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Myanmar court issues arrest warrant for radical monk Wirathu

Myanmar court issues arrest warrant for radical monk Wirathu

-- 2019-05-29 11:59:12

A court in Myanmar has issued an arrest warrant for a nationalist Buddhist monk, Wirathu, on a charge of sedition, police said on Wednesday. Wirathu is known for his rhetoric against minority Muslims,...

Huawei files new legal action against US ban

Huawei files new legal action against US ban

Reuters 2019-05-29 11:33:01

China’s Huawei Technologies has filed a motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit against the US government, according to a court filing in the United States, in the telecoms equipment maker&...

Amnesty Int’l charges Myanmar military with new abuses

Amnesty Int’l charges Myanmar military with new abuses

-- 2019-05-29 11:28:44

Myanmar's military, accused of massive human rights violations against the Muslim Rohingya minority less than two years ago, is committing war crimes and other atrocities as it engages in new military...

Australia’s ‘Egg Boy’ gives donations to NZ attack victims

Australia’s ‘Egg Boy’ gives donations to NZ attack victims

-- 2019-05-29 11:00:43

An Australian teenager who broke an egg on a controversial far-right senator's head says he has given almost A$100,000 (£55,000; $69,000) to survivors of the Christchurch mosque attacks. Will C...

Child among two killed in Japan knife attack

Child among two killed in Japan knife attack

-- 2019-05-28 21:35:11

A knife-wielding man has attacked a group of schoolchildren waiting for a bus in the Japanese city of Kawasaki near Tokyo. At least 18 people were injured in a residential area. Two of them, an 11-ye...

North Koreans survive by paying bribes: UN

North Koreans survive by paying bribes: UN

-- 2019-05-28 19:12:36

North Koreans are forced to pay bribes to officials to survive in their isolated country where corruption is "endemic" and repression rife, the UN human rights office said on Tuesday in a report that...

Five die after drinking spurious liquor in India

Five die after drinking spurious liquor in India

-- 2019-05-28 14:10:21

Five people died and 19 were being treated in hospital after drinking spurious liquor in India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, a district official said on Tuesday. The victims fell ill...

India snubs Pakistan for Modi's swearing-in ceremony

India snubs Pakistan for Modi's swearing-in ceremony

-- 2019-05-28 11:02:12

India will not invite Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to Thursday’s swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi, who starts his second term as India’s prime minister, two sources in the forei...

PNG to hold key parliament session amid leadership turmoil

PNG to hold key parliament session amid leadership turmoil

-- 2019-05-28 10:59:46

Papua New Guinea’s lawmakers gathered on Tuesday for a crucial sitting of parliament, with opponents vowing to topple the government of Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, who clings on despite...

Two dead, 15 injured after knife attack in Japan

Two dead, 15 injured after knife attack in Japan

-- 2019-05-28 10:02:39

A schoolgirl and an adult man were killed and 15 other young girls injured in a stabbing at a bus stop just outside Tokyo on Tuesday, Japanese national broadcaster NHK cited authorities as saying, and...

Trade war won’t destroy China’s supply chain

Trade war won’t destroy China’s supply chain

Global Times 2019-05-27 17:18:30

The current trade war with the US cannot destroy China's advantages in the supply chain and will in fact help the country's manufacturing base to climb faster and higher up the value chain, Chinese in...

Three separate explosions in Kathmandu kill four

Three separate explosions in Kathmandu kill four

-- 2019-05-27 12:04:00

Four people were killed and seven others injured on Sunday (local time) in three separate explosions in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, and police said they suspected a Maoist splinter group may have b...

Myanmar frees soldiers jailed for Rohingya killings

Myanmar frees soldiers jailed for Rohingya killings

Reuters 2019-05-27 10:24:12

Myanmar has granted early release to seven soldiers jailed for the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys during a 2017 military crackdown in the western state of Rakhine, two prison officials, tw...

North Korea calls Bolton ‘war fanatic’ over missile test comments

North Korea calls Bolton ‘war fanatic’ over missile test comments

-- 2019-05-27 10:16:06

US National Security Adviser John Bolton is a “war fanatic” who was wrong to conclude that North Korea’s recent missile tests violated United Nations resolutions, the North’s f...

Kerala coast on high alert after IS threat

Kerala coast on high alert after IS threat

-- 2019-05-27 00:21:54

The Kerala coast of India has been put on high alert after intelligence reports warned of potential terrorist attacks on the state by the militant Islamic State, according to local media, reports bdne...

How will Modi handle India's economy?

How will Modi handle India's economy?

-- 2019-05-26 18:30:24

Narendra Modi has secured a historic second election victory. Indian stocks and the rupee rose to welcome the news: another parliamentary majority for the BJP party could grant Mr Modi the opportunit...

Papua New Guinea PM quits after weeks of turmoil

Papua New Guinea PM quits after weeks of turmoil

-- 2019-05-26 16:54:31

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill announced his resignation on Sunday after seven years in the top job following weeks of high-level defections from the ruling party. “I am an...

Indian president appoints Modi as PM for a second term

Indian president appoints Modi as PM for a second term

-- 2019-05-26 16:51:19

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday appointed Narendra Modi to the office of the prime minister of India, hours after he was elected the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party's parliamentary p...

Congress party closes ranks after election setback

Congress party closes ranks after election setback

-- 2019-05-26 14:19:21

The head of India’s main opposition Congress party, Rahul Gandhi, offered to quit on Saturday after a crushing election defeat but senior party officials rejected his offer and called instead fo...

Winning BJP candidate Smriti Irani’s close aide shot dead

Winning BJP candidate Smriti Irani’s close aide shot dead

-- 2019-05-26 13:04:57

An aide to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Smriti Irani, who recently defeated Congress party chief Rahul Gandhi for a seat in parliament, was shot dead overnight, police said on Sunday. Suren...

US ambassador urges China to hold talks with Dalai Lama

US ambassador urges China to hold talks with Dalai Lama

-- 2019-05-26 11:54:37

China should hold talks with Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad told Chinese officials during a trip to the Himalayan region where he criticised Beij...

Israelis protest moves to grant Netanyahu immunity from prosecution

Israelis protest moves to grant Netanyahu immunity from prosecution

-- 2019-05-26 11:12:47

Thousands of Israelis have protested against legislative steps that could grant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immunity from prosecution and limit the power of the country’s Supreme Court. T...

Trump arrives in Japan for ceremonial visit

Trump arrives in Japan for ceremonial visit

-- 2019-05-25 16:32:03

US President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, landed in Japan on Saturday on a largely ceremonial visit meant to showcase strong ties with Tokyo even as trade tensions loom. Japanese Prime Ministe...

Iran can sink US warships with 'secret weapons'

Iran can sink US warships with 'secret weapons'

-- 2019-05-25 14:26:36

Iran can sink US warships sent to the Gulf region using missiles and “secret weapons”, a senior Iranian military official was quoted as saying by the semi-official news agency Mizan on Sat...

Why US-Iran tensions could quickly escalate into a crisis

Why US-Iran tensions could quickly escalate into a crisis

-- 2019-05-25 13:41:27

Three years ago, when Iran’s military captured 10 US sailors after they mistakenly strayed into Iranian waters, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif...

North Korean missile test violated UN resolution, says Bolton

North Korean missile test violated UN resolution, says Bolton

-- 2019-05-25 12:07:31

US National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Saturday North Korea’s recent missile launches violated a UN Security Council resolution and urged leader Kim Jong Un to return to denuclearisati...

Libya rescues 14 Bangladeshis in Mediterranean

Libya rescues 14 Bangladeshis in Mediterranean

-- 2019-05-25 11:11:31

Libya’s navy confirmed on Friday that it rescued three boats carrying a total of 290 Europe-bound migrants, including 14 Bangladeshis, off the country’s Mediterranean coast, a day after a...

Arbitrary US position behind failed summit: North Korea

Arbitrary US position behind failed summit: North Korea

-- 2019-05-24 21:12:56

North Korea said on Friday an 'arbitrary and dishonest' US position had resulted in the failure to reach a deal during a second North Korea-US summit, warning the nuclear issue would never be resolved...

Coaching centre fire kills 18 in India

Coaching centre fire kills 18 in India

-- 2019-05-24 20:08:46

A massive fire has broken out at a coaching centre in India’s Gujarat killing at least 18 people, including children. The fire broke out around 3:30pm on Friday and engulfed the top two floors...

Fire at shopping centre in India kills seven

Fire at shopping centre in India kills seven

-- 2019-05-24 19:19:41

A fire broke out in a shopping centre in India on Friday killing at least seven people, a fire service official said. Television channels said some people had jumped off the building in the western c...