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Bushfire sweeps across southeast Australia, two more dead

Bushfire sweeps across southeast Australia, two more dead

-- 2020-01-04 11:23:00

Bushfires were burning dangerously out of control on Australia’s east coast on Saturday, fueled by soaring temperatures and strong winds that had firefighters battling to save lives and property...

Australian navy rescues people from fire-hit Mallacoota

Australian navy rescues people from fire-hit Mallacoota

-- 2020-01-03 18:39:22

The Australian navy has evacuated around 1,000 tourists and residents who were trapped in the fire-ravaged town of Mallacoota on the Victoria coast. Throughout Friday, landing vessels took people to...

Military plane crash in Sudan leaves 18 dead

Military plane crash in Sudan leaves 18 dead

-- 2020-01-03 18:04:00

A military transport plane crashed on Thursday after taking off from an airport in Sudan's West Darfur, killing 18 people on board, according to the military. The Antonov 12 plane crashed five minute...

Iran names deputy Quds Force commander to replace Soleimani

Iran names deputy Quds Force commander to replace Soleimani

Reuters 2020-01-03 17:20:30

Iran’s supreme leader appointed the deputy commander of the Quds Force, Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani, as the replacement for Qassem Soleimani, the former head of the elite force who was kille...

Indonesia floods death toll rises to 43

Indonesia floods death toll rises to 43

Reuters 2020-01-03 17:16:25

The death toll in Jakarta and surrounding areas in Indonesia rose to 43 as of Friday, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said, while tens of thousands of people have been displaced. The t...

Iran promises harsh revenge for murder of top general

Iran promises harsh revenge for murder of top general

Reuters 2020-01-03 16:47:26

Iran promised harsh revenge after a US air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s elite Quds force and architect of its growing military influence in the Middle...

US air strike kills top Iranian commander Soleimani

US air strike kills top Iranian commander Soleimani

REUTERS 2020-01-03 10:19:58

Iranian major-general Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, was killed early on Friday in a US air strike on his convoy at Baghdad airport, the Pentagon said. Top Iraqi militia commander Ab...

Australian residents berate PM Morrison in blaze-ravaged town

Australian residents berate PM Morrison in blaze-ravaged town

-- 2020-01-02 18:26:07

Australia's PM Scott Morrison had to cut short a visit to a town ravaged by fire after angry locals heckled him over the government's response. Locals said he had done very little to help Cobargo in...

317 people killed in Thai road crashes during New Year festival

317 people killed in Thai road crashes during New Year festival

Xinhua 2020-01-02 17:04:58

A total of 317 people have been reportedly killed and 3,160 others injured due to road accidents during New Year festival in Thailand, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) said...

Taiwan military chief among eight dead as chopper makes forced landing

Taiwan military chief among eight dead as chopper makes forced landing

-- 2020-01-02 13:52:36

Taiwan’s top military official was among eight people killed on Thursday after the helicopter carrying them made a forced landing in a mountainous area near the capital Taipei, the defence minis...

Indonesia flood death toll rises, tens of thousands evacuated

Indonesia flood death toll rises, tens of thousands evacuated

-- 2020-01-02 13:02:58

Tens of thousands of people were evacuated in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on Thursday after flash floods and landslides in the area killed up to 21 people, with more heavy rain forecast, authori...

Rock-throwing Iraqi militias quit US Embassy after protests

Rock-throwing Iraqi militias quit US Embassy after protests

REUTERS 2020-01-02 12:17:55

Supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups who stormed the US Embassy’s perimeter and hurled rocks in two days of protests withdrew on Wednesday after Washington dispatched extra tro...

Netanyahu asks for immunity from prosecution

Netanyahu asks for immunity from prosecution

-- 2020-01-02 11:11:40

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has decided to seek parliamentary immunity from prosecution over corruption charges. The move would likely delay a trial until after fresh elections ne...

NK's new strategic weapon targets US

NK's new strategic weapon targets US

Global Times 2020-01-01 18:10:36

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the world will witness a new strategic weapon from his country in the near future, and Chinese analysts said Washington should take responsibility for the backward...

India approves third moon mission, months after landing failure

India approves third moon mission, months after landing failure

Reuters 2020-01-01 16:28:09

India has approved its third lunar mission months after its last one failed to successfully land on the moon, its space agency said on Wednesday, the latest effort in its ambitions to become a low-cos...

Six die on New Year's Eve as lift falls in India

Six die on New Year's Eve as lift falls in India

-- 2020-01-01 13:39:25

At least six people were killed and several others injured after an elevator at a private property crashed in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police said Wednesday. The accident took plac...

Twelve die as Australia counts the cost of bushfires

Twelve die as Australia counts the cost of bushfires

Reuters 2020-01-01 12:31:26

A third person was confirmed dead on Wednesday in devastating bushfires that engulfed Australia’s southeast coast this week and a fourth was missing and feared dead, as navy ships rushed to prov...

Kim says North Korea to show ‘new strategic weapon’

Kim says North Korea to show ‘new strategic weapon’

-- 2020-01-01 11:19:55

North Korea’s leader plans to further develop nuclear programmes and to introduce a “new strategic weapon” in the near future, state media said on Wednesday, but he left room for dia...

Protesters burn security post at US Embassy in Iraq

Protesters burn security post at US Embassy in Iraq

Reuters 2020-01-01 10:15:19

Protesters angry about US air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the US Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, setting off a confrontation with guards and prompting the United States...

Protesters storm US embassy compound in Baghdad

Protesters storm US embassy compound in Baghdad

AL JAZEERA 2019-12-31 20:46:49

Dozens of Iraqi protesters broke into the US embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday, smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area, prompting tear gas and sounds of gunfire. Witnesses rep...

Air pollution kills 17 in Kabul in a week

Air pollution kills 17 in Kabul in a week

-- 2019-12-31 15:08:29

At least 17 people have been killed by the extreme air pollution in Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, over the past one week, an official with the Public Health Ministry Fida Mohammad Paikan sai...

Indian capital reels from coldest day in more than a century

Indian capital reels from coldest day in more than a century

-- 2019-12-31 14:59:36

India's capital Delhi has recorded its chilliest day in more than a century amid a severe cold wave across the northern part of the country. Thick fog blanketed the city on Monday as the maximum day...

Thousands flee to the sea as Australia bushfire hits town

Thousands flee to the sea as Australia bushfire hits town

BBC 2019-12-31 11:11:11

Thousands of people in Australia have fled to the seafront to seek shelter from massive bushfires racing to the coast. One blaze moved into the Victorian town of Mallacoota on Tuesday morning, throwi...

Hong Kong to end year with multiple protests

Hong Kong to end year with multiple protests

Reuters 2019-12-30 17:01:36

Hong Kong will end 2019 with multiple protests planned for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day aimed at disrupting festivities and shopping in the Asian financial hub, which has seen a rise...

Kim calls for 'positive and offensive' security policy

Kim calls for 'positive and offensive' security policy

-- 2019-12-30 12:11:01

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called at a ruling party meeting for “positive and offensive measures” to ensure security ahead of a year-end deadline he has set for denuclearisation talks...

Missile hits military parade in Yemen, at least five dead

Missile hits military parade in Yemen, at least five dead

-- 2019-12-29 18:44:10

A missile fired by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group struck a military parade in Yemen's southern separatist-held town of al-Dhalea, killing at least five people and injuring others, Yemen's Security...

Saudi Arabia sentences man for stabbing three concert performers

Saudi Arabia sentences man for stabbing three concert performers

Reuters 2019-12-29 17:18:21

A Saudi Arabian court sentenced on Sunday a man accused of stabbing three performers at a live show in the capital Riyadh in November to death, state television said. Another man on trial for the sam...

Iraqi protesters shut down southern Nassiriya oilfield

Iraqi protesters shut down southern Nassiriya oilfield

REUTERS 2019-12-29 11:06:22

Protesters broke into Iraq’s southern Nassiriya oilfield on Saturday and forced employees to cut off electricity from its control station, taking the field offline until further notice, a securi...

Thai cave rescuer dies

Thai cave rescuer dies

-- 2019-12-28 20:00:05

A member of the rescue team that saved 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in Thailand last year has died from an infection he picked up during the operation, officials said. Petty O...

Resolution on Myanmar adopted at UNGA with overwhelming majority

Resolution on Myanmar adopted at UNGA with overwhelming majority

-- 2019-12-28 10:47:20

A resolution on ‘Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar’ has been adopted at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly with an overwhelming majorit...