tuesday.
2016-08-09 14:09:18 Read More

Turkey to US: Don't 'sacrifice' relations for Gulen

Turkey warned the United States on Tuesday not to sacrifice bilateral ties over Pennsylvania-based preacher Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara blames for the July 15 failed coup and wants to see extradited to face trial.
2016-08-09 11:30:19 Read More

Pak mourns Quetta blast victims, lawyers boycott courts

Lawyers in Pakistan today boycotted courts and staged protests against the killing of their colleagues as a shocked nation mourned the death of 70 people in a horrific suicide bombing at a hospital in restive Balochistan province.
2016-08-09 11:05:05 Read More

Pak mourns Quetta blast victims, lawyers boycott courts

2 yrs of anti-IS airstrikes have redrawn Iraqi map

The US-led coalition estimates that since the airstrikes began on Aug 8, 2014, IS has lost more than 40 percent of the territory it once held in Iraq. But while coalition airstrikes paved the way for Kurdish and Iraqi ground forces to retake territory, in many cases the result is a ruined prize.
2016-08-09 06:17:25 Read More

Nearly 10 square miles burn in latest California wildfire

Hundreds of firefighters, aided by 16 aircraft, battled flames that spread across nearly 10 square miles on the northern side of the rugged mountain range east of Los Angeles. People in some 375 homes were ordered to evacuate, San Bernardino County sheriff and US Forest Service officials said.
2016-08-09 05:05:53 Read More

Pakistan lawyers boycott courts after suicide blast

Pakistan's top lawyers said they will boycott court proceedings throughout much of the country on Tuesday in protest after a suicide bomb killed 70 people in Balochistan, including many from the legal profession.
2016-08-09 04:59:17 Read More

'US should cut aid to Pakistan if it supports terror'

A top national security advisor to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said the US needs to treat Pakistan "harshly" and "cut off" assistance if it continues to be the "safe haven" for terror groups like Taliban, Haqqani and al-Qaida.
2016-08-09 04:37:52 Read More

Boy dies on world's tallest waterslide in Kansas City

The 10-year-old son of a state lawmaker died of a neck injury while riding the world's tallest water slide in Kansas City, Kansas, police said on Monday. Caleb Thomas Schwab died on Sunday at the Schlitterbahn waterpark on the VerrÃ¼ckt water slide, which sends riders plunging down 17 stories at up to 50 miles an hour (80 kph).
2016-08-09 04:03:34 Read More

Storm nears Mexico's Baja, 45 dead in earlier storm

Tropical Storm Javier weakened a bit as it bore down on the resort city of Cabo San Lucas at the tip of the Baja California Peninsula late on Monday, while the death toll from former Hurricane Earl rose to 45 in Mexico's eastern mountains.
2016-08-09 03:50:32 Read More

'Donald Trump would be dangerous President'

In a blow to Donald Trump, a group of 50 Republican national security experts, including former top spy masters and diplomats, has said the White House nominee would be a dangerous President and would put the country's safety at risk.
2016-08-09 03:10:58 Read More

Hillary leads, Trump takes baby steps towards 'I, 270'

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Over 1 lakh schools in India have just 1 teacher

UP has the second-highest number of elementary and secondary schools- 17,602-where single teachers are performing the role of educators for multiple classes.
2016-08-08 22:12:19 Read More

Over 1 lakh schools in India have just 1 teacher

UP has the second-highest number of elementary and secondary schools- 17,602-where single teachers are performing the role of educators for multiple classes.
2016-08-08 22:12:19 Read More

Dozens of IS oil tankers destroyed in Syria strike: US

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Pakistani Taliban faction claims Quetta hospital bombing

The Pakistani Taliban faction Jamaat-ur-Ahrar on Monday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a hospital in southwestern Pakistan that killed at least 65 people.
2016-08-08 13:43:23 Read More

Pakistani Taliban faction claims Quetta hospital bombing

Helicopter crashes in Nepal, killing all 7 aboard

A helicopter crashed in a mountainous region of Nepal on Monday, killing all seven people on board, officials said. Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority said efforts were being made to bring back the bodies from the crash site in the Chuchebhir area
2016-08-08 11:02:10 Read More

Hundreds join crucial battle for Syria's Aleppo

Rebel forces on Sunday announced a bid to capture all of Syria's Aleppo city, which if successful would mark the biggest opposition victory yet in Syria's five-year civil war. But forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad are putting up a fierce fight and have begun pouring reinforcements into the city.
2016-08-08 10:47:39 Read More

Pak calls US remarks 'misplaced, self-contradictory'

Pakistan has termed as "misplaced and self-contradictory" the critical remarks by the US that it was being selective in targeting terrorists and not going after the groups threatening its neighbours.
2016-08-08 10:11:56 Read More

US ship makes 1st China visit since ruling

A US navy guided missile destroyer arrived in the northern Chinese port of Qingdao on Monday in the first visit by an American warship to the country since Beijing responded angrily to an arbitration panel's ruling that its expansive South China Sea maritime claims had no basis in law.
2016-08-08 07:25:31 Read More

Boy dies on 'world's largest' water slide

The young son of a Kansas state lawmaker died on a water slide that is billed as the world's largest, according to officials and the boy's family. Authorities initially said the victim was 12 years old, but spokesman for the family said he was 10.
2016-08-08 06:12:19 Read More

Japan urges China not to escalate ECS tension

Japan said on Monday it would respond firmly after Chinese government vessels had intruded into what Tokyo considers its territorial waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea 14 times at the weekend, stoking bilateral tensions.
2016-08-08 04:46:44 Read More

At least 38 dead in Mexico in landslides

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At least 38 dead in Mexico in landslides

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Turkey's Erdogan stages mass rally in show of strength

The "Democracy and Martyrs' Rally" at the Yenikapi parade ground, built into the sea on the southern edge of Istanbul's historic peninsula, caps three weeks of nightly demonstrations by Erdogan's supporters, many wrapped in the red Turkish flag, in squares around the country.
2016-08-07 14:06:28 Read More

Thai voters overwhelmingly approve junta-backed constitution

Thai voters on Sunday overwhelmingly approved a new junta-backed constitution that lays the foundation for a civilian government influenced by the military and controlled by appointed, rather than elected, officials.
2016-08-07 13:32:45 Read More

Decline in Christianity in UK reversed: Survey

blished results of the 2016 British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey, seen by the Sunday Telegraph, reveals that the overall proportion of Britons who described themselves as Christian rose one percentage point in the last year from 42 per cent to 43 per cent.
2016-08-07 12:57:58 Read More

Rebels 'break siege' in Syria's Aleppo

Syrian regime forces were on the defensive around Aleppo on Sunday after a rebel alliance said it inflicted a major setback by breaking a three-week government siege and establishing contact with rebel forces in another part of the city.
2016-08-07 12:19:48 Read More

'Terror' probe opened over attack on Belgian police: PM

Belgium's prime minister announced on Sunday a 'terror' probe into a machete attack that wounded two policewomen. "We have been informed by federal prosecutors that an investigation has started for attempted terrorist murder... given certain elements (in the case)," PM said.
2016-08-07 11:42:15 Read More

At least 15 killed in Macedonia storms: Police

Fierce storms packing strong winds and torrential rains killed at least 15 people overnight in Macedonia's capital of Skopje, police said on Sunday. Six people were missing, according to the police, while media reported that about one hundred others suffered injuries, most of them minor.
2016-08-07 11:19:31 Read More

IS encouraging Malaysians for lone-wolf attacks: Experts

The Islamic State is using new ways to radicalise Malaysian youths through Internet and encouraging them to carry out jihad as "lone wolves", experts have warned.
2016-08-07 10:47:32 Read More

Muslim woman fired from work for wearing hijab in US

She did not wear the hijab for her interview or on the first two days of employment. On the third day, she chose to wear it because Najaf felt that she would stay at the job and wearing it was part of her spiritual journey.
2016-08-07 09:46:43 Read More

Oscar Pistorius treated at South African hospital; back to jail

Oscar Pistorius was treated for minor wrist injuries at a hospital and has been returned to a South African jail where the Olympian is serving a six-year sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, prison officials said Sunday.
2016-08-07 09:32:39 Read More

Japanese emperor to deliver televised abdication message

The development comes after Japanese media outlets reported that the 82-year-old emperor plans to hand over the Chrysanthemum Throne to his eldest son Naruhito, 56, due to his old age and failing health. The ten-minute address, set to be aired at 3pm, will be a pre-recorded transmission.
2016-08-07 08:57:27 Read More

Thailand votes on new constitution

The junta, which came to power in a May 2014 coup and ordered rewriting of the constitution, says the new version will usher in a new era of clean politics and stable democracy in a country chronically short of both in recent years, sometimes sliding into violent internal political conflict.
2016-08-07 03:15:43 Read More

Trump ends difficult week by focusing on Hillary

Trump came to New Hampshire after a troubled week in which he sparred verbally with the parents of a Muslim soldier who died fighting for the US in Iraq in 2004. Clinton, getting a lift from the Democratic convention, took advantage of Trump's stumbles to surge into the lead in national polls.
2016-08-07 02:56:27 Read More

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Trump ends difficult week by focusing on Hillary

Air Algeria plane lands safely after technical fault

Hundreds gathered in Hong Kong to live out their childhood dream of catching Pokemon in the wild in what was billed as the city's first Pokemon Go walk Saturday. The gaming app landed in late July in Hong Kong and saw residents more glued to their phones than ever.
2016-08-06 18:06:33 Read More

Attacker shouts 'Allahu Akhbar,' wounds 2 police in Belgium

Belgian police say two female officers have been attacked and wounded by a man wielding a machete and shouting "Allahu Akhbar" outside a police station in the city of Charleroi.
2016-08-06 16:49:29 Read More

Sasha Obama takes up summer job at seafood joint

Japan on Saturday marked 71 years since the city of Hiroshima was destroyed by a US atomic bomb, as its mayor urged the world to unite in abolishing nuclear weapons. The annual ceremony came just months after Barack Obama became the first sitting US president to visit the western Japanese city,
2016-08-06 14:48:33 Read More

Over 500 killed in a week in battle for Aleppo: Reports

More than 500 rebels and government forces have been killed in one week of fierce fighting to control the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, a monitor said today. At least 130 civilians are also feared killed since Sunday, most in rebel shelling of government-controlled districts.
2016-08-06 14:25:41 Read More

Hundreds hit streets in Hong Kong's first 'PokeWalk'

The United States' ambassador to Turkey has again denied allegations his country was involved in last month's failed coup attempt, Turkish media reported on Saturday.
2016-08-06 12:27:07 Read More

US not involved in Turkey coup attempt: Envoy

US President Barack Obama's younger daughter Sasha has taken up a summer job serving food at a seafood restaurant. She will be working at Nancy's, a seafood restaurant on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
2016-08-06 11:00:47 Read More

Japan marks Hiroshima bombing anniversary

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has termed the media as "dishonest" for turning into a negative story his joke on ejecting a baby from one of his election rallies early this week.
2016-08-06 05:26:28 Read More

Donald Trump says his 'baby joke' was distorted

Eiffel Tower evacuated in safety drill muddle

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Trump, seeking to end Republican row, backs House speaker

Donald Trump reversed course Friday and endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan for re-election, seeking to end deep divisions within the Republican Party and stem his presidential campaign's bleeding after several self-inflicted wounds.
2016-08-06 01:57:28 Read More

Trump, seeking to end Republican row, backs House speaker

More than 180,000 Russians have signed an online petition to President Vladimir Putin calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev over his recent comments on teachers' pay.
2016-08-06 01:57:28 Read More

180,000 signatures demanding Russia PM's resignation

'Putin made Trump an unwitting agent of Russia'

A former top CIA official attacked Donald Trump on Friday as a danger to national security, saying President Vladimir Putin had made the Republican presidential candidate an "unwitting agent" of Russia.
2016-08-05 15:43:13 Read More

ANC concedes local election defeat in key S Africa city

South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) conceded defeat on Friday in the city of Port Elizabeth as local election results underlined the declining popularity of the party that led the anti-apartheid struggle.
2016-08-05 14:12:23 Read More

Black Lives Matter protest sparks chaos in London

Ten people were arrested on Friday after protesters from the British arm of the 'Black Lives Matter' movement blocked the main road to London's Heathrow Airport, police said. The movement started in the United States as a reaction to the fatal shootings of black people by white police officers.
2016-08-05 14:01:17 Read More

Strikes kill 10 in Syria's rebel-held Aleppo: monitor

At least 10 people, including seven children, were killed in air strikes on the rebel-held east of Aleppo on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said. The Britain-based group said it was unclear if the raids on Aleppo's Marjeh district were carried out by aircraft belonging to the Syrian government or its ally Russia.
2016-08-05 11:28:18 Read More

Malaysia confirms MH-370 course was on pilot's simulator

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UN deplores "mass executions" in Iran

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Cargo plane overshoots runway at Italy's Bergamo airport

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Clinton gets 15-point national lead over Trump: Polls

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Australian PM explains why he vetoed UN bidder

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has previously declined to explain his reasons for rejecting Rudd's bid to succeed UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon beyond saying that he was not "well suited for that role."
2016-08-05 03:54:42 Read More

John Kerry to visit Turkey on August 21

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John Kerry to visit Turkey on August 21

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Egypt: Leader of Islamic State affiliate killed in Sinai

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Prachanda sworn in as new Nepal PM, forms cabinet

Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" was today sworn in as Nepal's new Prime Minister, a day after being elected by lawmakers for the top post for the second time. Prachanda formed a six-member cabinet that includes two deputy prime ministers.
2016-08-04 13:06:17 Read More

Prachanda sworn in as new Nepal PM, forms cabinet

China joins Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan in security alliance

China is to set up an anti-terrorism alliance with Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, state media said on Thursday, as it seeks to boost coordination with neighbours to tackle what it says is a growing domestic militant threat.
2016-08-04 11:59:38 Read More

US designates Pakistan's Jamaat-ur-Ahrar as 'terrorist group'

Jamaat-ur-Ahrar has claimed responsibility for at least five major attacks in Pakistan since December, including the Easter Sunday bombing in a public park that killed 70 people in the eastern city of Lahore.
2016-08-04 08:54:15 Read More

Briton arrested over Dhaka cafe siege

A British national and a student at a Canadian university have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in last month's deadly siege at a cafe in Bangladesh's capital, police said on Thursday. They were both inside the Holey Artisan cafe when gunmen raided the premises on the night of July 1.
2016-08-04 08:51:37 Read More

Israel passes law allowing imprisonment of minors

Israel's parliament has passed a law that allows the imprisonment of minors under the age of 14 charged with terrorism crimes. The new law enables judges to sentence minors as young as 12 who are convicted of crimes- such as murder, attempted homicide or so-called "acts of terror"- to jail terms.
2016-08-04 06:31:33 Read More

'Mental health significant factor in London attack'

British police said on Thursday that mental health was a significant factor in a knife attack in central London that left one woman dead and five people injured but that they could not rule out terrorism as a motive.
2016-08-04 03:59:06 Read More

Islamic State group announces new Boko Haram leader

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China launches website to highlight its case on SCS

China on Wednesday launched a new website to defend its stance over the South China Sea after an international tribunal quashed its claims over the disputed area. The website on the South China Sea is complete with historical maps to assert China's claims.
2016-08-03 15:29:53 Read More

US homeowner sues Pokemon Go creators for property 'invasion'

Fed up with Pokemon Go players catching creatures on his property, an American has filed a lawsuit against the creators of the location-based augmented reality game. The lawsuit seeks damages or monetary relief over the game's use of real world locations where users congregate to play the game.
2016-08-03 14:29:39 Read More

US homeowner sues Pokemon Go creators for property 'invasion'

Obama will go down as worst prez in US history: Trump

Donald Trump hit back at President Obama for terming him unfit, saying the "terrible president" was a "disaster" and probably the worst in American history, as the war of words between the two escalated. Obama had strongly denounced Trump, saying he is unfit to serve as the 45th president of the US.
2016-08-03 07:40:34 Read More

London police deploy extra armed officers to protect against attacks

The threat level in London remains at "severe" and the increase is not in response to any specific intelligence but is a long-term response to a spate of deadly attacks in European countries.
2016-08-03 07:15:33 Read More

Malaysian democracy group plans 1MDB protest rally

The US Justice Department filed civil lawsuits last month alleging that more than $3.5 billion was misappropriated from state fund 1MDB, founded by Prime Minister Najib Razak and whose advisory council he chaired until recently.
2016-08-03 07:11:09 Read More

3 Indonesian volcanoes erupt, disrupting some flights

Eruptions at three volcanoes in Indonesia have darkened skies in parts of the archipelago and disrupted some flights. No injuries were reported.
2016-08-03 05:36:30 Read More

Eruptions at 3 Indonesian volcanoes; flights disrupted

Eruptions at three volcanoes in Indonesia have darkened skies in parts of the archipelago and disrupted some flights. No injuries were reported.
2016-08-03 05:36:30 Read More

Trump asks woman with crying baby to leave his rally

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump seemed unable to decide if he wanted a wailing infant in his proximity at an election rally in Virginia, but finally asked for the baby to be evicted from the venue. He later said, "I love babies. I hear that baby crying and I like -- I like it."
2016-08-03 04:58:37 Read More

FBI delayed to warn of suspected Russian role in DNC hack

The FBI did not tell the Democratic National Committee that US officials suspected it was the target of a Russian government-backed cyber attack when agents first contacted the party last fall.
2016-08-03 03:36:43 Read More

North Korea test-fires Ballistic missile, alarms Tokyo

North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Wednesday that landed in or near Japanese-controlled waters for the first time, the latest in a series of launches by the isolated country in defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions.
2016-08-03 03:12:25 Read More

UN must condemn Philippine drug killings: Rights groups

Over 300 anti-narcotics and human rights groups called for UN to condemn Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs that has already killed hundreds. The appeal, came as an influential Philippine senator called for a probe into the killings of suspected drug pushers that Duterte endorsed.
2016-08-03 03:01:30 Read More

US Air Force declares F-35A fighter jet combat ready

F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation fighter jet is declared as ready for combat. The latest addition to the US Air Force's fleet of deployable and fifth-generation aircraft has the most expensive weapons system in history and the ability to deploy operational missions using program of record weapons
2016-08-03 02:42:54 Read More

'Biggest terror threat to UK from home-based terrorists'

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Japan warns China over 'territorial aggression'

China risks triggering unintended conflict with Asian rivals through its aggressive stance in maritime disputes, Japan said on Tuesday in an annual security assessment. China's sweeping claims over South China Sea, despite overlapping claims from other nations, have stoked international alarm.
2016-08-02 13:27:07 Read More

Airport chaos after typhoon Nida hits Hong Kong

Hundreds of flights were cancelled, schools and shops shut and the stock market closed for the day in Hong Kong as Typhoon Nida brought violent winds and torrential showers. More than 150 flights were cancelled on Monday as Nida approached.
2016-08-02 12:50:34 Read More

Prachanda all set to be next Nepal prime minister

The leader of Nepal's Maoist party Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as Prachanda, appeared certain to be the next prime minister after the deadline for nominations expired on Tuesday with only his name on the ballot.
2016-08-02 12:34:10 Read More

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Typhoon Nida makes landfall in China, hundreds stranded

Typhoon Nida, the strongest to have hit the Chinese coast in 33 years, on Tuesday made a landfall in south China, packing winds of up to 151.2 kmph and causing major traffic disruptions and flight cancellations that left hundreds of people stranded.
2016-08-02 12:30:54 Read More

US couple abandons toddler to play Pokemon Go, arrested

A couple has been arrested in the US for abandoning their two-year-old son alone at home while they drove around playing the widely popular location-based augmented reality game Pokemon Go.
2016-08-02 11:34:13 Read More

US couple abandons toddler to play Pokemon Go, arrested

Turkish govt has taken over military factories, shipyards

Yildirim, who was speaking to members of his ruling AK Party in parliament, also said the restructuring of Turkey's armed forces would not weaken the military, but put its focus on activities essential for national security.
2016-08-02 09:36:55 Read More

Bangladesh officials visit Manila to seek recovery of bank heist money

The Bangladeshi officials are alleging that the money was allowed to disappear into the casino industry in the Philippines, where investigators say it was laundered, because of systemic failures at RCBC, the two sources said.
2016-08-02 09:21:57 Read More

Typhoon Nida shuts Hong Kong, more than 150 flights canceled

Hong Kong's first major typhoon this year brought gusts of more than 100 km per hour (62 mph) and prompted authorities to issue an amber warning, signifying heavy rain, at 5.20 a.m. Hong Kong time.
2016-08-02 06:29:24 Read More

Typhoon Nida shuts Hong Kong, more than 150 flights canceled

China holds live-fire navy drills in East China Sea

China's navy has fired dozens of missiles and torpedoes during exercises in the East China Sea that come amid heightened maritime tensions in the region, underscoring Beijing's determination to back up its sovereignty claims with force if needed.
2016-08-02 05:37:13 Read More

Texas allows guns on university campuses

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Violent weekend leaves more than 20 dead in Mexico

More than 20 people were killed in three Mexican states plagued by drug violence over the weekend, with 11 found dead in a single day in Acapulco, which is among the most violent cities in the world outside war zones.
2016-08-02 03:41:51 Read More

Japan defence papers raises concerns about China, N Korea

Japan has called North Korea's nuclear and missile development a "grave and imminent threat'' to the region and international security, and criticized China's increasingly assertive military action in its annual defence report.
2016-08-02 03:13:01 Read More

Trump suggests general election could be 'rigged'

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested on Monday that he fears the general election "is going to be rigged'' â€” an unprecedented assertion by a modern presidential candidate, one he did not back up with any immediate evidence.
2016-08-02 02:48:14 Read More

Cross-border attack from Yemen kills 4 of Saudi family

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Cross-border attack from Yemen kills 4 of Saudi family

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5 killed as Russian military chopper is shot down in Syria

The Russian Defence Ministry said on Monday that one of its helicopters had been shot down in Idlib Province in Syria with five people on board, the Interfax news agency reported. A pro-opposition television news outlet Orient News said that the pilot had died.
2016-08-01 10:23:21 Read More

5 killed as Russian military chopper is shot down in Syria

Turkey captures 11 involved in bid to seize Erdogan during coup attempt

Turkish special forces captured 11 fugitive commandos who were involved in a bid to seize President Tayyip Erdogan during an attempted coup attempt last month, state-run Anadolu Agency said on Monday.
2016-08-01 09:13:14 Read More

13 Pakistan Intl Airlines staff arrested for drug smuggling

Thirteen Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) employees were arrested in connection with a failed attempt to smuggle 6 kg of heroin to Dubai from Lahore. Officials suspected that such a huge quantity of heroin could not be concealed in the plane without the connivance of a number of employees.
2016-08-01 06:12:42 Read More

Rogue pilot may have crashed MH370: Expert

A leading air crash expert on Monday said the missing Malaysia Airlines fight MH370 was likely to have been in controlled flight as it hit the water, giving life to the theory that it was brought down by a rogue pilot or hijacker.
2016-08-01 05:11:39 Read More

New York Post publishes nude pics of Trump's wife

A New York city tabloid caused a major stir when it published nude photographs of Melania Trump, wife of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, during her modelling days in the 1990s. "You've never seen a potential First Lady like this," the New York Post said on its front page.
2016-08-01 04:40:25 Read More

Trump's Russia praise raises 'security issues': Clinton

Hillary Clinton on Sunday sharply criticized Donald Trump over his "absolute allegiance" to Russian policy aims, saying it raised both "national security issues". Trump had claimed that he had "no relationship" with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and had never met nor spoken to him by phone,
2016-08-01 03:36:25 Read More

Donald Trump has black soul, says Khizr Khan

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2016-07-31 22:57:17 Read More

Tokyo elects Yuriko Koike as first woman governor

Veteran politician Yuriko Koike was elected on Sunday as Tokyo's first woman governor, according to media exit polls, and immediately vowed to get a grip on the megacity's troubled 2020 Olympic preparations.
2016-07-31 14:33:09 Read More

US university adds Pokemon Go to its course

Playing Pokemon Go can now help students earn course credits, thanks to a university in the US that has introduced a new class which will incorporate the widely popular augmented reality game.
2016-07-31 12:03:53 Read More

IS leaders, families flee Mosul: Iraqi minister

Iraq's defence minister has said that Islamic State group leaders and their families have sold their belongings and fled Mosul as Iraqi forces close in on the northern city. The city has been held by IS since June 2014, but the final push to retake it is likely still months away.
2016-07-31 11:43:47 Read More

"Download a good heart", Pope tells young

Pope Francis wrapped up his Polish visit on Sunday with a huge outdoor Mass where he told young people to look beyond the instant gratification afforded by technology, and instead to try to change the world.
2016-07-31 11:39:44 Read More

IS attacks 2 energy plants in north Iraq, kills five

Islamic State militants stormed two energy facilities in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing at least five workers and shutting down a major oil pumping station, security and oil sources said.
2016-07-31 10:47:40 Read More

Trump attacks slain Muslim US soldier's parents, triggers row

Donald Trump today hit out at the father of a fallen Pakistani-origin Muslim American soldier over remarks that he has "sacrificed nothing" for the country as the Republican presidential nominee mocked the mother for keeping silent, triggering a bipartisan backlash.
2016-07-31 10:07:46 Read More

Seven Saudi troops killed in attack near Yemen border

Seven Saudi troops and dozens of Houthi fighters were killed in heavy fighting on the border with Yemen, Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Sunday, as the main combatants in Yemen's war prepared for a further week of peace talks in Kuwait.
2016-07-31 09:42:43 Read More

7 militants killed in Pakistan, major terror attack bid foiled

A major terror attack in Pakistan was foiled on Sunday, with security forces killing seven militants who were plotting to target key government installations in Punjab province, the latest in a series of similar assaults.
2016-07-31 09:28:04 Read More

Clinton leads Trump by 5 points; has improved her image: Poll

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads her Republican rival by five points and has improved her image over the past month, according to a latest national poll which attributed it to Democrats who have an increased enthusiasm for her.
2016-07-31 05:35:21 Read More

I've made sacrifices: Trump to slain soldier's dad

Khizr Khan - whose son died in Iraq - accused Trump of vilifying American Muslims. Trump brushed off Khan's words stating, "I work very, very hard. I've created thousands and thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs, built great structures. I've had tremendous success. I think I've done a lot."
2016-07-31 03:59:39 Read More

Tokyo votes for new governor ahead of 2020 Olympics

Japan's capital is voting for its leader after two predecessors resigned over money scandals as Tokyo prepares to host the 2020 Olympics. One of the first jobs for the winning candidate will be going to the Rio Olympics as the representative of the city playing host to the next games.
2016-07-31 03:44:13 Read More

Trump tells Hillary he'll be 'no more Mr Nice Guy'

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was again at the centre of it as he ratcheted up his offensive against Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House, saying he was taking the gloves off.
2016-07-30 18:50:12 Read More

Civilians leave Syria's besieged Aleppo

Dozens of civilians left the besieged and battered opposition-held east of Syria's Aleppo city on Saturday through a "humanitarian corridor" to the government-held west, state media reported. But the humanitarian corridors announced by Russia have been met with suspicion by residents.
2016-07-30 12:57:31 Read More

Civilians leave Syria's besieged Aleppo

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Rajapaksa's brother indicted by anti-graft body

US Senators McCain, Rubio win their Republican primaries

Donald Trump to visit Mexico, meet its president

Malaysia: 3 held for plotting attacks on Hindu temple

North Korea executes vice premier for education

IS says spokesman Adnani killed in Syria's Aleppo

Syria: Ceasefire between Turkey, Kurdish fighters

UN hails suspension of France's burkini ban

Nepal says Indian couple faked Everest climb

Taliban appoints new military chief

Taliban appoints new military chief

Islamic State buried thousands in 72 mass graves

Death sentence of B'desh war criminal upheld

Typhoon Lionrock nears Japan, over 100 flights grounded

North Korea publicly executes two officials

Brazil president claims innocence at impeachment trial

Clinton leads Trump by 7 points, race tightens in key states

Some 6,500 migrants rescued off Libya: Coastguard

N Korea to respond to UN condemnation as a 'power'

'IS suicide bomber' kills 71 army recruits in Yemen

Chinese cities shut down factories ahead of G20 summit

Pak SC upholds conviction of militants by lower courts

Thai police link beach-town bombings to Muslim insurgency

Pak's top court upholds military court convictions

Brussels attack was probably arson: Prosecutors

Brussels attack was probably arson: Prosecutors

New Lanka Constitution could be presented in parliament by Nov

Singapore confirms 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika virus

Dozens killed as Turkey ramps up Syria offensive

Former Obama aide calls Trump a 'psychopath'

Spanish police bust Chinese immigration ring

World population may rise to nearly 10bn by 2050

Libya forces push into last IS-held areas of Sirte

Singapore says 40 more locally transmitted Zika cases

Philippine Muslim extremists stage mass jailbreak

Afghanistan deports 250 Pakistanis due to border tension

Would-be bomber's explosives fail in Indonesia church

As Obama heads to Laos, signs of a tilt away from China

As Obama heads to Laos, signs of a tilt away from China

Barack Obama presses Congress for Zika funding

Tunisia's youngest premier since independence sworn-in

British PM to trigger EU pull-out 'without parliament vote'

Call for common EU army grows louder

N Korea threatens to fire at US, S Korea troops

Japan PM pledges to invest $30bn in Africa by 2018

Japan PM pledges to invest $30bn in Africa by 2018

India, Pak should continue dialogue: US

Aftershocks rattle Italy as national mourning begins

'UN condemnation of missile tests is a provocation'

Syria: Evacuation begins from Daraya

FDA expands Zika screening to all US blood centers

Car bomb attack in Turkey kills 11 cops; 78 wounded

Appeal for harsher sentence for Pistorius rejected

Gunmen kill seven in ambush in Pakistan's southwest

Nine dead, 64 wounded in blast at police HQ in Turkey

Gunmen attack beach restaurant in Somalia's Mogadishu

Bolivian deputy interior minister killed by miners

Bolivian deputy interior minister killed by miners

Police say at least 20 killed in Nepal bus accident

Turkey shells Kurdish fighters in Syria after warning

Don't discriminate among terrorists: US to Pak

Trump, Clinton exchange angry charges of racism

Italy quake: Asylum seekers aid rebuilding efforts

Asia's ageing population to cost $20 trillion: Study

Pak forces crack down on Altaf Hussain's party

Bill Clinton defends embattled family foundation

Iraq army takes key town on road to Mosul from IS

Turkey opposition chief unharmed after convoy fired on

Trump makes pitch to Hispanics to widen support

Brexit leader Nigel Farage campaigns for Donald Trump

Brexit leader Nigel Farage campaigns for Donald Trump

Colombia, FARC rebels end 50-year war

'Submarine launch test a success of all successes'

Trump corners Hillary over Clinton Foundation

Drone strike kills 2 Qaida suspects in Yemen

Wiping out militancy imperative for Pak's existence: Sharif

Wiping out militancy imperative for Pak's existence: Sharif

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