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UK tanker held in Iran leaves Bandar Abbas port

UK tanker held in Iran leaves Bandar Abbas port

-- 2019-09-27 12:13:43

The British-flagged Stena Impero tanker, which was detained by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in July, has started moving and exited the Bandar Abbas port on Friday, Reuters reported citing Refinit...

Japan sees China as bigger threat than N Korea

Japan sees China as bigger threat than N Korea

Reuters 2019-09-27 11:17:00

China’s growing military might has replaced North Korean belligerence as the main security threat to Japan, Tokyo’s annual defence review indicated on Thursday, despite signs that Pyongyan...

White House 'tried to cover up Trump-Ukraine call'

White House 'tried to cover up Trump-Ukraine call'

-- 2019-09-27 11:06:50

A whistleblower report released on Thursday said President Donald Trump not only abused his office in attempting to solicit Ukraine’s interference in the 2020 US election for his political benef...

Landslide kills 30 in Chad goldmine

Landslide kills 30 in Chad goldmine

-- 2019-09-26 20:37:20

A landslide at an illegal gold mine in Chad has killed about 30 people, a government minister said on Thursday, reports Reuters. The mine in the Tibesti region near the Libyan border collapsed early...

Beijing airport opens

Beijing airport opens

Global Times 2019-09-26 17:32:52

President Xi Jinping on Wednesday inaugurated a state-of-art airport in Beijing, marking a monumental moment that highlighted both the country's prowess in building massive infrastructure and its ambi...

Anger, impatience mount in Pakistani Kashmir as Khan makes diplomatic push

Anger, impatience mount in Pakistani Kashmir as Khan makes diplomatic push

-- 2019-09-26 17:01:18

As Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan prepares to deliver another appeal to the world to address the situation in Kashmir, he faces the risk that rising anger in his country's portion of the dispute...

Trump impeachment: Intel chief to be grilled over whistleblower

Trump impeachment: Intel chief to be grilled over whistleblower

-- 2019-09-26 16:32:42

US lawmakers are preparing to question President Trump's top intelligence official over a whistleblower complaint that sparked an impeachment inquiry, reports BBC. Acting national intelligence direct...

Former French president Jacques Chirac dies at 86

Former French president Jacques Chirac dies at 86

-- 2019-09-26 16:24:50

Jacques Chirac, the former French president whose later years were blighted by corruption scandals, has died aged 86. Mr Chirac served two terms as French president and took his country into the sing...

Fire breaks out at French factory in Rouen

Fire breaks out at French factory in Rouen

-- 2019-09-26 15:42:34

A large fire broke out in the early hours of Thursday at a French factory in the northern port city of Rouen city, local authorities said. Authorities added there were no reported victims at this sta...

UN suspends Sri Lankan troops from peacekeeping

UN suspends Sri Lankan troops from peacekeeping

-- 2019-09-26 13:49:01

The United Nations suspended Sri Lankan Army deployments in the world body's peacekeeping operations after the Indian Ocean island nation appointed a war veteran who has been accused of serious human...

Khashoggi murder 'happened under my watch': Saudi crown prince

Khashoggi murder 'happened under my watch': Saudi crown prince

Reuters 2019-09-26 13:34:45

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said he bears responsibility for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year by Saudi operatives “because it happened under my watch,” according t...

Malaysian police arrest 15 over alleged Islamic State links

Malaysian police arrest 15 over alleged Islamic State links

Reuters 2019-09-26 13:20:18

Malaysia has arrested 15 people, mostly foreigners from neighbouring Indonesia, on suspicion of having links with the Islamic State militant group, police said on Thursday. Malaysia has been on high...

A Nobel for Sweden's Greta Thunberg?

A Nobel for Sweden's Greta Thunberg?

-- 2019-09-26 12:29:50

Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg’s shaming of world leaders and air travellers over climate change has won her millions of admirers and attracted many new followers to her cause. But it just mig...

Strong quake rattles Indonesia’s Ambon, one dead

Strong quake rattles Indonesia’s Ambon, one dead

-- 2019-09-26 12:06:46

At least one person died on Thursday after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku, damaging buildings and sending people fleeing to the hills, officials and witnes...

An unrepentant Boris Johnson faces raucous Parliament

An unrepentant Boris Johnson faces raucous Parliament

-- 2019-09-26 10:36:01

An unrepentant Prime Minister Boris Johnson brushed off cries of “Resign!” and dared his foes to try to topple him Wednesday at a raucous session of Parliament, a day after Britain’s...

‘Economic superpower’ label doesn’t fit China

‘Economic superpower’ label doesn’t fit China

Global Times 2019-09-25 17:56:16

An analysis on the US media outlet CNBC website on Monday called China an "economic superpower." On the same day, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison called China the "newly developed economy." I...

Mahathir slams UN, Myanmar govt over Rohingya crisis

Mahathir slams UN, Myanmar govt over Rohingya crisis

-- 2019-09-25 15:32:41

The United Nations and Myanmar government came under fire on Tuesday for their inaction in resolving the Rohingya crisis which has displaced more than a million people in the country. The UN’s...

US urges Myanmar to facilitate safe return of Rohingya

US urges Myanmar to facilitate safe return of Rohingya

-- 2019-09-25 13:58:41

The United States has urged Myanmar to create the conditions that would allow for "voluntary, safe, dignified, and sustainable" returns of the Rohingya, based on the informed consent of those who have...

Seven dead in Philippines dragon boat capsize

Seven dead in Philippines dragon boat capsize

-- 2019-09-25 12:23:23

The Philippine coast guard says seven rowers drowned and 14 others were rescued when their dragon boat was suddenly lashed by strong waves and overturned in the central Philippines. Coast guard spoke...

Teen climate activist Thunberg takes on Trump’s Twitter taunt

Teen climate activist Thunberg takes on Trump’s Twitter taunt

-- 2019-09-25 11:30:56

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg shot back on Tuesday at US President Donald Trump’s attempt to mock her on Twitter by changing her profile on the social media site to reflect Tru...

UK MPs, peers return after court rules shutdown unlawful

UK MPs, peers return after court rules shutdown unlawful

-- 2019-09-25 11:03:00

MPs and peers will return to Parliament later after the Supreme Court ruled that its suspension was unlawful. Boris Johnson is returning early from a UN summit in New York, while Labour cut its confe...

Democrats launch formal impeachment inquiry of Trump

Democrats launch formal impeachment inquiry of Trump

BBC 2019-09-25 10:35:35

US Democrats have opened a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump over allegations he sought help from a foreign power to damage a political rival. Top Democrat Nancy Pelosi said the...

Death toll rises to 19 in Pakistan earthquake

Death toll rises to 19 in Pakistan earthquake

Reuters 2019-09-24 21:23:42

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 shook northern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 19 people and injuring 100, government and police officials said. Photos and video carried by local media showed a collapsed...

Eight dead, 100 injured in 5.8 magnitude Pakistan quake

Eight dead, 100 injured in 5.8 magnitude Pakistan quake

Reuters 2019-09-24 20:46:30

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 shook northern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring 100, government and police officials said. Media photos and video showed a collapsed building and...

Guterres urges concrete action at UN climate summit

Guterres urges concrete action at UN climate summit

Xinhua 2019-09-24 18:34:02

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged concrete action at the Climate Action Summit that he convened amid a worsening climate crisis. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the summit, Gu...

 China's LPR cut part of global trend

 China's LPR cut part of global trend

Global Times 2019-09-24 17:56:59

China's September loan prime rate (LPR) was lowered 5 basis points to 4.2 per cent for one-year maturities on Friday, according to the National Interbank Funding Center, a unit of the People's Bank of...

Suspending parliament was unlawful: UK Supreme Court

Suspending parliament was unlawful: UK Supreme Court

BBC 2019-09-24 16:16:19

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend parliament was unlawful, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom said in its landmark ruling on Tuesday. Johnson suspended - or prorogued -...

Landmark ruling on UK Parliament suspension due today

Landmark ruling on UK Parliament suspension due today

-- 2019-09-24 15:33:48

The highest court in the UK is set to make a historic ruling today (Tuesday) over the legality of Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks. Ministers say the suspension, or proro...

Eight infants dead in Algeria hospital fire

Eight infants dead in Algeria hospital fire

-- 2019-09-24 14:57:55

Eight infants died in a fire in a hospital in Algeria’s El Oued early on Tuesday the fire service was quoted as saying on state media without giving any further details. The government has open...

Rohingya man dies in Myanmar landmine blast

Rohingya man dies in Myanmar landmine blast

-- 2019-09-24 12:15:26

A Rohingya man was killed by a landmine blast in Bangladesh-Myanmar border near Bandarban Border on Monday.  The deceased was identified as Abdul Majid, 33, son of Abdul Malek, a resident of Ku...