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Suu Kyi to contest Rohingya genocide case at world court

Suu Kyi to contest Rohingya genocide case at world court

Reuters 2019-11-21 12:02:42

Aung San Suu Kyi will appear before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to contest a case filed by Gambia accusing Myanmar of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority, her government said on...

Western media shifts tone on HK riots

Western media shifts tone on HK riots

Global Times 2019-11-20 17:37:14

As the months-long violence in Hong Kong entered a deadly level in the past two weeks, with radical rioters turning university campuses into "terror camps" to engage in clashes with police, a public o...

Sri Lankan prime minister to resign

Sri Lankan prime minister to resign

-- 2019-11-20 17:08:58

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to resign on Wednesday as his party’s candidate lost in a presidential election over the weekend, two government sources said. “...

UK outraged at ‘torture’ of ex-Hong Kong consulate employee

UK outraged at ‘torture’ of ex-Hong Kong consulate employee

-- 2019-11-20 14:34:35

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Wednesday condemned China’s treatment of a former employee of Britain’s Hong Kong consulate who told a newspaper Chinese secret police beat him as...

‘Catastrophic’ fire alerts in South Australia, Victoria

‘Catastrophic’ fire alerts in South Australia, Victoria

-- 2019-11-20 13:44:41

Heat and winds are threatening to widen Australia's bushfire crisis, with three states warned to expect their worst conditions of the season so far. Soaring temperatures in South Australia prompted "...

Afghanistan chopper crash kills two US service members

Afghanistan chopper crash kills two US service members

-- 2019-11-20 12:36:24

Two United States service members were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the US military said in a statement. “The cause of the crash is under investigation, however pre...

Peace becomes more elusive as US backs Israeli WB settlements

Peace becomes more elusive as US backs Israeli WB settlements

-- 2019-11-20 00:09:26

The United States on Monday effectively backed Israel's right to build Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank (WB) by abandoning its four-decade-old position that they were "inconsistent with in...

An appeal for Sudan's future

An appeal for Sudan's future

Ibrahim Elbadawi and Jeffrey D. Sachs in Khartoum, Sudan   2019-11-19 20:56:19

On December 19, 2018, peaceful protests erupted spontaneously in cities across Sudan. Just four months later, the brave demonstrators succeeded in ousting the despotic regime of Omar al-Bashir, who ha...

Migrants required to live in regional Australia under new visa scheme

Migrants required to live in regional Australia under new visa scheme

Xinhua 2019-11-19 17:23:45

The Australian government has launched its new visa scheme aimed at luring more migrants to rural areas. According to the rules of new regional visas launched recently, migrants to Australia must spe...

Thousands of Canadian railway workers go on strike

Thousands of Canadian railway workers go on strike

-- 2019-11-19 15:02:17

About 3,000 workers of Canadian National Railway, the country’s largest railroad operator, went on strike on Tuesday, labour union Teamsters Canada said after both parties failed to resolve cont...

US backing for Israeli settlements clouds peace process

US backing for Israeli settlements clouds peace process

-- 2019-11-19 13:21:20

The United States on Monday effectively backed Israel’s right to build Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank by abandoning its four-decade-old position that they were “inconsistent...

Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif leaves Pakistan for medical treatment

Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif leaves Pakistan for medical treatment

-- 2019-11-19 12:34:10

The former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is serving a prison sentence for corruption, has left the country to receive medical treatment in London. Sharif, a three-time prime minister, has...

China coal mine blast claims lives of 15

China coal mine blast claims lives of 15

-- 2019-11-19 11:49:24

Fifteen people were killed and nine others injured in a coal mine gas explosion in north China's Shanxi Province, local authorities said Tuesday. Investigation showed that 35 miners were working unde...

Myanmar judge extends sentences for jailed poets

Myanmar judge extends sentences for jailed poets

Reuters 2019-11-19 11:26:51

A Myanmar judge on Monday extended the sentences of a troupe of satirical performers jailed for mocking the military, in a case that has raised new concern about freedom of expression. Seven members...

24 soldiers die in militant attack in Mali

24 soldiers die in militant attack in Mali

-- 2019-11-19 10:55:39

Twenty-four soldiers have been killed in an attack by militants in eastern Mali, the country's army has said. Another 29 were also injured during a joint operation between troops from Mali and Niger...

Little progress made for poorest children: Report

Little progress made for poorest children: Report

FE ONLINE REPORT 2019-11-18 20:18:23

Little progress has been made for the world’s poorest children, according to a new report released on Monday. The report, titled The Convention on the Rights of the Child at a Crossroads, urgen...

Kuwait PM declines reappointment, emir removes senior ministers

Kuwait PM declines reappointment, emir removes senior ministers

Reuters 2019-11-18 19:37:41

Kuwait’s caretaker prime minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak declined to be reappointed as premier in the OPEC oil producer on Monday, rebuffing the offer from the ruling emir after submitting the...

Cambodia’s princess dies at age 76

Cambodia’s princess dies at age 76

-- 2019-11-18 17:55:37

Cambodia's Princess Norodom Bopha Devi, a former minister of culture who helped revive traditional Apsara dance after the brutal 1970s Khmer Rouge regime nearly wiped it out, has died at age 76, the r...

North Korea not interested in meaningless talks with United States

North Korea not interested in meaningless talks with United States

Reuters 2019-11-18 17:15:18

North Korea's government has said it is not interested in meaningless talks with the United States just so President Donald Trump had something to boast about, urging an end to what it called a policy...

Boris Johnson to tell business chiefs he will end uncertainty

Boris Johnson to tell business chiefs he will end uncertainty

Reuters 2019-11-18 16:45:44

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell business leaders on Monday that his pledge to take Britain out of the EU swiftly will end uncertainty and boost the economy, seeking to win over industri...

Kuwait to adopt asphalt tech to pave road

Kuwait to adopt asphalt tech to pave road

-- 2019-11-18 13:13:36

Kuwait has developed a new rubber asphalt technology to create a new form of road paving material, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) has said. Suad Al-Bahar, representative of the res...

Hong Kong court rules ban on face masks unconstitutional   

Hong Kong court rules ban on face masks unconstitutional  

Reuters 2019-11-18 12:57:37

Hong Kong’s High Court ruled on Monday that a British colonial-era emergency law revived by the government to ban protesters wearing face masks was unconstitutional. It said the law was &ldqu...

Food shortages hit Bolivia, new elections still uncertain

Food shortages hit Bolivia, new elections still uncertain

-- 2019-11-18 11:54:13

Bolivians languished in long lines on the streets of La Paz on Sunday to secure chicken, eggs and cooking fuel as supporters of ousted President Evo Morales crippled the country’s highways, isol...

Democrats invite Trump to testify

Democrats invite Trump to testify

-- 2019-11-18 00:00:00

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi invited President Donald Trump to testify in front of investigators in the House impeachment inquiry ahead of a week that will see several key witnesses appear pu...

Xi urges BRICS countries to champion multilateralism

Xi urges BRICS countries to champion multilateralism

-- 2019-11-17 18:29:51

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on the BRICS countries to undertake their due obligations in championing and practicing multilateralism. Xi made the appeal in a speech entitled "Toget...

Ex-defence chief Rajapaksa wins Sri Lanka presidency

Ex-defence chief Rajapaksa wins Sri Lanka presidency

-- 2019-11-17 18:19:59

Sri Lanka's former wartime defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa has won a presidential election that has split the country along ethnic lines. Official results showed Mr Rajapaksa took 52.25 per cent of...

US, S Korea postpone joint exercise criticised by N Korea

US, S Korea postpone joint exercise criticised by N Korea

-- 2019-11-17 13:52:06

The United States and South Korea on Sunday said they were postponing a joint military air exercise that North Korea has criticised as provocative. US Defence Secretary Mark Esper and his South Korea...

Trump's Ukraine phone call was 'inappropriate': Pence aide

Trump's Ukraine phone call was 'inappropriate': Pence aide

-- 2019-11-17 12:09:49

The phone call between US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart at the center of Congress’ impeachment investigation was “inappropriate,” a foreign policy aide to Vice...

Rajapaksa takes lead in Sri Lanka's presidential election

Rajapaksa takes lead in Sri Lanka's presidential election

Reuters 2019-11-17 12:04:20

Sri Lanka’s former wartime defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa established a lead over his main rival in a presidential election months after deadly militant attacks in the island, early results sh...

Bushfire conditions worsen in east, west Australia

Bushfire conditions worsen in east, west Australia

-- 2019-11-17 11:42:37

Rising temperatures, lightning strikes and gusty winds further raised fire danger on both coasts of Australia on Sunday as the country already battles more than 120 bushfires and firefighters work day...