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Woman throws infant from car to death

Woman throws infant from car to death

-- 2018-11-21 16:11:25

An American woman allegedly threw her two-month-old daughter from a moving car on the tourist island of Bali and then tried to kill herself by jumping from the vehicle, Indonesian police said. Sout...

Frelimo urges Renamo to stop war threats

Frelimo urges Renamo to stop war threats

-- 2018-11-21 16:07:45

The main opposition Renamo has to stop making threats in peace processes, considering that President Filipe Nyusi is making the processes viable, the ruling party spokesman of Mozambique said on Tuesd...

Interpol elects Kim Jong Yang as president

Interpol elects Kim Jong Yang as president

-- 2018-11-21 15:33:00

International police body Interpol elected Kim Jong Yang of South Korea as president for a two-year term on Wednesday, beating a Russian national whose candidacy raised concerns in Europe and the Unit...

May gambles on last-minute Brussels trip

May gambles on last-minute Brussels trip

-- 2018-11-21 13:57:51

Why is Theresa May rushing to Brussels on Wednesday when she has a fair few political headaches to contend with back home, and when she's due back here in just a few days for the seal-the-deal Brexit...

Suu Kyi's ruling party losing popularity

Suu Kyi's ruling party losing popularity

-- 2018-11-21 13:55:14

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi led her political party to a landslide victory three years ago, ending decades of military-backed rule and raising hopes for democracy. Today, the dominance...

China arrests 576 waste smuggling suspects

China arrests 576 waste smuggling suspects

Reuters 2018-11-21 13:52:36

China arrested 576 people accused of smuggling waste into the country in the first 10 months of the year, state news agency Xinhua said, part of its efforts to enforce a ban on low-grade trash imports...

UAE, Jordan sign $100m deal to fund SMEs

UAE, Jordan sign $100m deal to fund SMEs

-- 2018-11-21 13:45:28

The United Arab Emirates signed a $100 million agreement with Jordan to boost small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Jordan. The multimillion-dollar agreement was finalised during the official...

Afghan suicide bombing toll climbs to 55

Afghan suicide bombing toll climbs to 55

Reuters 2018-11-21 12:39:05

Afghan authorities were struggling on Wednesday to identify the group behind a suicide bomb attack that killed at least 55 people attending a gathering of religious scholars in Kabul after the Taliban...

India to start additional route endorsement service tomorrow

India to start additional route endorsement service tomorrow

-- 2018-11-21 12:01:34

Indian High Commission in Dhaka will start additional route endorsement service at all Indian Visa Application Centres(IVAC) in Bangladesh from tomorrow(Thursday).All the requests for additional route...

Dead whale found in Indonesia with 6kg of plastic in stomach

Dead whale found in Indonesia with 6kg of plastic in stomach

-- 2018-11-20 20:57:27

A dead sperm whale that washed ashore in a national park in Indonesia had nearly 6kg (13 lbs) of plastic waste in its stomach, park officials say. Items found included 115 drinking cups, four plastic...

US judge halts Trump's asylum ban

US judge halts Trump's asylum ban

-- 2018-11-20 18:28:36

A US federal judge has blocked an order issued by President Trump to deny asylum to migrants crossing the southern US border illegally. US District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco issued the tempora...

Train derails near Barcelona killing one

Train derails near Barcelona killing one

-- 2018-11-20 15:30:32

One person died and dozens were injured Tuesday after a landslide derailed a commuter train travelling toward Barcelona city of Spain, authorities said. The regional civil protection agency said th...

Kenya launches first coastguard patrol

Kenya launches first coastguard patrol

-- 2018-11-20 15:18:15

Kenya's president has launched the country's first coastguard to protect and monitor its territorial waters. It will guard against illegal fishing, which President Uhuru Kenyatta says costs Kenya abo...

Australia police arrest three over 'mass' terror attack plot

Australia police arrest three over 'mass' terror attack plot

Reuters 2018-11-20 13:14:59

Australian police on Tuesday said they arrested three men who were allegedly preparing to attack the public in Melbourne, less than two weeks after a man was killed in the country’s second-large...

Saudi royals turn against king's favourite son over Khashoggi murder

Saudi royals turn against king's favourite son over Khashoggi murder

Reuters 2018-11-20 11:28:58

Amid international uproar over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, some members of Saudi Arabia's ruling family are agitating to prevent Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman from becoming king, thr...

Chicago hospital shooting leaves four dead

Chicago hospital shooting leaves four dead

-- 2018-11-20 11:10:07

A gunman shot a doctor to death outside a Chicago hospital on Monday before storming the facility and killing a pharmaceutical assistant and a police officer during an exchange of gunfire and dying...

Hong Kong activists on trial for  'Umbrella' protests

Hong Kong activists on trial for 'Umbrella' protests

-- 2018-11-19 23:37:12

Nine pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have pleaded not guilty in a trial seen as a test of judicial independence from Beijing, reports BBC. They have been charged with "public nuisance" over the...

Mexican drug lord Beltran Leyva dies of cardiac arrest

Mexican drug lord Beltran Leyva dies of cardiac arrest

-- 2018-11-19 14:44:25

Hector Beltran Leyva, a Mexican drug lord whose cartel earned a reputation as one of the country’s most vengeful and ruthless, died late on Sunday in hospital of cardiac arrest after being trans...

Nigeria’s Buhari launches manifesto for re-election bid

Nigeria’s Buhari launches manifesto for re-election bid

-- 2018-11-19 14:24:59

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has launched his manifesto, hoping his anti-corruption agenda can win him a second term at a Feb 16 election. Buhari, a military ruler in the early 1980s, in 2015...

Netanyahu urges coalition partners not to bring down government

Netanyahu urges coalition partners not to bring down government

Reuters 2018-11-19 13:08:54

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged his coalition partners on Sunday not to bring down the government, citing security challenges ahead and hinting at future Israeli military action agains...

Macron's popularity dips as French fuel tax revolt simmers

Macron's popularity dips as French fuel tax revolt simmers

Reuters 2018-11-19 13:02:16

Emmanuel Macron’s popularity took a further hit in recent weeks, according to a poll on Sunday, as fuel tax protests rumbled on across France in the latest sign of discontent with the president&...

Hong Kong activists plead not guilty in ‘Umbrella’ movement trial

Hong Kong activists plead not guilty in ‘Umbrella’ movement trial

-- 2018-11-19 12:58:06

Nine pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have pleaded not guilty in a trial seen as a test of judicial independence from Beijing. They have been charged with "public nuisance" over the 2014 "Umbrell...

Putin told Pence Russia didn't meddle in US election: Kremlin

Putin told Pence Russia didn't meddle in US election: Kremlin

-- 2018-11-19 12:41:36

Russian President Vladimir Putin told US Vice President Mike Pence Russia had nothing to do with meddling in the 2016 US election, Interfax reported on Monday, during discussions about an upcoming mee...

Vietnam landslides claim lives of 13

Vietnam landslides claim lives of 13

-- 2018-11-19 10:31:42

Landslides due to rains from a tropical storm have killed 13 people and left four others missing in south-central Vietnam. A disaster official in Khanh Hoa province says some 600 soldiers have been m...

Egypt, Ethiopia to discuss Nile dam dispute

Egypt, Ethiopia to discuss Nile dam dispute

-- 2018-11-18 21:10:30

Egypt said on Sunday it would hold talks with Ethiopia in the next two weeks to iron out differences over an Ethiopian dam on the River Nile that Cairo sees as a threat to its water supplies. The two...

Malta police identify ‘masterminds’ in journalist murder

Malta police identify ‘masterminds’ in journalist murder

-- 2018-11-18 17:45:44

Investigators have identified a group of at least three Maltese nationals who they believe masterminded the killing of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia 13 months ago, reports AP citin...

UK's May sees 'no alternative' to her Brexit plan

UK's May sees 'no alternative' to her Brexit plan

Reuters 2018-11-18 13:39:19

British Prime Minister Theresa May says she sees no alternative to the Brexit deal she presented earlier this week, amid reports that some of her senior ministers want her to renegotiate the draft agr...

Trump calls CIA assessment of Khashoggi murder ‘very premature’

Trump calls CIA assessment of Khashoggi murder ‘very premature’

-- 2018-11-18 12:56:32

President Donald Trump on Saturday called a CIA assessment blaming Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi “very premature” and said he w...

US to join Australia in Papua New Guinea naval base plan

US to join Australia in Papua New Guinea naval base plan

-- 2018-11-18 12:24:37

The US says it will join Australia in developing a naval base in Papua New Guinea (PNG), in an apparent move to curb China's growing influence. Vice-President Mike Pence said the three countries woul...

US-led airstrikes kill 40 in Syria, IS says

US-led airstrikes kill 40 in Syria, IS says

-- 2018-11-18 11:01:38

At least forty people, mostly women and children were killed in the latest wave of US-led coalition airstrikes on Saturday against the last remaining Islamic State-held pocket in Syria near the border...