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Two missiles target Ethiopian airports as Tigray conflict widens

Two missiles target Ethiopian airports as Tigray conflict widens

Reuters 2020-11-14 20:05:12

Two airports in Ethiopia's Amhara state which neighbours Tigray where federal troops are fighting local forces were targeted by rocket fire late on Friday, the government said, as an 11-day conflict w...

Thousands of Thai protesters call for removal of prime minister

Thousands of Thai protesters call for removal of prime minister

Reuters 2020-11-14 19:32:53

Thousands of people protested in Bangkok on Saturday in the latest in months of anti-government demonstrations that have also called for reforms to Thailand’s powerful monarchy. A few kilometre...

Vietnam braces for Typhoon Vamco, 53 dead in Philippines

Vietnam braces for Typhoon Vamco, 53 dead in Philippines

Reuters 2020-11-14 19:15:48

Vietnam was bracing for Typhoon Vamco to make landfall in the country’s central coast early on Sunday, as the death toll in the Philippines rose to 53 from that country’s deadliest storm t...

Trump skips Southeast Asia summit for third year in a row

Trump skips Southeast Asia summit for third year in a row

-- 2020-11-14 19:05:31

US President Donald Trump skipped a summit with his Southeast Asian counterparts for the third year in a row on Saturday, with rival China set to expand its influence with a massive free trade deal in...

Syria marks 50 years of Assad family rule

Syria marks 50 years of Assad family rule

-- 2020-11-14 18:53:36

On November 13 in 1970, a young air force officer from the coastal hills of Syria launched a bloodless coup. It was the latest in a succession of military takeovers since independence from France in 1...

Airports near Ethiopia's Tigray state under attack

Airports near Ethiopia's Tigray state under attack

-- 2020-11-14 18:22:18

Two airports in Ethiopia’s Amhara state which neighbours Tigray where federal troops are fighting local forces were targeted by rocket fire late on Friday, the government said, reports Reuters....

Iran denies report al Qaeda’s number two killed in Iran

Iran denies report al Qaeda’s number two killed in Iran

REUTERS 2020-11-14 15:04:55

Iran on Saturday denied a New York Times report that al Qaeda’s second-in-command was killed in Iran in August by Israeli operatives at the behest of the United States. Iran’s Foreign Min...

Trump close to acknowledging reality as he faces 232-306 defeat to Biden

Trump close to acknowledging reality as he faces 232-306 defeat to Biden

REUTERS 2020-11-14 12:47:45

US President Donald Trump’s supporters will take to the streets on Saturday (local time) to back his unsubstantiated claims of election fraud as he pushes ahead with a flurry of longshot legal c...

15 die as India, Pakistan engage in cross-border firing

15 die as India, Pakistan engage in cross-border firing

REUTERS 2020-11-14 12:39:42

At least 10 civilians and five security personnel were killed in cross-border shelling between India and Pakistan on Friday, in one of this year’s deadliest days along the heavily militarised fr...

Blasts occur in two cities in Ethiopia’s Amhara state

Blasts occur in two cities in Ethiopia’s Amhara state

-- 2020-11-14 12:24:10

Two explosions went off in two different cities in Ethiopia’s Amhara state, which neighbours the northern state of Tigray where federal troops are fighting local forces. The explosions were rep...

Italy extends coronavirus ‘red zones’ as infections surge

Italy extends coronavirus ‘red zones’ as infections surge

-- 2020-11-14 11:34:48

Italy has added more regions to its coronavirus high-risk "red zones" as cases across the country hit a new daily record. Campania and Tuscany will join other regions placed under the strictest lockd...

Global Covid-19 cases exceeds 53 million

Global Covid-19 cases exceeds 53 million

-- 2020-11-14 11:33:09

The number of confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases exceeded 53 million globally, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University. The confirmed Covid-19 cases reached 53, 284,867 with o...

Israeli operatives killed al Qaeda’s number two in Iran in August: Report

Israeli operatives killed al Qaeda’s number two in Iran in August: Report

REUTERS 2020-11-14 11:19:23

Al Qaeda’s second-in-command, accused of helping to mastermind the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran in August by Israeli operatives acting at the behest of the Uni...

Anthony Fauci sees no reason to quit Trump now

Anthony Fauci sees no reason to quit Trump now

-- 2020-11-13 19:21:51

Top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci on Thursday said he has had no contact with US President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus transition team and sees no reason to quit President Donald...

China, India close to ending Ladakh standoff

China, India close to ending Ladakh standoff

Reuters 2020-11-13 17:35:16

Seeking to end a dangerous military standoff in the western Himalayas, India and China are formulating a plan that involves creating no-patrol zones, pulling back tanks and artillery, and using drones...

Indonesia to start mass Covid-19 vaccination this year

Indonesia to start mass Covid-19 vaccination this year

-- 2020-11-13 17:07:51

Indonesia has sought emergency authorisation to start a mass vaccination campaign by the end of the year to combat the coronavirus in the archipelago. Indonesian President Joko Widodo, commonly known...

China extends congratulations to Biden

China extends congratulations to Biden

REUTERS 2020-11-13 14:48:12

China’s foreign ministry said on Friday that it extended congratulations to US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris, who won the November 3 election that President Do...

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi's party wins in general elections

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi's party wins in general elections

-- 2020-11-13 13:19:40

Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party has won more than enough seats to form a new government in the general elections held across the country on Nov. 8, according to a result ann...

Top US election officials reject Trump's voter fraud claims

Top US election officials reject Trump's voter fraud claims

BBC 2020-11-13 11:55:22

US federal election officials have said the 2020 White House vote was the "most secure in American history", rejecting President Donald Trump's fraud claims. "There is no evidence that an...

Thailand seizes nearly $1.0b worth of contraband ketamine

Thailand seizes nearly $1.0b worth of contraband ketamine

Reuters 2020-11-12 20:28:44

Thailand has seized almost $1.0 billion worth of contraband ketamine, most of it probably destined for Europe, Japan or Korea, the Thai Narcotics Suppression Bureau said on Thursday. Montri Yimyaem,...

Top ULFA leader Drishti Rajkhowa surrenders in Meghalaya

Top ULFA leader Drishti Rajkhowa surrenders in Meghalaya

-- 2020-11-12 20:14:11

One of the top leaders of Assam’s United Liberation Front of Asom or ULFA has surrendered to security forces in Meghalaya which comes as a huge blow to the Paresh Barua-led faction of insurgent...

ICU beds full as COVID surges in Delhi, weekend festival a worry

ICU beds full as COVID surges in Delhi, weekend festival a worry

-- 2020-11-12 18:24:31

After his 92-year-old grandmother started coughing and her blood oxygen levels plummeted, Varunn Kaushik took her to two top private hospitals in New Delhi on Monday. Neither took her in, even after o...

Biden picks Ron Klain as White House chief of staff

Biden picks Ron Klain as White House chief of staff

REUTERS 2020-11-12 14:53:32

US President-elect Joe Biden named long-time adviser Ron Klain as his White House chief of staff on Wednesday (US standard time), his first major appointment since winning the November 3 presiden...

Global coronavirus cases exceed 52 million

Global coronavirus cases exceed 52 million

-- 2020-11-12 10:41:03

The number of confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases has exceeded 52 million globally on Thursday morning, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University. So far, 1,282,184 fatalities fr...

Bomb blast at WW1 remembrance in Saudi Arabia wounds several

Bomb blast at WW1 remembrance in Saudi Arabia wounds several

-- 2020-11-11 19:33:15

A bomb attack on a World War One remembrance ceremony in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah wounded several people on Wednesday. According to Reuters, the attack had taken place early on Wednesday when...

Biden plans move into White House as Trump clings to hope

Biden plans move into White House as Trump clings to hope

Reuters 2020-11-11 18:28:20

US President-elect Joe Biden will further lay the groundwork for his new administration on Wednesday as President Donald Trump pursues a flurry of lawsuits challenging the election results in an effor...

Hong Kong lawmakers to resign en masse as Beijing expels four legislators

Hong Kong lawmakers to resign en masse as Beijing expels four legislators

-- 2020-11-11 17:18:50

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy opposition lawmakers said on Wednesday they will resign en masse in protest against the dismissal of four of their colleagues from the city assembly after Beijing gave...

Bahrain's long-serving PM Sheikh Khalifa dies

Bahrain's long-serving PM Sheikh Khalifa dies

-- 2020-11-11 16:48:41

Bahrain’s Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa, the world’s longest-serving prime minister and a staunch ally of neighbouring Saudi Arabia and the United States, died on Wednesday. Sheikh...

Malaysia denying UN access to detained asylum seekers

Malaysia denying UN access to detained asylum seekers

-- 2020-11-11 16:22:36

The United Nations' refugee agency said Malaysia has not allowed it to meet detained refugees and asylum seekers for more than a year as the country cracks down on undocumented migrants, raising conce...

Europe Covid death toll exceeds 300,000 as winter looms

Europe Covid death toll exceeds 300,000 as winter looms

Reuters 2020-11-11 15:09:35

More than 300,000 people have died of Covid-19 across Europe, according to a Reuters tally on Tuesday, and authorities fear that fatalities and infections will continue to rise as the region heads int...