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Japan PM Abe considering visit to Iran in June

Japan PM Abe considering visit to Iran in June

-- 2019-05-24 13:45:38

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering visiting Iran as early as mid-June, NHK national television said on Friday, as international concern grows about rising tension between Iran and the U...

Modi starts talks for new cabinet after big win

Modi starts talks for new cabinet after big win

-- 2019-05-24 11:09:43

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold talks on Friday to form a new cabinet to tackle a stuttering economy and other challenges facing his second term after winning a big majority. Official d...

Modi stuns opposition with huge election win

Modi stuns opposition with huge election win

-- 2019-05-24 09:28:42

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi scored a dramatic election victory on Thursday, putting his Hindu nationalist party on course to increase its majority on a mandate of business-friendly policies an...

Rahul Gandhi faces backlash over polls defeat

Rahul Gandhi faces backlash over polls defeat

-- 2019-05-23 19:15:45

Honest, intelligent and open to new ideas is how officials of India's main opposition Congress describe their leader, Rahul Gandhi, but the party's election performance has been so poor he now risks l...

India's PM Modi wins historic general election victory

India's PM Modi wins historic general election victory

-- 2019-05-23 13:12:10

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist party scored a historic victory in India’s general election, his foreign minister said on Thursday, as officials counted hundreds of millio...

Modi set to sweep to general election victory

Modi set to sweep to general election victory

-- 2019-05-23 12:16:37

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party is set for a historic victory as India began counting on Thursday hundreds of millions of votes from its general election, according to data from the Election Comm...

India's Modi takes early lead as vote count begins

India's Modi takes early lead as vote count begins

-- 2019-05-23 10:24:31

India began counting hundreds of millions of votes in its general election on Thursday, with a coalition led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party taking an early lead, TV channels and India&r...

India starts vote count, Modi looks at second term

India starts vote count, Modi looks at second term

-- 2019-05-23 09:40:10

India began counting hundreds of millions of votes in its general election on Thursday, with a coalition led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party already preparing to form the next government...

Ruling coalition promises to boost India's economy

Ruling coalition promises to boost India's economy

-- 2019-05-22 18:10:00

India’s ruling coalition has promised to rev up growth, double farmers’ income and boost infrastructure spending in the next five years after exit polls showed it would retain power when g...

Taiwan navy holds drill amid China tensions

Taiwan navy holds drill amid China tensions

-- 2019-05-22 14:28:26

Taiwan's navy has held a major live-firing exercise off the island's east coast in an area increasingly threatened by Chinese ships and planes. Wednesday's drills are part of the annual Han Kuang exe...

Indonesia post-poll violence kills six

Indonesia post-poll violence kills six

-- 2019-05-22 11:43:51

Six people have died and 200 injured in civil unrest in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, its governor, Anies Baswedan, said on Wednesday after the election commission confirmed President Joko Widodo ha...

Houthis launch drone attack on Saudi airport

Houthis launch drone attack on Saudi airport

Reuters 2019-05-22 11:16:20

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched a drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s Najran airport, the group’s Al Masirah TV said early on Wednesday. It said it targeted hangars contain...

Indonesian police arrest 20 amid post-election violence

Indonesian police arrest 20 amid post-election violence

-- 2019-05-22 10:40:12

Indonesian police have arrested at least 20 people accused of provoking riots in Jakarta following official results showing President Joko Widodo had been re-elected, a police spokesman said on Wednes...

Sri Lanka Catholics mark one month since bombings

Sri Lanka Catholics mark one month since bombings

-- 2019-05-21 19:49:38

Weeping Sri Lankan Catholics lit candles and prayed in a memorial service outside a bombed church on Tuesday, one month after Easter bombings by Islamist militants killed more than 250 people. The Ap...

China rebukes Trump’s claims over trade talks

China rebukes Trump’s claims over trade talks

-- 2019-05-21 18:25:35

China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday refuted claims by US President Donald Trump that US tariffs are forcing foreign companies to leave China and a potential trade deal should be more in favour of the...

New Zealand mosque shooter also charged with terrorism

New Zealand mosque shooter also charged with terrorism

-- 2019-05-21 11:40:42

New Zealand police said on Tuesday they were charging the man accused of murder in shootings at two Christchurch mosques in March with engaging in a terrorist act. The charge, which came under the co...

Official count gives President Widodo victory in Indonesian election

Official count gives President Widodo victory in Indonesian election

-- 2019-05-21 11:27:06

Incumbent President Joko Widodo won last month's Indonesian election with 55.5 per cent of votes against 44.5 per cent for his challenger, retired General Prabowo Subianto, the election commission's o...

Modi to meet coalition partners as exit polls predict victory

Modi to meet coalition partners as exit polls predict victory

-- 2019-05-20 17:35:33

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is to meet coalition partners to discuss a new government, two BJP sources said on Monday, after exit polls predicted a clear general election victory...

IS militants' riot in Tajikistan prison kills 32

IS militants' riot in Tajikistan prison kills 32

-- 2019-05-20 11:13:15

Three prison guards and 29 inmates have been killed in a high-security prison in Tajikistan after convicted Islamic State militants started a riot, the Central Asian nation’s Justice Ministry sa...

Exit polls predict clear majority for Modi

Exit polls predict clear majority for Modi

-- 2019-05-19 21:06:23

The first batch of exit polls predicted that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would return to power comfortably through winning almost as many seats as it did in 2014. According to five different...

Saudi Arabia calls urgent meeting of GCC, Arab League

Saudi Arabia calls urgent meeting of GCC, Arab League

-- 2019-05-19 17:42:52

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud called for an emergency meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states and leaders of Arab League countries to discuss the security of t...

Australian PM brands election victory as 'miracle'

Australian PM brands election victory as 'miracle'

-- 2019-05-19 15:08:37

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has claimed victory in Australia's general election. Morrison's Liberal National Party (LNP) coalition won a third term in government on Saturday night, defeating the Au...

Indians vote in final phase of election

Indians vote in final phase of election

Reuters 2019-05-19 11:34:41

Indians lined up to vote amid unprecedented security in the eastern state of West Bengal on Sunday as the final phase of a massive, staggered election got underway to decide whether Prime Minister Nar...

Saudi says ball in Iran's court about averting war

Saudi says ball in Iran's court about averting war

-- 2019-05-19 10:24:46

Saudi Arabia wants to avert war in the region but stands ready to respond with “all strength and determination” following last week’s attacks on Saudi oil assets, a senior official s...

Modi attends first press conference but takes no questions

Modi attends first press conference but takes no questions

-- 2019-05-18 22:37:42

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has attended first ever press conference at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) head office in Delhi - days before Indians take part in the final stage of voting. But...

UN chief for “enlightened” choices on climate action

UN chief for “enlightened” choices on climate action

-- 2019-05-18 21:57:29

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for making "enlightened" choices on climate action because "the whole planet" is at stake. "Over the past week, I've witnessed firsthand t...

Australian PM Morrison celebrates unexpected election victory

Australian PM Morrison celebrates unexpected election victory

-- 2019-05-18 20:29:41

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his government had delivered a miracle result in Saturday’s election where it unexpectedly looks set to retain office, saying the victory was for th...

Bahrain asks its citizens to leave Iran, Iraq 'immediately'

Bahrain asks its citizens to leave Iran, Iraq 'immediately'

-- 2019-05-18 20:29:12

US-allied Bahrain warned its citizens on Saturday against travel to Iraq and Iran and asked those already there to return 'immediately' for their safety. The Bahrain foreign ministry cited, “un...

Once again, Iraq caught up in tensions between US and Iran

Once again, Iraq caught up in tensions between US and Iran

-- 2019-05-18 13:57:09

When US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down with Iraqi officials in Baghdad last week as tensions mounted between America and Iran, he delivered a nuanced message: If you’re not going to sta...

Australians go to polls

Australians go to polls

-- 2019-05-18 12:21:23

Millions of Australians voted in a general election on Saturday in which the ruling conservative coalition campaigned on its record of economic management and a resurgent Labor opposition promised act...