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US Navy veteran detained in Iran gets 10 years jail: Lawyer

US Navy veteran detained in Iran gets 10 years jail: Lawyer

-- 2019-03-17 11:22:59

A US Navy veteran has been sentenced to 10 years in an Iranian prison, his family’s lawyer said, after he was arrested last July while visiting an Iranian woman in the city of Mashhad. Michael...

At least 50 die in Indonesia flash floods

At least 50 die in Indonesia flash floods

-- 2019-03-17 10:56:35

Flash floods in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua have killed at least 50 people and badly injured dozens of others and damaged a small plane at the region’s main airport, author...

May warns of long Brexit delay unless MPs back her deal

May warns of long Brexit delay unless MPs back her deal

-- 2019-03-17 10:52:02

British Prime Minister Theresa May’s warned lawmakers that unless they approved her Brexit divorce deal after two crushing defeats, Britain’s exit from the European Union could face a long...

New Zealand mosque shootings toll rises to 50

New Zealand mosque shootings toll rises to 50

Reuters 2019-03-17 10:01:30

The death toll in the New Zealand mosque shootings rose to 50 on Sunday after police found another victim at one of the mosques, and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said bodies of those killed would beg...

New Zealanders reach out to Muslims with compassion

New Zealanders reach out to Muslims with compassion

-- 2019-03-16 18:09:35

New Zealand’s stricken residents reached out to Muslims in their neighbourhoods and around the country on Saturday, with a fierce determination to show kindness to a community in pain as a 28-ye...

Cyclone leaves 24 people dead in Zimbabwe

Cyclone leaves 24 people dead in Zimbabwe

-- 2019-03-16 17:09:53

At least 24 people have died in south eastern Zimbabwe as homes and bridges were swept away by a tropical storm, the country’s information ministry said on Saturday. Cyclone Idai, which brought...

China passes foreign investment law to facilitate US trade talks

China passes foreign investment law to facilitate US trade talks

-- 2019-03-16 16:45:22

China has passed a new foreign investment law in a move widely seen as an effort to facilitate US trade talks. Delegates voted overwhelmingly in favour of the law on the final day of the National Peo...

Russia will respond to new EU sanctions

Russia will respond to new EU sanctions

-- 2019-03-16 16:37:01

Russia will not leave new European Union sanctions unanswered, the foreign ministry was cited by the RIA news agency as saying in a statement on Saturday. The United States, Canada and the European U...

Australian senator egged after racist comments on New Zealand

Australian senator egged after racist comments on New Zealand

-- 2019-03-16 16:03:13

Australian Senator Fraser Anning was hit with an egg on Saturday after he made controversial comments on Muslims following the attack on two mosques in New Zealand. The incident occurred at an event...

NZ PM pledges gun law reforms after mosque massacre

NZ PM pledges gun law reforms after mosque massacre

-- 2019-03-16 14:52:55

New Zealand is normally peaceful and calm - and has plenty of guns. New Zealand’s reputation as a laid-back and safe country, where even police are mostly unarmed, belies easy access to weapons...

Cameroon to register 10m voters before polls

Cameroon to register 10m voters before polls

-- 2019-03-16 14:34:23

Cameroon's electoral body Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) attempted to register at least 10 million voters before the legislative and municipal elections in September, said ELECAM Chairman said. The ELEC...

30,000 students join 'Global Strike for Future' in Belgium

30,000 students join 'Global Strike for Future' in Belgium

-- 2019-03-16 14:26:50

Thousands of school students across Belgium abandoned classrooms for a day of climate demonstrations on Friday as part of the 'Global Strike for Future', local press reported. Over 30,000 people, ac...

Car bomb kills driver in Kabul

Car bomb kills driver in Kabul

-- 2019-03-16 14:19:44

A car bomb exploded prematurely in Koti Sangi district of western Kabul in Afghanistan, killing the driver and injuring two passers-by early on Saturday, local police said. The car was carrying a mag...

Trump vetoes measure to end border wall emergency

Trump vetoes measure to end border wall emergency

-- 2019-03-16 10:49:58

US President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency on Friday to block a measure passed by Democrats and Republicans in Congress that would terminate his emergency declaration for a wall...

New Zealand shootings: Main suspect charged with murder

New Zealand shootings: Main suspect charged with murder

-- 2019-03-16 10:04:48

The main suspect in mass shootings at two New Zealand mosques was charged with one count of murder a day after an attack that killed 49 people and wounded dozens, prompting the prime minister to vow r...

N Korea may break off US  talks, resume missile tests

N Korea may break off US talks, resume missile tests

-- 2019-03-15 21:37:36

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may break off denuclearisation talks with the US and resume missile and nuclear testing, a senior official says, reports BBC. Vice Foreign Minister Choe Sun-hui told f...

US hopes to continue denuclearisation talks with North Korea

US hopes to continue denuclearisation talks with North Korea

-- 2019-03-15 19:40:11

The United States is hopeful that it can continue to hold denuclearisation talks with North Korea, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday following reports that a top Pyongyang official had...

France strengthens security following New Zealand shootings

France strengthens security following New Zealand shootings

-- 2019-03-15 17:36:08

French authorities have stepped up security measures near religious sites after deadly attacks against two mosques in New Zealand left 49 people dead, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said on Fri...

New Zealand Muslims urge govt vigilance on hate crimes

New Zealand Muslims urge govt vigilance on hate crimes

-- 2019-03-15 12:55:38

The South Auckland Muslim Association (SAMA) in New Zealand has called on the country's government to be vigilant in combating hate against all minorities following a terrorist attack at a mosque. "I...

Magnitude 6.5 quake strikes Bolivia

Magnitude 6.5 quake strikes Bolivia

-- 2019-03-15 12:36:51

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 struck near the city of Cochabamba in southeastern Bolivia early on Friday, the US Geological Survey said. It was not immediately clear whether anyone was injure...

New Zealand police detain four after mosque shootings

New Zealand police detain four after mosque shootings

Reuters 2019-03-15 11:53:31

New Zealand police detained four people on Friday after mass shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch. “Four are in custody. Three are men and one is a woman,” New Zealand Pol...

At least 49 killed in mosque shootings, New Zealand PM says

At least 49 killed in mosque shootings, New Zealand PM says

Reuters 2019-03-15 11:32:13

At least one gunman killed 49 people and wounded more than 20 during Friday prayers at two New Zealand mosques in the country’s worst ever mass shooting which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern con...

Many dead in Christchurch mosque shootings

Many dead in Christchurch mosque shootings

Reuters 2019-03-15 10:10:53

Multiple fatalities were inflicted at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Friday when at least one gunman opened fire on worshippers. “This is one of New Zealand’s dark...

Water shortage affects more than six million people in Philippine

Water shortage affects more than six million people in Philippine

-- 2019-03-14 19:42:54

More than six million people have been affected by a water shortage in large areas of the Philippine capital and a nearby province, with long lines forming for rationed water. A spokesman for Manila...

Scott Morrison rejects IS bride's request to return

Scott Morrison rejects IS bride's request to return

-- 2019-03-14 14:24:48

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has ruled out allowing an Australian Islamic State (IS) bride back into the country to provide better care for her children. Speaking to reporters on Thursday...

Malaysia refuses to drop case against Vietnamese in Kim murder

Malaysia refuses to drop case against Vietnamese in Kim murder

-- 2019-03-14 13:29:46

Malaysia’s attorney-general ordered the murder case to proceed against a Vietnamese woman accused in the killing of the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader, prosecutors said in...

US Senate votes to end support for Yemen war

US Senate votes to end support for Yemen war

-- 2019-03-14 13:24:47

The US Republican-led Senate has approved a bill to end US support for the Saudi Arabian-led coalition war in Yemen. The bipartisan vote was 54 to 46, and is a rebuke to US President Donald Trump's s...

Kenya inks deal worth €2b with France

Kenya inks deal worth €2b with France

-- 2019-03-14 13:05:36

Kenya has signed infrastructure contracts with France worth more than 2.0 billion euros (2.26 billion US dollar). They have inked the deal on Thursday, including a 1.6 billion euro 30-year concession...

10 die in Nigeria school building collapse

10 die in Nigeria school building collapse

-- 2019-03-14 12:45:12

At least 10 people have died and many more are feared trapped after a building containing a school collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos. The school, which was on the top floor of the four-storey b...

UK MPs set to vote on delaying Brexit

UK MPs set to vote on delaying Brexit

-- 2019-03-14 11:03:26

British MPs will vote on Thursday on delaying Brexit after they rejected the idea of leaving the EU without a deal. In a night of high drama in the Commons, MPs surprised the government and voted by...