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Backed by US, Venezuela's Guaido claims presidency

Backed by US, Venezuela's Guaido claims presidency

-- 2019-01-24 09:37:24

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president on Wednesday, winning the backing of Washington and many Latin American nations and prompting socialist Nicolas Maduro, who...

Rahul's sister Priyanka enters active politics

Rahul's sister Priyanka enters active politics

-- 2019-01-23 16:49:54

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi appointed his charismatic sister to a senior party position on Wednesday that officials say will strengthen the campaign to oust Prime Minister Narendra Modi in t...

Thailand to hold general election on March 24

Thailand to hold general election on March 24

-- 2019-01-23 16:33:08

Thailand will hold a general election to restore civilian rule on March 24, the election commission said on Wednesday, announcing a new date for the often postponed vote, which will be the first since...

UK’s Labour party likely to support bid to stop no-deal Brexit

UK’s Labour party likely to support bid to stop no-deal Brexit

-- 2019-01-23 13:37:38

Britain’s opposition Labour Party is highly likely to back an amendment by lawmaker Yvette Cooper that could prevent a no-deal Brexit, the second most powerful man in the party said. The Cooper...

HK moves to criminalise disrespecting China’s national anthem

HK moves to criminalise disrespecting China’s national anthem

-- 2019-01-23 13:06:39

Hong Kong on Wednesday presented a controversial bill to lawmakers that prescribes jail terms of up to three years for disrespecting the Chinese national anthem, a move critics say raises fresh fears...

US Senate to vote Thursday on ending govt shutdown

US Senate to vote Thursday on ending govt shutdown

-- 2019-01-23 12:17:07

The US Senate shifted slightly closer on Tuesday to resolving a month-long partial government shutdown, but there was no sign of relief anytime soon for 0.8 million (800,000) federal workers who are f...

Blasts hit Yemen’s capital Sanaa

Blasts hit Yemen’s capital Sanaa

-- 2019-01-23 11:16:09

Two explosions hit south of Yemen’s Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, early on Wednesday, with one of them being an operation that targeted missiles and weapons cache, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV report...

NY police charge four over bomb plot against Muslim community

NY police charge four over bomb plot against Muslim community

Reuters 2019-01-23 10:33:22

Three men and a teenager have been arrested after planning to bomb a Muslim community in upstate New York, and investigators have recovered three homemade bombs and nearly two dozen guns, US authoriti...

Corbyn moves closer to another Brexit vote

Corbyn moves closer to another Brexit vote

-- 2019-01-22 22:18:19

British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn moved a step closer to paving the way for another referendum on European Union membership by trying to use parliament to grab control of Brexit fro...

Abiy's Ethiopia pardons 13,000 accused of treason or terrorism

Abiy's Ethiopia pardons 13,000 accused of treason or terrorism

-- 2019-01-22 19:46:52

Ethiopia has pardoned more than 13,000 people in the past six months who had been charged with or convicted of treason or terrorism, state-affiliated media said on Tuesday. The previous government ha...

Turkey plans int'l probe into Khashoggi murder

Turkey plans int'l probe into Khashoggi murder

-- 2019-01-22 14:04:06

Turkey is planning to launch an international investigation into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and will take further steps in coming days, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted...

Crackdown on illicit banking: Macau, Beijing police arrest 37

Crackdown on illicit banking: Macau, Beijing police arrest 37

-- 2019-01-22 13:10:49

Police in Macau and mainland China detained 37 suspects in an underground lending case involving more than 30 billion yuan ($4.42 billion), as China steps up measures to reduce economic risks and clam...

Facebook to create 1,000 new jobs in Ireland

Facebook to create 1,000 new jobs in Ireland

-- 2019-01-22 12:14:06

Facebook will hire an additional 1,000 people at its international headquarters in Dublin this year, the second major jobs announcement from a US multinational in Ireland in a matter of days. The soc...

Second earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Sumbawa Tuesday

Second earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Sumbawa Tuesday

Reuters 2019-01-22 11:51:07

An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck south of the Indonesian town of Raba, off the central island of Sumbawa, the US Geological Survey said, the second quake to hit the area on Tuesday. There was no...

Mexico police recover body of slain journalist

Mexico police recover body of slain journalist

-- 2019-01-22 11:17:17

The body of a slain journalist was found in northwestern Mexico, authorities said on Monday, adding to a long list of reporters who have fallen victim to record levels of violence in the country. The...

France summons Italian ambassador over Africa remarks

France summons Italian ambassador over Africa remarks

-- 2019-01-22 11:14:54

France has summoned Italy's ambassador after the Italian deputy prime minister accused the French of exploiting Africa and fuelling migration. On Sunday, Luigi di Maio called on the European Union to...

Strong quake hits Indonesia again

Strong quake hits Indonesia again

-- 2019-01-22 09:50:50

An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck south of the city of Raba on Indonesia’s central island of Sumbawa on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. There was no immediate tsunami warning o...

May refuses to rule out no-deal Brexit

May refuses to rule out no-deal Brexit

-- 2019-01-22 09:20:29

British Prime Minister Theresa May sought to break the parliamentary deadlock over Brexit on Monday by proposing to seek further concessions from the European Union on a plan to prevent customs checks...

Taliban attack in Afghanistan kills more than 100 security force members

Taliban attack in Afghanistan kills more than 100 security force members

-- 2019-01-21 20:51:31

More than 100 members of Afghan security forces were killed when Taliban insurgents attacked a military compound in the central Maidan Wardak province on Monday, a senior defence ministry official sai...

US calls on Russia to destroy new missile system

US calls on Russia to destroy new missile system

-- 2019-01-21 19:49:23

The United States has called on Russia to destroy a new cruise missile system and accused Moscow of destabilising global security The US also described the system as a 'direct and continuing violatio...

China on high alert for 'black swan' events

China on high alert for 'black swan' events

-- 2019-01-21 18:36:51

China must be on guard against “black swan” risks while fending off “grey rhino” events, President Xi Jinping said on Monday, adding that the economy faces deep and complicated...

Ten UN peacekeepers die in Mali attack

Ten UN peacekeepers die in Mali attack

Reuters 2019-01-21 14:01:43

Ten UN peacekeepers from Chad were killed and at least 25 were wounded while repelling an attack by armed assailants near a village in northern Mali on Sunday, the West African nation’s UN missi...

Israeli military strikes Iranian targets in Syria

Israeli military strikes Iranian targets in Syria

-- 2019-01-21 12:57:10

Israeli fighter jets struck Iranian Quds targets inside Syria on Monday and, after coming under fire from anti-aircraft missiles, struck Syrian defence batteries as well, the Israeli military said. S...

Turkey is ready to take over Syria’s Manbij, Erdogan says

Turkey is ready to take over Syria’s Manbij, Erdogan says

-- 2019-01-21 12:39:26

Turkey is ready to take over security in Syria’s Manbij, where four US citizens died in an Islamic State-claimed bombing last week, President Tayyip Erdogan told US.President Donald Trump in a t...

Philippines’ Muslims vote in referendum on autonomy

Philippines’ Muslims vote in referendum on autonomy

-- 2019-01-21 11:23:37

Minority Muslims in the southern Philippines cast votes on Monday in a long-awaited referendum on autonomy, the culmination of a peace process to end decades of separatist conflict in a region plagued...

End 'no-deal brinkmanship' and let's talk: Corbyn to May

End 'no-deal brinkmanship' and let's talk: Corbyn to May

-- 2019-01-21 10:42:48

Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, will reiterate on Monday his willingness to talk to Prime Minister Theresa May on ways to break the deadlock over Brexit but not while the g...

Trump signals support for ‘Dreamers’ in broader deal

Trump signals support for ‘Dreamers’ in broader deal

-- 2019-01-21 10:10:46

President Donald Trump said on Sunday his proposed immigration deal to end a 30-day partial government shutdown would not lead to amnesty for “Dreamers,” but he appeared to signal support...

World's oldest man dead at 113

World's oldest man dead at 113

-- 2019-01-20 17:22:28

The world's oldest man has died at his home — a hot springs inn — in northern Japan at the age of 113. Masazo Nonaka died in the early hours of Sunday while sleeping at home in Ashoro on...

Explosion hits Syria’s Damascus: State TV

Explosion hits Syria’s Damascus: State TV

-- 2019-01-20 14:26:48

An explosion was heard in the vicinity of Syria’s capital Damascus and initial reports point to a “terrorist” attack, Syrian state TV reported on Sunday morning. State TV reported t...

Winter storm to hit US northeast with up to two feet of snow

Winter storm to hit US northeast with up to two feet of snow

-- 2019-01-20 14:21:13

A winter storm that blanketed the US Midwest with snow advanced on the US Northeast on Saturday, forcing cancellations of flights and train service during a holiday weekend when many Americans were tr...