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US governor apologises for racist yearbook photo

US governor apologises for racist yearbook photo

-- 2019-02-02 11:48:27

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has apologised after his 1984 medical yearbook page emerged, showing a photo featuring men in racist costumes. "I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear a...

Floods hit part of Australia’s Queensland; more rain expected

Floods hit part of Australia’s Queensland; more rain expected

-- 2019-02-02 10:28:44

Once-in-a-century flooding in part of the eastern Australian state of Queensland looks set to worsen as the nation’s weather bureau on Saturday warned of more heavy rain in the area. Some resid...

EU states move to recognise Venezuela's Guaido: diplomats

EU states move to recognise Venezuela's Guaido: diplomats

-- 2019-02-02 10:24:41

European Union governments will move to recognise Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president from next week, but using cautious language for fear of setting a precedent for political crises, t...

EU parliament recognises Guaido as Venezuelan interim president

EU parliament recognises Guaido as Venezuelan interim president

-- 2019-02-02 09:55:01

The European Parliament recognised Venezuela’s self-declared interim president Juan Guaido as de facto head of state on Thursday, heightening international pressure on the OPEC member’s so...

N Korea pledges to destroy all its nuclear facilities

N Korea pledges to destroy all its nuclear facilities

-- 2019-02-01 21:59:38

North Korea has pledged to destroy all its nuclear material enrichment facilities, according to the US special envoy for the country, Stephen Biegun, reports BBC. He said the promise had been made to...

Ayatollah Khomeini’s family members mostly absent from Iran politics

Ayatollah Khomeini’s family members mostly absent from Iran politics

-- 2019-02-01 20:57:59

His image is on bank notes and in school textbooks in Iran, often as a black-and-white embodiment of the 1979 Islamic Revolution that swept aside the country’s shah and forever changed the natio...

US to announce suspension of compliance with Russia nuclear pact

US to announce suspension of compliance with Russia nuclear pact

-- 2019-02-01 20:46:58

The United States will announce plans to suspend compliance with a landmark nuclear pact with Russia, a move triggering a six-month clock that could lead to its withdrawal from the arms control accord...

Hundreds of schools get shut in UK due to weather

Hundreds of schools get shut in UK due to weather

-- 2019-02-01 19:12:40

Hundreds of schools across Wales and southern parts of England are closed due to snow and icy conditions. More than 500 schools are shut in Wales, with about 200 in Berkshire, 250 in Wiltshire and 30...

EU allows visa-free travel to UK citizens

EU allows visa-free travel to UK citizens

-- 2019-02-01 17:59:52

The European Union (EU) has agreed to give British citizens visa-free travel to member states, even if there is a no-deal Brexit, reports The Independent UK. A proposed new regulation, which sparked...

Jailed Reuters journalists appeal to Myanmar's top court

Jailed Reuters journalists appeal to Myanmar's top court

-- 2019-02-01 17:23:44

Lawyers for two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar for breaking a colonial-era official secrets law appealed to the Supreme Court on Friday against their conviction, as a rights group said the govern...

Two pilots die as fighter jet crashes in Bengaluru

Two pilots die as fighter jet crashes in Bengaluru

-- 2019-02-01 16:46:13

Two Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots were killed on Friday after a Mirage 2000 trainer fighter aircraft on a test sortie crashed at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) airport in Bengaluru. An enquiry in...

H1N1 virus claims five lives in Morocco

H1N1 virus claims five lives in Morocco

-- 2019-02-01 14:31:54

At least five people have died in Morocco after contracting the H1N1 virus, the country’s Health Minister Anas Doukkali said Thursday. In a statement to Morocco's official MAP news agency, D...

Swedish govt raises benefits for its poorest pensioners

Swedish govt raises benefits for its poorest pensioners

-- 2019-02-01 14:26:24

The Swedish government has announced that it would invest an extra 2.1 billion SEK (232 million US dollars) annually to increase security for pensioners who "have it the toughest". "We want to give a...

China punishes 3,000 in organised crime crackdown

China punishes 3,000 in organised crime crackdown

Reuters 2019-02-01 14:21:38

China has punished 3,021 people in a crackdown on organised crime and the local “protective umbrellas” that allow it to operate, Xinhua reported on Friday, citing a government anti-crime t...

Mongolian parliament elects new speaker

Mongolian parliament elects new speaker

-- 2019-02-01 14:13:42

The Mongolian parliament on Friday elected Gombojav Zandanshatar as its new speaker through a vote of 95.2 per cent in the country's 76-seat parliament. The former head of the cabinet secretariat rep...

Reuters journalists in Myanmar appeal to  top court against conviction

Reuters journalists in Myanmar appeal to top court against conviction

-- 2019-02-01 13:54:47

Lawyers for two Reuters reporters jailed for seven years in Myanmar lodged an appeal on Friday at the Supreme Court against their conviction on charges of breaking the Official Secrets Act. The appea...

Ghana faces US visa restrictions

Ghana faces US visa restrictions

Reuters 2019-02-01 10:53:58

The United States said on Thursday it was imposing visa restrictions on Ghana, accusing the African country of not cooperating in accepting its citizens ordered removed from the United States. US Sec...

Venezuela's Guaido courts Russia

Venezuela's Guaido courts Russia

-- 2019-02-01 10:44:21

Global jostling intensified on Thursday between countries that want Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in power and those trying to force him to resign, as opposition leader Juan Guaido made overture...

France to ban masks at protests amid unrest

France to ban masks at protests amid unrest

-- 2019-01-31 19:46:43

France's National Assembly has approved a law banning the wearing of masks at protests, and another to ban specific people from taking part in rallies. Wearing a mask could now result in a one-year p...

Russia, US talks to break nuclear treaty deadlock fail: Agencies

Russia, US talks to break nuclear treaty deadlock fail: Agencies

-- 2019-01-31 15:36:28

Russia and the United States failed to bridge their differences over a landmark Cold War-era arms treaty at last-ditch talks in Beijing, Russia’s deputy foreign minister was quoted as saying by...

Saudi Arabia ends major anti-corruption campaign

Saudi Arabia ends major anti-corruption campaign

-- 2019-01-31 13:13:52

Saudi Arabia has ended a sweeping crackdown on corruption ordered by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that it said had recovered more than $106 billion through settlements with scores of senior prince...

Nigeria rival candidate to consider amnesty for graft suspects

Nigeria rival candidate to consider amnesty for graft suspects

-- 2019-01-31 11:40:54

Nigerian opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar said on Wednesday he would consider an amnesty for corruption suspects in order to help recover billions of dollars stashed abroad by the coun...

Who represents Venezuela?

Who represents Venezuela?

-- 2019-01-31 11:28:13

Three days after proclaiming himself Venezuela’s head of state, Juan Guaido wrote to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres asking for help in tackling the country’s urgent...

Polar vortex strikes US Midwest, causing multiple deaths

Polar vortex strikes US Midwest, causing multiple deaths

-- 2019-01-31 10:56:33

Cities are all but shutting down across the US Midwest as the region shivers in a deadly cold snap known as a polar vortex. At least seven people have been killed in several states as a result of the...

US lawmakers move to curb president's tariff power

US lawmakers move to curb president's tariff power

-- 2019-01-31 09:40:04

US lawmakers on Wednesday introduced legislation to limit the president’s power to levy import tariffs for national security reasons. The bills face an uncertain future but underscore bipartisa...

'Pakistan a safe haven for cross-border militant activities'

'Pakistan a safe haven for cross-border militant activities'

-- 2019-01-30 21:02:49

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Wednesday the 'keys to war are in Islamabad, Quetta, Rawalpindi', accusing Pakistan of being a safe haven for cross-border militant activities. He was speaking a...

Top Pakistan court upholds blasphemy acquittal Asia Bibi

Top Pakistan court upholds blasphemy acquittal Asia Bibi

-- 2019-01-30 19:46:51

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the acquittal of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who spent years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, dismissing a petition filed by Islamists...

Afghanistan talks going well: Trump

Afghanistan talks going well: Trump

-- 2019-01-30 18:02:28

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that negotiations in Afghanistan are going well. Talks “are proceeding well,” Trump wrote on Twitter, reports Reuters. Earlier, US officials h...

Venezuela’s president Maduro rejects calls for snap election: RIA

Venezuela’s president Maduro rejects calls for snap election: RIA

-- 2019-01-30 14:20:24

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said calls to hold early presidential elections amounted to blackmail and that the countries calling for them must wait until 2025, Russia’s RIA news agency r...

Mongolia ousts parliamentary speaker amid graft scandal

Mongolia ousts parliamentary speaker amid graft scandal

-- 2019-01-30 13:50:27

Mongolia’s parliamentary speaker, Enkhbold Myegombo, has been ousted following weeks of public protests against him over accusations he was involved in the corrupt sale of government positions....