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MPs back Brexit deal delay

MPs back Brexit deal delay

-- 2019-10-19 20:32:46

Boris Johnson has said he will press on "undaunted" with his Brexit strategy despite losing a vital vote in the House of Commons. He has vowed to introduce legislation needed to implement his agreeme...

Bus crash kills 35 in Saudi, BD people feared among victims

Bus crash kills 35 in Saudi, BD people feared among victims

-- 2019-10-19 17:35:15

The 35 people were killed on Friday in a bus crash in Saudi Arabia may include some Bangladeshis, the Bangladesh mission in the Gulf kingdom fears, reports bdnews24.com The bodies were so charred aft...

Brexit: Commons set for knife-edge votes on deal

Brexit: Commons set for knife-edge votes on deal

BBC 2019-10-19 16:28:44

MPs are debating the PM's Brexit deal, amid uncertainty about whether the decisive vote on it will go ahead. The PM is trying to convince MPs to support the agreement he secured with the EU, in Parli...

Chile President declares emergency as riots rock capital

Chile President declares emergency as riots rock capital

-- 2019-10-19 12:40:00

Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera declared a state of emergency in the capital Santiago early on Saturday, as the city of 6 million descended into chaos amid riots that left a downtown building...

Afghan mosque blast leaves at least 62 dead

Afghan mosque blast leaves at least 62 dead

-- 2019-10-18 21:47:41

Multiple explosions at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan collapsed the roof on worshippers during Friday prayers, killing at least 62 and wounding more than 100, officials said. Attaullah Khogyani, spo...

Protests paralyse Catalonia

Protests paralyse Catalonia

-- 2019-10-18 20:17:38

Spain's northeastern Catalonia region and its riot-swept regional capital, Barcelona, were paralysed Friday by a mix of strikes and marches as it faced its fifth day of protests over the conviction of...

Britain will lose out from exiting single market: Merkel

Britain will lose out from exiting single market: Merkel

Reuters 2019-10-18 19:36:41

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Britain would become a competitor after Brexit and that its exit from the European Union would see it losing out. Merkel told a news conference that she felt the...

Mexico deports over 300 Indian migrants

Mexico deports over 300 Indian migrants

-- 2019-10-18 17:57:02

Mexico has deported over 300 Indians to New Delhi, the National Migration Institute (INM) said late on Wednesday, calling it an unprecedented transatlantic deportation. The move follows a deal Mexico...

Fighting continues in Syria despite ceasefire

Fighting continues in Syria despite ceasefire

AP 2019-10-18 15:08:26

Fighting continued Friday morning in a northeast Syrian border town at the centre of the fight between Turkey and Kurdish forces, despite a US-brokered ceasefire that went into effect overnight. Shel...

Turkey, US agree on Syria ceasefire

Turkey, US agree on Syria ceasefire

Reuters 2019-10-18 11:11:57

Turkey has agreed to a five-day ceasefire in northeast Syria to allow for withdrawal of Kurdish forces, US Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday after talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan....

Hunger prompts India to review Hindu nationalism

Hunger prompts India to review Hindu nationalism

Global Times 2019-10-17 20:48:12

Indian dietary culture has kept its unique customs and traditions, some of which hinder its efforts in poverty relief. India ranked 102 among 117 countries in the Global Hunger Index in 2019, behind...

UK PM agrees ‘great’ new Brexit deal with EU

UK PM agrees ‘great’ new Brexit deal with EU

-- 2019-10-17 17:08:29

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that Britain and the European Union had agreed a "great" new Brexit deal and urged lawmakers to approve it at the weekend, reports Reuters. "We've got a...

Inner Mongolia to lift all poor counties out of poverty by year end

Inner Mongolia to lift all poor counties out of poverty by year end

-- 2019-10-17 14:45:30

Northern China's inner Mongolia autonomous region will lift all of its poor banners and counties out of poverty by the end of this year, said the regional government Thursday. So far, all the 26 regi...

Brexit deal close but not guaranteed, says France's Lemoyne

Brexit deal close but not guaranteed, says France's Lemoyne

Reuters 2019-10-17 13:08:13

A Brexit deal is within “arm’s reach” but it’s still not guaranteed, said French junior foreign affairs minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne on Thursday. “A deal is within arm...

'Don't be a tough guy' or 'a fool': Trump writes to Erdogan

'Don't be a tough guy' or 'a fool': Trump writes to Erdogan

Reuters 2019-10-17 11:09:01

US President Donald Trump warned Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a letter about Turkey’s incursion into Syria, “Don’t be a tough guy” and “Don’t be a fool!&rdqu...

35 pilgrims die in Saudi road crash

35 pilgrims die in Saudi road crash

AP 2019-10-17 10:16:22

Authorities in Saudi Arabia say 35 pilgrims have been killed in a bus crash near the Muslim holy city of Mecca. The state-run Saudi Press Agency reported Thursday that four others were injured in the...

Kim to fight US sanctions

Kim to fight US sanctions

-- 2019-10-17 00:28:18

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to surmount U.S.-led sanctions on his country in state media reports Wednesday alongside evocative propaganda images of him riding a white horse seen as foretelli...

Turkey calls on Kurdish fighters to lay arms, vacate border

Turkey calls on Kurdish fighters to lay arms, vacate border

-- 2019-10-16 20:35:11

As Russia and the United States each launched diplomatic forays to end Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday defied pressure for a ceasefire an...

China sets air quality target for Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei

China sets air quality target for Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei

Xinhua 2019-10-16 20:08:22

Chinese authorities on Wednesday released an action plan for air pollution control in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and nearby areas, setting specific targets for the autumn and winter season. The...

Chinese Premier Li stresses stable economic growth

Chinese Premier Li stresses stable economic growth

Xinhua 2019-10-16 19:04:45

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang stressed deepening reform and opening-up to facilitate steady economic growth and continuously improve people's livelihood. Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of t...

Malaysia will work diplomatically with India on palm oil import

Malaysia will work diplomatically with India on palm oil import

Reuters 2019-10-16 16:30:02

Malaysia will work diplomatically with India if India decides to restrict imports of Malaysian palm oil, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Wednesday. “If the (Indian) government launched...

Militants, security forces exchange fire in Kashmir

Militants, security forces exchange fire in Kashmir

Reuters 2019-10-16 12:19:40

A gun battle erupted between security forces and militants in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday, two police sources said, the first since mobile phone links were restored in the region in an effort to resto...

China says US House should stop interfering in HK

China says US House should stop interfering in HK

-- 2019-10-16 11:53:15

China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that Beijing resolutely opposed new measures passed by the US House of Representatives related to the Hong Kong protests and urged lawmakers to stop in...

Russia calls Turkey’s military incursion into Syria 'unacceptable'

Russia calls Turkey’s military incursion into Syria 'unacceptable'

Reuters 2019-10-16 10:34:53

Russia called Turkey’s military incursion into northeast Syria “unacceptable” and said on Tuesday the operation had to be limited in time and scale, a rare broadside that suggests Mo...

Huge moment for Ethiopia as Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace prize

Huge moment for Ethiopia as Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace prize

James Jeffrey in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2019-10-15 20:51:39

Ethiopia found itself in the global spotlight for all the right reasons after Abiy Ahmed, its young, dynamic prime minister. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Awarded since 1901 for outstanding cont...

Thai human traffickers flout 99pc of court orders to compensate victims

Thai human traffickers flout 99pc of court orders to compensate victims

-- 2019-10-15 17:57:33

Human traffickers in Thailand have ignored court orders to compensate victims in more than 99pc of cases in recent years, fuelling fears that many survivors could be re-trafficked, data obtained exclu...

China's first homegrown polar icebreaker to start its maiden voyage

China's first homegrown polar icebreaker to start its maiden voyage

Xinhua 2019-10-15 16:50:51

China's first domestically made polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, will start its maiden voyage to the Antarctic from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen Tuesday. Xuelong 2 will set sail...

Trade data shows resilience of China’s economy

Trade data shows resilience of China’s economy

Global Times 2019-10-15 16:42:05

Data released by the General Administration of Customs Monday shows China's total trade amounted to 22.91 trillion yuan ($3.24 trillion) in the first three quarters of the year, growing 2.8 per cent f...

US cop faces murder charges after killing black woman in her home

US cop faces murder charges after killing black woman in her home

-- 2019-10-15 12:03:53

A white Fort Worth, Texas, police officer was jailed on murder charges on Monday in the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old black woman who was babysitting inside her home, the police department said. At...

Japan typhoon death toll jumps to 66

Japan typhoon death toll jumps to 66

-- 2019-10-15 11:48:28

The death toll in the worst typhoon to hit Japan for decades climbed to 66 on Tuesday as rescuers slogged through mud and debris in an increasingly grim search for the missing, and as thousands of hom...