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Thunderstorms claim 21 lives in India

Thunderstorms claim 21 lives in India

-- 2018-06-01 16:33:02

At least 21 people were killed and around a dozen others injured due to thunderstorms that hit twin Indian states of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, officials said Friday. According to officials the thunde...

Malaysia detains 15 suspected militants

Malaysia detains 15 suspected militants

-- 2018-06-01 15:05:53

Malaysia has detained 15 suspected Islamist militants including a teenager and a housewife accused of plotting separate “lone wolf” attacks on places of worship around the capital, Kuala L...

North Korea's Kim writes to Trump

North Korea's Kim writes to Trump

-- 2018-06-01 11:49:38

A senior North Korean official will hand over a letter from the country’s leader Kim Jong Un to US President Donald Trump in a rare visit to the White House on Friday as the two sides try to put...

Saudi prince plans city with robotics

Saudi prince plans city with robotics

-- 2018-05-31 19:38:16

Saudi Arabia's crown prince wants to build a mega-city with the latest robotics under his grand plan to reform the kingdom.  Civil servant Amer al-Ghamdi has a simpler dream: to buy an affordabl...

India Nipah virus death toll mounts to 15

India Nipah virus death toll mounts to 15

-- 2018-05-31 14:32:42

Two new cases of the deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus have been confirmed in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where another two people were killed by the virus, a health official said on Thursday...

Top North Korea official meets Pompeo in New York

Top North Korea official meets Pompeo in New York

-- 2018-05-31 11:25:38

The right-hand man to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has met US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in New York to discuss a historic summit. Gen Kim Yong-chol dined with Mr Pompeo after flying in from C...

India police officer receives death threat for saving Muslim man

India police officer receives death threat for saving Muslim man

-- 2018-05-30 18:42:09

An Indian police officer hailed as a hero for protecting a Muslim man from being lynched by a mob has begun receiving death threats, police say. Gagandeep Singh, an officer in the northern state of U...

Over 50 Afghan Taliban leaders killed in rocket strike: US military

Over 50 Afghan Taliban leaders killed in rocket strike: US military

-- 2018-05-30 18:37:03

More than 50 senior Taliban commanders were killed in an artillery strike in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand, a US military spokesman said on Wednesday, as fighting continued across t...

Saudi Arabia outlaws sexual harassment

Saudi Arabia outlaws sexual harassment

-- 2018-05-30 18:29:16

Saudi Arabia has passed a new law to criminalise sexual harassment, state media said Wednesday, less than a month before the conservative kingdom lifts its decades-long ban on women driving. The king...

Hijab fashion designer jailed for fraud

Hijab fashion designer jailed for fraud

-- 2018-05-30 17:57:37

A leading fashion designer, who made history at New York Fashion Week by having all her models wear headscarves, has been jailed for 18 years for fraud. Indonesian designer Anniesa Hasibuan and her h...

Philippines threatens war with Beijing over S China sea disputes

Philippines threatens war with Beijing over S China sea disputes

-- 2018-05-30 14:14:24

The Philippines is prepared to go to war if military personnel are harmed in disputed waters, a top security official said on Wednesday, firing back at criticism the government was going soft on China...

India thunderstorms claim lives of 50

India thunderstorms claim lives of 50

-- 2018-05-30 11:32:16

At least 50 people are reported to have died amid heavy thunder and lightning that battered parts of northern India on Tuesday, officials said. High-speed winds and lighting strikes devastated many v...

Paris confce seeks political roadmap for lawless Libya

Paris confce seeks political roadmap for lawless Libya

-- 2018-05-29 21:34:59

Libya's rival leaders are meeting in Paris to agree on a political roadmap including elections, in an effort to bring order to Libya's chaos, which is feeding Islamic militants, traffics of all kind a...

Israeli defense system shoots down Gaza mortar fire

Israeli defense system shoots down Gaza mortar fire

-- 2018-05-29 14:18:35

Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile shield shot down a barrage of mortar shells fired from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after sirens sounded in southern Israel, warning residents to find shelter. &nbs...

Afghan forces kill nine civilians in house raid

Afghan forces kill nine civilians in house raid

-- 2018-05-29 14:00:49

At least nine civilians were killed in a night operation by Afghan security forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar late on Monday, officials said, as fighting continued across Afghanistan. The i...

N Korea official Kim Yong-chol 'heads to US for talks'

N Korea official Kim Yong-chol 'heads to US for talks'

-- 2018-05-29 13:22:10

One of Kim Jong-un's most senior officials is thought to be travelling to the US, as preparations for a possible historic summit gather pace. South Korean news agency Yonhap said Gen Kim Yong-chol wa...

Search for missing Malaysian plane formally ends

Search for missing Malaysian plane formally ends

-- 2018-05-29 12:40:55

A privately funded search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has drawn to a close. US-based company Ocean Infinity had been using a deep-sea vessel to conduct a 90-day survey of a vast area o...

Will not follow US sanctions on Iran: India

Will not follow US sanctions on Iran: India

-- 2018-05-29 11:04:18

India said on Monday it abided by sanctions imposed by the United Nations but not those imposed by any other country, such as those announced by the United States against Iran. US President Donald Tr...

Mahmoud Abbas leaves hospital

Mahmoud Abbas leaves hospital

-- 2018-05-28 18:03:40

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was discharged from a West Bank hospital on Monday, ending a weeklong stay that drew new attention to the 83-year-old's long history of health problems and his refu...

Lebanon parliament speaker expects cabinet within a month

Lebanon parliament speaker expects cabinet within a month

-- 2018-05-28 15:48:17

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri expects a new coalition government to be formed within a month because nobody has an interest in a delay, the newspaper al-Mustaqbal reported on Monday. Saad a...

Pakistan names former chief justice as interim PM

Pakistan names former chief justice as interim PM

-- 2018-05-28 14:27:56

Pakistan has appointed former chief justice Nasir Ul Mulk as interim prime minister until general elections are held on July 25, premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Monday. “No Pakistani can l...

Malaysia makes record bust of drug, shipped from Myanmar

Malaysia makes record bust of drug, shipped from Myanmar

-- 2018-05-28 13:53:17

Malaysia has made its largest-ever seizure of crystal methamphetamine, officials said on Monday, finding nearly 1.2 tonnes of the drug disguised as tea in a shipment from Myanmar, and arrested six sus...

US warships sail near Beijing-claimed South China Sea islands

US warships sail near Beijing-claimed South China Sea islands

-- 2018-05-28 11:50:09

Two US Navy warships sailed near South China Sea islands claimed by China on Sunday, two US officials told Reuters, in a move that drew condemnation from Beijing as President Donald Trump seeks its co...

Sri Lankan plane hits runway light at Indian airport

Sri Lankan plane hits runway light at Indian airport

-- 2018-05-27 20:50:23

A SriLankan Airlines plane with 227 people on board hit a runway light during take-off on Sunday at Cochin Airport in Kerala of India. All passengers on board the Sri Lankan Airlines flight UL-168 ar...

Assam to seal Indo-Bangla border by Dec

Assam to seal Indo-Bangla border by Dec

-- 2018-05-27 17:24:36

The India-Bangladesh border in Assam will be sealed by December, state chief minister Sonowal told reporters in Guwahati on Friday. The state will employ technical solutions on the river part of the...

Israeli tank shelling kills two Palestinians

Israeli tank shelling kills two Palestinians

-- 2018-05-27 15:38:04

Israeli tank shelling killed two members of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad and wounded a third in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, medical officials said, after weeks of border protests that...

5.2 quake jolts Fiji

5.2 quake jolts Fiji

-- 2018-05-27 15:13:45

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck the Fiji region on Sunday, said the US Geological Survey (USGS). The epicentre, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 15.7...

Kim committed to 'complete' denuclearisation: Moon

Kim committed to 'complete' denuclearisation: Moon

-- 2018-05-27 11:22:34

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his commitment to “complete” denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and to a planned meeting with US President Donald Trump, South Korean Presi...

Death toll from Nipah virus climbs to 13 in India

Death toll from Nipah virus climbs to 13 in India

-- 2018-05-26 19:37:22

Nipah virus claimed one more life in north Kerala on Saturday, taking the death toll to 13 even as state health authorities intensified efforts to detect the primary source of the outbreak. The lates...

Kim, Moon hold surprise meeting

Kim, Moon hold surprise meeting

-- 2018-05-26 18:02:23

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in held a surprise meeting on the inter-Korean border on Saturday. The Blue House, the executive office and official residence of t...