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China proposes solution to Rohingya crisis

China proposes solution to Rohingya crisis

Reuters 2017-11-20 12:22:32

China has proposed a three-phase plan for resolving the Rohingya crisis, starting with a ceasefire in Myanmar’s Rakhine State so that refugees can return from Bangladesh, China’s Foreign M...

Okinawa collision: US marine faces drunk driving charge

Okinawa collision: US marine faces drunk driving charge

-- 2017-11-20 12:00:00

A Japanese man was killed in a truck collision involving a 21-year-old US marine who was well over the legal alcohol limit for driving, police said of a case that was likely to stoke resentment over t...

Suu Kyi silent on Ronhingyas as ASEM begins

Suu Kyi silent on Ronhingyas as ASEM begins

-- 2017-11-20 08:36:41

Myanmar’s State Counsellor and Union Minister of Foreign Affairs Aung San Suu Kyi remained silent about the protracted Rohingya crisis as two-day ASEM Foreign Ministers’ meeting kicked off...

Pakistan road crash claims 20 lives

Pakistan road crash claims 20 lives

-- 2017-11-20 03:24:44

Twenty people were killed and two others sustained injuries when  a coal-laden truck overturned on a passenger van near Shah Hussain area of Khairpur, in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh on...

Buddhist-Muslim clash in Sri Lanka injures four

Buddhist-Muslim clash in Sri Lanka injures four

-- 2017-11-19 12:12:05

Sri Lankan police arrested 19 people after a clash between "extremists" from the majority Buddhist and minority Muslim communities in which four people were injured, a spokesman said on Saturday. Ten...

19 die in Beijing house fire

19 die in Beijing house fire

-- 2017-11-19 12:00:00

At least nineteen people were killed and eight others injured in a house fire in Beijing's southern Daxing District Saturday night, local authorities said. The fire has been extinguished at around 9:...

China military moves against leaks, fake news

China military moves against leaks, fake news

Reuters 2017-11-19 12:00:00

China’s military on Sunday launched a website inviting the public to report leaks and fake news, as well as illegal online activities by military personnel, the latest step in a push to ensure C...

Afghan forces rescue 30 after Taliban prison raid

Afghan forces rescue 30 after Taliban prison raid

-- 2017-11-19 12:00:00

Afghan and foreign special forces raided a Taliban prison in southern Helmand province on Sunday and rescued at least 30 people, according to army and provincial officials. Those rescued in the raid...

Palestinians threaten to cut US ties

Palestinians threaten to cut US ties

-- 2017-11-19 10:31:23

The Palestine Liberation Organisation has warned it will freeze its ties with the US if it carries out a threat to close the PLO office in Washington. In a video on Twitter, PLO Secretary General Sae...

Satellite detects N Korea ballistic submarine

Satellite detects N Korea ballistic submarine

-- 2017-11-19 05:29:52

North Korea is on "an aggressive schedule to build and deploy its first operational ballistic missile submarine", according to an analysis of new satellite images by the expert website 38 North. The...

Moscow blocks extension of Syria chemical attacks probe

Moscow blocks extension of Syria chemical attacks probe

-- 2017-11-18 12:16:27

Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have extended an international inquiry into chemical weapons attacks in Syria. It is the 10th time Moscow has used its veto powers at the...

Syria toxic gas inquiry to end

Syria toxic gas inquiry to end

-- 2017-11-18 12:00:00

An international investigation into who is to blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria will end on Friday after Russia blocked for the third time in a month attempts at the United Nations to renew...

Hariri leaves Saudi Arabia

Hariri leaves Saudi Arabia

BBC 2017-11-18 11:53:30

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has left Saudi Arabia for France, a TV channel owned by his family says. Mr Hariri earlier denied claims he was being held hostage in the Gulf kingdom, tweeting th...

Strong quake rattles Tibet

Strong quake rattles Tibet

-- 2017-11-18 10:35:59

A strong 6.9- magnitude earthquake shook Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region at 6:34 am Saturday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). No casualty wa...

Cops arrest 19 in southern Sri Lanka

Cops arrest 19 in southern Sri Lanka

-- 2017-11-18 01:51:28

Sri Lankan police on Saturday arrested at least 19 people after violentclashes erupted in the southern Galle District Friday night. A police curfew which had been imposed in six areas across the Gall...

UN meeting for escalating regional climate action

UN meeting for escalating regional climate action

-- 2017-11-17 12:00:00

Countries from Asia and the Pacific, Europe and the Middle-East, met on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn to explore opportunities for scaling up climate action in a bid to mee...

Grant citizenship to Rohingyas: UN to Mynamar

Grant citizenship to Rohingyas: UN to Mynamar

Reuters 2017-11-17 09:58:44

A United Nations General Assembly committee on Thursday called on Myanmar to end military operations that have “led to the systematic violation and abuse of human rights” of Rohingya Musli...

'King Salman to leave throne next week'

'King Salman to leave throne next week'

-- 2017-11-17 05:01:19

King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia plans to step down and announce his son Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman as his successor next week. British tabloid newspaper Daily Mail claims about this p...

I'm not silent: Suu Kyi

I'm not silent: Suu Kyi

-- 2017-11-16 12:00:00

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has wondered why people say she has been silent over the brutal army crackdown on the Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State."I don’t know why people say...

US might opt individual sanctions for Myanmar

US might opt individual sanctions for Myanmar

-- 2017-11-16 12:00:00

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that his country is profoundly concerned by ‘credible reports’ of atrocities committed by Myanmar's security forces.  In the w...

IndiGo's Chennai-Doha flight hit by bird

IndiGo's Chennai-Doha flight hit by bird

-- 2017-11-16 01:37:03

A Doha-bound flight carrying 134 passengers and seven crew members suffered a bird hit early Thursday immediately after take-off from southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, officials said. Following th...

Modi remains overwhelmingly popular, says US poll

Modi remains overwhelmingly popular, says US poll

-- 2017-11-16 01:33:14

Nearly nine out of 10 Indians hold a favourable opinion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and more than two-thirds are satisfied with the direction he is taking the country, a Pew survey has found, two...

Australian diplomat dies after fall from building

Australian diplomat dies after fall from building

BBC 2017-11-16 01:07:25

An Australian diplomat has died after falling from a New York City balcony while socialising with friends. Julian Simpson, 30, accidentally slipped from a seventh-floor ledge of his Manhattan buildin...

Strong quake hits off South Korea

Strong quake hits off South Korea

-- 2017-11-15 12:31:04

An earthquake measuring magnitude 5.5 has hit off the South Korea's southeastern coast, news agency AP reported Wednesday citing local media sources. Yonhap news agency says the quake was detected ab...

Singapore transit train collision ‘injures 25’

Singapore transit train collision ‘injures 25’

-- 2017-11-15 11:56:58

A Singapore mass transit train collided early on Wednesday with another at a station, injuring 25 people, authorities said, the latest incident involving the city-state’s railways. Transit oper...

Trump deserves death penalty: North Korea

Trump deserves death penalty: North Korea

-- 2017-11-15 09:10:12

North Korea’s state media has said US President Donald Trump deserves the death penalty for insulting Kim Jong-Un, supreme leader of the country. The ruling party newspaper has also focused its...

Tillerson wants no sanction against Myanmar

Tillerson wants no sanction against Myanmar

-- 2017-11-15 08:33:54

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson does not want any broad-based sanction against Myanmar, as the United States wants it to succeed in transition to a more democratic society. But, he said, individu...

Air strikes on Syria market ‘kill 53’

Air strikes on Syria market ‘kill 53’

-- 2017-11-14 12:42:53

At least 53 people are reported to have been killed in air strikes on a rebel-held town in northern Syria. A market was hit, with video on social media showing widespread destruction. Rubble covers t...

Myanmar army denies Rohingya atrocity; HRW slams

Myanmar army denies Rohingya atrocity; HRW slams

-- 2017-11-14 12:00:00

Human rights groups on Tuesday slammed Myanmar army’s report which denies allegations of rape and killings by security forces. Rights groups branded Myanmar army’s actions as "whitewash"...

Myanmar army shrugs off Rohingya atrocity claim

Myanmar army shrugs off Rohingya atrocity claim

-- 2017-11-14 11:09:03

Myanmar’s army released a report on Monday denying all allegations of rape and killings by security forces, having days earlier replaced the general in charge of the operation that drove more th...