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Chinese reshuffle the top; new faces expected

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2017-08-31 17:44:25 Read More

Rohingya women, children die in desperate boat escape from Myanmar

They died after two rickety boats capsized as they fled a Myanmar army counteroffensive that followed Rohingya insurgent attacks on security forces last week. Nearly 30,000 more Rohingyas have made the perilous crossing into Bangladesh, while 20,000 more are stuck in no man's land at the border.
2017-08-31 16:58:11 Read More

I am no quitter, says Theresa May as she vows to fight on

media during her ongoing visit to Japan, Theresa May sought to dismiss murmurs in the UK media that she plans to step down as Conservative party leader at the end of the Brexit process in 2019.
2017-08-31 09:16:07 Read More

Harvey hurricane death toll climbs to 31

Hurricane Harvey, the costliest natural disaster in US history, may cost a whopping USD 160 billion in economic damages in Texas which resulted in massive destruction, killing 38 people and leaving tens of thousands homeless.
2017-08-31 08:27:58 Read More

Diana's tragic death spawned web of conspiracy theories

A French investigation, a years-long British police inquiry and a coroner's inquest all concluded there was no foul play in the princess' fatal car crash â€” but that has not silenced speculation that Diana was the victim of an Establishment murder plot.
2017-08-31 06:59:54 Read More

Diana remembered on 20th anniversary of her death

Fans and friends of Diana, princess of Wales marked the 20th anniversary of her death on Thursday as well-wishers lit candles and paid their respects at the sombre scene of her fatal car crash.
2017-08-31 05:35:46 Read More

Diana remembered on 20th anniversary of her death

'I'm not a quitter': UK PM Theresa May

Theresa May's authority has been badly damaged by a ill-judged election campaign earlier this year which cost her Conservative party its majority in parliament and failed to provide a clear mandate for her Brexit strategy.
2017-08-31 05:02:48 Read More

North Korea warns Japan of 'imminent self-destruction'

The North set off global alarm Tuesday when it fired an intermediate-range missile over the Asian island nation, triggering condemnation from world leaders including the US and Japan.
2017-08-31 03:11:50 Read More

US has 11,000 troops in Afghanistan: Pentagon

Senior Pentagon officials for the first time said there are about 11,000 US forces currently deployed to Afghanistan â€” thousands more than the 8,400 that were allowed under the previous administration's troop cap.
2017-08-31 02:54:05 Read More

Trump: 'Talking not the answer' on North Korea

President Donald Trump, who has vowed not to let North Korea develop nuclear missiles that can hit the mainland United States, had said on Tuesday "all options are on the table," a veiled reference to military force.
2017-08-31 02:49:10 Read More

Harvey moves into Louisiana with at least 25 dead

Tropical Storm Harvey spun across southeastern Texas into Louisiana on Wednesday, sending more people fleeing for shelter after swamping Houston with record rains and flooding that killed at least 25 and drove tens of thousands from their homes.
2017-08-31 01:45:35 Read More

Pak House condemns US for seeking India role in Af

The Pakistan National Assembly passed a unanimous resolution on Wednesday rejecting the "hostile and threatening" statements made by US President Donald Trump and Gen John Nicholson, a top commander of American and Nato forces in Afghanistan.
2017-08-31 00:51:06 Read More

Campaign aims to show Charlottesville loves

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2017-08-30 17:49:23 Read More

Campaign aims to show Charlottesville loves

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Will N Korea make missiles over Japan the new normal?

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2017-08-30 11:41:21 Read More

Will N Korea make missiles over Japan the new normal?

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Harvey to make landfall again

Tropical Storm Harvey was set to make landfall again on Wednesday near the Texas-Louisiana border, adding more precipitation after a record rainfall that has caused catastrophic flooding and paralyzed the city of Houston.
2017-08-30 07:13:12 Read More

Fighting near Tal Afar worse than Mosul: Iraqi army

Iraqi forces battling to retake the small town of al-â€™Ayadiya where militants fleeing Tal Afar have entrenched themselves, saying on Tuesday the fighting is â€œmultiple times worseâ€ than the battle for Mosulâ€™s old city.
2017-08-30 07:09:25 Read More

UN condemns 'outrageous' North Korea missile launch

North Korea said the launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) was to counter US and South Korean military drills and was a first step in military action in the Pacific to "contain" the US territory of Guam.
2017-08-30 07:07:58 Read More

Up to 18K Rohingya fled Myanmar violence last week

About 18,000 Rohingya Muslims are estimated to have crossed into Bangladesh in the last week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday, seeking to escape the worst violence in Myanmar's northwest in at least five years.
2017-08-30 06:31:54 Read More

Over 2 million Muslims gather for Haj pilgrimage

This year sees pilgrims from Iran return after a hiatus following a diplomatic spat between the Islamic republic and Sunni arch-rival Saudi Arabia. The Haj also comes amid a diplomatic crisis between a Saudi-led bloc of Arab countries and Qatar.
2017-08-30 05:04:47 Read More

Trump surveys devastated Texas as Harvey rages on

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2017-08-30 03:20:45 Read More

Trump surveys devastated Texas as Harvey rages on

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Thousands of Rohingyas stranded on Bangladesh border

At least 6,000 Rohingya civilians fleeing renewed violence in Myanmar are stranded near the border with Bangladesh which is blocking their entry, a senior Bangladeshi official said on Tuesday, as the United Nations urged Dhaka to let them in.
2017-08-29 13:42:24 Read More

Syrian schools grow edible playgrounds for hungry children

School playgrounds across Syria are being transformed into vegetable gardens where children whose diets have been devastated by six years of war can learn to grow - and then eat - aubergines, lettuces, peppers, cabbages and cucumbers.
2017-08-29 11:02:31 Read More

Fighting 'Islamist terror' France's top priority: Macron

"Providing security for our citizens means that the fight against Islamist terrorism is our first priority," President Emmanuel Macron told some 200 French ambassadors gathered in Paris. Since early 2015, France has suffered a series of terror attacks that have claimed more than 230 lives.
2017-08-29 10:34:51 Read More

No plan to revoke ex-PM Yingluck's passports: Thai foreign minister

Yingluck holds two Thai passports, one regular and another diplomatic, and is also thought to hold a third, foreign one. She skipped a court hearing last week, stunning thousands of supporters gathered at the Supreme Court, with senior party members having said she fled to Dubai.
2017-08-29 05:13:49 Read More

'Frozen in time': Diana's tragic fairytale

Diana was a hands-on, adoring mother, and also possessed a remarkable empathy that drew people to her. Coupled with a strong sense of style, she rode a wave of popular and media enthusiasm for the monarchy.
2017-08-29 04:44:55 Read More

Diana's death forced British royals to overhaul image

In her tribute to Diana, the queen said: "I, for one, believe that there are lessons to be drawn from her life and from the extraordinary and moving reaction to her death."
2017-08-29 03:30:09 Read More

Diana's death forced British royals to overhaul image

Harvey brings death, destruction to Houston

Floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey, which has already killed at least seven people in Texas and was expected to drive tens of thousands from their homes, will likely rise in the coming days, officials warned on Monday as heavy rains continued to pound the US Gulf Coast.
2017-08-29 01:16:59 Read More

Thailand's Yingluck fled at 'last minute': Aides

"She chose to leave because she heard from her sources that the court would give her a heavy sentence and would not grant her bail," said one source close to Thailand's former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
2017-08-28 12:32:51 Read More

Houston crippled by catastrophic flooding

Harvey, the most powerful hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years, first hit land late on Friday and has killed at least two people. Schools, airports and office buildings in Houston were ordered shut on Monday as scores of roads turned into rivers and chest-high water filled neighborhoods.
2017-08-28 11:49:18 Read More

Car bombing at busy Baghdad market kills 12 people

The explosives-laden car went off at the wholesale Jamila market in Baghdad's Shiite district of Sadr City, a police officer said. The explosion also wounded 28 other people, he added, saying the death toll was expected to rise further.
2017-08-28 11:18:19 Read More

China law threatens 15 days of jail for improper anthem use

The draft legislation would make it illegal to play the anthem at funerals and on other "improper" occasions, as well as to "maliciously" modify its wording or present it in a "distorted or disrespectful" way, the Xinhua News Agency said.
2017-08-28 11:04:13 Read More

China law threatens 15 days of jail for improper anthem use

Car bombing at busy Baghdad market kills 9

The explosives-laden car went off at the wholesale Jamila market in Baghdad's Shiite district of Sadr City, a police officer said. The explosion also wounded 25 other people, he added, saying the death toll was expected to rise further.
2017-08-28 09:27:05 Read More

Thousands flee fighting in Myanmar's northwest

The mass escape from the northern part of Rakhine state was triggered by widespread coordinated offensives by Rohingya insurgents wielding sticks, knives and homemade bombs in attacks on Friday on 30 police posts and an army base.
2017-08-28 05:17:57 Read More

Two million pilgrims converge on Mecca for the hajj

Two million Muslims from across the globe are converging on Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage, a religious duty and for some pilgrims the journey of a lifetime.
2017-08-28 04:15:11 Read More

Houston devastated by flooding from Harvey

Catastrophic flooding triggered by Tropical Storm Harvey inundated Houston on Sunday, forcing residents of the fourth most populous US city to flee their homes in boats or hunker down in anticipation of several more days of "unprecedented" rainfall.
2017-08-28 01:56:56 Read More

Guatemala faces crisis after president turns on UN man

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2017-08-28 01:52:29 Read More

Dozens killed, wounded by car bomb in Afghanistan

Omar Zwak, the Helmand governor's spokesperson who gave the casualty figures, said the attack occurred in a market in Nawa, a district in the centre of the province, which has seen heavy fighting in recent weeks as government forces have battled for control with Taliban insurgents.
2017-08-27 17:42:20 Read More

Pak police uses tear gas to disperse anti-US crowd

Pakistani police have used tear gas and batons to disperse anti-US protesters in the southern port city of Karachi. Police officer Irfan Baloch says police took action on Sunday when a group of Shiite students tried to march toward the US consulate and an officer was injured in the process.
2017-08-27 14:59:48 Read More

Pak police uses tear gas to disperse anti-US crowd

Tillerson keeps distance from Trump's race row stance

Pressed on whether Trump had undermined that message, Tillerson said: "I don't believe anyone doubts the American people's values or the commitment of the American government or the government's agencies to advancing those values and defending those values."
2017-08-27 14:52:21 Read More

Pakistan court quashes corruption case against Zardari

Zardari's counsel said that the most of the documents presented against Zardari were in photocopies and unacceptable. He also said that most of the witnesses said that they did not remember most of the details as it was an old case.
2017-08-27 04:52:25 Read More

Iraq recaptures Tal Afar centre, citadel from ISIS

Iraqi forces now hold "94 percent of the city, 27 out of 29" districts including the centre and citadel, according to the Joint Operations Command (JOC) which coordinates the anti-IS operation in Iraq.
2017-08-27 03:51:28 Read More

Most French now dissatisfied with Macron, poll shows

The poll, conducted by Ifop for newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD) showed Macronâ€™s dissatisfaction rating at 57 percent, 14 percentage points worse than Ifopâ€™s last poll in July.
2017-08-27 02:45:29 Read More

3.8 million displaced by DR Congo violence: UN

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3.8 million displaced by DR Congo violence: UN

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Storm Harvey threatens Texas with floods, one dead

The most powerful storm to hit Texas in more than 50 years has killed at least one person and is now threatening catastrophic flooding as search and rescue teams deploy to the hardest-hit zones, authorities said on Saturday.
2017-08-27 01:10:46 Read More

Sharif files review petition challenging Panama verdict

Sharif argued that he cannot be disqualified for not declaring his salary which he had not drawn, as neither the company was mentioned in the petitions against him nor it could be termed as a salary under Pakistan's income tax laws.
2017-08-26 13:50:11 Read More

27 dead in Boko Haram attacks on Nigerian villages

Boko Haram fighters entered villages in the Nganzai area on Wednesday, slitting throats and using guns to kill at least 15 people while injuring two others, said Modu Jialta, a member of a local self-defense group. The attackers also burned homes.
2017-08-26 12:10:32 Read More

Police quiz man arrested near Buckingham Palace

The Metropolitan Police force said two London police officers were slightly injured while arresting the 26-year-old man on Friday night. It said officers saw the weapon in the man's car when he drove up to a police vehicle near Queen Elizabeth II's London residence, one of London's top tourist attractions.
2017-08-26 11:19:48 Read More

Police quiz man arrested near Buckingham Palace

North Korea tests short-range missiles

The test came just days after senior US officials praised North Korea and leader Kim Jong Un for showing restraint in not firing any missiles since late July.
2017-08-26 10:22:12 Read More

'Thailand's ex-PM Yingluck flees to Dubai'

Puea Thai Party sources said Yingluck left Thailand last week and flew via Singapore to Dubai where her brother, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who lives in self-imposed exile to avoid a 2008 jail sentence for corruption, has a home.
2017-08-26 09:43:25 Read More

Rally in San Francisco cancelled over fears of violence

Organisers of an right-wing rally set for today in San Francisco said they have cancelled the event over fear of a "huge riot," as the nation remains on edge after a recent white nationalist demonstration that ended in bloodshed.
2017-08-26 04:17:15 Read More

Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas

Hurricane Harvey, a dangerous category four storm, lashed the US Gulf Coast with powerful winds and driving rain on Friday before making landfall in Texas with a force not felt on the US mainland since 2005.
2017-08-26 03:26:39 Read More

National security aide Sebastian Gorka leaves WH

Gorka is declining to discuss the reasons he has left the White House, but is pointing toward excerpts from his resignation letter that were posted Friday evening by The Federalist website.
2017-08-26 01:58:28 Read More

US says North Korea missiles failed in flight

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2017-08-25 23:44:50 Read More

Fresh violence kills 71 in Myanmar's Rakhine State

At least 71 people including 12 security forces were killed as Rohingya militants besieged border posts in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar's authorities said Friday, the highest declared single day toll since fighting broke out last year.
2017-08-25 12:14:52 Read More

US Navy collisions a propaganda windfall for China

A spate of deadly collisions involving US Navy warships in Asian waters has provided a propaganda windfall to rivals like China and given already rattled regional allies further reason to fret, analysts say.
2017-08-25 10:55:27 Read More

Like father, like son: Samsung heir convicted

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Like father, like son: Samsung heir convicted

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Pakistan may call Parliament joint session over Trump threat: Report

The Pakistan PM described the US' stance as a critical issue and said the federal cabinet had deliberated on it for three hours on Tuesday. Pak senators said the US, that mocked Pakistan for receiving dollars in aid, should keep in mind that it had not given a fraction of the losses incurred by Pakistan.
2017-08-25 07:56:41 Read More

32 dead in Myanmar as Rohingya insurgents stage attack

The fighting - still going on in some areas - marked a major escalation in a simmering conflict in the northwestern state since last October, when similar attacks prompted a big military sweep beset by allegations of serious rights abuses.
2017-08-25 06:33:48 Read More

32 dead in Myanmar as Rohingya insurgents stage attack

US worried Pak nukes could land in terrorists' hands: Official

"These weapons are most likely to fall into terrorists' hands if forward-deployed during a conflict with India," an expert said. "Even some Pakistani analysts recognise that it would be difficult for Pakistan military to ensure the full security of these weapons once they were deployed in the field."
2017-08-25 05:22:06 Read More

Worst violence in months kills 32 in Myanmar's Rakhine

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2017-08-25 04:56:54 Read More

US lawmakers to hold hearing on Chinese role behind intellectual property thefts

Trump unleashed his latest criticism of the GOP's congressional leadership in a series of morning tweets that also included a rebuke of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for his inability to get the Senate to repeal the Obama health care law.
2017-08-25 04:26:18 Read More

Thai ex-PM Yingluck misses verdict, arrest warrant issued

Yingluck Shinawatra faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty in a case centred on the multi-billion dollar losses incurred by a rice subsidy scheme for farmers. The court set a new date of September 27 for the verdict.
2017-08-25 04:05:08 Read More

Trump attacks GOP leaders over debt ceiling 'mess'

Few details about the conspiracy in the Netherlands were released, but the police said they arrested a 22-yearold man on Thursday in the Brabant region, southeast of Rotterdam, in connection with the investigation into plans for an attack at the Maassilo events venue, where Allah-Las, a band from California, were to play.
2017-08-25 02:42:16 Read More

How an imam in jeans forged terror cell in Spain

The death toll from two separate ferry wrecks in Brazil surged on Thursday, with 41 people killed overall, according to authorities. There was no immediate information about the causes of the two sinkings.
2017-08-25 00:00:09 Read More

41 dead in two Brazil boat wrecks: Officials

The most powerful typhoon to hit the southern Chinese region in more than half a century left at least 16 dead as a sudden deluge swamped the gambling hub of Macau, submerging streets and stranding residents.
2017-08-24 16:20:02 Read More

N Korea signals a more powerful ICBM in the works

With photographs obliquely showing a new rocket design, North Korea has sent a message that it is working on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) more powerful than any it has previously tested, weapons experts said on Thursday.
2017-08-24 14:03:02 Read More

N Korea signals a more powerful ICBM in the works

In June, the US military shot down a Syrian fighter aircraft, the first US downing of a manned jet since 1999, and also shot down two Iranian-made drones that threatened US-led coalition forces.
2017-08-24 14:03:02 Read More

16 dead as typhoon floods Macau, southern China

Syria war: US & Russia military hotlines humming

'Where is my name?' Afghan women seek right to identity

It is common in Afghanistan for women to be known only as the "wife of" or "daughter of" someone. Often their names are omitted from wedding invites and even gravestones. But an online campaign called #WhereIsMyName, started recently by a group of young Afghan women, is challenging the centuries-old tradition and seeking to spread awareness about the right to identity.
2017-08-24 06:42:26 Read More

'Where is my name?' Afghan women seek right to identity

Qatar restores diplomatic ties to Iran amid regional crisis

Qatar's Foreign Ministry announced early Thursday that the country's ambassador would return to Tehran. Qatar pulled its ambassador in early 2016 after Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shiite cleric sparked attacks on two Saudi diplomatic posts in Iran.
2017-08-24 04:08:49 Read More

Trump to Congress: Fund Mexico wall or I'll shut govt

On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump told a rowdy crowd in Phoenix, "If we have to close down our government, we're building that wall." "We're going to have our wall," he added.
2017-08-24 04:05:15 Read More

US lawmakers welcome Trump's plan to put pressure on Pak

"President Trump stated that other countries in the region are key to our success in Afghanistan - Pakistan and India in particular. And he's right," Senator Steve Chabot said.
2017-08-24 03:12:31 Read More

'Back up, you creep:' Clinton raps Trump in new book

"We were on a small stage and no matter where I walked, he followed me closely, staring at me, making faces. It was incredibly uncomfortable. He was literally breathing down my neck. My skin crawled," Hillary Clinton said about her October 9, 2016 debate with Donald Trump.
2017-08-24 02:37:23 Read More

A Swedish journalist, a submarine and a murder

A headless torso found on a beach off Copenhagen has been identified as that of missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who is believed to have died on an amateur-built submarine earlier this month, Danish police investigators said on Wednesday.
2017-08-24 01:55:10 Read More

A Swedish journalist, a submarine and a murder

Typhoon leaves 12 dead after lashing Macau, Hong Kong

Eight died in the worst-hit gambling hub of Macau, where local media showed cars underwater and people swimming along what are normally streets. The enclave's famed mega-casinos were running on backup generators.
2017-08-24 01:51:33 Read More

Dutch police detain driver of Spanish van near cancelled gig

Police in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam detained the driver of a van with Spanish license plates and a number of gas tanks inside after a concert by an American rock band was cancelled Wednesday night following a threat, the city's mayor said.
2017-08-24 01:19:04 Read More

Dutch police detain driver of Spanish van near cancelled gig

Florida: White man who killed coloured person to be executed

Thousands of Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh since Myanmar announced a military build-up in Rakhine state earlier this month, community leaders said on Wednesday.
2017-08-23 15:02:33 Read More

Iran, Saudi Arabia to exchange diplomatic visits: Iranian foreign minister

A Pakistani official says former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's wife will run for a seat in parliament despite having been diagnosed with throat cancer. Information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb says Kulsoom Nawaz is being treated at a London hospital and plans to return to Pakistan for the vote next month in Lahore.
2017-08-23 13:46:14 Read More

11 beheaded in Libya attack: Pro-Haftar forces

Thousands of Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh since Myanmar announced a military build-up in Rakhine state earlier this month, community leaders said on Wednesday.
2017-08-23 12:51:29 Read More

Thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar for Bangladesh

The decision to remove Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin from the post in Japan comes as the Navy is undertaking a fleet-wide global investigation in the wake of the incident on Monday involving the USS John S. McCain which left 10 sailors missing and five injured.
2017-08-23 12:17:39 Read More

Civilians among 30 dead in Yemen air raids

At least 11 people were beheaded on Wednesday in an attack on a checkpoint controlled by Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar south of Tripoli, a spokesman for his forces said.
2017-08-23 10:08:33 Read More

Pak ex-PM's wife to run in election despite illness

Trump's tough talk unlikely to move Pakistan

Harsh US measures could provoke Pakistan and, if the government feels its Cold War-vintage pact with America is under threat, it could turn towards China- the great rival of both India and America. Pakistan has made the decision that keeping Kabul out of India's orbit is more important that clamping down on cross-border militancy.
2017-08-23 07:55:15 Read More

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US Navy to relieve 7th fleet commander of duty after collisions

Trump defends Charlottesville response at raucous rally

Under fire for saying "both sides" were to blame for the violence between white supremacists and left-wing counter protesters in Virginia on August 12, Trump accused television networks of ignoring his calls for unity in the aftermath.
2017-08-23 06:54:09 Read More

Donald Trump: Kim Jong-Un starting to respect US

"But Kim Jong-Un, I respect the fact that I believe he is starting to respect us. I respect that fact very much," Trump told a gathering of thousands of supporters at a campaign style rally in Phoenix, Arizona.
2017-08-23 04:53:28 Read More

'North Korea's Kim orders more production of ICBMs'

Tensions over the North Korea's weapons programmes have mounted this year as it carried out two ICBM tests last month, overseen by Kim Jong-Un, that apparently brought most of the United States within range.
2017-08-23 03:45:04 Read More

Trump speech in Phoenix draws big crowd, protests

Phoenix authorities were vigilant in the aftermath of the deadly protests in Virginia and the president's comments last week about both sides having blame for violence at the white supremacist rally.
2017-08-23 03:40:09 Read More

Once a colony, Angola rules coloniser Portugal

How the roles have reversed: The coloniser has been colonised. On Portuguese coast of Cascais, where the nationâ€™s royal court used to summer, a new 14-storey condominium building looms by the sea. So many of its apartments have been bought by Angolaâ€™s ruling class that it has come to be known as â€œAngolansâ€™ buildingâ€.
2017-08-23 01:11:36 Read More

Dawood Ibrahim on UK asset freeze list

India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim remains the only "Indian national" on an updated list of financial sanctions released by the UK which also listed 21 aliases for the underworld don. A fourth address on record until last year is no longer part of the records.
2017-08-22 14:56:30 Read More

US-led strikes kill more than 170 Raqqa civilians

More than 170 civilians have been killed by US-led strikes on Islamic State in Raqqa city in the past week, a spike in casualties since an offensive to oust the militants began more than two months ago, a war monitor said.
2017-08-22 13:48:35 Read More

China defends ally Pakistan after Trump criticism

Asked about Trump's speech, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Pakistan was on the front line in the struggle against terrorism and had made "great sacrifices" and "important contributions" in the fight.
2017-08-22 11:14:11 Read More

Taliban: Afghanistan will become 'graveyard' for US

he Taliban on Tuesday warned that Afghanistan would become "a graveyard" for the United States after President Donald Trump cleared the way for thousands more American troops to be sent to the war-torn country.
2017-08-22 08:15:57 Read More

Taliban: Afghanistan will become 'graveyard' for US

Saudi renews Iraq ties in bid to distance Iran

Ties have remained strained even after Saddam's ouster in the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, since when successive Shiite-dominated governments in Baghdad have stayed close to Tehran.
2017-08-22 04:50:04 Read More

Italy earthquake rocks resort island of Ischia

Police said all but one of the people known to be trapped were responding to rescuers and were expected to be extracted alive. One person, however, wasn't responding, raising worries the death toll could increase, said Giovanni Salerno of the financial police.
2017-08-21 23:37:27 Read More

Millions in US hoping for clear sky as eclipse nears

Millions of Americans equipped with protective glasses took up prime positions on Monday along a ribbon of land across the United States to marvel at the first total solar eclipse to unfold from coast to coast in nearly a century.
2017-08-21 16:47:52 Read More

US Secret Service crunched by Trump and family's travel

Trump has traveled nearly every weekend to his properties in Florida, New Jersey and Virginia. The Secret Service also provides protection for his adult children on their business trips and vacations. In all 42 people in his administration have Secret Service protection, including 18 members of his family.
2017-08-21 14:35:50 Read More

US Secret Service crunched by Trump and family's travel

Nepal to hold general, provincial elections on Nov 26

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2017-08-21 14:23:15 Read More

Lebanon says it helped foil plot to down plane in Australia

The plotters had planned to blow up the plane with bombs hidden inside a large Barbie doll and a meat grinder. The bombs did not make it onto the plane because the handbag they were placed in was 7 kilograms above the weight permitted by the airline.
2017-08-21 13:05:41 Read More

Barcelona van attacker stabbed man, took his car to escape: Police

Police believe the attacker Abouyaaqoub took the car after stabbing the owner, rammed into officials at a police checkpoint in the city and then abandoned the vehicle with the dead body in it.
2017-08-21 12:05:20 Read More

US Embassy in Russia suspends issuing non-immigrant visas

The embassy said it would resume issuing visas in Moscow on Sept. 1, but maintain the suspension at consulates in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok. Earlier this month, Russia ordered the US to cut its embassy and consulate staff in Russia by two-thirds, after the US Congress approved sanctions against Russia for meddling in the 2016 US election.
2017-08-21 11:15:25 Read More

The victor, the spoils? Trump eyes Afghanistan's elusive mineral riches

As well as deposits of gold, silver and platinum, Afghanistan has significant quantities of iron ore, uranium, zinc, tantalum, bauxite, coal, natural gas and significant copper. But a lack of basic logistics - paved roads and rail links - have stifled attempts to a build a legitimate mining sector.
2017-08-21 11:03:37 Read More

One dead after car crashes into bus stops in France

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2017-08-21 09:29:25 Read More

'America First' protesters face off with opponents

Around 2,500 people in total showed up for what became a raucous shouting match but did not descend into the kind of violence seen at this month's clashes at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where one person was killed.
2017-08-21 08:48:38 Read More

Damaged USS John S McCain arrives in Singapore

The USS John S McCain has docked at Singapore's naval base with "significant damage" to its hull after an early morning collision with an oil tanker as vessels from several nations searched Monday for 10 missing US sailors.
2017-08-21 08:23:06 Read More

Christian teen arrested in Pak on blasphemy charges

Asif Massih, 18, was charged under section 295-B of Pakistan's penal code, which makes the death sentence mandatory for anyone who damages or desecrates the Quran. The incident occurred in the central province of Punjab, with a local police official saying police had caught Asif "red-handed".
2017-08-21 07:23:58 Read More

Christian teen arrested in Pak on blasphemy charges

China to relaunch the world's fastest bullet trains

China first ran trains at 350 kilometers per hour in August 2008, but cut speeds back to 250-300 kilometers per hour in 2011 following a two-train collision near the city of Wenzhou that killed 40 people and injured 191.
2017-08-21 05:54:02 Read More

Spain terror attacks: Hunt on for van driver

With the 12-person cell dismantled, police were hunting a 22-year-old Moroccan man, Younes Abouyaaqoub, suspected of driving the van used in Barcelona. They warn he could be at large outside Spain. Investigators believe the terror cell comprised at least 12 men, some of them teenagers
2017-08-21 05:13:48 Read More

US-South joint drills begin amid North Korea tensions

Tens of thousands of US and South Korea troops are taking part in the "Ulchi Freedom Guardian" joint military drills. They are described as defensive, but nuclear-armed Pyongyang views them as a highly provocative rehearsal for invasion.
2017-08-21 03:43:38 Read More

Trump to address nation on new Afghan strategy

A senior administration official said the likeliest outcome of the talks was that Trump would agree to a modest increase in US troops as recommended by his top advisers. Current US troop numbers are about 8,400.
2017-08-21 02:44:23 Read More

US destroyer collides with merchant vessel off Singapore

"The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC while underway east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore on Aug. 21," said a statement from the US navy.
2017-08-21 00:44:38 Read More

Panamagate: Sharifs snub anti-graft body

Deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members failed to appear before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Pakistanâ€™s anti-corruption watchdog, for a second time on Sunday. They had earlier given the NAB investigation a skip on Friday.
2017-08-20 22:41:40 Read More

Panamagate: Sharifs snub anti-graft body

US reached decision on Afghan strategy: Jim Mattis

Mattis refused to hint at any details of the decision, which came after months of speculation over whether President Donald Trump, frustrated with a stalemate after 16 years in Afghanistan, would allow the Pentagon to boost troop numbers on the ground in the country.
2017-08-20 13:11:26 Read More

10 sentenced to death for assassination attempt on Hasina

The convicts, all HuJI militants, had hatched the plot to kill Hasina, who was serving her first term as prime minister in 2000, by planting two 76-kg bombs at an open ground at her village home in southwestern Gopalganj where she was scheduled to address a public rally.
2017-08-20 12:47:45 Read More

Color and fury: Anti-American posters in N Korea

The language on the North Korean posters is as bombastic as the images are eye-popping and the colors blindingly bright. One blue-lettered poster shows a barrage of missiles heading toward a map of the United States that is in flames. It boasts, â€œThe entire mainland United States is within our range!â€
2017-08-20 12:16:04 Read More

Injuries as rocket hits near Damascus business fair

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Britain calls on EU to move Brexit talks forward

Brexit minister David Davis called on the European Union on Sunday to relax its position that the two sides must first make progress on a divorce settlement before moving on to discussing future relations.
2017-08-20 10:53:13 Read More

Iran's priority to protect N-deal from US: Rouhani

"The most important job of our foreign minister is to stand behind the JCPOA, and not to allow the US and other enemies to succeed," Iran's President Hassan Rouhani told parliament, using the technical name for the 2015 deal that eased sanctions in exchange for curbs to Iran's nuclear programme.
2017-08-20 08:35:32 Read More

Iran's priority to protect N-deal from US: Rouhani

Romanian bishop quits over sex video

The video showing Corneliu Barladeanu, bishop of the eastern city of Husi, which has been circulating online since mid-July, has created a scandal in Romania, where 85 per cent of the population are Orthodox Christians.
2017-08-20 08:09:59 Read More

Pak soil must not be used for terror activities: US

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N Korea slams upcoming joint US-South military ops

Combative rhetoric between the nations spiked after Pyongyang tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) last month that appeared to bring much of the US within range, sparking an intense warning by President Donald Trump that Washington could rain "fire and fury" on the North.
2017-08-20 07:18:16 Read More

Iraq starts offensive to take back Tal Afar from ISIS

A longtime stronghold of hardline Sunni insurgents, Tal Afar, 50 miles (80 km) west of Mosul, was cut off from the rest of the Islamic State-held territory in June. The city is surrounded by Iraqi government troops and Shi'ite volunteers in the south, and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in the north.
2017-08-20 04:37:23 Read More

Philippine Church head urges end to drug killings

Police raids dubbed as "One Time Big Time" saw at least 76 people shot dead, authorities said, as rights groups and lawmakers condemned the operation as an alarming "killing spree" in Duterte's flagship campaign.
2017-08-20 03:59:32 Read More

Philippine Church head urges end to drug killings

Thousands join anti-racism march in Boston

Thousands of anti-racism demonstrators flooded the streets of Boston on Saturday, dwarfing a gathering of white nationalists in the city and triggering scuffles with police but avoiding the serious violence that marred a similar event a week earlier in Virginia.
2017-08-20 00:52:57 Read More

Barcelona attack: Spanish police release picture of suspect

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State funeral held for 'Pakistan's Mother Theresa'

Mourners on Saturday attended a state funeral for Ruth Pfau, a German physician and nun who earned international acclaim as "Pakistan's Mother Theresa'' by devoting her life to the eradication of leprosy in the Muslim-majority nation.
2017-08-19 09:57:37 Read More

8 stabbed in Russian city; attacker killed by cops

The attacker "carried out attacks on passers-by, causing stab wounds to eight," Russia's Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes said, adding that armed police then "liquidated" the attacker.
2017-08-19 09:18:19 Read More

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House destroyed in gas blast holds clues to Barcelona attack

Investigators believe the ones behind the van attack had originally planned to trigger a bomb using gas canisters, of which about 20 were discovered in the ruins of the collapsed building. The people there were 'manipulating' the propane and butane canisters at the time of the accidental explosion.
2017-08-19 07:16:17 Read More

Steve Bannon, Trump's 'Great Manipulator'

When Steve Bannon gave a free-wheeling interview to a small left-wing magazine this week, he spoke as if he â€” the White House's 'great manipulator' â€” was back on top. By Friday, President Donald Trump had sacked him.
2017-08-19 07:16:06 Read More

Trump struggles with presidential duties

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After Barcelona attack, defiance in European capitals

The June 3 attack on Borough Market was one of a series by Islamist militants on European tourist hotspots in the past two years, the latest in Barcelona on Thursday when a van was driven into crowds on the Ramblas boulevard, killing 14.
2017-08-19 04:50:52 Read More

After Barcelona attack, defiance in European capitals

Steve Bannon says 'going to war' for Trump

Donald Trump's ousted top strategist Steve Bannon vowed to keep fighting for the president from outside the White House, as he returned to his former home at Breitbart News.
2017-08-19 00:45:47 Read More

China rebukes Japan for comment on Doklam

Annoyed by Japan's support for the Indian position that China had unilaterally sought to alter the status quo in Doklam, Beijing has asked Tokyo "not to make random comments before clarifying relevant facts".
2017-08-18 21:53:59 Read More

'Death toll from Sierra Leone floods passes 400'

"Today we are counting more than 400 people dead," the secretary-general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, Elhadj As Sy, told reporters in Geneva. The disaster began on Monday when heavy rains hit the city and the partial collapse of a hillside triggered mudslides, engulfing homes and wreaking destruction.
2017-08-18 11:45:11 Read More

14 dead in attacks as Spanish police launch manhunt

Spanish police hunted on Friday for the driver who ploughed a van into crowds of pedestrians on a busy avenue in Barcelona, just hours before a second such assault hit a nearby resort, in twin attacks that left 14 dead and over 100 injured.
2017-08-18 11:05:04 Read More

Decision soon on strategy for Afghanistan: Mattis

After months of sometimes heated internal debate, the Trump administration has almost reached a decision on a new approach for fighting the 16-year-old war in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Thursday. He gave no hint of what the strategy would look like.
2017-08-18 09:40:25 Read More

Clearing Iraqi cities of explosives may take 25yrs

Militants hid explosives set to detonate with the slightest of movement. They can be almost anywhere- in a child's toy, a vacuum cleaner or an oven door. A contracting company has been hired to find and remove explosive devices and unexploded bombs.
2017-08-18 07:51:54 Read More

Iran reform leader Karroubi ends hunger strike

Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, under house arrest for six years, ended his hunger strike after the government agreed to remove intelligence agents from his home. Karroubi, 79, stopped eating and drinking on Wednesday morning and was hospitalised a day later with high blood pressure.
2017-08-18 06:34:13 Read More

Night of eerie silence in Barcelona after car rampage

The terror attack on Thursday in which 13 people died and around 100 injured took the city by surprise: FC Barcelona was digesting a defeat to Real Madrid, the Catalan government was in middle of its protracted fight for an independence referendum and security staff were striking at the airport.
2017-08-18 06:29:21 Read More

Night of eerie silence in Barcelona after car rampage

US Navy to remove senior crew of USS Fitzgerald

USS Fitzgerald's commander, executive officer and master chief petty officer would be removed. "We've lost trust and confidence in their ability to lead," a US Navy official said. USS Fitzgerald had collided with a Philippine container ship in June off the coast of Japan.
2017-08-18 03:41:35 Read More

Barcelona attack: Police kill 5 suspected terrorists, foil 'bomb plot'

Spanish police five attackers were killed on Thursday night in Cambrils, a town south of Barcelona, to thwart a "terrorist attack" using explosive belts. Police said the Cambrils plot was linked to the Barcelona van attack. Also, one person was killed in an explosion in a house in a town southwest of Barcelona. Residents there were preparing explosives, a police source added.
2017-08-18 02:35:03 Read More

Barcelona attack: Police kill 5 suspected terrorists, foil 'bomb plot'

'Four suspected terrorists' shot dead in Spain

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Barcelona terror attack: 13 dead, over 100 injured

At least 13 people were killed on Thursday when a driver deliberately slammed a van into crowds on Barcelona's most popular street in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
2017-08-17 20:11:13 Read More

Threat looms of more mudslides in Sierra Leone

The government has begun burying the 350 people killed earlier this week in mudslides in Sierra Leone's capital, and it warned on Thursday of new danger from a large crack that has opened on a mountainside where residents were told to evacuate.
2017-08-17 17:42:25 Read More

40 dead in NE Congo after mudslide hits town

Gov. Abdallah Pene Mbaka said on Thursday that teams are being sent to assess the damage in the village of Tora. The disaster followed heavy rains in the fishing community located along Lake Albert.
2017-08-17 14:22:59 Read More

US move to blacklist Hizb 'unjustified', says Pak

"Declaring organisations or groups supporting freedom struggle in Kashmir as terrorist outfits is completely unjustified," Foreign Office Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said during his weekly press conference. He said the US decision did not take into account "the 70-year struggle of Kashmiris."
2017-08-17 13:42:32 Read More

58 dead in renewed Philippine anti-drug bloodshed

President Rodrigo Duterte expressed his satisfaction with the new spike in drug killings and reassured law enforcers on Thursday they will not rot in jail if they get entangled in lawsuits.
2017-08-17 12:54:52 Read More

Peace with North Korea a 'possibility': Top US general

General Joe Dunford, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, told reporters during his visit to Beijing that the US has no plans to "dial back" military exercises with South Korea, which have angered both China and North Korea.
2017-08-17 11:28:18 Read More

Flood: Sierra Leone mourns 100 kids among dead

Sierra Leone began a week of mourning on Wednesday as it emerged that 105 children were among more than 300 people who perished in mudslides and torrential flooding, in one of the country's worst natural disasters.
2017-08-17 08:33:26 Read More

China criticizes US moves on Taiwan, South China Sea

Fan Changlong, a vice chairman of China's powerful Central Military Commission, told Joseph Dunford, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, that mutual trust mechanisms between the two militaries had continued to improve, China's defence ministry said.
2017-08-17 07:36:55 Read More

Saudi Arabia to open border to Qatar pilgrims

A statement on the official Saudi Press Agency said the Salwa border point would be open for Qatari citizens who wish to perform the annual pilgrimage to pass through with no electronic permissions needed.
2017-08-17 06:36:39 Read More

Trump isolation grows as biz panels dismantled

With corporate chieftains fleeing, President Donald Trump abruptly dismantled two of his White House business councils Wednesday â€”an attempt to manage his increasing isolation and the continued fallout from his combative comments on racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
2017-08-17 06:16:08 Read More

400 Chinese, Taiwanese held over telecom fraud

China has been battling telecoms fraud that has cost billions of dollars in financial losses, say officials in Beijing who accuse Taiwan of harbouring criminal gangs behind many of the scams. Cambodia is one of China's closest allies in Southeast Asia and doesn't recognize the government of Taiwan.
2017-08-17 05:14:38 Read More

400 Chinese, Taiwanese held over telecom fraud

Ex-Presidents Bush condemn bigotry, anti-Semitizm

The father-son former presidents said "America must always reject racial bigotry, anti-Semitizm, and hatred in all forms." They made reference to Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence whose main home, Monticello, is in Charlottesville.
2017-08-17 04:03:00 Read More

Ex-Presidents Bush condemn bigotry, anti-Semitizm

'Frozen in time': Diana's tragic fairytale

Young, beautiful and fun, she seemed refreshingly informal when she married the heir to the throne in 1981 at age 20, after what the media and palace officials portrayed as a fairytale romance. Diana grew up in an aristocratic family â€” her dad worked for the late king George VI & Queen Elizabeth II.
2017-08-17 03:36:08 Read More

Trump aide: No military solution in North Korea

In an interview with The American Prospect posted online on Wednesday, President Donald Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon tells the liberal publication that the US is losing the economic race against China. He also talks about purging his rivals from the Defense and State departments.
2017-08-17 03:06:36 Read More

Racism, xenophobia must be opposed in US, everywhere: UN chief

Racism and xenophobia must be countered in the United States as everywhere in the world, UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday in response to a US political firestorm sparked by President Donald Trump.
2017-08-17 01:46:56 Read More

Trump scraps business forums after CEOs' protest

US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he was scrapping two business advisory councils in the wake of several high-profile resignations in protest over his comments on a white supremacist rally in Virginia that turned violent.
2017-08-16 17:44:51 Read More

Trump scraps business forums after CEOs' protest

Trump praises Kim's decision not to fire missiles towards Guam

"Kim Jong Un of North Korea made a very wise and well reasoned decision," Trump wrote on Twitter. "The alternative would have been both catastrophic and unacceptable!" North Korea's threat to fire towards Guam had prompted Trump to say earlier that the US military was "locked and loaded" if North Korea acted unwisely.
2017-08-16 14:16:29 Read More

Bangladesh sees fresh influx of Rohingya from Myanmar

Community leaders said at least 500 Rohingya had made the difficult journey into Bangladesh, some claiming they had been abused by soldiers in Myanmar. The latest influx follows a months-long bloody military crackdown on the mainly Muslim minority in Myanmar last year that led tens of thousands to flee across the border.
2017-08-16 11:24:55 Read More

Bangladesh sees fresh influx of Rohingya from Myanmar

Xi Jinping looks to party congress to cement authority

President Xi Jinping, 64, has been shoring up his authority and sidelining rivals, leaving him primed to install allies in top positions and press his agenda of tightened state control and muscular diplomacy.
2017-08-16 08:24:33 Read More

NKorea can make missile engines without imports: US

The assessment disputes a new study by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies that said that the engines for a nuclear missile North Korea is developing to hit the United States likely were made in factories in Ukraine or Russia and probably obtained via black market networks.
2017-08-16 07:08:11 Read More

Colombia declares FARC war over

President Juan Manuel Santos shut a padlock on the last lot of decommissioned rifles before it was taken out of a remote demobilization camp to formally seal the UN-supervised disarmament by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
2017-08-16 05:19:26 Read More

Both sides to blame for Virginia violence: Trump

President Donald Trump insisted on Tuesday that left- and right-wing extremists became violent during a weekend rally by white nationalists in Virginia, reigniting a political firestorm over US race relations and his own leadership of a national crisis.
2017-08-16 02:40:18 Read More

Both sides to blame for Virginia violence: Trump

More than 300 dead, 600 missing in Sierra Leone mudslides

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2017-08-15 22:12:12 Read More

'Lot of time' needed to rebuild trust in Gulf: Qatar FM

As the impasse between Doha and four Arab states led by Saudi Arabia entered its 11th week, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said regional relations had been transformed by the dispute. "Qatar has always been one of the founders of the GCC organisation and we still consider that this has a great importance for all of us in the region," he told reporters.
2017-08-15 14:32:41 Read More

3,000 firefighters in Portugal combat raging wildfire

Around 3,000 firefighters in Portugal were struggling to put out more than 150 wildfires raging across the country on Tuesday, as persistent hot and dry weather stoked the flames, officials said.
2017-08-15 13:38:20 Read More

Israel arrests radical Islamic cleric for inciting violence

Raed Salah, head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, was questioned for allegedly supporting and inciting violence and terrorism, police said. Israel outlawed his group in 2015. Later, a court extended Salah's detention until Thursday.
2017-08-15 13:02:39 Read More

Saudi Arabia and Iraq to re-open border crossing after 27 years

Saudi Arabia and Iraq plan to open the Arar border crossing for trade for the first time since 1990, when it was closed after the countries cut ties following Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, Saudi local media reported on Tuesday.
2017-08-15 11:07:20 Read More

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Death toll in Nepal floods climbs to 91

The death toll in rain- triggered floods and landslides in Nepal has climbed to 91 with 38 persons still missing and over six million people affected by natural calamity. Nepal Ministry of Home Affairs said 2,847 houses were completely damaged in the disaster, My Republica reported.
2017-08-15 10:42:11 Read More

China warns of retaliation as US launches trade probe

Trade tensions between the United States and China heated up on Tuesday as Beijing warned that it "will not sit idle" if a US probe into its intellectual property practices leads to sanctions.
2017-08-15 07:35:03 Read More

China warns of retaliation as US launches trade probe

Iran can quit nuke deal if US keeps adding sanctions: Rouhani

President Hassan Rouhani warned on Tuesday that Iran could abandon its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers within hours if the United States keeps on imposing new sanctions. In a speech to parliament, he also hit out at US counterpart Donald Trump saying that he had shown the world that Washington was "not a good partner".
2017-08-15 06:23:40 Read More

N Korea maps out plan for missile launches off Guam

North Korea offered a glimpse into its plans to fire missiles near Guam in photos released by its state media on Tuesday, as leader Kim Jong Un was briefed on the plans drawn up by the army amid heightened tensions with the United States.
2017-08-15 05:59:12 Read More

North Korea leader 'briefed' on Guam missile plan

Kim Jong Un said North Korea would conduct the launches if the "Yankees persist in their extremely dangerous reckless actions on the Korean Peninsula and its vicinity" and that the United States should "think reasonably and judge properly" to avoid shaming itself.
2017-08-15 01:30:47 Read More

Far-right clashes: Merck CEO quits Trump panel

In a strong rebuke to the president, the CEO of one of the world's largest pharmaceutical firms resigned from a business panel led by Trump. Merck & Co Inc CEO Kenneth Frazier cited a need for leadership countering bigotry.
2017-08-15 00:47:35 Read More

Far-right clashes: Merck CEO quits Trump panel

Over 300 dead in Sierra Leone mudslide, flooding

At least 312 people were killed on Monday when heavy flooding hit Sierra Leone's capital of Freetown, leaving morgues overflowing and residents desperately searching for loved ones. Reports said a section of a hill in the Regent area of the city had partially collapsed, exacerbating the disaster.
2017-08-14 15:29:31 Read More

Pakistan PM blames India for impasse in ties

nation on its 70th Independence Day, PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said Pakistan "desires positive and constructive" relations with all countries based on sovereign equality.
2017-08-14 12:45:37 Read More

China suspends North Korean iron, seafood imports

China had pledged to fully enforce the latest sanctions against its diplomatic ally after coming under pressure from the United States to do more to compel North Korea to drop its nuclear weapons programme.
2017-08-14 09:10:17 Read More

China suspends North Korean iron, seafood imports

Pakistan celebrates 70th Independence Day

Pakistan today hoisted the largest flag in its history at Attari-Wagah border near Lahore to mark the country's 70th Independence Day. Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa hoisted the flag at the border at 12 in the midnight, kicking off the festivities of Independence Day across the country.
2017-08-14 05:19:21 Read More

At least 17 killed in attack on cafe in Burkina Faso

Suspected Islamic extremists opened fire at a Turkish restaurant late Sunday in the capital of Burkina Faso, killing at least 17 people in the second such attack on a restaurant popular with foreigners in the last two years.
2017-08-14 02:34:30 Read More

Will bring law that ensures no PM can be ousted: Sharif

Sharif also demanded accountability from military dictators and judges who he said have been sending PMs packing home in the last 70 years. He also criticised the five judges who disqualified him in the Panama Papers case.
2017-08-13 23:06:15 Read More

After flak, WH says Trump condemns KKK, neo-Nazis

President Donald Trump included the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi groups in condemning violence after a white nationalist rally, the White House said on Sunday, the day after he was criticized on the left and right for not explicitly condemning white supremacists.
2017-08-13 17:40:21 Read More

After flak, WH says Trump condemns KKK, neo-Nazis

Merkel challenger remains confident of unseating chancellor

Martin Schulz, who was president of the European Parliament until January, said on Germany's ZDF television's "Berlin Direkt" program that there are still six weeks of campaigning to go before the Sept. 24 vote. "I think that I still have a good chance to lead the next government," he said.
2017-08-13 13:11:50 Read More

Iran MPs boost missile funds in response to US sanctions

Iran's parliament on Sunday approved more than half a billion dollars in funding for the country's missile programme and foreign operations of the elite Revolutionary Guards in response to US sanctions. The move follows a spike in tensions between Tehran and Washington since US President Donald Trump took office.
2017-08-13 11:52:09 Read More

Saudi forces seal off eastern Shia town: Human Rights

Saudi Arabia's forces have sealed off a Shia-majority town in the east of the Sunni-ruled kingdom, following months of unrest and clashes with police. Saudi authorities last week said they seized control of a district of Awamiya, a town in the eastern Qatif region where protests have escalated into clashes.
2017-08-13 07:29:21 Read More

'China, extremism long-term challenge in Asia Pacific'

An assertive China and the violent extremism pose greatest challenge to the Asia Pacific region in the long term, but North Korea is the most immediate and pressing challenge, a top American commander has said.
2017-08-13 06:40:35 Read More

FB secretly launches app in China, with a different name

Hundreds of people are facing off in Charlottesville ahead of a white nationalist rally planned in the Virginia city's downtown. Rally supporters and counter-protesters screamed, chanted, threw punches, hurled water bottles and unleashed chemical sprays on each other Saturday morning.
2017-08-13 01:43:59 Read More

Iran bans footballers over game with Israel

for their Greek club team, Panionios, in a home game last week in Athens against Maccabi Tel Aviv from Israel. Iran does not recognise Israel, and has no official ties with the country. A rule prohibits Iranian athletes from competing against Israeli athletes in any tournament, including Olympics.
2017-08-13 01:30:56 Read More

Vice premier of China to visit Pak to mark I-Day

Wang Yang will be accompanied by a high-level delegation for the two-day visit, which comes on the "directions of President Xi Jinping as a special gesture", the Pakistan foreign office said.
2017-08-13 01:03:22 Read More

Hundreds face off ahead of white nationalist rally in Virginia

The drivers of the two trains that collided on Friday have been held for questioning and four railway officials suspended pending the results of a probe into its causes, Transportation Minister Hisham Arafat told an Egyptian broadcaster. Under floodlights, rescue teams had combed wrecked carriages all night for casualties.
2017-08-12 16:22:00 Read More

Hundreds face off ahead of white nationalist rally in Virginia

Egypt train crash toll hits 41 as drivers questioned

Macron warns against 'escalation of tensions' over N Korea

In a statement, Macron voiced his "concern at the ballistic and nuclear threat coming from North Korea", saying the international community needed to work to get Pyongyang to "resume the path of dialogue without conditions".
2017-08-12 12:58:04 Read More

Eleven dead in Kenya as post-election riots flare

Kenyan police killed at least 11 people in a crackdown on protests as anger at the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta erupted in the western city of Kisumu and slums ringing the capital, officials and witnesses said on Saturday.
2017-08-12 12:53:18 Read More

Trump ramps up Guam assurances over N Korea threat

US President Donald Trump on Saturday reassured Guam it was secure amid mounting regional tensions, vowing that American military forces "stand ready" to safeguard the US Pacific island territory against a belligerent North Korea.
2017-08-12 11:00:15 Read More

Thunderstorms disrupt nearly 500 flights in Beijing

Beijing city authorities raised their weather alert level early on Saturday afternoon to "orange" from "yellow", warning that lightning, hail, wind and as much as 70 mm of rain would hit the city, potentially causing flash floods in mountainous areas.
2017-08-12 08:07:31 Read More

Qatar crisis redraws red lines, frays age-old ties

It's early morning at a fishing port in Dubai. A group of mostly retired fishermen are playing cards, eating dates and drinking coffee at the port's majlis, a traditional meeting space.
2017-08-12 07:59:07 Read More

Flash floods kill 11 in northeastern Iran

So far 11 people have died in the accident â€” 8 of them in Khorasan Razavi, 2 in Golestan and another in North Khorasan. The two people missing were part of a family of three whose car was washed away by the torrent in Golestan province. Friday's storms caused flooding in 5 provinces.
2017-08-12 07:51:07 Read More

Trump warns of military action against Venezuela

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Xi urges Trump to avoid exacerbating NKorea tensions

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged US President Donald Trump in a phone call on Saturday to avoid "words and deeds" that would "exacerbate" the already-tense situation on the Korean Peninsula, state television reported.
2017-08-12 05:41:15 Read More

Xi urges Trump to avoid exacerbating NKorea tensions

Police nab fireman for arson as Italy blazes rage

Italy's fire brigade was tackling flames nationwide, where a relentless heat wave has turned fields and woods into tinder. With the wind picking up, nine regions launched urgent appeals for water planes.
2017-08-11 14:09:06 Read More

Wife of ousted Nawaz Sharif to seek his parliament seat

Papers for Kulsoom Nawaz's candidacy were filed with election authorities on Friday, Sharif adviser Asif Kirmani told reporters in the eastern city of Lahore. The special election is to be held in about 45 days.
2017-08-11 11:31:36 Read More

Families demand Malaysia accept MH370 hunt offer

No trace of the Malaysia Airlines plane, which disappeared in March 2014 with 239 people on board, was found during a lengthy deep sea hunt in the southern Indian Ocean off western Australia, with the search called off in January 2017.
2017-08-11 09:29:21 Read More

As tensions soar, South Korea mulls nuclear arms

South Korea, which hosts 28,500 US troops to defend it from the North, is banned from building its own nuclear weapons under a 1974 atomic energy deal it signed with the US, which instead offers a "nuclear umbrella" against potential attacks.
2017-08-11 09:08:48 Read More

'China should be neutral if North Korea fires first on US'

China should remain neutral if North Korea launches an attack that threatens the United States, a Chinese state-run newspaper said on Friday, sounding a warning for Pyongyang over its plans to fire missiles near the US Pacific territory of Guam.
2017-08-11 06:54:27 Read More

Trump thanks Putin for slashing US diplomatic staff

Breaking nearly two weeks of silence on Putin's July 30 order cutting US embassy and consulate staff by nearly two thirds, Trump said: "I'm very thankful that he let go of a large number of people because now we have a smaller payroll."
2017-08-11 03:52:16 Read More

China protests US ship sailing in South China Sea

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said the US move undermined Chinese sovereignty and security and endangered the safety of frontline personnel from both sides. China, which claims virtually the entire South China Sea, routinely protests such operations, which Trump's administration has continued partly to reassure allies locked in territorial disputes with Beijing.
2017-08-11 03:38:21 Read More

Tehmina Durrani: The sister-in-law Nawaz disapproved of

Tehmina Durrani is a Pakistani women's rights activist and author. In her first book, 'My Feudal Lord', she described a story of her abusive and disturbing first marriage to ex-Punjab governor Ghulam Mustafa Khar.
2017-08-11 03:31:21 Read More

Tehmina Durrani: The sister-in-law Nawaz disapproved of

Turkey detains Russian 'planning attack on US base'

Renad Bakiev was detained in the southern city of Adana over suspicions that he plotted to crash an American aircraft or attack the Incirlik air base using a drone, Adana police said in a statement. Turkish private news agency Dogan said a court later ordered him formally arrested pending a trial.
2017-08-10 13:57:42 Read More

Turkey detains Russian 'planning attack on US base'

Pakistan's leprosy fighter Dr Ruth Pfau dies at 87

Born in Germany, Dr Ruth Katharina Martha Pfau had been living in Pakistan since 1960. She founded the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre in Karachi, Pakistan's first hospital dedicated to treating the disease, and opened branches across the country.
2017-08-10 11:48:08 Read More

North Korea mocks Trump, hones Guam strike plans

The military would complete the plan to hit Guam by mid-August and submit it to Kim Jong-Un for consideration, said General Kim Rak-Gyom, the commander of the North Korea's missile forces.
2017-08-10 03:43:37 Read More

FBI agents searched ex-Trump campaign chair's home

President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been a subject of a longstanding FBI investigation into his dealings in Ukraine and work for the country's former president, Viktor Yanukovych.
2017-08-10 03:18:05 Read More

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FBI agents searched ex-Trump campaign chair's home

China hit by 2nd earthquake of 6.6 magnitude

China was rattled by a second earthquake of 6.6 magnitude on Wednesday, injuring 32 people, even as rescue efforts were on in Sichuan province where a powerful 7.0-magnitude quake a day earlier killed 19 people. The second quake in Xinjiang province happened at 7.27am.
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Iran's Prez Rouhani names two female vice presidents

Massoumeh Ebtekar, known internationally for her role as spokesperson during the 1980 US embassy hostage crisis, was named as vice president in charge of women's affairs, having previously run the environment brief in Rouhani's office. Laya Joneydi was appointed as the vice president for legal affairs.
2017-08-09 12:06:18 Read More

Thai man handed 20 years over 'anti-monarchy' podcasts

A Thai man was sentenced to 20 years in prison today for uploading audio clips that insulted royal family members, his lawyer said, the latest harsh verdict under a defamation law that shields the monarchy from scrutiny.
2017-08-09 10:37:08 Read More

Thai man handed 20 years over 'anti-monarchy' podcasts

Germany urges 'restraint' from North Korea, Trump

Germany on Wednesday urged N Korea and the US to show "restraint" after apocalyptic threats from President Donald Trump and Pyongyang in their mounting war of words. It urged the international community to "thoroughly implement" the sanctions against N Korea approved by the UN Security Council.
2017-08-09 10:26:27 Read More

Sharif kicks off roadshow to Lahore in show of strength

Pakistan's ousted premier Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday embarked on a journey to Lahore from Islamabad via the famous Grand Trunk Road to show his popularity among the people despite security concerns following a bomb blast in the Punjab province's capital.
2017-08-09 08:18:48 Read More

Gulf diplomatic crisis splits families, dashes dreams

Sara, a 29-year-old Qatari, had been poised to start her senior year in business school in Dubai when on June 5, a bloc of Arab states led by Saudi Arabia abruptly cut ties with her country.
2017-08-09 04:09:41 Read More

Tension with China: Vietnam wins US defence pledge

A US aircraft carrier will visit Vietnam next year, the Pentagon said in a statement on Tuesday, in a sign of improving relations between the two countries. Within Southeast Asia, Vietnam has become an increasingly lonely voice in challenging Chinese claims in South China Sea.
2017-08-09 03:30:57 Read More

Tension with China: Vietnam wins US defence pledge

Quake in China's Sichuan kills 13, injures 175

Thirteen people, including six tourists, were killed and 175 injured when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck a remote, mountainous part Sichuan in China's southwest, the provincial government and official media said on Wednesday
2017-08-09 03:13:37 Read More

Quake in China's Sichuan kills 13, injures 175

Strong earthquake strikes western China

The quake struck 200 km (120 miles) west northwest of the city of Guangyuan at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), USGS said. It earlier put it at 6.6 magnitude and 32 km deep.
2017-08-08 13:55:31 Read More

Tillerson visits Thailand to firm up bilateral relations

Thailand has long been one of Washington's closest regional allies, but relations have been strained over US criticism of Thailand's military government for its repression of critics and failure to restore democracy.
2017-08-08 13:13:22 Read More

Hassan Rouhani under fire for male-only cabinet

"The lack of women ministers shows we are treading water," Shahindokht Mowlaverdi, Rouhani's outgoing vice president for women's affairs, told the Etamad daily after news of the line-up was leaked.
2017-08-08 11:53:52 Read More

Trump advisers at odds over US foreign policy

Trump advisers McMaster and Bannon have clashed loudly and repeatedly during recent White House discussions over Afghanistan war strategy, according to four administration officials.
2017-08-08 07:00:55 Read More

Taliban move into Afghanistan drug production

The Taliban - which banned poppy cultivation when it ruled Afghanistan - now appears to wield significant control over the war-torn country's heroin production line, providing insurgents with billions of dollars, officials have told AFP.
2017-08-08 05:49:41 Read More

Army-basher Asif is Pakistan's foreign minister

In a show of defiance, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif 's party appointed on Monday Khawaja Muhammad Asif, a trenchant critic of the military, as Pakistan's foreign minister. Incidentally, Asif is also infamous for his downright sexist and misogynist views.
2017-08-08 05:00:57 Read More

Army-basher Asif is Pakistan's foreign minister

South China Sea row: China, Vietnam meet cancelled

Vietnam has emerged as the most vocal opponent of Beijing's island-building spree in South China Sea, where more than $3 trillion in cargo pass every year.
2017-08-08 03:37:03 Read More

US can talk to North Korea if it halts tests: Tillerson

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Women as 'collateral' in Pakistan jirga justice

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday said that the United States wants to work with Russia and it was pointless to cut off ties over their disagreements.
2017-08-07 13:56:21 Read More

North Korea ready to teach US 'severe lesson'

North Korea is ready to give the United States a "severe lesson" with its strategic nuclear force if it takes military action against it, and will not put its nuclear programme or its missiles on the negotiating table, it said in a statement to a regional meeting on Monday.
2017-08-07 12:38:14 Read More

Australia finds crashed US military aircraft

A US military aircraft that crashed off the Australian coast has been found, authorities said on Monday, with divers preparing to try and locate three missing marines.
2017-08-07 10:18:33 Read More

Taliban, IS massacred 50 civilians: Afghan officials

They killed more than 50 men, women and children in the remote Sayad district of northern Sar-e Pul province on Saturday, highlighting rare co-operation between the insurgents that could increase the strain on Afghanistan's beleaguered security forces.
2017-08-07 10:05:01 Read More

Taliban, IS massacred 50 civilians: Afghan officials

Troops killed two of the intruders, wounded another and captured seven, but 10 others got away, Venezuela's embattled President Nicolas Maduro announced on state television.
2017-08-07 10:05:01 Read More

Prosecutors seek 12 years jail for Samsung heir

South Korean prosecutors have recommended imprisoning a billionaire Samsung heir for 12 years if he is convicted of bribery and other crimes in a national corruption scandal.
2017-08-07 05:57:36 Read More

US to respond by Sept 1 to Russia's expulsion of diplomats

The Trump administration has yet to decide how to respond to Russia's move to expel hundreds of American diplomats, but plans to deliver a response to Moscow by Sept. 1, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Monday.
2017-08-07 05:49:15 Read More

North Korea rejects South's talks offer: Yonhap

North Korea rejected offers of talks from the South during a rare exchange between the two rivals' foreign ministers, Seoul's Yonhap news agency reported on Monday after the UN imposed a new round of sanctions on nuclear-armed Pyongyang.
2017-08-07 03:58:17 Read More

North Korea issue: China media slam US 'arrogance'

China has repeatedly said that while sanctions need to be imposed, they cannot bring a final resolution to the North Korea issue, which has to be addressed by talks.
2017-08-07 03:42:46 Read More

US Tillerson says can settle problems with Russia

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday said that the United States wants to work with Russia and it was pointless to cut off ties over their disagreements.
2017-08-07 03:40:48 Read More

Venezuela crushes anti-Maduro uprising at army base

Chicago to sue Trump admin over sanctuary city funding threat

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Chicago to sue Trump admin over sanctuary city funding threat

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US VP Mike Pence denies eyeing presidential bid

US Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday denied that he is preparing for a presidential election run in 2020, saying the suggestion is "disgraceful and offensive."
2017-08-06 17:54:15 Read More

Israel seeks to ban Al-Jazeera

Israeli officials have long accused Al-Jazeera of bias against the Jewish state. Defense minister Avigdor Lieberman has likened its coverage to 'Nazi Germany-style' propaganda. Al-Jazeera did not immediately comment, though its Arab and English channels immediately reported the news.
2017-08-06 14:14:07 Read More

4 killed as Iranian soldier opens fire at air base

icial Mehr news agency reported that the shooting took place in Kahrizak, on the southern outskirts of Tehran. All injured soldiers were taken to an Air Force hospital in southeast of the city.
2017-08-06 13:55:18 Read More

Abbas pledges further sanctions on Gaza

Abbas, the leader of the internationally-recognised Palestinian government based in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, has been seeking to weaken Hamas by cutting power supplies to Gaza. He said he would continue with sanctions, despite UN concerns that it amounts to collective punishment of residents.
2017-08-06 10:26:02 Read More

Man carrying knife arrested at Eiffel Tower

A man carrying a knife was arrested as he tried to force his way into the Eiffel Tower, the company that runs the Paris landmark said on Sunday. The man, who was apparently alone, was "very quickly overpowered and arrested" and nobody was hurt, the statement added.
2017-08-06 09:02:05 Read More

Man carrying knife arrested at Eiffel Tower

Typhoon Noru kills two, draws near Japan

Strong typhoon Noru brought heavy rain and strong winds to southwest Japan, killing two people, local officials said on Sunday as they warned of landslides and floods.
2017-08-06 07:36:12 Read More

Trump 'appreciates' China, Russia backing on N Korea sanctions

US President Donald Trump on Saturday commended China and Russia for their support on a US-drafted resolution ramping up sanctions on North Korea, saying he "appreciates" their votes.
2017-08-06 04:42:57 Read More

Search called off for US Marines crashed off Australia

The US Navy and Marine Corps suspended the rescue operation and launched a recovery effort instead, the Marine base Camp Butler in Japan said in a statement, essentially confirming the military does not expect to find the missing Marines alive.
2017-08-06 03:33:41 Read More

Syria army takes last IS-held town in Homs: Monitor

Al-Sukhna, some 70 kilometres (45 miles) northeast of the famed ancient city of Palmyra, is the last town on the road to the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, where a government garrison has held out under IS siege since early 2015.
2017-08-06 03:28:17 Read More

N Korean missiles add urgency to Hiroshima A-bomb appeals

Hiroshima's appeal of "never again" on the anniversary on Sunday of the world's first atomic bomb attack has gained urgency as North Korea moves ever closer to acquiring nuclear weapons, showing its growing prowess with increasingly frequent missile launches.
2017-08-06 03:13:44 Read More

UK ready to pay up to 40 bn euros to leave EU: Report

The European Union has floated a figure of 60 billion euros and wants significant progress on settling Britain's liabilities before talks can start on complex issues such as future trading arrangements.
2017-08-06 02:50:25 Read More

New Venezuela assembly fires dissident attorney general

Venezuela's contested new assembly fired the country's dissident attorney general, Luisa Ortega and ordered her to go on trial in a move sure to further inflame international criticism of the leftist government. The body also said it planned to operate as Venezuela's supreme power for up to 2 years.
2017-08-05 14:27:19 Read More

Iran's president Rouhani sworn in for second term

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Iran's president Rouhani sworn in for second term

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Iran's Rouhani starts new term facing reform criticism

Rouhani won a convincing victory over hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi in the May presidential election, vowing to continue rebuilding ties with the West and easing social restrictions at home. That helped win over the reformists whose candidates dropped out of last two elections to ensure his victory.
2017-08-05 12:13:43 Read More

SE Asia issues strong rebuke, warning to N Korea

The 10 foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations reiterated in a joint statement on Saturday their grave concerns over the escalation of tensions on the Korean Peninsula due to the North's two ICBM tests last month, saying the launches threaten world stability.
2017-08-05 08:56:11 Read More

UN chief asks US to re-engage in Paris climate deal

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Denmark's prince refuses to be buried next to queen

Prince Henrik of Denmark has been married to the country's queen for 50 years, and he has been carrying a grudge the whole time. Now, in an act of protest, he says he no longer wishes to be buried by her side.
2017-08-05 06:30:02 Read More

Singapore expels top expert for subversion

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Singapore expels top expert for subversion

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China: Restraint on Doklam not unlimited

Chinese defence ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang said that the country's military has exercised "great restraint" on the issue to maintain the two country's relations and regional peace and security.
2017-08-05 00:40:28 Read More

Vatican official says the Pope 'loves China'

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Vatican official says the Pope 'loves China'

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Police send postcards with an edge to Europe's most wanted

European police forces are sending a series of cheeky "wish you were here" postcards this summer in a bid to track down 21 of the continent's most wanted criminals. "Dear Artur, Belgian fries are the best and we know you miss them. Come back to enjoy them - we'll have a nice surprise in store for you," says one postcard from the Belgian police.
2017-08-04 11:09:08 Read More

Ethiopia lifts state of emergency imposed in October

Ethiopia's government on Friday lifted a state of emergency imposed in October after hundreds of people were killed in anti-government protests demanding wider political freedoms. It was some of the country's worst violence since the ruling party came to power in 1991.
2017-08-04 10:59:36 Read More

UN reports 251 killings in Congo, 62 children among dead

The UN on Friday detailed more than 250 "extrajudicial or targeted killings" in the the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kasai region from mid-March to mid-June, counting dozens of children among the dead.
2017-08-04 08:56:38 Read More

UN reports 251 killings in Congo, 62 children among dead

Sea dispute, NKorea top ASEAN meetings

The 27 nations deploying their foreign ministers for three days of summitry and handshake photo-ops in Manila starting Saturday include the main protagonists in long-tormenting conflicts led by the United States, Russia, China, Japan and South and North Korea.
2017-08-04 07:34:00 Read More

New Pakistan PM Shahid Abbasi's cabinet sworn in

The Cabinet of Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was sworn in on Friday with media reports saying that Khawaja Asif has been appointed the country's first full-time foreign minister since 2013.
2017-08-04 06:37:49 Read More

Trump says he hopes for 'honest' outcome of Russia probe

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he hopes for a "truly honest" outcome from the Russia investigation that has consumed the opening months of his presidency, and he challenged Democrats to either continue their "obsession with a hoax" or begin serving the interests of the American people.
2017-08-04 03:36:03 Read More

Flames engulf 86-story residential skyscraper in Dubai

Firefighters have extinguished a blaze that swept through one of the world's tallest residential buildings in Dubai early on Friday, forcing occupants to flee their homes as burning debris showered down the sides of the 79-storey tower.
2017-08-04 02:44:03 Read More

US Democrats train new wave of candidates

The 100 Democratic women who packed into a suburban Maryland conference room recently for a one-day training on how to run for political office were more than activists eager to battle President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans.
2017-08-03 15:28:36 Read More

US Democrats train new wave of candidates

Floods kill 7 and leave 27 missing in northern Vietnam

Disaster official Luong Tuan Anh said on Thursday two people died and 13 are missing in the worst hit province of Yen Bai. Some 900 government forces have been mobilized to search for the missing. The other casualties were reported in the neighboring provinces of Son La and Lai Chau.
2017-08-03 12:09:18 Read More

Bangladesh's 'Sultan of Sex' detained on blackmail charges

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Russia blasts US sanctions as 'economic war'

US President Donald Trump reluctantly signed off on the new sanctions Wednesday, bowing to domestic pressure after the White House failed to scupper the bill or water it down.
2017-08-03 09:48:21 Read More

Japan PM seeks new start with cabinet revamp

Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered a drubbing in local Tokyo elections last month, which analysts and newspapers blamed on an increasing "arrogance" on the part of the prime minister.
2017-08-03 08:56:17 Read More

Iran says US breaching nuclear deal as Rouhani starts new term

Iran President Hassan Rouhani vowed to continue his efforts to end the country's isolation as he was sworn in by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following his re-election in May.
2017-08-03 08:26:36 Read More

US to ban travel to North Korea from September 1

Strict warnings against travel to the North were already in place. The new travel ban will remain in effect for one year, unless it is revoked sooner by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
2017-08-03 07:11:09 Read More

Donald Trump, frustrated by Afghan war: Officials

During a July 19 meeting in the White House Situation Room, Trump demanded that his top national security aides provide more information on what one official called "the end-state" in a country where the United States has spent 16 years fighting against the Taliban with no end in sight.
2017-08-03 06:51:32 Read More

Trump denies he called White House a 'dump'

Trump took to Twitter to deny he made the remark. "I love the White House, one of the most beautiful buildings (homes) I have ever seen," he tweeted. "But Fake News said I called it a dump - TOTALLY UNTRUE."
2017-08-03 03:41:07 Read More

US wants N Korea suspended from Asia forum

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US wants N Korea suspended from Asia forum

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South Korea general and wife 'treated soldiers like slaves'

A South Korean general and his wife treated soldiers like "slaves", forcing them to retrieve golf balls and pick up toenail clippings, a rights group alleged, prompting officials to launch a probe Wednesday.
2017-08-02 11:27:11 Read More

North Korea's Kim a 'maniac': Philippines' Duterte

"He is playing with dangerous toys and this crazy man, do not be fooled by his face, that chubby face that looks nice," Duterte, 72, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte of Kim Jong-Un in a nationally televised speech.
2017-08-02 11:11:57 Read More

US seeks no regime change North Korea: Tillerson

"We do not seek a regime change; we do not seek the collapse of the regime; we do not seek an accelerated reunification of the peninsula; we do not seek an excuse to send our military north of the 38th parallel," US secretary of state Rex Tillerson said.
2017-08-02 08:39:41 Read More

China anti-graft officer expelled for corruption

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Trump and I disagree over Iran nuclear deal: Tillerson

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowledged on Tuesday that he and President Donald Trump disagree over the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
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Imran Khan harasses women, alleges ex-party member

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Imran Khan harasses women, alleges ex-party member

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Trump ready for war with North Korea: US senator

Lindsey Graham, a foreign policy hawk, told NBC's Today Show: "There is a military option: To destroy North Korea's program and North Korea itself." US President Donald Trump has told him he would go to war to destroy North Korea rather than allow it to develop a long-range nuclear-armed missile, Graham said.
2017-08-02 03:25:28 Read More

At least 34 killed in Madagascar bus crash

At least 34 people died when a bus carrying young Christian worshippers plunged down a steep ravine in Madagascar, police and hospital officials said on Tuesday.
2017-08-01 15:14:52 Read More

Iran complains to UN over new US sanctions

Iran has complained to the UN Security Council over the latest US sanctions imposed on Tehran. The semi-official Tasnim news agency said Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani announced the complaint on Tuesday, though it's unclear what Iran expects the United Nations would do.
2017-08-01 13:44:35 Read More

Vietnam criticises China's cinema on South China Sea island

Vietnam condemned China's construction and operation of movie theater on Paracel islands, as tension between the neighbours rises over disputed South China Sea waterway. The cinema on Woody Island, which are also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam, is equipped with the most advanced projection equipment.
2017-08-01 12:13:48 Read More

China's first overseas military base in Djibouti

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North Korea can hit most of United States: US officials

The assessment, which the officials discussed on condition of anonymity, underscored the growing threat posed by Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs, and could add pressure on President Donald Trump's administration to respond.
2017-08-01 04:22:03 Read More

'Disturbing' sexual harassment at Australian universities

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China won't compromise on sovereignty: Xi Jinping

China has rattled nerves around Asia and globally with its increasingly assertive stance in territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas and an ambitious military modernisation plan.
2017-08-01 04:14:08 Read More

Defiant Venezuela president mocks Trump after US sanctions

Oil-rich but economically ailing Venezuela awaited a fresh wave of protests against the unpopular President Maduro, whose loyalist Supreme Court had already stripped the opposition-controlled congress of its powers. Several governments joined Washington in denouncing the election, which was boycotted by the opposition.
2017-08-01 03:18:52 Read More

Harvard Law alumni list marks Scaramucci as dead

The directory mailed to alumni this week had an asterisk next to Scaramucci's name, indicating he had died. Harvard Law School acknowledged the directory error in a statement and apologized to Scaramucci.
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Harvard Law alumni list marks Scaramucci as dead

'All options on table' for North Korea: White House

North Korea carried out an intercontinental ballistic missile test on Friday which weapons experts said could bring New York into range. According to the Pentagon, the Department of Defence is well prepared to protect the US and its allies from any provocative behaviour from North Korea.
2017-08-01 03:06:11 Read More

New WH chief shows his clout, fires Scaramucci

Aiming to instill some discipline in the White House, Kelly showed Anthony Scaramucci the door just days after the new communications director had unleashed an expletive-laced tirade against senior staff members. President Trump dismissed any talk of disarray.
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6 candidates in race for Pakistan's PM poll

Pakistan's opposition parties on Monday failed to agree on a joint candidate against PML-N's Shahid Khaqan Abbasi for the prime minister's election, with six candidates filing their nomination papers for the polls scheduled to be held on Tuesday.
2017-07-31 16:48:46 Read More

Trump seeks order, discipline with new chief of staff

Donald Trump installed retired Marine Corps general John Kelly as his new chief of staff on Monday, hoping to bring order and discipline to a White House beset by scandal, infighting, low approval ratings and legislative defeats.
2017-07-31 16:34:33 Read More

Chinese Army trains all-women brigade

China's People's Liberation Army is training an all-women special operations force over cold mountains and high seas. But it won't reveal where they may be deployed in real battle scenario, which is something rival armies such as the one in India may want to know.
2017-07-31 14:14:23 Read More

IS claims attack on Iraq embassy in Kabul

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Iraqi embassy in Kabul Monday and militants breached the compound, Afghan officials said, in a complex hours-long attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
2017-07-31 11:59:31 Read More

Pak interim PM nominee facing Rs 220bn graft inquiry

The ruling PML-N party's interim prime minister nominee Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is facing a Rs 220 billion corruption inquiry by Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau over an LNG contract, according to a media report.
2017-07-31 10:34:18 Read More

China tells Trump not to link trade to North Korea

"We believe that the North Korea nuclear issue and China-US trade are two issues that are in two completely different domains," vice minister of commerce Qian Keming said on Monday.
2017-07-31 09:21:20 Read More

Maduro claims vote win, opposition vows protests

Ten people were killed in a wave of bloodshed that swept Venezuela Sunday as Maduro defied an opposition boycott and international condemnation â€” including the threat of new US sanctions â€” to hold elections for a powerful new "Constituent Assembly."
2017-07-31 06:45:30 Read More

Ten killed as Venezuela vote turns violent

"We do not recognize this fraudulent process," he said at the close of voting, calling for nationwide marches Monday and a mass protest in Caracas Wednesday, the day the new "Constituent Assembly" is due to be installed.
2017-07-31 03:25:00 Read More

Europe mulls tax on Google for displaying news articles

Google is furious at the idea, but publishers, including Axel Springer or Rupert Murdoch's Newscorp, affirm that a tax is the only hope to save a news industry starving for revenue. The fight is the latest row between Google and EU, which slapped the firm with a $2.8 billion fine over unfair competition in June.
2017-07-31 02:53:27 Read More

Japan's Abe talks to Trump on North Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke with US President Donald Trump on Monday and agreed on the need for further action on North Korea just hours after the US Ambassador to the United Nations said the United States is "done talking about North Korea".
2017-07-31 02:01:42 Read More

Youth opposition leader killed in Venezuela vote

A youth opposition leader was killed in Venezuela on Sunday in a protest against a contentious election organized by President Nicolas Maduro, prosecutors said.
2017-07-30 17:24:56 Read More

US successfully tests missile intercept system

American forces successfully tried out on Sunday a missile interception system the US hopes to set up on the Korean peninsula, military officials said following a trial just days after North Korea's second test of an ICBM.
2017-07-30 14:32:06 Read More

Two dead, four wounded in German nightclub shooting

A gunman opened fire at a packed nightclub in southern Germany on Sunday, killing one and wounding four before being shot by police, authorities said, in an attack likely motivated by a personal feud.
2017-07-30 14:09:03 Read More

Saudi Arabia says calls for internationalization of holy sites 'a declaration of war'

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister called Qatar's demands for an internationalization of the Muslim hajj pilgrimage a declaration of war against the kingdom, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television said on Sunday, although it was unclear whether Qatar had actually made any such demand.
2017-07-30 14:05:54 Read More

UK TV to air Princess Diana's recordings on failed marriage

A British television channel is broadcasting a new documentary on Princess Diana using video tapes in which she candidly discussed her marital problems and her strained relationship with the royal family.
2017-07-30 11:07:22 Read More

'Arab states hoped to impose more sanctions on Qatar'

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain are expected to discuss imposing new economic sanctions on Qatar when they meet in the Bahraini capital Manama on Sunday, the pan-Arab al-Hayat newspaper reported.
2017-07-30 09:18:04 Read More

Pakistan to elect new PM on Tuesday

The Supreme Court on Friday disqualified 67-year-old Sharif for dishonesty and ruled that corruption cases be filed against him and his children over the Panama Papers scandal, forcing the embattled leader out of office.
2017-07-30 06:52:50 Read More

Very disappointed with China on N Korea: Trump

"I am very disappointed in China. Our foolish past leaders have allowed them to make hundreds of billions of dollars a year in trade, yet they do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk," Trump said in two tweets yesterday.
2017-07-30 06:49:21 Read More

Typhoon injures 81 in Taiwan

Taiwan's first typhoon of the year left 81 people injured and coastal towns flooded as the island braced for a second tropical storm on Sunday. Howling winds toppled motor scooters and hit people with flying glass, the Central Emergency Operations Center said. I
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Diana's death forced British royals to overhaul image

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3.8 million displaced by DR Congo violence: UN

Storm Harvey threatens Texas with floods, one dead

Sharif files review petition challenging Panama verdict

27 dead in Boko Haram attacks on Nigerian villages

Police quiz man arrested near Buckingham Palace

Police quiz man arrested near Buckingham Palace

North Korea tests short-range missiles

'Thailand's ex-PM Yingluck flees to Dubai'

Rally in San Francisco cancelled over fears of violence

Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas

National security aide Sebastian Gorka leaves WH

US says North Korea missiles failed in flight

Fresh violence kills 71 in Myanmar's Rakhine State

US Navy collisions a propaganda windfall for China

Like father, like son: Samsung heir convicted

Like father, like son: Samsung heir convicted

Pakistan may call Parliament joint session over Trump threat: Report

32 dead in Myanmar as Rohingya insurgents stage attack

32 dead in Myanmar as Rohingya insurgents stage attack

US worried Pak nukes could land in terrorists' hands: Official

Worst violence in months kills 32 in Myanmar's Rakhine

US lawmakers to hold hearing on Chinese role behind intellectual property thefts

Thai ex-PM Yingluck misses verdict, arrest warrant issued

Trump attacks GOP leaders over debt ceiling 'mess'

How an imam in jeans forged terror cell in Spain

41 dead in two Brazil boat wrecks: Officials

N Korea signals a more powerful ICBM in the works

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