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British Airways will follow US guidance to avoid parts of Iranian airspace

British Airways will follow US guidance to avoid parts of Iranian airspace

-- 2019-06-21 17:59:33

British Airways said on Friday it will adhere to guidance from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to avoid parts of Iranian airspace and its flights will continue to operate using alternativ...

Fire at Indonesia matchstick factory, 30 dead

Fire at Indonesia matchstick factory, 30 dead

-- 2019-06-21 16:41:38

At least 30 people died on Friday after a fire swept through a small factory producing matchsticks in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, authorities said. Reuters reports, the blaze broke out...

Bus plunges into deep gorge in northern India, killing 39

Bus plunges into deep gorge in northern India, killing 39

-- 2019-06-21 11:36:14

A bus fell into a deep gorge along a sharp curve on a mountainous road in northern India, killing 39 people, police said Friday. Twenty-one people with injuries were hospitalised in Kullu, a town in...

Trump pulls back from launch of strikes on Iran

Trump pulls back from launch of strikes on Iran

-- 2019-06-21 11:20:24

US President Donald Trump approved military strikes on Friday against Iran in retaliation for the downing of an unmanned $130-million surveillance drone, but pulled back from launching the attacks, th...

North Korea woos Xi in lavish state visit

North Korea woos Xi in lavish state visit

-- 2019-06-21 10:56:54

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed that strengthening bilateral ties, at a time of "serious and complicated" international affairs, was good for regional peac...

US aviation authority bans flights over some Iran-controlled airspace

US aviation authority bans flights over some Iran-controlled airspace

-- 2019-06-21 10:43:25

The US Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday issued an emergency order prohibiting US operators from flying in an overwater area of Tehran-controlled airspace over the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf...

US says it has no plans to cap H-1B work visas

US says it has no plans to cap H-1B work visas

-- 2019-06-21 10:16:22

The Trump administration has no plans to cap H-1B work visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data locally, the State Department said on Thursday. Reuters reported on Wednesday that...

Spirited Tigers give Aussies a mighty scare

Spirited Tigers give Aussies a mighty scare

-- 2019-06-21 09:43:06

Mushfiqur Rahim blasted Bangladesh to their highest ODI total of 333 for eight with his maiden World Cup century but it was not enough to prevent a 48-run defeat to holders Australia in their high-sco...

Washington seeks new deal with Tehran

Washington seeks new deal with Tehran

-- 2019-06-20 20:45:02

US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook on Wednesday described US latest move in the Middle East as "defensive", reaffirming that Washington seeks a "comprehensive and enduring deal" with Tehran...

Australia set mammoth target for Tigers

Australia set mammoth target for Tigers

-- 2019-06-20 20:34:44

Defending world champions Australia posted a massive total of 381 for five in the ICC World Cup match against Bangladesh at Trent Bridge on Thursday. Bangladesh conceded as many or more runs in the W...

Warner hits ton as Australia heading for big total

Warner hits ton as Australia heading for big total

-- 2019-06-20 18:28:09

Former vice-captain of Australia, David Warner hit his second ton in the ongoing ICC Men’s World Cup in England and Wales against Bangladesh on Thursday at Nottingham. The southpaw reached his...

World looks with hope at Xi’s North Korea visit

World looks with hope at Xi’s North Korea visit

Global Times 2019-06-20 17:24:38

Chinese President Xi Jinping embarked on a historic visit of North Korea on Thursday. The first visit since 2005 by a top Chinese leader to the country has the international community watching intentl...

Aussies win toss, ask Tigers to bowl first

Aussies win toss, ask Tigers to bowl first

FE Online Desk 2019-06-20 15:13:14

The defending champions Australia have won the toss and asked Bangladesh to bowl first at Trent Bridge in Nottingham today. Two changes have been made in the Bangladesh line-up today, Tiger skipper M...

China's Xi arrives in North Korea

China's Xi arrives in North Korea

-- 2019-06-20 14:07:31

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in North Korea on Thursday as Beijing looks to bolster its neighbour, hit by UN sanctions over its nuclear and missile programmes, a week before Xi and US Presiden...

Houthis say they hit Saudi power station with cruise missile

Houthis say they hit Saudi power station with cruise missile

-- 2019-06-20 11:35:51

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis struck a power station in Saudi Arabia’s al-Shuqaiq city, in the southern province of Jizan, with a cruise missile, their Al Masirah TV said on Wednesday, but...

Trump says to meet with Putin at G20 summit

Trump says to meet with Putin at G20 summit

Reuters 2019-06-20 11:28:23

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (local time) he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at next week’s G20 summit in Japan. In an interview on Fox News, Trump said he would...

US mulling caps on H-1B visas to deter data rules

US mulling caps on H-1B visas to deter data rules

-- 2019-06-20 10:59:13

The United States has told India it is considering caps on H-1B work visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data locally, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, wide...

Iran ‘shoots down’ US spy drone

Iran ‘shoots down’ US spy drone

-- 2019-06-20 10:48:58

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) claim to have shot down a US spy drone over Iranian airspace. State media reported the military hit a drone, which they named as a RQ-4 Global Hawk, near...

US defence chief steps down amid Iran tension

US defence chief steps down amid Iran tension

-- 2019-06-20 00:33:29

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is citing a "painful" family situation as he steps down from the position before his formal nomination has even been sent to the Senate, reports AP. Presiden...

Four charged with murder for shooting down MH17 plane

Four charged with murder for shooting down MH17 plane

-- 2019-06-19 17:39:58

Four men have been charged with murder over the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet in eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 passengers and crew. Dutch investigators have accused three Russians, Igor G...

China takes moral high ground in face of US power play

China takes moral high ground in face of US power play

Global Times 2019-06-19 16:41:45

The Sino-US trade dispute is not only a game between representatives of the two countries at the negotiating table, but also a contest between the two sides in the field of international public opinio...

'No need for China to spy on India using balloons'

'No need for China to spy on India using balloons'

Global Times 2019-06-19 16:38:42

China does not need to use balloons to gather intelligence on India, and if balloons have indeed been deployed along the borders of Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, as Indian media reported,...

Eight killed in Uttar Pradesh road crash

Eight killed in Uttar Pradesh road crash

-- 2019-06-19 13:57:47

At least eight people, including two children, were killed and 12 others injured early on Wednesday after a pick-up van collided head-on with a goods carrier in northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,...

Magnitude 6.8 quake strikes Kermadec Islands in Pacific

Magnitude 6.8 quake strikes Kermadec Islands in Pacific

-- 2019-06-19 13:38:06

A magnitude 6.8 quake struck south southeast of Raoul Island in South Pacific chain of the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand, the US Geological Survey said on Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of...

MH17 crash investigators to name four suspects

MH17 crash investigators to name four suspects

-- 2019-06-19 12:47:57

Investigators probing the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet in eastern Ukraine in 2014 will present new evidence later on Wednesday. The Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team (JIT) is expected to name...

Poor nations hosting most refugees worldwide, UN says

Poor nations hosting most refugees worldwide, UN says

Reuters 2019-06-19 12:13:42

Developing countries, not rich Western nations, are bearing the brunt of the world’s refugee crisis and are hosting most of the record 70.8 million displaced people who have fled war and perse...

Rocket hits site of major foreign oil firms in Iraq, two hurt

Rocket hits site of major foreign oil firms in Iraq, two hurt

-- 2019-06-19 11:30:24

A rocket landed at a residential and operations headquarters of several global major oil companies, including US giant ExxonMobil, near Iraq’s southern city of Basra early on Wednesday, wounding...

Trump formally kicks off his re-election bid

Trump formally kicks off his re-election bid

Reuters 2019-06-19 10:45:11

US President Donald Trump formally launched his 2020 re-election campaign on Tuesday (local time) by presenting himself as the same political insurgent who shook up the Washington establishment four...

Turkey orders arrest of 128 army personnel over Gulen links

Turkey orders arrest of 128 army personnel over Gulen links

-- 2019-06-18 13:51:21

Turkey has ordered the arrest of 128 military personnel over suspected links to the network accused by Ankara of orchestrating an attempted coup in 2016, state-run Anadolu news agency said on Tuesday....

Calm dressing room key to win: Shakib

Calm dressing room key to win: Shakib

-- 2019-06-18 12:56:46

Bangladesh’s successful run chase against West Indies at the World Cup on Monday was aided by a calm and confident dressing room atmosphere that the players were able to replicate on the pitch,...