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Turkey train crash leaves nine dead

Turkey train crash leaves nine dead

-- 2018-12-13 18:44:51

A crash involving a high-speed train at a station in the Turkish capital Ankara killed at least nine people and injured 47, Turkey's transport minister said. Reports quoting local officials said the...

Pope expels two cardinals over sexual abuse implications

Pope expels two cardinals over sexual abuse implications

-- 2018-12-13 18:25:54

The Vatican announced Wednesday that it had removed two cardinals implicated in sexual abuse cases from a powerful council of advisers picked by Pope Francis to guide him on matters critical to the fu...

Sri Lanka’s court rules dissolving parliament as unconstitutional

Sri Lanka’s court rules dissolving parliament as unconstitutional

-- 2018-12-13 18:12:47

Sri Lanka's top court has ruled that the president's dissolution of parliament last month was unconstitutional, as a political crisis continues to grip the nation. President Maithripala Sirisena dism...

Jailing of journalists worldwide nears record high

Jailing of journalists worldwide nears record high

Reuters 2018-12-13 14:07:52

A near-record number of journalists around the world are behind bars for their work, including two Reuters reporters whose imprisonment in Myanmar has drawn international criticism, according to a rep...

Tanzania to build dam at heritage site

Tanzania to build dam at heritage site

-- 2018-12-13 14:05:57

Tanzania's President John Magufuli has signed a deal for the construction of a hydro-electric power plant in one of East Africa's best-known game reserves, amid criticism from environmentalists. The...

Second Canadian being probed for harming state security: China

Second Canadian being probed for harming state security: China

-- 2018-12-13 12:47:37

Canadian businessman Michael Spavor, who worked with North Korea, is being investigated on suspicion of harming China’s state security, officials said, days after a former Canadian diplomat was...

Turkey train crash kills four; over 40 injured

Turkey train crash kills four; over 40 injured

-- 2018-12-13 12:02:34

A crash involving a high-speed train at a station in the Turkish capital Ankara has killed at least four people and injured more than 40, local media say. Images from the scene showed emergency servi...

Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen gets three years in jail

Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen gets three years in jail

-- 2018-12-13 11:14:28

US President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday for crimes including orchestrating hush payments to women in violation of cam...

As Modi takes a beating, small parties see big chance

As Modi takes a beating, small parties see big chance

Reuters 2018-12-13 10:49:20

After suffering an electoral thrashing at the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014, small regional and caste-based parties are back in the rec...

Theresa May survives confidence vote of Tory MPs

Theresa May survives confidence vote of Tory MPs

BBC 2018-12-13 10:10:39

Prime Minister Theresa May has won a vote of confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party by 200 to 117. After securing 63 per cent of the total vote, she is now immune from a leadership ch...

Canada warns US not to politicise extradition cases

Canada warns US not to politicise extradition cases

Reuters 2018-12-13 09:59:07

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland on Wednesday warned the United States not to politicize extradition cases, a day after President Donald Trump said he could intervene in the affair of a Chi...

Hundreds in New Zealand hold vigil for murdered British tourist

Hundreds in New Zealand hold vigil for murdered British tourist

-- 2018-12-12 17:03:02

More than 1,000 people across New Zealand joined candlelight vigils on Wednesday to commemorate British tourist Grace Millane, who police say was murdered earlier this month. The 22-year-old tourist'...

UK PM May to face leadership challenge

UK PM May to face leadership challenge

-- 2018-12-12 14:07:51

UK Prime Minister Theresa May will face a vote of no confidence in her leadership later on Wednesday. Conservative MPs will vote between 18:00 GMT and 20:00 GMT. The challenge to May's position come...

Gunman on the run after three killed in France shooting

Gunman on the run after three killed in France shooting

-- 2018-12-12 11:23:46

Hundreds of police officers are hunting a gunman after three people were killed and 12 others wounded in a shooting in the eastern French city of Strasbourg. The suspect, who is known to security ser...

China detains Canadian ex-diplomat; Huawei CFO secures bail

China detains Canadian ex-diplomat; Huawei CFO secures bail

-- 2018-12-12 11:23:29

A Canadian, reported to be a former diplomat, has been detained in China and his current employer says it is working for his prompt release. The International Crisis Group said it was "aware of repor...

Bomb threat at Facebook headquarters

Bomb threat at Facebook headquarters

-- 2018-12-12 10:12:28

Facebook has evacuated a few buildings at its headquarters campus in Menlo Park following a bomb threat, a company spokesman said late on Tuesday (local time). Everyone is safe and the company is loo...

India appoints new central bank governor

India appoints new central bank governor

-- 2018-12-11 20:24:08

India's government has appointed former finance ministry official Shaktikanta Das as head of the central bank, a day after Urjit Patel resigned from the post following a protracted spat with the gover...

Khashoggi, persecuted journalists named Time Person of the Year

Khashoggi, persecuted journalists named Time Person of the Year

-- 2018-12-11 20:07:04

Time magazine has collectively named Jamal Khashoggi and other killed and imprisoned journalists as its 'person of the year' for 2018. The accolade – given to ‘The Guardians and the War o...

Russia sends two nuclear-capable bombers to Venezuela

Russia sends two nuclear-capable bombers to Venezuela

-- 2018-12-11 17:56:43

Two Russian strategic bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons have landed in ally Venezuela in a show of support for the government there that infuriated Washington. The TU-160 supersonic bombers...

Mozambique busts '30,000 ghost workers'

Mozambique busts '30,000 ghost workers'

-- 2018-12-11 17:52:39

Proof-of-life tests in Mozambique have revealed that 30,000 ghost workers on the civil service payroll. The civil service minister said some were paid for jobs they had not done, others were dead or...

Strong 7.1 quake strikes near Antarctica

Strong 7.1 quake strikes near Antarctica

-- 2018-12-11 13:14:05

A magnitude 7.1 quake struck on Monday in the southern Atlantic Ocean, close to the South Sandwich Islands north of Antarctica, the US Geological Survey said. The quake, initially reported as a magni...

May to meet EU leaders in bid to rescue Brexit deal

May to meet EU leaders in bid to rescue Brexit deal

BBC 2018-12-11 12:57:44

Theresa May will meet European leaders and EU officials later today (Tuesday) for talks aimed at rescuing her Brexit deal. She will hold talks with Dutch PM Mark Rutte and Germany's Angela Merkel a...

Thailand to hold general elections on Feb 24

Thailand to hold general elections on Feb 24

-- 2018-12-11 12:03:52

Thailand will hold a much-delayed general election on Feb 24, pending the lifting of a ban on political activity by the junta in Bangkok by January, the Election Commission said on Tuesday. The junta...

Macron speeds up tax cuts to quell unrest

Macron speeds up tax cuts to quell unrest

-- 2018-12-11 11:38:49

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has announced wage rises for the poorest workers and tax cuts for pensioners in further concessions meant to defuse weeks of often violent protests that have...

US sanctions three N Korean officials for ‘rights abuses’

US sanctions three N Korean officials for ‘rights abuses’

-- 2018-12-11 11:29:46

The United States said it had sanctioned three North Korean officials, including a top aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, for serious human rights abuses and censorship. The US Treasury on Mond...

May calls off MPs' vote on Brexit deal

May calls off MPs' vote on Brexit deal

-- 2018-12-10 22:19:12

Theresa May says she has called off Tuesday's crucial vote on her Brexit deal because it "would be rejected by a significant margin". She said MPs backed much of the deal she has struck with the EU b...

India central bank governor resigns amid government spat

India central bank governor resigns amid government spat

-- 2018-12-10 18:43:15

India's central bank governor Urjit Patel resigned on Monday citing 'personal reasons', a statement issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said. "On account of personal reasons, I have decided to...

Brazil makes official intervention in state bordering Venezuela

Brazil makes official intervention in state bordering Venezuela

-- 2018-12-10 17:42:27

Brazilian President Michel Temer has signed a decree making official a federal “intervention” in the state of Roraima which borders Venezuela, the government’s official newspaper sai...

'Iran can expand range of ballistic missiles'

'Iran can expand range of ballistic missiles'

-- 2018-12-10 17:36:49

Iran has the ability to build ballistic missiles with a broader range, a senior commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Monday. Iran’s missiles currently cover a range of 2000 kilom...

'Theresa May deciding whether to delay parliament Brexit vote'

'Theresa May deciding whether to delay parliament Brexit vote'

-- 2018-12-10 17:21:42

British Prime Minister Theresa May is due to make a decision on Monday on whether to delay a parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal set for Tuesday, British political correspondents said. After repeat...