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Strong 6.3 quake strikes Iran; over 500 hurt

Strong 6.3 quake strikes Iran; over 500 hurt

-- 2018-11-26 11:50:42

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck western Iran near its border with Iraq on Sunday night, injuring more than 500 people and sending fearful residents running into the streets, authorities said. The S...

Saudi crown prince begins second leg of Arab tour

Saudi crown prince begins second leg of Arab tour

Reuters 2018-11-26 11:01:20

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Bahrain on Sunday, continuing his first trip abroad since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul drew global condemnatio...

Gunmen kill cleric, nine followers at Somalia religious centre

Gunmen kill cleric, nine followers at Somalia religious centre

-- 2018-11-26 10:45:11

Al Shabaab gunmen and a suicide car bomber struck a religious centre in central Somalia on Monday, killing a cleric and at least nine of his followers, a police officer said. “The militants kil...

US closes Mexico border, fires tear gas at migrants

US closes Mexico border, fires tear gas at migrants

Reuters 2018-11-26 10:09:15

US authorities shut the country’s busiest border crossing and fired tear gas into Mexico on Sunday to repel Central American migrants approaching the border after US President Donald Trump vowed...

Dozens die as Uganda party boat sinks

Dozens die as Uganda party boat sinks

-- 2018-11-25 17:54:34

At least 29 people are now known to have died after a cruise boat carrying party revellers capsized on Lake Victoria, Ugandan police say. The vessel was carrying close to 100 people when it sank on...

Taiwan voters reject same-sex marriage

Taiwan voters reject same-sex marriage

-- 2018-11-25 17:32:57

Voters in Taiwan have rejected legalising same-sex marriages in a series of referendums on Saturday. They backed the definition of marriage as the union of a man and woman. Last year a high court ha...

EU leaders seal Brexit deal

EU leaders seal Brexit deal

-- 2018-11-25 17:05:34

European Union leaders formally agreed a Brexit deal at a Brussels summit on Sunday, urging Britons to back Prime Minister Theresa May’s package, which faces furious opposition in the British pa...

Malaysia says former PM Najib's office ordered changes to 1MDB audit report

Malaysia says former PM Najib's office ordered changes to 1MDB audit report

Reuters 2018-11-25 14:34:56

The office of former Malaysian premier Najib Razak ordered changes to a 2016 audit report of scandal-plagued state fund 1MDB, including removing mention of financier Low Taek Jho’s presence at a...

Mexican officials deny deal with US on asylum seekers

Mexican officials deny deal with US on asylum seekers

-- 2018-11-25 13:45:22

Mexico's incoming foreign minister has said discussions on how to deal with migrants travelling to the United States are continuing despite reports a deal has been reached. Marcelo Ebrard denied reac...

Taiwan rebukes ruling party, emboldens China-friendly opposition

Taiwan rebukes ruling party, emboldens China-friendly opposition

Reuters 2018-11-25 13:21:15

Voters in Taiwan have delivered a strong rebuke to the island’s pro-independence ruling party in local elections, emboldening the China-friendly opposition, one of whose main figures says he wil...

French forces kill top jihadist in Mali

French forces kill top jihadist in Mali

-- 2018-11-25 12:22:33

One of Mali's top jihadist leaders has been killed in a raid by French forces, said the Malian army. It said Amadou Koufa died in Friday's operation in the central Mopti region. France earlier sugge...

Cruise boat capsizes in Uganda, killing 10

Cruise boat capsizes in Uganda, killing 10

-- 2018-11-25 10:51:14

At least 10 people have died after a cruise boat capsized in Lake Victoria in Uganda on Saturday evening while more than 40 others were rescued, Ugandan police said. "The rescue mission is still on t...

US govt report says climate change to batter its economy

US govt report says climate change to batter its economy

Reuters 2018-11-25 10:26:12

Climate change will cost the US economy hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century, hitting everything from health to infrastructure, according to a government report issued on Friday t...

Four Finns among five die in Zimbabwe plane crash

Four Finns among five die in Zimbabwe plane crash

-- 2018-11-25 10:24:25

Four Finnish citizens are believed to have been among five people who died in a plane crash in Zimbabwe on Friday, their companies and Finland’s foreign ministry said. The plane crashed near Ma...

CIA cannot be trusted on Khashoggi conclusion: Saudi Prince

CIA cannot be trusted on Khashoggi conclusion: Saudi Prince

Reuters 2018-11-25 10:10:21

A senior Saudi prince cast doubt upon the reported CIA finding that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month, saying the agency c...

May writes letter asking public to back Brexit deal

May writes letter asking public to back Brexit deal

-- 2018-11-25 10:04:59

Theresa May has written a letter to the British public pleading for their support for her Brexit deal, as the EU prepares to formally sign it off. The UK prime minister said her agreement promises a...

EU president tells the union to approve Brexit deal

EU president tells the union to approve Brexit deal

-- 2018-11-24 21:11:10

European Council (EU) President Donald Tusk on Saturday has recommended that the EU approve the Brexit deal at a summit on Sunday. It comes after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez dropped his thre...

Suspected IS gunmen kill nine in Libya

Suspected IS gunmen kill nine in Libya

-- 2018-11-24 18:54:34

Gunmen on Friday raided a town deep in Libya's southern desert, killing nine people and kidnapping several others, a resident said, with officials blaming the attack on the militant group Islamic Stat...

French police use tear gas to disperse fuel protesters

French police use tear gas to disperse fuel protesters

-- 2018-11-24 17:57:32

Police in Paris have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters demonstrating for a second weekend against rising fuel prices. Clashes broke out on the Champs-Elysées despite a poli...

Rouhani terms Israel ‘cancerous tumour’

Rouhani terms Israel ‘cancerous tumour’

-- 2018-11-24 16:48:36

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday called Israel a "cancerous tumour" established by Western countries to advance their interests in the Middle East. Iran's leaders frequently condemn Israel...

Trump takes bid to restrict transgender troops to top court

Trump takes bid to restrict transgender troops to top court

-- 2018-11-24 13:53:55

President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the US Supreme Court to review lower court rulings blocking a policy barring certain transgender people from military service, declining t...

Russia, stung by intelligence leaks, plans to tighten data protection

Russia, stung by intelligence leaks, plans to tighten data protection

Reuters 2018-11-24 12:30:36

Russia has drawn up draft legislation aimed at stopping leaks of personal information from state agencies, a step that follows publication of details of Russians allegedly involved in clandestine inte...

Two die in China factory blast; 24 injured

Two die in China factory blast; 24 injured

-- 2018-11-24 11:23:56

Two people were killed and 24 others injured in an explosion at a machinery plant in the northern Chinese province of Jilin, the local government said on Saturday. At least 41 houses were damaged in...

Spain bars May's way to Brussels Brexit deal

Spain bars May's way to Brussels Brexit deal

Reuters 2018-11-24 11:03:50

Spain was standing between Theresa May and a Brexit deal as it threatened to derail an EU summit on Sunday if it does not get new assurances on having a say in the future of Gibraltar. As negotiation...

S Korea secures UN sanctions exemption for inter-Korean rail survey

S Korea secures UN sanctions exemption for inter-Korean rail survey

-- 2018-11-24 10:50:42

South Korea said on Saturday it had received sanctions exemptions from the UN Security Council for a joint survey on inter-Korean rail. It is the first step towards implementing an inter-Korean agree...

South Korea secures UN sanctions exemption for inter-Korean rail survey

South Korea secures UN sanctions exemption for inter-Korean rail survey

Reuters 2018-11-24 10:27:15

South Korea said on Saturday it had received sanctions exemptions from the UN Security Council for a joint survey on inter-Korean rail. It is the first step towards implementing an inter-Korean agree...

Gunmen kill six in southern Libya

Gunmen kill six in southern Libya

-- 2018-11-24 10:15:13

Gunmen raided a town deep in Libya’s southern desert, killing six, the municipality said on Friday, adding that it believed the militant group Islamic State was responsible. A military source s...

Afghans selling kids to  feed family members

Afghans selling kids to feed family members

-- 2018-11-23 22:06:17

Afghan parents are selling their children to feed family members after a four-year drought wiped away their harvest and forced them from their homes in the western city of Herat, according to the New...

Migrants’ rights are human rights, says IOM regional director

Migrants’ rights are human rights, says IOM regional director

FE Online Desk 2018-11-23 20:52:07

Migrants are entitled to the same human rights and protections as anyone else, said IOM Regional Director Argentina Szabados at the inaugural Asian Human Rights conference that ended on Friday. Digni...

Saudi crown prince starts first foreign tour since Khashoggi killing

Saudi crown prince starts first foreign tour since Khashoggi killing

-- 2018-11-23 20:46:20

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday at the start of a tour of several Arab countries. This visit is his first foreign trip since the...