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N Korea may have made more nuclear bombs, study says

N Korea may have made more nuclear bombs, study says

-- 2019-02-12 14:33:49

North Korea has continued to produce bomb fuel while in denuclearisation talks with the United States and may have produced enough in the past year to add as many as seven nuclear weapons to its arsen...

Red Crescent recovers 10 bodies in eastern Libya

Red Crescent recovers 10 bodies in eastern Libya

-- 2019-02-12 13:04:55

The Libyan Red Crescent on Monday recovered 10 unidentified bodies in the eastern Libyan city of Darna, where the army is fighting the remaining terrorists holed up in the city centre. "The recovery...

Japan demands apology from S Korea over ‘comfort women’ remarks

Japan demands apology from S Korea over ‘comfort women’ remarks

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

Japan said on Tuesday it had lodged a complaint with Seoul and demanded an apology after a South Korean lawmaker said the Japanese emperor should apologise over the issue of ‘comfort women&rsquo...

Turkey orders arrest of 1,112 people over Gulen links

Turkey orders arrest of 1,112 people over Gulen links

Reuters 2019-02-12 12:10:08

Turkey ordered the arrest of 1,112 people over suspected links to the network of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is accused of orchestrating an attempted coup in 2016, broadcaster CNN Turk...

At least 17 die in Delhi hotel fire

At least 17 die in Delhi hotel fire

-- 2019-02-12 10:47:31

At least 17 people were killed in a massive fire which broke out at a hotel in central Delhi's Karol Bagh on Tuesday morning. The fire service and police officials pulled out around 50 people from th...

US lawmakers reach deal to avert new US shutdown

US lawmakers reach deal to avert new US shutdown

-- 2019-02-12 10:35:24

Democrats and Republicans have reached an agreement in principle over border security to fund the US government and avert another partial shutdown. Lawmakers said the deal had been struck in a closed...

Trump against US support for Saudis in Yemen war

Trump against US support for Saudis in Yemen war

-- 2019-02-12 10:28:04

The Trump administration threatened on Monday to veto an effort in the US Congress to end US military support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the war in Yemen, continuing a stand-off with lawmak...

Four soldiers die in Istanbul chopper crash

Four soldiers die in Istanbul chopper crash

-- 2019-02-12 10:05:45

Four soldiers were killed when a military helicopter crashed in a residential neighbourhood on the Asian side of Istanbul on Monday, the governor of Turkey’s biggest city said. The helicopter w...

US likely to withdraw forces from Syria in weeks

US likely to withdraw forces from Syria in weeks

-- 2019-02-11 14:55:07

The United States is likely just weeks away from starting the withdrawal of ground troops from Syria ordered by President Donald Trump, the top US commander overseeing American forces in the Middle Ea...

Sudanese forces fire tear gas to disperse women protesters

Sudanese forces fire tear gas to disperse women protesters

-- 2019-02-11 12:19:51

Sudanese security forces used tear gas on Sunday to break up a crowd of hundreds of people, mostly young women, demonstrating against the detention of women arrested at previous protests, witnesses sa...

US warships sail in disputed S China Sea amid trade tensions

US warships sail in disputed S China Sea amid trade tensions

-- 2019-02-11 11:43:06

Two US warships sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Monday, a US official said, a move likely to anger Beijing at a time of tense relations between the world’s two big...

Hungarian mothers of four to pay no income tax

Hungarian mothers of four to pay no income tax

-- 2019-02-11 11:18:52

Hungarian women with four children or more will be exempted for life from paying income tax, the prime minister has said, unveiling plans designed to boost the number of babies being born. It was a w...

UK's May rejects pivot towards Brexit customs union compromise

UK's May rejects pivot towards Brexit customs union compromise

-- 2019-02-11 10:26:11

British Prime Minister Theresa May has rejected the idea of targeting a customs union with the European Union, pouring cold water on hopes from some that she could shift her Brexit policy to win over...

US shutdown talks stall ahead of deadline

US shutdown talks stall ahead of deadline

-- 2019-02-11 10:09:32

Talks between congressional Republicans and Democrats aimed at averting another US government shutdown have broken down without agreement. The negotiators were hoping for a deal by Monday to give Con...

US, Russia submit rival UN draft resolutions on Venezuela

US, Russia submit rival UN draft resolutions on Venezuela

-- 2019-02-10 22:21:27

As US and Russia compete within UN on backing opposing factions, another colonel shifts side in support of Guaido, reports Al Jazeera. The United States has presented a draft resolution on Venezuela...

Thousands escape New Zealand blaze

Thousands escape New Zealand blaze

-- 2019-02-10 16:33:56

Thousands of people have been evacuated from a New Zealand town as firefighters battle a wildfire stoked by winds in the country's South Island. The blaze, which began six days ago near the city of N...

India to open Farakka for smooth hilsa migration

India to open Farakka for smooth hilsa migration

-- 2019-02-10 14:25:48

India has redesigned a navigation lock at Farakka Barrage over the Ganges to ensure smooth and safe migration of the hilsa fish during the three-month spawning season. It will ensure hilsa's journey...

May to seek more time from MPs to change Brexit deal

May to seek more time from MPs to change Brexit deal

-- 2019-02-10 13:23:08

British prime minister is to urge MPs to give her more time to secure changes to her Brexit deal. Theresa May is expected to pledge in the Commons this week that MPs will get another say on Brexit if...

Canada apartment fire claims three lives

Canada apartment fire claims three lives

-- 2019-02-10 11:52:44

Three people were killed and 11 others wounded in a fire that broke out early Saturday in an apartment in Longueuil, Quebec Province, Canada, according to CTV. The fire broke out in the apartment bui...

Seven get life in jail over Tunisia museum, hotel massacres

Seven get life in jail over Tunisia museum, hotel massacres

-- 2019-02-10 11:39:59

A Tunisian court jailed seven people for life on Saturday for their involvement in two deadly militant attacks in 2015, one on a museum in Tunis and the other on a hotel in a Mediterranean resort. Ot...

Turkey calls on China to close Uighur detention camps

Turkey calls on China to close Uighur detention camps

-- 2019-02-10 11:05:45

Turkey has called on China to close its detention camps following the reported death of a renowned musician from the ethnic Uighur minority. Abdurehim Heyit is thought to have been serving an eight-y...

US Senator Warren launches 2020 campaign

US Senator Warren launches 2020 campaign

Reuters 2019-02-10 10:32:03

US Senator Elizabeth Warren, struggling to move past criticism over her claims of Native American heritage, aimed for a fresh start on Saturday with the formal launch of her 2020 presidential campai...

Venezuela shifts oil ventures' accounts to Russian bank

Venezuela shifts oil ventures' accounts to Russian bank

-- 2019-02-10 09:51:30

Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA is telling customers of its joint ventures to deposit oil sales proceeds in an account recently opened at Russia’s Gazprombank AO, according to sour...

Thailand princess’ party backs down on PM bid

Thailand princess’ party backs down on PM bid

-- 2019-02-09 20:45:28

The party that nominated a Thai princess to run for prime minister has said it will comply with the king's wishes after he opposed the move. Thai Raksa Chart is allied to divisive ex-Prime Minister T...

US holds direct contact with Venezuelan military

US holds direct contact with Venezuelan military

-- 2019-02-09 19:03:48

The United States is holding direct communications with members of Venezuela’s military urging them to abandon President Nicolas Maduro and is also preparing new sanctions aimed at increasing pr...

One dies, 95 injured in Spain train crash

One dies, 95 injured in Spain train crash

-- 2019-02-09 14:28:11

At least one person died and 95 injured on Friday following the collision of two trains between Manresa and Sant Vincenç de Castellet in east Spain, the state-owned railway infrastructure manag...

Desalegn to head AU election mission in Nigeria

Desalegn to head AU election mission in Nigeria

-- 2019-02-09 14:18:53

Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn will lead an African Union (AU) election observation mission to observe Nigeria's upcoming general polls, an AU official has said. AU Commissioner...

39 die, dozens fall sick after drinking cheap liquor in India

39 die, dozens fall sick after drinking cheap liquor in India

-- 2019-02-09 14:14:49

At least 39 people have died and another 27 fallen sick from drinking cheap spurious liquor containing toxic methanol in several villages in the northern India, officials said on Saturday. Senior pol...

EU countries agree on copyright reforms

EU countries agree on copyright reforms

-- 2019-02-09 11:24:31

The European Union’s effort to rewrite two-decade old copyright rules to take into account online platforms such as Alphabet Inc’s Google moved a step forward on Friday when a majority of...

Obama gives Senator Brown advice on candidacy

Obama gives Senator Brown advice on candidacy

-- 2019-02-09 11:17:52

US Senator Sherrod Brown sought advice earlier this year from former President Barack Obama about running a 2020 presidential bid, the Democrat told voters on Friday at an event in New Hampshire. &ld...