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Spanish PM to call snap election for April 28

Spanish PM to call snap election for April 28

-- 2019-02-15 18:36:52

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is expected to call a snap national election for April 28. The announcement would come on Friday, after losing a key budget vote, reports Reuters quoting the dail...

Italy should clarify its plans on high-speed rail link with France: EU

Italy should clarify its plans on high-speed rail link with France: EU

-- 2019-02-15 18:30:44

The European Commission said on Friday that Italy should clarify as soon as possible whether it plans to complete a high-speed rail link with France that the co-ruling 5-Star Movement opposes. A spok...

India to cut Pakistan off international community  

India to cut Pakistan off international community  

-- 2019-02-15 18:11:56

India has said it will ensure the "complete isolation" of Pakistan after a suicide bomber killed 46 soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir. Federal Minister Arun Jaitley said India would take "all p...

'922 Madagascar children dead of measles since October'

'922 Madagascar children dead of measles since October'

-- 2019-02-15 18:06:14

At least 922 children and young adults have died of measles in Madagascar since October, despite a huge emergency vaccination program, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. The number...

Chinese president meets top US trade officials

Chinese president meets top US trade officials

-- 2019-02-15 17:57:44

Chinese President Xi Jinping met US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday. The meeting was held after high-level negotiations to striked a trade deal...

Hong Kong seizes rhino horns worth $1.0m

Hong Kong seizes rhino horns worth $1.0m

-- 2019-02-15 17:31:45

Hong Kong customs have seized a record 40kg of rhino horns worth around $1.0m that were on their way from South Africa to Vietnam, the latest bust for authorities trying to crack down on the illegal t...

Indian PM Modi warns Pakistan of strong response for Kashmir attack

Indian PM Modi warns Pakistan of strong response for Kashmir attack

-- 2019-02-15 16:18:23

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan on Friday to expect a strong response to a car bomb attack on a military convoy in Kashmir that killed 44 paramilitary policemen, ratcheting...

US sends first families to Mexico to await asylum, rights groups sue

US sends first families to Mexico to await asylum, rights groups sue

-- 2019-02-15 15:00:53

The United States began sending Central American families seeking asylum back to Mexico this week, a Mexican immigration source said on Thursday, while US human rights groups sued the Trump administra...

More Brexit embarrassment for May as parliament defeats her again

More Brexit embarrassment for May as parliament defeats her again

-- 2019-02-15 11:36:30

Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a defeat on her Brexit strategy on Thursday that undermined her pledge to European Union leaders to get her divorce deal approved if they grant her concessions....

Indian soldiers death toll rises to 44 in Kashmir car bombing

Indian soldiers death toll rises to 44 in Kashmir car bombing

Reuters 2019-02-15 10:32:33

A suicide bomber rammed a car into a bus carrying Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir on Thursday, killing 44 of them in the deadliest attack in decades on security forces in the disputed region, ra...

Trump agrees to sign bill to avert shutdown

Trump agrees to sign bill to avert shutdown

-- 2019-02-15 09:39:33

President Donald Trump vowed on Thursday to declare a national emergency in an attempt to fund his US-Mexico border wall without congressional approval, a step likely to plunge him into a battle with...

EU adds S Arabia to dirty-money blacklist, upsets UK, US

EU adds S Arabia to dirty-money blacklist, upsets UK, US

-- 2019-02-14 22:00:13

BRUSSELS, Feb 14 (Reuters): The European Commission (EU) added Saudi Arabia, Panama and four US territories to a blacklist of nations it considers a threat because of lax controls on terrorism financi...

18 killed in Kashmir suicide attack

18 killed in Kashmir suicide attack

-- 2019-02-14 20:46:37

At least 18 Indian paramilitary officers have been killed in a suicide attack on a vehicle convoy in Indian-administered Kashmir. Police told the BBC that a car filled with explosives rammed a bus ca...

Suicide bomber kills 27 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards

Suicide bomber kills 27 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards

-- 2019-02-14 18:05:28

A suicide bomber killed 27 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday, state media said, in a southeastern region where security forces are facing a rise in attacks by militants from th...

IS claims responsibility for attack on Nigeria governor’s convoy

IS claims responsibility for attack on Nigeria governor’s convoy

-- 2019-02-14 13:11:53

Islamic State claimed responsibility on Wednesday for an attack on the convoy of a state governor who was headed to a rally in northeastern Nigeria ahead of Saturday’s presidential election. Th...

Philippines releases Rappler news site head on bail

Philippines releases Rappler news site head on bail

-- 2019-02-14 12:22:41

The head of a Philippine news website that has locked horns with President Rodrigo Duterte was freed on bail on Thursday, a day after her widely condemned arrest on libel charges that critics say is a...

Bus plunges into Macedonia ravine, killing 14

Bus plunges into Macedonia ravine, killing 14

-- 2019-02-14 12:07:04

A bus carrying workers in North Macedonia crashed into a ravine outside the capital of Skopje on Wednesday, killing 14 people and injuring about 30, officials said. Venko Filipce, the newly renamed E...

Colombia jails man for abusing 276 children

Colombia jails man for abusing 276 children

-- 2019-02-14 10:49:36

A Colombian man who admitted sexually abusing nearly 300 children has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. Juan Carlos Sánchez Latorre committed the crimes in 2007-08, a court in the city of...

Suicide attack on Iran's Revolutionary Guards kills 27

Suicide attack on Iran's Revolutionary Guards kills 27

Reuters 2019-02-14 10:32:32

A suicide bomber killed 27 members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday, state media said, in a southeastern region where security forces are facing a rise in attacks by militants f...

Trump inches toward support for wall deal

Trump inches toward support for wall deal

-- 2019-02-14 10:09:47

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday edged toward backing a deal in Congress on government funding that would not meet his demand for $5.7 billion for a wall on the Mexican border but would avert a...

Polar bears invade populated area in Russian town

Polar bears invade populated area in Russian town

-- 2019-02-13 21:36:28

Russian wildlife specialists are heading for an Arctic archipelago to try to resolve a situation that has both terrified and delighted the locals: the polar bears that moved into a populated area, rep...

India protesters claim victory as citizenship bill stalls

India protesters claim victory as citizenship bill stalls

-- 2019-02-13 21:35:19

Protesters in northeast India claimed victory on Wednesday after a bill that the government says will help Hindus in neighbouring countries settle in India lapsed before it could be ratified by parlia...

‘It’s May’s deal or long Brexit delay’

‘It’s May’s deal or long Brexit delay’

-- 2019-02-13 15:53:24

British lawmakers will face a stark choice between Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal or a long extension to the March 29 deadline for leaving the bloc, the UK’s chief Brexit negotia...

Showdown looms as Venezuela's Guaido vows to bring in aid

Showdown looms as Venezuela's Guaido vows to bring in aid

-- 2019-02-13 15:01:09

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido told a huge rally of supporters on Tuesday that humanitarian aid would enter the country on February 23, setting the stage for a showdown with President Nicola...

Sudan security arrests professors as protests continue to grow

Sudan security arrests professors as protests continue to grow

-- 2019-02-13 13:36:45

Security forces arrested 14 professors who were gathering to protest outside Khartoum University on Tuesday, witnesses said, as anti-government demonstrations neared the end of their eighth week. Doc...

Australia ‘to reopen’ island detention centre

Australia ‘to reopen’ island detention centre

-- 2019-02-13 13:10:30

Australian PM Scott Morrison says he will reopen a controversial detention centre on Christmas Island, after a historic defeat in parliament. On Tuesday, non-government MPs secured enough votes to pa...

Thai princess apologises for causing ‘problems’ ahead of polls

Thai princess apologises for causing ‘problems’ ahead of polls

-- 2019-02-13 12:22:10

The Thai king’s sister, disqualified this week by the Election Commission from running for prime minister, apologized for causing “problems” for the Thai people ahead of next month&r...

US jury convicts Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo'

US jury convicts Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo'

Reuters 2019-02-13 10:28:49

The world’s most infamous cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who rose from poverty in rural Mexico to amass billions of dollars, was found guilty in a US court on Tuesday of smug...

Venezuela crisis: Maduro condemns 'extremist' Trump

Venezuela crisis: Maduro condemns 'extremist' Trump

-- 2019-02-12 19:32:23

Venezuela's embattled President Nicolás Maduro has called Donald Trump's government a "gang of extremists" and blamed the US for his country's crisis. In an interview with the BBC, Mr Maduro s...

Catalonia independence leaders on trial in Madrid

Catalonia independence leaders on trial in Madrid

-- 2019-02-12 17:46:46

A dozen leaders of Catalonia's failed 2017 independence bid have gone on trial in Madrid, facing charges including rebellion and sedition. If convicted, some could face up to 25 years in prison, repo...