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World News For The Year 2017 and Month Jan

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UK lawmakers start debate on bill authorizing Brexit talks

The House of Commons is holding two days of debate on a bill authorizing Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger two years of exit talks, as the government races to meet a self-imposed March 31 deadline to begin the process.
2017-01-31 15:41:24 Read More

Won't use ballistic missiles to attack any country: Iran foreign minister

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif spelled out Tehran's stance after a US official said Iran on Sunday test-launched a medium-range ballistic missile that exploded after 630 miles (1,010 km).
2017-01-31 12:19:59 Read More

Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte asks China to patrol piracy-plagued waters

Speaking to newly promoted army generals, Duterte said he had sought China's help in dangerous waters in the south to check the activities of Abu Sayyaf, a Muslim rebel group sustained by piracy and kidnap-for-ransom activities.
2017-01-31 12:16:35 Read More

Bangladesh resurrects plan to move Rohingya refugees to flooded island

Bangladesh has resurrected a plan to relocate thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar's northwestern Rakhine State to a flooded island in the Bay of Bengal to prevent them from "intermingling" with Bangladeshi citizens.
2017-01-31 12:12:43 Read More

Jihadists mock Trump travel ban, vow more attacks

"Your decision will do nothing. Attacks will come at you from inside America, from Americans born in America with American parents and grandparents," one Islamic State supporter posted on Telegram, an encrypted messaging app.
2017-01-31 04:27:10 Read More

Boy Scouts will allow transgender children into programs

The Boy Scouts of America announced it will allow transgender children who identify as boys to enroll in its boys only programs. It said that it had made the decision to begin basing enrollment in its boys-only programs on the gender a child or parent lists on the application to become a scout.
2017-01-31 04:12:56 Read More

Boy Scouts will allow transgender children into programs

Mexico earmarks $50 million to back migrants in US

Mexico's president said Monday his country will spend about $50 million to hire lawyers for migrants in the United States facing deportation. The money will be channeled through Mexican consulates in the US and also go to outreach programs to defend Mexicans' rights.
2017-01-31 03:02:16 Read More

Donald Trump defends Muslim ban as protests rock US

Maintaining that there are "a lot of bad dudes out there," US President Donald Trump on Monday defended his ban on refugees and travelers from several Muslim countries even as protests and demonstrations erupted over the weekend in airports and public squares in Americaâ€™s liberal cities.
2017-01-30 17:19:16 Read More

Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels' secretary dies at 106

Brunhilde Pomsel died on January 27 in a care home in the southern city of Munich, said Christian Kroenes, who conducted extensive interviews with her for his 2016 film "A German Life". Pomsel, who worked for Goebbels as a secretary, typist and stenographer from 1942-45, had insisted she had no idea of the Holocaust that claimed the lives of six million Jews while it was happening.
2017-01-30 12:50:28 Read More

Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels' secretary dies at 106

Turkey puts Gulen, 269 others on trial over coup bid

Turkey on Monday opened the biggest trial yet over the failed July coup aimed at ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, trying 270 suspects including, in absentia, the alleged mastermind Fethullah Gulen.
2017-01-30 11:58:37 Read More

UN chief slams border closures in 'developed countries'

The new UN secretary general was speaking at the opening of an African Union summit in Addis Ababa, where he praised African nations for being "among the world's largest and most generous hosts of refugees." The 28th African Union summit is the first since Trump's election.
2017-01-30 11:52:07 Read More

One million sign petition to cancel Trump's UK State Visit

The petition titled 'Prevent Donald Trump from making State Visit to the United Kingdom' on the UK Parliament website was created on Saturday afternoon and rapidly collected the 100,000 signatures needed for it to be considered for a debate in the House of Commons. The issue will be discussed on Tuesday.
2017-01-30 11:42:52 Read More

Malia Obama joins Dakota Access Pipeline protest

Malia Obama has been spotted at a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline while attending the Sundance Film Festival. The 18-year-old, who is the eldest daughter of former President Barack Obama, was seen at the Standing Rock solidarity event in Park City in Utah last Monday.
2017-01-30 10:57:07 Read More

SAARC members to meet in Nepal

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2017-01-30 05:44:15 Read More

Democratic lawmaker to move bills against Trump's travel ban

Dianne Feinstein, a senior Democratic lawmaker, has said she will introduce two bills in the US Senate seeking to immediately rescind President Donald Trump's "discriminatory" executive order imposing a travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority nations.
2017-01-30 05:11:24 Read More

'Spiderman' burglar on trial over $100m Paris art haul

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2017-01-30 04:03:50 Read More

US says green card holders exempted from travel ban

President Donald Trump's administration stressed that permanent residents get a reprieve from his ban on travelers from seven Muslim countries, after the order triggered confusion over its implementation.
2017-01-30 03:53:42 Read More

US says green card holders exempted from travel ban

UK opposition leader calls for Donald Trump visit delay

The leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party says the planned state visit by US President Donald Trump should be postponed until he lifts his travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries.
2017-01-29 15:04:25 Read More

Most of 31 on board missing Malaysian boat reported rescued

More than two dozen people were rescued Sunday more than a day after a boat carrying Chinese tourists disappeared in Malaysian waters, officials and local media said.
2017-01-29 12:39:29 Read More

Merkel says Donald Trump's immigration ban 'not justified'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday condemned the restrictions on immigration imposed by Trump, seeing them as unjustified. Trump has caused consternation at home and abroad after signing a sweeping executive order on Friday suspending refugee arrivals.
2017-01-29 11:16:18 Read More

Clashes on Yemen west coast kill more than 100: Medics

Raging battles between Yemeni government forces and Shiite rebels on the country's west coast have killed more than 100 fighters in the past 24 hours, officials said on Sunday.
2017-01-29 10:56:18 Read More

Malaysian boat with 31 on board goes missing

The captain and a crew member from a missing Malaysian boat made it to safety on Sunday while others among the 31 people on board, including 28 Chinese tourists, on the boat may be drifting in the water waiting to be rescued, authorities said.
2017-01-29 10:19:21 Read More

Malaysian boat with 31 on board goes missing

US rights groups file lawsuit over Trump order blocking refugees

The suit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and other advocacy groups after two Iraqi men were detained Friday night at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. It seeks their release on grounds of unlawful detention.
2017-01-28 16:13:26 Read More

Europe must have 'firm' response to Trump: Hollande

"When there are statements from the US president about Europe and when he talks about Brexit being a model for other countries, I think we must respond," Hollande told reporters the sidelines of a summit of southern EU nations in Lisbon.
2017-01-28 14:40:23 Read More

China objects Tibetan PM's presence at US envoy's dinner

China on Saturday raised objections over the presence of the Prime Minister of 'Tibetan government-in-exile' at a recent dinner hosted by former US envoy to India Richard Verma in New Delhi, saying it resolutely opposes any country's "interference" in its internal affairs by using Tibet issue as an excuse.
2017-01-28 13:21:39 Read More

Britain's Theresa May in Turkey for talks with Erdogan

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2017-01-28 12:13:56 Read More

Amid Yemen's chaos, migrants stream in only to face torment

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2017-01-28 11:51:54 Read More

Top Russian official says Putin-Trump call will be positive

Influential Russian security chief Nikolai Patrushev says Moscow has high hopes for a scheduled telephone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump. "Everything will be positive," Patrushev said Saturday, according to Russia's Interfax news agency.
2017-01-28 11:41:06 Read More

China marks Lunar New Year with prayers, incense, fireworks

Thousands visited Beijing's major temples on Saturday, the first day of the Year of the Rooster. Wearing heavy winter coats, they lit incense sticks and bowed as they prayed for good fortune and health. As many as 80,000 people were expected at the Lama Temple in central Beijing, state television reported.
2017-01-28 11:26:43 Read More

Now is not the time to build walls:Iran to US

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2017-01-28 08:22:39 Read More

Will oppose Sri Lanka's new Constitution: Rajapaksha

Former Sri Lankan strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa has accused President Maithripala Sirisena of trying to appease the minority Tamil community by promising devolution of power, saying he will oppose the "fraudulent" new Constitution.
2017-01-28 07:53:05 Read More

Will oppose Sri Lanka's new Constitution: Rajapaksha

Trump orders 'great rebuilding' of US military

President Donald Trump signed an order Friday to begin what he called a "great rebuilding" of the US armed services, promising new aircraft, naval ships and more resources for the military. Trump said he envisioned a naval fleet of 350 vessels, up from the navy's current 274.
2017-01-28 03:54:57 Read More

US will prioritize Christian refugees: Trump

S President Donald Trump said persecuted Christians will be given priority over other refugees seeking to enter the US, saying they have been "horribly treated". "If you were a Muslim you could come in, but if you were a Christian, it was almost impossible," he said.
2017-01-28 03:39:04 Read More

Pak channel airs banned anchor, faces regulator ire

After taking Bol news channel off the air, the Pakistan electronic media regulator issued a show cause notice to it on Friday for breaching its ban on a TV talk show host for spreading hatred and threatening people in his programme "Aisay Nahi Chalay Ga".
2017-01-28 01:08:26 Read More

GOP finally falls in line with Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump appears to have established complete control over the Grand Old Party, with Republican grandees falling in line with the victorious candidateâ€™s proposals and actions even when they go against traditional party dogma and line of thinking.
2017-01-28 01:06:17 Read More

Trump pledges 'lasting support' to US ties with UK

President Donald Trump on Friday pledged America's "lasting support" to the US' historic "special relationship" with Britain after he emerged from his first meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May, leader of an ally who seeks to nudge the populist president toward the political mainstream.
2017-01-27 21:11:22 Read More

US goal is to show strength at UN: Nikki Haley

New US Ambassador Nikki Haley arrived at the United Nations on Friday announcing a new way the US does business: The Trump administration's goal is to show US strength, speak out, and defend its allies - and as for countries opposing America, "We're taking names."
2017-01-27 17:09:23 Read More

Republican Party falls in line with Donald Trump

UN tiptoes around Trump's stance on torture, refugees

The United Nations reaffirmed on Friday that torture is illegal and that refugees deserve protection. Major human rights groups have denounced Trump's stance on torture and warned against restoring a CIA secret detention programme for interrogating terror suspects.
2017-01-27 14:29:59 Read More

Duterte pleads with Philippine rebels to rebuff IS advances

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2017-01-27 13:56:45 Read More

Duterte pleads with Philippine rebels to rebuff IS advances

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2017-01-27 13:56:45 Read More

IS terrorists sneaky, dirty rats, says Trump

US President Donald Trump has called the Islamic State terrorists "sneaky, dirty rats". "We have evil that lurks around the corner without uniforms," he said. The comments come shortly before Trump is expected to sign an executive order restricting immigration from several Muslim-heavy countries.
2017-01-27 04:23:43 Read More

UN aid chief accuses Syria of blocking help to neediest

The UN humanitarian chief accused the Syrian government on Thursday of blocking aid to hundreds of thousands of the country's neediest people despite a nationwide cease-fire that has given "a glimmer of hope" that the conflict might be coming to an end.
2017-01-27 01:57:29 Read More

UN aid chief accuses Syria of blocking help to neediest

Once Brazil's richest man, Eike Batista sought for graft

Brazilian police issued an arrest warrant Thursday for a businessman famous for amassing and then losing a multibillion-dollar fortune, the latest move in a wide-ranging corruption probe roiling Latin America's largest nation.
2017-01-27 01:49:25 Read More

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If you won't pay for wall, cancel your trip: Trump to Mexican Prez

"The US has a 60 billion dollar trade deficit with Mexico. It has been a one-sided deal from the beginning of NAFTA with massive numbers ... of jobs and companies lost. If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting," Trump said on Twitter.
2017-01-26 15:14:36 Read More

If you won't pay for wall, cancel your trip: Trump to Mexican Prez

What Donald Trumpâ€™s first words as President really reveal

Donald Trump climbed onto the American stage still caught up in a kind of campaign puberty, high on testosterone and ego. The winner, the outsider, the salesman of the grand idea standing triumphant on the side of the people.
2017-01-26 12:35:30 Read More

Qandeel Baloch's father changes statement against son

The high-profile murder of Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch has taken a new turn after her father retracted his earlier statement and refused to testify against one of the suspects, prompting the police to register a case against him.
2017-01-26 11:33:26 Read More

Hold India "accountable" for its crimes in Kashmir: Pakistan

Pakistan on Thursday asked the world community to hold India "accountable" for its "crimes against humanity" in Kashmir, as it demanded justice for the families of 25 Kashmiris allegedly killed by Indian security in 1990.
2017-01-26 09:52:30 Read More

Hold India "accountable" for its crimes in Kashmir: Pakistan

China releases new list of items banned for export to N Korea

China has released a new list of items banned for export to North Korea, following a new round of United Nations sanctions and complaints from President Donald Trump that Beijing was not doing enough to pressure its communist neighbor.
2017-01-26 04:43:29 Read More

Mexico's president 'considering' scrapping US trip

In a nationally televised speech late Wednesday, President Enrique Pena Nieto said he regrets and rejects the US decision, and repeated that Mexico would not pay for the wall despite Trump's avowals that it would.
2017-01-26 04:22:25 Read More

Mexico's president 'considering' scrapping US trip

Alarmed by Trump plans, refugees see growing enmity in US

Nur Hasan al Faraj's already slim hopes of a new life in the United States have all but died since she heard that President Donald Trump would temporarily ban refugees coming from some Muslim states.
2017-01-25 21:42:24 Read More

Pak to get new foreign secy; Tehmina Janjua leads race

With the appointment of Pakistanâ€™s outgoing foreign secretary Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry as ambassador to the United States, several diplomats are in the running for the countryâ€™s top bureaucratic position in foreign affairs. These include former ambassador to France Ghalib Iqbal, high commissioner to India Abdul Basit, permanent representative to the UN in Geneva Tehmina Janjua, and high commissioner to the UK Syed Ibn-i-Abbas.
2017-01-25 21:33:41 Read More

Russian 'ship of shame' returning from Syria: UK

A Russian aircraft carrier used to wage a massive offensive on the Syrian city of Aleppo is on its way back to Russia, Britain's defence minister said on Thursday, calling it a "ship of shame",
2017-01-25 17:33:06 Read More

Russian 'ship of shame' returning from Syria: UK

Trump takes aim at immigration, trade and terrorism

US President Donald Trump is initiating executive actions on Wednesday focusing on immigration, terrorism, and trade, in tune with his campaign pledges, sending shock waves across the domestic and international system although it had been forewarned on the matter during his presidential run.
2017-01-25 16:40:01 Read More

'North Korean elite turning against leader Kim Jong Un'

Thae Yong Ho defected to South Korea in August last year and since December 2016 has been speaking to media and appearing on variety television shows to discuss his defection to Seoul and his life as a North Korean envoy.
2017-01-25 09:59:19 Read More

Somali militants ram car bomb into hotel, killing at least 13

Islamist militants rammed a car bomb into the gate of a hotel and stormed inside, killing at least 13 people in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. Gunfire rang out as fighters entered Dayah Hotel, which is popular with politicians. A second blast shook the area shortly, injuring several people.
2017-01-25 09:32:46 Read More

Somali militants ram car bomb into hotel, killing at least 13

'No proof of JuD's involvement in Mumbai attacks'

Pakistan's former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Zaheerul Islam today claimed that there is no proof of Jamaat-ud-Dawa's involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks that led to the killings of over 150 people, a pak daily reported.
2017-01-24 17:48:33 Read More

750,000 still living under militant rule in Iraq's Mosul: UN

The UN and several aid organisations said that an estimated 750,000 civilians are still living under Islamic State rule in the western part of Mosul, the next target of a US-backed Iraqi offensive launched three months ago.
2017-01-24 14:19:48 Read More

Taliban launch nearly 19,000 attacks in 10 months: Afghan official

An Afghan Defense Ministry official has said the Taliban have launched nearly 19,000 attacks throughout the country in the last 10 months. By comparison the Afghan National Security Forces carried out roughly 700 counter-insurgency operations during the same period.
2017-01-24 14:14:04 Read More

Taliban launch nearly 19,000 attacks in 10 months: Afghan official

Israel announces plans for 2,500 new settlement homes

Israel's Defence Ministry announced plans on Tuesday to build 2,500 more settlement homes in the West Bank, the second announcement of new construction in the occupied territory since President Donald Trump took office.
2017-01-24 13:58:47 Read More

Former congressman Mike Pompeo sworn in as CIA director

The Senate earlier Monday confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee to run the CIA despite some Democratic objections that the Kansas congressman has been less than transparent about his positions on torture, surveillance and Russia's meddling in the US election.
2017-01-24 05:48:27 Read More

China's birthrate rises after one-child policy loosened

China's National Health and Family Planning Commission said this week that 17.86 million children were born last year, an increase of 1.31 million from 2015. Nearly half of the children born were to couples who already had a child, the commission said.
2017-01-24 05:12:13 Read More

China's birthrate rises after one-child policy loosened

Chelsea Clinton defends Trump's youngest son from online trolling

Former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton rose to the defence of US President Donald Trump's youngest son Barron Trump, after he was ridiculed and bullied online. The ten-year-old became the victim of online trolling soon after Trump's electoral victory on November 8.
2017-01-23 14:56:41 Read More

Chelsea Clinton defends Trump's youngest son from online trolling

China cautions Donald Trump against rescinding 'one-China' policy

"Everything is under negotiation including one-China," Trump had said on January 15, questioning the decades old policy followed by Washington. China had hit back saying one-China policy which stipulates that Taiwan is part of Chinese mainland is "non-negotiable".
2017-01-23 12:42:55 Read More

German daily highlights Sharif family's Panama link

"For those in Pakistan who doubt the role of the Prime Minister's daughter Mariam Safdar in Panama Papers â€” some of the documents. Judge yourself," SÃ¼ddeutsche Zeitung tweeted, along with attachments purporting to show Maryam Safdar's involvement with Minerva Financial Services.
2017-01-23 11:39:10 Read More

German daily highlights Sharif family's Panama link

Nearly 70 killed in fresh Yemen fighting

Clashes in Yemen killed at least 66 people in 24 hours as pro-government forces pushed to oust rebels from a key stretch of coastline. Fourteen members of the pro-government forces were also killed. The WHO says that more than 7,400 people have been killed since the coalition intervention began.
2017-01-22 16:09:10 Read More

Russia should not think sanctions will be lifted soon: PM

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says the west's sanctions on Russia are likely to remain in place "for a long time'' despite expectations Donald Trump's inauguration as US president will lead to warmer relations between Washington and Moscow.
2017-01-22 12:06:16 Read More

Russia should not think sanctions will be lifted soon: PM

As Trump takes office, Israel pushes ahead with settlements

The Jerusalem municipality has said it is pushing forward with 566 new housing units for Jewish settlements in east Jerusalem, swiftly moving into action as the seemingly favorable President Donald Trump takes office. The building plans were put on hold in the final months of Obama's administration.
2017-01-22 11:46:42 Read More

Gambia awaits new leader, but exiled one has right to return

Gambia's capital on Sunday was awaiting the arrival of the country's new leader and an era of democracy, hours after the authoritarian ruler of 22 years flew into exile with an extraordinary set of assurances from the international community.
2017-01-22 11:31:31 Read More

Magnitude 8 quake hits Solomon Islands, tsunami possible

A magnitude 8 earthquake has hit the Solomon Islands and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says it could generate tsunami waves on nearby islands. The US Geological Survey says the quake hit near Arawa in Papua New Guinea at a depth of 167 kilometers (103 miles).
2017-01-22 05:10:27 Read More

Magnitude 8 quake hits Solomon Islands; No tsunami reported

A powerful magnitude 8 earthquake hit the Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands on Sunday, but no tsunami was reported hours after the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued an alert for nearby islands. The quake struck at a depth of 167 kilometers under Papua New Guinea's eastern province of Bougainville.
2017-01-22 05:10:27 Read More

Gambian activists urge justice as longtime leader steps down

As Gambia's defeated authoritarian ruler prepares to leave the country, human rights activists demand that he be held accountable for alleged abuses.
2017-01-21 12:59:50 Read More

Theresa May to meet Donald Trump next week: Media report

British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to be the first foreign leader to meet US President Donald Trump with plans being drafted for her to fly out to Washington. May is likely to hold her talks with him in the Oval Office on Thursday on what is likely to be a two-day visit to Washington.
2017-01-21 12:09:38 Read More

Theresa May to meet Donald Trump next week: Media report

25 killed, 50 injured in market blast in Pakistan's Kurram agency

A powerful explosion ripped through a crowded vegetable market in minority Shias dominated Parachinar in northwest Pakistan's restive Kurram tribal agency, killing at least 25 people and injuring 50 others. The blast was claimed by Tehrik-i-Taliban.
2017-01-21 11:58:14 Read More

Trump gives Oval Office a makeover, reinstalls Churchill bust

The bust was removed to outside the Treaty Room in the private residence of the White House from the Oval Office in 2009 under Trump's predecessor Barack Obama. The move had sparked conservative ire early in Obama's administration.
2017-01-21 04:30:41 Read More

Turkey moves closer to expanding Erdogan powers

The Turkish parliament early on Saturday approved a draft bill that would dramatically expand the powers of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, meaning the country will vote on changing the constitution later this year.
2017-01-21 04:11:38 Read More

British PM says Trump 'recognises importance of NATO'

In an interview, Theresa May said: "I'm also confident the USA will recognise the importance of the cooperation we have in Europe to ensure our collective defence and collective security." The British premier is expected to visit Trump in the spring, according to Downing Street.
2017-01-21 03:48:05 Read More

Melania Trump channels Jackie Kennedy but Conway grabs fashion headlines

Melania Trump, 46, the White House's first former model, chose American designer Ralph Lauren's baby blue cropped jacket with cowl neckline and matching dress for the swearing-in ceremony in Washington.
2017-01-21 03:42:38 Read More

Pope Francis urges trump to show concern for poor

Pope Francis urged US President Donald Trump to be guided by ethical values and as he took office on Friday, saying he must take care of the poor and the outcast during his time in office.
2017-01-20 19:03:43 Read More

Pope Francis urges trump to show concern for poor

Rescuers find 6 people alive in Italy avalanche hotel

Six people have been found alive under the avalanche that hit an Italian mountain hotel almost two days ago and rescuers are working to free them from the snow. Up to 30 people were reported missing after the avalanche destroyed the hotel in central Italy on Wednesday afternoon.
2017-01-20 11:10:24 Read More

US-led forces dropped 3 bombs/hour in 2016

A look at Obama's eight years shows that American troop casualties have indeed gone down but the US is currently involved in more wars than in those frantic post-9/11 years under George Bush.
2017-01-20 07:18:59 Read More

US-led forces dropped 3 bombs/hour in 2016

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Actors, mayors rally at Doanld Trump's inauguration eve

Actors Robert De Niro, Sally Field and Mark Ruffalo joined hundreds of other people outside a Donald Trump building on Thursday for a pre-inauguration demonstration organizers said was meant to energize those concerned about the Republican president-elect's policies.
2017-01-20 05:43:27 Read More

Donald Trump arrives in Washington to lay claim to White House

Donald Trump jetted into the US capital on Thursday on the eve of the most consequential moment of his life, his inauguration as the nation's 45th president and the setting of a four-year course of American political reform.
2017-01-19 21:12:47 Read More

Donald Trump arrives in Washington to lay claim to White House

China prepares for Donald Trump's attacks on its businesses

Fearing serious attacks on trade and investments under Trump administration, China is taking preemptive steps to prepare local companies to handle the emerging situation. It announced curbs on overseas investments by 102 state-owned companies, many of whom are giants in their respective businesses.
2017-01-19 16:01:13 Read More

Russian business world hopes for relief from Trump

Russian magnates and American investors alike are anticipating a Trump administration that removes punishing sanctions, frees up access to capital and encourages US businesses pursuing profits in Russia's vast market regardless of Russian President Vladimir Putin's policies.
2017-01-19 14:19:12 Read More

US bombers strike Islamic State camps in Libya

US Air Force B-2 bombers and drones attacked a pair of Islamic State military camps in Libya, seeking to eliminate extremists who had escaped the former IS stronghold of Sirte. The strikes were carried out overnight and were authorized by President Barack Obama
2017-01-19 14:16:26 Read More

New Bulgarian president takes oath of office

Bulgaria's new president, Rumen Radev, took his oath of office on Thursday, preparing the way for him to formally take over the post from Rosen Plevneliev on Sunday. Radev, who is the country's fifth democratically elected president, was sworn in at a ceremony in Parliament today.
2017-01-19 14:12:08 Read More

Malaysia to offer reward for missing Flight MH370

Malaysia said on Thursday it would pay a reward to any private company that found the fuselage of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, days after a fruitless, three-year hunt was suspended.
2017-01-19 11:42:34 Read More

Malaysia to offer reward for missing Flight MH370

Firefighters feared trapped in Tehran highrise collapse

Dozens of firefighters were feared trapped under the rubble after Iran's oldest high-rise, the 15-storey Plasco building in downtown Tehran, collapsed live on TV today following a fire. The Plasco building was the first high-rise and shopping centre in Tehran and was the city's tallest building when it was finished in 1962.
2017-01-19 09:49:40 Read More

Israel deploys "Star Wars" missile killer system

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2017-01-19 05:55:50 Read More

CIA unveils new rules for collecting information on Americans

The guidelines are designed "in a manner that protects the privacy and civil rights of the American people," CIA General Counsel Caroline Krass told a briefing at the agency's headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
2017-01-19 05:43:40 Read More

CIA unveils new rules for collecting information on Americans

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange retreats from extradition pledge

Critics of Assange had a field day, accusing him of dishonesty or using Manning's case to win publicity. "Julian Assange Backpedals on Extradition Promise in Record Time," read one headline in tech website Gizmodo.
2017-01-19 03:38:49 Read More

Court denies a request to arrest Samsung's de facto head Lee Jae-yong

The announcement allowed Samsung vice chairman, Lee Jae-yong to return home after a long night. He had been waiting for the court's decision at a detention center south of Seoul for more than 12 hours after a court hearing the previous day.
2017-01-19 02:27:03 Read More

Barack Obama's parting message: We're going to be OK

In the final minutes of his final presidential news conference, Barack Obama insisted he's not just tossing out reassuring platitudes about the nation's future. It's what he really believes.
2017-01-18 22:34:39 Read More

What can we expect from Trump's first 100 days?

In the first three months of his presidency, Donald Trump wants to pull America out of a free trade deal, reduce environmental protections and establish a cyber defence team. He may also try to scrap Obamacare and appoint a Supreme Court Justice who shares his worldview.
2017-01-18 16:55:41 Read More

What can we expect from Trump's first 100 days?

All change for the Trump White House

From the role of the First Lady to presidential getaways, Donald Trump's White House is going to look very different from that of his predecessors, even without a bling ballroom makeover.
2017-01-18 10:58:56 Read More

Trump shakes postwar order, in blow to Europe

Europe must pull together or risk being sidelined as Donald Trump signals the end of a postwar transatlantic partnership credited with keeping the peace for the past 70 years, analysts and officials say.
2017-01-18 10:53:03 Read More

Russia says Snowden can stay two more years

Russian authorities have extended US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden's Russian residency permit by two years. The announcement came as outgoing US President Obama commuted the sentence of army private Chelsea Manning, who was sentenced to 35 years for handing classified US documents to WikiLeaks.
2017-01-18 09:41:34 Read More

Pakistan will not free doctor who helped US find bin Laden

A jailed Pakistani doctor believed to have helped the CIA hunt down al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will be neither released nor handed to the United States, Pakistan's law minister has told legislators, media reported on Wednesday.
2017-01-18 08:17:57 Read More

Pakistan will not free doctor who helped US find bin Laden

Xi says world needs China, US to have stable relationship

The world needs China and the United States to have a stable and cooperative relationship, Chinese President Xi Jinping told US Vice President Joe Biden, just days before new uncertainty looms with Donald Trump taking office as president.
2017-01-18 03:34:18 Read More

Putin: Obama administration trying to undermine Trump

Russian President Vladimir Putin took a parting shot at the Obama administration Tuesday, accusing it of trying to undermine Donald Trump's legitimacy with fake allegations and "binding the president-elect hand and foot to prevent him from fulfilling his election promises."
2017-01-18 03:06:30 Read More

Obama commutes sentence of WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning, who is serving 35 years behind bars for giving classified US documents to WikiLeaks.
2017-01-18 00:11:54 Read More

Military jet mistakenly bombs refugee camp, kills more than 100 in Nigeria

A Nigerian state official says an Air Force jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists has mistakenly bombed a refugee camp, killing more than 100 refugees & wounding aid workers. Military commander Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor confirms the accidental bombardment near the border with Cameroon.
2017-01-17 16:58:59 Read More

UN warns of famine risk in Somalia amid worsening drought

Five million Somalis, or more than four out of 10 people, do not have enough to eat because of poor rains and fighting between the Islamist militant group al Shabaab and Somalia's African Union-backed government. Famine last struck pockets of Somalia in 2011, killing 260,000 people.
2017-01-17 15:41:00 Read More

UN warns of famine risk in Somalia amid worsening drought

Ukraine files 'terrorism' case against Russia at world court

Kiev has asked the International Court of Justice to "declare that the Russian Federation bears international responsibility, by virtue of its sponsorship of terrorism ... for the acts of terrorism committed by its proxies in Ukraine," the court said in a statement.
2017-01-17 14:29:40 Read More

China's sea militarization 'very troubling': Philippines

"Notwithstanding the warming of relations between our countries, the Philippine govt would be remiss in its duty to protect its national interest if it does not protest, question & seek clarification from China on the presence of weapons in the Spratlys," Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said.
2017-01-17 11:23:23 Read More

180 feared dead in migrant boat disaster in Mediterranean

Four people died and nearly 180 are missing, presumed dead, after Saturday's migrant ship capsize in the Mediterranean. The latest deaths and rescues follow a record year for the number of migrants trying to reach Europe on the western Mediterranean route from north Africa to Italy.
2017-01-17 11:04:00 Read More

Wilbur Ross, Trump's Commerce pick, offshored 2,700 jobs since 2004

Billionaire Wilbur Ross specialized in turning around troubled manufacturing companies at a time when the US economy was losing more than 100,000 jobs yearly due to global trade. Supporters say Ross saved thousands of US jobs by rescuing firms from failure.
2017-01-17 09:43:21 Read More

Chinese official fired after calling Mao 'a devil'

Zuo Chunhe, deputy director of Shijiazhuang Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film, TV, Press and Publication, called Mao a devil on social media and termed the annual commemoration of Mao's birthday "the world's largest cult activity".
2017-01-17 08:36:30 Read More

Samsung chief faces long day as South Korean court weighs arrest warrant

The prosecutor's office has accused Jay Y. Lee, 48, of paying bribes totaling 43 billion ($36.55 million) to organizations linked to Choi Soon-sil, a friend of the president who is at the center of the scandal, to secure the 2015 merger of two affiliates and cement his control of the family business.
2017-01-17 08:14:30 Read More

Samsung chief faces long day as South Korean court weighs arrest warrant

Theresa May to rule out 'half-in' EU deal in Brexit speech

In a highly-anticipated speech, Theresa May is likely to give further signals that Britain is heading to what analysts call a "hard" Brexit. That direction will be cheered by those who want to leave the EU, but dismay those who fear the impact on Britain's economy.
2017-01-17 04:51:14 Read More

North Korea tells Obama to get 'packing'

The US Treasury Department last week added seven individuals â€” among them Kim's younger sister Yo-Jong â€” to America's growing list of North Koreans sanctioned for "serious" rights abuses.
2017-01-17 04:13:09 Read More

Martin Luther King's daughter says 'God can triumph over Trump'

The comments by the children of King, who championed racial justice until he was assassinated in 1968 at the age of 39, punctuated an imbroglio involving Donald Trump and African-American congressman John Lewis that broke out over the weekend.
2017-01-17 04:07:07 Read More

Istanbul nightclub attacker caught: Media reports

The gunman who killed 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Day has been caught in the city's Esenyurt district, the Hurriyet newspaper website and other media reports said on Tuesday.
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Istanbul nightclub attacker caught: Media reports

Germany's Merkel working toward spring meeting with Trump

Merkel is working to set a date this spring for a meeting with Donald Trump, who will be sworn in as US president on Friday, German government sources said on Monday. Merkel had offered to meet Trump in the US in her capacity as chairman of the Group of 20 leading economies, the sources said.
2017-01-16 14:31:19 Read More

One dead, 5 injured in Istanbul building collapse

The Anadolu Agency said an abandoned six-story building collapsed Friday on people passing by on the street. The five wounded have been rushed to nearby hospitals. Rescue teams are searching for survivors in the rubble with the help of dogs.
2017-01-16 14:16:23 Read More

Trump hails Brexit as 'great thing', hopes others will follow

In his 1st British interview with 'The Times' newspaper, Trump also promised that a trade deal between the US and UK will be signed "very quickly" under his presidency."I think Brexit is going to end up being a great thing," he said on Britain's referendum vote in June last year to leave the 28-member bloc.
2017-01-16 12:35:51 Read More

Egypt court rules against handing islands to Saudi Arabia

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South Korea seeks arrest of Samsung chief for bribery

The special prosecutor's office accused Samsung Group chief Jay Y Lee of paying bribes totalling 43 billion won ($36.42 million) to organisations linked to Choi Soon-sil, a friend of the president who is at the centre of the scandal.
2017-01-16 10:29:07 Read More

Bomb blasts at Nigeria university kill 5

ded at dawn Monday at Nigeria's northeastern University of Maiduguri, killing at least five people, witnesses and police said. The first blast ripped through the mosque where professors were saying dawn prayers and at least one is among victims. The second bomb went off at an entrance gate.
2017-01-16 10:03:49 Read More

Bomb blasts at Nigeria university kill 5

Turkish Airlines cargo jet crash kills at least 20 in Kyrgyzstan

According to the airport administration, the plane was supposed to make a stopover at Manas, near the capital city Bishkek, on its way from Hong Kong to Istanbul. It crashed when trying to land in poor visibility at 7:31 local time.
2017-01-16 04:14:52 Read More

Trump suggests outgoing CIA director may have leaked Russia dossier

In an interview, outgoing CIA Director John Brennan slammed Trump for equating the actions of intelligence community with that of Nazi Germany, describing it as "outrageous". "Was this the leaker of Fake News?" Trump said on Twitter attacking Brennan for being critical of him in the Fox interview.
2017-01-16 04:13:58 Read More

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Donald Trump says NATO is obsolete but still 'very important to me'

"Itâ€™s obsolete because it wasnâ€™t taking care of terror. I took a lot of heat for two days. And then they started saying Trump is right," Trump said. Trump said that many NATO members were not paying their fair share for US protection.
2017-01-16 03:17:25 Read More

Israel, Palestinians warned against unilateral measures harmful to peace

Palestinian officials welcomed the closing statement of the Middle East peace conference "which stressed the need to end the Israeli occupation." It called on both sides to avoid "unilateral steps" and stressed that the basis for negotiations should be the 1967 borders, before Israel occupied the West Bank and east Jerusalem.
2017-01-16 03:07:13 Read More

Israel, Palestinians warned against unilateral measures harmful to peace

Protests, political boycotts ahead of Trump's inauguration

Protests demonstrations and political boycotts will tangle with festive carousing and celebratory parties in Washington DC this week, setting the tone for four antagonistic years between supporters and opponents of Donald Trump, who will be sworn in as the 45th President of the US on January 20.
2017-01-15 19:23:25 Read More

Turkey detains 9 colonels in north Cyprus for Gulen ties

The Anadolu Agency said, officers were detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement's organization in the Turkish Cyprus Peace Forces and Security Forces Command, part of the Turkish Armed Forces. Ankara accuses the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen of masterminding the coup attempt.
2017-01-15 14:40:32 Read More

At least 10 dead in Brazil prison clash

At least 10 people were killed in a Brazilian prison uprising late on Saturday, local media said, adding to chaos in the country's penitentiary system in which more than 116 inmates have died in gang warfare since the start of the year.
2017-01-15 12:46:13 Read More

Russia to upgrade its naval, air bases in Syria

A source told Interfax that Russia will start repairing a second runway at Hmeimin air base near Latakia, while the Tartus naval base will be upgraded in order to handle bigger ships such as cruisers. President Vladimir Putin has announced a partial withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria.
2017-01-15 12:11:39 Read More

Pope demands protection for migrants as sea rescue continues

Pope Francis is demanding that "every possible measure" be taken to protect young refugees as he marks the church's World Day of Migrants a day after the latest Mediterranean migrant shipwreck. He said: "We must adopt every possible measure to guarantee young migrants protection and defense, as well as integration."
2017-01-15 11:59:27 Read More

Myanmar Muslims hope UN envoy's visit will bring change

Muslim villagers in western Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state say they hope positive change will result from a UN envoy's visit to the region, where soldiers are accused of widespread abuses of minority Muslims, including murder, rape and the burning of thousands of homes.
2017-01-15 11:43:14 Read More

Military: Mosul University fully liberated by Iraqi troops

The spokesperson of the Joint Military Command, Brig. General Yahya Rasool, declared on Sunday that the campus was under the full control of Iraqi special forces, officially known as the Counter Terrorism Service, who raised the Iraqi flag over its buildings.
2017-01-15 11:11:43 Read More

World diplomats in Paris to urge renewed Mideast peace talks

The conference is meant to be a forceful message to US President-elect Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that much of the world wants peace and sees a two-state solution as the best way to achieve it in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
2017-01-15 10:47:08 Read More

World diplomats in Paris to urge renewed Mideast peace talks

German plane from Oman lands in Kuwait over bomb threat

The state-run KUNA news agency said the plane from the Omani city of Salalah bound for Cologne landed on Sunday morning over the threat. KUNA said some 299 people were evacuated from the plane.
2017-01-15 09:00:52 Read More

World diplomats in Paris for Middle east peace talks

More than 70 world diplomats are gathering in Paris to urge renewed Middle East peace talks that would lead to a Palestinian state. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says the conference is 'rigged' against Israel, and the incoming Trump administration of the US isn't taking part.
2017-01-15 07:32:08 Read More

In parts of Mosul, a semblance of normality despite war

In some parts of Mosul, you can almost forget that a war is being waged over the city between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants who still control more than half of it - at least momentarily.
2017-01-15 07:27:05 Read More

China the 'outlier' on India's NSG membership: US

The outgoing Obama Administration has lashed out at China for blocking India from becoming a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group by describing the Communist giant as an "outlier" in its effort to bring New Delhi on board the elite grouping.
2017-01-15 07:12:48 Read More

Trump aides deny summit with Putin planned

Two top aides to President-elect Donald Trump denied a published report on Saturday that he is planning to hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin weeks after taking office.
2017-01-15 06:01:36 Read More

China again rejects Trump's suggestion to negotiate Taiwan

Since recognizing Beijing in 1979, Washington has maintained only unofficial ties with Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing considers its territory. Spokesman Lu Kang said that the "one China" policy is "non-negotiable.".
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Donald Trump unleashes Twitter attack against civil rights legend

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Protesters across US decry Donald Trump's anti-immigrant stance

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Protesters across US decry Donald Trump's anti-immigrant stance

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Obama urges public to embrace the 'work of citizenship'

President Barack Obama is calling on all Americans to "throw ourselves into the work of citizenship," regardless of party.
2017-01-14 11:24:26 Read More

Bangladesh arrests 'mastermind' behind Dhaka cafe siege

Bangladesh police on Saturday said they have arrested a top Islamist militant accused of being one of the "masterminds" of the country's worst terror attack at a popular Dhaka cafe and plotting murders of religious minorities including two Hindu priests.
2017-01-14 11:16:20 Read More

IS launches new assault on besieged eastern city in Syria

Syrian opposition activists say Islamic State militants have launched a new offensive on government-held areas in the contested eastern city of Deir el-Zour.
2017-01-14 11:03:44 Read More

Saudi mufti warns of 'depravity' of cinema, concerts

Saudi Arabia's highest-ranking cleric has warned of the "depravity" of cinemas and music concerts, saying they would corrupt morals if allowed in the ultra- conservative kingdom.
2017-01-14 10:00:51 Read More

Newborn abducted from hospital found alive 18 yrs later

Kamiyah Mobley was barely eight hours old when she was abducted from a Florida hospital. Grainy surveillance video captured photos of a woman leaving the Jacksonville University Medical Centre hospital with the infant.
2017-01-14 08:10:26 Read More

El Salvador has first murder-free day in two years

El Salvador police have said no one was murdered in a 24-hour period for the first time in two years, as authorities continue to battle against criminal gangs.
2017-01-14 08:00:59 Read More

US House votes to begin repealing Obamacare

The House of Representatives voted 227-198 to instruct committees to draft legislation by a target date of Jan. 27 that would repeal the 2010 Affordable Health Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare. The Senate approved the same measure early Thursday.
2017-01-14 04:10:31 Read More

US House votes to begin repealing Obamacare

Top Donald Trump aide in frequent contact with Russia's ambassador

It's not unusual for incoming administrations to have discussions with foreign governments before taking office. But repeated contacts just as Obama imposed sanctions would raise questions about whether Trump's team discussed â€” or even helped shape â€” Russia's response.
2017-01-14 03:25:43 Read More

US Cong approves first step for repealing Obamacare

The US House of Representatives has joined the Senate in passing a critical measure that marks the first major step toward repealing Obama's landmark health care reforms. But one week before Trump takes office, a sense of urgency has swept about what his party will put forward as a replacement.
2017-01-14 01:17:29 Read More

Intel panel to examine possible campaign links with Russia

The Senate Intelligence Committee will investigate possible contacts between Russia and the people associated with US political campaigns as part of a broader investigation into Moscow's meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
2017-01-14 00:41:37 Read More

Lawmakers urge Theresa May to clarify Brexit intentions

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Erdogan says Turks, Greeks still at odds on Cyprus

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Athens and Greek Cypriots still have "different expectations" on resolving the Cyprus problem from their Turkish counterparts, after crunch talks this week in Geneva.
2017-01-13 14:37:52 Read More

Nigerian governor apologizes to UN over aid criticism

The governor of Nigeria's embattled Borno state has apologized to the United Nations, saying his accusations that aid agencies are profiting from funds for people fleeing Boko Haram were aimed at local charities.
2017-01-13 14:31:58 Read More

Lech Walesa buries son, 43, who struggled with alcohol

Former Polish President Lech Walesa has buried a son, who died at the age of 43 after a struggle with alcoholism.
2017-01-13 14:24:15 Read More

Lech Walesa buries son, 43, who struggled with alcohol

Former Polish President Lech Walesa has buried a son, who died at the age of 43 after a struggle with alcoholism.
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Iraqi forces enter Mosul varsity in battling IS for city

Iraqi special forces entered Mosul University on Friday in their latest advance along the eastern front as they battle Islamic State militants for control of the city, according to senior Iraqi officers.
2017-01-13 14:00:47 Read More

'Pilots on drugs responsible for crashes'

The head of Indonesia's narcotics agency says most of the country's airline accidents have involved pilots on drugs, including a Lion Air jet that slammed into the sea four years ago while trying to land on Bali.
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'Pilots on drugs responsible for crashes'

Bush twins write heartfelt letter to Obama sisters

In a heartwarming open letter to Sasha and Malia Obama, former first daughters Barbara Bush and Jenna Bush Hager, shared a bit of advice to the girls, about life after 8 years in the White House.
2017-01-13 06:41:07 Read More

Samsung scion questioned for straight 22 hours

Jay Y Lee, who heads South Korea's massive Samsung Group, did not sleep in over 22 hours of questioning in a corruption scandal involving impeached President Park Geun-hye.
2017-01-13 05:43:07 Read More

South Korea investigators mull arrest warrant for Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong

South Korean special prosecutor's office is considering whether to seek an arrest warrant for Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong amid a probe into an influence-peddling scandal involving President Park Geun-hye, Yonhap News Agency reported on Friday.
2017-01-13 04:51:02 Read More

ISIS, Russia are major threats: CIA Director nominee

"Radical Islamic terrorism is both a symptom and a catalyst of the terrible conflicts raging in the Middle East that have created both a humanitarian and strategic catastrophe," CIA Director nominee Mike Pompeo said.
2017-01-13 03:31:19 Read More

Syrian army says Israel fired rockets at military airport

Syrian army command said on Friday Israel had fired rockets at a major military airport west of the capital Damascus and warned Tel Aviv of the repercussions of what it said was a "flagrant" attack.
2017-01-13 03:14:02 Read More

Explosions hit Damascus military airport

A series of explosions ripped through a military airport on the western outskirts of Damascus overnight Friday, Syrian state TV reported.
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Explosions hit Damascus military airport

A series of explosions ripped through a military airport on the western outskirts of Damascus overnight Friday, Syrian state TV reported.
2017-01-13 01:32:14 Read More

Emailgate: FBI decisions under lens

department inspector general's office said on Thursday it would open an investigation into the decision in October by James Comey, the FBI director, to inform congress about a new review in the Hillary Clinton email investigation -a move Clinton has said cost her the election.
2017-01-13 00:51:47 Read More

Barack Obama ends open door policy for Cuban migrants

Obama has ended a five-decade-old open door policy for Cuba immigrants, who will now face similar restrictions to other citizens from Latin America. Obama scrapped rules dating back to the 1960s which allowed those fleeing communist Cuba a fast track to US citizenship.
2017-01-12 23:23:19 Read More

Over 16,000 Iraqis killed in violence in 2016

Violence and military operations claimed the lives of more than 16,000 civilians in Iraq last year, a research group that tracks civilian deaths in Iraq said Thursday, making it one of the deadliest years for war-weary Iraqis since the 2003 US-led invasion.
2017-01-12 13:10:49 Read More

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Ex-UN chief back in S Korea, hints at presidential bid

Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday he will announce soon whether he will run for South Korea's presidency, as he returned home and strongly hinted at his political ambitions before hundreds of cheering supporters.
2017-01-12 13:10:04 Read More

Philippines puts off upgrades to South China Sea isles

The Philippines is deferring plans to repair and upgrade features it occupies in the disputed South China Sea, the country's military chiefs said on Thursday, to avoid provoking China while the two traditional foes seek to bury the hatchet.
2017-01-12 12:32:24 Read More

Philippines puts off upgrades to South China Sea isles

Heathrow Airport cancels flights amid snow forecasts

London's Heathrow Airport says dozens of flights have been cancelled amid forecasts of snow and strong winds in Britain. About 80 out of about 1,350 flights scheduled on Thursday have been cancelled pre-emptively because of the wintry weather, the authorities said
2017-01-12 11:50:50 Read More

UK, Turkey, Greece meet to discuss Cyprus settlement

Foreign ministers of Britain, Greece and Turkey met in Geneva on Thursday in an attempt to thrash out a security deal for a reunited Cyprus, a conflict rooted in Britain's colonial past and Greek and Turkish rivalry.
2017-01-12 11:38:20 Read More

US Army to use biodegradable bullets that sprout plants

The US Army is planning to use biodegradable bullets loaded with special seeds that sprout into plants which can eliminate ammunition debris and contaminants, reducing soil pollution in training grounds.
2017-01-12 11:03:32 Read More

US, Afghan forces killed 33 civilians in self-defence: NATO

NATO confirmed on Thursday that US forces in Afghanistan killed 33 Afghan citizens "in self-defence" in Kunduz last year in a single incident highlighting civilian casualties, one of the most contentious issues of the 15-year campaign.
2017-01-12 09:32:28 Read More

US Senate OKs measure for Obamacare repeal process

Republicans have said that the process of repealing Obamacare could take months, and developing a replacement plan could take longer. But they are under pressure from Trump to act fast; he said on Wednesday that the repeal and replacement should happen "essentially simultaneously."
2017-01-12 07:04:46 Read More

Tillerson opposes blanket ban on Muslims' entry into US

President-elect Donald Trump had vowed to temporarily ban Muslim travel and immigration to the country after a wave of terrorist attacks carried out or inspired by the Islamic State in Europe and the US.
2017-01-12 07:04:31 Read More

Former MI-6 spy known to US agencies is author of reports on Trump in Russia

Ex-UK officials said Christopher Steele spent years under diplomatic cover in Russia, Paris & at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. His work on corruption in international soccer that lent credence to his reporting on Trump's entanglements in Russia.
2017-01-12 05:58:45 Read More

How Donald Trump says he'll break from his business

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Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong quizzed as suspect in Park scandal

Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong, chairman of Samsung Electronics and the son of the group chairman Lee Kun-Hee, was to be questioned in connection to allegations of bribery, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Samsung heir quizzed as suspect in Park scandal

Mexico says won't fund wall but wants good ties with Trump

President Enrique Pena Nieto has again rejected Donald Trump's demand that Mexico pay for a wall along the border, but he vowed to seek good relations with the US president-elect. Pena Nieto said his government will seek "open and complete negotiations" with the next US government.
2017-01-11 23:58:49 Read More

Suspected Taliban hand could strain UAE-Pakistan ties

The explosions that killed five Emirati officials in Kandhahar could increase tensions between UAE and Pakistan with Taliban suspected for the attack which is being seen in some quarters as a signal to the Gulf monarchies.
2017-01-11 23:23:34 Read More

China presents an upbeat picture of its ties with India

China has presented an upbeat picture of its ties with India in a policy document on Asia- Pacific security, saying their partnership has "deepened", but skirted references to contentious issues like India's NSG bid and efforts to get JeM chief Masood Azhar banned by the UN.
2017-01-11 14:23:58 Read More

Bombed Mosul bridge still lifeline for suffering civilians

The rubble of a bridge blown up by Islamic State in Mosul to block advancing Iraqi forces has become a lifeline for civilians as more and more of the northern city breaks loose from the grip of the ultra-hardline militants.
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Bombed Mosul bridge still lifeline for suffering civilians

Pak will be recognised as minorities-friendly country: Sharif

Pakistan will soon be recognised as a "minorities-friendly country", Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said as he ordered renovation of Katas Raj complex, one the most sacred places of Hindus in the Muslim-majority country.
2017-01-11 12:24:44 Read More

UAE says 5 diplomats killed in Afghan blast, Taliban deny role

The United Arab Emirates announced on Wednesday that five of its diplomats were killed in a bombing in southern Afghanistan. The Taliban denied planting the bomb in the Kandahar attack, which also wounded the UAE ambassador to Afghanistan.
2017-01-11 07:05:44 Read More

Act against state institutions facilitating violence: Afghanistan to UNSC

In a veiled but scathing attack against Pakistan for providing safe havens to terror groups, Afghanistan called on the UN Security Council to take measures against "state institutions" that facilitate extremism to advance their foreign policy agenda.
2017-01-11 06:43:45 Read More

US charges Ban Ki-moon's relatives in bribery case

A US bribery case against two relatives has cast a pall over former United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon's planned return this week to South Korea, where he is expected to launch a bid to run for president.
2017-01-11 06:26:18 Read More

US charges Ban Ki-moon's relatives in bribery case

North Korea has plutonium for 10 nuclear bombs: South Korea

North Korea, which has carried out five nuclear tests and numerous missile launches, is thought to be planning a nuclear push in 2017 as it seeks to develop a weapons system capable of hitting the US mainland.
2017-01-11 06:03:32 Read More

Trump warned Russian hackers claim to have compromising information on him

A US jury has condemned self-described white supremacist Dylann Roof to death over the massacre of nine black worshippers in a South Carolina church in June 2015 -- a crime that shocked the nation. Roof, 22, was convicted last month of 33 federal charges -- including hate crimes resulting in death.
2017-01-11 03:39:24 Read More

Forceful and tearful, Obama says goodbye in emotional speech

Obama said he ends his tenure inspired by America's "boundless capacity'' for reinvention, and he declared: "The future should be ours." His delivery was forceful for most of his speech, but by the end he was wiping away tears as the crowd embraced him one last time.
2017-01-11 03:20:59 Read More

'We rise or fall as one': Obama warns of democratic test

"Democracy does require a basic sense of solidarity," US President Barack Obama said. "For all our outward differences, we are all in this together," he said in his farewell speech in Chicago. "We rise or fall as one."
2017-01-11 02:53:18 Read More

Journalist Clare Hollingworth, who broke news of WWII, dies

As German tanks encircled the Polish town of Katowice, rookie British newspaper reporter Clare Hollingworth picked up the phone and dialed the British Embassy. An official there didn't believe what she told him, so she dangled the phone out the window so he could hear the ominous rumbling for himself.
2017-01-11 01:05:55 Read More

US jury condemns Charleston church shooter to death

At Russia hearing, FBI mum about possible Trump probe

FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday refused to say whether his bureau was investigating any possible ties between Russia and the Donald Trump's presidential campaign, citing policy not to comment on what the FBI might or might not be doing.
2017-01-11 00:22:53 Read More

Homeless squatters take over Oxford University building

A group of homeless people have been squatting in a vacant building at UK's prestigious Oxford University and want to be allowed to stay on over the winter months. The group launched an online petition titled "Tell Wadham College to do the right thing for homeless people this winter".
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Homeless squatters take over Oxford University building

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US blacklist additions will degrade ties: Kremlin

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Pak needs a dose of Trump's madman diplomacy: Expert

Noting that the US is yet to find an effective way to gain Pakistan's full cooperation in the fight against international terrorism, a top American expert on South Asian issues has said that the country needs a dose of President-elect Donald Trump's madman diplomacy.
2017-01-10 10:00:01 Read More

SKorean sets himself ablaze over Japan deal, dies

A South Korean Buddhist monk has died days after he set himself on fire to protest the country's deal with Japan on former Korean sex slaves, a Seoul hospital said on Tuesday.
2017-01-10 09:27:20 Read More

'Thousands attend Iran ex-prez Rafsanjani's funeral'

Tens of thousands of Iranians were already at Tehran University on Tuesday to attend the funeral service for former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani led by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
2017-01-10 06:58:56 Read More

Obama says goodbye in last presidential speech

Barack Obama closes the book on his presidency on Tuesday, with a farewell speech in Chicago that will try to lift supporters felled by Donald Trump's shock victory.
2017-01-10 06:22:44 Read More

Obama says goodbye in last presidential speech

Barack Obama closes the book on his presidency on Tuesday, with a farewell speech in Chicago that will try to lift supporters felled by Donald Trump's shock victory.
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After Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran at a political crossroads

President Hassan Rouhani's nuclear detente with world powers is seen as embodying Rafsanjani's realist vision. Rouhani is all but certain to stand for re-election in May.
2017-01-10 04:23:54 Read More

Donald Trump names son-in-law as senior presidential adviser

Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, whom Forbes estimates is worth $1.8 billion together with his parents and adult brother, will forego his salary while serving in the administration, said a statement from the transition team.
2017-01-10 02:59:54 Read More

Donald Trump names son-in-law as senior presidential adviser

Pak counts transgender people in census for first time

Pakistan will count transgender people in its national census for the first time when it surveys its population in March this year following a top court ruling on Monday. The move was welcomed by Pakistan's transgender community.
2017-01-09 17:57:38 Read More

Russia 'tired' of 'amateurish' US hacking claims: Kremlin

The Kremlin on Monday slammed a hacking report by US spy agencies as baseless and amateurish, saying Moscow is growing tired of denying the Russian government's involvement in the US election meddling.
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Russia 'tired' of 'amateurish' US hacking claims: Kremlin

Truck bomb kills 8 policemen in Egypt's Sinai

A truck bomb attack on an Egyptian security checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula killed at least eight policemen on Monday. Police said a suicide bomber rammed a truck packed with explosives into the checkpoint in the north Sinai city of El-Arish and gunmen then opened fire on the security post.
2017-01-09 11:01:09 Read More

Snake on a plane grounds Emirates flight

The animal was found before Sunday's flight from Dubai International, the airline said in a statement, adding that the aircraft was returned to service after being thoroughly searched.
2017-01-09 09:13:18 Read More

16 arrested over Kim Kardashian Paris robbery: Police

Kardashian was tied up and robbed of jewellery worth around nine million euros ($9.5 million) when a gang of masked men burst into the luxury Paris residence where she was staying during Fashion Week in October.
2017-01-09 07:39:40 Read More

Syrian govt ready to negotiate on 'everything', Assad says

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad said a ceasefire brokered by Turkey and Russia, his most powerful ally, ahead of the talks was being violated and the army's role was to recapture an area near Damascus where insurgents control the main water supply for the capital.
2017-01-09 07:18:14 Read More

Japan envoy returns home in South Korea 'comfort woman' row

Tensions spiked on Friday when Tokyo said it would recall its envoy over the statue which was placed outside its consulate in Busan last month, symbolising women forced to work in Japanese military brothels mostly during World War II.
2017-01-09 06:04:56 Read More

Meryl Streep wins Globe DeMille award, excoriates Trump

Meryl Streep said a performance from the past year that stunned her came from the campaign trail, noting the incident where "the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country" imitated a disabled reporter from The New York Times, an incident replayed frequently in campaign advertising.
2017-01-09 04:24:33 Read More

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North Korea says can test-launch ICBM at any time

"The ICBM will be launched anytime and anywhere determined by the supreme headquarters of the DPRK," an unnamed Foreign Ministry spokesman was quoted as saying by the official KCNA news agency, using the acronym for the country's name.
2017-01-09 03:51:57 Read More

Trump accepts US intel on Russia hacking

This is the first acknowledgement from a senior member of the Republican president-elect's team that Donald Trump had accepted that Russia directed the hacking and subsequent disclosure of Democratic emails during the 2016 presidential election.
2017-01-09 03:39:45 Read More

Trump accepts US intel on Russia hacking

Iran's ex-president Rafsanjani dies: Agencies

Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died in hospital on Sunday after suffering a heart attack, the ISNA and Fars news agencies reported. He was a pivotal figure in the foundation of the Islamic republic in 1979, and served as president from 1989 to 1997.
2017-01-08 17:33:19 Read More

We have made mistakes: Jacob Zuma tells party

South Africa's scandal-ridden president Jacob Zuma on Sunday said the ruling party has made "mistakes" and is determined to root out the corruption that is destroying the country's democracy. Zuma faces the reinstatement of corruption charges linked to an arms deal, among other scandals.
2017-01-08 16:10:56 Read More

We have made mistakes: Jacob Zuma tells party

South Africa's scandal-ridden president Jacob Zuma on Sunday said the ruling party has made "mistakes" and is determined to root out the corruption that is destroying the country's democracy. Zuma faces reinstatement of corruption charges linked to an arms deal, among other scandals.
2017-01-08 16:10:56 Read More

Attacks in and around Baghdad kill 23

A wave of attacks in and around Baghdad on Sunday killed at least 23 people, the latest in a series of assaults blamed on the Islamic State group. A suicide car bomb ripped through a wholesale market in the sprawling Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, killing at least seven people and wounding 15.
2017-01-08 13:52:46 Read More

Attacks in and around Baghdad kill 23

At least four dead in Jerusalem truck attack

A truck driven by a Palestinian rammed into pedestrians on a popular promenade in Jerusalem on Sunday killing four people, according to Israeli police who called it a deliberate attack. Israel Radio reported the driver was a Palestinian but did not immediately give his name.
2017-01-08 12:21:04 Read More

China steps up naval patrols in disputed islands with Japan

China has stepped up patrols in the waters of the disputed islands under the control of Japan in the East China Sea, a move that could anger Tokyo.
2017-01-08 11:21:00 Read More

Istanbul nightclub attacker identified as Uzbek extremist: Reports

The attacker who shot dead 39 people on New Year's night at an Istanbul nightclub has been identified as an Uzbek jihadist who belongs to the extremist Islamic State (IS) group, Turkish press reports said.
2017-01-08 11:05:20 Read More

Florida airport shooting suspect could face death penalty

US authorities have charged the Iraq war vet accused of shooting five people dead and wounding six at a Florida airport with federal crimes that could carry the death penalty. Esteban Santiago was charged with firearms offenses and carrying out an act of violence.
2017-01-08 10:33:46 Read More

IS suicide car bomb kills 13 in eastern Baghdad

Islamic State claimed the attack in an online statement, saying the bomber had targeted "a gathering of Shi'ites" in the area. The blast killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 50 others at a vegetable market.
2017-01-08 09:19:58 Read More

Massive tanker bomb kills 48 in Syria border town

A massive tanker truck bomb ripped through a market by a courthouse in the rebel-held Syrian town of Azaz on Saturday, killing 48 people and wounding dozens near the Turkish border. The attack appeared to be the deadliest yet in the town in northern Aleppo province, which has been regularly hit by bombings targeting rebels and civilians.
2017-01-08 01:55:05 Read More

Massive tanker bomb kills 48 in Syria border town

Gunman shoots, wounds US consular official in Mexico

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2017-01-07 16:41:33 Read More

18 dead as torrential rains submerge southern Thailand

Heavy rains continued to hammer Thailand's flood-ravaged south today, bringing the death toll up to 18 and leaving thousands of villages partially submerged. The flooding, which was roof-high in some areas, has affected nearly 1 million people in ten southern provinces since it started a week ago
2017-01-07 13:22:45 Read More

Toll rises to 43 in car bombing in Syria's Azaz

The death toll in a car bomb attack Saturday in the rebel-held town of Azaz in northern Syria has risen to 43, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.
2017-01-07 12:23:30 Read More

Many dead in explosion in Syrian town near Turkish border

An explosion in the busy centre of a rebel-held town near Syria's border with Turkey caused deaths and wounded dozens on Saturday, a monitor, local resident and rebel group said.
2017-01-07 11:08:28 Read More

Many dead in explosion in Syrian town near Turkish border

Pakistan military courts wound up after 2 years

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2017-01-07 10:55:43 Read More

Turkey dismisses more civil servants in post-coup purge

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2017-01-07 10:45:59 Read More

Turkey dismisses more civil servants in post-coup purge

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Pak SC asks Sharif to establish ownership of London flats

In the Panama papers leak case hearing, the Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his siblings to come out clean on the ownership details of the London flats which are not shown in their wealth statement.
2017-01-06 13:53:54 Read More

At least 33 prisoners killed in another Brazil prison uprising

At last 33 inmates have been killed in a new prison uprising in the Amazon region of Brazil, officials said Friday, just five days after 56 inmates were slaughtered in a nearby state in the country's worst prison massacre for more than two decades.
2017-01-06 12:36:25 Read More

Pope Francis offers Epiphany picnic to poor people at Vatican

Pope Francis gave 300 homeless people and refugees a sandwich and a drink to thank them for helping to hand out religious pamphlets at an Epiphany feast day service. The picnic was the latest gesture from the the Pope to the needy, whose plight he has made a central cause of his papacy.
2017-01-06 12:23:28 Read More

Pope Francis offers Epiphany picnic to poor people at Vatican

UK's May to visit Trump following his inauguration

British PM Theresa May's office has said she will meet Donald Trump in Washington in the weeks following his January 20 inauguration as the US president. No dates for the trip were announced on Friday.
2017-01-06 11:31:51 Read More

Joe Biden asks Donald Trump to 'grow up'

Biden dismissed Trump's complaint on Twitter about how the Obama administration has handled the transition. The vice-president told "PBS NewsHour" in an interview that it's time for Trump "to be an adult."
2017-01-06 06:57:37 Read More

China launches telecom technology test satellite

China has successfully launched a telecommunication technology test satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
2017-01-06 05:44:48 Read More

Hand-written Princess Diana letters break estimates at auction

The former Princess of Wales had sent the letters to late Cyril Dickman, who served as a head steward at Buckingham Palace for more than 50 years. The Diana letters, split into six lots, were expected to fetch around 3,600 pounds, but went for a total of 14,900 pounds.
2017-01-06 05:30:04 Read More

'Mastermind' of Bangladesh cafe siege killed: Police

The bodies of Nurul Islam Marzan and another suspected extremist were found after officers raided a property in Dhaka's Rayer Bazar neighbourhood, a spokesman for the Dhaka Metropolitan Police told AFP.
2017-01-06 04:47:45 Read More

Pot smokers to defy Trump, light up at his inauguration

Marijuana legalization advocates plan to pass out joints -- 4,200 of them -- at Donald Trump's inauguration, defying the president-elect and the seamless Republican rule he's bringing to Washington.
2017-01-06 04:09:37 Read More

Texas unveils 'bathroom bill' to 'target LGBT rights'

A Texas Republican state senator introduced legislation on Thursday to limit public restroom access for transgender people, despite warnings from a business group that the measure would hurt the Texas economy because it was discriminatory.
2017-01-06 03:43:09 Read More

No doubt Russia interfered in polls: US intel chief

The top US intelligence official said on Thursday he was "even more resolute" in his belief that Russia staged cyber attacks on Democrats during the 2016 election campaign, rebuking persistent skepticism from Republican President-elect Donald Trump about whether Moscow was involved.
2017-01-06 03:27:00 Read More

Japan recalls envoy to S Korea over 'comfort woman' statue

Japan said it had decided to temporarily recall its ambassador to South Korea to protest the placing of a statue symbolising victims of Japanese wartime sex slavery outside its consulate in the city of Busan last month.
2017-01-06 03:21:07 Read More

53 of 158 inmates accounted for after Philippine jailbreak

More than 50 of the 158 inmates who escaped in the biggest jailbreak ever in the Philippines have been caught or killed, officials said on Friday, with a manhunt underway for the others. The jail held 1,511 inmates, including rebels facing murder charges for a series of bombings in the province.
2017-01-06 03:14:30 Read More

53 of 158 inmates accounted for after Philippine jailbreak

Al-Qaida chief denounces Islamic State 'liars'

In his message, the 65-year-old Zawahiri complained that Ayman Al-Baghdadi had alleged that al-Qaida opposes sectarian attacks on Shiites and was prepared to work with Christian leaders. "The liars insist upon their falsehood, to the extent that they claimed we do not denounce Shiites," he said.
2017-01-06 03:09:25 Read More

10 wounded in explosion in Turkish city

An explosion believed to have been caused by a car bomb in front of a courthouse in the western Turkish city of Izmir on Thursday wounded some 10 people, a local official said. The Islamic State group has claimed the attack.
2017-01-05 14:43:13 Read More

10 wounded in explosion in Turkish city

Car bomb in Syria coastal regime bastion kills 14

At least 14 people were killed Thursday in a car bombing in Syria's coastal city of Jableh, a bastion of the regime. Syrian state television also reported the blast, blaming it on a suicide bomber and saying there were at least nine dead and 25 wounded.
2017-01-05 14:29:26 Read More

More than 100 hurt in New York train derailment

A New York commuter train derailed on Wednesday during the morning rush at a station in Brooklyn, sparking chaotic scenes and leaving more than 100 people with minor injuries.
2017-01-05 10:08:47 Read More

Train crashes at end of platform; 100 people injured

The front of the slow-moving train hit a bumping block as it pulled into Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn, left the tracks and smashed into a small structure, apparently a work area. About 100 people were treated for minor injuries after the 8.30am crash.
2017-01-05 05:27:57 Read More

110 inmates on run after Philippines' biggest jailbreak

Suspected Muslim guerrillas stormed a decrepit jail in one of the major southern cities on Wednesday, freeing 158 inmates and killing a guard, in what authorities said was a bid to free fellow rebels.
2017-01-05 04:50:40 Read More

Australia denies trying to 'recruit' Indonesian soldiers

Australia on Thursday rejected claims it tried to "recruit" Indonesia's best soldiers as it worked to mend relations with Jakarta after military ties were suspended.
2017-01-05 04:37:32 Read More

Netanyahu urges pardon for soldier who killed Palestinian

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a pardon for a soldier convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead a wounded Palestinian attacker as he lay on the ground.
2017-01-05 04:30:03 Read More

US army allows turbans, beards, hijabs for servicemen

The US Army has issued a new regulation under which servicemen who wear turbans, hijabs or beards can now be enrolled in the military, making the force more inclusive of minority religions and cultures.
2017-01-05 04:22:03 Read More

Republicans fast track plan to undo Obama regulations

The US House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday giving Congress the power to kill dozens of recently enacted rules in one fell swoop, as Republicans charged ahead on their campaign to strip down federal regulations.
2017-01-05 04:14:51 Read More

Republicans fast track plan to undo Obama regulations

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Hope, and fear, as US Gulf allies look to Trump

US Gulf allies are looking at Donald Trump to tilt Washington in their favour, analysts say, but fear a dangerous void if the incoming president goes so far as to tear up the Iran nuclear deal.
2017-01-05 04:11:16 Read More

Japan's 'Tuna King' wins annual auction for $636,000

Japan's self-styled "Tuna King" has done it again - paying more than $600,000 for a single fish.
2017-01-05 03:40:00 Read More

Pak shocked by case of alleged torture of 10-yr-old girl

Pakistan's Supreme Court asked the police on Wednesday to look into allegations that a 10-year-old girl working as a maid was tortured by her employers, an influential judge and his wife, police and a court official said.
2017-01-04 17:16:55 Read More

Pak shocked by case of alleged torture of 10-yr-old girl

Over 100 suffer injuries in New York City train accident

New York City authorities say more than 100 people suffered minor injuries when a Long Island Rail Road train hit a bumping block at a Brooklyn station. Eleven of the injured were taken to hospitals. Officials at the scene estimated that 600 to 700 people were on the train.
2017-01-04 15:53:14 Read More

At least 37 people suffer injuries in New York City train accident

At least 37 people have suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a New York City commuter train derailment on Wednesday during peak morning commuting hours, city officials said. The Long Island Railroad train went off the tracks at about 8:30 am local time.
2017-01-04 14:51:23 Read More

11 school children injured in knife attack in China

Eleven school children were injured on Wednesday when a man with a knife attacked them at a kindergarten in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.The suspect has been taken in police custody, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
2017-01-04 14:18:50 Read More

Istanbul attack aimed to 'polarise' Turkish society: Erdogan

The attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group on an Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people on Sunday was aimed to polarise Turkish society, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.
2017-01-04 11:36:30 Read More

More than 150 inmates escape in Philippine jail raid

More than 150 inmates of a southern Philippine jail escaped when suspected Muslim rebels stormed the dilapidated facility in a pre-dawn raid on Wednesday, killing one guard, authorities said.
2017-01-04 08:50:12 Read More

More than 150 inmates escape in Philippine jail raid

EC declares dates for assembly polls: Key takeaways

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2017-01-04 06:57:28 Read More

China begins first freight train service to London

China has begun its first freight train service to London from Yiwu, a famed wholesale market town in the eastern province of Zhejiang, the Xinhua news agency reported.
2017-01-04 05:26:35 Read More

Turkey extends emergency rule by three months

Turkey's parliament voted on Tuesday in favour of extending emergency rule by a further three months, effective from Jan. 19, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
2017-01-04 05:08:28 Read More

Heavy smog in China, over 150 flights cancelled

Heavy smog in large parts of China caused over 150 flights to be cancelled and highways to shut after the New Year holiday.
2017-01-04 03:16:46 Read More

US Congress backs off ethics watchdog after outcry

The Republican-led US Congress had a rough start to its first session of the Donald Trump era on Tuesday when a public outcry that included a dressing-down from the president-elect prompted the House of Representatives to backtrack on its plans to defang an ethics watchdog.
2017-01-04 03:04:08 Read More

US Congress backs off ethics watchdog after outcry

Turkey nabs two foreigners for nightclub attack

Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained two foreign nationals at Istanbul's main airport over suspected links to a nightclub attack claimed by Islamic State jihadists that killed 39, Dogan news agency said.
2017-01-03 13:00:19 Read More

Japan representative to Taiwan says bilateral ties at their 'best'

Ties between Japan and Taiwan are at their best, Japan's representative on the island said on Tuesday, at the unveiling of a new name for Japan's representative office that has riled China. Japan and Taiwan have extensive business ties and also share concern about an increasingly assertive mainland China.
2017-01-03 11:27:06 Read More

Syria rebels suspend talks with govt over violations

Pro-government forces pressed on with their offensive targeting the water-rich Barada Valley northwest of the Syrian capital Tuesday, as a group of Syrian rebel groups said they were suspending talks about planned peace negotiations because of what they describe as ongoing government violations of a four-day old cease-fire deal.
2017-01-03 11:01:38 Read More

S Korea calls Trump's tweet 'clear warning' to North

South Korea said Tuesday that US president-elect Donald Trump had sent a "clear warning" to North Korea with a tweet dismissing Pyongyang's ballistic missile claims. "North Korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the US," Trump tweeted. "It won't happen!"
2017-01-03 10:51:58 Read More

Israeli police question Netanyahu over graft charges

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was grilled by police investigators for over three hours at his official residence Monday night, opening what could be a politically damaging criminal investigation into suspicions that he improperly accepted gifts from wealthy supporters.
2017-01-03 10:30:02 Read More

Israeli police question Netanyahu over graft charges

Trump accuses CNN of using his 'worst' photo

US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday complained that a prominent television channel used his "worst" picture ever as the cover art for a new book about the 2016 Presidential election.
2017-01-03 08:15:15 Read More

Trump aware of 'urgency' of NKorea nuke threat: SKorea

US President-elect Donald Trump's comments on North Korea show he is aware of the urgency of the threat posed by its nuclear programme and will not waver from a policy of sanctions against the isolated country, South Korea said on Tuesday.
2017-01-03 07:30:58 Read More

SKorean president refuses to testify in impeachment trial

South Korean President Park Geun-hye has refused to testify in a case that will decide her future following her impeachment over a corruption scandal, forcing the Constitutional Court to delay the start of oral arguments.
2017-01-03 07:09:01 Read More

Couple retrieves winning lottery ticket from garbage bin

A couple in the UK narrowly avoided missing out on a New Year windfall after retrieving a winning lottery ticket worth 66,000 pounds thrown into a roadside dustbin.
2017-01-03 06:39:58 Read More

Canada in the throes of a deadly drugs epidemic

Sirens scream non-stop through the urban heart of Vancouver, as responders race toward drug addicts overdosing -- and dying in such numbers that the city's morgues are full.
2017-01-03 05:57:33 Read More

US Customs computer collapse, travellers waiting

A nationwide collapse of the US customs service computer system has left thousands of passengers lined up at airports awaiting clearance to officially enter the country, the authorities and US media said.
2017-01-03 04:50:55 Read More

Trump on North Korea ICBM: 'It won't happen!'

"North Korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the US," Trump tweeted. "It won't happen!" Kim Jong-Un announced on Sunday that North Korea is in "final stages" of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
2017-01-03 02:57:01 Read More

Pakistanis can no longer enter Afghanistan without passports

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2017-01-03 01:57:04 Read More

Maintain 'zero tolerance' for child abuse: Pope to bishops

Pope Francis has told bishops around the world they must adhere to a policy of zero tolerance for clergy who sexually abuse children. Francis said: "I would like us to renew our complete commitment to ensuring that these atrocities will no longer take place in our midst."
2017-01-02 16:56:34 Read More

Maintain 'zero tolerance' for child abuse: Pope to bishops

At least 60 killed in Brazil prison riot, say state officials

Around 60 people have been killed in a bloody prison riot sparked by a war between rival drug gangs in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, in some of the worst violence in years in Brazil's overcrowded penitentiary system.
2017-01-02 15:12:05 Read More

Enhance cooperation to protect common interests: Xi to BRICS

BRICS countries should enhance solidarity, cooperation and safeguard common interests as they face growing uncertainties and instabilities in international situations, according to Chinese President Xi Jinping, who assumes the Presidency of the five-member bloc this year.
2017-01-02 11:15:04 Read More

Baghdad suicide car bomb blast kills 32

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for Monday's suicide car bomb attack that killed at least 32 people Monday in Baghdad. The jihadist organisation took responsibility for the blast in Sadr City via its propaganda agency Amaq, claiming the "martyrdom operation" had killed around 40 people.
2017-01-02 09:48:39 Read More

Baghdad suicide car bomb blast kills 32

ISIS claims responsibility for Istanbul nightclub attack

The IS-linked Aamaq News Agency said the New Year's Eve attack was carried by a "heroic soldier of the caliphate who attacked the most famous nightclub where Christians were celebrating their pagan feast." It said the man opened fire in "revenge for God's religion and in response to the orders"
2017-01-02 09:07:49 Read More

Turkey sees IS link to Istanbul attack: Report

Turkish authorities believe the attacker who killed 39 people, including two Indians, at an Istanbul nightclub over the New Year is linked to Islamic State (IS) jihadists and may be from Central Asia, the Hurriyet daily said.
2017-01-02 07:58:59 Read More

Daughter of South Korea's 'Rasputin' arrested

The daughter of Choi Soon-Sil, the woman at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of South Korea's President, has been arrested in Denmark after months in hiding, Seoul prosecutors said Monday. Danish police arrested Chung Yoo-Ra on Sunday night for overstaying her visa.
2017-01-02 04:26:30 Read More

Trump has no intention to stop using Twitter

Donald Trump is planning to do "many big things", his communications director said, adding that Trump has no intention to stop using Twitter. Trump would institute a five-year ban on officials leaving govt to become lobbyists, and a lifetime ban "on anyone who wants to serve a foreign government."
2017-01-02 03:56:06 Read More

Sanctions on Russia may be too harsh: Trump aide

Donald Trump said that the US may have disproportionately punished Russia by ordering the expulsion of 35 suspected Russian spies. Barack Obama imposed sanctions last week on two Russian intelligence agencies over what he said was their involvement in hacking political groups in the US elections.
2017-01-02 03:51:29 Read More

Bangladesh ruling party lawmaker shot dead

The famed Hollywood sign high in the hills over Los Angeles got a little higher on Sunday, when someone altered two of its letters to make it read "Hollyweed." Police said unidentified thrill-seekers had climbed up and arranged tarps over the two letter "O's" to make them look like "E's,"
2017-01-02 00:07:33 Read More

'No computer is safe': Trump wants couriers, no emails

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2017-01-01 23:24:05 Read More

N Korea's Kim says close to test launch ICBM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Sunday that the nuclear-capable country was close to test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). North Korea tested ballistic missiles at an unprecedented rate during 2016
2017-01-01 22:33:23 Read More

Pranksters change iconic Hollywood sign to 'Hollyweed'

The UN Security Council will vote on Saturday on a resolution that would endorse the ceasefire agreement in Syria brokered by Russia and Turkey, and reiterate support for a roadmap to peace that starts with a transitional government.
2017-01-01 22:16:35 Read More

UN Security Council to vote on Syria ceasefire agreement

Pakistan would hand over a dossier on alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav and evidence of attempted violation of maritime boundary by an Indian submarine to incoming UN secretary general Antonio Guterres on Monday, his first working day after assuming office.
2016-12-31 12:01:56 Read More

UN Security Council to vote on Syria ceasefire agreement

Pakistan to hand over dossier on India to new UN chief

Two blasts in central Baghdad kill at least 21

Two bombs exploded at a busy market in central Baghdad on Saturday killing at least 21 people and wounding more than 40 others, police and medics said.
2016-12-31 07:47:56 Read More

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'Greek ambassador killed by wife's lover'

Police in Brazil believe that Greece's ambassador to the country was killed by his wife's lover under her orders in a house in the Rio area and have detained three suspects, authorities said on Friday.
2016-12-31 07:01:40 Read More

Taiwanese president plans 2 US stops, irking China

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will transit through Houston and San Francisco during a January visit to allies in Latin America, her office said on Friday, prompting China to repeat a call for the United States to block any such stopover. Donald Trump angered China when he spoke to Tsai this month.
2016-12-31 06:44:40 Read More

Russia, brushing off Obama, looks to Trump

â€‹Russia is looking straight past President Barack Obama to Donald Trump in hope that the president-elect will reverse the tough US stance toward Moscow of the last eight years. In a stunning embrace of a longtime US adversary, Trump is siding with Russian President Vladimir Putin.â€‹
2016-12-31 05:50:21 Read More

Islamist terrorism biggest test for Germany: Merkel

Describing 2016 as a year that gave many the impression that the world had "turned upside down," chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans to forsake populism and said Germany had an interest in taking a leading role in addressing the many challenges facing the European Union.
2016-12-31 04:20:39 Read More

2016 pushes migrant arrivals in Italy over half million

Nearly a fifth more migrants arrived in Italy by boat this year, setting a record and bringing the three-year total to more than half a million, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.
2016-12-30 17:02:46 Read More

Ukraine bans books promoting Russia

Ukraine Friday banned Russian books glorifying the Kremlin and its leaders or espousing what it views as "totalitarian views" in a move certain to further sour relations between the two foes.
2016-12-30 16:56:01 Read More

UAE church 'working' for release of abducted Indian priest

A vicar in the UAE has said he has got "strong indications" to believe that Father Tom Uzhunnalil, the Indian priest who was abducted nearly nine months ago from war-torn Yemen, is alive, a media report said on Friday.
2016-12-30 16:38:29 Read More

What we know about Russia's hacking of US election

Russia has pledged retribution after the US turfed out dozens of diplomats and imposed sanctions over alleged cyber attacks aimed at skewing the presidential election.
2016-12-30 14:41:50 Read More

Vladimir Putin says Russia will not expel US diplomats

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday decided not to expel any US diplomats in a shock move by Moscow after Washington turfed out dozens of its diplomats over alleged election interference. "We will not create problems for American diplomats," Putin said.
2016-12-30 12:59:24 Read More

Top China leader says Catholics must act 'independently'

Yu called on Catholic churches to adhere to "socialism with Chinese characteristics," a term that describes China's model of development, which for decades has favored economic liberalization but not political reform. He added that they should also adhere "to the correct direction of development."
2016-12-30 08:57:55 Read More

New York tightens security for New Year's Eve

As many as 2 million people are expected to gather on Saturday to welcome the new year and authorities said they were aware of no credible threat to the annual festivities at the famed Manhattan crossroads.
2016-12-30 07:29:32 Read More

Cubans surf the web at home in Havana pilot project

Marquez, a 67-year-old retired university professor, was among those selected by the government two weeks ago to participate in a pilot project bringing the web into the homes of 2,000 inhabitants of the historic center of the island's capital.
2016-12-30 03:34:27 Read More

Top serving Chinese general faces graft probe

A top Chinese military general is being probed for corruption, becoming the highest ranking serving army official to face graft probe in a massive anti-corruption campaign launched by President Xi Jinping, defense ministry said on Thursday.
2016-12-29 17:48:46 Read More

Bilawal to be opposition leader in Pak parliament?

Bilawal Bhutto is set to be the leader of the Opposition in Pakistan's National Assembly after he is elected to parliament, according to media reports on Thursday.
2016-12-29 14:58:06 Read More

Nearly six years of conflict in Syria

Syria has been wracked by a devastating civil war for almost six years.
2016-12-29 14:36:00 Read More

Brother kills mother of four in Pakistan over 'honour'

A mother of four in Pakistan was allegedly killed by her brother on Thursday in a suspected honour killing in the southern Sindh province, police said. Ghulam Hussain Gopang, the brother of the woman, has confessed to his crime.
2016-12-29 13:12:15 Read More

Bangladesh cyber heist: Suspicion on IT technicians

In a series of interviews this month, Mohammad Shah Alam, a Bangladesh police deputy inspector general who is heading investigations in Dhaka, went into some detail about how insiders at Bangladesh Bank may have helped in the execution of one of the world's biggest cyber-heists last February.
2016-12-29 10:16:43 Read More

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World News For The Year 2017 and Month Jan

World World News For The Year 2017 and Month Jan

UK lawmakers start debate on bill authorizing Brexit talks

Won't use ballistic missiles to attack any country: Iran foreign minister

Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte asks China to patrol piracy-plagued waters

Bangladesh resurrects plan to move Rohingya refugees to flooded island

Jihadists mock Trump travel ban, vow more attacks

Boy Scouts will allow transgender children into programs

Boy Scouts will allow transgender children into programs

Mexico earmarks $50 million to back migrants in US

Donald Trump defends Muslim ban as protests rock US

Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels' secretary dies at 106

Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels' secretary dies at 106

Turkey puts Gulen, 269 others on trial over coup bid

UN chief slams border closures in 'developed countries'

One million sign petition to cancel Trump's UK State Visit

Malia Obama joins Dakota Access Pipeline protest

SAARC members to meet in Nepal

Democratic lawmaker to move bills against Trump's travel ban

'Spiderman' burglar on trial over $100m Paris art haul

US says green card holders exempted from travel ban

US says green card holders exempted from travel ban

UK opposition leader calls for Donald Trump visit delay

Most of 31 on board missing Malaysian boat reported rescued

Merkel says Donald Trump's immigration ban 'not justified'

Clashes on Yemen west coast kill more than 100: Medics

Malaysian boat with 31 on board goes missing

Malaysian boat with 31 on board goes missing

US rights groups file lawsuit over Trump order blocking refugees

Europe must have 'firm' response to Trump: Hollande

China objects Tibetan PM's presence at US envoy's dinner

Britain's Theresa May in Turkey for talks with Erdogan

Amid Yemen's chaos, migrants stream in only to face torment

Top Russian official says Putin-Trump call will be positive

China marks Lunar New Year with prayers, incense, fireworks

Now is not the time to build walls:Iran to US

Will oppose Sri Lanka's new Constitution: Rajapaksha

Will oppose Sri Lanka's new Constitution: Rajapaksha

Trump orders 'great rebuilding' of US military

US will prioritize Christian refugees: Trump

Pak channel airs banned anchor, faces regulator ire

GOP finally falls in line with Donald Trump

Trump pledges 'lasting support' to US ties with UK

US goal is to show strength at UN: Nikki Haley

Republican Party falls in line with Donald Trump

UN tiptoes around Trump's stance on torture, refugees

Duterte pleads with Philippine rebels to rebuff IS advances

Duterte pleads with Philippine rebels to rebuff IS advances

IS terrorists sneaky, dirty rats, says Trump

UN aid chief accuses Syria of blocking help to neediest

UN aid chief accuses Syria of blocking help to neediest

Once Brazil's richest man, Eike Batista sought for graft

If you won't pay for wall, cancel your trip: Trump to Mexican Prez

If you won't pay for wall, cancel your trip: Trump to Mexican Prez

What Donald Trumpâ€™s first words as President really reveal

Qandeel Baloch's father changes statement against son

Hold India "accountable" for its crimes in Kashmir: Pakistan

Hold India "accountable" for its crimes in Kashmir: Pakistan

China releases new list of items banned for export to N Korea

Mexico's president 'considering' scrapping US trip

Mexico's president 'considering' scrapping US trip

Alarmed by Trump plans, refugees see growing enmity in US

Pak to get new foreign secy; Tehmina Janjua leads race

Russian 'ship of shame' returning from Syria: UK

Russian 'ship of shame' returning from Syria: UK

Trump takes aim at immigration, trade and terrorism

'North Korean elite turning against leader Kim Jong Un'

Somali militants ram car bomb into hotel, killing at least 13

Somali militants ram car bomb into hotel, killing at least 13

'No proof of JuD's involvement in Mumbai attacks'

750,000 still living under militant rule in Iraq's Mosul: UN

Taliban launch nearly 19,000 attacks in 10 months: Afghan official

Taliban launch nearly 19,000 attacks in 10 months: Afghan official

Israel announces plans for 2,500 new settlement homes

Former congressman Mike Pompeo sworn in as CIA director

China's birthrate rises after one-child policy loosened

China's birthrate rises after one-child policy loosened

Chelsea Clinton defends Trump's youngest son from online trolling

Chelsea Clinton defends Trump's youngest son from online trolling

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