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British police arrest Wikileaks co-founder

British police arrest Wikileaks co-founder

-- 2019-04-11 16:41:03

Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Mr Assange took refuge in the embassy seven years ago to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault c...

US puts 37 China companies, schools on ‘unverified’ list

US puts 37 China companies, schools on ‘unverified’ list

-- 2019-04-11 15:53:08

The US Commerce Department said on Wednesday that is adding 37 Chinese companies and schools to a red-flag list of ‘unverified’ entities that US companies should treat with caution, accord...

Sudan’s president steps down: Government sources

Sudan’s president steps down: Government sources

-- 2019-04-11 14:31:13

Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has stepped down and consultations are under way to form a transitional council to run the country, government sources and a provincial minister said on Thursday. Th...

Moon jae-in to meet Trump hoping to revive N Korea talks

Moon jae-in to meet Trump hoping to revive N Korea talks

-- 2019-04-11 11:35:33

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet US President Donald Trump on Thursday hoping to help put denuclearisation talks with North Korea back on track after a failed summit between the United Sta...

NZ police expect tens of thousands of firearms surrender

NZ police expect tens of thousands of firearms surrender

-- 2019-04-11 10:19:01

New Zealand police expect tens of thousands of firearms to be surrendered in a guns buy-back scheme after parliament passed tough new firearm laws in the wake of the country’s worst peacetime...

India begins voting in first phase of general election

India begins voting in first phase of general election

-- 2019-04-11 10:07:16

Indians began voting on Thursday in the first phase of a mammoth general election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi gunning for a second term having campaigned strongly on his national security recor...

EU gives May till October for Brexit, seeking clarity

EU gives May till October for Brexit, seeking clarity

-- 2019-04-11 09:51:42

European Union leaders gave Britain six more months to leave the bloc, more than Prime Minister Theresa May says she needs but less than many in the bloc wanted, thanks to fierce resistance from Franc...

World’s 'biggest democracy' begins general election Thursday

World’s 'biggest democracy' begins general election Thursday

-- 2019-04-10 22:30:50

India’s prime minister is rallying his nationalist base as the world’s biggest democracy begins a general election on Thursday, but it has become tighter than anticipated, thanks to dwindl...

Twitter removes Trump video for use of ‘Dark Knight’ score

Twitter removes Trump video for use of ‘Dark Knight’ score

-- 2019-04-10 19:57:21

Twitter removed a campaign video posted by US President Donald Trump after Warner’s Bros. Pictures complained about the use of the score from its 2012 movie “The Dark Knight Rises.”...

'Julian Assange is being spied on in Ecuadorean embassy'

'Julian Assange is being spied on in Ecuadorean embassy'

-- 2019-04-10 19:44:19

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been the subject of a sophisticated spying operation in the Ecuadorean embassy where he has been holed up since 2012, the group said on Wednesday. The group also...

EU to grant May a Brexit delay, with conditions

EU to grant May a Brexit delay, with conditions

Reuters 2019-04-10 17:38:11

The European Union will grant British Prime Minister Theresa May a second delay to Brexit at an emergency summit on Wednesday but leaders will debate a longer extension with conditions to prevent any...

May to make Brexit plea at EU summit

May to make Brexit plea at EU summit

-- 2019-04-10 14:44:16

EU leaders are to meet for an emergency summit in Brussels to decide whether to offer the UK another delay to Brexit. Prime Minister Theresa May wants to postpone the date the UK leaves the EU beyond...

Dalai Lama, 83, admitted to Delhi hospital

Dalai Lama, 83, admitted to Delhi hospital

-- 2019-04-10 13:33:38

The Dalai Lama has been admitted to hospital in the Indian capital, Delhi, with a chest infection, but is reported to be in a stable condition. His private aide Tenzin Taklha said he was flown to Del...

Israel’s Netanyahu wins record fifth term in office: Reports

Israel’s Netanyahu wins record fifth term in office: Reports

-- 2019-04-10 11:02:10

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won the national election, securing a record fifth term in office despite running neck in neck with his challenger Benny Gantz, the country’s three...

BJP lawmaker among five 'killed by Maoists' in Chhattisgarh

BJP lawmaker among five 'killed by Maoists' in Chhattisgarh

-- 2019-04-09 19:59:56

A lawmaker of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and four others were killed in an attack on an election campaign convoy by suspected Maoists in Chhattisgarh in central India on Tuesday eveni...

US bans 16 Saudis for their role in Khashoggi murder

US bans 16 Saudis for their role in Khashoggi murder

-- 2019-04-09 17:16:58

The US State Department on Monday publicly barred 16 individuals from entering the US for their roles in the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “In cases where the Secretary...

Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong found guilty of public nuisance

Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong found guilty of public nuisance

-- 2019-04-09 16:42:07

Nine pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have been found guilty of public nuisance charges for their role in a civil disobedience movement that called for free elections in the city. Among them are...

Turkey’s election board rejects recount call in 31 districts

Turkey’s election board rejects recount call in 31 districts

-- 2019-04-09 12:53:27

Turkey’s High Election Board has rejected a request by President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party to recount all votes in 31 Istanbul districts, a board member said on Tuesday, but his party vowe...

Heavy gunfire heard at protest in Sudan capital: TV

Heavy gunfire heard at protest in Sudan capital: TV

-- 2019-04-09 11:43:22

Heavy gunfire was heard at a protest outside the defence ministry in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Tuesday, live broadcast by Arab TV stations showed, and activists said that security forces were...

Israelis start voting in close-fought election

Israelis start voting in close-fought election

-- 2019-04-09 11:16:28

Israelis have begun voting in the country's most closely-fought general election in years. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the right-wing Likud Party, is seeking a fifth term in office....

US labels Iran military as terrorists

US labels Iran military as terrorists

-- 2019-04-08 20:47:19

US President Donald Trump has designated Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organisation. It is the first time the US has labelled another nation's military as a ter...

Russia signs agreement to free captive whales

Russia signs agreement to free captive whales

-- 2019-04-08 20:20:57

Russia on Monday signed an agreement with a group of international scientists to free nearly 100 whales that have been held for months in cramped pens in Russia’s Far East, a scandal that has tr...

Foreign interference in Canada election very likely

Foreign interference in Canada election very likely

-- 2019-04-08 20:14:41

It is very likely that foreign actors will try to meddle in Canada’s October federal election, with the focus on political parties, voters and candidates, Canada’s electronic signals spy a...

Thousands flee amid clashes in Libya

Thousands flee amid clashes in Libya

-- 2019-04-08 18:57:38

At least 2,800 people have fled from the fighting near Libya's capital, Tripoli, according to the UN. Other civilians are trapped by the clashes and are cut off from vital emergency services, it says...

Fire at Pakistan PM's office

Fire at Pakistan PM's office

-- 2019-04-08 18:26:47

The Prime Minister’s Office of Pakistan was evacuated on Monday after a fire broke out on the sixth floor of the building. Several media reports said, Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan was r...

Malaysia police say 37 Rohingyas found on beach

Malaysia police say 37 Rohingyas found on beach

-- 2019-04-08 13:54:38

Thirty-seven people believed to be Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar were found on a beach in northern Malaysia on Monday, police said, the latest arrivals in what authorities fear could be a new wave of...

Modi's party promises 33pc reservation for women in parliament

Modi's party promises 33pc reservation for women in parliament

-- 2019-04-08 13:42:22

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party promised on Monday to reserve 33 per cent of seats in the parliament and state assemblies for women if it returns to power in an election due to begin on Th...

Australia police arrest 38 animal rights activists

Australia police arrest 38 animal rights activists

Reuters 2019-04-08 13:18:42

Australia police arrested 38 animal rights activists on Monday after they blocked peak hour traffic in Melbourne in protests to mark the first anniversary of a film, Dominion, about factory farming....

US Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen resigns amid Trump anger

US Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen resigns amid Trump anger

-- 2019-04-08 11:08:27

US Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who oversaw President Donald Trump’s bitterly contested immigration policies during her tumultuous 16-month tenure, resigned on Sunday (local tim...

India will attack again this month, Pakistan FM says

India will attack again this month, Pakistan FM says

-- 2019-04-07 18:51:03

Pakistan has 'reliable intelligence' that India will attack again this month, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Sunday, as tension over a February standoff between the two nuclear-armed ne...