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World News For The Year 2016 and Month Sep

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Trump's new hotel vandalised with graffiti

Donald Trump's new luxury hotel in downtown Washington has been vandalised. Police say someone spray-painted the phrases "black lives matter" and "no justice no peace" on the front of the building on Saturday afternoon.
2016-10-03 04:57:19 Read More

Surgical strikes: Pak also faced Iran firepower in Balochistan

The Pakistani Army is yet to ascertain the reason behind the sudden move by the Iranian Border Guards, pointed out a source who did not wish to be identified.
2016-10-03 04:27:54 Read More

Taliban fighters enter northern Afghan city of Kunduz

Taliban fighters mounted a coordinated assault on the northern city of Kunduz overnight, attacking from four directions and entering the city itself, a senior city police official said.
2016-10-03 03:14:45 Read More

Colombians reject deal to end 52-year FARC rebel war

Colombians narrowly rejected a peace deal with Marxist guerrillas in a referendum on Sunday, plunging the nation into uncertainty and dashing President Juan Manuel Santos' painstakingly negotiated plan to end the 52-year war.
2016-10-03 03:09:31 Read More

WH plea seeking terror tag for Pak hits record signs

An online White House petition seeking to designate Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism has gained a record half a million signatures, five times the number needed to get a response from the Obama Administration. The petition was created on Sept 21 by a person who identified himself by initials RG
2016-10-02 14:28:24 Read More

Turkey police detain Gulen's brother in coup probe

on Sunday detained a brother of the US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen who is accused of masterminding the failed July coup aimed at ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He is currently being questioned by anti-terror police.
2016-10-02 12:56:15 Read More

Syria's east Aleppo facing inhuman 'savagery': UN

Civilians under bombardment in Syria's rebel-held Aleppo are facing "a level of savagery that no human should have to endure," UN aid chief said. The battle for Aleppo since the beginning in March 2011 of Syria's conflict, has killed more than 300,000 people and displaced over half the population.
2016-10-02 11:24:19 Read More

UK to start EU exit process before end of March: PM

UK Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday that Britain would start the formal process for leaving the European Union by the end of March 2017.
2016-10-02 10:05:36 Read More

UK to start EU exit process before end of March: PM

UK Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday that Britain would start the formal process for leaving the European Union by the end of March 2017.
2016-10-02 10:05:36 Read More

Evacuations in Caribbean as fierce Hurricane Matthew looms

Hurricane Matthew, with winds at about 240 kmph, is expected to make landfall as a major storm on Jamaica's southern coast, home to the capital, Kingston, and its only oil refinery. Stormy weather could begin on Sunday.
2016-10-02 03:11:56 Read More

MH17 missile suspects might be confirmed by year-end

Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop said on Sunday the names of those responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 might be confirmed by the end of the year.
2016-10-02 02:43:27 Read More

Russian jets pound Aleppo as US clings to diplomacy

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2016-10-01 15:27:03 Read More

Afghan military kill 6 security forces in air strike mistake

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2016-10-01 14:09:54 Read More

Porn film plays on Jakarta billboard, police investigate

It will also feature interviews with first responders and survivors, and the trial, conviction and death-penalty sentencing of bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
2016-10-01 12:09:19 Read More

Pak gets US smackdown for immature nuclear talk

Obama administration officials on Friday very bluntly disparaged "some of the rhetoric from the Pakistani Government" about the possibility of using nukes, saying, "nuclear-capable states have a very clear responsibility to exercise restraint regarding nuclear weapons and missile capabilities."
2016-10-01 10:28:36 Read More

Boston Marathon bombing makes way to TV and movie screens

It will also feature interviews with first responders and survivors, and the trial, conviction and death-penalty sentencing of bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
2016-10-01 08:55:19 Read More

Boston Marathon bombing makes way to TV and movie screens

Hurricane Matthew grew into a powerful Category 5 storm late on Friday, the strongest in the Atlantic since 2007, as it crossed the Caribbean Sea on a course that could have it pounding Jamaica within days.
2016-10-01 08:55:19 Read More

Duterte's Hitler remarks 'deeply troubling': Pentagon

Pentagon chief Ashton Carter on Friday criticized the "deeply troubling" remarks by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, in which he likened his deadly war on crime to Hitler's efforts to exterminate Jews.
2016-10-01 04:08:32 Read More

Hurricane Matthew strengthens into Category 5 storm

Clinton edges ahead of Trump in post-debate poll bump

â€‹Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has pulled ahead of rival Donald Trump three percentage points in a new national poll out on Friday, just days after her strong showing in the first televised debate.
2016-10-01 02:33:32 Read More

10 killed, 29 missing in typhoon Megi in China

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2016-09-30 13:08:44 Read More

3 Chinese fishermen dead after clash with S Korean forces

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2016-09-30 12:13:56 Read More

3 Chinese fishermen dead after clash with S Korean forces

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2016-09-30 12:13:56 Read More

Trump injects Bill Clinton scandals into 2016 race

Donald Trump says he took the moral high ground at the first presidential debate by not mentioning the infidelities of former President Bill Clinton. But he hinted at them, talked about them immediately afterward and then sent his campaign's top backers out to do the same.
2016-09-30 08:39:53 Read More

Philippines' Duterte says 'happy to slaughter' drug users

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday drew a parallel between his deadly crime war and Hitler's massacre of Jews, saying he was "happy to slaughter" millions of drug addicts.
2016-09-30 07:05:49 Read More

South Korea shifts site of anti-North Korea US missile system

South Korea on Friday formally announced a new location for deploying a North Korea-focused US anti-missile defence system, after vocal protests from local residents over potential health and environmental hazards.
2016-09-30 06:07:49 Read More

Countering Dalai Lama is top ethnic priority: China

China will make countering the Dalai Lama's influence the "highest priority" in its work on ethnic affairs in Tibet, the region's Communist Party boss has said, vowing to uproot the monk's "separatist and subversive" activities.
2016-09-30 05:05:38 Read More

US to sharpen 'military edge' in Asia

US defence secretary Ash Carter said on Thursday that the US will "sharpen our military edge" in Asia and the Pacific in order to remain a dominant power in a region feeling the effects of China's rising military might.
2016-09-30 02:39:37 Read More

US to sharpen 'military edge' in Asia

Russia says Syria bombing continues amid US threats

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2016-09-29 14:34:16 Read More

Lion killed after breaking out of zoo enclosure in Germany

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2016-09-29 14:26:38 Read More

US lawmaker slams Sharif for praising Wani in his UN address

"Disappointed to see the Pakistan PM use the UN to praise a militant group that uses violence to promote its cause," Congressman Ted Poe said in a tweet. In his address to the UN General Assembly on September 21, Sharif had described Hizbul commander Burhan Wani a "young leader".
2016-09-29 05:07:11 Read More

Amnesty accuses Sudan of using chemical weapons in Darfur

Sudan's government has carried out at least 30 likely chemical weapons attacks in the Jebel Marra area of Darfur since January using what two experts concluded was a probable blister agent, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
2016-09-29 04:32:00 Read More

Philippines' Duterte to scrap future war games with US

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he was giving notice to the United States, his country's long-standing ally, that joint exercises of Filipino and American troops next week will be the last such drills.
2016-09-29 04:06:06 Read More

Michelle Obama says America 'needs an adult' in White House

Michelle Obama told supporters in Philadelphia on Wednesday that candidates don't change once they become president and that America "needs an adult in the White House."
2016-09-29 03:32:46 Read More

Teen kills father, opens fire on South Carolina schoolyard

A 14-year-old South Carolina boy shot and killed his father then drove to an elementary school playground where he wounded two children and a teacher with a handgun before being tackled by a firefighter who held him for police.
2016-09-29 02:17:41 Read More

Teen kills father, opens fire on South Carolina schoolyard

Kerry threatens Russia with end to joint Syria diplomacy

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2016-09-28 16:59:14 Read More

Russia calls MH17 probe 'biased'

Moscow on Wednesday described as "biased" and "politically motivated", the Dutch-led inquiry into the downing of Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, which concluded the plane was shot down by a missile brought from Russian territory.
2016-09-28 15:03:47 Read More

IS loses control of last oil wells in Iraq: Ministry

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2016-09-28 14:04:53 Read More

Hamas calls Peres a criminal, Abbas hails him as brave

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2016-09-28 13:11:38 Read More

Police in California kill black man acting erratically

Police in a California city fatally shot a black man who had been acting erratically, prompting protesters to quickly gather and accuse officers of an unjustified killing. The shooting on Tuesday afternoon in El Cajon, 15 miles (24 kilometers) east of San Diego, was the latest in a string of killings of black men by police.
2016-09-28 11:28:35 Read More

Aleppo bombers will have to 'answer before God': Pope

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2016-09-28 11:03:11 Read More

Dubai airport shuts airspace for nearly 30 minutes due to drone activity

Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest airport for international travel, closed its airspace for almost 30 minutes on Wednesday morning due to unauthorised drone activity, causing flights to be disrupted for nearly an hour.
2016-09-28 08:34:35 Read More

Libyan general in east rejects UN-backed government

A powerful Libyan general whose forces recently captured several key oil facilities has rejected a UN-brokered government and has said the country would be better served by a leader with "high-level military experience."
2016-09-28 07:00:27 Read More

Indonesia evacuates tourists after Mt Barujari eruption

Indonesian authorities are searching for several hundred tourists after Mount Barujari on Lombok island spewed a massive column of ash into the atmosphere and have evacuated more than 1,100 others, the country's disaster agency said on Wednesday.
2016-09-28 05:54:52 Read More

Michelle Obama appears in a Hillary TV ad

Making a strong pitch for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton as the next occupant to the White House, US First Lady Michelle Obama has appeared in a new television commercial released by the Hillary Campaign.
2016-09-28 05:50:28 Read More

Massive typhoon hits eastern China & Taiwan, kills 5

A massive typhoon left one person dead in eastern China on Wednesday, a day after killing four and injuring 260 in Taiwan. In Fuzhou, Fujian's provincial capital, people were shown on state television walking through knee-deep waters that had swamped major roads.
2016-09-28 04:57:33 Read More

Massive typhoon hits eastern China & Taiwan, kills 5

Obama names first ambassador to Cuba in five decades

The United States has tapped Jeffrey DeLaurentis, America's top diplomat in Havana, to become the first official ambassador to Cuba in five decades. Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced a thaw in relations in December 2014. The two countries restored full diplomatic relations in July 2015.
2016-09-28 03:58:13 Read More

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As Pakistan army chief's tenure nears end, Nawaz Sharif faces key choice

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2016-09-28 03:58:07 Read More

India, China agree on terrorism issue amid Azhar row

India and China agreed to a consensus on tackling terrorism despite differences about dealing with terror threats particularly those from Pakistan. The agreement comes in the midst of concern that China might once again block Indian efforts to get Masood Azhar designated as a terrorist by the UN.
2016-09-27 16:58:24 Read More

Turkey dismisses 87 spy agency staff over failed coup

Turkey has dismissed 87 staff from its spy agency over alleged links to the failed July 15 coup. National Intelligence Organisation has suspended 141 personnel in an internal probe over links to US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen who Ankara alleges was behind the coup.
2016-09-27 13:39:29 Read More

Bombings kill at least 17 in Baghdad: Officials

Bombings targeting shopping areas in Shiite districts of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday killed at least 17 people and wounded more than 50, security and medical officials said. This blast came two days after another suicide bombing claimed by IS killed six people in western Baghdad.
2016-09-27 12:55:30 Read More

Pakistani lawmakers adopt Hindu marriage bill

Pakistan's parliament has passed the much-delayed bill to enable the country's minority Hindu community to register their marriages. The law bill sets the minimum age for marriage for Hindus at 18. The minimum legal age for marriage for citizens of other religions is 18 for men and 16 for women.
2016-09-27 11:16:43 Read More

Overcrowded bus slips off mountain road in Nepal, 14 killed

An overcrowded bus slipped off a mountain road in Nepal on Tuesday, killing at least 14 people, an official said. The bus was carrying passengers both inside and on the roof, said Dhading District Administration official Toran Parajuli.
2016-09-27 09:02:22 Read More

Overcrowded bus slips off mountain road in Nepal, 14 killed

Over 100,000 sign petition to declare Pak a terror state

A petition on the official website of the White House to declare Pakistan as a state sponsor has managed to reach its goal of 100,000 signatures in a week. Created on Wednesday (September 21), the petition garnered close to 123,000 signatures by afternoon of Tuesday next.
2016-09-27 08:59:32 Read More

Taiwan closes schools, offices ahead of island-wide typhoon

Schools and offices have been closed on Taiwan and people in dangerous areas have been evacuated as a large typhoon with 162 kilometers- (100 miles per hour winds approaches the island.
2016-09-27 06:13:40 Read More

Taiwan closes schools, offices ahead of island-wide typhoon

China says there is no change in stance on J&K

The ministry struck to its old stand that the Kashmir issue should be resolved by both India and Pakistan through consultaitons. "China's position on the relevant issue is consistent and clear," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said.
2016-09-26 15:45:07 Read More

Two injured in French supermarket shooting

A man in his sixties opened fire on shoppers outside a supermarket near Paris, severely injuring two people before fleeing the scene. Police surrounded the home of the attacker, where he holed up after shooting a 57-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man in what prosecutors called a "private dispute".
2016-09-26 14:26:54 Read More

Some sanctions under N- deal still in place: Iran

The head of Iran's atomic energy organisation is asserting that Tehran remains under some sanctions that were supposed to be removed through a landmark nuclear agreement with six world powers.
2016-09-26 12:13:08 Read More

Moscow slams US, UK for their statements on Syria

Moscow and Damascus were repeatedly accused of war crimes at Sunday's emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to demand that Russia rein in its long-standing ally, Bashar al-Assad. UK Ambassador added that Moscow and the Syrian regime had "unleashed a new hell" on the battered Syrian city.
2016-09-26 11:29:19 Read More

Debate Night: Clinton, Trump set for high-stakes showdown

After months of tangling from afar, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will confront each other face-to-face for the first time in Monday night's presidential debate, laying out for voters their vastly different visions for the nation's future.
2016-09-26 09:24:03 Read More

Trump tells Netanyahu he would recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Sunday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that if elected, the United States would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the campaign said, marking a potential dramatic shift in US policy.
2016-09-26 08:08:37 Read More

China flies army planes over strait near Japan

More than 40 Chinese military aircraft have traversed a strait near Japan, China's defence ministry said on Monday, after Tokyo announced it may patrol with the US in the contested South China Sea region.
2016-09-26 07:51:16 Read More

Powerful quake rattles Japan's Okinawa island

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has rattled Okinawa and other southern Japanese islands, but there was no danger of a tsunami. A magnitude 5.5 quake also occurred just off the southern coast of Hokkaido.
2016-09-26 05:56:37 Read More

Jeremy Corbyn reasserts authority over divided UK Labour

Newly re-elected British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called for unity on Sunday in his deeply divided party, but risked antagonising his own lawmakers by promising more power to his grassroots supporters.
2016-09-26 05:24:23 Read More

Jeremy Corbyn reasserts authority over divided UK Labour

Russia under fire at UN as air strikes pound Syria's Aleppo

Britain, France and the United States lashed out at Russia on Sunday over the worsening carnage in Syria as Syrian and Russian warplanes pounded Aleppo in one of the heaviest bombing raids of the five-year war.
2016-09-26 00:18:28 Read More

At least 23 killed in Aleppo as UN meets over Syria

At least 23 civilians were killed in renewed government airstrikes on the contested city of Aleppo. At an emergency UN meet, the UN's top envoy to Syria accused the government of unleashing "unprecedented military violence" against civilians in Aleppo which may amount to war crime.
2016-09-25 16:43:11 Read More

IS suicide bomber kills six in Baghdad

A suicide bomber killed six people in western Baghdad on Sunday, an Iraqi security spokesman said. Islamic State claimed the attack in a statement, saying it was carried out by an Iraqi national wearing an explosive vest who had successfully penetrated security measures.
2016-09-25 14:34:07 Read More

Angela Merkel's party confronts sexism charges

A leader of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party admitted on Sunday that it has a problem with sexism in its ranks, after a female politician spoke out about vulgar and belittling comments.
2016-09-25 12:43:12 Read More

Egypt to tighten borders after migrant ship tragedy

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has ordered the tightening of border security after more than 160 mainly Egyptian migrants died when their Europe-bound boat sank in the Mediterranean. el-Sissi has also ordered that those behind the tragedy be brought to justice.
2016-09-25 12:01:29 Read More

Trump says he'll do more for women as president than Clinton

"My opponent likes to say that for decades she's been fighting for women, that she's been fighting for children. Why, then, are 70 million American women and children living in poverty or on the brink of poverty in our country?'' Trump asked a rally crowd in Roanoke. "For years she's been doing this and she's done nothing."
2016-09-25 03:03:33 Read More

Shooting in Baltimore, 'multiple' people injured

A shooting in Baltimore has left eight people injured including a three-year-old girl, police said, adding they are seeking three armed suspects who fled on foot.
2016-09-25 02:56:10 Read More

Syrian troops advance in Aleppo amid war's heaviest bombing

Syrian troops captured a rebel-held area on the edge of Aleppo on Saturday, tightening their siege on opposition-held neighborhoods in the northern city after what residents described as the heaviest air bombardment of the 5-year civil war.
2016-09-25 02:47:31 Read More

Syrian troops advance in Aleppo amid war's heaviest bombing

Intense Syrian, Russian strikes kill 25 in Aleppo

Heavy Syrian and Russian air strikes on rebel-held eastern areas of Aleppo city killed at least 25 civilians on Saturday, a monitor said, overwhelming doctors and rescue workers. The toll was expected to rise because people remained trapped under rubble.
2016-09-24 12:22:08 Read More

Corbyn re-elected as UK Labour leader after bitter fight

Left-winger Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected British Labour leader on Saturday, seeing off a challenge from his MPs but leaving the opposition party deeply divided, with its very future in question. Corbyn claims his leadership has energised many people who felt left behind by mainstream politics.
2016-09-24 11:38:18 Read More

Five dead in US mall shooting, gunman on the run

Police were searching on Saturday for a gunman who killed five people during a shooting at a mall in the US state of Washington, amid a raging national debate over gun control. Four women and one man were killed, police said in an updated toll. Authorities described the shooter as a Hispanic male.
2016-09-24 11:13:37 Read More

Warplanes mount new strikes on rebel-held Aleppo

Warplanes mounted a new wave of air strikes on rebel-held areas of Aleppo on Saturday, rebel sources, a rescue worker and a war monitor reported, pressing a major offensive by the Russian-backed Syrian military.
2016-09-24 07:38:42 Read More

5.3 magnitude earthquake hits Romania, no injuries

A 5.3 magnitude quake shook Romania early Saturday and was felt in neighbouring Bulgaria and Moldova, the country's seismological institute said, but there were no reports of injuries or major damage. It said the epicentre was in the earthquake-prone eastern region of Vrancea.
2016-09-24 07:27:02 Read More

12 killed in militant attacks north of Iraq's Tirkit

Twelve people were killed on Saturday when militants attacked a police checkpoint north of Tikrit and then detonated a car bomb at the entrance to the city, Iraqi police and military sources said. One of the militants was killed at the checkpoint after shooting dead four police officers.
2016-09-24 07:17:31 Read More

The US presidential debate: What you need to know

This first of three debates will give the candidates a chance to introduce themselves â€” or re-introduce themselves â€” to skeptical American voters who will be watching closely for the slightest misstep, awkward gesture or fatal altercation.
2016-09-24 06:48:20 Read More

Foreign hacker who aided Islamic State gets 20 years in US

A computer hacker who helped the Islamic State by providing names of more than 1,000 US government and military workers as potential targets was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in prison.
2016-09-24 05:16:37 Read More

North Korea air show thumbs nose at sanctions

Just weeks after carrying out its fifth nuclear test, North Korea put on an unprecedented civilian and military air force display on Saturday at the country's first ever public aviation show.
2016-09-24 04:49:19 Read More

Indonesia declares candidacy for UN Security Council

Indonesia has announced its candidacy for membership on the UN Security Council, saying its commitment and contributions to the world's body make it a true partner for world peace. Kalla cited Indonesia's steady commitment to increase its peacekeeping force personnel by 2019.
2016-09-24 04:33:57 Read More

MH370 wreckage hunter won't give up until mystery solved

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2016-09-24 03:30:35 Read More

MH370 wreckage hunter won't give up until mystery solved

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Over 100 bodies recovered from Egypt migrant shipwreck

Rescuers recovered 53 bodies on Friday from a migrant boat that capsized off the Egyptian coast, bringing the death toll from the disaster to at least 108, a health ministry official said.
2016-09-23 12:16:51 Read More

US welcomes Afghan's peace deal with Hizb-e-Islami

US has lauded the peace agreement signed between Afghanistan and Hizb-e Islami Gulbuddin, appreciating the step to seek a peaceful resolution through political dialogue. The deal marks a symbolic victory for President Ghani, who has struggled to revive peace talks with the more powerful Taliban.
2016-09-23 11:03:38 Read More

People trust Clinton more on most issues: Poll

Americans are more likely to trust Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump to handle a variety of issues facing the country, even when it comes to topics of national security that have been a major focus of his campaign, says the Associated Press-GfK poll.
2016-09-23 08:02:53 Read More

Jets pound rebel-held Aleppo after army offensive declared

Warplanes targeted rebel-held areas of eastern Aleppo on Friday on the second day of heavy bombardment, hours after the army announced the start of a military operation there, rescue workers and activists said.
2016-09-23 06:56:40 Read More

South Korea rules out flood aid to North Korea

South Korea on Friday ruled out giving aid to flood-hit North Korea, saying leader Kim Jong-Un would claim credit for any assistance following what Pyongyang calls the "worst disaster" since World War II.
2016-09-23 06:31:23 Read More

Outrage over ugly restoration of China's Great Wall

Chinese social media users were in an uproar on Friday over restoration of a 700-year-old section of the Great Wall that has been covered in concrete, turning it into a smooth, flat-topped path.
2016-09-23 06:02:35 Read More

Strong quake hits eastern Japan, no damage reported

A strong earthquake struck the coast of eastern Japan on Friday, though there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The shallow 6.4 magnitude quake hit at 9:14 am, about 150 kilometres east-southeast of Katsuura city.
2016-09-23 02:58:09 Read More

Strong quake hits eastern Japan, no damage reported

Pakistan's bogus claims exposed by own media

An embarrassing flub on social media by Pakistanâ€™s UN Envoy Maleeha Lodhi, after she tweeted ''Entering the UN for the PMâ€™s ACTRESS to the GAâ€ set the tone for a disastrous day for Pakistan in New York after it tried to up the stakes against India over the ''Kashmir issue.''
2016-09-22 17:01:56 Read More

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Video shows cop pepper spraying 15-yr-old girl

Police in Maryland have released body-camera video of an officer pepper-spraying a 15-year-old girl in a police cruiser when she refused to put her feet inside. Police say the girl was charged as a juvenile with assault and disorderly conduct.
2016-09-22 15:51:51 Read More

Trump calls for racial unity, embraces 'stop and frisk'

Lamenting a "lack of spirit" between whites and blacks, Donald Trump encouraged racial unity on Thursday even as he called for one of the nation's largest cities to adopt "stop and frisk" policing tactics that have been widely condemned as racial profiling by minority leaders.
2016-09-22 14:53:41 Read More

Refugees in Greece live in 'appalling conditions'

Most of the roughly 60,000 refugees and other migrants stranded in Greece are living in "appalling conditions" and face "immense and avoidable suffering," rights group Amnesty International said in a report on Thursday slamming Europe's response to the refugee crisis.
2016-09-22 14:34:19 Read More

Pak has 'nothing to gain' from Uri attack, says Foreign Office

Pakistan on Thursday rejected allegations of its involvement in the assault on an army camp in Uri town in Kashmir that killed at least 18 soldiers, saying it has "nothing to gain" from this attack.
2016-09-22 12:35:17 Read More

UN resumes Syria aid delivery to besieged area

A United Nations aid convoy was due to deliver aid on Thursday to besieged areas near the Syrian capital after a 48-hour suspension to review security guarantees in the wake of a deadly attack on relief trucks near Aleppo.
2016-09-22 10:11:53 Read More

UN resumes Syria aid delivery to besieged area

26 dead, 19 missing in Indonesian landslides, floods

The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in Indonesia has risen to 26, an official said on Thursday, with hopes fading for 19 others still missing.
2016-09-22 06:46:48 Read More

Obama set to veto 9/11 victims' bid to sue Saudis

President Barack Obama is poised to veto legislation exposing Saudi Arabia to court action over the 9/11 attacks, stepping in to defend legal precedent and an awkward ally, but inviting election-time opprobrium.
2016-09-22 04:36:50 Read More

Emergency declared in Charlotte after deadly police shooting

North Carolina governor declares state of emergency following renewed clashes on Wednesday in the southern US city of Charlotte in a second night of unrest ignited by the fatal police shooting of a black man.
2016-09-22 03:36:04 Read More

IS suspected of chemical attack at US forces in Iraq

A rocket fired by Islamic State militants at US forces in Iraq may have carried a chemical agent, a US defense official said on Wednesday. No one was injured in Tuesday's blast and no one showed any immediate signs of exposure.
2016-09-22 02:56:25 Read More

Donald Trump praises 'stop-and-frisk' police tactic

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, in remarks at an African-American church on Wednesday, praised "stop-and-frisk" policing methods that have aroused protests and successful legal challenges, for singling out minorities.
2016-09-22 02:43:35 Read More

Pak nukes come under scrutiny amid tensions with India

Pakistanâ€™s nuclear weapons program is coming under renewed scrutiny and pressure from the United States, Japan, and other aid givers this week even as the countryâ€™s nervous leaders are rattling their atomic arsenal, fearing retribution from India for the Uri terrorist attack.
2016-09-21 16:58:09 Read More

Pak nukes come under scrutiny amid tensions with India

Canada schools evacuated over bomb threats

Some 60 schools and universities in eastern Canada were evacuated Wednesday over a series of bomb threats, including one received by police, that appeared to have been bogus. No bombs were found, but administrators said the schools would remain closed throughout the day.
2016-09-21 16:42:33 Read More

Migrant boat capsizes off Egypt coast killing 29

A boat carrying around 600 migrants has capsized off the Egyptian coast, killing at least 29 people, security sources and local officials told Reuters on Wednesday. Rescue workers have saved 150 people.
2016-09-21 13:26:42 Read More

Blur images of new S China Sea facilities: Taiwan

Taiwan's defence ministry said on Wednesday it is asking Google to blur satellite images showing what experts say appear to be new military installations on Itu Aba, Taipei's sole holding in the disputed South China Sea.
2016-09-21 11:10:06 Read More

Blur images of new S China Sea facilities: Taiwan

US flies bombers over S Korea again in show of force

The United States on Wednesday flew a pair of supersonic bombers over ally South Korea for the second time in as many weeks in a show of force following North Korea's latest nuclear test earlier this month.
2016-09-21 07:34:36 Read More

US portrays NY bomb suspect as jihadist who praised bin Laden

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged the Afghan-born man suspected of weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey with 10 counts including use of weapons of mass destruction, portraying him as a jihadist who begged for martyrdom and praised Osama bin Laden.
2016-09-21 04:59:12 Read More

Syria aid halted as US, Russia wrangle over air strike

Syria plunged back into bloodshed on Tuesday as the UN suspended aid convoys and the United States and Russia wrangled over the blame for air strikes that shattered a short-lived truce.
2016-09-21 04:12:02 Read More

U2 spy plane crash in California kills pilot, injures another

One American pilot was killed and another injured when they ejected from a U-2 spy plane shortly before it crashed in Northern California on Tuesday morning, the US Air Force said. The plane crashed shortly after taking off from Beale Air Force Base on a training mission around 9 a.m.
2016-09-21 03:56:47 Read More

FBI: NY suspect's father contacted the feds in 2014

The father of the man suspected in the weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey called the FBI in 2014 to say his son was a terrorist but later retracted it, saying he meant the young man was hanging out with gangs and acting like a thug, a law enforcement official said on Tuesday.
2016-09-20 17:02:11 Read More

6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck in the early hours of Wednesday to the southeast of Japan's main island of Honshu, the US Geological Survey said. The quake had a depth of 33km and occurred nearly 400km (250 miles) from the Izu islands just southeast of Honshu.
2016-09-20 16:53:57 Read More

Jordanians elect new parliament in cautious reform move

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2016-09-20 16:50:02 Read More

Jordanians elect new parliament in cautious reform move

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2016-09-20 16:50:02 Read More

Typhoon Malakas hits southern Japan, heading toward Tokyo

A strong typhoon made landfall on southwestern Japan on Tuesday, bringing heavy rain that caused floods, forcing flight cancellations and prompting local authorities to issue evacuation advisories for more than 600,000 residents.
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Air strikes hit aid convoy as Syria says ceasefire over

Syrian or Russian aircraft struck an aid convoy near Aleppo on Monday and killed 12 people, according to a war monitor, as the Syrian military declared a one-week truce brokered by the United States and Russia over.
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Air strikes hit aid convoy as Syria says ceasefire over

Amal Clooney discusses effort to legally fight IS

Amal Clooney is pushing for the United Nations to investigate and prosecute Islamic State group commanders for genocide. The UN estimates that some 5,000 Yazidi men have been killed by IS group militants and thousands more people have been taken into captivity.
2016-09-19 16:56:08 Read More

Nawaz Sharif writes to UN Security Council's Big 5 on Kashmir

Pakistanâ€™s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has written to leaders of Permanent members of the UN Security Council (China, France, Russian Federation, UK and the USA) seeking intervention to resolve the Jammu and Kashmir dispute.
2016-09-19 16:38:18 Read More

World leaders adopt breakthrough declaration on refugees

Leaders from 193 countries on Monday adopted a "breakthrough" declaration to save lives of over 65 million refugees and migrants and share responsibility as the world grapples with the unprecedented refugee crisis.
2016-09-19 15:10:02 Read More

Trump treats presidential race as 'infomercial': Obama

US President Barack Obama on Monday blasted Republican nominee Donald Trump, saying he treats the presidential race as an "infomercial" and shows no interest in gaining "rudimentary knowledge" required to make "hard decisions" on the job.
2016-09-19 06:05:22 Read More

UN holds first-ever summit on refugees and migrants

The issue of what to do about the world's 65.3 million displaced people takes center stage at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday when leaders from around the globe converge on New York for the first-ever summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants.
2016-09-19 04:27:27 Read More

UN holds first-ever summit on refugees and migrants

Pro-Putin party wins Russian parliamentary election

Allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin comfortably won a parliamentary election, early results showed on Monday, but low turnout suggested a softening of enthusiasm for the ruling elite 18 months before the next presidential election.
2016-09-19 03:00:06 Read More

Merkel's party suffers rout in Berlin state election

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party suffered its second electoral blow in two weeks on Sunday, slumping to its lowest level since 1990 in a Berlin state vote that rejected her open-door refugee policy.
2016-09-19 02:54:52 Read More

IS downs Syrian warplane, pilot killed: Reports

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Faulty coffee machine forces Lufthansa emergency landing

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Faulty coffee machine forces Lufthansa emergency landing

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Russia votes in parliamentary polls with Putin secure

The nationwide elections follow several years of tumult that have seen the country annex Crimea from Ukraine, lurch into its worst stand-off with the West since the Cold War, plunge into economic crisis and launch a military campaign in Syria.
2016-09-18 10:02:14 Read More

Syrian army regains areas lost to IS after airstrike

Syria's state news agency has reported that troops have regained control of areas they lost to the Islamic State group in the east of the country after an airstrike by the US-led coalition. The US military said it may have unintentionally struck Syrian troops while carrying out a raid against IS.
2016-09-18 09:11:34 Read More

Eight injured in Minnesota mall stabbing

At least eight people were injured after a stabbing attack at a Minnesota shopping mall which ended with the suspected attacker dead inside the mall. St Cloud is about 112.65 kilometers northwest of Minneapolis.
2016-09-18 05:45:50 Read More

Obama urges black voters to protect his legacy

President Barack Obama said on Saturday night he will take it as a "personal insult" if the African-American community fails to turn out for the presidential election, encouraging black voters to support Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
2016-09-18 04:29:13 Read More

Obama urges black voters to protect his legacy

New York blast injures 29, no terror link

An explosion rocked New York's neighborhood of Chelsea on Saturday wounding 29 people but with no apparent terror connection at this point, officials said. Police said the specific cause of the explosion, which occurred on the street at around 8:30pm (0030 GMT) was not clear.
2016-09-18 04:08:21 Read More

Syrian army says US jets bombed it in support of IS

Syria's army general command said warplanes from the US-led coalition fighting against Islamic State bombed a Syrian army position at Jebel Tharda near Deir al-Zor airport at 5 PM on Saturday, state media reported.
2016-09-17 17:51:45 Read More

US: Police shoot and kill African-American man

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Solution to Madhesi problem soon: Nepal PM

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Pakistan court orders confiscation of Musharraf's property

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US 'responsible' if Syrian ceasefire fails: Russia

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Bangladesh, Canada to discuss extradition of Mujib's killer

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Munich's Oktoberfest opens amid tight security

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Pak PM Nawaz Sharif leaves for US to attend UNGA meet

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Iran denies that EU has demanded centrifuge details

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Putin says Syria rebels using truce to regroup

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said Moscow is holding to its part of the Syria agreement, with the regime army "fully abiding" by the truce, but accused the rebels of using it to "regroup."
2016-09-17 09:46:13 Read More

US Air Force grounds F-35 fighters

The US Air Force has grounded 13 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35A Lightning II aircraft after discovering peeling and crumbling insulation in avionics cooling lines inside the fuel tanks, an Air Force spokeswoman said.
2016-09-17 06:30:35 Read More

IS sex slavery survivor named UN goodwill envoy

Nadia Murad Basee Taha, a 23-year-old Yazidi woman, on Friday called for justice for the victims of the jihadist group and argued that the 2014 attack on the Yazidis should be recognised as a genocide.
2016-09-17 05:18:02 Read More

Toll rises to 15 after typhoon lashes China, Taiwan

Chinese authorities say 13 people have died in the eastern provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang since Typhoon Meranti made landfall early Thursday, with another 14 people still missing. Taiwanese officials have reported two dead.
2016-09-17 03:53:33 Read More

Michelle makes campaign trail debut for Clinton

Stepping deeper into the political fray, Michelle Obama on Saturday warned young voters against being "tired or turned off" in the 2016 election. She urged them to rally behind Hillary Clinton. This rally in Virginia was Ms. Obama's first solo campaign event for Clinton.
2016-09-17 02:49:14 Read More

Michelle makes campaign trail debut for Clinton

Donald Trump goes Presidential before "press"ing self-destruct

Improved chances of actually winning the White House has led the Trump campaign to persuade its maverick candidate to increasingly adopt a Presidential manner, including rolling back some of his wackier ideas and curtailing abrasive and red-blooded rhetoric.
2016-09-16 16:54:42 Read More

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Swedish appeals court upholds detention order for Assange

The decision by the Svea Court of Appeal means that the arrest warrant stands for the 45-year-old computer hacker, who has avoided extradition to Sweden by seeking shelter at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since 2012.
2016-09-16 10:29:01 Read More

Would label China as currency manipulator: Trump

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said, if elected, he would label China as currency manipulator and apply countervailing duties until the country ceases its illegal trade activities.
2016-09-16 05:58:14 Read More

8 dead after typhoon hits China, Taiwan

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Trump now believes President Obama was born in US

Donald Trump's campaign spokesman says the Republican presidential candidate now believes President Barack Obama was born in the United States, despite the candidate's repeated refusal to say so himself.
2016-09-16 05:02:22 Read More

Trump now believes President Obama was born in US

British envoy to Saudi Arabia converts to Islam, performs Haj

Simon Collis, Britain's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, has performed Haj after recently converting to Islam. Collis has been posted in Riyadh, the capital of the Arab kingdom, since 2015. He is the first British ambassador to perform Haj.
2016-09-16 03:55:31 Read More

Edward Snowden wasn't a whistleblower: US panel

A US House committee issued a scathing report accusing NSA contractor Edward Snowden of lying about his background and feuding with co-workers, on top of leaking classified information that caused 'tremendous' damage to national security.
2016-09-16 03:48:49 Read More

London mayor Sadiq Khan backs Clinton for US president

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London mayor Sadiq Khan backs Clinton for US president

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Prince Charles in car crash with deer on Queen's estate

Britain's Prince Charles was reportedly involved in a car crash with a deer on his mother Queen Elizabeth II's estate in Scotland, a media report said today.
2016-09-15 16:08:59 Read More

UK approves stalled Chinese-funded nuclear power plant deal

The British government on Thursday approved the construction of the country's first new nuclear power plant in more than two decades, a French and Chinese-backed project that had prompted high-level fears about national security.
2016-09-15 12:53:08 Read More

'I want Apple': Myanmar abuzz over end of US sanctions

Myanmar cheered a US promise to end sanctions on Thursday, with residents in its commercial capital clamouring for American brands while politicians and business moguls heralded a new era of transparency and trade.
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235,000 Libyan migrants ready to head to Italy: UN

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Germans, asylum-seekers clash in Bautzen town

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Pastor interrupts Trump to halt attack on Clinton

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Animal sacrifices turn Dhaka streets into rivers of blood

Large-scale animal sacrifices marking the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha combined with heavy rains have turned the streets of Bangladesh's capital into rivers of blood.
2016-09-15 03:59:33 Read More

6 killed, 150 injured in Pakistan train collision

At least six people were killed and more than 150 injured today when a Karachi-bound passenger train collided with a freight train near Multan in Pakistan's Punjab province. The incident took place near Bucch railway station in Sher Shah area.
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6 killed, 150 injured in Pakistan train collision

Hillary Clinton fit to serve, says doctor

Hoping to put the issue of her health behind her as she gets ready to return to the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday released an updated review of her physical fitness and details about a recent bout of pneumonia. "She is recovering well," said her doctor.
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Hillary Clinton fit to serve, says doctor

Barack Obama vows to lift Myanmar sanctions

President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that the US is lifting economic sanctions and restoring trade benefits to former pariah state Myanmar as he met with Aung San Suu Kyi, a former political prisoner who is now the nation's de facto leader.
2016-09-14 18:59:12 Read More

Russia urges Syrian rebels to separate from 'terrorists'

Russia said on Wednesday that separating Syrian rebels from 'terrorists' is a "key task" to ensure that the Russia-US-brokered cease-fire continues to hold in Syria, where a relative calm has prevailed since the truce went into effect two days ago.
2016-09-14 14:28:25 Read More

Maldives' first democratic president allies with ex-strongman

orters via Skype on Tuesday night, Mohamed Nasheed answered "Yes" when asked if he has an understanding with his predecessor to be part of his grand opposition coalition formed to unseat President Yameen Abdul Gayoom. He said he doesn't want to reveal details of the discussions.
2016-09-14 14:21:08 Read More

EU chief appeals for more unity in Europe rife with division

With Britain walking away and some eastern nations routinely showing open hostility, the European Union's chief painted a bleak picture on Wednesday of the bloc and implored the 27 remaining nations to stop bickering at a time when ever more people question its relevance.
2016-09-14 14:14:03 Read More

Suu Kyi to meet Obama in Washington for first time as Myanmar leader

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi meets with President Barack Obama on Wednesday in her first visit to the United States since her party won a sweeping victory in last year's election, capping a decades-long journey from political prisoner to national leader.
2016-09-14 11:27:10 Read More

US concerned over Chinese money in Australian politics

The American ambassador to Australia has voiced US concerns over China's impact on Australian politics, saying the United States wants the system reformed to remove the influence of Chinese political donations.
2016-09-14 07:36:14 Read More

China warns Taiwan against permitting Dalai Lama visit

China on Wednesday warned Taiwan against allowing exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to visit, after a high-profile Taiwan legislator invited him to the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own.
2016-09-14 07:32:23 Read More

New York launches inquiry into Trump foundation

New York state's top law enforcement official said on Tuesday he has opened an investigation into the Donald J Trump Foundation, citing worries the Republican presidential nominee's charity has been involved in "impropriety."
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New York launches inquiry into Trump foundation

Super Typhoon Meranti hits Taiwan

Tens of thousands of homes lost power across Taiwan on Wednesday as Super Typhoon Meranti hit the island, a storm seen as the strongest in the world so far this year, forcing schools and businesses to close and flights to be cancelled.
2016-09-14 04:36:22 Read More

5.9 earthquake strikes Colombian city of Medellin

A shallow, 5.9 magnitude earthquake rattled residents of Colombia's second-largest city of Medellin in the country's biggest tremor in over a year. Colombia's natural disaster office said there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
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Clinton to return to campaign trail on Thursday

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will return to the White House campaign trail on Thursday after taking a few days of rest to recover from pneumonia, her campaign has said.
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Israel ex-president Shimon Peres suffers 'major' stroke

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Obama hits at 'unfair' criticism of Hillary Clinton

President Barack Obama made his 2016 solo debut in support of Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, hitting out at "unfair" criticism of the pneumonia-stricken Democratic presidential nominee. He will also campaign for her on Wednesday in Las Vegas.
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Chinese daily warns of setbacks to China-Pak corridor

China may slow down implementation of the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) because of security concerns. A Chinese newspaper has that the two countries should be prepared for "potential setbacks" in what is China's most ambitious overseas project.
2016-09-13 19:42:02 Read More

Trump presidency could cost US economy $1 trillion: Oxford Economics

While the firm said Trump's policies - including more protectionist trade measures, tax cuts and mass deportation of illegal immigrants - may be watered down in negotiations with Congress, they could have "adverse" consequences.
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Coalition planes destroy IS chemical factory in Iraq

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Germany arrests three IS suspects with 'links' to Paris attackers

German police Tuesday arrested three men with forged Syrian passports accused of being Islamic State (IS) militants and labelled a possible "sleeper cell" with links to the Paris attackers. They left Syria last October and travelled via Turkey and Greece.
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UK parliament may have to ratify Brexit legislation: Minister

Britain's parliament may well have to ratify part of the legislation needed for the country to exit the European Union, Brexit minister David Davis told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday.
2016-09-13 14:45:54 Read More

Growing number of countries refusing to cooperate on rights: UN

"States may shut my office out, but they will not shut us up; neither will they blind us," UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said, opening the 32nd session of the UN Human Rights Council.
2016-09-13 11:45:30 Read More

China, Vietnam to 'properly manage' differences over South China Sea

China and Vietnam have agreed to "properly manage" their differences over territorial disputes in the South China Sea and "safeguard stability." The decision came after talks between Vietnamese Premier Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang
2016-09-13 11:41:04 Read More

Obama hits campaign trail for Clinton in Philadelphia

President Barack Obama is hitting the campaign trail to rally support for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania, a state that has served as a firewall for her party in the past six general elections but is now viewed as competitive.
2016-09-13 07:38:05 Read More

Eid day suicide attack injures 10 in Pakistan: Officials

At least 10 people, including two policemen, were injured on Tuesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shia mosque during Eid-ul Azha prayers in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.
2016-09-13 06:46:47 Read More

Obama believes Clinton best person to lead US

US President Barack Obama believes that Hillary Clinton is the best person to lead the country, the White House has said. Later this week, Obama is slated to do a major fund-raiser and hold rallies in support of Clinton.
2016-09-13 04:08:33 Read More

Brazil ousts lawmaker behind Rousseff impeachment

Brazil's lower house of Congress voted overwhelmingly late on Monday to strip the legislative seat of its former speaker Eduardo Cunha amid accusations of corruption and obstruction of justice. The Chamber of Deputies voted 450 to 10 to remove Eduardo Cunha after hours of debate.
2016-09-13 03:05:27 Read More

US flies bombers over S Korea in show of force against North

USA sent nuclear-capable supersonic bombers streaking over ally South Korea in a show of force meant to cow North Korea after its recent nuclear test and also to settle rattled nerves in the South. The B-1B bombers flew over Osan Air Base, which is 120 kilometers from the border with North.
2016-09-13 02:38:58 Read More

IS spokesman al-Adnani killed in US air strike

The Pentagon has confirmed that a US air strike killed Islamic State leader and spokesman Abu Mohamed al-Adnani in northern Syria last month. The August 30 air strike was conducted by a Predator drone, which fired a Hellfire missile at the car Adnani was traveling in.
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Former British PM Cameron resigns from parliament

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Hillary's health becomes hot button issue in election

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Hillary Clinton falls sick at 9/11 ceremony

A brief episode of what was said to be heat exhaustion suffered by Hillary Clinton during a 9/11 memorial event in New York City could finally ignite debate about her health, something Trump Republicans have repeatedly tried to kindle over the past few days.
2016-09-11 18:47:23 Read More

Turkish warplanes kill 20 Islamic State group fighters

Turkey's military said on Sunday that its warplanes killed 20 Islamic State group fighters in an attack on targets in northern Syria, while Turkey's president renewed a pledge to destroy the group.
2016-09-11 16:16:30 Read More

Tanzania earthquake toll climbs to 14 dead, 200 injured

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake that struck northwest Tanzania, close to Lake Victoria and the borders of Uganda and Rwanda, has killed at least 14 people and injured 200, local authorities said on Sunday.
2016-09-11 13:54:21 Read More

Britons may need visas to visit EU after Brexit

Britain's immigration minister says UK citizens may have to pay for visas to visit European Union nations after the country leaves the bloc. Home Secretary Amber Rudd said that would not be desirable, "but we don't rule it out."
2016-09-11 13:22:27 Read More

Iranian forces kill 4 Sunni militants near Pakistan border

Air strikes have killed dozens in rebel-held parts of Syria as the opposition considers whether to join a US-Russia truce deal due to take effect on Monday. Reports said 12 civilians were killed in unidentified strikes on several neighbourhoods of Aleppo city.
2016-09-11 13:20:11 Read More

US 'concerned' as Turkey removes 28 mayors

The US Embassy in Ankara said on Sunday it was concerned by reports of clashes in southeastern Turkey, after a government decision to remove mayors in two dozen municipalities on suspicion of links to Kurdish militants.
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Dozens dead as raids pound rebel-held parts in Syria

Four Chinese vessels sailed into territorial waters around disputed islands in the East China Sea, Japan said on Sunday, as Tokyo attempts to engage with Beijing to press North Korea over its latest nuclear test.
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Chinese ships sail near disputed islands: Japan

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said there would be new attacks in France, and two attacks were foiled last week itself. Paris was put on high alert last week when French officials said they dismantled a "terrorist cell" that planned to attack a railway station under the direction of IS.
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2 terror attacks foiled this week: French PM

China and Russia will hold an eight-day joint naval exercise from tomorrow in the contentious South China Sea, the first drill by any country in the contested waters since an international tribunal rejected Beijing's historic claims to the resource-rich sea.
2016-09-11 12:21:01 Read More

Russia-China to hold joint naval exercise in South China Sea

China and Russia will hold an eight- day joint naval exercise from tomorrow in the contentious South China Sea, the first drill by any country in the contested waters since an international tribunal rejected Beijing's historic claims to the resource-rich sea.
2016-09-11 08:50:07 Read More

Clinton regrets calling 'half' of Trump backers 'deplorable'

Hillary Clinton said Saturday she regretted saying that half of Donald Trump's supporters belong in a "basket of deplorables" - a remark the billionaire Republican slammed as her "worst mistake of the political season."
2016-09-11 06:49:14 Read More

Militant suspected in Bangladesh cafe attack killed himself: Police

The July attack in Dhaka's diplomatic quarter was claimed by the Middle Eastern jihadist group Islamic State and was one of the most brazen in Bangladesh, hit by a spate of killings of liberals and members of religious minorities in the past year.
2016-09-11 06:13:18 Read More

United States marks 15th anniversary of 9/11

The United States marks the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Sunday with solemn services to commemorate the victims of the deadliest terror strikes on US soil, which changed the world forever.
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Fifteen years after 9/11, America in perpetual war

The 9/11 attacks of 2001 forever changed America and upended its foreign and national security policy, leaving the country in a war against jihadists for the past 15 years, without ending the upheaval in the Middle East.
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Fifteen years after 9/11, America in perpetual war

Two bomb blasts outside a shopping mall in central Baghdad claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 13 people, security and medical officials said on Saturday. The jihadist group issued an online statement on the attack, saying it targeted Shiites and was carried out by two Iraqi suicide bombers
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Syrian opposition hopes Russia-US deal will aid civilians

A senior member of the main Syrian opposition umbrella group said on Saturday it hopes a new US-Russian agreement will be enforced in order to ease the suffering of civilians while an official with al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria vowed to retaliate throughout the world if the Americans and Russians target them.
2016-09-10 13:14:31 Read More

13 killed in IS bombings near Baghdad mall

6.1 magnitude earthquake hits northern Peru

The US Geological Survey reports that northern Peru has been jolted by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from Saturday's tremor at 1008 GMT.
2016-09-10 11:42:47 Read More

Iran begins work on 2nd nuclear power plant

Iran began building its second nuclear power plant with Russian help on Saturday, the first such project since last year's landmark nuclear deal with world powers, state TV reported. The project will eventually include two power plants expected to go online in 10 years.
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N Korea says won't submit to US nuclear 'blackmail'

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N Korea says won't submit to US nuclear 'blackmail'

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Nearly 1.5 million people begin annual hajj in Saudi Arabia

Nearly 1.5 million Muslims begin the annual hajj in western Saudi Arabia on Saturday, undeterred by a stampede which last year killed around 2,300 people. Tens of thousands of Iranians are absent due tensions between their Shiite nation and Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia.
2016-09-10 06:27:31 Read More

Al-Qaida chief threatens 'thousands' of 9/11 attacks

Addressing the United States in a video message posted on YouTube on Thursday, Al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri blamed 9/11 on "your crimes against us". He said that if these continue, 9/11 "will be repeated thousands of times".
2016-09-10 04:45:19 Read More

US, Russia seal Syria ceasefire, new military partnership

After weeks of negotiations, the US and Russia finally reached an agreement on ceasefire in Syria which could possibly bring the two countries together in the fight against Islamic State.
2016-09-10 02:03:22 Read More

Norway leader joins 'napalm girl' protest against Facebook

Norway's prime minister on Friday challenged Facebook's restrictions on nude photos by posting an iconic 1972 image of a naked, screaming girl running from a napalm attack in Vietnam. Facebook quickly deleted it.
2016-09-09 12:48:24 Read More

China lodges diplomatic protest with N Korea

"Firmly opposing" North Korea's fifth nuclear test, close ally China on Friday lodged a diplomatic protest with the reclusive state and asked it to honour its commitment to denuclearization and halt any move that could "aggravate the situation."
2016-09-09 12:45:17 Read More

Russia holds large-scale military drills in Crimea

Russia has deployed cruise missiles, multiple rocket launchers, tanks and its latest anti-aircraft system at massive military drills in Crimea. Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in April 2014 and since then has sent thousands of troops and heavy weaponry there.
2016-09-09 11:56:16 Read More

Morocco's selfie king causes online stir

Smiling and relaxed, Morocco's King Mohammed VI wears a psychedelic T-shirt and jeans as he poses with an admirer in Paris. It's a far cry from the traditional pomp of Morocco's royal court, but pictures of the king casually posing with his subjects are doing the rounds on social media.
2016-09-09 11:48:46 Read More

At least 3 dead as train derails in Spain: authorities

A train derailed in northwestern Spain on Friday, leaving at least three people dead and several injured, the rail company and regional authorities in Galicia said. The train was travelling from the Galician town of Vigo to the city of Porto in Portugal.
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At least 3 dead as train derails in Spain: authorities

French police shoot, arrest 'IS' gas car suspect

French police investigating a car containing six gas cylinders in Paris have arrested three female suspects said to have been planning fresh attacks, shooting one of them in the process. A police officer also suffered a knife wound during the arrest late on Thursday.
2016-09-09 07:36:25 Read More

North Korea's latest nuclear test: Q&A

North Korea conducted a fifth nuclear test on Friday, an underground blast that Seoul quickly labelled its "most powerful to date".
2016-09-09 05:19:01 Read More

Trump campaign raises $90m in August

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign has raised $90 million in August - of which the real estate tycoon himself contributed more than half, but still remains short of $140 million raised by his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton's campaign.
2016-09-09 04:53:24 Read More

Obama: Will use all means to protect South Korea

South Korea's presidential office said on Friday US President Barack Obama had indicated he would take every action under a mutual defence treaty with the South, including providing its nuclear umbrella, to protect Seoul from any North Korean threat.
2016-09-09 04:49:46 Read More

N Korea's test act of 'self-destruction': S Korea

The impoverished but nuclear-armed North staged its fifth nuclear test Friday morning, she said in a statement, describing it as a "grave challenge" to the international community.
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HC strikes down AAP govt's appointment of 21 parliamentary secys

In a major setback to the Arvind Kejriwal government, the Delhi high court on Thursday set aside its decision to appoint 21 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs as parliamentary secretaries on the ground that it lacked the LG's approval.
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HC strikes down AAP govt's appointment of 21 parliamentary secys

'Hunting down IS leader should be top priority'

Hillary Clinton called on Thursday for the United States to track down and kill Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as it did Osama Bin laden, insisting her Republican rival Donald Trump has no plan to defeat the jihadists.
2016-09-08 14:56:34 Read More

'What is Aleppo?' asks US Libertarian candidate

Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party candidate in the 2016 US presidential race, was questioned about a major flashpoint of the Syrian civil war on Thursday and asked, "What is Aleppo?" "About Aleppo. And what is Aleppo?" he responded.
2016-09-08 14:49:00 Read More

Clinton blasts Trump's comments on military generals

Hillary Clinton blasted Donald Trump on Thursday for his condemnation of American military generals and his praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying he has "failed" at proving he can be commander in chief.
2016-09-08 14:30:58 Read More

China fails to put a high-tech satellite into orbit

China on Thursday failed to put one of the most advanced satellites into orbit resulting in the loss of the satellite, a media report said. The rocket failed to insert its payload into its designated orbit, in what would be the first such failure since 2013. However, there has been no official announcement
2016-09-08 14:21:27 Read More

Kazakhstan shifts PM to security chief

Kazakhstan's ageing President Nursultan Nazarbayev shifted longtime ally Karim Massimov from prime minister to security chief, amid speculation over the authoritarian leader's eventual successor. Deputy Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev has temporarily assumed Massimov's role.
2016-09-08 13:05:37 Read More

China appreciates Putin's position on South China Sea issue

China values Russian President Vladimir Putin's position on the South China Sea issue, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. "President Putin's position shows Russia to be objective and fair, and represents the voices of justice from the international community," Xinhua news agency quoted spokesperson Hua Chunying as saying.
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Heavy fighting as Taliban breach southern Afghan city

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Heavy fighting as Taliban breach southern Afghan city

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Obama, Duterte briefly meet in Laos in a sign of thaw

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Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam at court for questioning

Abdeslam, 26, who has twice refused to answer anti-terror judges' questions since he was transferred to France from Belgium in April, was brought to the court in a heavily guarded convoy.
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US will go after Baghdadi same way as Laden: Clinton

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British MP hits out at 'racist' Air China London tips

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British MP hits out at 'racist' Air China London tips

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'China building islands secretly in South China Sea'

Beijing came under pressure at an Asian summit on Wednesday for building islands "illegally" in the South China Sea, after the Philippines produced evidence showing construction activity at a flashpoint shoal.
2016-09-08 01:03:00 Read More

US warns Russia against interfering with Western politics

US Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Wednesday warned Russia against interfering with Western "democratic processes" and accused Moscow of aggressive behaviour aimed at eroding the international order.
2016-09-07 15:56:05 Read More

Turkey, US 'ready to work' on ousting IS from Raqa

Washington and Ankara are ready to work together to push Islamic State jihadists out of their de facto capital of Raqa in northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in comments published on Wednesday.
2016-09-07 15:43:58 Read More

Fighting displaces 100,000 in central Syria in 8 days: UN

Intense fighting between Syrian government troops and insurgents in Syria's central Hama province displaced some 100,000 people over eight days between late August and early September, the UN humanitarian agency said.
2016-09-07 12:49:16 Read More

Britain to build 13-foot high wall to stop migrants

Britain is to start building a wall in the northern French port of Calais to stop migrants jumping on trucks, under a deal agreed earlier this year, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.The four-metre high, one-kilometre long barrier will be completed by the end of this year, officials said.
2016-09-07 12:46:03 Read More

Britain to build 13-foot high wall to stop migrants

Japan pledges $440 million to bolster Asia's anti-terrorism steps

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged $440 million on Wednesday to help Asian countries strengthen counter-terrorism measures, a government spokesperson said, as the region sees a surge in large-scale attacks.
2016-09-07 11:27:43 Read More

Conducted strikes against Somalia last week: US

The US military conducted two strikes in southern Somalia early this week that killed four al-Qaida-linked al Shabaab militants involved in attacks on Somali government troops, a US military spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
2016-09-07 11:13:37 Read More

Car containing gas cylinders found near Paris's Notre Dame cathedral

Two suspects were in custody on Wednesday after French police found several gas cylinders in a car near Notre Dame cathedral, sources close to the investigation said. Anti-terror prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation, the sources said, adding that no detonators were found in the car.
2016-09-07 11:06:35 Read More

Japan 'concerned' by South China Sea tension

Japan is "seriously concerned" about Beijing's increasingly muscular claims in the South China Sea, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Asian leaders on Wednesday. "I hope that both parties to the dispute in the South China Sea will abide by the ruling by the China-Philippines tribunal court..." he said
2016-09-07 10:56:43 Read More

Malaysia-bound flight ended up in Melbourne due to wrong inputs

A Malaysia-bound AirAsia X plane which took off from Sydney ended up in Melbourne instead after the pilot entered the aircraft's wrong longitudinal position, safety officials revealed Wednesday.
2016-09-07 08:51:36 Read More

'IS-affiliate group behind Kyrgyzstan Chinese embassy attack'

Kyrgyzstan has said the recent bomb attack at Chinese Embassy in the country was carried out by the ETIM, a separatist group from China's Xinjiang province, confirming Beijing's apprehensions that the terror outfit affiliated to the Islamic State is targeting its interests abroad.
2016-09-07 07:52:03 Read More

'IS-affiliate group behind Kyrgyzstan Chinese embassy attack'

Threat of 'lone wolf' IS attacks real, says Aus PM

The threat of a terror attack in Australia is "real", Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said after the so-called Islamic State group urged followers to target Sydney's beachside Bondi and the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
2016-09-07 04:13:09 Read More

Threat of 'lone wolf' IS attacks real, says Aus PM

Syrian forces accused of using chemical weapons in Aleppo

Syrian activists and rescue workers in the rebel-held part of the contested city of Aleppo said that government warplanes dropped suspected chlorine bombs Tuesday on a crowded neighborhood, injuring dozens.
2016-09-07 02:29:44 Read More

Gang downs helicopter carrying police in Mexico, 4 dead

Suspected gang members shot down a helicopter in a clash with police in restive western Mexico on Tuesday, killing four people.
2016-09-07 01:42:04 Read More

Iranian attack boats harass US patrol ship: Pentagon

Seven Iranian military boats harassed a US patrol ship in international waters in the Persian Gulf over the weekend in yet another "unsafe and unprofessional" interaction, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
2016-09-06 17:41:04 Read More

Iranian attack boats harass US patrol ship: Pentagon

Suu Kyi to visit US 'next week': Barack Obama

Myanmar's newly installed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi will visit the United States next week, US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday. Obama and Suu Kyi first met in 2012 shortly after the veteran dissident was released from house arrest.
2016-09-06 13:16:46 Read More

First UN food aid in 2 yrs reaches over 30,000 Iraqis

The UN has said on Tuesday it has delivered food supplies to more than 30,000 residents of Qayyarah in Iraq for the first time in two years after Iraqi forces expelled jihadists from the northern town.
2016-09-06 12:16:47 Read More

Paris to open first refugee camp mid-October

Paris will open its first refugee camp in mid-October, Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Tuesday, announcing a centre solely for men with an initial capacity of 400. The emergency centre aims to replace the makeshift camps that keep springing up around the city.
2016-09-06 10:55:35 Read More

BA passengers stranded as glitch hits worldwide check-ins

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2016-09-06 10:27:22 Read More

Obama says provocations will deepen North Korea isolation

North Korea yesterday test-fired three ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, a new show of force as Obama, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders met at the G20 summit in China.
2016-09-06 09:50:27 Read More

Japan to provide surveillance planes, patrol ships to Philippines

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Japan to provide surveillance planes, patrol ships to Philippines

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IS car bombing kills at least 12 in Baghdad

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G20 a success for China, but hard issues kicked down the road

China is lauding its successful hosting of the G20 summit in scenic Hangzhou, with open confrontation largely avoided and broad consensus reached over the fragile state of the global economy and the need for a wide range of policies to fix it.
2016-09-06 04:39:15 Read More

North Korea leader hails missiles, calls for nuclear build-up

Kim Jong-Un labelled North Korea's latest missile tests "perfect" as he called for state to build up its nuclear arsenal. Hours before the UN Security Council was set to meet to discuss Pyongyang's latest military provocation, Kim-Jon-Un hailed Monday's firing of 3 mid-range weapons.
2016-09-06 04:35:23 Read More

Refrain from provocative actions: US to N Korea

USA have asked N Korea to refrain from provocative actions as it condemned the latter's launch of 3 ballistic missiles into Sea of Japan, even as G20 Summit was underway. "Today's reckless launches by North Korea threaten civil aviation and maritime commerce in the region," US state department said.
2016-09-06 03:13:10 Read More

Clinton says she won't go to Mexico before election day

"We understand and respect her decision to propose the time to hold a meeting," said Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu in a tweet, adding that contact with Clinton's campaign was ongoing.
2016-09-06 03:05:08 Read More

Clinton rejects Mexico invitation after Trump's diplomatic ruckus

Kim Jong-Un stresses need to bolster nuclear arms: KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un called on his military to continue building up Pyongyang's nuclear force after issuing orders for the latest test-firing of ballistic missiles, the North's state media said on Tuesday.
2016-09-06 00:22:07 Read More

Large explosion hits centre of Afghan capital Kabul

A loud explosion hit the centre of Kabul late on Monday, hours after a Taliban suicide attack near the Defence Ministry killed at least 24 people, including a number of senior security officials, and wounded 91 others, officials said.
2016-09-05 19:24:26 Read More

Obama, Putin, agree to continue seeking deal on Syria

President Barack Obama said on Monday that the US and Russia have not given up on negotiations that could stem the bloodshed in Syria, but acknowledged that leaders are challenged by "gaps of trust" between the rival powers.
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Obama, Putin, agree to continue seeking deal on Syria

UK PM rules out points-based system to cut migration

Dismissing the Australian- style points -based immigration system as "flawed", British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday said her government will not use it to crack down on post-Brexit migration from within the European Union (EU).
2016-09-05 14:17:57 Read More

String of blasts across Syria, at least 48 killed

A string of bomb attacks hit across mostly government-controlled areas of Syria on Monday, killing at least 48 people, state media said. The IS group claimed responsibility for one of the blasts, against a Kurdish security post in Hasakeh, but there were no immediate claims for the other attacks.
2016-09-05 13:38:58 Read More

Pro-independence leaders win seats in Hong Kong polls

A new generation of young Hong Kong politicians advocating a break from Beijing became lawmakers for the first time on Monday in a result likely to rattle China. Observers branded their victory "a strong message to Beijing", which has railed against candidates supporting a split from China.
2016-09-05 10:43:59 Read More

Merkel under pressure after poll defeat to anti-migrant party

Angela Merkel came under renewed pressure over her liberal refugee policy after an upstart anti-migrant populist party handed her party a humiliating defeat in her home state. The xenophobic 'Alternative for Germany' clinched around 22 per cent in its first bid for seats in a regional parliament.
2016-09-05 08:57:25 Read More

Relatives of Flight 370 victims to meet Australian searchers

Grace Nathan is among four Malaysians traveling to Perth tomorrow near the southwest coast port where the ships that scour the seabed of the southern Indian Ocean for wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are based.
2016-09-05 08:43:59 Read More

Relatives of Flight 370 victims to meet Aus searchers

Relatives of some of the 239 passengers and crew lost in the missing Malaysia airliner will fly to Australia on Tuesday in a quest to better understand developments in the search for wreckage and to find some closure more than two years after the tragedy, the daughter of a missing passenger said.
2016-09-05 08:37:23 Read More

Suu Kyi oversees panel on plight of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims

The plight of the Rohingya has raised questions about Suu Kyi's commitment to human rights and represents a politically sensitive issue for her National League for Democracy, which won a landslide election victory last year.
2016-09-05 08:06:22 Read More

String of blasts kill 38 across Syria: State media

At least 18 people were killed and dozens wounded in a series of bombings across mostly government-controlled areas of Syria today, state media reported. The blasts hit government-held Tartus and Homs and Hasakeh, mostly controlled by Kurdish forces but where the regime maintains a presence.
2016-09-05 07:57:59 Read More

US, Russia meeting on Syria ends without a deal

US secretary of state John Kerry and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov were unable to strike a deal for a ceasefire in Syria and differences remain, a senior state department official said after their meeting in China on Monday.
2016-09-05 07:23:52 Read More

G20 summit warned of risks to economy as North Korea test-fires missiles

North Korea has tested missiles at sensitive times in the past to draw attention to its military might. But Monday's launch risks embarrassing its main ally Beijing, which has gone to extraordinary lengths to ensure a smooth summit meeting in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou.
2016-09-05 07:17:39 Read More

Seoul says North Korea fires 3 ballistic missiles

North Korea regularly engages in missile and rocket tests, especially when the world's eyes are turned to Northeast Asia.
2016-09-05 04:23:30 Read More

Anti-China activists look to win in Hong Kong vote

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Syria army besieges Aleppo as US, Russia talks stumble

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Syria army besieges Aleppo as US, Russia talks stumble

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Bus, fuel tanker collision kills 35 in Afghanistan

The 'second-in-command' of Bangladesh's homegrown extremist outfit who trained the militants for carrying out the cafe siege, the country's worst terror attack, was killed in a raid on their hideout, police said. Murad was identified as the deceased during a raid on a house in Dhaka last night.
2016-09-04 05:55:23 Read More

Bus, fuel tanker collision kills 35 in Afghanistan

US, Russia far from deal on Syria, Obama says

Obama said the U.S. and Russia still have ``grave differences'' about what is needed to end Syria's civil war and which opposition groups are legitimate targets for the U.S. and Russian militaries.
2016-09-04 04:45:14 Read More

US, Russia far from deal on Syria, Obama says

Obama said the US and Russia still have "grave differences'' about what is needed to end Syria's civil war. "I think it's premature for us to say there's a clear path forward, but there's the possibility at least for us to make some progress, '' Obama said.
2016-09-04 04:45:14 Read More

Dhaka cafe attack mastermind's deputy killed

Row on tarmac an awkward G20 start for US, China

The stakes are high for China to pull off a trouble-free G20 summit of the world's top economies, its highest profile event of the year, as it looks to cement its global standing and avoid acrimony over a long list of tensions with Washington.
2016-09-03 09:39:01 Read More

Islamic militants blamed for deadly Philippine blast

Philippine authorities on Saturday blamed a notorious group of Islamic militants, Abu Sayyaf, for the bombing of a night market in President Rodrigo Duterte's home town that killed at least 14 people.
2016-09-03 08:59:44 Read More

Malaysia detects first case of locally transmitted Zika

On Thursday, Malaysia confirmed the first imported case of Zika in a 58-year-old woman who had visited Singapore, where the number of Zika infected cases had risen to 189 on Friday.
2016-09-03 08:44:31 Read More

Clinton's lead reduced to half; ahead in key states

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's lead over her Republican rival Donald Trump in the race for the White House has been cut in half in the last one month, though she continues to maintain lead in some of the key battle ground states, according to latest polls.
2016-09-03 07:15:52 Read More

Clinton's lead reduced to half; ahead in key states

Obama weighs Myanmar sanctions relief before Suu Kyi visit

President Barack Obama is expected to decide on the extent of the sanctions relief after consultations between Suu Kyi and his administration to gauge how far she wants Washington to go in loosening the screws on Myanmar's still-powerful military.
2016-09-03 07:15:28 Read More

World needs to avoid steps that would heighten tensions with North Korea: Putin

Russia's President Vladimir Putin Putin also urged Pyongyang to adhere to agreements backed by the United Nations, but he added: "I think that any actions that would provoke further escalation (of tensions) are counter-productive."
2016-09-03 05:42:00 Read More

China, Turkey to deepen counter-terrorism cooperation

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan agreed on Saturday to deepen counter-terror cooperation, as the two set aside previous disagreements over China's treatment of a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority.
2016-09-03 05:27:51 Read More

Bangladesh police kill militant tied to Dhaka attack

Bangladesh police launched an overnight raid and killed a man who allegedly trained the Islamist militants believed to have carried out the July hostage-taking in Dhaka's diplomatic quarter that left 20 people dead including 17 foreigners.
2016-09-03 04:16:01 Read More

Duterte declares 'state of lawlessness' after attack

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared a "state of lawlessness" on Saturday after suspected Abu Sayyaf extremists detonated a bomb that killed 14 people and wounded about 70 in his southern hometown.
2016-09-03 03:33:19 Read More

Uzbekistan president Karimov dead

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Uzbekistan president Karimov dead

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Mother Teresa to be proclaimed a saint

Mother Teresa, the revered but controversial nun whose work with the dying and the destitute made her an icon of 20th Century Christianity, will be declared a saint on Friday. The current pope, Francis, is also an admirer of a woman he sees as embodying his vision of a "poor church for the poor."
2016-09-02 09:51:46 Read More

20 Kurdish rebels, 1 Turkish soldier killed in clashes

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Obama warns against global warming's impact

President Barack Obama plunked down on a speck of coral reef in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on Thursday and gazed out at the turquoise waters of the marine monument he has widened to the largest in the world.
2016-09-02 07:56:12 Read More

Putin seeks 'compromise' in Japan isle dispute

Vladimir Putin has said Russia is willing to compromise on a territorial dispute that has bedevilled relations with Japan for eight decades, but said this would not include the trade or sale of the islands that it holds and Japan also claims.
2016-09-02 07:42:16 Read More

Hurricane Hermine barrels toward Florida coast

Intensifying winds from Hurricane Hermine lashed Florida's northern Gulf Coast late on Thursday, as residents stocked up on provisions and some fled to higher ground ahead of what the state's governor warned would be a potentially lethal storm.
2016-09-02 05:04:04 Read More

US imposes sanctions on 'Putin's bridge' to Crimea

The US Department of the Treasury added dozens of people and companies to the list, first introduced after Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and expanded over its support for separatist rebels in the east of the country.
2016-09-02 04:45:32 Read More

US imposes sanctions on 'Putin's bridge' to Crimea

Venezuelans take to streets seeking removal of prez

An Opposition alliance called MUD (Spanish acronym for Democratic Unity Roundtable) congregated in Venezuelaâ€™s capital Caracas demanding recall of President Nicolas Maduro, successor to the charismatic Hugo Chavez. The opposition coalition estimated at least 1 million people took part in the rallies, probably the biggest mass demonstration against the ruling socialists in more than a decade.
2016-09-02 01:29:01 Read More

Mexico will pay for wall, 100%: Donald Trump

Their meeting was civil enough on the face of it, but there was a â€œhugeâ€ gap in their views on The Wall. Mexicoâ€™s President Enrico Pena Nieto agreed that it was the USâ€™ prerogative to build a wall on its side of the border, but Mexico would not pay for it the way Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had insisted.
2016-09-02 01:20:02 Read More

1st video interview of Mandela found after 60 yrs

The Nelson Mandela Foundation on Thursday said that it might have discovered Mandela's first known television interview which was recorded almost six decades ago. The 24-second clip was reportedly filmed during a break at the infamous 1956 Treason Trial which lasted four-and-a-half years.
2016-09-01 17:34:39 Read More

Pak reopens key border crossing with Afghanistan

Pakistan on Thursday re-opened a friendship gate with Afghanistan at a border crossing in Balochistan that was closed for two weeks after Afghan protesters burned the Pakistani flag at a border rally.
2016-09-01 12:05:46 Read More

Pak has been cleared of terrorist, claims Army

Pakistan Army on Thursday said it has killed over 3,500 militants and claimed that the entire country has been cleared of "organised presence" of terrorists. Military spokesman Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa said more than 21,000 intelligence based operations were conducted in the country.
2016-09-01 11:38:00 Read More

Turkey discharges 820 more military personnel

Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency says more than 800 further personnel have been discharged from the military in the latest crackdown following July's abortive coup.
2016-09-01 10:05:21 Read More

Turkey discharges 820 more military personnel

Japan woos Russia in face of rising China

Japan is hoping the lure of deeper economic ties with Russia will strengthen strategic relations in the face of a rising China, but skeptics question whether the approach will generate a breakthrough in a decades-old territorial dispute.
2016-09-01 06:48:05 Read More

No legal status for those who enter US illegally: Trump

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump issued a stern warning on Wednesday to people intent on sneaking into the United States, saying those who enter illegally would never obtain legal status.
2016-09-01 06:13:25 Read More

Brazil's Rousseff ousted by Senate, Temer sworn in

Rousseff's opponents hailed her removal as paving the way for a change of fortunes for Brazil. Her conservative successor, Michel Temer inherits a bitterly divided nation with voters in no mood for the austerity measures needed to heal public finances.
2016-09-01 05:22:13 Read More

US, others agreed 'secret' exemptions for Iran after nuclear deal

The United States and its negotiating partners agreed "in secret" to allow Iran to evade some restrictions in last year's landmark nuclear agreement in order to meet the deadline for it to start getting relief from economic sanctions, according to a report.
2016-09-01 05:16:16 Read More

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Malaysia confirms first case of Zika

Malaysia confirmed on Thursday the first cases of Zika in the Southeast Asian country in a woman who recently travelled to Singapore for three days on August 19. Health Minister Subramaniam Sathasivam said her child, who is in Singapore, also tested positive for Zika.
2016-09-01 04:08:22 Read More

Trump insists 'Mexico will pay' for border wall

Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump on Wednesday insisted that Mexico will pay for the border wall he plans to build if he is elected, in a speech delivered after talks with Mexico's president.
2016-09-01 03:14:54 Read More

John Kerry had a great time in India despite rain

Despite being stuck in New Delhi's traffic and cancelling engagements due to heavy downpour, US Secretary of State John Kerry has had a "terrific" time in India over the last few days, his spokesperson has said.
2016-09-01 02:52:03 Read More

US casts doubts on Russian claim of killing ISIS leader

The US has no information that supports Russia's claim that it killed senior ISIS leader and spokesman Mohammad al-Adnani, the Pentagon has said. The Russian claim came a day after Pentagon said it carried out a precision attack against Adnani in Syria's Al Bab region.
2016-09-01 02:45:10 Read More

US casts doubts on Russian claim of killing ISIS leader

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

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

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 pts, 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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Chinese cities shut down factories ahead of G20 summit

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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.
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World News For The Year 2016 and Month Sep

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Trump's new hotel vandalised with graffiti

Surgical strikes: Pak also faced Iran firepower in Balochistan

Taliban fighters enter northern Afghan city of Kunduz

Colombians reject deal to end 52-year FARC rebel war

WH plea seeking terror tag for Pak hits record signs

Turkey police detain Gulen's brother in coup probe

Syria's east Aleppo facing inhuman 'savagery': UN

UK to start EU exit process before end of March: PM

UK to start EU exit process before end of March: PM

Evacuations in Caribbean as fierce Hurricane Matthew looms

MH17 missile suspects might be confirmed by year-end

Russian jets pound Aleppo as US clings to diplomacy

Afghan military kill 6 security forces in air strike mistake

Porn film plays on Jakarta billboard, police investigate

Pak gets US smackdown for immature nuclear talk

Boston Marathon bombing makes way to TV and movie screens

Boston Marathon bombing makes way to TV and movie screens

Duterte's Hitler remarks 'deeply troubling': Pentagon

Hurricane Matthew strengthens into Category 5 storm

Clinton edges ahead of Trump in post-debate poll bump

10 killed, 29 missing in typhoon Megi in China

3 Chinese fishermen dead after clash with S Korean forces

3 Chinese fishermen dead after clash with S Korean forces

Trump injects Bill Clinton scandals into 2016 race

Philippines' Duterte says 'happy to slaughter' drug users

South Korea shifts site of anti-North Korea US missile system

Countering Dalai Lama is top ethnic priority: China

US to sharpen 'military edge' in Asia

US to sharpen 'military edge' in Asia

Russia says Syria bombing continues amid US threats

Lion killed after breaking out of zoo enclosure in Germany

US lawmaker slams Sharif for praising Wani in his UN address

Amnesty accuses Sudan of using chemical weapons in Darfur

Philippines' Duterte to scrap future war games with US

Michelle Obama says America 'needs an adult' in White House

Teen kills father, opens fire on South Carolina schoolyard

Teen kills father, opens fire on South Carolina schoolyard

Kerry threatens Russia with end to joint Syria diplomacy

Russia calls MH17 probe 'biased'

IS loses control of last oil wells in Iraq: Ministry

Hamas calls Peres a criminal, Abbas hails him as brave

Police in California kill black man acting erratically

Aleppo bombers will have to 'answer before God': Pope

Dubai airport shuts airspace for nearly 30 minutes due to drone activity

Libyan general in east rejects UN-backed government

Indonesia evacuates tourists after Mt Barujari eruption

Michelle Obama appears in a Hillary TV ad

Massive typhoon hits eastern China & Taiwan, kills 5

Massive typhoon hits eastern China & Taiwan, kills 5

Obama names first ambassador to Cuba in five decades

As Pakistan army chief's tenure nears end, Nawaz Sharif faces key choice

India, China agree on terrorism issue amid Azhar row

Turkey dismisses 87 spy agency staff over failed coup

Bombings kill at least 17 in Baghdad: Officials

Pakistani lawmakers adopt Hindu marriage bill

Overcrowded bus slips off mountain road in Nepal, 14 killed

Overcrowded bus slips off mountain road in Nepal, 14 killed

Over 100,000 sign petition to declare Pak a terror state

Taiwan closes schools, offices ahead of island-wide typhoon

Taiwan closes schools, offices ahead of island-wide typhoon

China says there is no change in stance on J&K

Two injured in French supermarket shooting

Some sanctions under N- deal still in place: Iran

Moscow slams US, UK for their statements on Syria

Debate Night: Clinton, Trump set for high-stakes showdown

Trump tells Netanyahu he would recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital

China flies army planes over strait near Japan

Powerful quake rattles Japan's Okinawa island

Jeremy Corbyn reasserts authority over divided UK Labour

Jeremy Corbyn reasserts authority over divided UK Labour

Russia under fire at UN as air strikes pound Syria's Aleppo

At least 23 killed in Aleppo as UN meets over Syria

IS suicide bomber kills six in Baghdad

Angela Merkel's party confronts sexism charges

Egypt to tighten borders after migrant ship tragedy

Trump says he'll do more for women as president than Clinton

Shooting in Baltimore, 'multiple' people injured

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