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Trump declares national emergency over IT threats

Trump declares national emergency over IT threats

-- 2019-05-16 19:07:14

President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to protect US computer networks from "foreign adversaries". He signed an executive order which effectively bars US companies from using foreig...

India's Muslims fear for their future under Modi

India's Muslims fear for their future under Modi

-- 2019-05-16 17:53:46

With an increase in hate crimes against Muslims in India in recent years, some fear the world's largest democracy is becoming dangerously intolerant under the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party...

Russian police detain dozens during cathedral protest

Russian police detain dozens during cathedral protest

-- 2019-05-16 15:24:40

Several dozen people have been detained at a rally to protest the construction of a cathedral in a popular park in Russia's fourth-largest city. Russian news agencies on Thursday quoted local court o...

Philippines withdraws top diplomats from Canada

Philippines withdraws top diplomats from Canada

-- 2019-05-16 13:30:31

The Philippines is withdrawing top diplomats from Canada after Ottawa missed a deadline to take back 69 shipping containers full of trash, the latest move in a long-running row stoked by threats from...

Two Kolakata climbers die on Mount Kanchenjunga

Two Kolakata climbers die on Mount Kanchenjunga

-- 2019-05-16 12:11:18

Two Indian climbers died near the summit of Mount Kanchenjunga during an expedition on the world’s third highest mountain in Nepal, their hiking company said on Thursday. The climbers were id...

Soldiers patrol India's Kolkata after election violence

Soldiers patrol India's Kolkata after election violence

-- 2019-05-16 11:39:39

Soldiers patrolled the centre of Kolkata, the capital of India's West Bengal state, on Wednesday a day after rival political supporters clashed during campaigning for the country's general election....

Trump to propose merit-based immigration plan

Trump to propose merit-based immigration plan

-- 2019-05-16 11:08:45

US President Donald Trump will outline on Thursday a plan to harden border security and overhaul the legal immigration system to favour applicants who speak English, are well-educated and have job off...

US pulls some government employees from Iraq

US pulls some government employees from Iraq

-- 2019-05-15 17:58:36

Washington ordered the departure of non-emergency government employees from Iraq on Wednesday, after repeated US expressions of concern about threats from Iranian-backed forces. The US State Departme...

Iran says it halted some commitments under nuclear deal

Iran says it halted some commitments under nuclear deal

-- 2019-05-15 13:32:09

Iran has officially stopped some commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers following an order from its national security council, an informed official in the country’s atomic energ...

5.5 quake strikes off Japan Island

5.5 quake strikes off Japan Island

-- 2019-05-15 12:37:19

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 struck off the north-east coast of Japan's southern Amami-Oshima Island, the weather agency of Tokyo said Wednesday. No tsunami warning or advisory h...

China's door will remain open to all, says Xi amid trade tensions

China's door will remain open to all, says Xi amid trade tensions

Reuters 2019-05-15 12:10:28

China has glorious history of being open to the world and the country will only be more open, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, in his first public address since trade tensions with the United S...

Alabama senate passes near-total ban abortion

Alabama senate passes near-total ban abortion

-- 2019-05-15 11:27:07

Alabama lawmakers have passed a bill to outlaw abortion outright in the state, set to be the strictest such US law. The state Senate approved the law by 25 votes to six, rejecting exemptions for case...

UK lawmakers to vote again on Brexit bill

UK lawmakers to vote again on Brexit bill

-- 2019-05-15 11:14:11

UK MPs will be asked to vote on Brexit again in early June whether or not the government and Labour have reached a deal, Downing Street has said. A spokesman said a vote on the bill that would pave t...

Saudi Arabia approves new residency scheme for expatriates

Saudi Arabia approves new residency scheme for expatriates

-- 2019-05-15 10:23:20

Saudi Arabia's cabinet on Tuesday approved a special residency scheme similar to green card systems applicable in other countries, aimed at attracting wealthy and high-skilled expats, the Saudi Press...

Armed drones attack two oil pumping stations in Saudi Arabia

Armed drones attack two oil pumping stations in Saudi Arabia

-- 2019-05-14 20:31:13

Saudi Arabia said armed drones had struck two oil pumping stations in the kingdom on Tuesday in what it called a 'cowardly' act of terrorism two days after Saudi oil tankers were sabotaged off the coa...

North Korea demands immediate return of ship seized by US

North Korea demands immediate return of ship seized by US

-- 2019-05-14 14:57:03

North Korea has demanded the immediate return of a cargo ship seized by the US, branding the move an "unlawful robbery". Last week the US justice department accused Pyongyang of violating internation...

Snap financial ties with Myanmar military, UN urges world

Snap financial ties with Myanmar military, UN urges world

-- 2019-05-14 14:46:37

The world must cut off financial and other support for Myanmar's armed forces, a UN fact-finding mission said on Tuesday, repeating a call for top generals to be prosecuted for abuses against the Rohi...

Sri Lankan software engineer 'key' in Easter attack

Sri Lankan software engineer 'key' in Easter attack

Reuters 2019-05-14 13:38:49

A Sri Lankan software engineer suspected by authorities in Sri Lanka of having provided technical and logistical support to the Easter Sunday suicide bombers was monitored by Indian intelligence agenc...

China, US have 'wisdom' to resolve trade dispute: Diplomat

China, US have 'wisdom' to resolve trade dispute: Diplomat

-- 2019-05-14 13:38:44

China and the United States both have the “ability and wisdom” to reach a trade deal that is good for both, the Chinese government’s top diplomat said, as US President Donald Trump s...

Sri Lanka imposes curfew after clashes kill one

Sri Lanka imposes curfew after clashes kill one

-- 2019-05-14 12:48:07

One person was killed in Sri Lanka on Monday as police fired tear gas at mobs attacking mosques and Muslim-owned shops and imposed a curfew after the worst outbreak of sectarian violence since the Eas...

One officer, three protesters die in Sudan gunfire

One officer, three protesters die in Sudan gunfire

-- 2019-05-14 11:37:38

One officer and three protesters were killed and many protesters wounded in the Sudanese capital late on Monday, Sudan’s state TV said. Earlier, heavy gunfire was heard in Khartoum late into th...

Five dead in mysterious crossbow attack in Germany

Five dead in mysterious crossbow attack in Germany

-- 2019-05-14 11:25:24

German police probing the deaths of three people shot with crossbow arrows in a rural Bavarian hotel near Passau in Germany have found two more female bodies in a flat 650km (400 miles) away. The fla...

Iranian woman get 10 years in jail for spying for UK

Iranian woman get 10 years in jail for spying for UK

-- 2019-05-13 16:44:46

Iran said on Monday it had sentenced an Iranian woman to 10 years prison for spying for Britain, as tension rises between Tehran and some Western countries over its nuclear and missile programmes. &n...

China will 'never surrender' as US trade row heats up

China will 'never surrender' as US trade row heats up

-- 2019-05-13 16:30:28

China will never surrender to external pressure, the government said on Monday, though stopped short of announcing how Beijing will hit back after Washington renewed its threat to impose tariffs on al...

Sweden reopens rape case against Assange

Sweden reopens rape case against Assange

-- 2019-05-13 15:32:15

Swedish prosecutors have reopened an investigation into a rape allegation made against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange. The inquiry has been revived at the request of the alleged victim's lawyer....

Strong quake jolts Panama

Strong quake jolts Panama

-- 2019-05-13 13:39:43

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake rattled homes in southwest Panama on Sunday near the border with Costa Rica, damaging buildings and injuring at least one person, but there were no immediate reports of fata...

Algeria arrests 95 illegal immigrants

Algeria arrests 95 illegal immigrants

-- 2019-05-13 12:41:18

The Algerian army arrested 95 illegal immigrants in various operations, the defence ministry said Sunday. Algeria's coast guards in Oran Province, 400 km northwest of the capital Algiers, foiled an a...

Sweden to announce decision on Julian Assange rape case

Sweden to announce decision on Julian Assange rape case

-- 2019-05-13 11:47:56

Swedish prosecutors are set to announce whether they are reopening an inquiry into a rape allegation against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange. The investigation may be revived at the request of th...

Sri Lanka blocks social media after anti-Muslim unrest

Sri Lanka blocks social media after anti-Muslim unrest

-- 2019-05-13 11:25:12

Sri Lanka is temporarily blocking some social media networks and messaging apps, including Facebook and WhatsApp, it said on Monday after attacks on mosques and Muslim-owned businesses in the worst un...

New Zealand’s Royal Commission begins inquiry into mosques massacre

New Zealand’s Royal Commission begins inquiry into mosques massacre

Reuters 2019-05-13 10:01:03

An inquiry into Christchurch’s mosques shooting massacre began hearing evidence on Monday, as New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern prepared to co-host a meeting in France that seeks global...