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Death toll in Christchurch attacks rises to 51

Death toll in Christchurch attacks rises to 51

-- 2019-05-03 13:30:18

A Turkish citizen who was wounded during deadly attacks at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch on March 15 has died, Turkey's foreign minister said on Thursday, raising the death toll...

Malaysia frees second woman accused in Kim Jong-nam murder case

Malaysia frees second woman accused in Kim Jong-nam murder case

-- 2019-05-03 11:04:04

A Vietnamese woman who spent more than two years in a Malaysian prison on suspicion of killing the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was freed on Friday, her lawyer said. Doan Thi Huong...

Cyclone Fani hits Odisha, wind speed at 200 km/hour

Cyclone Fani hits Odisha, wind speed at 200 km/hour

-- 2019-05-03 10:02:19

Cyclone Fani, the most severe storm since the super cyclone of 1999 that killed 10,000 people in Odisha, has started making its impact felt in the state, NDTV reports citing the weather office. The i...

Hamas team visits Egypt to discuss truce with Israel

Hamas team visits Egypt to discuss truce with Israel

-- 2019-05-02 22:09:38

A delegation, including Islamic Hamas movement and Islamic Jihad movement, on Thursday left Gaza Strip through Rafah border to Egypt to discuss the understanding of the truce with Israel, according to...

Iran oil tanker breaks down in Red Sea off Saudi coast

Iran oil tanker breaks down in Red Sea off Saudi coast

-- 2019-05-02 16:42:43

An Iranian oil tanker carrying over 1 million barrels of fuel oil suffered a malfunction in the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia, authorities said Thursday, raising concerns that the vessel could...

Florida teachers can now carry gun in classrooms!

Florida teachers can now carry gun in classrooms!

-- 2019-05-02 14:38:19

Florida’s legislature has passed a bill allowing teachers to carry guns in the classroom, expanding a programme launched after the deadly high school shooting in Parkland with the aim of prevent...

Thai king marries bodyguard in surprise wedding

Thai king marries bodyguard in surprise wedding

-- 2019-05-02 14:11:58

The king of Thailand has married the deputy head of his personal security detail, and given her the title of queen, a royal statement said. The surprise announcement comes before his elaborate corona...

Catholic services in Colombo cancelled for second week

Catholic services in Colombo cancelled for second week

-- 2019-05-02 13:23:26

Catholic services are being cancelled for a second weekend in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo after the government warned of more possible attacks by the same Islamic State-linked group that carried...

Modi gets election boost with UN sanction against India's 'enemy No. 1'

Modi gets election boost with UN sanction against India's 'enemy No. 1'

-- 2019-05-02 12:17:35

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's re-election bid received a big fillip on Wednesday after a UN Security Council committee blacklisted Masood Azhar, the head of a Pakistan-based militant group, a...

UK’s May fires defence chief over Huawei leaks

UK’s May fires defence chief over Huawei leaks

-- 2019-05-02 12:02:08

British Prime Minister Theresa May summarily fired Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson Wednesday after an investigation into leaks from a secret government meeting about the Chinese telecommunications...

India to evacuate 800,000 as cyclone Fani nears east coast

India to evacuate 800,000 as cyclone Fani nears east coast

-- 2019-05-02 11:15:21

India will use boats, buses and trains to evacuate 800,000 people along its east coast on Thursday ahead of an approaching cyclone that is forecast to make landfall within 24 hours, officials said. S...

Demonstrators clash with police on May Day in Paris

Demonstrators clash with police on May Day in Paris

-- 2019-05-01 22:44:17

    French police have fired tear gas on masked protesters who joined large May Day demonstrations in Paris, reports BBC.   Traditionally a union-led day of action in the country, t...

UN panel blacklists Masood Azhar, founder of Pakistan-based militant group

UN panel blacklists Masood Azhar, founder of Pakistan-based militant group

-- 2019-05-01 22:42:12

  A UN Security Council committee blacklisted the head of Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) on Wednesday, after China dropped its long-held obstruction of the move, diplomats...

US considers move to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group

US considers move to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group

-- 2019-05-01 21:46:30

  The White House has confirmed it is considering the designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation, after Donald Trump was personally lobbied by Egypt’s president, Abd...

Rare tornado hits Romania

Rare tornado hits Romania

-- 2019-05-01 21:06:37

Several people were injured when a tornado barrelled through southern Romania, forcing a bus off the road and overturning it in a nearby field, reports BBC. Twelve people on the bus were hurt and one...

Maduro claims victory over Guaidó 'coup'

Maduro claims victory over Guaidó 'coup'

-- 2019-05-01 20:11:46

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro says he has foiled an ‘attempted coup’ by opposition leader Juan Guaidó. Dozens of National Guardsmen sided with the opposition in clash...

Sudanese threaten general strike as tensions escalate with military

Sudanese threaten general strike as tensions escalate with military

-- 2019-05-01 20:10:37

The organisers of Sudan's protests have threatened a general strike and civil disobedience as tensions escalate with the military council that assumed power after the overthrow of President Omar al-Ba...

EC cancels nomination of Modi’s challenger

EC cancels nomination of Modi’s challenger

-- 2019-05-01 20:09:14

India's Election Commission (EC) has cancelled the nomination of an ex-soldier who was running against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Varanasi constituency of Uttar Pradesh state. The former Bor...

Cyclonic Storm Fani: India launches mass evacuation

Cyclonic Storm Fani: India launches mass evacuation

-- 2019-05-01 18:28:23

India has started evacuating hundreds of thousands of villagers living along its north-eastern coastline ahead of a severe cyclone due to make landfall on Friday, reports Reuters. The state of Odisha...

Julian Assange gets 50 weeks in jail

Julian Assange gets 50 weeks in jail

-- 2019-05-01 17:22:18

A British judge on Wednesday sentenced Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to 50 weeks in prison for breaching his bail conditions in 2012. The 47-year-old was found guilty of breaching the Bail Act las...

Taliban hold fresh round of  talks with US envoy

Taliban hold fresh round of talks with US envoy

-- 2019-05-01 16:32:36

The Taliban say a fresh round of talks with US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is to start in Qatar, where the religious movement maintains a political office. Khalilzad is trying to negotiate an end to...

Pakistan Coast Guards seize narcotics over $24m

Pakistan Coast Guards seize narcotics over $24m

-- 2019-05-01 16:28:34

KARACHI: The Pakistan Coast Guards have recovered narcotics worth over $24 million during an operation near Jiwani town of Balochistan province, officials said. Safeer Mehdi, a spokesperson of the Pa...

Lanka blocks Zakir Naik’s Peace TV

Lanka blocks Zakir Naik’s Peace TV

-- 2019-05-01 16:16:59

After UK and Canada, India and Bangladesh had also banned Peace TV which has often been used by ISIS recruiters for indoctrination and brainwashing. For inciting religious intolerance and violent ext...

Hardline Indian group calls for ban on face veil

Hardline Indian group calls for ban on face veil

-- 2019-05-01 16:10:50

  NEW DELHI: An Indian Hindu nationalist group allied with Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on Wednesday for a ban on veils after Sri Lanka prohibited the garments worn by some Muslim women f...

Maoist attack kills 16 Indian troops in Maharashtra

Maoist attack kills 16 Indian troops in Maharashtra

-- 2019-05-01 15:43:04

At least 16 paramilitary troops were killed in a powerful landmine blast on Wednesday in Maharashtra, a state spanning west-central India. According to Hidustan Times, the explosion occurred this aft...

Gunman kills two, injures four at University of North Carolina

Gunman kills two, injures four at University of North Carolina

-- 2019-05-01 14:40:47

A gunman reported to have been a student opened fire in a building at the University of North Carolina’s Charlotte campus on Tuesday, killing two people and wounding four others, three of them c...

Japan’s new emperor pledges to work as symbol of people

Japan’s new emperor pledges to work as symbol of people

-- 2019-05-01 14:01:19

Japanese Emperor Naruhito formally took up his post on Wednesday a day after the abdication of his father, saying he felt a "sense of solemnity" but pledging to work as a symbol of the nation and the...

US policeman found guilty of murdering Australian woman

US policeman found guilty of murdering Australian woman

-- 2019-05-01 11:53:50

A former policeman in the US state of Minnesota has been found guilty of murdering an unarmed Australian woman. Mohamed Noor shot Justine Ruszczyk Damond as she approached his patrol car to report a...

IS remains threat, leader seen in video: Iraq

IS remains threat, leader seen in video: Iraq

-- 2019-05-01 10:43:00

Islamic State remains a potent threat around the world despite reduced capabilities, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Tuesday, adding its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had made his latest v...

Venezuela's opposition leader takes to streets in military uprising

Venezuela's opposition leader takes to streets in military uprising

-- 2019-04-30 19:53:21

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó took to the streets with activist Leopoldo Lopez and a small contingent of heavily armed troops early Tuesday in a bold and risky call for the military...