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US cyber attacks were not successful: Iran minister

US cyber attacks were not successful: Iran minister

-- 2019-06-24 12:07:50

US cyber attacks against Iranian targets have not been successful, Iran’s telecoms minister said on Monday, within days of reports that the Pentagon had launched a long-planned cyber attack to d...

Turkey's opposition wins big in Istanbul

Turkey's opposition wins big in Istanbul

-- 2019-06-24 11:45:39

Turkey's main opposition claimed a decisive victory on Sunday in Istanbul's re-run election, dealing one of the biggest blows to President Tayyip Erdogan during his 16 years in power and promising a n...

India tent collapse leaves 14 dead

India tent collapse leaves 14 dead

-- 2019-06-24 10:58:37

At least 14 people were killed and 50 injured when heavy rain and high winds caused a huge tent to collapse in the India’s western desert state of Rajasthan on Sunday, a senior government offi...

Earthquake of 7.5 magnitude hits Indonesia

Earthquake of 7.5 magnitude hits Indonesia

-- 2019-06-24 10:09:49

An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck in a remote area of Indonesia in the Banda Sea on Monday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no initial tsunami warnings. The quake hit at a de...

Saudi airline avoids Iran airspace by changing flight routes

Saudi airline avoids Iran airspace by changing flight routes

-- 2019-06-23 19:13:52

Saudi Arabia's state airline Saudia says it is rerouting flight paths to some Asian destinations in order to avoid Iranian airspace amid heightened tensions in the Arabian Gulf. The statement on Satu...

Kim received ‘excellent’ letter from Trump: N Korea

Kim received ‘excellent’ letter from Trump: N Korea

-- 2019-06-23 19:05:03

US President Donald Trump sent North Korean leader Kim Jong Un an “excellent” letter, the North’s state-run news agency reported Sunday, quoting Kim as saying he would “serious...

India rebuffs US report on attacks on minority Muslims

India rebuffs US report on attacks on minority Muslims

-- 2019-06-23 18:55:07

India on Sunday rejected a US State Department’s annual report on religious freedom that raised questions about the government’s inability to curb violent attacks on the country’s mi...

Cambodia building collapse kills 18

Cambodia building collapse kills 18

-- 2019-06-23 18:35:05

18 people were killed when an under-construction building in Cambodia collapsed early on Saturday, an official said, as rescuers struggled to reach missing workers feared trapped under a mountain of t...

Ethiopia says coup attempt thwarted, military chief killed

Ethiopia says coup attempt thwarted, military chief killed

-- 2019-06-23 18:13:26

Ethiopia’s government foiled a coup attempt in a region north of the capital, Addis Ababa, and the country’s military chief was shot dead, the prime minister said Sunday. The failed coup...

Iran lawmakers chant ‘Death to America’ as US called ‘terrorist’

Iran lawmakers chant ‘Death to America’ as US called ‘terrorist’

-- 2019-06-23 13:14:47

Iranian lawmakers chanted “Death to America” during a parliament session on Sunday after a speaker accused the United States of being the “real world terrorist”, amid escalatin...

Istanbul votes in mayoral re-run, in key test for Erdogan

Istanbul votes in mayoral re-run, in key test for Erdogan

-- 2019-06-23 11:49:33

More than 10 million Istanbul residents will vote on Sunday in a re-run of a mayoral election that has become a referendum on President Tayyip Erdogan's policies and a test of Turkey's ailing democrac...

Kim receives ‘excellent’ letter from Trump

Kim receives ‘excellent’ letter from Trump

-- 2019-06-23 11:00:04

North Korea leader Kim Jong-un has received a personal letter from US President Donald Trump, state media has reported. Mr Kim praised the letter as "excellent" and said he would "seriously contempla...

Ethiopia’s army chief shot

Ethiopia’s army chief shot

-- 2019-06-23 10:50:13

Ethiopia’s army chief of staff has been shot, the prime minister’s press secretary said on Sunday, hours after a failed coup attempt was reported in a federal state north of the capital....

Trump says new sanctions on Iran from Monday

Trump says new sanctions on Iran from Monday

-- 2019-06-23 10:13:14

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would impose fresh sanctions on Iran but that he wanted to make a deal to bolster its flagging economy, an apparent move to defuse tensions following the...

Afghanistan restricts India to 224-8

Afghanistan restricts India to 224-8

-- 2019-06-22 20:56:08

Twice champions India struggled against Afghanistan's disciplined bowling and posted a below-par 224 for eight in a group stage match of the Cricket World Cup at Hampshire Bowl on Saturday. Opting to...

Myanmar orders internet shutdown in Rakhine

Myanmar orders internet shutdown in Rakhine

-- 2019-06-22 18:56:59

Myanmar authorities ordered telecoms companies to shut down internet services in conflict-torn western Myanmar, a leading operator said on Saturday, amid heightening tensions in the region, where gove...

‘Southeast Asia making good progress on South China Sea’

‘Southeast Asia making good progress on South China Sea’

-- 2019-06-22 18:45:33

Southeast Asian nations made good progress on a Code of Conduct negotiating draft for the disputed South China Sea and likely will finish a first reading by the end of this year, the Thai foreign mini...

Xi concludes successful visit to North Korea

Xi concludes successful visit to North Korea

Global Times 2019-06-22 18:20:10

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Chinese President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing on Friday afternoon after concluding a successful state visit to North K...

'Iran will respond firmly to any US threat'

'Iran will respond firmly to any US threat'

-- 2019-06-22 17:19:36

Iran said on Saturday it would respond firmly to any US threat against it, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, amid escalating tension between Tehran and Washington over the shooting down o...

Sri Lanka extends emergency for third month after Easter bombings

Sri Lanka extends emergency for third month after Easter bombings

-- 2019-06-22 16:35:41

Sri Lanka has extended a law granting security forces emergency powers into third month following the Easter Day bomb attacks on hotels and churches that killed more than 250 people. Allowed to detai...

Nine die in Hawaii plane crash

Nine die in Hawaii plane crash

-- 2019-06-22 15:01:00

Nine people died in a plane crash in Hawaii on Friday, the Hawaii Department of Transportation said. The twin-engine King Air plane went down near Dillingham Airfield. There appeared to be no survivo...

Russia temporarily bans flights to Georgia after violent clashes

Russia temporarily bans flights to Georgia after violent clashes

-- 2019-06-22 12:51:46

President Vladimir Putin has temporarily banned Russian airlines from flying to Georgia following a spate of violent unrest in the country. He signed the decree - which will be implemented from 8 Jul...

Kim, Xi agree to grow ties whatever external situation

Kim, Xi agree to grow ties whatever external situation

-- 2019-06-22 12:32:02

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and China's President Xi Jinping reached a consensus on "important issues," and agreed to build on their countries' friendly relations "whatever the international situa...

HK protesters disperse after blockading police headquarters

HK protesters disperse after blockading police headquarters

-- 2019-06-22 12:18:05

Thousands of protesters who had blockaded police headquarters in Asia’s leading financial centre had mostly dispersed by Saturday morning with some roads reopened for traffic as normal but it re...

UN rights chief urges Venezuela to release prisoners

UN rights chief urges Venezuela to release prisoners

-- 2019-06-22 11:38:58

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday urged Venezuela’s government to release prisoners who were arrested for peacefully protesting, and confirmed that a delegation would remain in t...

Sri Lanka bags thrilling win over England

Sri Lanka bags thrilling win over England

-- 2019-06-22 10:16:41

Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup - England v Sri Lanka - Headingley, Leeds, Britiain - June 21, 2019 Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga celebrates taking the wicket of England's Jos Buttler Action Images via R...

Trump says he aborted Iran strike to spare lives

Trump says he aborted Iran strike to spare lives

-- 2019-06-22 09:51:42

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike on Iran because it could have killed 150 people, a disproportionate response to Tehran's downing of an unmanned US surveillance dr...

Pompeo to calm tension with  India before Trump-Modi talks

Pompeo to calm tension with India before Trump-Modi talks

-- 2019-06-21 21:54:03

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will try to soothe increasing friction with India over trade, data flows and arms from Russia during a visit next week and instead focus on strategic ties between the...

Sex scandal clouds Mahathir's succession plan

Sex scandal clouds Mahathir's succession plan

-- 2019-06-21 20:25:12

Leaked sex videos purporting to show a potential successor to Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad with another man have deepened rifts within the ruling coalition and raised concerns of a turbul...

Sri Lanka sets target of 233

Sri Lanka sets target of 233

-- 2019-06-21 19:31:41

Jofra Archer moved into a share of top spot on the World Cup wicket-taking list with 3-52 as England restricted Sri Lanka to 232-9 in the group game at Headingley. Archer's fifth three-wicket haul in...