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World News For The Year 2017 and Month May

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Foreign aid arrives as Sri Lanka flood toll exceeds 200

Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake said 16 countries had rushed relief supplies and medicine to assist more than 600,000 people driven from their homes following Friday's monsoon deluge.
2017-05-31 10:17:58 Read More

Military says 89 gunmen killed during Philippine urban battle

The clashes erupted on Tuesday last week when gunmen waving black flags of the Islamic State (IS) group rampaged through the mostly Muslim-populated city in response to an effort by security forces to arrest a Filipino on the US government's list of most-wanted terrorists.
2017-05-31 06:17:46 Read More

A new balance of terror: Why North Korea clings to its nukes

The N Korean leader beamed with delight as he watched four extended range Scud missiles roar off their mobile launchers, comparing the sight to a team of acrobats performing in unison. Minutes later the projectiles splashed into the sea off the Japanese coast, 1,000 kms from where he was standing.
2017-05-31 05:47:24 Read More

Indonesian 'rainbow village' is internet sensation

An Indonesian hamlet dubbed "the rainbow village" after being given a makeover in a kaleidoscope of colours is attracting hordes of visitors. The collection of about 200 modest homes on a hillside above a river used to be a typical, low-income Indonesian neighbourhood that was filthy and gloomy.
2017-05-31 05:11:12 Read More

Six days that changed the face of the Middle East

The Arab-Israeli war of June 1967, or Six-Day War, radically changed the map of the Middle East. Between June 5 and 10, Israel defeated Egypt, Jordan and Syria and occupied Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, east Jerusalem, and Syria's Golan Heights.
2017-05-31 03:39:23 Read More

Trump to world leaders: Call me maybe - on my cellphone

President Donald Trump has been handing out his cellphone number to world leaders and urging them to call him directly, an unusual invitation that breaks diplomatic protocol and is raising concerns about the security and secrecy of the US commander in chief's communications.
2017-05-31 03:33:45 Read More

Men probing Ivanka Trump brands in China held, missing

A man investigating working conditions at a Chinese company that produces Ivanka Trump-brand shoes has been arrested and two others are missing, the arrested man's wife and an advocacy group said on Tuesday.
2017-05-31 02:01:42 Read More

Philippines: A new hub for Islamic State

Although Islamic State and groups affiliated to the movement have claimed several attacks across Southeast Asia in the last two years, the battle in Marawi City of Philippines was the first long drawn-out confrontation with security forces.
2017-05-30 17:34:29 Read More

Philippines: A new hub for Islamic State

White House communications director resigns

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2017-05-30 14:16:55 Read More

Putin bigger threat than ISIS: US Senator John McCain

US Senator John McCain said Russian President Vladimir Putin is a bigger threat to global security than ISIS, and warned that the Senate would push for sanctions against Moscow for its alleged interference in the US election.
2017-05-30 13:33:57 Read More

Nighttime, early morning bombings in Baghdad kill 31

At least 31 people were killed in Baghdad on Tuesday in a massive bombing by the Islamic State group outside a popular ice cream shop in central Baghdad and a rush hour car bomb in another downtown area, Iraqi officials said.
2017-05-30 13:05:50 Read More

Europe must step up as diplomatic player: Merkel

Europe must step up as a player in world affairs, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday, signalling that the EU needs to take control of its destiny in the era of US President Donald Trump.
2017-05-30 11:42:46 Read More

Trump lashes out at Germany over trade, NATO

US President Donald Trump criticised Germany on Tuesday for its trade surplus and military spending levels, a day after Chancellor Angela Merkel rammed home her doubts about the reliability of the United States as an ally.
2017-05-30 11:41:17 Read More

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega dies at 83

Ruling Panama from 1983 to 1989, Noriega was a longtime collaborator of the Central Intelligence Agency and a useful US ally in a region that was prone to leftist insurgencies.
2017-05-30 10:42:30 Read More

North Korea warns US of 'bigger gift' after latest test

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2017-05-30 10:03:22 Read More

North Korea warns US of 'bigger gift' after latest test

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Australia plans to ban pedophiles from traveling overseas

Australia plans to ban convicted pedophiles from traveling overseas in what the government said is a world-first move to protect vulnerable children in Southeast Asia from exploitation.
2017-05-30 05:27:18 Read More

Kim Jong Nam murder case now in Malaysian high court

The case of two women charged in Malaysia with killing the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader was transferred to a higher court on Tuesday, as a defence lawyer complained of not getting all of the documents he had requested.
2017-05-30 04:29:46 Read More

Bomb kills 13 in Baghdad; IS claims attack

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2017-05-30 04:19:33 Read More

Cyclone Mora hits Bangladesh coast

The severe cyclonic storm made landfall on the coast between Cox's Bazar and the main port city of Chittagong at 6:00 am (0000 GMT), the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said in a special weather bulletin.
2017-05-30 03:15:07 Read More

Suicide bomber kills eight at Baghdad ice cream shop

Images and footage posted on social media showed the devastating impact of the blast, which ripped through the crowded area around Al-Faqma ice cream shop, scattering rubble across the street.
2017-05-30 02:00:05 Read More

Suicide bomber kills eight at Baghdad ice cream shop

Trump has 'weakened' the West, hurt EU interests: German FM

"Anyone who accelerates climate change by weakening environmental protection, who sells more weapons in conflict zones and who does not want to politically resolve religious conflicts is putting peace in Europe at risk," German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said.
2017-05-29 15:10:14 Read More

Putin visits France, hopes to mend strained ties with West

French President's invitation for Putin was a surprise after his tough stance on Russia during the French presidential campaign, which contrasted with his rivals, who both backed ending Western sanctions against Moscow over the Ukrainian crisis.
2017-05-29 13:00:05 Read More

6-day war begets 50 years of conflict for Israel

For several weeks in 1967, the underdog Israelis genuinely feared that their young Jewish state would be wiped out, even with memories of the Nazi Holocaust in Europe still fresh. They mobilized reserves to face Egyptian troops arrayed at the border. They appointed the eyepatch-wearing military hero Moshe Dayan as minister of defense.
2017-05-29 12:09:46 Read More

Fears for 2,000 people trapped in Philippine city battle

President Rodrigo Duterte imposed martial law across the southern third of the Philippines shortly after the fighting erupted, warning the gunmen were involved in an effort by the Islamic State group to set up a local caliphate.
2017-05-29 11:44:05 Read More

Trump attacks 'fake news' following Kushner reports

After Moscow lost its bets in the French vote, the visit offers the Russian leader a chance to turn the page and try to establish ties with Macron as the Kremlin has struggled to mend a bitter rift in relations with the West.
2017-05-29 07:27:42 Read More

Putin set to visit France in hope of mending strained ties

It was the North's third ballistic missile test in as many weeks and the 12th this year. The launch comes in fresh defiance of tough talk from US President Donald Trump, who promised last week at the G7 summit that the "big problem" of North Korea "will be solved".
2017-05-29 06:59:55 Read More

British Airways IT crash: Passengers face disruption

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2017-05-29 06:39:09 Read More

Sri Lanka monsoon toll climbs to 164

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2017-05-29 03:50:34 Read More

North Korea fires missile in latest provocation

"The times in which we could completely depend on others are on the way out. I've experienced that in the last few days," Merkel told a crowd at an election rally in Munich, southern Germany. "We Europeans truly have to take our fate into our own hands," she added.
2017-05-29 03:10:53 Read More

Merkel warns US, Britain no longer reliable partners

Two dead, 18 hurt in China knife attack: State media

The man, aged 30 and believed to be suffering from mental health problems, is in police custody after the assault in Guizhou Province, according to the official Xinhua news agency. All twenty victims were rushed to hospital after the attack, but two later died, said the report.
2017-05-28 17:09:51 Read More

Airstrikes kill 17 in Syria near de-facto IS capital, Raqqa

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 18 people were killed in the airstrikes on the road between the villages of Ratla and Kasrat. It said Sunday's airstrikes hit buses, adding that the identity of the dead is not known.
2017-05-28 16:20:52 Read More

New Russian jet takes to air to rival Airbus, Boeing

Russia on Sunday held a successful test flight of its new MC-21 medium-haul passenger jet that it hopes will revive its troubled civil aviation industry and challenge giants Airbus and Boeing.
2017-05-28 16:18:39 Read More

25-year-old arrested over Manchester attack: Police

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2017-05-28 14:52:36 Read More

Sri Lanka steps up relief as monsoon toll exceeds 150

Government spokesperson Rajitha Senaratne said relief operations had intensified following a break in the monsoon rains, with medical teams reinforcing hospitals in affected districts. The official death toll had climbed to 151 with 111 people still listed as missing, Senaratne said.
2017-05-28 13:24:04 Read More

Pak nuke tests created balance of power in region: Sharif

Nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan in 1998 created balance of power in South Asia and gave a strong message to the "enemies" that aggressors would meet an exemplary fate, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Sunday.
2017-05-28 12:36:14 Read More

China denies 'unsafe' intercepting of US plane

Accusing the Pentagon of distorting facts, China today denied its charge that an encounter between Chinese fighter jets and an American surveillance plane over the South China Sea was "unsafe and unprofessional".
2017-05-28 11:29:51 Read More

BA aims to restore normal flight service after IT failure

British Airways cancelled all flights from both airports on Saturday, upending the travel plans of tens of thousands of people on a busy UK holiday weekend. It blamed a power supply issue for the outage and said there was no sign it was under cyberattack.
2017-05-28 08:59:40 Read More

BA aims to restore normal flight service after IT failure

Lanka seeks global help after deadly floods, landslides

The number of people known to have been killed in floods and landslides in Sri Lanka rose to 122, on Saturday, as the country appealed for international assistance. The state-run disaster management centre said 97 people were still missing after the worst torrential rains since 2003.
2017-05-28 01:54:59 Read More

Islamic State claims responsibility for Egypt attack

Egypt responded to Friday's attack by launching a series of airstrikes that targeted the 'militant bases' in eastern Libya in which the assailants were trained. On Saturday, the military said the airstrikes were continuing "day & night" and that they have "completely" destroyed their targets.
2017-05-27 16:04:38 Read More

Pakistan reopens Afghanistan border crossing after deadly exchange

The Chaman crossing into Afghanistan's Kandahar province was reopened on "humanitarian grounds" after Afghan officials submitted a request, according to a statement by the Pakistani military.
2017-05-27 15:17:20 Read More

Indonesia deports Australian whose drug saga riveted nation

About 200 police officers were deployed to secure her deportation in Denpasar, Bali's capital, said Ida Bagus Adnyana, who heads Bali's Justice and Human Rights office. "Corby signed a document to end her parole. She is completely free now," he said.
2017-05-27 13:16:47 Read More

Two British jets dispatched after Russian incursion

"Two Typhoons were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth this morning as part of the RAF's Quick Reaction Alert in response to two Russian aircraft entering the UK's airspace," Britain's Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
2017-05-27 12:38:26 Read More

UK security threat level lowered as police close on bomber's suspected network

Earlier, police hunting a suspected network behind Salman Abedi, the bomber who killed 22 people on Monday night, said they had made two further arrests overnight as they closed in on other possible cell members. May said this meant that the independent body which sets the threat level had decided it should be lowered from its highest rating "critical", which means an attack could be imminent, to "severe".
2017-05-27 12:03:32 Read More

One dead in cargo plane crash near Mount Everest

All three crew members were pulled alive from the wreckage of the plane, which broke into three pieces when it crashed as it was attempting to land at Lukla airport in heavy fog. The pilot died shortly after reaching hospital, local police officer Madhav Budhathoki told AFP.
2017-05-27 11:45:20 Read More

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G-7 source: US gets more time on in-out climate pact answer

Six members of the Group of Seven would stick with their endorsement of the 2015 Paris deal to rein in greenhouse gas emissions and await a decision from the US, said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the matter before the formal announcement.
2017-05-27 11:35:54 Read More

Manchester attack: Two more persons arrested

British police on Saturday made two more arrests in connection with the suicide bombing at a pop concert in Manchester that killed 22 people, bringing the number of suspects in custody to 11.
2017-05-27 06:21:09 Read More

'Kushner had undisclosed contacts with Russian envoy'

Those contacts included two phone calls between April and November last year, two of the sources said. By early this year, Kushner had become a focus of the FBI investigation into whether there was any collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.
2017-05-27 04:09:29 Read More

Carter national security adviser Brzezinski dies

Earnest and ambitious, Brzezinski helped Carter bridge wide gaps between the rigid Egyptian and Israeli leaders, Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin, leading to the Camp David accords in September 1978.
2017-05-27 04:03:49 Read More

$10,000 bill for getting car stuck in newly poured concrete

A driver could be facing a $10,000 bill after he plowed into newly poured concrete in Lincoln, Nebraska, and became stuck. The accident occurred on Wednesday on a portion of a road repair project in the state capital.
2017-05-27 03:37:24 Read More

$10,000 bill for getting car stuck in newly poured concrete

Leery of North Korea, US plans first test of ICBM intercept

North Korea is now the focus of US efforts because its leader, Kim Jong Un, has vowed to field a nuclear-armed missile capable of reaching American territory. He has yet to test an intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, but Pentagon officials believe he is speeding in that direction.
2017-05-27 02:42:00 Read More

Egypt hits jihadists after attack on Christians kills 29

Egyptian military sources said six strikes took place near Derna in eastern Libya at around sundown, hours after masked gunmen attacked a group of Coptic Christians travelling to a monastery in southern Egypt, killing 29 and wounding 24.
2017-05-27 02:39:38 Read More

Monsoon rains kill at least 25 in Sri Lanka

Landslides and floods killed at least 25 people and left another 42 missing in Sri Lanka following heavy monsoon rains on Friday, the Disaster Management Centre said.
2017-05-26 11:59:13 Read More

Republican accused of 'bodyslam' wins Montana poll

Greg Gianforte, accused of assaulting a reporter, emerged the projected victor against his Democratic opponent. Gianforte faces up to six months in county jail and a $500 fine if convicted of misdemeanor assault against a journalist from a UK newspaper.
2017-05-26 09:25:11 Read More

Bangladesh removes 'un-Islamic' statue after protests

Hardliners wanted the statue of the blindfolded, sari-clad woman holding scales â€” a Bangladeshi version of the Greek goddess of justice â€” to be replaced with a Quran.
2017-05-26 08:22:10 Read More

Election campaign resumes after Manchester attack

Prime Minister Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had suspended campaigning after Monday's suicide bombing at a Manchester pop concert, which killed 22 people, including many teenagers, and wounded dozens more.
2017-05-26 08:09:30 Read More

Election campaign resumes after Manchester attack

Trump to fellow NATO leaders: Spend more for military

Trump, who has often complained back home about other nations' NATO support, lectured the other leaders in person this time, declaring, "Many of these nations owe massive amounts of money from past years."
2017-05-26 03:01:38 Read More

Trump son-in-law Kushner a focus in Russia probe

The FBI is investigating meetings that US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, had in December with Russian officials, The Washington Post and NBC News reported on Thursday.
2017-05-26 02:39:07 Read More

US appeals court refuses to reinstate travel ban

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement that the government, which says the temporary travel ban is needed to guard against terrorist attacks, would seek a review of the case at the Supreme Court.
2017-05-26 02:33:43 Read More

US appeals court refuses to reinstate travel ban

Ex-Greek PM Papademos hurt in car blast: State TV

Greek former PM Lucas Papademos was hurt on Thursday when an explosive device went off inside his car in Athens, state agencies said. State news agency ANA said Papademos was undergoing surgery for abdominal and leg injuries at an Athens hospital.
2017-05-25 17:33:29 Read More

Trump orders "review" of leaks as US-UK special ties turn shaky

Donald Trump on Thursday ordered ''complete review'' by the Justice Department of leaks coming out of US government agencies as ties between Washington and London deteriorated sharply over American law enforcement agencies pre-maturely spilling information to the media on the Manchester bombing.
2017-05-25 16:51:32 Read More

China seeks action from Pak to rescue kidnapped couple

China has stepped up pressure on Pakistani authorities "to take every necessary measure" to rescue a Chinese couple who were abducted near Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province which also houses the Gwadar port.
2017-05-25 14:33:22 Read More

Iran says it has built 3rd underground ballistic missile factory

"Iran's third underground factory has been built by the Guards in recent years ... We will continue to further develop our missile capabilities forcefully," the semi-official Fars news agency quoted Amirali Hajizadeh, head of the Guard's airspace division, as saying.
2017-05-25 11:33:25 Read More

Trump meets EU leaders in Brussels

The meeting took place at the EU's new "Europa" headquarters in Brussels. US President Donald Trump will attend a NATO summit later in the day, also to be held in the Belgian capital.
2017-05-25 08:58:48 Read More

Successful launch puts New Zealand in space race

New Zealand joined the exclusive space-race club on Thursday with the successful launch of a Rocket Lab test craft named Electron.
2017-05-25 06:45:58 Read More

'Only logical for Trump to meet Dalai Lama'

The head of Tibet's government in exile said on Wednesday it would be "logical" for Donald Trump to meet the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, since the US president has visited homes of the Muslim, Jewish and Christian religions on his current international tour.
2017-05-25 04:22:49 Read More

Ukraine brews up Trump beer with Putin twist

A craft brewery in Ukraine has cashed in on the frenzy surrounding Donald Trump's possible campaign links to Russia by bottling a lager with a label featuring the US president and Vladimir Putin peeking from behind.
2017-05-25 04:15:04 Read More

US health bill: 23 million may lose coverage

A bill passed by US House Republicans would cause 23 million people to lose healthcare coverage by 2026 while de-stabilizing health insurance markets in some states and making it hard for sick people to buy insurance, a budget watchdog agency said on Wednesday.
2017-05-25 04:06:31 Read More

US republican candidate 'bodyslams' reporter

A Republican running for Congress in Montana "bodyslammed" a reporter for The Guardian newspaper on Wednesday, breaking his glasses, the journalist said. The attack took place after the reporter asked a question about health care.
2017-05-25 02:54:09 Read More

Was North Korea behind the ransomware attack?

Was North Korea behind the ransomware epidemic that hit global computer networks earlier this month? That's the subject of heated debate in cybersecurity circles after analysts found similarities in the "WannaCry" worm to other malware attributed to North Korea.
2017-05-25 02:27:55 Read More

UK police make 7th arrest in terror probe

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UK police make 7th arrest in terror probe

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Lenin Moreno sworn in as Ecuador president

Lenin Moreno was sworn in as president of Ecuador on Wednesday following a tight race that the disabled former vice president won on promises of maintaining the social programs of his leftist predecessor Rafael Correa.
2017-05-24 17:20:30 Read More

Lives of 24 million children threatened by conflict: UNICEF

Violence and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa threaten the lives of over 24 million children, most of them in Yemen, Iraq and Syria, the United Nation's children agency said in a report Wednesday.
2017-05-24 12:51:16 Read More

Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda resigns

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Wednesday resigned after a brief stint of nine months, honouring a power sharing understanding reached between his party and the ruling partner Nepali Congress.
2017-05-24 11:28:12 Read More

Three men arrested in Manchester bomb attack probe

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2017-05-24 10:02:34 Read More

Taiwan top court rules in favour of gay marriage

A top Taiwan court ruled in favour of gay marriage Wednesday, a landmark decision that paves the way for the island to become the first place in Asia to legalise same sex unions.
2017-05-24 09:14:58 Read More

ISIS claims first suicide attack in Somalia, kills 5

The Islamic State group has claimed its first suicide attack in Somalia, which police said Wednesday killed five people at a checkpoint in the northeastern port city of Bosaso.
2017-05-24 08:07:22 Read More

NATO rolls out red carpet, buffs its image for Trump

As part of the repackaging to be announced during Trump's 24-hour visit to Brussels, a city the US President once branded as a "hellhole", NATO is likely to agree to join the 68-nation international coalition fighting ISIS.
2017-05-24 07:24:33 Read More

'China to pursue active foreign policy in Asia Pacific'

Expressing concern over China's massive military build-up, a top US intelligence official has told lawmakers that the Communist nation will continue to pursue an "active" foreign policy, especially in the Asia Pacific region, to expand its strategic and economic influence.
2017-05-24 07:07:30 Read More

North Korea's Kim Jong-Un 'madman with nukes': Trump

"We can't let a madman with nuclear weapons let on the loose like that. We have a lot of firepower, more than he has, times 20 - but we don't want to use it," Trump reportedly told Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during a telephone call.
2017-05-24 03:20:56 Read More

Martial law declared in south Philippines

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte cut short a visit to Russia and imposed martial law on the island of Mindanao on Tuesday after a fierce bout of fighting erupted during a raid by security forces at a hideout of Islamic State-linked militants.
2017-05-24 02:37:13 Read More

Martial law declared in south Philippines

Former CIA chief confirms contacts between Russia and Trump campaign

Former CIA Director John Brennan told a Congressional inquiry panel on Tuesday that he had personally phoned his Russian counterpart after he became aware of contacts between Russian officials and the Trump campaign.
2017-05-23 17:13:36 Read More

Deadliest month for Syria civilians in US-led strikes

US-led air strikes on Syria killed a total of 225 civilians over the past month, a monitor said on Tuesday, the highest 30-day toll since the campaign began in 2014.
2017-05-23 15:29:20 Read More

UK terror attack: 1 held, ISIS claims responsibility

British police said on Tuesday they had arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with a terror attack at a pop concert in Manchester which killed 22 people and injured dozens more.
2017-05-23 11:13:43 Read More

Trump condemns 'evil losers' behind Manchester attack

"So many young, beautiful, innocent people living and enjoying their lives murdered by evil losers," Trump said after meeting Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in the occupied West Bank.
2017-05-23 09:06:10 Read More

Trump condemns 'evil losers' behind Manchester attack

Attack on Afghanistan army base kills 10 soldiers

At least 10 Afghan soldiers were killed when militants attacked their army base in the southern province of Kandahar, the defence ministry said Tuesday, in the latest attack on Western-backed forces.
2017-05-23 08:21:38 Read More

Manchester attack prompts security rethinks worldwide

The US Department of Homeland Security said it was closely monitoring the situation in Manchester and that the US public may experience increased security at public events.
2017-05-23 07:46:10 Read More

Trump embraces Israel, but Russian ties still trail him

Standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump argued he never mentioned Israel, the source of the classified intelligence, according to various officials - something he has not been accused of doing.
2017-05-23 04:39:31 Read More

Yemen raid kills seven al-Qaida terrorists: US military

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Americans advised to postpone non-essential travel to Pak

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2017-05-23 04:04:11 Read More

ISIS supporters celebrate Manchester attack online

ISIS supporters posted messages encouraging each other to carry out "lone wolf" attacks in the West and shared Islamic State videos threatening the United States and Europe.
2017-05-23 03:48:21 Read More

Ousted South Korean leader Park goes on trial

Park Geun-Hye, 65, was impeached by parliament following revelations of her involvement in a massive graft scandal centred on Choi, her friend of 40 years, and implicating some of the country's top businessmen.
2017-05-23 03:38:07 Read More

2012 attack on Malala was scripted: Pak lawmaker

Mussarat Ahmadzeb, a member of parliament from Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, said that entire saga of Malala writing for BBC and later the attack were part of a plan. "The attack on Malala was scripted way before the incident (in 2012)," she told Urdu newspaper Ummat.
2017-05-22 15:49:36 Read More

2012 attack on Malala was scripted: Pak lawmaker

Bomb blast wounds 21 at Thai Army hospital

A bomb struck a Bangkok military hospital on Monday and wounded 21 people, one seriously, three years to the day after the Thai army seized power in the politically unstable kingdom.
2017-05-22 12:27:50 Read More

Ready to deploy, mass-produce new missile: N Korea

North Korea says it's ready to deploy and start mass-producing a new medium-range missile capable of reaching Japan and major US military bases there following a test launch it claims confirmed the missile's combat readiness and is an "answer" to US President Donald Trump's policies.
2017-05-22 11:22:37 Read More

Trump visits Israel in search of revived peace process

Over two days, Trump is to meet separately with both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and visit holy sites. On Monday in Jerusalem, he will pray at the Western Wall and visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
2017-05-22 09:36:23 Read More

Bomb blast at Bangkok hospital, 24 injured: Police

The blast happened at Phramongkutklao Hospital, a military-owned hospital that is also open to civilians.There was no claim of responsibility for the blast.
2017-05-22 07:26:15 Read More

Iran's Zarif suggests US 'milking' Saudis of $480bn

Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif criticised Trump for sealing an arms deal worth hundreds of billions of dollars with Saudi Arabia, Tehran's arch-rival in the Middle East. Zarif's comments came hours after Trump singled out Iran as a key sponsor of militant groups.
2017-05-22 04:20:34 Read More

North Korea calls latest solid-fuel missile test successful

The official Korean Central News Agency confirmed Monday the missile was a Pukguksong-2, a medium-to-long range ballistic missile also launched in February. South Korea and the US had earlier described Sunday's missile as medium-range.
2017-05-22 04:07:22 Read More

Erdogan vows fight against enemies as returns to lead party

Erdogan's renewed control of the party, which came in a near unanimous vote at an AKP congress where he faced no opposition, coincides with growing foreign policy challenges and tensions with NATO allies.
2017-05-22 02:41:13 Read More

Trump visits Israel, in pursuit of 'ultimate deal'

Trump's visit of Israel is part of his first trip abroad as president and follows an initial stop in Saudi Arabia, where he urged Islamic leaders to take a stand against violence committed in the name of religion.
2017-05-22 02:38:05 Read More

Curtain falls on 'Greatest Show on Earth'

The clowns, animal acts and acrobats of the storied Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus took their final bow at an arena outside New York on Sunday, with a space-themed balancing act kicking off the farewell performance of the "Greatest Show on Earth" after nearly 150 years.
2017-05-22 02:34:58 Read More

Huge cuts to food stamps part of Trump's budget proposal

US President Donald Trump's budget would drive millions of people off of food stamps, part of a new wave of spending cut proposals that already are getting panned by lawmakers in both parties on Capitol Hill.
2017-05-22 01:51:42 Read More

Huge cuts to food stamps part of Trump's budget proposal

Nikki Haley vows US won't abandon Syrians

His skull and jaw wrapped in bandages, the young Syrian refugee stared nonchalantly into a small black box at a supermarket in this sprawling, dust-swept refugee camp. The box scanned his iris to identify him, charged his account and sent him on his way.
2017-05-22 01:43:02 Read More

UNSC to hold emergency meeting on NKorea

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday in response to North Korea's latest ballistic missile test, council president Uruguay said today.
2017-05-21 19:22:29 Read More

Absolute duty of all countries to rid terrorism from their soil: Donald Trump at US-Islam summit

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said it was the absolute duty of all countries to rid terrorism from their soil and called for "a coalition of nations" in the Middle East to stamp out this scourge.
2017-05-21 15:19:13 Read More

At least 20 Afghan police killed in Taliban ambushes

Fighting is ongoing in Zabul province, where the police were attacked in Shah Joi district, provincial governor Bismullah Afghanmal said. He said the Taliban had ambushed police in the areas of Chino and Ghulam Rabat.
2017-05-21 13:08:50 Read More

Erdogan to return to Turkey's ruling party as its chairman

Erdogan will return to lead the party he co-founded after Sunday's extraordinary congress in Ankara, since last month's referendum removed a constitutional requirement that presidents be neutral & cut ties with their political parties. Erdogan welcomed the tens of thousands of people outside the arena.
2017-05-21 11:41:21 Read More

Pope says will make new group of cardinals next month

Pope Francis said on Sunday he would elevate five Roman Catholic prelates to the high rank of cardinal, the elite group of churchmen who are his closest advisors and can enter a conclave to choose his successor if they are under 80.
2017-05-21 10:48:00 Read More

Nigerian troops battle Boko Haram in Lake Chad area

Nigerian troops fought Boko Haram in the Lake Chad area on Saturday, killing 13 of the Islamic extremists and arresting 10 others, including 6 women believed to have helped smuggle supplies to the insurgents, said an army spokesperson.
2017-05-21 10:25:06 Read More

Erdogan prepares to regain leadership of party he founded

Erdogan, who founded the Islamist-rooted AKP in 2001 and led it to victory in an election a year later, was forced to surrender leadership nearly three years ago when he was elected president, a position traditionally above party politics.
2017-05-21 09:41:30 Read More

Erdogan prepares to regain leadership of party he founded

North Korea fires ballistic missile in latest test: Seoul

North Korea on Sunday fired a ballistic missile from an area near its capital, Pyongyang, South Korea's military said, in the latest weapons test for a country speeding up its development of nuclear weapons and missiles.
2017-05-21 09:32:07 Read More

Spain's divided Socialists choose new leader

Rajoy's minority Popular Party (PP) government has relied on the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), the main opposition party, to pass key measures in parliament since it was sworn in for a second term in October 2016.
2017-05-21 04:24:53 Read More

Saudis welcome Trump with gold medal, receive arms package

The visit to the kingdom's capital kicked off Trump's first foreign trip as president, an ambitious, five-stop swing that will take him through the Middle East and into Europe. He is the only American president to make Saudi Arabia or any Muslim-majority nation his first overseas trip.
2017-05-21 03:14:20 Read More

Saudis welcome Trump with gold medal, receive arms package

NZ space launch has nation reaching for stars

New Zealand has never had a space program but could soon be launching commercial rockets more often than the United States. That's if the plans of California-based company Rocket Lab work out.
2017-05-21 01:44:00 Read More

Polls show UK's Conservatives losing ground

British Prime Minister Theresa May's lead in the opinion polls has narrowed after her Conservatives and the Labour opposition published their policy plans this week, with one survey showing the gap between the two parties halving to nine points.
2017-05-21 01:33:52 Read More

8 injured after plane clips LA airport truck

Eight people were injured Saturday after an Aeromexico flight clipped an airport utility truck, flipping it over, shortly after landing at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said.
2017-05-21 01:13:46 Read More

Thousands in Spain back no-confidence vote against PM

Thousands rallied in Madrid on Saturday to support a no-confidence vote against conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy brought by the far-left Podemos party.
2017-05-20 21:04:03 Read More

Severe weather creates havoc across Germany

â€‹Thunderstorms have created havoc across Germany leading to the derailment of a train with seven people injured, flight cancellations at Hamburgâ€™s airport and a mudslide on a highway in the eastern part of the country.
2017-05-20 15:50:48 Read More

5 dead as Indonesian ferry catches fire in Java Sea

The accident happened on Friday night about 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Masalembo Island. A nearby ship went to the aid of the stricken ferry, which was also carrying many cars and trucks. 193 people have been rescued. The number of missing was unclear.
2017-05-20 12:38:10 Read More

IS-claimed suicide bombings kill 35 in Iraq

The bombings, which hit Iraq the previous night, came as Iraqi forces battle IS in Mosul in a massive operation launched more than seven months ago to retake the country's second city from the jihadists.
2017-05-20 11:59:48 Read More

Trump lands in Riyadh on first leg of foreign tour

The president's stop in Saudi Arabia kicks off an ambitious international debut. After two days of meetings in Riyadh, Trump will travel to Israel, have an audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican, and meet with allies at a NATO summit in Brussels and the Group of 7 wealthy nations in Sicily.
2017-05-20 07:23:06 Read More

Police: 15 wounded in grenade attacks in Pakistan

Saturday's attacks took place in the town of Shabqadar, near Mohmand tribal agency. Police have launched a hunt for those responsible. No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, a police official said.
2017-05-20 04:46:38 Read More

Chinese navy ships visit Myanmar for joint exercises

Chinese navy ships are visiting Myanmar and will conduct communications, search and rescue, and other joint exercises with the Myanmar navy. The ships arrived in Yangon on Thursday for a four-day visit.
2017-05-20 04:10:20 Read More

US retakes over 55% of ISIS territory: Mattis

US defence secretary James Mattis said from the Philippines to Europe and beyond, while ISIS remained dangerous, they were no longer carrying an air of strength.
2017-05-20 02:46:00 Read More

North Korea: US has to roll back 'hostile policy'

North Korea, also known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has vowed to develop a missile mounted with a nuclear warhead that can strike the mainland United States, saying the program is necessary to counter US aggression.
2017-05-20 02:28:41 Read More

North Korea: US has to roll back 'hostile policy'

Death toll in southern Libyan attack rises to 141

A spokesman for east Libyan armed forces said on Friday that as many as 141 people had been killed a day earlier in an attack on a southern air base.
2017-05-20 01:02:44 Read More

Ex-FBI chief to testify publicly before lawmakers

James Comey, the former FBI chief whose firing by President Donald Trump has triggered uproar, has agreed to testify publicly about Russian interference in the 2016 elections, lawmakers announced on Friday.
2017-05-20 00:53:13 Read More

Linking cyber attack to Pyongyang is 'ridiculous': North Korea

WannaCry threatens to lock out victims who have not paid a sum of $300 to $600 within one week of infection. French researchers said on Friday they had found a last-chance way for technicians to save Windows files encrypted by WannaCry.
2017-05-19 16:35:25 Read More

Donald Trump embarks on first foreign trip

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Suspect in deadly Times Square mayhem charged with murder

as arrested after he drove his car for three blocks in Times Square, hitting nearly two dozen people before steel security barriers finally stopped him. An 18-year-old tourist from Michigan was killed. Her 13-year-old sister was among the 22 injured, four of them critically.
2017-05-19 15:09:24 Read More

Bangladesh police arrest 27 youths in gay crackdown

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), the elite security force that conducted the raid, said it had arrested the men from a a community centre south of the capital Dhaka for "homosexuality", although they were later charged with drug offenses instead.
2017-05-19 13:26:00 Read More

Scotland Yard to arrest Assange if he leaves UK hideout

Scotland Yard will arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he leaves the Ecuadorean embassy in London despite Sweden dropping a rape investigation against him, British police said on Friday.
2017-05-19 13:12:49 Read More

Ivanka Trump to take part in presidential trip

A senior adviser to President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump will be present for six days of the nine-day trip, which begins Friday, the official said. She'll join her father for some events, but will also hold some of her own, the official said.
2017-05-19 13:06:51 Read More

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As Trump visits, Gulf states seen quietly curbing opposition

Civil liberties monitors point to freedom of expression as a right increasingly constrained in Gulf Arab states including summit host Saudi Arabia, which is planning to buy tens of billions of dollars' worth of US arms.
2017-05-19 11:37:08 Read More

As Trump visits, Gulf states seen quietly curbing opposition

China's Xi calls for S Korea ties to get back on track

"We're willing to work with South Korea to preserve the hard-won results, properly handle disputes, put China-South Korea relations back onto a normal track," Xi said as he greeted South Korean envoy Lee Hae-chan in Beijing.
2017-05-19 07:55:30 Read More

America is back and the world wants Trump: Tillerson

Dismissing concerns that the domestic scandals dogging Trump have hurt his international standing, Tillerson said his trip marked the return of a vital US leadership role.
2017-05-19 04:25:57 Read More

New China-made attack chopper makes maiden flight

The China-made attack helicopter Z-19E, also called the "Black Whirlwind, is the first export-oriented attack helicopter developed by the AVIC Harbin Aircraft Industry Group.
2017-05-19 04:15:34 Read More

Polls open in first Iran presidential vote since atomic deal

The election is largely viewed as a referendum on incumbent Hassan Rouhani's more moderate policies, which paved the way for the nuclear accord despite opposition from hard-liners.
2017-05-19 03:50:38 Read More

Five dead, 19 missing after Haiti rains, flooding

Nineteen fishermen were missing from two towns in the coastal Grande-Anse region of southern Haiti, it said, adding that in the same region 322 people were staying in shelters and 20 people sought shelter in the Nord-Ouest department.
2017-05-19 03:17:42 Read More

China reports progress on South China Sea code of conduct

State media on Friday quoted Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin as saying that the agreement reached with 10 countries the day before laid a "solid foundation'' for further negotiations. Liu said the text of the framework agreement would remain secret and projected no date for finalizing the code of conduct.
2017-05-19 03:10:38 Read More

Japan cabinet approves bill allowing emperor's abdication

The Japanese government approved a one-off bill allowing ageing Emperor Akihito to step down from the Chrysanthemum Throne, in the first such abdication in two centuries. PM Abe's cabinet signed off on the legislation, which will now be sent to parliament for debate and final approval.
2017-05-19 02:56:27 Read More

China jets intercept American plane in East China Sea: US

Two Chinese SU-30 aircraft carried out what the US military described on Thursday as an "unprofessional" intercept of a US aircraft designed to detect radiation while it was flying in international airspace over the East China Sea.
2017-05-19 02:42:20 Read More

Navy veteran in custody after Times Square crash

One person died and 12 others injured when a car plowed into pedestrians in New York's busy Times Square today, with authorities saying the driver of the vehicle, a US Navy veteran, has a criminal history and record of drunk driving.
2017-05-18 18:42:59 Read More

Pak at crossroads in terror fight: Army chief

Pakistan stands at a "crossroads" in its fight against extremism and must decide whether it wants to enjoy the benefits of its young demography or suffer at the hands of terrorism, Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa said.
2017-05-18 18:36:26 Read More

Ancient ornamental stud stolen from Pompeii; site closed

Officials say an ancient ornamental bronze stud has been stolen from an exhibit inside the Pompeii archaeological site. The 6th century stud was one of four that decorated a reproduction of an ancient door that is part of a special exhibit "Pompeii and the Greeks."
2017-05-18 17:54:07 Read More

Ancient ornamental stud stolen from Pompeii; site closed

French President Macron talks to Putin, faces media uproar

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Syria, Iraq discuss direct cooperation against IS: SANA

An Iraqi envoy met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Thursday to explore direct military cooperation against Islamic State (IS) militants, Syrian state media said.
2017-05-18 17:14:16 Read More

Rouhani looks to beat hard-liner as Iran prepares to vote

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Pak rejects Musharraf's conditions for high treason trial

Musharraf filed an application before the special court on May 5 in which he expressed willingness to face the trial under military protection. He also sought assurance from the court that he would be given safe passage back to Dubai.
2017-05-18 09:22:24 Read More

End-game scenarios for the storm over Donald Trump

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Saudi Arabia visit: Trump to discuss extremism

US President Donald Trump would begin his maiden foreign trip with a visit to Saudi Arabia later this week where he would pitch for the need to tackle radical Islam ideology.
2017-05-18 02:22:38 Read More

Saudi Arabia visit: Trump to discuss extremism

Ex-FBI chief Mueller to head Trump-Russia probe

A former FBI chief was tasked Wednesday with leading a beefed-up investigation into whether Donald Trump's team colluded with Russia to tilt the 2016 election in the president's favor.
2017-05-18 00:47:05 Read More

Ex-FBI chief Mueller to head Trump-Russia probe

Robert Mueller will head up the FBI's ongoing probe of "Russian government efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election and related matters," with the authority to prosecute crimes unearthed by the investigation.
2017-05-18 00:47:05 Read More

Wikileaks source Chelsea Manning released from prison

Chelsea Manning walked free from a maximum-security facility in Kansas thanks to a commutation of her sentence by president Obama before he left office. In July 2010, Manning was arrested over the release of a huge trove of more than 700,000 classified military documents via WikiLeaks.
2017-05-17 13:41:41 Read More

S Korea president says 'high possibility' of conflict with North

The comments came hours after the South, which hosts 28,500 US troops, said it wanted to reopen a channel of dialogue with North Korea as Moon seeks a two-track policy, involving sanctions and dialogue, to try to rein in its neighbour.
2017-05-17 08:21:42 Read More

Gunmen attack state TV station in AfghanistanGunmen attack state TV station in Afghanistan

Gunmen attacked a building of Afghan state television in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Wednesday and engaged in a gun battle with security forces, the provincial governor's spokesman said.
2017-05-17 07:17:27 Read More

US envoy: North Korea is intimidating the entire world

US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley said America and China have been working on "a unified plan" on how to approach North Korea that would include stronger implementation of existing sanctions and tougher new sanctions.
2017-05-17 04:34:41 Read More

US Secret Service lifts White House lockdown

The US Secret Service said late on Tuesday that it had lifted a security lockdown put into effect at the White House after a person tried to jump over a bike rack used as a barrier along the north fence of the mansion where President Donald Trump lives and works.
2017-05-17 04:28:07 Read More

Trump 'asked Comey to shut down Flynn probe'

The White House denied the report that Trump asked the then FBI director to end agency's probe into ties between ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russia, saying it was "not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation between the president and Mr Comey."
2017-05-17 02:45:04 Read More

Trump 'asked Comey to shut down Flynn probe'

'ISIS struggling to maintain its 'hold' in Afghanistan'

"ISIS-K, is a small area in Nangarhar region mountains, not something that presents the level of threat at this point that it would probably like to. But we'll continue to work with our partners to defeat it. We don't want it to establish a foothold," the Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said.
2017-05-16 11:28:17 Read More

'North Korea missile program going faster than expected'

The reclusive North, which has defied all calls to rein in its weapons programs, even from its lone major ally, China, has been working on a missile, mounted with a nuclear warhead, capable of striking the US mainland.
2017-05-16 11:08:43 Read More

'North Korea missile program going faster than expected'

China quietly releases draft of tougher intelligence law

The standing committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), released a draft version of the National Intelligence Law on its website, inviting public responses until June 14. National interests listed in the document include state power, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.
2017-05-16 10:54:05 Read More

Hillary Clinton launches new political action group

"I believe more fiercely than ever that citizen engagement at every level is central to a strong and vibrant democracy," Clinton said announcing the launch of her group 'Onward Together'.
2017-05-16 05:06:03 Read More

Trump revealed intel secrets to Russia: Officials

The intelligence shared at the meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak was about a planned Islamic State operation, officials said.
2017-05-16 02:35:59 Read More

French President Macron appoints centre-right PM to widen appeal

France's new President Emmanuel Macron named Edouard Philippe, a little-known centre-right mayor, as prime minister today, in his first major decision since taking power on a promise to lead a French "renaissance".
2017-05-15 17:48:28 Read More

China's Silk Road promises trade and riches, with Xi at helm

As a two-day summit on the project in Beijing wound up, the 30 nations also agreed to promote a rules-based, non-discriminatory trading system with the World Trade Organization at its core and to oppose protectionism, according to a joint communique signed by their leaders.
2017-05-15 17:00:03 Read More

China to hold next Belt and Road forum in 2019

India boycotted China's high-profile Belt and Road Forum, taking its protest over a controversial multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) traversing through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
2017-05-15 12:49:37 Read More

China to hold next Belt and Road forum in 2019

North Korea: New long-range missile can carry heavy nuke

Amid condemnation in Seoul, Tokyo and Washington, a jubilant North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised more nuclear and missile tests and warned that his countryâ€™s weapons could strike the US mainland and Pacific holdings.
2017-05-15 12:30:48 Read More

Malaysia seizes 330 exotic tortoises from Madagascar

Malaysian authorities said om Monday that they have seized 330 exotic tortoises from Madagascar worth 1.2 million ringgit ($276,721), in the latest heist of illegal wildlife and animal parts being smuggled into the country.
2017-05-15 07:24:08 Read More

'Crying Sumo' festival in Japan leaves babies in tears

In the sumo ring at the precinct of the Kamegaike Hachimangu shrine in Sagamihara west of Tokyo, two hulking wrestlers held up toddlers wearing tiny sumo belts and aprons to try to make them bawl. Wrestlers sometimes shake the babies gently to encourage tears.
2017-05-15 04:23:08 Read More

Macron signals modest approach with 450 euro inauguration suit

France's new president Emmanuel Macron wore a suit costing a modest 450 euros (just under $500) for his inauguration on Sunday. The fact that Macron's staff revealed the cost of the dark suit, and that his wife Brigitte's lavender Louis Vuitton outfit was loaned, was in itself noteworthy.
2017-05-15 04:19:06 Read More

Lawmakers ask Trump to turn over any Comey tapes

Trump sparked a political firestorm when he abruptly fired Comey last week. The FBI has been investigating alleged Russian meddling in the US election and possible ties between Moscow and the Trump campaign.
2017-05-15 04:09:05 Read More

US-Russia relations at an 'all time low point': Tillerson

rld and it's in the interests of the American people, it's in the interest of Russia and the rest of the world that we do something to see if we can improve the relationship between the two greatest nuclear powers in the world," US secretary of state Rex Tillerson said.
2017-05-15 03:57:47 Read More

Putin plays Soviet songs on Xi Jinping's piano

Putin showed off his softer side during a visit to China and played some songs on Xi Jinping's piano at his residence on Sunday. Russian state television showed excerpts of at least two tunes he played, "Moscow Windows" and "City on the Free Neva", both Soviet classics.
2017-05-15 03:33:15 Read More

Will not let Pakistan war against neighbours: Asif Ali Zardari

"We should be friends with our neighbouring countries... (Prime Minister) Nawaz (Sharif) has the same thought process as the Americans when it comes to waging wars," the former President said while addressing a rally in Peshawar.
2017-05-15 03:13:29 Read More

North Korea says missile can carry nuclear warhead

Leader Kim Jong Un accused the United States of "browbeating" countries that "have no nukes" and warned Washington not to misjudge the reality that its mainland is in the North's "sighting range for strike," the North's official KCNA news agency reported.
2017-05-15 01:36:40 Read More

North Korea says missile can carry nuclear warhead

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N Korea fires missile after South proposed dialogue

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Emmanuel Macron takes office as French president

Macron, a 39-year-old centrist, arrived at the Elysee Palace in central Paris in a motorcade and walked down the red carpet under light rain to be greeted by Hollande for his inauguration. The new president's wife Brigitte arrived separately for the ceremony wearing a light blue Louis Vuitton outfit.
2017-05-14 09:11:14 Read More

Nepal votes in first local election in 20 years

Polls opened in three provinces at 7:00 am (0115 GMT) with nearly 50,000 candidates vying for the position of mayor, deputy mayor, ward chairman and ward member in 283 local municipalities. Around 231,000 security personnel have been deployed for the two phases of the election
2017-05-14 04:52:10 Read More

Trump calls for tougher sanctions after N Korea missile

"Let this latest provocation serve as a call for all nations to implement far stronger sanctions against North Korea," the White House said in a brief statement. Multiple sets of UN and US sanctions against North Korea have done little to deter Pyongyang from pursuing its nuke and missile ambitions.
2017-05-14 04:42:45 Read More

Trump calls for tougher sanctions after N Korea missile

North Korea test-fires missile, challenging new leader in South

North Korea on Sunday test-launched a ballistic missile that flew as far as 800 kilometers (500 miles) before landing in the Sea of Japan, the South Korean, Japanese and US militaries said. The launch is a direct challenge to the new South Korean president elected four days ago and comes as US, Japanese and European militaries gather for joint war games in the Pacific.
2017-05-14 01:03:34 Read More

Trump says it's possible he could pick FBI head by next week

President Donald Trump said on Saturday that "we can make a fast decision" on a new FBI director, possibly by late next week, before he leaves on his first foreign trip since taking office.
2017-05-13 16:48:39 Read More

China, Pakistan ink pacts ahead of B&R summit

China and Pakistan on Saturday signed a number of infrastructure agreements to boost cooperation on the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, including for the development of the strategic Gwadar port.
2017-05-13 12:39:53 Read More

At least 23 killed in Turkey bus crash

At least 23 people died and 11 more were seriously injured on Saturday when a bus carrying women and children plunged off a cliff near the southwestern Turkish sea resort of Marmaris.
2017-05-13 12:12:26 Read More

Trump considering several candidates for FBI chief

US President Donald Trump is considering nearly a dozen candidates to succeed ousted FBI Director James Comey, choosing from a group that includes several lawmakers, attorneys and law enforcement officials.
2017-05-13 10:48:16 Read More

Pope Francis makes Fatima child shepherds saints

"We declare the blissful Francisco Marto and Jacinta Marto saints, and we register them on the list of saints, declaring that they must be venerated as such by the Church," Pope Francis said to cheers from hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful, some of them crying.
2017-05-13 09:47:37 Read More

G7 finance chiefs talk cyber security in wake of attacks

The ministers from the group of seven wealthy democracies will say that cyber incidents represent a growing threat to their economies and that tackling them should be a priority, Italian officials said.
2017-05-13 09:18:25 Read More

G7 finance chiefs talk cyber security in wake of attacks

Will have dialogue with US under right conditions: NKorea

Choe Son Hui, who is the North's foreign ministry director general for US affairs, made the comment to reporters in Beijing as she was travelling from Norway back to North Korea, Yonhap said.
2017-05-13 04:36:58 Read More

UN condemns 'widespread' torture by police in Pak

A UN committee has condemned the "widespread practice of torture" in Pakistan by police, the military and intelligence agencies in a report published today, and called on Islamabad to implement urgent reforms to the law.
2017-05-12 17:47:41 Read More

Trump threatens to cancel press briefings

US President Donald Trump lashed out in a series of tweets on Friday morning amid a firestorm over the abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey, defending the shifting narrative and timeline his administration has offered for the decision.
2017-05-12 14:10:25 Read More

Turkey moves tomb to avoid flooding risk

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Explosion occurs in Rome, no injuries reported: Report

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Nepal signs up to China's new Silk Road plan

The long discussed deal between impoverished Nepal and its much bigger neighbour comes just days before China hosts a summit for 28 leaders near Beijing, showcasing the ambitious plan.
2017-05-12 07:17:21 Read More

Nepal signs up to China's new Silk Road plan

'Silk Road' forum latest effort to boost Xi's stature

Leaders from 28 countries are set to attend the "Belt and Road Forum", including Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines. The most prominent attendee from the West will be Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni of Italy.
2017-05-12 03:57:56 Read More

Donald Trump: Not against legal immigration

"I want to stop illegal immigration ... I want people to come into the country legally. I want people to come in on merit. I want to go to a merit-based system," Trump said. He praised Australia and Canada for their merit-based immigration system.
2017-05-12 02:51:26 Read More

Donald Trump asked FBI director three times if he was target of investigations

"When I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made up story," he said in an interview. Trump said he had asked Comey if he was the subject of counter-intelligence probe twice in conversation over phone and once over White House dinner.
2017-05-12 01:09:17 Read More

'Taliban likely to gain ground in Afghanistan this year'

The Afghan National Security Forces would need sustained international support to prevent it from collapse, director of National Intelligence Dave Coats told members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence ruing over Kabul's political dysfunction and ineffectiveness.
2017-05-11 17:24:54 Read More

The future of FBI's Russia probe after Comey firing

Democrats are worried Comey's firing could jeopardize the ongoing FBI probe and have renewed calls for an independent investigation. Some Republicans have said that could undermine concurrent investigations underway in the US Senate and House of Representatives.
2017-05-11 16:37:57 Read More

EU wants urgent talks with US over airline laptop ban

The European Union has demanded urgent talks with the United States over a possible extension of a ban on passengers taking laptops into the cabins of commercial aircraft to include some European countries.Industry sources have said airlines and airports have already been working on possible contingency measures.
2017-05-11 15:01:58 Read More

Racist attack: 4 Muslim women 'punched in face' in Australia

In bias-motivated crimes, four Muslim women in Australia were allegedly punched in the face by a 39-year-old journalism student from Paraguay.
2017-05-11 14:44:53 Read More

Kremlin says 'too early' to speak of thaw in Russia-US ties

The Kremlin said on Thursday it was too early to speak of a thaw in ties with Washington, a day after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met US President Donald Trump.
2017-05-11 14:22:03 Read More

Kremlin says 'too early' to speak of thaw in Russia-US ties

New South Korean president talks to China, Japan leaders

South Korea's new president Moon Jae-In spoke to the leaders of China and Japan on Thursday, hours after a telephone call with his US counterpart Donald Trump, officials said, as he began shaping his approach to the nuclear-armed North.
2017-05-11 09:25:45 Read More

I've come to terms with my sacking: Comey to FBI agents

Amid a raging political storm over his abrupt dismissal, FBI chief James Comey on Thursday told his colleagues that the US President had the right to sack him for any reason "or for no reason at all" and that he had come to terms with it.
2017-05-11 08:52:33 Read More

Six killed as Bangladesh police raid militant hideout

Bangladeshi security forces have been hunting for militants, especially members of a group that has pledged allegiance to Islamic State, since an attack on a cafe in the capital, Dhaka, last July in which 22 people were killed, most of them foreigners.
2017-05-11 08:35:30 Read More

Six killed as Bangladesh police raid militant hideout

'I will be fine': Former FBI director James Comey letter to staff

Former FBI director James Comey was in the third year of his 10-year term, when he was dismissed by Trump in a surprise move. The former FBI director, known for his personal integrity, said it is very hard to leave a group of people who are "committed only to doing the right thing".
2017-05-11 03:05:53 Read More

Eight killed after magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit China's northwest

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US offers $10 million reward for Syria rebel leader

The US is offering a $10 million reward for information to identify or locate the head of al-Qaida's former Syria affiliate the Fateh al-Sham Front. The State Department's Rewards for Justice reward for information on Abu Mohamed al-Jolani is its first for a leader of the group.
2017-05-10 15:51:17 Read More

Donald Trump fires FBI Director James Comey

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'US ready to add capabilities to deter Russia in Europe'

"Any buildup of Russian combat power in an area where they know, and we all know, they are not threatened by anything that we are doing ... is simply destabilising," Mattis said at a press conference with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite.
2017-05-10 13:39:53 Read More

Air strikes kill 11 people north of Syria's Raqqa

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said warplanes, thought to belong to the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, hit al-Salihiya village before midnight and also injured several civilians. A spokesperson for the US-led coalition could not immediately be reached for comment.
2017-05-10 13:09:01 Read More

Pope to canonize two Fatima children a century after visions

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Moon's rise to power in South Korea causes worries, hopes abroad

It might be North Korea, which sees Moon as an advocate of a softer approach to ridding the North of nuclear weapons. This in turn could set off alarms in a more conservative Washington. Beijing, meanwhile, likely hopes to win big concessions from Moon, and Tokyo worries he'll upset a delicate arrangement meant to settle the two countries' difficult past.
2017-05-10 10:50:04 Read More

Moon's rise to power in South Korea causes worries, hopes abroad

N Korea sees Moon as an advocate of a softer approach who'll rid the North of nuclear weapons. This could set off alarms in a more conservative US. While Beijing hopes to win big concessions from Moon, Tokyo worries he'll upset a delicate arrangement meant to settle the two countries' difficult past.
2017-05-10 10:50:04 Read More

US teacher rips off 8-year-old girl's hijab, fired

A teacher at a US school has been fired after he allegedly ripped the hijab off an 8-year-old girl's head for "misbehaving" in class.The girl was misbehaving in class and sitting in the teacher's chair without his permission. So the teacher tapped her on her arm to get her to move, The New York Post reported.
2017-05-10 08:07:05 Read More

World's heaviest man goes under knife in Mexico

The world's heaviest man, who at one point weighed almost 600 kilogrammes (1,300 pounds), has undergone successful gastric bypass surgery, his doctors in Mexico said.
2017-05-10 05:37:51 Read More

Moon starts term as S Korea leader after landslide win

Left-leaning former human rights lawyer Moon Jae-In began his five-year term as president of South Korea today, following a landslide election win after a corruption scandal felled the country's last leader. Yesterday's ballot was called after Park Geun-Hye was ousted and indicted for corruption.
2017-05-10 01:47:06 Read More

China tests new guided missile in Bohai Sea

The missile was designed to "raise operational capability" of the armed forces to "effectively respond to threats" to national security, the defence ministry said, adding that the test had "achieved an expected result."
2017-05-09 16:30:07 Read More

34 dead, 2,000 sick with suspected cholera in Yemen: WHO

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6.8-magnitude earthquake hits Vanuatu: USGS

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Trump administration silent on whether it raised India's NSG bid with China

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Poland faces criticism at UN human rights forum

Several Western nations also criticized Poland for its restrictive abortion laws, calling on the mostly Roman Catholic nation to give women the right to safe and legal abortions. And they highlighted a rising xenophobic atmosphere that has resulted in more crimes against foreigners.
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Exit polls in South Korea forecast win for Moon Jae-in

A win by liberal candidate Moon Jae-in would end a decade of conservative rule in South Korea and could result in sharp departures from recent policy toward nuclear-armed North Korea.
2017-05-09 12:41:38 Read More

Car bomb in Thailand's Muslim-dominated south wounds over 50

The blast occurred outside one of Thailand's Big C shopping centers, a major grocery and retail chain. Footage of the scene aired on Thai television stations showed a huge black plume of smoke rising skyward from the blackened building.
2017-05-09 10:26:37 Read More

ISIS says it beheads Russian officer in Syria

ussian-language video, released on the day Russia celebrates the anniversary of the 1945 victory over Nazi Germany with military parades, showed the man dressed in a black jump suit kneeling in a desert scene and urging other Russian agents to surrender.
2017-05-09 07:46:44 Read More

British PM May vows energy price cap if re-elected

Energy bills have doubled in Britain over the past decade to about 1,200 pounds ($1,553.40) a year, angering consumers who face rising inflation and muted wage growth, and drawing the ire of politicians ahead of the national election.
2017-05-09 07:30:20 Read More

Jakarta's Christian guv jailed for blasphemy against Islam

The guilty verdict comes amid concern about the growing influence of Islamist groups, who organized mass demonstrations during a tumultuous election campaign that ended with Basuki Tjahaja Purnama losing his bid for another term as governor.
2017-05-09 07:19:03 Read More

Police pour in to Paris' train station, evacuate passengers

Police poured into Paris' Gare du Nord station late Monday, evacuating passengers from platforms and sealing off the area for several hours in a new security scare to hit the French capital.
2017-05-09 01:59:48 Read More

'Obama warned Trump against Flynn as national security adviser'

Obama gave the warning in an Oval Office meeting with Trump just days after the Republican's surprise election win last Nov. 8. The warning came up during a discussion of White House personnel.
2017-05-08 18:05:14 Read More

4,600 people flee their homes in DR Congo daily: UN

3.7 million people were displaced within DR Congo by the end of March - more than double the 1.6 million at the start of 2016, the United Nations humanitarian agency said. "This is a massive, massive deterioration," Rein Paulsen, who heads OCHA office in DR Congo, told reporters in Geneva.
2017-05-08 15:26:19 Read More

Over 80 missing after migrant boat sinks off Libya

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Eurosceptics see Macron win as bad news for Brexit

Brexit firebrand Nigel Farage said Macron would be European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker's "puppet" while the Leave.EU campaign group compared his election win on Sunday to France's surrender to Nazi Germany.
2017-05-08 11:20:16 Read More

Eurosceptics see Macron win as bad news for Brexit

Emmanuel Macron victory: The verdict of the world's media

ia largely hailed the thumping victory of pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron in France's presidential election on Sunday, but sounded a note of caution about the task ahead.
2017-05-08 04:30:46 Read More

Gas leak in coal mine in central China kills 18 workers

18 workers were killed in a coal mine accident in central China's Hunan Province. As many as 55 people were working in the mining shaft when a gas leak took place at the Jilinqiao colliery in Huangfengqiao Township, Youxian County on Saturday.
2017-05-08 03:27:09 Read More

Gas leak in coal mine in central China kills 18 workers

Legendary sitarist Rais Khan dies

India-born legendary sitar player Ustad Rais Khan passed away in Pakistan on Saturday . He was 77. He was reportedly diagnosed with an ailment and had been bed-ridden for quite some time. He breathed his last in Karachi. He is survived by his wife, renowned singer Bilqees Khanum, and four sons.
2017-05-08 00:04:15 Read More

'Head of Islamic State in Afghanistan killed'

The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abdul Hasib, has been killed in an operation led by Afghan special forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar, President Ashraf Ghani announced on Sunday.
2017-05-07 18:08:57 Read More

82 freed Chibok schoolgirls arrive in Nigeria's capital

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2017-05-07 16:39:31 Read More

French election turnout 28.23% at midday

It is the first in the six decades of the Fifth Republic in which neither the traditional left nor right has a candidate. A recent voter survey found that seven in 10 voters are unhappy with the choice between Macron and Le Pen.
2017-05-07 11:43:55 Read More

French election turnout 28.23% at midday

Flooding forces Mosul residents to flee in rickety boats

The flooding has cut off all crossing points between east and west of Mosul, the second-largest city of Iraq. Hundreds of families exhausted by war have been crossing the Tigris river on small, rickety fishing boats capable of holding only five or six people.
2017-05-07 06:17:55 Read More

Wildfire forces evacuations in southern Georgia

Seventy-nine people in St. George in Georgia's southernmost county have been evacuated after a wildfire in the Okefenokee Swamp began encroaching onto private property. The wildfire started by lightning on April 6 and has since burned more than 150 square miles (389 sq. kilometers) on public lands.
2017-05-07 06:05:28 Read More

Macron, Le Pen face off as France elects president

French voters will pick a new president, choosing between young centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a watershed election for the country and Europe. Polling day follows an unprecedented campaign marked by scandal.
2017-05-07 06:04:37 Read More

Boko Haram releases 82 Chibok girls

Eighty-two Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped three years ago by Boko Haram extremists in northern Nigeria have been released into military custody, authorities said late Saturday. Family members said they were eagerly awaiting a list of names and "our hopes and expectations are high."
2017-05-06 22:27:49 Read More

Buffett downplays value clash between Berkshire, 3G Capital

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85-year-old aiming to be oldest Everest climber dies

Min Bahadur Sherchan died at the base camp on Saturday evening but the cause of death was not immediately clear, said Dinesh Bhattarai, chief of Nepal's Tourism Department. Mountaineering official Gyanendra Shrestha, who is at the base camp, said the likely cause was cardiac arrest.
2017-05-06 14:09:00 Read More

Twin blasts in Philippine capital kill at least two

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Ex-Gaza chief Haniya elected leader of Hamas

Hamas's former chief in Gaza, Ismail Haniya, has been elected overall head of the Palestinian Islamist group, succeeding Khaled Meshaal, its official media announced Saturday. Haniya is expected to remain in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian enclave run by Hamas since 2007.
2017-05-06 12:20:02 Read More

Sharif, army chief agree to end row over leaked report

In October, a columnist for Dawn newspaper wrote a front-page story about a rift between civilian and military leaderships over militant groups that operate from Pakistan but engage in proxy war against India and Afghanistan. Army resented the "leaked news" item and asked for a probe.
2017-05-06 08:56:57 Read More

Sharif, army chief agree to end row over leaked report

Lawyer-turned-liberal leader eyes S Korean presidency

A former anti-govt student leader, Moon Jae-in stands poised to succeed ousted leader Park Geun-hye, the daughter of the slain South Korean dictator who jailed him in the 1970s. Moon has led a life that seems custom-made for a starring role in South Korean opposition politics.
2017-05-06 07:01:39 Read More

Trump signs $1tn spending bill, keeps US govt open

Trump signed the spending bill despite his objections to numerous provisions included in the measure. One such provision prohibits the Justice Department from using any funds to block implementation of medical marijuana laws by states and US territories.
2017-05-06 03:05:15 Read More

Michelle Obama accidentally tweets ex-staffer's number

The telephone number apparently belongs to Duncan Wolfe, a former White House creative digital strategist. The tweet was quickly taken down. Calls were met with "I'm not available right now" and a mailbox full notification.
2017-05-06 03:00:38 Read More

As bitter French campaign ends, Macron's team hit by hack

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's team blasted a "massive and coordinated hacking attack" against his campaign after a flood of internal documents were released online late Friday, barely 24 hours before the election.
2017-05-06 00:12:10 Read More

Boko Haram attack in Chad kills nine troops, 40 jihadists

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2017-05-05 17:32:24 Read More

US military member killed in Somalia, 1st death since 1993

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2017-05-05 14:49:14 Read More

Infighting near Damascus kills 169: Monitor

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, said the area was calm Friday but also reported "a continued state of alert on both sides in the areas under their control". The monitor said 156 fighters had been killed in the clashes, 67 from the Army of Islam and the rest from Fateh al-Sham and allied forces.
2017-05-05 13:45:50 Read More

Infighting near Damascus kills 169: Monitor

Trump says 'all worked out' with Turnbull over telephone spat

Trump's showering of praise came in stark contrast to what was reportedly a verbal spat between the two leaders over accepting refugees. Trump claimed the acrimonious call with Turnbull early in his White House tenure had been "fake news".
2017-05-05 06:40:58 Read More

Trump celebrates healthcare bill win with jubilant Republicans

Declaring it "an unbelievable victory,'' President Donald Trump delayed his first trip home to New York as president to celebrate House passage of legislation undoing much of former President Barack Obama's health law, a top campaign promise and a long-sought GOP goal.
2017-05-04 21:00:51 Read More

EU's Tusk warns rows could make Brexit talks 'impossible'

ions are difficult enough as they are. If we start arguing before they even begin they will become impossible," Tusk said. "The stakes are too high to let our emotions get out of hand, because at stake are the daily lives of millions of people on both sides of the Channel," he said.
2017-05-04 17:32:10 Read More

EU's Tusk warns rows could make Brexit talks 'impossible'

Trump announces trip to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Vatican

Trump said Thursday in a White House ceremony with faith leaders that his first trip will start in Saudi Arabia and include meetings with leaders across the Muslim world. He says they will seek new cooperation to "combat extremism, terrorism and violence'' and promote a more hopeful future for young Muslims.
2017-05-04 16:32:21 Read More

Contradictory views on Kashmir emerging from China

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Russia, Turkey, Iran ink deal on safe zones in Syria

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Philippines' Duterte says chat with Xi was at Trump's request

"So, I called President Xi Jinping, 'I am calling you at the behest of the president of the US'," Duterte said in a speech in Davao City, "We have all agreed in the ASEAN and even President Trump that you can do something. Actually, the biggest contribution of all other is your intervention," he said.
2017-05-04 12:40:55 Read More

Former Afghan warlord Hekmatyar returns to Kabul after 20 years

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a former PM, has returned to mainstream political life after his dormant Hezb-i-Islami militant group signed a peace deal with the government last September which sparked revulsion from human rights groups and residents of the capital.
2017-05-04 12:03:28 Read More

Former Afghan warlord Hekmatyar returns to Kabul after 20 years

The Vault holds the cards as Gibraltar weighs Brexit effect

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Le Pen, Macron clash in fiery final French debate

Le Pen accused Macron of being "submissive" towards German Chancellor Angela Merkel, saying: "France will be led by a woman, either me or Mrs Merkel." But Macron repeatedly portrayed Le Pen's proposals as simplistic, defeatist or dangerous and targeted her proposals to withdraw France from the euro in particular.
2017-05-04 02:58:53 Read More

Two dead in shooting at Texas college

A gunman who opened fire on Wednesday on a college campus in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas, apparently killed one victim and committed suicide, police said, two days after a deadly stabbing occurred at another college in the state.
2017-05-03 23:25:07 Read More

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Trump: Israelis, Palestinians willing to make peace deal

Trump, appearing with Abbas at the White House, told reporters about the peace deal, "We will get this done." Abbas, speaking through a translator, said Palestinians were committed to a peace agreement that would create two separate states based on the 1967 borders.
2017-05-03 17:02:06 Read More

Putin says proposed Syria safe zones should be no-fly areas

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Putin says proposed Syria safe zones should be no-fly areas

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British PM, queen mark end of parliament before June vote

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British PM, queen mark end of parliament before June vote

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UN to improve efficiency at Af-Pak border

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North Korea confirms latest detention of US citizen

North Korea on Wednesday confirmed the detention of another American citizen for alleged acts of hostility aimed at overthrowing the country.
2017-05-03 10:51:05 Read More

China to launch own encyclopaedia to rival Wikipedia

China plans to launch its own online encyclopaedia next year, hoping to build a "cultural Great Wall" that can rival Wikipedia as a go-to information source for Chinese Internet users who Beijing fears are being corrupted by foreign influences.
2017-05-03 08:49:00 Read More

Rising Brexit 'bill' raises negotiating stakes

EU negotiators have hiked possible payment demands for Brexit over recent weeks, officials say, widening the divide between Brussels and London, which questions whether it owes anything at all before talks start next month.
2017-05-03 07:33:01 Read More

Suicide attack on Nato convoy in Kabul kills 8 civilians

A suicide bombing in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday killed 8 people and wounded at least 28, officials said, in an attack on a convoy of armoured personnel carriers used by the Nato-led Resolute Support mission.
2017-05-03 07:11:00 Read More

Activity resumes at N Korea nuclear test site: Analysts

Satellite images indicate activity has resumed at North Korea's nuclear test site, US-based analysts said Tuesday, as tensions remain high over fears of an sixth atomic test by the reclusive state. North Korea is on a mission to develop a long-range missile capable of hitting the US mainland.
2017-05-03 05:01:59 Read More

Clinton blames FBI, Russia, herself for 2016 loss

"I was on the way to winning until a combination of (FBI Director) Jim Comey's letter on October 28 and Russian WikiLeaks raised doubts in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me but got scared off," Hillary Clinton said.
2017-05-03 02:41:49 Read More

Trump, Putin discuss first meeting, Syria during 'very good call'

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed steps to ease Syria's civil war and a possible first face-to-face meeting, during what the White House described as a "very good call" on Tuesday.
2017-05-02 22:16:49 Read More

US immigrant deportations slow despite Trump crackdown

US deportations of illegal immigrants slowed during the first three months of the Trump administration despite his pledge to step up expulsions.
2017-05-02 17:38:15 Read More

Britain sending 400 troops to join UN's S Sudan force

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China demands 'immediate' halt to US missile shield in South Korea

China called Tuesday for the immediate suspension of a controversial missile defence system hours after Washington confirmed the shield was now operational in South Korea. "We will firmly take necessary measures to uphold our interests," foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a regular press briefing.
2017-05-02 09:31:33 Read More

US aims to eliminate ISIS from Afghanistan this year

While US and Kabul government forces have mainly been combatting Taliban fighters since 2001, IS's local offshoot â€” also known as Islamic State-Khorasan, or ISIS-K â€” has a stronghold in eastern Afghanistan.
2017-05-02 08:36:35 Read More

Malaysia Airlines reaches settlement with family over MH17

Malaysia Airlines also said that to date, a "substantial number" of next-of-kin have reached settlements with the airline while others were "still seeking compensation and are pursuing their claims in their respective jurisdictions".
2017-05-02 07:31:46 Read More

China may put South Asia on road to debt trap

Colombo running up huge losses owing to high rates charged by Chinese lenders for infra pojects that will now be part of OBOR.
2017-05-02 03:48:24 Read More

US issues travel alert for Europe over terror threats

In the alert, the State Department cited recent incidents in France, Russia, Sweden and the United Kingdom and said Islamic State and al Qaida "have the ability to plan and execute terrorist attacks in Europe."
2017-05-02 03:13:08 Read More

Trump questions why US Civil War had to happen

Trump suggested that if Andrew Jackson had governed a little later than his 1829-1837 presidency, the American Civil War might have been averted. Trump also questioned why the bloody conflict had to happen.
2017-05-02 03:04:39 Read More

Macron, Le Pen exchange May Day blows

Centrist presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen attacked each other's visions of France and the role it should play in Europe on Monday against a background of May Day rallies and protests.
2017-05-01 15:44:59 Read More

New Hamas program softens language, but goals remain

Hamas officials say the group's leader will present a new political program that accepts statehood in parts of historic Palestine, but does not drop the quest for "liberating" all the land between the Mediterranean and the Jordan River, including what is now Israel.
2017-05-01 15:42:38 Read More

Donald Trump: Different strokes

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World News For The Year 2017 and Month May

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Foreign aid arrives as Sri Lanka flood toll exceeds 200

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Indonesian 'rainbow village' is internet sensation

Six days that changed the face of the Middle East

Trump to world leaders: Call me maybe - on my cellphone

Men probing Ivanka Trump brands in China held, missing

Philippines: A new hub for Islamic State

Philippines: A new hub for Islamic State

White House communications director resigns

Putin bigger threat than ISIS: US Senator John McCain

Nighttime, early morning bombings in Baghdad kill 31

Europe must step up as diplomatic player: Merkel

Trump lashes out at Germany over trade, NATO

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega dies at 83

North Korea warns US of 'bigger gift' after latest test

North Korea warns US of 'bigger gift' after latest test

Australia plans to ban pedophiles from traveling overseas

Kim Jong Nam murder case now in Malaysian high court

Bomb kills 13 in Baghdad; IS claims attack

Cyclone Mora hits Bangladesh coast

Suicide bomber kills eight at Baghdad ice cream shop

Suicide bomber kills eight at Baghdad ice cream shop

Trump has 'weakened' the West, hurt EU interests: German FM

Putin visits France, hopes to mend strained ties with West

6-day war begets 50 years of conflict for Israel

Fears for 2,000 people trapped in Philippine city battle

Trump attacks 'fake news' following Kushner reports

Putin set to visit France in hope of mending strained ties

British Airways IT crash: Passengers face disruption

Sri Lanka monsoon toll climbs to 164

North Korea fires missile in latest provocation

North Korea fires missile in latest provocation

Merkel warns US, Britain no longer reliable partners

Two dead, 18 hurt in China knife attack: State media

Airstrikes kill 17 in Syria near de-facto IS capital, Raqqa

New Russian jet takes to air to rival Airbus, Boeing

25-year-old arrested over Manchester attack: Police

Sri Lanka steps up relief as monsoon toll exceeds 150

Pak nuke tests created balance of power in region: Sharif

China denies 'unsafe' intercepting of US plane

BA aims to restore normal flight service after IT failure

BA aims to restore normal flight service after IT failure

Lanka seeks global help after deadly floods, landslides

Islamic State claims responsibility for Egypt attack

Pakistan reopens Afghanistan border crossing after deadly exchange

Indonesia deports Australian whose drug saga riveted nation

Two British jets dispatched after Russian incursion

UK security threat level lowered as police close on bomber's suspected network

One dead in cargo plane crash near Mount Everest

G-7 source: US gets more time on in-out climate pact answer

Manchester attack: Two more persons arrested

'Kushner had undisclosed contacts with Russian envoy'

Carter national security adviser Brzezinski dies

$10,000 bill for getting car stuck in newly poured concrete

$10,000 bill for getting car stuck in newly poured concrete

Leery of North Korea, US plans first test of ICBM intercept

Egypt hits jihadists after attack on Christians kills 29

Monsoon rains kill at least 25 in Sri Lanka

Republican accused of 'bodyslam' wins Montana poll

Bangladesh removes 'un-Islamic' statue after protests

Election campaign resumes after Manchester attack

Election campaign resumes after Manchester attack

Trump to fellow NATO leaders: Spend more for military

Trump son-in-law Kushner a focus in Russia probe

US appeals court refuses to reinstate travel ban

US appeals court refuses to reinstate travel ban

Ex-Greek PM Papademos hurt in car blast: State TV

Trump orders "review" of leaks as US-UK special ties turn shaky

China seeks action from Pak to rescue kidnapped couple

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Trump meets EU leaders in Brussels

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