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Stalker ‘burns woman alive’ in southern India

Stalker ‘burns woman alive’ in southern India

-- 2017-11-14 01:59:21

A young woman was burnt alive allegedly by her stalker on Monday night in Adambakkam area of Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu, said police. Reports said the man was stalking and harassing her...

22 Afghan police die in Taliban attack

22 Afghan police die in Taliban attack

-- 2017-11-14 01:05:39

A series of Taliban attacks over six hours on more than a dozen Afghan checkpoints killed 22 police and wounded 15 in the southern province of Kandahar, police said on Tuesday. Authorities said gover...

400 die as 7.3-quake jolts Iran, Iraq

400 die as 7.3-quake jolts Iran, Iraq

-- 2017-11-13 12:00:00

At least 400 people were killed in Iran and Iraq when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the region on Sunday, state media in the two countries said, and rescuers were searching for dozens trapped unde...

India boat capsize leaves 16 pilgrims dead

India boat capsize leaves 16 pilgrims dead

-- 2017-11-13 12:00:00

At least 16 people have drowned after their boat capsized in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Police say 38 people were on board the vessel, many of them on their way to a religious festival...

Iran, Iraq tremor kills 400; Khaleda shocked

Iran, Iraq tremor kills 400; Khaleda shocked

FE Online Desk 2017-11-13 12:00:00

At least 400 people were killed in Iran and Iraq when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the region on Sunday, said state media in the two countries. Rescuers were searching for dozens trapped under r...

Hariri says he is free in Lebanon

Hariri says he is free in Lebanon

Reuters 2017-11-13 10:40:25

Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who has resigned, is seen during Future television interview, in a coffee shop in Beirut, Lebanon November 12, 2017. Reuters Saad al-Hariri warned on Sunday L...

Modi, Trump discuss defence, security in Manila

Modi, Trump discuss defence, security in Manila

-- 2017-11-13 10:31:28

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump on Monday held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Manila during which they discussed a range of key issues including def...

Suu Kyi benefits from ASEAN's Rohingya silence!

Suu Kyi benefits from ASEAN's Rohingya silence!

-- 2017-11-13 08:52:53

When Aung San Suu Kyi led the fight for democracy against Myanmar’s despotic military rulers two decades ago, she bristled at the collective reluctance of Southeast Asian governments to interven...

Myanmar replaces Rakhine army chief

Myanmar replaces Rakhine army chief

-- 2017-11-13 06:28:05

Myanmar's army has replaced the head of Western Command in Rakhine state, where the military launched an operation in August. An army media officer said on Monday without giving any reason behind thi...

Explosion kills two Indian paramilitary troops

Explosion kills two Indian paramilitary troops

-- 2017-11-13 01:31:15

At least two troops of Assam Rifles were killed and six others injured Monday in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in India's northeastern state of Manipur, officials said. The IED went...

Trump reaches Philippines, offers to mediate on S China Sea

Trump reaches Philippines, offers to mediate on S China Sea

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

US President Donald Trump landed in the Philippines on Sunday for a summit of Southeast and East Asian nations, hours after offering to mediate on competing claims to the South China Sea that have lon...

Myanmar police arrests ‘ultra’ anti-Rohinya Buddhist monk

Myanmar police arrests ‘ultra’ anti-Rohinya Buddhist monk

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

Myanmar police Sunday arrested an ultra-nationalist Buddhist monk who has a history of stoking sentiment against Rohingya Muslims, the country’s beleaguered minority, reports Reuters citing a...

Iraqi forces unearth mass grave of 'IS victims'

Iraqi forces unearth mass grave of 'IS victims'

-- 2017-11-12 11:04:30

Mass graves containing at least 400 bodies have been found near Hawija, an Iraqi city that was occupied by Islamic State (IS) fighters until last month. Kirkuk province's governor, Rakan Said, said t...

How Saudi Arabia turned on Lebanon's Hariri

How Saudi Arabia turned on Lebanon's Hariri

Reuters 2017-11-12 10:47:26

From the moment Saad al-Hariri’s plane touched down in Saudi Arabia on Friday November 3, he was in for a surprise. There was no line-up of Saudi princes or ministry officials, as would typical...

Syria govt faces US-backed Kurds after collapse of IS

Syria govt faces US-backed Kurds after collapse of IS

-- 2017-11-11 12:32:01

With the fall of the Islamic State group's last significant stronghold in Syria, Iranian and Russian-backed Syrian troops now turn to face off with their main rival, the US-backed forces holding large...

Saudis 'declared war' on Lebanon

Saudis 'declared war' on Lebanon

BBC 2017-11-11 12:00:00

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah has accused Saudi Arabia of declaring war on his country, days after Lebanese PM Saad al-Hariri announced his resignation in the Saudi capital. Hassan Nasrallah said...

Vetter expands its footprint in Asia Pacific region

Vetter expands its footprint in Asia Pacific region

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

 Vetter, one of the global leaders in prefilled drug-delivery systems,  announced the official opening of a new branch office in South Korea on Friday. The new office in Songdo located wit...

Israel shoots down drone over Golan Heights

Israel shoots down drone over Golan Heights

-- 2017-11-11 08:32:31

The Israeli military says it has shot down an unmanned aircraft that attempted to infiltrate Israeli airspace from neighboring Syria. In a statement on Saturday, the military said it intercepted the...

Hydrabad removes beggars to welcome Ivanka

Hydrabad removes beggars to welcome Ivanka

-- 2017-11-10 12:00:00

Ahead of Ivanka Trump’s visit to Hyderabad to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, the city Police has launched a massive drive to remove beggars from the streets. Hundreds of foreign del...

Gulf states advise citizens to leave Lebanon

Gulf states advise citizens to leave Lebanon

Reuters 2017-11-10 10:20:15

Three Gulf states advised their citizens against traveling to Lebanon on Thursday and asked those already there to leave as soon as possible, amid rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran over Le...

Saudi questions 208 in $100b graft inquiry

Saudi questions 208 in $100b graft inquiry

Reuters 2017-11-10 10:01:19

Saudi authorities have questioned 208 people in an anti-corruption investigation and estimate at least $100 billion (76.42 billion pounds) has been stolen through graft, a top official said on Thursda...

Trump, Putin exchange words at APEC summit

Trump, Putin exchange words at APEC summit

-- 2017-11-10 08:32:58

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin greeted each other at an APEC summit in Vietnam on Friday. The two leaders also shook hands and exchanged a few words, reports Reuters q...

Six Filipino soldiers die in militant attack

Six Filipino soldiers die in militant attack

-- 2017-11-10 01:08:27

Pro-Islamic State militants killed six soldiers and wounded four others on a southern Philippine island, the military spokesman said on Friday, as the army focused on the remaining rebel groups after...

Australian senator faces racial abuse at pub

Australian senator faces racial abuse at pub

-- 2017-11-09 12:06:13

An Australian senator has criticised "the rise of the radical right" after he was racially abused by a group of men at a pub in Melbourne. Senator Sam Dastyari, who was born in Iran, was harassed wit...

Trump, Xi begin talks in China

Trump, Xi begin talks in China

BBC 2017-11-09 12:00:00

US President Donald Trump has begun talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, following his lavish welcome to the Chinese capital. Mr Trump is expected to raise how China can rein in North Kor...

New Delhi residents offered masks

New Delhi residents offered masks

-- 2017-11-09 11:32:10

Volunteers have taken to the streets of India's capital and fitted green pollution masks over the mouths of willing residents to make a statement about the city's choking smog. Not everybody wanted t...

UN warns of largest Yemen famine

UN warns of largest Yemen famine

-- 2017-11-09 09:55:00

Yemen faces the world's largest famine in decades "with millions of victims" if aid deliveries are not resumed, a senior UN official has warned. Mark Lowcock, the UN under-secretary general for human...

Saudi anti-corruption probe finds $100b was embezzled

Saudi anti-corruption probe finds $100b was embezzled

-- 2017-11-09 09:46:03

Saudi Arabia's attorney general says at least $100 billion has been misused through systemic corruption and embezzlement in recent decades. Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb said 199 people were being held for qu...

Trump strikes warmer tone with China

Trump strikes warmer tone with China

-- 2017-11-09 03:16:02

US President Donald Trump has lavished praise on Chinese leader Xi Jinping, a marked contrast to his previous criticism of China on the flashpoint issues of North Korea and trade. But he also urged M...

UN move may scuttle Rohingya talks: Myanmar

UN move may scuttle Rohingya talks: Myanmar

-- 2017-11-08 12:00:00

Myanmar said on Wednesday that the UN Security Council’s statement on the Rohingya refugee crisis could “seriously harm” its talks with Bangladesh over repatriating more than 0.60 mi...