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Planes collide mid-air in New Zealand, leaving two pilots dead

Planes collide mid-air in New Zealand, leaving two pilots dead

-- 2019-06-16 12:40:04

Two light aircraft collided mid-air on their final approach at a regional aerodrome in New Zealand on Sunday killing both pilots, police said. Four parachutists on board of one of the planes had jump...

No tsunami threat to NZ after 7.2 quake hits Kermadec Islands

No tsunami threat to NZ after 7.2 quake hits Kermadec Islands

-- 2019-06-16 11:39:08

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake rattled the Kermadec Islands of New Zealand at 10:55am on Sunday (local time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicentre, which struck at a de...

Saudi Arabia blames Iran for tanker attacks

Saudi Arabia blames Iran for tanker attacks

-- 2019-06-16 11:28:04

Saudi Arabia's crown prince blamed Iran for attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman and called on the international community to take a "decisive stand" but said in an interview published on Su...

Saudi seeks oil supply protection

Saudi seeks oil supply protection

-- 2019-06-16 11:12:24

Saudi Arabia called for swift action to secure Gulf energy supplies and joined the United States in blaming Iran for attacks on two oil tankers in a vital shipping route that have raised fears of broa...

Japanese cop stabbed in apparent pre-meditated attack: NHK

Japanese cop stabbed in apparent pre-meditated attack: NHK

-- 2019-06-16 11:12:01

A Japanese police officer was stabbed several times in the chest with a kitchen knife and his loaded handgun stolen while on patrol on Sunday morning in the western city of Suita, in a rare case of vi...

Trump calls London mayor a ‘disaster’ after three murders

Trump calls London mayor a ‘disaster’ after three murders

-- 2019-06-16 10:47:10

US President Donald Trump once again criticised London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Saturday, saying he is a “disaster” and will “only get worse” after three people were slain in the ci...

Zero elephants poached in a year in top Africa wildlife park

Zero elephants poached in a year in top Africa wildlife park

-- 2019-06-15 17:09:09

One of Africa’s largest wildlife preserves is marking a year without a single elephant found killed by poachers, which experts call an extraordinary development in an area larger than Switzerlan...

Hong Kong suspends extradition bill after protests

Hong Kong suspends extradition bill after protests

-- 2019-06-15 14:45:36

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Saturday delayed indefinitely a proposed law to allow extraditions to mainland China, in a dramatic retreat after widespread anger over the bill sparked violent protests...

Trump blames Iran for Gulf oil tanker attacks

Trump blames Iran for Gulf oil tanker attacks

-- 2019-06-15 10:09:29

The United States on Friday blamed Iran for attacks on two oil tankers at the entrance to the Gulf and said it was seeking international consensus about the threat to shipping, despite Tehran denying...

England crushes West Indies by eight wickets

England crushes West Indies by eight wickets

-- 2019-06-14 22:58:27

Joe Root's classy unbeaten century led England to a comprehensive eight-wicket win over West Indies in a one-sided Cricket World Cup match in Southampton on Friday, reports bdnew24.com. Chasing a mod...

Twitter removes 4,800 accounts linked to Iran

Twitter removes 4,800 accounts linked to Iran

-- 2019-06-14 19:41:12

Twitter has removed nearly 4,800 accounts, which were allegedly being used by Iran to spread misinformation, in a continuing effort to prevent election interference and misinformation on the platform....

US blames Iran for attack on oil tankers

US blames Iran for attack on oil tankers

-- 2019-06-14 18:47:48

The United States has blamed Iran for attacks on two oil tankers at the entrance to the Gulf, after an incident that has raised concerns about a new confrontation in the vital oil shipping route. Was...

Sri Lanka brings five suspects back from Saudi Arabia

Sri Lanka brings five suspects back from Saudi Arabia

-- 2019-06-14 18:33:58

Five Sri Lankans suspected of having links to Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people were brought home in police custody on Friday after being deported from Saudi Arabia. Police decl...

Swiss women protest for equality

Swiss women protest for equality

-- 2019-06-14 16:53:22

Women across Switzerland have begun a day of demonstrations against what they say is the country's unacceptably slow pace to equality. Friday's protest comes 28 years after similar action saw half a...

China flood death toll hits 61

China flood death toll hits 61

Reuters 2019-06-14 12:09:01

As many as 61 people have been killed and 356,000 evacuated from their homes as heavy rain and floods swept through large parts of southern and central China this week, Chinese rescue authorities said...

Ind vs NZ abandoned because of rain

Ind vs NZ abandoned because of rain

-- 2019-06-13 20:31:30

Cricket fans endured more frustration on Thursday as India and New Zealand's World Cup match was abandoned without a ball being bowled. Both teams were hoping to extend their 100 per cent winning rec...

Stranded Rohingyas linked to human trafficking: Thai police

Stranded Rohingyas linked to human trafficking: Thai police

-- 2019-06-13 14:46:57

Thai police said on Thursday there is enough evidence to press human trafficking charges against the captain and crew of a boat carrying 65 Rohingya Muslims that was shipwrecked this week on a souther...

Hong Kong extradition protesters leave city in shock

Hong Kong extradition protesters leave city in shock

-- 2019-06-13 14:12:48

Authorities have shut some government offices in Hong Kong's financial district after the worst violence the city has seen in decades. By Thursday morning the crowds had largely dispersed around gove...

US to send 1,000 more troops to Poland

US to send 1,000 more troops to Poland

-- 2019-06-13 11:02:24

The US will deploy 1,000 more troops to Poland, President Donald Trump has said during a press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda. President Trump said the force would be taken from Amer...

36 children dead in Bihar due to ‘Acute Encephalitis’

36 children dead in Bihar due to ‘Acute Encephalitis’

-- 2019-06-12 20:04:11

Some 36 children died at Bihar's Muzaffarpur district of India in the last 48 hours and 133 children were admitted to hospitals due to suspected Acute Encephalitis Syndrome or AES. The doctors, howeve...

China, Russia seek further cooperation in finance, education and culture

China, Russia seek further cooperation in finance, education and culture

Global Times 2019-06-12 17:57:40

Russia should fall in love with China more times,  Alexander Ageev, Director General at the Institute for Economic Strategies in Russia, said at a round table conference on the greater Eurasian p...

India to evacuate thousands as Cyclone Vayu nears Gujarat

India to evacuate thousands as Cyclone Vayu nears Gujarat

-- 2019-06-12 13:14:24

Indian authorities are preparing to evacuate 0.3 million (300,000) people along the western coast as a severe cyclone is expected to make landfall on Thursday morning in the state of Gujarat. Storm V...

Protesters paralyse Hong Kong over extradition bill

Protesters paralyse Hong Kong over extradition bill

Reuters 2019-06-12 11:06:14

Tens of thousands of demonstrators in Hong Kong surrounded the city’s legislature on Wednesday, forcing it to postpone a second round of debate on an extradition bill that would allow people to...

Chinese migrant workers leaving megacities for more stable lives in third- and fourth- tier cities

Chinese migrant workers leaving megacities for more stable lives in third- and fourth- tier cities

Global Times 2019-06-11 20:36:10

Chinese migrant workers in megacities are more inclined to leave super cities and start business in local community with government supporting grants. Sense of security, belonging, and skills drawing...

BD-SL match washed out

BD-SL match washed out

-- 2019-06-11 19:10:01

A record third match of the World Cup was abandoned because of rain as Bangladesh's game against Sri Lanka was called off without a ball being bowled. With persistent rain falling in Bristol, the mat...

Rain delays BD-SL match

Rain delays BD-SL match

-- 2019-06-11 18:06:36

The weather affected the World Cup for the second day in a row as Bangladesh's game against Sri Lanka was delayed and veering towards abandonment, according to BBC and ESPNcricinfo. Rain ensured the...

North Korean leader's slain half-brother 'was a CIA informant'

North Korean leader's slain half-brother 'was a CIA informant'

-- 2019-06-11 13:05:30

Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who was killed in Malaysia in 2017, had been an informant for the US Central Intelligence Agency, according to a Wall Street Journal r...

Six die in Ukraine psychiatric clinic fire

Six die in Ukraine psychiatric clinic fire

-- 2019-06-11 12:12:31

Six people died in a fire in a municipal psychiatric clinic in the Ukrainian southern port of Odessa, Ukraine’s emergencies service said on Tuesday. The fire occurred on Monday evening, the ser...

North Korea urges US to change 'hostile policy'

North Korea urges US to change 'hostile policy'

Reuters 2019-06-11 11:53:45

North Korean state media called on the United States on Tuesday to “withdraw its hostile policy” towards Pyongyang or agreements made at a landmark summit in Singapore a year ago might bec...

Semis not impossible: Mashrafe

Semis not impossible: Mashrafe

-- 2019-06-11 10:34:13

Back-to-back defeats may have jeopardised Bangladesh's prospects of reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup but the task is merely difficult and not impossible, captain Mashrafe Mortaza said ahead o...