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Canadian PM fires China envoy over Huawei remarks

Canadian PM fires China envoy over Huawei remarks

-- 2019-01-27 10:56:12

In an unprecedented move, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday said he had fired his ambassador to China, who prompted a political furor with comments about Huawei’s high-profile e...

21 die as twin blasts hit Philippines church

21 die as twin blasts hit Philippines church

-- 2019-01-27 10:55:01

Two bombs tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim extremists are active, killing at least 21 people and wounding more than 70 during a Sunday Mass, officia...

US asks world to 'pick a side' on Venezuela

US asks world to 'pick a side' on Venezuela

Reuters 2019-01-27 10:17:14

The United States has called on the world to “pick a side” on Venezuela and urged countries to financially disconnect from Nicolas Maduro’s government, while European powers signaled...

European leaders give Maduro ultimatum

European leaders give Maduro ultimatum

-- 2019-01-26 19:38:28

The leaders of Spain, Germany and France have warned Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro he must call elections within eight days - or they will recognise the opposition. Mr Maduro is under pr...

Brazil dam burst: nine bodies recovered, many still missing

Brazil dam burst: nine bodies recovered, many still missing

-- 2019-01-26 19:21:46

Brazilian rescue workers on Saturday searched for roughly 300 missing people after a tailings dam burst at an iron ore mine owned by Vale SA, amid faint hopes of finding many alive, three years after...

South Sudanese fear leaving UN protected camps

South Sudanese fear leaving UN protected camps

-- 2019-01-26 19:09:38

Tracing his fingers over the metal fencing at a United Nations protected site in South Sudan’s capital, Nhial Nyuot Nhial hung his head as he contemplated going home after years of civil war. &l...

Trump ends shutdown, signs bill to reopen government

Trump ends shutdown, signs bill to reopen government

-- 2019-01-26 18:18:40

US President Donald Trump has yielded to political pressure to end the longest US government shutdown in history. After 35 days, he backed a deal to fund federal agencies for three weeks, but it incl...

Brexit date could be pushed back by a 'couple of extra weeks'

Brexit date could be pushed back by a 'couple of extra weeks'

-- 2019-01-26 17:29:23

The Brexit date could be pushed back by a couple of weeks to give time for legislation to be approved by members of parliament, the leader of Britain’s lower house of parliament Andrea Leadsom s...

US sends warships to Taiwan Strait

US sends warships to Taiwan Strait

-- 2019-01-26 16:14:07

For the first time this year, the United States has sent two warships through the strategic Taiwan Strait, according to the Taiwanese government. The move risks further heightening tensions with Chin...

Thousands take part in Australia Day protests

Thousands take part in Australia Day protests

-- 2019-01-26 14:15:47

Tens of thousands of people rallied across Australia on Saturday calling for the abolition of the Jan 26 national holiday in protests showing a deep division over a festivity intended to celebrate the...

Russia warns against setting deadlines for Libya elections

Russia warns against setting deadlines for Libya elections

-- 2019-01-26 11:21:04

Setting deadlines for elections in Libya is counterproductive as the political players need to agree first on a political solution to end the country’s conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...

Hundreds go missing after dam bursts at Brazil mine

Hundreds go missing after dam bursts at Brazil mine

-- 2019-01-26 10:39:45

Brazilian rescuers were searching for some 200 missing people after a tailings dam burst on Friday at an iron ore mine owned by Vale SA, the second major dam disaster involving the company in just ove...

Trump accepts deal to end US government shutdown

Trump accepts deal to end US government shutdown

-- 2019-01-26 10:02:25

President Donald Trump agreed under mounting pressure on Friday to end a 35-day-old partial US government shutdown without getting the $5.7 billion he had demanded from Congress for a border wall, han...

95,000 data breach complaints after adoption of EU privacy law

95,000 data breach complaints after adoption of EU privacy law

-- 2019-01-25 17:56:25

Europe’s data protection regulators have received more than 95,000 complaints about possible data breaches, eight months after the adoption of a landmark EU privacy law, the European Commission...

Trump ally Roger Stone arrested on seven counts

Trump ally Roger Stone arrested on seven counts

-- 2019-01-25 17:52:36

Roger Stone, an ally of US President Donald Trump, was arrested and charged with seven counts, according to a grand jury indictment. The indictment was made public by US Special Counsel Robert Muelle...

NATO-Russia meeting fails to break deadlock over Russian missile

NATO-Russia meeting fails to break deadlock over Russian missile

-- 2019-01-25 17:47:47

A meeting between NATO and Russian envoys on Friday failed to resolve a dispute over a new Russian cruise missile that Western allies say is a threat to Europe, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg...

US lawmakers search for remedies as government shutdown rolls on

US lawmakers search for remedies as government shutdown rolls on

-- 2019-01-25 17:14:08

The US Senate, after rejecting two shutdown-ending bills, was searching for a way to end a government closure entering its 35th day and threatening the economy, as hundreds of thousands of federal wor...

EU wants to seal trade deal with New Zealand this year

EU wants to seal trade deal with New Zealand this year

-- 2019-01-25 17:04:52

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Friday that he was aiming to clinch a trade deal with New Zealand this year. Informal talks for a trade deal between the 28-nation EU and the...

US seeks to cut off funds for Maduro

US seeks to cut off funds for Maduro

-- 2019-01-25 14:42:22

The Trump administration is trying to cut Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro's revenue streams, US National Security Adviser John Bolton says. The comments come one day after Maduro cut diplo...

Police fire tear gas at Greek protesters

Police fire tear gas at Greek protesters

-- 2019-01-25 14:37:22

Greek police have used teargas to disperse crowds gathered outside parliament protesting a deal over the name of Macedonia. Several thousand people had assembled outside the Greek legislature chantin...

New Congo president Tshisekedi calls for unity after divisive election

New Congo president Tshisekedi calls for unity after divisive election

-- 2019-01-25 13:39:54

Opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi called for national reconciliation on Thursday as he became Democratic Republic of Congo’s president, succeeding Joseph Kabila in Congo’s first transfer...

China detains Australian on national security grounds

China detains Australian on national security grounds

-- 2019-01-25 12:23:06

Chinese authorities are holding an Australian writer, who used to be a Chinese citizen, on suspicion of endangering state security, China said on Thursday, and his lawyer said he was suspected of espi...

India navy opens third air base in strategic islands to counter China

India navy opens third air base in strategic islands to counter China

-- 2019-01-24 21:27:25

India's navy opened a third air base in the far-off Andaman and Nicobar islands on Thursday to beef up surveillance of Chinese ships and submarines entering the Indian Ocean through the nearby Malacca...

Kim appreciates Trump for second summit plans

Kim appreciates Trump for second summit plans

-- 2019-01-24 21:26:23

North Korea's leader has expressed "great satisfaction" after receiving a letter from US President Donald Trump, the North's state media said, reports BBC. The letter was passed to Kim Jong-un by one...

Sultan Abdullah takes throne as king of Malaysia

Sultan Abdullah takes throne as king of Malaysia

-- 2019-01-24 17:11:28

Members of Malaysia's royal families on Thursday elected Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah as the new king, following the unexpected abdication of the previous monarch. Sultan Abdullah, 59, ruler of...

Trump delays Congress speech until shutdown ends

Trump delays Congress speech until shutdown ends

-- 2019-01-24 12:30:41

US President Donald Trump says he will not deliver his annual State of the Union speech until after the government shutdown is over. On Wednesday House Speaker Nancy Pelosi withdrew an invitation for...

Turkey's Erdogan offers support for Venezuela's Maduro

Turkey's Erdogan offers support for Venezuela's Maduro

-- 2019-01-24 12:19:57

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and offered his support after a Venezuelan opposition leader declared himself interim president, a spokesman for the Turkish...

Peruvian police take ex-leader Fujomori back to prison

Peruvian police take ex-leader Fujomori back to prison

-- 2019-01-24 11:11:16

Police took Peru’s former authoritarian president Alberto Fujimori back to prison on Wednesday to finish the remaining 13 years of his 25-year sentence for human rights crimes and graft. A cour...

Indonesia releases ex-governor after blasphemy jail term

Indonesia releases ex-governor after blasphemy jail term

-- 2019-01-24 10:54:59

The former governor of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, who was jailed for blasphemy in 2017, has been released early. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as Ahok, left the jail outside Jakarta at 07:30 loc...

Gunman surrenders after killing five in Florida bank

Gunman surrenders after killing five in Florida bank

-- 2019-01-24 10:12:15

A gunman killed five people in a bank in central Florida of the United States on Wednesday and then called police to inform them of the shooting before he eventually surrendered, local authorities sai...