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Taiwan first in Asia to allow same-sex marriage

Taiwan first in Asia to allow same-sex marriage

-- 2019-05-17 17:02:13

Taiwan became the first place in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage on Friday, as thousands of demonstrators outside parliament cheered and waved rainbow flags, despite deep divisions over marriage eq...

Nine die in India-controlled Kashmir gun battle

Nine die in India-controlled Kashmir gun battle

-- 2019-05-17 16:48:01

Indian troops and separatist militants clashed in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Thursday and nine people were killed, officials said, the latest casualties in a new phase of violence in the 30-year ins...

Plane crashes in Dubai airport killing four

Plane crashes in Dubai airport killing four

-- 2019-05-17 12:56:19

A small plane crashed south of Dubai airport killing three Britons and one South African, the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement on Thursday. The four-seat plane, a DA42 registered in...

10 die after factory wall collapse in Shanghai

10 die after factory wall collapse in Shanghai

-- 2019-05-17 10:43:19

At least 10 people have died in hospital after a factory wall accidentally collapsed in China's financial hub of Shanghai on Thursday, local authorities said Friday morning. As of 1:45am Friday (loca...

US trade war will only make us stronger: China's media

US trade war will only make us stronger: China's media

-- 2019-05-17 10:33:05

The trade war with the United States will only make China stronger and will never bring the country to its knees, the Communist Party’s People’s Daily wrote in a front page commentary that...

Trump says he doesn't want war with Iran

Trump says he doesn't want war with Iran

-- 2019-05-17 10:01:15

US President Donald Trump has told his top advisers he does not want to get the United States involved in a war with Iran, three US officials said on Thursday. “He doesn’t want to go to w...

India's Muslims fear for their future under Modi

India's Muslims fear for their future under Modi

-- 2019-05-16 17:53:46

With an increase in hate crimes against Muslims in India in recent years, some fear the world's largest democracy is becoming dangerously intolerant under the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party...

Philippines withdraws top diplomats from Canada

Philippines withdraws top diplomats from Canada

-- 2019-05-16 13:30:31

The Philippines is withdrawing top diplomats from Canada after Ottawa missed a deadline to take back 69 shipping containers full of trash, the latest move in a long-running row stoked by threats from...

Two Kolakata climbers die on Mount Kanchenjunga

Two Kolakata climbers die on Mount Kanchenjunga

-- 2019-05-16 12:11:18

Two Indian climbers died near the summit of Mount Kanchenjunga during an expedition on the world’s third highest mountain in Nepal, their hiking company said on Thursday. The climbers were id...

Soldiers patrol India's Kolkata after election violence

Soldiers patrol India's Kolkata after election violence

-- 2019-05-16 11:39:39

Soldiers patrolled the centre of Kolkata, the capital of India's West Bengal state, on Wednesday a day after rival political supporters clashed during campaigning for the country's general election....

Iran says it halted some commitments under nuclear deal

Iran says it halted some commitments under nuclear deal

-- 2019-05-15 13:32:09

Iran has officially stopped some commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers following an order from its national security council, an informed official in the country’s atomic energ...

5.5 quake strikes off Japan Island

5.5 quake strikes off Japan Island

-- 2019-05-15 12:37:19

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 struck off the north-east coast of Japan's southern Amami-Oshima Island, the weather agency of Tokyo said Wednesday. No tsunami warning or advisory h...

China's door will remain open to all, says Xi amid trade tensions

China's door will remain open to all, says Xi amid trade tensions

Reuters 2019-05-15 12:10:28

China has glorious history of being open to the world and the country will only be more open, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, in his first public address since trade tensions with the United S...

Saudi Arabia approves new residency scheme for expatriates

Saudi Arabia approves new residency scheme for expatriates

-- 2019-05-15 10:23:20

Saudi Arabia's cabinet on Tuesday approved a special residency scheme similar to green card systems applicable in other countries, aimed at attracting wealthy and high-skilled expats, the Saudi Press...

Armed drones attack two oil pumping stations in Saudi Arabia

Armed drones attack two oil pumping stations in Saudi Arabia

-- 2019-05-14 20:31:13

Saudi Arabia said armed drones had struck two oil pumping stations in the kingdom on Tuesday in what it called a 'cowardly' act of terrorism two days after Saudi oil tankers were sabotaged off the coa...

North Korea demands immediate return of ship seized by US

North Korea demands immediate return of ship seized by US

-- 2019-05-14 14:57:03

North Korea has demanded the immediate return of a cargo ship seized by the US, branding the move an "unlawful robbery". Last week the US justice department accused Pyongyang of violating internation...

Snap financial ties with Myanmar military, UN urges world

Snap financial ties with Myanmar military, UN urges world

-- 2019-05-14 14:46:37

The world must cut off financial and other support for Myanmar's armed forces, a UN fact-finding mission said on Tuesday, repeating a call for top generals to be prosecuted for abuses against the Rohi...

Sri Lankan software engineer 'key' in Easter attack

Sri Lankan software engineer 'key' in Easter attack

Reuters 2019-05-14 13:38:49

A Sri Lankan software engineer suspected by authorities in Sri Lanka of having provided technical and logistical support to the Easter Sunday suicide bombers was monitored by Indian intelligence agenc...

Sri Lanka imposes curfew after clashes kill one

Sri Lanka imposes curfew after clashes kill one

-- 2019-05-14 12:48:07

One person was killed in Sri Lanka on Monday as police fired tear gas at mobs attacking mosques and Muslim-owned shops and imposed a curfew after the worst outbreak of sectarian violence since the Eas...

Iranian woman get 10 years in jail for spying for UK

Iranian woman get 10 years in jail for spying for UK

-- 2019-05-13 16:44:46

Iran said on Monday it had sentenced an Iranian woman to 10 years prison for spying for Britain, as tension rises between Tehran and some Western countries over its nuclear and missile programmes. &n...

China will 'never surrender' as US trade row heats up

China will 'never surrender' as US trade row heats up

-- 2019-05-13 16:30:28

China will never surrender to external pressure, the government said on Monday, though stopped short of announcing how Beijing will hit back after Washington renewed its threat to impose tariffs on al...

Sri Lanka blocks social media after anti-Muslim unrest

Sri Lanka blocks social media after anti-Muslim unrest

-- 2019-05-13 11:25:12

Sri Lanka is temporarily blocking some social media networks and messaging apps, including Facebook and WhatsApp, it said on Monday after attacks on mosques and Muslim-owned businesses in the worst un...

New Zealand’s Royal Commission begins inquiry into mosques massacre

New Zealand’s Royal Commission begins inquiry into mosques massacre

Reuters 2019-05-13 10:01:03

An inquiry into Christchurch’s mosques shooting massacre began hearing evidence on Monday, as New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern prepared to co-host a meeting in France that seeks global...

Myanmar passenger jet lands safely after landing gear fails

Myanmar passenger jet lands safely after landing gear fails

-- 2019-05-12 19:35:22

A Myanmar National Airlines plane made an emergency landing at Mandalay International Airport on Sunday, using only its rear wheels after the front landing gear failed to deploy. All 82 passengers an...

US military presence in Gulf is 'an opportunity': Iran

US military presence in Gulf is 'an opportunity': Iran

-- 2019-05-12 19:27:42

The United States’ military presence in the Gulf used to be a serious threat but now it is an opportunity, a senior commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday, according to th...

Iran faces 'unprecedented' pressure from international sanctions: Rouhani

Iran faces 'unprecedented' pressure from international sanctions: Rouhani

-- 2019-05-12 19:10:41

Iran is facing "unprecedented" pressure from international sanctions, President Hassan Rouhani has said. Renewed US sanctions had led to worse economic conditions than during the country's 1980-88 wa...

Myanmar pilot safely lands plane on its nose after landing gear failure

Myanmar pilot safely lands plane on its nose after landing gear failure

-- 2019-05-12 15:10:53

A Myanmar pilot safely landed a passenger jet without its front wheels on Sunday, after landing gear on the Myanmar National Airlines plane failed to deploy, the airline and an official said. It was...

Saudi security forces kill eight in flashpoint Shi’ite area

Saudi security forces kill eight in flashpoint Shi’ite area

-- 2019-05-12 11:38:55

Saudi security forces have killed eight people during an operation in the predominantly Shi’ite eastern Al-Qatif region, state news agency (SPA) said on Saturday. The oil-producing province is...

Gunmen storm five-star hotel in Pakistan

Gunmen storm five-star hotel in Pakistan

-- 2019-05-11 20:37:31

Gunmen attacked a five-star hotel on Saturday in Pakistan’s south-western port city of Gwadar, located at the restive province of Balochistan. Local security forces cordoned off the Pearl Conti...

Islamic State claims 'province' in India for first time

Islamic State claims 'province' in India for first time

-- 2019-05-11 17:18:08

Islamic State (IS) claimed for the first time that it has established a 'province' in India, after a clash between militants and security forces in the contested Kashmir region killed a militant with...