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NZ's islands getting closer after 2016 earthquake

NZ's islands getting closer after 2016 earthquake

-- 2018-11-23 10:38:05

New Zealand’s North and South islands are “creeping” closer together in the wake of the devastating Kaikoura earthquake two years ago, the national science body has revealed. The 7....

Massive dust storm blankets Australia; health warning issued

Massive dust storm blankets Australia; health warning issued

-- 2018-11-22 13:13:44

A giant dust storm has blanketed communities across south-east Australia, turning skies orange and raising concerns about air quality. Authorities issued a public health alert for Sydney on Thursday...

Vietnam oil tank truck fire kills six

Vietnam oil tank truck fire kills six

-- 2018-11-22 11:52:21

A petrol tank truck fire broke out Thursday morning in Vietnam’s southern Binh Phuoc province, leaving at least six people, including a family of four, dead and dozens of others injured, local m...

South Korea revamps the way students study North Korea

South Korea revamps the way students study North Korea

Reuters 2018-11-22 09:57:03

A year of warming relations between North and South Korea has raised the prospects of closer ties, if not some form of unification for the still-warring neighbors far in the future. But it might not b...

Yemen crisis: 85,000 children 'dead from malnutrition'

Yemen crisis: 85,000 children 'dead from malnutrition'

BBC 2018-11-21 19:35:45

An estimated 85,000 children under the age of five may have died from acute malnutrition in three years of war in Yemen, a leading charity says. The number is equivalent to the entire under-five popu...

Mumbai police book Alok Nath for rape

Mumbai police book Alok Nath for rape

-- 2018-11-21 18:26:25

The Mumbai Police have booked film actor Alok Nath on the charge of rape following a complaint lodged by a woman writer-producer over a month ago, an official said Mumbai on Wednesday, according to IA...

Senate asks Trump to determine Saudi prince's 'role' in Khashoggi murder

Senate asks Trump to determine Saudi prince's 'role' in Khashoggi murder

BBC 2018-11-21 17:41:11

  US President Donald Trump has been asked to ascertain whether Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman played a role in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Republican and Democratic leaders of the U...

China building on new reef in South China Sea, think tank says

China building on new reef in South China Sea, think tank says

-- 2018-11-21 17:16:04

China has installed a new platform on a remote part of the Paracel Islands in the disputed South China Sea which could be used for military purposes, according to recent satellite images reviewed by a...

Iraqi military says it killed 15 IS militants in the north

Iraqi military says it killed 15 IS militants in the north

-- 2018-11-21 16:51:53

Iraqi forces have killed 15 Islamic State militants inside a tunnel during a search operation in the northern Sunni-majority Salahuddin province, the military said on Wednesday, according to Reuters....

Five die as car runs over sleeping labourers in India

Five die as car runs over sleeping labourers in India

-- 2018-11-21 16:35:58

At least five labourers were killed and nine others injured after an over-speeding car ran over them in northern Indian state of Haryana on Wednesday, police said. The labourers were sleeping on an o...

Interpol elects Kim Jong Yang as president

Interpol elects Kim Jong Yang as president

-- 2018-11-21 15:33:00

International police body Interpol elected Kim Jong Yang of South Korea as president for a two-year term on Wednesday, beating a Russian national whose candidacy raised concerns in Europe and the Unit...

Suu Kyi's ruling party losing popularity

Suu Kyi's ruling party losing popularity

-- 2018-11-21 13:55:14

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi led her political party to a landslide victory three years ago, ending decades of military-backed rule and raising hopes for democracy. Today, the dominance...

China arrests 576 waste smuggling suspects

China arrests 576 waste smuggling suspects

Reuters 2018-11-21 13:52:36

China arrested 576 people accused of smuggling waste into the country in the first 10 months of the year, state news agency Xinhua said, part of its efforts to enforce a ban on low-grade trash imports...

UAE, Jordan sign $100m deal to fund SMEs

UAE, Jordan sign $100m deal to fund SMEs

-- 2018-11-21 13:45:28

The United Arab Emirates signed a $100 million agreement with Jordan to boost small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Jordan. The multimillion-dollar agreement was finalised during the official...

Afghan suicide bombing toll climbs to 55

Afghan suicide bombing toll climbs to 55

Reuters 2018-11-21 12:39:05

Afghan authorities were struggling on Wednesday to identify the group behind a suicide bomb attack that killed at least 55 people attending a gathering of religious scholars in Kabul after the Taliban...

India to start additional route endorsement service tomorrow

India to start additional route endorsement service tomorrow

-- 2018-11-21 12:01:34

Indian High Commission in Dhaka will start additional route endorsement service at all Indian Visa Application Centres(IVAC) in Bangladesh from tomorrow(Thursday).All the requests for additional route...

Dead whale found in Indonesia with 6kg of plastic in stomach

Dead whale found in Indonesia with 6kg of plastic in stomach

-- 2018-11-20 20:57:27

A dead sperm whale that washed ashore in a national park in Indonesia had nearly 6kg (13 lbs) of plastic waste in its stomach, park officials say. Items found included 115 drinking cups, four plastic...

Australia police arrest three over 'mass' terror attack plot

Australia police arrest three over 'mass' terror attack plot

Reuters 2018-11-20 13:14:59

Australian police on Tuesday said they arrested three men who were allegedly preparing to attack the public in Melbourne, less than two weeks after a man was killed in the country’s second-large...

Hong Kong activists on trial for  'Umbrella' protests

Hong Kong activists on trial for 'Umbrella' protests

-- 2018-11-19 23:37:12

Nine pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have pleaded not guilty in a trial seen as a test of judicial independence from Beijing, reports BBC. They have been charged with "public nuisance" over the...

Hong Kong activists plead not guilty in ‘Umbrella’ movement trial

Hong Kong activists plead not guilty in ‘Umbrella’ movement trial

-- 2018-11-19 12:58:06

Nine pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have pleaded not guilty in a trial seen as a test of judicial independence from Beijing. They have been charged with "public nuisance" over the 2014 "Umbrell...

Vietnam landslides claim lives of 13

Vietnam landslides claim lives of 13

-- 2018-11-19 10:31:42

Landslides due to rains from a tropical storm have killed 13 people and left four others missing in south-central Vietnam. A disaster official in Khanh Hoa province says some 600 soldiers have been m...

US-led airstrikes kill 40 in Syria, IS says

US-led airstrikes kill 40 in Syria, IS says

-- 2018-11-18 11:01:38

At least forty people, mostly women and children were killed in the latest wave of US-led coalition airstrikes on Saturday against the last remaining Islamic State-held pocket in Syria near the border...

Australia man, who tried to stop knife-attacker, faces charges

Australia man, who tried to stop knife-attacker, faces charges

-- 2018-11-17 17:30:15

A homeless man who used his shopping trolley to try to ram a knife-wielding attacker in Melbourne has been charged with offences including burglary and theft. Michael Rogers, dubbed "Trolley Man" onl...

UN report exposes atrocities against Rohingya children in Myanmar

UN report exposes atrocities against Rohingya children in Myanmar

-- 2018-11-17 14:38:40

The United Nations has said most of some 669 children killed and 39 maimed reportedly in Myanmar were Rohingyas. Spokesman for the UN Secretary‑General Stephane Dujarric came up with the data flaggin...

Cyclone 'Gaja' hits southern India, killing 13

Cyclone 'Gaja' hits southern India, killing 13

-- 2018-11-17 10:48:16

A cyclone hit the coast of southern India, killing at least 13 people, damaging homes and forcing the evacuation of more than 80,000 residents on Friday. Cyclone 'Gaja' blew ashore in Tamil Nadu stat...

Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of Cambodia genocide

Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of Cambodia genocide

-- 2018-11-16 17:33:00

For the first time, two leaders of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia have been found guilty of genocide. Nuon Chea, 92, was the deputy of regime leader Pol Pot, and Khieu Samphan, 87, was hea...

Powerful 6.6 quake strikes Solomon Islands

Powerful 6.6 quake strikes Solomon Islands

Reuters 2018-11-16 11:44:39

An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck east of a provincial capital in the Solomon Islands on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said. There was no immediate tsunami threat or reports of da...

China offers Myanmar support over Rohingya issue after US rebuke

China offers Myanmar support over Rohingya issue after US rebuke

Reuters 2018-11-16 10:16:58

China supports the Myanmar government’s efforts to protect domestic stability and approach to resolving the Rohingya issue, Premier Li Keqiang told the country’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a...

Sri Lankan MPs fight in parliament as power struggle deepens

Sri Lankan MPs fight in parliament as power struggle deepens

-- 2018-11-15 19:41:19

Sri Lankan MPs have brawled on the floor of parliament, putting one in hospital, in the latest escalation of the political turmoil that has left the country without an agreed prime minister or cabinet...

As India eases citizenship path for Hindus, Rohingya Muslims fear expulsion

As India eases citizenship path for Hindus, Rohingya Muslims fear expulsion

-- 2018-11-15 18:34:01

Nar Singh can vividly recall the day in 2014 when Narendra Modi promised to provide refuge to Hindus suffering around the world. The 39-year-old shop owner sat awestruck inside his two-bedroom house i...