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Magnitude 5.7 quake hits Taiwan, no casualties

Magnitude 5.7 quake hits Taiwan, no casualties

-- 2019-04-03 13:48:46

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake jolted Taitung in Taiwan at 9:52 am Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicentre was monitored at 22.95 degrees north latitude and 1...

Pro-Maduro lawmakers open door to prosecution of Guaido

Pro-Maduro lawmakers open door to prosecution of Guaido

-- 2019-04-03 13:02:37

Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly, an all-powerful legislature controlled by the ruling Socialist Party, on Tuesday approved a measure allowing for a trial of opposition leader Juan Guaido, in wh...

May reaches out to Labour to help break Brexit deadlock

May reaches out to Labour to help break Brexit deadlock

-- 2019-04-03 12:01:15

British Prime Minister Theresa May will ask the EU for an extension to the Brexit deadline to "break the logjam" in Parliament. The PM says she wants to meet Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to agree a...

Malaysia 1 MDB: Ex-PM Najib faces first trial

Malaysia 1 MDB: Ex-PM Najib faces first trial

-- 2019-04-03 11:52:57

Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak is set to stand trial for his role in a financial scandal that has sent shockwaves around the world. Mr Najib is accused of pocketing $681m (£522m)...

IS claims killing of Canadian geologist in Burkina Faso

IS claims killing of Canadian geologist in Burkina Faso

-- 2019-04-03 11:35:39

Islamic State carried out the kidnapping and killing of a Canadian citizen in Burkina Faso in January, the group’s weekly newspaper Al-Naba said, claiming responsibility in its latest issue with...

Canada’s PM ousts two ex-ministers from party amid scandal

Canada’s PM ousts two ex-ministers from party amid scandal

-- 2019-04-03 11:19:40

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday sought to quell a crisis that threatens his chances of re-election, expelling from party ranks two former Cabinet members he said had undermined the r...

UN human rights experts condemn Rohingya deportation by India

UN human rights experts condemn Rohingya deportation by India

-- 2019-04-03 10:01:37

UN human rights experts condemned the Indian Government's decision to deport three more Rohingyas to Myanmar and urged the authorities to stop such forced deportations which are prohibited under inter...

Algeria's president to quit before mandate ends April 28

Algeria's president to quit before mandate ends April 28

-- 2019-04-02 11:46:27

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will resign before his mandate ends on April 28, state news agency APS said on Monday, bowing to weeks of mass protests and army pressure seeking an end to his...

Philippines' Duterte orders review of all govt contracts

Philippines' Duterte orders review of all govt contracts

-- 2019-04-02 11:29:49

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered a review of all contracts entered into by the government with companies and other countries to ensure none puts the country at a disadvantage, his spokesma...

Philippines protests over Chinese vessels in disputed waters

Philippines protests over Chinese vessels in disputed waters

-- 2019-04-01 17:48:37

The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest over the presence of more than 200 Chinese boats near an island occupied by Manila in the disputed South China Sea, the president’s spokesman said...

Facebook removes 687 pages linked to India's Congress

Facebook removes 687 pages linked to India's Congress

-- 2019-04-01 17:43:52

Facebook has removed 687 pages and accounts linked to India’s main opposition Congress party, just days before voting begins in a general election, because of 'coordinated inauthentic behaviour'...

Japan reveals name of new imperial era will be 'Reiwa'

Japan reveals name of new imperial era will be 'Reiwa'

-- 2019-04-01 16:43:57

Japan has announced that the name of its new imperial era, set to begin on 1 May, will be "Reiwa" - signifying order and harmony. The country's current era, Heisei, will end in a month with Emperor A...

Pope condemns building walls to keep migrants out

Pope condemns building walls to keep migrants out

Reuters 2019-04-01 15:12:49

Pope Francis said that political leaders who want walls and other barriers to keep migrants out “will end up becoming prisoners of the walls they build”. The pope made his comments to rep...

At least 20 die in Peru after double-decker bus catches fire

At least 20 die in Peru after double-decker bus catches fire

Reuters 2019-04-01 12:57:52

At least 20 people were killed and eight injured when the double-decker bus they were traveling in caught on fire in the Peruvian capital Lima on Sunday, a spokesman for the country’s firefighte...

Kim murder: Vietnamese woman escapes death penalty

Kim murder: Vietnamese woman escapes death penalty

-- 2019-04-01 12:54:55

A Vietnamese woman accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of causing hurt by potentially deadly means. A Malaysian court sent...

Four LeT members die in Kashmir gunfight

Four LeT members die in Kashmir gunfight

-- 2019-04-01 12:17:50

At least four Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Lassipora area of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. Three Army personnel and one cop...

Erdogan suffers setback in Turkey's local election

Erdogan suffers setback in Turkey's local election

Reuters 2019-04-01 12:01:56

Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan suffered a severe setback as his ruling AK Party lost control of the capital Ankara for the first time in a local election and he appeared to concede defeat in the countr...

Thunderstorm in Nepal leaves 25 dead, hundreds injured

Thunderstorm in Nepal leaves 25 dead, hundreds injured

-- 2019-04-01 10:21:41

Over two dozen people were killed in a severe thunderstorm that swept through parts of southern Nepal late on Sunday and hundreds more were injured, police and officials said. Nepal’s Prime Min...

Local polls in Turkey: Erdogan's party could lose in big cities

Local polls in Turkey: Erdogan's party could lose in big cities

-- 2019-03-31 21:08:27

Turkish citizens voted on Sunday in local elections which President Tayyip Erdogan has described as a matter of survival for Turkey and which were tarnished by violence that left two party members dea...

UN chief wants democratic transition in Algeria

UN chief wants democratic transition in Algeria

-- 2019-03-31 21:02:40

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday that he welcomed efforts towards a peaceful and democratic transition in Algeria, where weeks of protests have pushed for President Abdelaziz Boute...

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolts Papua New Guinea

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolts Papua New Guinea

-- 2019-03-31 17:31:37

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit Papua New Guinea's New Britain island, 186 km east of Kandrian, on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from t...

China’s latest industrial accident leaves seven dead

China’s latest industrial accident leaves seven dead

-- 2019-03-31 13:34:26

At least seven people were killed and five injured on Sunday when a container containing scrap metal exploded in the latest in a series of industrial accidents in eastern China. The early morning bla...

Trump cuts aid to Central American countries

Trump cuts aid to Central American countries

-- 2019-03-31 12:39:14

The US government cut aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras on Saturday after President Donald Trump blasted the Central American countries for sending migrants to the United States and threaten...

Arab summit expected to reject US decision over Golan Heights

Arab summit expected to reject US decision over Golan Heights

-- 2019-03-31 12:39:02

Arab heads of state, long divided by regional rivalries, are expected to unite at a summit on Sunday to oppose a US decision to recognise Israel’s annexation of Arab lands captured in 1967. Ara...

Ukrainians start voting in presidential elections

Ukrainians start voting in presidential elections

-- 2019-03-31 11:48:08

Polls have opened in Ukraine as the country votes in the first round of presidential elections. Current leader Petro Poroshenko is seeking re-election but the surprise front runner is comedian Volody...

Turks begin voting in local polls

Turks begin voting in local polls

Reuters 2019-03-31 11:17:39

Turks began voting on Sunday in local elections that President Tayyip Erdogan has described as a matter of survival for the country. Erdogan, who has dominated Turkish politics for more than 16 years...

UK's May under pressure to rule out long Brexit delay

UK's May under pressure to rule out long Brexit delay

-- 2019-03-31 10:21:35

British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing a new push by members of her Conservative Party to lead Britain out of the European Union in the next few months, even if it means a potentially damaging n...

Corruption scandal tape increases pressure on Trudeau

Corruption scandal tape increases pressure on Trudeau

-- 2019-03-30 20:04:44

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is under new pressure after his former justice minister released documents relating to a major corruption scandal. Jody Wilson-Raybould says government official...

Pope reaches Morocco for two-day trip

Pope reaches Morocco for two-day trip

-- 2019-03-30 19:48:26

Pope Francis reached Morocco on Saturday to start a two-day trip centred on inter-faith relations. The Alitalia plane carrying the pope, his entourage and journalists arrived at the Moroccan capital&...

Business ‘devastated’ by Brexit vote

Business ‘devastated’ by Brexit vote

-- 2019-03-30 16:33:32

Business groups in Britain have said they are 'devastated' after UK parliament's latest rejection of the Prime Minister's EU withdrawal plan. They urged lawmakers and the government to find a solutio...