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Protesters on the boil in Pakistan against acquittal of Christian woman in blasphemy case

Pakistan was tense on Thursday as countrywide protests against the acquittal of a Christian woman sentenced to death for committing blasphemy entered the second day despite Prime Minister Imran Khan's warning to defiant hardliners. Asia Bibi, a 47-year-old mother of four, was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting Islam in a row with her neighbours.
2018-11-01 07:08:46 Read More

One 'black box' recovered from crashed Indonesia jet

The black box could provide clues to what happened after the still new plane lost contact with ground staff just 13 minutes after taking off early on Monday from Jakarta, on its way to the tin-mining town of Pangkal Pinang. A "ping" sound believed to be emitted by one of the black boxes had been getting clearer. None of the 189 passengers on board the plane survived.
2018-11-01 04:53:58 Read More

Saudi King's dissident brother returns to Riyadh as royals battle Khashoggi crisis

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2018-11-01 01:24:25 Read More

Saudi prosecutor met with Turkish intelligence on Khashoggi

Saudi Arabia's chief public prosecutor met members of Turkey's intelligence agency overnight as part of an investigation into the murder of journalist and Riyadh critic Jamal Khashoggi, local media reported Wednesday. However, there was no immediate information on what was discussed.
2018-10-31 09:06:56 Read More

Indonesia military chief 'strongly believes' crashed jet found

The smashed fuselage of a crashed Indonesian Lion Air jetliner may have been found, a top military commander said Wednesday, as Jakarta ordered the removal of the budget carrier's technical director and staff who cleared the doomed flight for take-off.Authorities said they were confident sonar technology had pinpointed the location of the Boeing 737
2018-10-31 08:21:14 Read More

Indonesia military chief 'strongly believes' crashed jet found

Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee calls on Trump to prevent 'cover-up'

Speaking at a memorial in London on Monday, Hatice Cengiz expressed disappointment in the "leadership of many countries." Singling out Trump, she urged him to "help reveal the truth and ensure justice be served."
2018-10-31 06:44:10 Read More

Possible seabed position of crashed Lion Air jet located

"Based on the presentation of the head of the National Search and Rescue Agency, the coordinates of the suspected body of the aircraft have been found. We will send a team there to confirm,'' said armed forces chief Hadi Tjahjanto.
2018-10-31 03:54:27 Read More

11 dead in Italy storms as wild weather sweeps Europe

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2018-10-30 17:32:56 Read More

Dozens feared buried in Philippines typhoon landslide

The people trapped in the Cordillera mountain area of Natonin were buried when a wall of mud slammed into a public works building, regional disaster management chief Ruben Carandang told AFP.
2018-10-30 17:30:08 Read More

German nurse serial killer on trial over 100 deaths

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2018-10-30 14:24:26 Read More

Race on as Merkel opens path for succession

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2018-10-30 14:16:11 Read More

Maldives court suspends ex-prez Nasheed's jail term

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2018-10-30 12:22:25 Read More

Saudi ties to US colleges come under mounting scrutiny

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2018-10-30 12:07:47 Read More

Death toll in Italy storms rises to nine

The death toll from fierce storms battering Italy has risen to nine, civil protection authorities said Tuesday, as wild weather caused schools to close and trapped dozens of tourists in the north of the country.With ferocious storms lashing the country, winds reached up to 180 kilometres an hour (110 mph) in some areas, toppling trees and causing flooding.
2018-10-30 09:49:15 Read More

Thousands evacuated as Typhoon Yutu strikes Philippines

Typhoon Yutu slammed into the Philippines Tuesday with fierce winds that sheared off roofs and snapped trees in half, after thousands were evacuated ahead of the powerful storm's arrival.Cutting a path just south of last month's Typhoon Mangkhut, which killed dozens, the new storm tore across the Philippines
2018-10-30 08:46:43 Read More

Traffic saved Indonesian man from doomed Lion Air flight

Sony Setiawan, an official in Indonesia's finance ministry, had meant to be on board the ill-fated flight JT610, a journey he and his colleagues caught on a weekly basis. But while his friends battled their way through Jakarta's daily congestion to make the flight, Sony found himself stuck on a toll road for hours.
2018-10-30 08:20:55 Read More

Trump plans aggressive campaign for mid-term elections

US President Donald Trump and his team is leaving no stone unturned to campaign in favour of his Republican party ahead of the crucial November 6 mid term polls which will decide the balance of powers in the Congress over next two years. Only a week is left for the November 6 mid term elections,
2018-10-30 08:14:02 Read More

Trump plans aggressive campaign for mid-term elections

Nepal PM's health condition improving, say doctors

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's health has improved, said doctors at Manmohan Cardiovascular and Transplant Center, Maharajgunj on Tuesday.Prime Minister Oli, who was rushed to the hospital on Monday after suffering lung infection, will remain admitted in the Intense Care Unit (ICU) for the next few days, the doctor added.
2018-10-30 07:30:25 Read More

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange says Ecuador seeking to end his asylum

Assange spoke from the embassy via teleconference at a hearing in Quito of a lawsuit challenging the Ecuadorean government requiring him to pay for medical bills, phone calls and clean up after his pet cat.
2018-10-30 07:17:16 Read More

Bangladesh court doubles jail term for opposition leader Khaleda Zia

The decision came the day after Khaleda Zia, 73, was ordered jailed for seven years in a separate case, piling pressure on the opposition ahead of a national election. The increased term was ordered over embezzlement charges for which Zia was sentenced in February.
2018-10-30 06:04:54 Read More

Sri Lanka braces for protest over ousted PM Wickremesinghe's sacking

ri Lanka, a Buddhist-majority nation in the Indian Ocean, was plunged into chaos on Friday when President Sirisena sacked Prime Minister Wickremesinghe in a surprise move. He also suspended parliament in an apparent bid to shore up support for newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
2018-10-30 05:59:58 Read More

Lion Air crash renews concerns about Indonesia airlines

The surge has been particularly keen at Asia's budget airlines such as Lion Air, whose Flight 610 disappeared into the sea shortly after takeoff from Jakarta. The Boeing 737 Max 8 carried 189 people and was bound for Pangkal Pinang on a smaller island in the Indonesian archipelago.
2018-10-30 02:43:17 Read More

'Black boxes' the focus of probe in Indonesia's Lion Air crash

Flight JT610 lost contact with ground officials 13 minutes after takeoff on Monday. It has sunk in waters about 30 metres to 35 metres (98 to 115 ft) deep, about 15 km (9 miles) north of the coast of Java island.
2018-10-30 02:39:57 Read More

7 shot, hurt at California nightclub

The shooting was reported at a nightclub called Sevilla in the city of Riverside, a police statement said. The nightclub had promoted a weekend of Halloween-themed events, including a Sunday night rap show billed as "The First Purge" or "The Purge Election Year."
2018-10-29 16:42:53 Read More

Indonesia plane crash search finds remains, debris at sea

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2018-10-29 16:03:41 Read More

Pak PM's visit will open new chapter in all weather ties: China

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2018-10-29 14:25:34 Read More

9 people wounded as woman blows herself up in Tunis

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2018-10-29 14:12:51 Read More

Angela Merkel says she will give up CDU party chair

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2018-10-29 11:43:21 Read More

S.African minister says he was blackmail target over sex tape

South Africa's Home Affairs MinisterGigaba said in tweets posted Sunday that he took the unprecedented step of addressing the video because it was circulating in "political circles". has said he was the target of extortion attempts after a private sex video was stolen following a hacking incident.Gigaba said in tweets posted Sunday that he took the unprecedented step of addressing the video because it was circulating in "political circles".
2018-10-29 09:50:36 Read More

Angela Merkel to give up CDU chair after 18 years: Party source

Angela Merkel has been Christian Democrats (CDU) chairwoman since 2000 and giving up the role would start a race within the party to succeed her. Monday's developments come after CDU came home first but bled support in a vote in the western state of Hesse on Sunday, the second electoral setback in as many weeks for Merkel's conservative alliance.
2018-10-29 09:45:36 Read More

Angela Merkel to give up CDU chair after 18 years: Party source

Bangladesh court hands former PM new jail term

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2018-10-29 07:24:05 Read More

Indonesian airline whose plane crashed a low-cost high flyer

The privately-owned carrier was founded in 1999 to provide access to air travel to everyone. It offers dozens of flights a day both internationally and within the archipelago's more than 17,000 islands.
2018-10-29 06:55:04 Read More

Bangladesh court jails former PM Khaleda Zia for 7 years for graft

A judge in the capital Dhaka found Khaleda Zia guilty of graft charges linked to the misappropriation of 31.5 million takas ($375,000) set aside for a charity. Zia has been in prison since February when she was sentenced to five years for embezzling funds for an orphanage.
2018-10-29 06:43:38 Read More

Global pressure rises on Sri Lanka president to defuse political crisis

Sri Lanka was plunged into the crisis on Friday when Sirisena sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and swore in ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa to replace him, breaking up a fragile coalition governing the island.
2018-10-29 06:42:46 Read More

18 killed as passenger bus falls into Indus River in Pakistan

A minibus fell into the Indus River in Pakistan's north Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing at least 18 people, including three women and a child, officials said. The vehicle, carrying 18 passengers, was on its way to Rawalpindi city in east Punjab province on Sunday night when the accident took place, the officials were quoted as saying by the Geo news.
2018-10-29 06:04:09 Read More

Angela Merkel on the spot after painful regional vote

Sunday's blow for Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) in Hesse was the latest state poll marred by the image of the right-left "grand coalition" government limping from crisis to crisis at a federal level.
2018-10-29 03:00:42 Read More

The new devil in Silicon Valley: Cellphones

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2018-10-29 01:02:32 Read More

Boko Haram jihadists attack military base in NE Nigeria

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2018-10-28 18:04:51 Read More

Boko Haram jihadists attack military base in NE Nigeria

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PM Imran Khan launches 'Pakistan Citizens Portal'

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2018-10-28 17:44:28 Read More

Shut for over 6 years, Syria's national museum reopens

The reopening of the museum was hailed as a return to normal life by Syrian officials, eager to cash in on the Syrian armed forces' military victories against armed groups, who had only recently shelled Damascus and threatened the seat of the government in the capital, coming only miles from the presidential palace.
2018-10-28 16:20:51 Read More

How a 2-star Army general took charge of a broken city

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2018-10-28 14:39:05 Read More

80 ISIS jihadi brides on way back to UK: Report

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2018-10-28 14:01:20 Read More

India helped in restoration of democracy in Maldives: Maumoon Abdul Gayoom

Nearly a month after he was released from jail, Gayoom, who ruled Maldives for three decades until 2008, said the government of President Abdulla Yameen inflicted "huge damage" on Maldives but democratic forces have prevailed over their "enemies".
2018-10-28 09:18:59 Read More

PM Modi, Abe visit factory of industrial robot manufacturer in Yamanashi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on Sunday visited a factory of industrial robot manufacturer in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo."Taking our cooperation to modern and advanced technologies. PM @narendramodi and PM @AbeShinzo visited FANUC Corporation, one of the largest makers of industrial robots in the world.
2018-10-28 09:00:51 Read More

Top Saudi prosecutor expected in Turkey over writer's death

Saudi Arabia's attorney general Saud al-Mojeb is expected to arrive in Turkey on Sunday. No announcement has been made by the Saudis about the visit. The kingdom has acknowledged in recent days that Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi's murder was "premeditated". Turkey has pressed Saudi Arabia for a full disclosure about the killing, which was carried out by its agents.
2018-10-28 06:58:44 Read More

Saudi rejects Turkey call to extradite Khashoggi killers

Riyadh Saturday dismissed Ankara's calls to extradite 18 Saudis being held over the murder of critic Jamal Khashoggi, as Washington warned the crisis risked destabilising the Middle East.
2018-10-28 00:20:12 Read More

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Ousted Lankan PM's security withdrawn by prez Sirisena

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2018-10-27 16:37:04 Read More

Ousted Lankan PM's security withdrawn by prez Sirisena

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Push for Middle East peace: Oman says time to accept Israel

Oman is offering ideas to help Israel and the Palestinians to come together but is not acting as mediator, Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, the sultanateâ€™s minister for foreign affairs said. His comments followed a rare visit to Oman by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, days after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited the Gulf country.
2018-10-27 12:08:51 Read More

Khashoggi killers 'will be prosecuted in Saudi Arabia': Saudi FM

Jubeir's comments come the day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for the extradition of 18 Saudi nationals authorities say were involved in the murder of Khashoggi, a Saudi government critic killed in his country's consulate in Istanbul this month.
2018-10-27 09:27:16 Read More

Sri Lanka president suspends parliament: Cabinet spokesperson

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2018-10-27 07:45:56 Read More

Khashoggi murder 'must concern us all': Mattis to Arab forum

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2018-10-27 07:15:04 Read More

Mattis to Arab forum: Russia cannot replace US in Mideast

"Russia's presence in the region cannot replace the longstanding, enduring, and transparent US commitment to the Middle East," Mattis told a meeting in the Bahraini capital Manama.
2018-10-27 06:06:01 Read More

US postal bombs: Suspect is an amateur body builder and former stripper

Cesar Sayoc is an amateur body builder and former stripper, a loner with a long arrest record who showed little interest in politics until Donald Trump came along.
2018-10-27 03:53:56 Read More

Sri Lanka crisis deepens as PM Ranil Wickremesinghe resists sacking

Sacked PM Ranil Wickremesinghe continued to occupy Temple Trees, the official residence of the prime minister, and insisted in a letter to Sirisena that he was still in office. He has said that he can be removed only by parliament where his party enjoys a majority.
2018-10-27 03:30:26 Read More

Suspicious packages addressed to Kamala Harris, Tom Steyer recovered: FBI

The tally of suspicious packages recovered from various parts of US has gone up to 14, according to FBI. Most of them, which the FBI identified were IEDs, have been addressed to top Democratic leaders. Cesar Sayoc, 56, a resident of Florida has been arrested in the case. Sayoc, media reports said, has a criminal history and threatened Democrats on Twitter.
2018-10-27 02:40:16 Read More

Khashoggi's fiancee declined Trump invite fearing public opinion ploy

The fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Friday said she did not accept an invitation from US President Donald Trump to visit the White House because she thought it was aimed at influencing public opinion in his own favour.
2018-10-27 01:48:30 Read More

No German arms to Saudi until Khashoggi case is clarified: Angela Merkel

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2018-10-26 17:23:17 Read More

Julian Assange would surrender to Britain if no US extradition

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2018-10-26 16:52:26 Read More

Pompeo says US to fight China 'empire' of 'bribes'

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused China of seeking to build an "empire" by bribing leaders with investment and vowed to fight it "at every turn". The United States has increasingly warned developing nations, especially in Latin America, to beware Beijing's economic push.
2018-10-26 16:39:15 Read More

Four Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in border clashes: Gaza ministry

The Israeli army did not comment on the deaths but said approximately 10,000 "demonstrators and rioters" were gathered along the border, with some setting tyres alight and "hurling grenades". Troops were responding with "riot dispersal means," the spokesman added.
2018-10-26 15:08:01 Read More

Four Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in border clashes: Gaza ministry

US sanctions on Iran pressure Tehran's regional allies

Giant posters on the streets of Beirut's southern Shiite suburbs display an armed Hezbollah fighter in uniform, holding the group's yellow banner and Lebanon's national flag, along with phone numbers where supporters can make donations to the Shiite guerrilla force. "He who equips a warrior is part of the battle," the posters declare.
2018-10-26 08:51:44 Read More

Myanmar court frees journalists on bail in incitement case

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'US will not allow Iran to develop world's deadliest weapons'

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Govt treating human rights organisations like criminal enterprises: Amnesty

The ED on Thursday conducted searches at two locations of the rights watchdog in connection with a foreign exchange contravention case. "Government authorities are increasingly treating human rights organisations like criminal enterprises," Amnesty International India executive director Aakar Patel said in a statement here.
2018-10-26 07:26:37 Read More

Son of murdered journalist Khashoggi leaves Saudi Arabia for US

Salah Khashoggi's departure came after he was photographed on Tuesday with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a condolence visit, staring coldly as the pair shook hands. "Salah and his family are on a plane to (Washington) DC," Sarah Leah Whitson, the rights watchdog's executive director for the Middle East and North Africa, told AFP, citing a family friend.
2018-10-26 05:05:45 Read More

Same-sex penguin couple become parents

Gentoo penguins Sphen and Magic are happily taking turns caring for their baby chick born on Oct 19 weighing 91 grams. Sphen and Magic are two male penguins who were paired up as a "same-sex couple" after they caught the attention of aquarium workers when they were constantly seen waddling around and going for swims together.
2018-10-26 05:05:39 Read More

Strong 6.8 magnitude quake strikes off Greece

Electricity in the main town, also called Zante, was down while the fire service reported damage to the road network caused by landslides. It hit off the southern part of the island, also known as Zakynthos, in the Ionian Sea at 1.50 am (2250 GMT Thursday), according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
2018-10-26 03:34:17 Read More

Qatar may benefit from Khashoggi fallout: Analysts

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First Pakistani astronaut will go into space in 2022: Minister

Pakistan's first space mission has been planned for 2022 and the federal Cabinet meeting chaired by Khan approved the plan on Thursday, he was quoted as saying by The News. Earlier this year, Pakistan launched two indigenously built satellites into orbit, using a Chinese launch vehicle.
2018-10-25 12:55:06 Read More

African Union force says key al-Shabab commander killed

The AU force in a series of tweets on Thursday says the commander, the head of tax collection in Lower Shabelle region, was killed after an ambush on Monday on an al-Shabab meeting in Bariire. The extremists bring in funding by taxing the communities they control.
2018-10-25 11:37:25 Read More

Libyan wealth fund asks Britain to halt IRA compensation bill

The plea was made by Ali Mahmoud Hassan Mohamed, the Chairman and Chief Executive of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) appointed by Libya's internationally recognised government, to Britain's Junior Foreign Minister Alistair Burt.
2018-10-25 11:10:32 Read More

India makes big push to expand tea export to China

China produces green tea with an annual production of 2,550 million kg while India produces 1,278 million kgs of black tea annually. Surveys in both countries show that young Chinese like black tea while Indian markets have witnessed a new emphasis on green tea. This opportunity to further expand trade with China is definitely a win-win situation for both.
2018-10-25 08:29:57 Read More

All corrupt leaders in Pak will go to jail: PM Khan

Promising that all corrupt leaders will go to jail, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that no politicians and officials who have put Pakistan into the debt trap through their corrupt practices will get protection from any legislation like the defunct National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO).
2018-10-25 08:13:10 Read More

Japan's Abe makes rare China visit as relations thaw

Japan's Shinzo Abe arrived in China Thursday, the first visit to the Asian giant by a Japanese prime minister since relations between the two countries soured six years ago over a territorial row.Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to discuss how to improve economic cooperation as the world's second and third largest economies prepare to weather a US onslaught of trade measures.
2018-10-25 07:54:05 Read More

China: Army will act 'at any cost' to prevent Taiwan split

Beijing has been infuriated by recent US sanctions on its military, one of a growing number of flashpoints in ties with Washington that include a bitter trade war, Taiwan and China's increasingly muscular military posture in the South China Sea.
2018-10-25 04:51:35 Read More

Two killed in Kentucky supermarket shooting, say police

A gunman walked into a Kentucky supermarket on Wednesday and shot a man dead then left the store and killed a woman in the parking lot, police said.
2018-10-25 01:58:09 Read More

Two killed in Kentucky supermarket shooting, say police

A gunman walked into a Kentucky supermarket on Wednesday and shot a man dead then left the store and killed a woman in the parking lot, police said.
2018-10-25 01:58:09 Read More

EU parliament approves ban on single-use plastics

The European Commission, the 28-nation EU's executive arm, proposed banning such items that it said account for 70 perc ent of the waste in the oceans and beaches.
2018-10-25 00:31:02 Read More

China launches new rail-road cargo service linking Lanzhou with Islamabad

The first train carrying 30 carriages of mechanical equipment, auto parts and daily necessities left a logistics centre on Tuesday morning in Lanzhou, bound for Kashgar in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, state-run China Daily reported.
2018-10-24 17:58:13 Read More

Egypt security forces say 11 militants killed south of Cairo

The officials say the men killed Wednesday had been in possession of weapons and ammunition, including explosives, in the Western Desert near the Farafra depression, and had planned "hostile operations." Egypt launched a nationwide operation against militants in February.
2018-10-24 12:33:08 Read More

Egypt security forces say 11 militants killed south of Cairo

Polygamy persists across Africa, to activists' dismay

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Winning $1.6 billion Mega Millions ticket sold in South Carolina

Mega Millions officials said a ticket purchased in South Carolina matches all six numbers in Tuesday night's drawing. The massive jackpot Mega Millions is played in 44 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the US Virgin Islands.is the world's largest ever lottery grand prize.
2018-10-24 09:51:44 Read More

Sri Lankan Northern Council's first CM resigns from TNA, forms new Tamil alliance

The first chief minister of Sri Lanka's Northern Province, C V Wigneswaran on Wednesday resigned from the country's main Tamil party and formed a new political alliance, as he slammed the Sirisena government and the party for failing to address the issues of war-affected Tamils.
2018-10-24 09:41:59 Read More

Smugglers to exploit border if no Brexit deal: UK watchdog

The watchdog says in a report published Wednesday that political uncertainty and delays in negotiations with the EU have hampered preparations, and the government is now racing to bolster computer systems, increase border staffing and build new infrastructure to track goods.
2018-10-24 09:25:40 Read More

Greek ex-minister jailed for graft in long-running defence probe

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Pakistan must make sincere efforts to curb terrorism on Afghan border: Pompeo

Pakistan will be held responsible if they do not make sincere efforts to curb terrorism on their western border with Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Talking to reporters Tuesday at the State Department's Foggy Bottom headquarters, Pompeo said this was the message he had delivered to the Pakistani leadership when he travelled to Islamabad in September
2018-10-24 07:51:35 Read More

Driverless hover-taxis to take off in Singapore

The driverless hover-taxis, a latest innovation to offer an escape from Asia's monster traffic jams, may become reality in Singapore next year. Resembling a helicopter, electric air taxis take off and land vertically. They are based on drone technology and can fly two people for around 30 kilometres, the German firm Volocopter said in a statement.
2018-10-24 07:45:05 Read More

On sidelines of Saudi forum, Pakistan gets loan

Pakistan says Saudi Arabia will provide a $6 billion package of loans and deferred payments in an effort to resuscitate Islamabad's flagging economy, struggling under the weight of a whopping $18 billion deficit. The deal was signed Tuesday by Pakistan's finance minister Asad Umar and his Saudi counterpart, Muhammad Abdullah Al-Jadaan
2018-10-24 07:28:14 Read More

Pak agency detains 16 Indian fishermen: Fish workers' forum

Sixteen fishermen from Okha in Gujarat's Devbhoomi Dwarka district have reportedly been detained in the Arabian Sea by Pakistan maritime authorities, a fish workers' forum functionary said. They were arrested on Monday by personnel of the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency during an operation.
2018-10-24 06:40:57 Read More

Inside China's internment camps: tear gas, Tasers and textbooks

The facilities have come under international scrutiny, with rights activists describing them as political re-education camps. The centres should "teach like a school, be managed like the military, and be defended like a prison", said one document, quoting Xinjiang's Communist Party secretary.
2018-10-24 05:12:53 Read More

Migrant caravan stops to rest in Mexico amid Trump threats

Sleeping on cardboard boxes or plastic bags, the migrants set up a massive, impromptu camp in the southern town of Huixtla, 70 kilometers (45 miles) from the Mexico-Guatemala border.
2018-10-24 04:20:00 Read More

Lanka wants Chinese help to recover phone evidence over 'Sirisena assassination plot'

A man named as M Thomas from India's southern state of Kerala was arrested in Sri Lanka on Sept. 22 on suspicion of involvement in the plot. Thomas appeared in court on Tuesday and requested that he not remain in CID custody, saying there had been death threats against him by the CID. The magistrate denied Thomas' request.
2018-10-24 04:14:56 Read More

Khashoggiâ€™s body parts found at Saudi envoyâ€™s home: Report

The body parts of murdered dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi have been found at the Saudi consul generalâ€™s home in Istanbul, a UK-based broadcaster reported on Tuesday. Sky News reported that the 59-year-old Washington Post contributorâ€™s body had been â€œcut upâ€ and his face â€œdisfiguredâ€, with the remains found in the garden of the consul general's home.
2018-10-24 04:00:09 Read More

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Who are the 15 Saudis who came to Turkey ahead of Khashoggi's killing?

Saudi Arabia has detained 18 people and dismissed five senior government officials as part of an investigation into the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and critic of Saudi policies, disappeared after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 to obtain documents for his marriage.
2018-10-24 03:51:27 Read More

US revokes Saudi visas in first action over Khashoggi

The visa curbs came as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Khashoggi's killing inside the Saudis' Istanbul consulate had been meticulously planned.
2018-10-24 03:12:45 Read More

US revokes Saudi visas in first action over Khashoggi

The visa curbs came as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Khashoggi's killing inside the Saudis' Istanbul consulate had been meticulously planned.
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Saudi crown prince proclaims investment conference a success despite boycott

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Khashoggi case erodes Saudi reputation, and allies worry

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'Trump wants to meet Putin in Paris on November 11'

Donald Trump wishes to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin when the two visit Paris on November 11 for World War I commemorations, the US president's National Security Advisor John Bolton said on Tuesday. Putin said: "It would be useful to continue a direct dialogue with the president of the United States... for example in Paris, if the American side is interested."
2018-10-23 16:45:49 Read More

Saudi Arabia pledges $3 billion to Pakistan amid balance of payment crisis

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Italy stands firm against EU in budget dispute

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Vietnam parliament elects Communist Party chief as president

The 74-year-old Trong is the first Vietnamese leader to hold the two positions since founding President Ho Chi Minh in the 1960s. He succeeds President Tran Dai Quang, who died last month after battling a viral illness for more than a year. Earlier this month, the party's Central Committee had endorsed Trong as the sole candidate for the presidency.
2018-10-23 10:32:25 Read More

Iraq: Blast at market near Mosul kills 6, including 2 troops

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SKorea approves NKorea deals amid conservative opposition

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Erdogan calls for trial in Istanbul of Khashoggi suspects

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called for 18 Saudi suspects in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to stand trial in Istanbul, saying all those involved had to face punishment."My demand is that 18 people be tried in Istanbul," Erdogan said in a speech to ruling party lawmakers in Ankara
2018-10-23 10:10:07 Read More

France's ban on niqab violates human rights: UN rights panel

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2018-10-23 09:58:05 Read More

Turkey's nationalists cut alliance with Erdogan's party

Speaking Tuesday in parliament, Devlet Bahceli of the Nationalist Movement Party, or MHP, said it would field its own candidates in the March 2019 local elections. The split with the ruling Justice and Development Party comes amid conflict over an amnesty for certain prisoners that the nationalists have proposed.
2018-10-23 09:07:31 Read More

Vietnam elects Communist Party chief Trong as new prez

The 74-year-old Nguyen Phu Trong is the first to hold both positions since founding President Ho Chi Minh in the 1960s. Trong, a former chief ideologue of the party, was elected to the Politburo in 1997. He was elected general secretary in 2011 and re-elected in 2016.
2018-10-23 09:03:11 Read More

You're not singing any more: North's anthem played for South Korea

South Korean footballers were left dumbfounded at an international tournament in Indonesia when organisers played the North's anthem instead. Ahead of an AFC under-19 Championship qualifier against Jordan at the Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium on the outskirts of Jakarta, the South's team lined up with their hands on their hearts.
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Khashoggi-style killing must 'never happen again': Saudi finance minister

The killing of a critic like Jamal Khashoggi is something that must "never happen again", Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Tuesday, as he pledged a full investigation into the journalist's death.Saudi Arabia's leadership will "see to it that the investigation is thorough and complete and that the truth is revealed and those responsible will be held to account"
2018-10-23 07:25:50 Read More

Japan PM heads to China looking for economic common ground

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a rare trip to China this week hoping improved relations will lead to new economic partnerships, as the two countries come under US pressure on trade. The visit is the first by a Japanese premier since 2011 and is part of a years-long process of repairing ties in the wake of a disastrous falling-out in 2012.
2018-10-23 05:59:14 Read More

Trump says US ready to bolster nuclear arsenal

US President sparked concern globally at the weekend by saying he wanted to jettison the three-decade-old Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty signed former US President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader. Trump told reporters that Russia had "not adhered to the spirit of that agreement or to the agreement itself."
2018-10-23 04:51:54 Read More

How the man behind Jamal Khashoggi murder ran the killing via Skype

Saud al-Qahtani, a top aide for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is one of the fall guys as Riyadh tries to stem international outrage at Khashoggiâ€™s death. On Saturday, Saudi state media said King Salman had sacked Qahtani and four other officials over the killing carried out by a 15-man hit team.
2018-10-23 03:48:58 Read More

Journalist Khashoggi's death was 'a plot gone awry': Trump

Trump spoke with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of the world's top oil exporter, on Sunday. "I am not satisfied with what I've heard," Trump told reporters at the White House. "I don't want to lose all that investment that's been made in our country. But we're going to get to the bottom of it."
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Journalist Khashoggi's death was 'a plot gone awry': Trump

UK's May pleads for support, says Brexit deal is almost done

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Going crackpot over jackpot: Americans go nuts over $ 2.2billion lottery

A record $ 2.2 billion-plus is up for grabs in two American lotteries this week. Foreigners and non-residents are eligible to buy and win the lotteries. You have greater chances of getting struck by lightning (one in million), than winning one of the two lotteries at state, Megamillions or Powerball, which come in at approximately one in 300 million chance.
2018-10-22 16:41:19 Read More

Imran to seek 'significant shift' in China's CPEC projects: Report

The $60 billion CPEC is the flagship venture of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a pet project of Chinese President Xi Jinping aimed at enhancing Beijing's influence around the world through China-funded infrastructure projects.
2018-10-22 15:39:00 Read More

John Bolton in Moscow for talks on nuclear treaty

The Moscow visit by John Bolton was planned before the Saturday announcement by President Donald Trump that the US was ditching the three-decade-old Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, known as the INF, a move Moscow has already denounced as "dangerous."
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Maldives court frees oppn leader convicted of bribery

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Mexico: Hurricane Willa strengthens to category 4 storm

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Pak reopens vital Afghan border crossings for trade

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Pak army hands over administrative control of Swat district

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Working with Trump 'not always simple': Canadian PM Trudeau

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said working with US President Donald Trump is "not always simple," as he welcomed the successful renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
2018-10-22 07:54:29 Read More

Saudi king, crown prince call slain writer Jamal Khashoggi's son

King Salman similarly made a condolence call as international pressure on the kingdom continues to rise, even after it acknowledged on Saturday that the Washington Post journalist was killed Oct. 2 at the consulate under still-disputed circumstances.
2018-10-22 06:04:01 Read More

Taiwan's president prays with relatives of 18 killed in rail tragedy

Tsai joined Buddhist monks for prayers in front of an altar adorned with flowers next to the hospital, while nearby, relatives and friends of the victims wept as they sifted through battered suitcases recovered from the train wreck.
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Taiwan's president prays with relatives of 18 killed in rail tragedy

Saudi Arabia calls Khashoggi killing 'grave mistake'

The weeks of denial and lack of credible evidence in the face of allegations from Turkish officials that Khashoggi had been killed have shaken global confidence in ties with the world's top oil exporter.
2018-10-22 03:22:48 Read More

China coal mine collapse: 18 still trapped

The coal mine collapse incident happened on Saturday night at the Longyun Coal Mining Company Limited in Yuncheng County in which part of a water drainage tunnel was destroyed, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.
2018-10-21 17:15:45 Read More

Chinese police launch manhunt after knife attacks kill 3

Police in Wenan County, where the attacks took place, published several pictures of the suspect, who they said was a local resident, and of a car they described as his getaway vehicle. They offered no motive for the attacks.
2018-10-21 12:09:29 Read More

Saudi explanation of Khashoggi death not credible: UK

After a fortnight of denials, Saudi authorities admitted on Saturday that the Washington Post columnist, Jamal Khashoggi , a prominent critic of powerful crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed after entering the consulate in Turkey on October 2.
2018-10-21 11:42:34 Read More

Congo rebels kill 13, abduct kids in Ebola outbreak region

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UK wants deal to avoid Northern Ireland Brexit backstop: Minister

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Saudi turmoil is new twist on old C-suite dilemma

The question before 82-year-old King Salman bin Abdulaziz is whether the architect of that existential strategy, his son Mohammed bin Salman, the 33-year-old crown prince, can still execute on his plan.
2018-10-21 09:00:26 Read More

Hassan Rouhani appoints new economy minister in reshuffle

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Australia PM says business as usual despite minority government

Morison's Liberal Party, the senior half of the ruling coalition, conceded defeat Saturday in a by-election for the former seat of Malcolm Turnbull, who quit politics after being deposed as Liberal leader and prime minister in an internal party vote in August.
2018-10-21 07:09:58 Read More

Afghans shut out by polling station chaos return to vote

Afghans unable to vote in Saturday's parliamentary election after hundreds of polling stations failed to open were given another chance to cast their ballot on Sunday after voting times were extended despite security threats and warnings of fraud. Around three million Afghans voted on Saturday, election officials said but across the country there were complaints that polling stations remained closed, often because staff failed to turn up.
2018-10-21 06:49:00 Read More

Rare 5 kg Moon rock auctioned for over $600k

The meteorite is called 'The Moon Puzzle' as it comprises six fragments that fit together like a puzzle. Discovered last year, it was blasted off the surface of the Moon. It then journeyed the quarter-million miles to Earth survived a fiery descent through the atmosphere to be found in the deserts of Northwest Africa. It is the largest known complete lunar puzzle.
2018-10-21 06:33:20 Read More

Rare 5 kg Moon rock auctioned for over $600k

Israel postpones demolition of Bedouin West Bank village

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has frozen plans to demolish a strategically located Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank that has drawn the world's attention, his office said Sunday. Israeli authorities say the small village, located east of Jerusalem along a road leading to the Dead Sea, was built illegally, and had given resident until the beginning of October to evict themselves and demolish the structures.
2018-10-21 05:26:33 Read More

France awaits results from Macron's pro-business push

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France to send aircraft carrier to Indian Ocean next year

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Julian Assange sues asylum host Ecuador for rights violation

The 47-year-old Australian national, who has been holed up in a back room of the Ecuadorean embassy in central London for over six years, was placed under a new set of house rules after he was allowed limited internet access recently after a seven-month hiatus.
2018-10-20 12:54:56 Read More

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'Investigators likely to discover about Khashoggi body'

The official, who declined to be identified, also told Reuters that Jamal Khashoggi's DNA samples were being procured from Turkey, meaning that investigators would not need to ask Saudi Arabia for samples at the moment.
2018-10-20 11:43:34 Read More

IS frees 6 hostages in exchange with Syrian government

The Islamic State group early Saturday released two women and four children they had been holding since July in the first part of an exchange with the Syrian government that will set free dozens of women related to members of the extremist group, opposition activists said.
2018-10-20 08:07:48 Read More

Dozens of casualties as multiple blasts rock Kabul polling centres

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US craze for DNA 'heritage' tests may bolster racism, critics warn

For around $100 and a few drops of saliva, a number of companies offer to decipher the genome of their clients and by comparing their DNA to other profiles, tell them where their ancestors came from. Timothy Caulfield, a specialist in health care law, warns that the DNA tests might even be reinforcing racial interpretations of society.
2018-10-20 07:05:01 Read More

China-built world's largest amphibious plane completes maiden flight test

The aircraft, developed and built by the state-owned aircraft firm Aviation Industry Corporation of China, took off and later landed on the water in Hubei province's Jingmen, state-run China Daily reported.
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China-built world's largest amphibious plane completes maiden flight test

Voting begins in Afghan parliamentary polls despite threats

In the run-up to the elections, two candidates were killed while polling in Kandahar was delayed for a week after a rogue guard gunned down the powerful provincial police chief.
2018-10-20 02:54:58 Read More

Voting begins in Afghan parliamentary polls despite threats

Bhutan chooses new party to form government

The centre-left Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT), which was only formed in 2013, won 30 of the 47 national assembly seats, according to the provisional results. Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) secured the other 17 seats in the runoff contest limited to the two parties.
2018-10-19 06:26:17 Read More

Trump says Saudi journalist likely dead

Turkish police are searching a forest on the outskirts of Istanbul and a city near the Sea of Marmara for the remains of journalist Jamal Khashoggi more than two weeks after he vanished after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
2018-10-19 02:28:08 Read More

Trump says Saudi journalist likely dead

Putin says US bears some responsibility for Khashoggi disappearance

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said the US bears a "certain responsibility" for the fate of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, adding that there is not enough evidence that Riyadh is behind his disappearance. "As far as I know, the journalist that disappeared lived in the US.The Russian leader said Moscow "cannot start deteriorating relations" with Saudi Arabia
2018-10-18 16:41:09 Read More

Afghan police chief killed in shooting

At least 12 people were wounded, including three Americans and a provincial governor, in the Taliban-claimed attack that comes two days before Afghanistan's long-delayed parliamentary elections. Miller was not hurt.
2018-10-18 15:18:04 Read More

US downgrades Jerusalem diplomatic mission to Palestinians

The US secretary of state Mike Pompeo announced the end of Jerusalem consulate's independent status by placing it under the authority of the US Embassy to Israel. It means that the Jerusalem consulate will no longer have a separate channel to Washington to report on Palestinian affairs. The consulate had for years served as a de facto embassy to the Palestinians.
2018-10-18 15:14:43 Read More

Can't justify spoiling Saudi ties over Khashoggi affair: Putin

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Putin: Russia would only use its nuclear arms in retaliation

President Vladimir Putin says Russia would only use its nuclear weapons in response to an incoming missile attack.Putin said Thursday Russia's military doctrine doesn't envisage a preventative nuclear strike. He noted that Russia would only launch a nuclear strike if its early warning systems spot missiles heading toward its territory
2018-10-18 13:52:15 Read More

Maldives court frees ex-leader Gayoom

A Maldivian court overturned the 19-month jail term of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on Thursday, a month after the former president's estranged half-brother and jailer suffered a shock election drubbing. Gayoom, 80, ruled the largely Muslim island nation for 30 straight years until he was defeated at the country's first multi-party elections in 2008.
2018-10-18 13:16:19 Read More

116 Pakistan policemen suspended over 2014 firing incident

The incident occurred in 2014 at Model Town area of Lahore where at least 14 people were killed and 100 others injured when the police opened fire to disperse protesting Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) workers during an anti-encroachment operation outside the residence of Canadian-Pakistani cleric Tahirul Qadri.
2018-10-18 09:49:47 Read More

Sri Lanka reverses $300 mn China housing deal ahead of PM's India visit

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Malaysia's former deputy PM detained for alleged graft

Zahid, who now heads the opposition Malay party, is the latest notable person after former Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife to face graft charges following the shocking ouster of their coalition in May elections.
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Malaysia's former deputy PM detained for alleged graft

Post-Brexit transition could be extended: Theresa May

At present the two sides say Britain will remain inside the EU single market, and subject to the bloc's regulations, from the day it leaves on March 29 until December 2020, to give time for new trade relations to be set up.
2018-10-18 09:31:51 Read More

Myanmar Buddhist temple now a nirvana for snakes

"People come here because they believe that their prayers will be fulfilled when they ask for something," said Sandar Thiri, a nun residing at the Baungdawgyoke pagoda -- dubbed the "snake temple" by locals.
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Putin looks for reset with first visit to new Uzbek leader

Russian President Vladimir Putin starts his first state visit to Uzbekistan under new leadership on Thursday as the Kremlin attempts to recalibrate a once thorny relationship with billions of dollars in business deals.
2018-10-18 03:17:16 Read More

Growing nervousness over Chinese behaviour brought India closer to US: Former US def secy

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Jamal Khashoggi warns in last column of free rein to silence media

The Post published the column Wednesday, more than two weeks after Khashoggi was last seen entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul and only hours after a gruesome account in Turkey's Yeni Safak newspaper alleged that Saudi officials cut off Khashoggi's fingers and then decapitated him inside the consulate while his fiancee waited outside
2018-10-18 02:46:08 Read More

Trump denies covering for Saudis on journalist, says truth out soon

Trump's comments followed the publication in pro-government Turkish media of allegations purporting to confirm that Khashoggi was not only murdered by Saudi agents in their consulate in Istanbul, but tortured and dismembered.
2018-10-18 02:43:49 Read More

Mike Pompeo suggests US may lift Turkey sanctions linked to pastor

"We'll have a decision on that shortly but some of the sanctions that were put in place were directly connected to pastor Brunson and there's a logic to now removing those as well," Mike Pompeo told reporters as his plane refuelled in Belgium.
2018-10-17 16:40:54 Read More

Mike Pompeo suggests US may lift Turkey sanctions linked to pastor

Egyptian ex-lawmaker goes missing, may have been detained

Rights activists say Egyptian authorities have disappeared dozens of people in recent years, part of a wide-ranging crackdown on dissent launched after the military overthrew President Mohammed Morsi, an elected but divisive Islamist president, in 2013.
2018-10-17 14:41:22 Read More

Death toll in Crimea attack reaches 18: Official

Sergei Aksyonov, the regional leader in Crimea, said that the student killed himself after the attack. He didn't name the man, saying only he was a local resident and was acting alone. Aksyonov's statement follows Russian officials' report that an explosive device ripped through the college in Kerch in eastern Crimea in a suspected terrorist attack.
2018-10-17 13:03:09 Read More

Shahbaz accuses anti-graft body of colluding with Imran's party to target opposition

The former Punjab chief minister has been in the NAB's custody since October 5 in connection with the housing scam. The NationalAssembly Speaker Asad Qaiser last week had ordered the NAB to bring him to the assembly after the opposition requested him to convene a session, Dawn reported.
2018-10-17 11:54:18 Read More

Pompeo meets Erdogan after talks with Saudis on missing journalist

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Turkey's President and Foreign Minister on Wednesday to discuss the disappearance of a Saudi journalist as pressure mounted on the kingdom to provide answers following Turkish allegations he was killed.
2018-10-17 11:21:45 Read More

US stays cautious over Jamaal Khashoggi as new killing claims emerge

Pro-government Turkish media published gruesome new allegations Khashoggi was killed by being gradually dismembered by a Saudi assassination squad, some of whom the New York Times said were tied to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
2018-10-17 11:16:41 Read More

Saudi Arabia agrees to abolish Umrah tax on Pak pilgrims

Saudi Arabia has agreed to waive 2,000-riyal tax imposed on Pakistanis performing Umrah every year on the request of Prime Minister Imran Khan, a media report said Wednesday. The Senate Standing Committee on Religious Affairs was informed on Tuesday that Prime Minister Khan had requested Saudi Crown to abolish the tax imposed
2018-10-17 10:59:45 Read More

Saudi Arabia probing Khashoggi disappearance: Donald Trump

In a statement, Pompeo said he "had direct and candid conversations" with the king and the crown prince, as well as Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir. Trump tweeted that the Saudi Crown Prince "told me that he has already started, and will rapidly expand, a full and complete investigation into this matter. Answers will be forthcoming shortly."
2018-10-17 09:57:33 Read More

Britain's May confronts EU leaders amid Brexit crisis

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Barnier offers to extend Brexit transition by a year: Diplomats

The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has opened the possibility of extending the one-year transition period in an effort to unblock talks stalled on the thorny issue of the Irish border. The offer was revealed on the day British PM Theresa May is to meet her 27 EU counterparts in Brussels to discuss the talks that are at an impasse.
2018-10-17 07:34:15 Read More

Pompeo: Saudis promise nobody exempt in missing journo probe

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How Russia moved into Central Africa

Muscling in on a country dominated by France for years served as a statement of intent about Moscowâ€™s renewed push for global prestige and influence, and is part of a wider campaign shaking up long-standing power dynamics on the continent.
2018-10-17 06:55:26 Read More

Gaza rocket hits home in Israel, military strikes back

The Magen David Adom medical service said a woman and her three children, whose home in Beersheba was struck, were being treated for shock after they fled to their shelter upon hearing warning sirens. It said two others were injured during the panic to seek cover.
2018-10-17 06:08:35 Read More

America's most famous pimp, poised for elected office, dies

Dennis Hof, America's most famous pimp and a Donald Trump-style Republican who won a GOP primary for a seat in the state Legislature this year, was found dead in one of his Nevada brothels at the end of his 72nd birthday celebrations. His body was found Tuesday morning. His last nights at celebrations drew notables from politics and the sex industry.
2018-10-17 05:43:35 Read More

Retaken but not rebuilt: Syria's Raqa a year after IS ouster

The fighting ended on October 17 last year, when the city finally fell to the Syrian Democratic Forces, which then handed it over to the Raqa Civil Council (RCC) to govern.
2018-10-17 05:36:06 Read More

Canada now world's largest legal marijuana marketplace

Canada became the largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace as sales began early Wednesday in Newfoundland. Canada has had legal medical marijuana since 2001 and PM Justin Trudeau's govt has spent two years working toward expanding that to include recreational marijuana. The goal is to better reflect society's changing opinion about marijuana and bring black market operators into a regulated system. Uruguay was first was the first country to legalize marijuana.
2018-10-17 04:45:31 Read More

Anna Burns wins Booker Prize with Troubles tale 'Milkman'

Anna Burns is the first writer from Northern Ireland to win the 50,000-pound ($66,000) prize, which is open to English-language authors from around the world. The 56-year-old Belfast-born novelist said she was "stunned'' to have won. Burns said her books took a long time to complete, and she has often struggled financially since her first novel, "No Bones,'' was released in 2001.
2018-10-17 03:57:53 Read More

Theresa May confronts EU leaders amid Brexit crisis

This week's summit in Brussels was billed as a "moment of truth" for negotiations on Britain's exit from the bloc -- but it seems the truth is that the two sides just cannot agree.
2018-10-17 03:42:16 Read More

Serial killer of 8 children executed at Pakistani prison

Mohammad Imran was hanged Wednesday morning in the eastern city of Lahore in the presence of the father of 7-year-old Zainab Ansari whose rape and murder shocked Pakistan in January. Imran was arrested two weeks after he threw Zainab's body into a garbage dump in the city of Kasur in Punjab province. After his arrest, Imran confessed to the other slayings and was convicted.
2018-10-17 03:30:32 Read More

IMF chief postpones Middle East trip with Saudi stop

Lagarde had been set to participate in the kingdom's Future Investment Initiative conference that has been boycotted by global business and media leaders since the suspected death of Jamal Khashoggi, who was last seen at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2.
2018-10-17 03:17:55 Read More

Death toll from Florida hurricane at least 27, hundreds missing

Matthew Marchetti, co-founder of Houston-based CrowdSource Rescue, which had hundreds of volunteers on the ground, said he expects the death toll to rise as phone service is restored and roads are cleared.
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US announces sanctions on Iranian paramilitary force

â€‹â€‹â€‹In announcing the sanctions, the Treasury said a network of more than 20 businesses known as the Bonyad Taavon Basij was financing the Basij Resistance Force, a component of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
2018-10-16 17:43:32 Read More

Boko Haram kills second kidnapped aid worker in Nigeria: Red Cross

Islamic State-allied Boko Haram jihadists have killed another kidnapped female Red Cross worker in northeast Nigeria, the agency said on Tuesday, a month after militants murdered one of her colleagues. Three female health workers were kidnapped on March 1 during a Boko Haram raid on the remote town of Rann, in Borno state, that killed three other aid workers and eight Nigerian soldiers.
2018-10-16 17:27:07 Read More

Top US diplomat says Saudi back probe into missing writer

President Donald Trump dispatched his secretary of state on the urgent mission to Riyadh to defuse a crisis over Khashoggi, an insider turned critic of the conservative monarchy who was last seen on October 2 when he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to sort out marriage paperwork.
2018-10-16 17:12:42 Read More

World Heritage sites threatened by sea level rise

From Venice and tower of Pisa to the medieval city of Rhodes, dozens of UNESCO World Heritage sites in Mediterranean basin are deeply threatened by rising sea levels, researchers warned Tuesday. All but two of 49 UN-recognised icons of human civilisation rimming the Mediterranean Sea risk being damaged by the rising watermark, soil erosion, or both.
2018-10-16 17:03:06 Read More

Donald Trump calls pornstar Stormy Daniels 'Horseface'

The US president is a fan of calling his many opponents or critics names but the equine insult, tossed out in a mid-morning tweet on Tuesday, is a new one. The 39-year-old blond , whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, had a defamation suit against Trump thrown out by a federal judge on Monday.
2018-10-16 16:45:46 Read More

Putin to attend ceremony marking 100 years of WWI

Apart from attending the ceremony marking 100 years of the end of the First World War, Vladimir Putin will go to a working breakfast organised by French President Emmanuel Macron and later lay flowers at a monument to Russian soldiers in the capital, said Yuri Ushakov .
2018-10-16 14:50:35 Read More

President Trump raises more than $ 100 million for 2020 re-election

President Donald Trump has raised more than $ 100 million for his re-election battle in 2020, giving him a huge financial advantage over many potential Democratic contenders jockeying to challenge him, US media reports on Tuesday. The President raised over $ 18 million during the July-to-September fundraising quarter through his campaign committee and the joint fundraising operations â€‹
2018-10-16 14:31:04 Read More

Donald Trump lashes out at Elizabeth Warren over DNA test, calls her 'phony!'

Warren released the test results on Monday in part to push back against Trump's longstanding taunts about her ancestry claims. The results provide some evidence of a Native American in her lineage, though the ancestor probably lived six to 10 generations ago, according to the analysis.
2018-10-16 13:23:29 Read More

China's Communist party expels 2 former generals

General Fang is the latest in the list of a host of top defence officials caught in the anti-graft campaign launched by President Xi since 2013. Over 50 top generals have been punished under the anti-graft campaign which, observers say, also helped him to consolidate his power.
2018-10-16 12:40:13 Read More

Turkish foreign minister says no 'confession' from Saudis over Khashoggi

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China says more projects planned under CPEC

An IMF team is scheduled to arrive in Pakistan on November 7 to negotiate the programme, likely to span over a three-year period, Pakistan's Finance Minister Asad Umar said on Sunday after his meeting with the Managing Director Christine Lagarde in Indonesia.
2018-10-16 10:44:33 Read More

Court extends Shahbaz Sharif's remand by 14 days in Rs 1,400 cr housing scam

Shahbaz, 67, the younger brother of ousted Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on October 5 in the Ashiana-e-Iqbal housing project scam. He was remanded to a 10-day custody to NAB.
2018-10-16 10:35:10 Read More

China backs Imran's 'Naya Pakistan' initiative

China's Minister of international development Song Tao met Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Monday and assured Beijing's support to Pakistan at all regional and international fora. He also assured Khan of China's support in his agenda of poverty alleviation, fight against corruption and agricultural development.
2018-10-16 10:17:51 Read More

North Korea slams US for 'evil' sanctions push

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Pompeo in Saudi for crisis talks on missing journalist

US President Trump dispatched Mike Pompeo to Riyadh for what the state department described as "face to face meetings with the Saudi leadership". Pompeo held talks with Saudi King Salman on Tuesday seeking answers about the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. he is also slated to have dinner with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
2018-10-16 08:08:25 Read More

Women hold key to first major vote of Trump era

The "Call Your Sister" initiative was launched by organizers of the women's march, in which more than a million people nationwide took to the streets after Trump's January 2017 inauguration.
2018-10-16 07:19:38 Read More

US alarmed by China's 'predatory' practices: James Mattis

"We're two large powers, or two Pacific powers, two economic powers. There's going to be times we step on each other's toes, so we're going to have to find a way to productively manage our relationship," James Mattis said.
2018-10-16 06:56:12 Read More

Trump sends Pompeo to Riyadh over Khashoggi

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Yemeni president fires prime minister, citing 'negligence'

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'Free vocational training': China's justification for Uighur internment camps

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Brexit clouds on horizon for Holyhead's lifeline port

Just 117 kms from the Irish capital Dublin, the Holyhead port's future will depend on how any Brexit deal affects two borders â€” the one between EU member state Ireland and Britain and the one between Northern Ireland and mainland Britain. The concern is that companies will start finding alternative trade routes for goods travelling between Ireland and continental Europe to avoid Britain after Brexit.
2018-10-16 04:57:04 Read More

Trump '100 per cent' with me: US defence chief Mattis

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Turkish police leave Saudi consulate in Istanbul after 9 hours

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a US resident, Washington Post columnist and leading critic of the powerful Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, vanished after entering the consulate to get marriage documents. Turkish officials say they believe he was murdered there and his body removed.
2018-10-16 03:06:57 Read More

Egypt court upholds three-year prison sentence for ex-president

The Court of Cassation upheld the same sentence for Morsi and 19 others on Monday, also fining the former Islamist president 1 million Egyptian pounds ($60,000) in the case. Morsi was accused of insulting a sitting judge during a speech he gave as president.
2018-10-16 03:02:40 Read More

Australia mulling embassy move to Jerusalem: PM

Australia is "open-minded" towards formally recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel said the PM Scott Morrison. A parliamentary by-election in a Sydney district is near and Morrison only has one seat majority. The district has a significant Jewish electorate and the candidate for the Liberal party, a former ambassador to Israel, is trailing in opinion polls.
2018-10-16 02:47:04 Read More

Koreas and UN Command begin talks on demilitarising border

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'Terror motive' not ruled out in Cologne hostage-taking

The suspect, who was badly wounded when police stormed the scene, had claimed to be a member of the Islamic State jihadist group, a police spokesman said. He was holding a real or replica pistol when commandos stormed the site. They believed he was a 55-year-old Syrian immigrant.
2018-10-15 18:01:15 Read More

Recovery of Nepal climbers delayed by mountain's remoteness

Rescuers hampered by difficult, remote terrain took two days to recover the bodies of nine climbers, including one of the world's best, who hoped to map a new route to a Himalayan peak in Nepal that hasn't been scaled in eight years. Local police chief Bir Bahadur Budamagar said a group of villagers reached the climbers' devastated campsite on Saturday
2018-10-15 17:52:32 Read More

Groups fighting sexual violence awarded #MeToo funding

The money - $840,000 - comes from the "Fund for the MeToo Movement and Allies," set up by The New York Women's Foundation earlier this year. The group provided an initial $1 million for a fund to support Burke and the movement she founded 12 years ago, along with other similar organizations, with a goal of raising $5 million a year.
2018-10-15 17:31:35 Read More

Brexit deal achievable, no compromise on UK integrity: Theresa May

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday insisted a Brexit deal was "still achievable" despite differences with the EU, but warned against any attempt to "trap" the UK in a permanent Customs Unions. "We cannot agree to anything that threatens the integrity of our United Kingdom," May said, commenting on the Irish border issue.
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Imran to embark on first China visit from Nov 3

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German police seize Cologne hostage-taker

German police said Monday that they had subdued and detained a man who took a woman hostage in a pharmacy in Cologne's central train station. Officers are in touch with the attacker to determine his demands and whether he was armed. "A female hostage has been lightly wounded and is being cared for," German police said on Twitter.
2018-10-15 14:21:03 Read More

'IMF should evaluate CPEC projects objectively'

Pakistan finance minister Asad Umar told the media on Sunday that Islamabad is ready to share details of the debt related to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) with the IMF as he formally sought a bailout package from the international lender.
2018-10-15 10:38:58 Read More

Monica Lewinsky affair not an abuse of power: Hillary Clinton

The two-decades-old episode has come under renewed scrutiny in the #MeToo era, with critics questioning whether the power imbalance between a sitting president, Bill Clinton and an intern, Monica Lewinsky, made it impossible for the relationship to be considered consensual. Hillary Clinton has now said that her husband was right to not resign from the presidency.
2018-10-15 08:51:56 Read More

Pakistani PM Imran Khan's party wins less seats than expected in vote

The party of ex-premier Nawaz Sharif won 11 seats in the national and provincial seats, out of 35 contested in Sunday's balloting. Khan's candidates secured 15 seats. Other small parties won the rest.
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Pakistani PM Imran Khan's party wins less seats than expected in vote

Iran's new breed of charities on poverty frontline

This centre is run by the ILIA Foundation, created by social workers and members of the Nikan Hospital Group, who have partnered with UN refugee and health agencies to help around 1,000 families from deprived backgrounds.
2018-10-15 06:43:06 Read More

White House: 'Stern' action over Saudi journalist if needed

The White House is brushing aside threats by Saudi Arabia that it may economically retaliate for any US punitive action imposed over the suspected murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, pledging a "swift, open, transparent investigation" into his disappearance.
2018-10-15 06:40:02 Read More

When embassies become places of terror, not sanctuaries

When Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi vanished after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last week it prompted Turkish officials and media to claim he may have been killed and even dismembered by a squad of assassins on the premises. The macabre mystery stirred memories of instances when diplomatic missions turned into places of terror.
2018-10-15 06:37:01 Read More

Maldives leader Yameen blames defeat on 'disappearing ink'

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Macedonia lawmakers to vote on name change deal with Greece

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Australia says US alliance vital with India-Pacific tensions

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Climbers who died in Nepal storm included famed S Korean

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Following China-Vatican pact, Taiwan invites Pope Francis

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Iran's new breed of charities on poverty frontline

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Korean ministers meet to discuss post-summit specifics

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China meddled in US presidential elections: Trump

"I think China meddled also. And I think, frankly, China...is a bigger problem," Trump said and denied that by saying so he is not trying to divert the entire Russia thing. "I'm saying Russia, but I'm also saying China," he said.
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Small plane crashes into crowd in Germany, several people killed

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Small plane crashes into crowd in Germany, several people killed

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New opposition alliance formed in Bangladesh ahead of election

The Jatiya Oikya Front ("United National Front"), led by Kamal Hossain, was formed on Saturday following months of negotiations among opposition parties. Zia's BNP along with two other parties joined the alliance. Kamal is a former foreign minister and a prominent lawyer who drafted the secular constitution just after independence in 1971.
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Maldives opposition supporters protest as court reviews election challenge

Hundreds of Maldivians protested on Sunday demanding the arrest of defeated President Abdulla Yameen as its top court began to hear a petition challenging the outcome of last's month election. Yameen initially conceded defeat last month after an official count showed joint opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih had won the election.
2018-10-14 13:35:57 Read More

Mattis visits Vietnam; US pushes closer ties amid tension with China

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Cyclone Leslie slams into Portugal, leaves 27 injured

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US is seeking regime change in Iran: Rouhani

The US is using psychological and economic warfare and questioning the legitimacy of the Islamic Republic to pursue regime change in Iran, Rouhani said in a speech commemorating the beginning of the academic year at Tehran University.
2018-10-14 07:16:56 Read More

Luxembourg votes with liberal PM's job in the balance

The small Grand Duchy has an electorate of just 256,000 choosing 60 deputies, but eight parties are in the race and the next government will likely result from coalition talks.
2018-10-14 06:27:26 Read More

Putin foe Navalny freed from jail after back-to-back sentences

The 42-year-old activist left a detention centre in the south of Moscow in the early hours of the morning and spoke briefly to journalists before leaving in a waiting car. Authorities have turned up the heat on Vladimir Putin's top foe since the Russian president's approval ratings took a beating.
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Putin foe Navalny freed from jail after back-to-back sentences

Trump against cancelling $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia

Under tremendous pressure from the media and the Congress for taking some action against Saudi Arabia, after the sudden disappearance of Saudi dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, Trump told reporters that he is trying to get at the bottom of the issue and has sought details of it from Saudi Arabia.
2018-10-14 04:26:46 Read More

27 dead in Indonesia floods, landslides

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Trump adds to pressure as Saudi isolation grows over missing critic

US President Donald Trump warned Saudi Arabia of "severe punishment" should the kingdom's leaders be linked to disappearance of Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi. Turkish newspaper Sabah reported on Saturday investigating officials have an audio recording of Khashoggi's alleged killing from the Apple Watch he wore.
2018-10-13 23:46:34 Read More

At least three killed in twin blasts in southern Somali city

Suicide bombers walked into the two locations in the southwestern city of Baidoa and detonated their vests within minutes of each other, according to witnesses. The blasts came a day before the first anniversary of a truck bombing that left more than 500 dead in Mogadishu, the worst ever attack in Somalia which was blamed on Islamist group Al-Shabaab.
2018-10-13 16:21:52 Read More

Turkey says Saudi Arabia must cooperate on Jamal Khashoggi, allow access to consulate

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Imran Khan vows to make Pakistan 'cleaner than Europe'

Pakistan PM Imran Khan said under the cleanliness drive, sewerage and sanitation systems will be improved, not only in cities but also in slums and villages. He said as part of integrated solution, dumping sites would be identified from village to tehsil level for disposal of solid waste.
2018-10-13 13:18:05 Read More

Trump vows 'severe punishment' if Saudis behind Khashoggi disappearance

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7 killed, 2 missing after storm sweeps Nepal mountain

Seven people, including South Korean climbers, were killed and two more are missing on Gurja Himal mountain after a strong storm swept through their base camp on Friday night. Villagers who reached base camp Saturday afternoon found the bodies of four South Korean climbers, two Nepalese guides and another person yet to be identified.
2018-10-13 11:42:54 Read More

Taliban say 'general' discussion held with US special envoy

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Floods, landslides in Indonesia leave 22 dead, 15 missing

Torrential rains triggered flash floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing at least 22 people, mostly children at a school, and leaving 15 others missing, officials said Saturday.A flash flood with mud and debris from landslides struck Mandailing Natal district in North Sumatra province and smashed an Islamic school
2018-10-13 09:37:24 Read More

Hurricane Michael death toll hits 17

The death toll from Hurricane Michael has risen to at least 17 with fears it would continue to climb Saturday as search-and-rescue teams scour the debris of the Florida town that bore the brunt of the monster storm.
2018-10-13 08:29:03 Read More

Floods, landslides kill 11 children in Indonesia

Local police chief Irsan Sinuhaji said a river overflowed in North Sumatra's Mandailing Natal district and swept away 20 children studying, late Friday at an Islamic school. He said rescuers retrieved the bodies of 11 children from water and mud and were still searching for the other children.
2018-10-13 07:25:18 Read More

5 SKorean climbers and 4 Nepalese guides missing in storm

Five South Korean climbers and four Nepalese guides were missing on Gurja Himal mountain after a strong storm swept through their base camp during the Autumn climbing season. The storm on Friday night destroyed their camp. A rescue helicopter was sent early Saturday but was unable to land because of bad weather conditions.
2018-10-13 06:09:00 Read More

Trump promises to call Saudi king about missing Khashoggi

President Donald Trump has declared the US will uncover the truth about what happened to journalist and US resident Jamal Khashoggi, whose possible murder at Saudi hands after disappearing in Istanbul has captured worldwide attention.
2018-10-13 05:56:46 Read More

Saudi delegation in Turkey for talks on missing journalist

In the first Saudi ministerial reaction to the accusations about Khashoggi's killing, Interior Minister Prince Abdel Aziz bin Saud bin Nayef said that "what has been circulating about orders to kill him are lies and baseless allegations".
2018-10-13 02:29:11 Read More

Saudi delegation in Turkey for talks on missing journalist

Melania 'loves' Trump, ignores infidelity talk

America's first lady, Melania Trump, loves her husband and commenting on the rumours of strains in her relationship with President Donald Trump, she said that she is hurt with the continuous rumours as it's not always pleasant. Trump has been accused of having multiple affairs with a porn star, a Playboy Playmate or others.
2018-10-12 22:57:30 Read More

Suit over racial bias in Harvard admissions to go on trial

Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) sued Harvard in 2014, contending it illegally engages in â€œracial balancingâ€ that artificially limits the number of Asian-American students. Harvard said that their rates of admission have grown significantly since 2010. The lawsuit, backed by the Trump administration will go to trial in Boston on Monday.
2018-10-12 18:44:35 Read More

Russia vows to defend believers in Ukraine church dispute

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Turkey frees US pastor Andrew Brunson after 2-yr detention

The court in the western town of Aliaga convicted Andrew Brunson on terror-related charges and sentenced him to three years, one month and 15 days in jail. However, he was freed taking into account time served and his good conduct in the trial, with the court lifting his house arrest and overseas travel ban.
2018-10-12 14:30:34 Read More

Missing Saudi writer had big plans for his troubled region

Jamal Khashoggi,a prolific writer and commentator, was working quietly with intellectuals, reformists and Islamists to launch a group called Democracy for the Arab World Now. He wanted to set up a media watch organization to keep track of press freedom.
2018-10-12 12:29:29 Read More

How two 'rebel girls' shook up publishing

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UK's Princess Eugenie marries wine merchant

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Moon urges US move towards formally ending Korean War

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At least 34 dead after Uganda landslide

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One year in, #MeToo finding fresh battlefields worldwide

With the behavior of politicians likely to take center stage in pending US elections, #MeToo supporters have declared the movement a sweeping transformation permanently altering the treatment of women - though some suggest it has gone too far. The movement is newly taking hold in India, where one Bollywood actress's complaint of sexual misconduct sparked an outpouring of support.
2018-10-12 11:07:43 Read More

Another royal wedding for Britain as Princess Eugenie weds

Britain will have its second royal wedding of the year on Friday when Princess Eugenie weds a tequila brand ambassador in a gala ceremony on the grounds of Windsor Castle.The nuptials will draw most senior members of the royal family. A champagne luncheon will be hosted for the newlyweds shortly after the ceremony.
2018-10-12 09:35:45 Read More

South Africa's apartheid-era foreign minister Pik Botha dies, aged 86

Former South African foreign minister Roelof "Pik" Botha, whose long career in government straddled both the apartheid era and the presidency of Nelson Mandela, has died aged 86, local media reported Friday. Botha served as foreign minister for 17 years until the end of apartheid in 1994, and then joined Mandela's cabinet
2018-10-12 08:18:54 Read More

Russia says Putin-Trump meeting in Paris on November 11 possible

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Russia says Putin-Trump meeting in Paris on November 11 possible

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US curbs China nuclear exports as Trump warns Americans not 'stupid'

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After Michael's rampage on Florida Panhandle: 'Nothing Left'

Linda Marquardt rode out Hurricane Michael with her husband at their home in Mexico Beach.When their house filled with surging ocean water, they fled upstairs. Now their home is full of mud and everywhere they look there's utter devastation in their Florida Panhandle community fishing boats tossed like toys
2018-10-12 04:14:48 Read More

Trump says China thinks US is 'stupid,' vows more pain

President Donald Trump on Thursday accused China of thinking Americans are "stupid" and vowed that he was ready to inflict economic pain on the Asian power. Trump boasted that the $250 billion in tariffs he has slapped on Chinese products have "had a big impact."
2018-10-12 02:52:57 Read More

Former UK envoy says May's Brexit plan a 'pipe dream'

As Theresa May prepared to update key Cabinet ministers on progress toward a deal, Ivan Rogers said that, more than two years after voting to leave the EU, Britain is "on fantasy island" about what kind of divorce agreement is possible.
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US, Russian astronauts safe after emergency landing

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Police: Trump's UK visit used 10,000 officers, cost $24m

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Pak province creates dedicated burial spaces for trans people

While Pakistan is deeply conservative and homosexuality is illegal, the country has approved laws giving transgender people better rights than in many other nations. Last year, it issued its first passport with a transgender category. The govt of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said it would set sections of state graveyards aside for the burial of trans people.
2018-10-11 15:59:01 Read More

Pakistan constitutional body recommends removal of HC judge over remarks against ISI

The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) recommended to remove Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, who was facing a case of alleged misconduct over his controversial speech targeting the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
2018-10-11 15:38:46 Read More

Donald Trump, Xi Jinping to meet at G20 amid trade tensions: Report

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Hurricane Michael heads northeast after trashing Florida

Michael took its drenching rains to Georgia and the Carolinas on Thursday after battering Florida's Panhandle as the third most powerful hurricane ever to strike the US mainland. Michael shattered houses and buildings, downed power lines and ripped up trees when it crashed ashore on Wednesday afternoon, carrying winds of up to 155 miles per hour.
2018-10-11 14:35:23 Read More

US working with Turkey, Saudi Arabia on journalist probe: Trump

Khashoggi, a Saudi citizen who had lived in Washington for the past year, has not been heard from or seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul more than one week ago. He left Saudi Arabia last year saying he feared retribution for his criticism of Riyadh over the Yemen war and its crackdown on dissent, and since then wrote columns for the Washington Post.
2018-10-11 14:03:36 Read More

Ancient shipwrecks found in Greek waters tell tale of trade routes

The wrecks lie in the small island archipelago of Fournoi, in the Eastern Aegean, and span a huge period from ancient Greece right through to the 20th century. Most are dated to the Greek, Roman and Byzantine eras. Although shipwrecks can be seen together in the Aegean, until now such a large number have not been found together.
2018-10-11 13:04:37 Read More

Pakistan's anti-graft body summons US envoy in corruption case

The NAB is probing affairs of the ANL with regard to siphoning off funds amounting to over Rs 200 crore in 2008, which were used to purchase an Italian Company Monte Bello SRL. Foreign company Fairtal SRL, Sweden, was used for the deal, which suffered losses along with its shareholders.
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Sri Lanka rejects US claims, says no Chinese military base at port

Addressing a programme at London's Oxford University on Monday, Wickremesinghe said some people are seeing "imaginary Chinese Naval bases in Sri Lanka. Whereas the Hambantota Port is a commercial joint venture between our Ports Authority and China Merchants - a company listed in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange."
2018-10-11 09:56:18 Read More

FAFT team unhappy with Pak's efforts to combat terror

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Israel PM Netanyahu appears poised to call early elections

Polls, for now at least, predict a solid Netanyahu victory, one that would assure his place in history as Israel's longest-serving leader and allow him to solidify his close alliance with US President Donald Trump. But one big obstacle could still trip him up: a mounting corruption investigation that may soon deliver criminal charges.
2018-10-11 08:16:34 Read More

Israel PM Netanyahu appears poised to call early elections

World's largest fish market reopens at new site in Tokyo

The 83-year-old Tsukiji market had attracted tens of thousands of visitors each year to its warren of stalls laden with exotic species of fish and fresh sushi in a tourism boom key to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic plan.
2018-10-11 06:08:06 Read More

One dead as monstrous Hurricane Michael tears into Florida

Hurricane Michael claimed its first life after roaring ashore in Florida on Wednesday, flooding homes and streets and toppling trees and power lines in the Gulf of Mexico beachfront area where it made landfall as a raging Category 4 storm.
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Afghan casualties from air strikes up 39%: UN

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Sri Lanka enacts law to compensate war victims

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Passenger plane rolls off runway on landing in Siberia

The Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet-100, which was on an internal flight, landed in the region of Sakha early today, but then came off the runway for some reason. Footage showed the rear wheels of the aircraft had collapsed in the accident. Everyone on board was safely evacuated and nobody was seriously injured.
2018-10-10 15:24:46 Read More

Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin may meet again in Helsinki next year: Report

The two presidents met in Helsinki in July and the summit was followed by backlash in the United States over Trump's cordial public tone with the Kremlin leader.
2018-10-10 15:19:00 Read More

Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin may meet again in Helsinki next year: Report

The two presidents met in Helsinki in July and the summit was followed by backlash in the United States over Trump's cordial public tone with the Kremlin leader.
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German historians accuse far right chief of echoing Hitler

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UK Labour plays down report that rebels would back Theresa May Brexit deal

The Times newspaper said on Wednesday that a group of between 30 to 40 Labour lawmakers could defy their leader, Jeremy Corbyn, and vote for a deal that May hopes to bring back by the end of the year, helping her win approval for the accord from the British parliament.
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EU officials warned to prepare for no-deal Brexit

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'Just say no' to drug legalisation: WHO chief

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Haley's star expected to shine again long before Halley's comet returns

Haley herself pledged, with the US President by her side as she announced her resignation as the UN Ambassador, that she would campaign for a Trump second-term in 2020. But political analysts say "there's very little doubt that Haley has her eye on the White House at some point in the future."
2018-10-10 12:11:16 Read More

Cost of climate-linked disasters soars: UN

The economic cost of climate-related disasters hit $2.25 trillion over the last two decades, an increase of more than 250 percent compared to the previous 20 years, the UN said. UNISDR counted the number of climate-related disasters between 1998-2017 at more than 6,600, with storms and floods the most common events.
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Spain: 9 dead in torrential flooding on Mallorca island

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Pope compares having an abortion to 'hiring a hit man'

Francis made his off-the-cuff comments on abortion, some of his toughest to date, in an address to tens of thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square for his weekly general audience. The pope denounced what he called the contradiction of allowing "the suppression of human life in the mother's womb in the name of safeguarding other rights".
2018-10-10 11:35:09 Read More

South Africa's president urged to testify in graft probe

The Democratic Alliance urged Ramaphosa to testify before a commission of inquiry about what he knew as a senior ruling party official and deputy to Jacob Zuma, the scandal-tainted president who resigned in February. Ramaphosa has said he would be willing to testify.
2018-10-10 11:25:55 Read More

Losses from natural disasters surge over last 20 years: UN

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Romania warns of increased Russian activity in Black Sea

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Pope says abortion is like hiring 'contract killer'

"Getting rid of a human being is like resorting to a contract killer to solve a problem," Pope Francis said. The Pope complained of a "depreciation of human life". He cited wars, exploitation and what he called a culture of wastefulness, as well as abortion. "How can an act that suppresses innocent life be therapeutic, civil or even human?" he asked.
2018-10-10 09:35:06 Read More

UK Prime Minister appoints suicide-prevention minister

Jackie Doyle-Price is going to be the first suicide-prevention minister of UK. PM Theresa May pledged 1.8 million pounds ($2.4 million) to ensure the Samaritans charity can continue to offer a free counselling hotline. Some 4,500 people take their lives every year in England.
2018-10-10 09:16:22 Read More

New York City creates gender-neutral 'X' option for birth certificates

Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the provision into a law on Tuesday, making New York City the fifth place to do so after California, Oregon, Washington state and New Jersey. Three states and Washington, DC, also allow gender-neutral driver licenses. Transgender advocates have been pressing governments to allow identity documents to be more easily changed to match gender identity.
2018-10-10 09:11:02 Read More

Hurricane Michael becomes a Category 4 as Florida braces for monster storm

Hurricane Michael strengthened into a Category 4 storm early on Wednesday before it was expected to plow into Florida's Gulf shore with towering waves and roof-shredding winds as 500,000 people were under evacuation orders and advisories.
2018-10-10 07:58:16 Read More

South Korea considers lifting some sanctions on North Korea

Seoul is considering lifting some of its unilateral sanctions against Pyongyang to create more momentum for diplomacy aimed at improving relations and defusing the nuclear crisis, South Korea's foreign minister said Wednesday. â€‹
2018-10-10 07:34:47 Read More

Bangladesh: 19 to hang, ex-PM Zia's son gets lifer for 2004 grenade attack on Hasina

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More than 40 dead in Kenya bus accident

More than 40 people have been killed in a bus accident in western Kenya early Wednesday, police said Reports reaching me are that more than 40 people died on the spot but it could be more because the roof of the bus was ripped off," Rift Valley Provincial Traffic Officer Zero Arome â€‹
2018-10-10 06:43:25 Read More

The Latest: Turkish paper publishes photos of Saudi 'squad'

A pro-government Turkish newspaper has published the names and photographs of 15 Saudi nationals who allegedly arrived in Istanbul on board two private jets the day journalist Jamal Khashoggi went missing.
2018-10-10 06:18:38 Read More

China launches anti-halal campaign in Xinjiang

The campaign against halal products is to stop Islam penetrating secular life and fuelling 'extremism.' Chinese citizens are theoretically free to practice any religion, but they have been subject to increasing levels of surveillance as the government tries to bring religious worship under stricter state control.
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Pakistan has not approached fund for deal: IMF

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Idlib province: Syria's last major rebel stronghold

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US envoy on Afghan peace takes his mission to Pakistan

In Afghanistan, he met with President Ashraf Ghani, a long-time friend. Khalilzad, who was also born in Afghanistan, first served in Kabul as a special envoy of President George W Bush following the 2001 ouster of the Taliban, and then later as Washington's ambassador.
2018-10-09 11:00:29 Read More

Romania to legalise same-sex marriage after failed vote

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Seoul says Kim Jong Un wants Pope Francis to visit North Korea

Kim Jong Un told President Moon Jae-in last month that the pope would be "enthusiastically" welcomed in North Korea. Kim has been intensely engaged in diplomacy in recent months in what's seen as an effort to leverage his nuclear weapons program for an easing of economic sanctions and military pressure.
2018-10-09 10:19:10 Read More

Saudi's oil refinery in Gwadar threatens Iran, China

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Australia mulls banning some immigrants from Melbourne, Sydney

Minister Alan Tudge said Tuesday that his government wants to reduce the number of immigrants moving to Sydney and Melbourne in a bid to reduce congestion. Tudge said placing conditions on visas that force immigrants to stay in less popular centers for several years would increase the likelihood that they would settle there permanently.
2018-10-09 05:20:42 Read More

China to sell 48 high-end military drones to Pakistan

China, the largest supplier of the weapon system to the Pakistan Army is set to make the largest deal of its kind by selling 48 high-end military drones to its all-weather friend. Wing Loong II, a high-end reconnaissance, strike and multi-role endurance unmanned aircraft system will be jointly manufactured by China and Pak.
2018-10-09 03:34:46 Read More

Trump decries 'terrible pain' of Brett Kavanaugh, family

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Imran govt to open talks with IMF for financial aid

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Imran govt to open talks with IMF for financial aid

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Pak Christian in last appeal on blasphemy death sentence

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Taliban vow to attack Afghan security forces during elections

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Nato chief hails Serbia partnership despite 'painful' past

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Russian trust in Putin plunges to 39 per cent

It is the lowest rating for Putin since 2014, before he enjoyed a surge in popularity over the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. The survey by the independent Levada Centre found that trust in Putin has fallen nine percentage points since June and a total of 20 percentage points since November 2017.
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Michael strengthens into a hurricane, menaces Florida

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Confirmed deaths near 2,000, still more likely in Indonesia

The death toll from the devastating earthquake and tsunami on Indonesia's Sulawesi island neared 2,000 on Monday, but thousands more are believed unaccounted for and officials said search teams plan to stop looking for victims later this week.
2018-10-08 11:51:29 Read More

'Brexit's barking', say UK dog owners in 'Wooferendum March'

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Pompeo says N Korea ready to let inspectors into missile, nuclear sites

â€‹â€‹Mike Pompeo, who met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during a short trip to Pyongyang on Sunday, said the inspectors would visit a missile engine test facility and the Punggye-ri nuclear testing site as soon as the two sides agree on logistics. He also said both sides were "pretty close" to agreement on details of a second summit.
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Low turnout casts doubt on Romania anti-gay marriage vote

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US, North Korea agree to 2nd Trump-Kim meet at earliest date

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday for around two hours of talks followed by a lunch in the North's capital, before flying to Seoul on a whirlwind diplomatic visit to the region. Pompeo said "he agreed with Chairman Kim to hold the second US-North Korea summit at the earliest date possible".
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Haiti quake kills at least 14, aftershock jolts nervous residents

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Interpol says Chinese chief Meng has resigned

Interpol announced that it has received the resignation of its Chinese chief Meng Hongwei, who has been missing since September 25 and is suspected by Beijing of "violating the law". Meng, the first Chinese president of Interpol, was last heard from on September 25 as he left Lyon, where the police agency is based, for China.
2018-10-07 19:17:38 Read More

Hundreds of dogs hound UK PM for 'Wooferendum' on Brexit

With tails wagging and raucous barking, hundreds of dogs and their owners rallied in London on Sunday to howl for a new people's vote on Brexit, in what organisers dubbed a "wooferendum march". Today's showing that this country just isn't uniting around any vision for Brexit and it's one way of fighting, a former Labour government spokesman said.
2018-10-07 14:39:37 Read More

Wife of Israeli PM Netanyahu goes on trial for fraud

According to the indictment filed in June, Sara Netanyahu, along with a government employee, fraudulently obtained from the state more than $100,000 for hundreds of meals supplied by restaurants, bypassing regulations that prohibit the practice if a cook is employed at home.
2018-10-07 11:26:09 Read More

Netanyahu says will meet Putin soon on Syria security coordination

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Pompeo says US, N Korea continue to make progress on nuclear issue

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5,000 feared missing as Indonesia quake death toll rises to 1,763

Indonesia's disaster agency said the figure of missing people was based on estimates from local heads in the Petobo and Balaroa areas of the city, where entire neighbourhoods disappeared in the twin disaster on Sulawesi island that has seen 1,763 bodies recovered, so far.
2018-10-07 08:30:34 Read More

Brett Kavanaugh sworn into Supreme Court after divisive fight

The Senate voted 50-48 to approve Brett Kavanaugh as protesters rallied across the country against a nominee who has been plagued by allegations of sexual misconduct as a young man and had questions raised over his candor and partisan rhetoric. The confirmation means Trump has succeeded in having his two picks seated on the court.
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Protesters on the boil in Pakistan against acquittal of Christian woman in blasphemy case

One 'black box' recovered from crashed Indonesia jet

Saudi King's dissident brother returns to Riyadh as royals battle Khashoggi crisis

Saudi prosecutor met with Turkish intelligence on Khashoggi

Indonesia military chief 'strongly believes' crashed jet found

Indonesia military chief 'strongly believes' crashed jet found

Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee calls on Trump to prevent 'cover-up'

Possible seabed position of crashed Lion Air jet located

11 dead in Italy storms as wild weather sweeps Europe

Dozens feared buried in Philippines typhoon landslide

German nurse serial killer on trial over 100 deaths

Race on as Merkel opens path for succession

Maldives court suspends ex-prez Nasheed's jail term

Saudi ties to US colleges come under mounting scrutiny

Death toll in Italy storms rises to nine

Thousands evacuated as Typhoon Yutu strikes Philippines

Traffic saved Indonesian man from doomed Lion Air flight

Trump plans aggressive campaign for mid-term elections

Trump plans aggressive campaign for mid-term elections

Nepal PM's health condition improving, say doctors

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange says Ecuador seeking to end his asylum

Bangladesh court doubles jail term for opposition leader Khaleda Zia

Sri Lanka braces for protest over ousted PM Wickremesinghe's sacking

Lion Air crash renews concerns about Indonesia airlines

'Black boxes' the focus of probe in Indonesia's Lion Air crash

7 shot, hurt at California nightclub

Indonesia plane crash search finds remains, debris at sea

Pak PM's visit will open new chapter in all weather ties: China

9 people wounded as woman blows herself up in Tunis

Angela Merkel says she will give up CDU party chair

S.African minister says he was blackmail target over sex tape

Angela Merkel to give up CDU chair after 18 years: Party source

Angela Merkel to give up CDU chair after 18 years: Party source

Bangladesh court hands former PM new jail term

Indonesian airline whose plane crashed a low-cost high flyer

Bangladesh court jails former PM Khaleda Zia for 7 years for graft

Global pressure rises on Sri Lanka president to defuse political crisis

18 killed as passenger bus falls into Indus River in Pakistan

Angela Merkel on the spot after painful regional vote

The new devil in Silicon Valley: Cellphones

Boko Haram jihadists attack military base in NE Nigeria

Boko Haram jihadists attack military base in NE Nigeria

PM Imran Khan launches 'Pakistan Citizens Portal'

Shut for over 6 years, Syria's national museum reopens

How a 2-star Army general took charge of a broken city

80 ISIS jihadi brides on way back to UK: Report

India helped in restoration of democracy in Maldives: Maumoon Abdul Gayoom

PM Modi, Abe visit factory of industrial robot manufacturer in Yamanashi

Top Saudi prosecutor expected in Turkey over writer's death

Saudi rejects Turkey call to extradite Khashoggi killers

Ousted Lankan PM's security withdrawn by prez Sirisena

Ousted Lankan PM's security withdrawn by prez Sirisena

Push for Middle East peace: Oman says time to accept Israel

Khashoggi killers 'will be prosecuted in Saudi Arabia': Saudi FM

Sri Lanka president suspends parliament: Cabinet spokesperson

Khashoggi murder 'must concern us all': Mattis to Arab forum

Mattis to Arab forum: Russia cannot replace US in Mideast

US postal bombs: Suspect is an amateur body builder and former stripper

Sri Lanka crisis deepens as PM Ranil Wickremesinghe resists sacking

Suspicious packages addressed to Kamala Harris, Tom Steyer recovered: FBI

Khashoggi's fiancee declined Trump invite fearing public opinion ploy

No German arms to Saudi until Khashoggi case is clarified: Angela Merkel

Julian Assange would surrender to Britain if no US extradition

Pompeo says US to fight China 'empire' of 'bribes'

Four Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in border clashes: Gaza ministry

Four Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in border clashes: Gaza ministry

US sanctions on Iran pressure Tehran's regional allies

Myanmar court frees journalists on bail in incitement case

'US will not allow Iran to develop world's deadliest weapons'

Govt treating human rights organisations like criminal enterprises: Amnesty

Son of murdered journalist Khashoggi leaves Saudi Arabia for US

Same-sex penguin couple become parents

Strong 6.8 magnitude quake strikes off Greece

Qatar may benefit from Khashoggi fallout: Analysts

First Pakistani astronaut will go into space in 2022: Minister

African Union force says key al-Shabab commander killed

Libyan wealth fund asks Britain to halt IRA compensation bill

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