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Brazil dam burst: Death toll rises to 115, 248 missing

Brazil dam burst: Death toll rises to 115, 248 missing

-- 2019-02-04 17:50:03

The death toll from a dam burst in the Brazilian town of Brumadinho rose to 115 people on Friday, according to the team tasked with recovering bodies from the site. The rescue and recovery team said...

At least 28 Haitian die after boat sink

At least 28 Haitian die after boat sink

-- 2019-02-04 17:40:47

A boat smuggling Haitian migrants has sunk off the Bahamas, leaving at least 28 dead and 17 others in police custody, officials said Sunday. Chief Petty Officer Jonathan Rolle of the Royal Bahamas De...

Sweden sees Guaido as Venezuela's interim president

Sweden sees Guaido as Venezuela's interim president

Reuters 2019-02-04 16:53:22

The European Union sees Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate interim president, Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said on Monday. “In the current situation, we support and...

Car bombing kills two at Somalia shopping mall

Car bombing kills two at Somalia shopping mall

-- 2019-02-04 15:30:36

A car bomb exploded at a shopping mall in Somalia’s capital on Monday, killing two people and injuring four others in an attack probably by Islamist group al Shabaab, police said. The blast occ...

Taiwan takes dig at China's lack of democracy

Taiwan takes dig at China's lack of democracy

-- 2019-02-04 14:38:49

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen took a dig at China’s lack of freedom in a message to mark Tuesday’s start of the Lunar New Year, saying she hoped ethnic Chinese all over the world could exp...

Feet shackled, Bahraini footballer arrives at Thai court to fight extradition

Feet shackled, Bahraini footballer arrives at Thai court to fight extradition

-- 2019-02-04 13:35:00

Jailed Bahraini footballer Hakeem Al Araibi, who fled political upheaval in the Middle East nation and has refugee status in Australia, will spend at least two more months in prison in Thailand after...

S&P loweres sovereign credit rating on Pakistan to 'B-' from 'B'

S&P loweres sovereign credit rating on Pakistan to 'B-' from 'B'

FE Online Desk 2019-02-04 12:55:34

SINGAPORE (S&P Global Ratings) Feb.4, 2019—S&P Global Ratings today lowered its long-term sovereign credit rating on Pakistan to 'B-' from 'B'. "The outlook for the long-term rating is...

Kolkata police detain CBI officials, causing Modi-Mamata standoff

Kolkata police detain CBI officials, causing Modi-Mamata standoff

-- 2019-02-04 12:21:21

The detention of eight Central Bureau of Investigation officials by Kolkata police has triggered a tense showdown between the government of Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee...

Turkey has maintained contacts with Syrian govt: Erdogan

Turkey has maintained contacts with Syrian govt: Erdogan

-- 2019-02-04 11:16:07

Turkey has maintained low-level contact with the Syrian government, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, even though Ankara has supported rebels who fought for years to topple President Bashar al-...

Five militants surrender over Philippines church bombing

Five militants surrender over Philippines church bombing

-- 2019-02-04 10:50:28

A senior Abu Sayyaf operative and four members of the militant group believed to be behind the deadly bombing of a church in the southern Philippines surrendered to authorities over the weekend, the n...

Trump says sending troops to Venezuela ‘an option’

Trump says sending troops to Venezuela ‘an option’

-- 2019-02-04 10:41:41

US President Donald Trump said military intervention in Venezuela was “an option” as Western nations boost pressure on socialist leader Nicolas Maduro to step down, while the troubled OPEC...

US sending 3,750 extra troops to border with Mexico

US sending 3,750 extra troops to border with Mexico

-- 2019-02-04 10:41:22

The Pentagon is sending 3,750 additional US forces to the southwest border with Mexico for three months to support border agents, the Department of Defense said on Sunday. The deployment will raise t...

Callamard gets no Saudi help  over Khashoggi probe

Callamard gets no Saudi help over Khashoggi probe

-- 2019-02-03 21:39:08

As the United Nations' investigator into the death of Jamal Khashoggi leaves Turkey this weekend, it remains unclear whether her inquiry will get world powers to push harder to bring the Saudi journal...

Britain’s royal family to be relocated in case of Brexit unrest

Britain’s royal family to be relocated in case of Brexit unrest

-- 2019-02-03 17:35:01

British officials have revived Cold War emergency plans to relocate the royal family should there be riots in London if Britain suffers a disruptive departure from the European Union next month, two S...

China blocks access to Australian detained for ‘espionage’, lawyers say

China blocks access to Australian detained for ‘espionage’, lawyers say

-- 2019-02-03 15:58:21

Two lawyers hired by the wife of an Australian detained in Beijing for suspected espionage said they have been denied access to him by Chinese authorities because the detainee did not agree to their a...

Snow traps thousands of cars on Italy motorway

Snow traps thousands of cars on Italy motorway

-- 2019-02-03 14:45:47

Thousands of vehicles were stuck in long queues caused by heavy snow on Italy’s A22 motorway on Saturday, and firefighters rescued 200 people who had been trapped for hours in cars and buses. Q...

Tomb with 50 mummies found in Egypt

Tomb with 50 mummies found in Egypt

-- 2019-02-03 13:46:36

Fifty mummies dating back to the Ptolemaic era (305-30BC) have been found by Egyptian archaeologists, the antiquities ministry says. The mummies, of which 12 were children, were found in four burial...

Egypt lawmakers to propose constitution amendment bill

Egypt lawmakers to propose constitution amendment bill

-- 2019-02-03 13:21:17

A coalition of Egyptian parliamentarians will submit a request for constitutional amendments providing for a second chamber of parliament and the appointment of one or more deputy presidents, state ne...

Building collapse in Syria kills 11

Building collapse in Syria kills 11

-- 2019-02-03 13:05:54

At least 11 people including four children were killed when a war-damaged apartment block collapsed in Syria’s city of Aleppo, state media said. A child was the only survivor from the collapse...

Iran unveils long-range cruise missile on revolution anniversary

Iran unveils long-range cruise missile on revolution anniversary

-- 2019-02-03 12:44:37

Iran displayed a new cruise missile with a range of 1,300 km (800 miles) on Saturday during celebrations marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, state television reported. Iran has ex...

India train derailment kills seven

India train derailment kills seven

-- 2019-02-03 12:12:56

At least seven people were killed when seven coaches of a New Delhi-bound train derailed early Sunday in eastern India, an official said. District Magistrate Rajeev Roshan said another 10 people we...

Brexit: Theresa May 'determined' to leave EU on time

Brexit: Theresa May 'determined' to leave EU on time

BBC 2019-02-03 12:10:47

Theresa May has said she is "determined" to deliver Brexit on time ahead of talks on the Irish backstop. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, the prime minister said she would return to Brussels with a "...

Colombian military kills FARC dissident leader Rodrigo Cadete

Colombian military kills FARC dissident leader Rodrigo Cadete

-- 2019-02-03 11:54:07

The Colombian military says it has killed one of the leaders of a faction of FARC rebels who have refused to abide by the peace process. Rodrigo Cadete, 52, died in an operation in the southern Caque...

Amid mounting protests, Maduro seeks early parliament vote

Amid mounting protests, Maduro seeks early parliament vote

-- 2019-02-03 10:48:39

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro proposed early parliamentary elections on Saturday, seeking to shore up his crumbling rule after a senior general defected to the opposition and tens of thousands t...

China urges US not to withdraw from nuclear treaty with Russia

China urges US not to withdraw from nuclear treaty with Russia

-- 2019-02-02 18:41:46

The United States should resolve its differences with Russia through dialogue instead of threatening to withdraw from an important nuclear arms control agreement between the two nations, China's forei...

Belgium to host ex- Ivory Coast president after ICC acquittal

Belgium to host ex- Ivory Coast president after ICC acquittal

-- 2019-02-02 18:38:59

Belgium has agreed to host Ivory Coast ex-President Laurent Gbagbo following his acquittal by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Under his conditional release, Mr Gbagbo will not be...

Russia suspends Cold War-era nuclear pact with US: Putin

Russia suspends Cold War-era nuclear pact with US: Putin

-- 2019-02-02 15:42:37

Russian President Vladimir Putin told a meeting with foreign and defence ministers on Saturday that Russia has suspended the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty following a similar d...

Three women who could unseat Modi in India election

Three women who could unseat Modi in India election

-- 2019-02-02 13:58:18

Three powerful women politicians, each from a very different section of Indian society, may pose a big threat to the chances of Prime Minister Narendra Modi winning a second term in a general election...

Iran displays new cruise missile on anniversary of revolution

Iran displays new cruise missile on anniversary of revolution

-- 2019-02-02 13:29:26

Iran unveiled a new cruise missile with a range of 1,300 km (800 miles) on Saturday, state television reported, as the Middle Eastern country displays its achievements during celebrations marking the...

Four Libyan soldiers die in clashes

Four Libyan soldiers die in clashes

-- 2019-02-02 12:53:57

At least four Libyan soldiers were killed when forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar fought with a local armed group as they sought to expand south, military officials said on Friday, with the World Health O...