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Mike Pence expresses strongest condemnation over Rohingya issue

Mike Pence expresses strongest condemnation over Rohingya issue

-- 2018-11-14 18:03:34

US Vice President Mike Pence expressed the Trump administration’s strongest condemnation yet of Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya Muslims on Wednesday. Pence also told Myanmar leader Aung S...

Tanzania drafts bill to increase health insurance coverage

Tanzania drafts bill to increase health insurance coverage

-- 2018-11-14 15:28:14

Tanzania is finalising draft of a bill to make it mandatory for every person to be covered by health insurance services, a senior official said Tuesday. Ummy Mwalimu, Tanzania's Minister of Health, C...

Trump nominates ex-army general as US ambassador to KSA

Trump nominates ex-army general as US ambassador to KSA

-- 2018-11-14 14:52:10

US President Donald Trump has nominated a retired Army general to be the country’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, as Washington faces pressure to respond to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashogg...

Mike Pence urges Suu Kyi to pardon Reuters journos

Mike Pence urges Suu Kyi to pardon Reuters journos

-- 2018-11-14 14:04:02

US vice president Mike Pence pressed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi “multiple times” on Wednesday to pardon two Reuters journalists jailed in her country, a senior White House official sa...

Clashes between army, separatists kill 15 in Cameroon

Clashes between army, separatists kill 15 in Cameroon

-- 2018-11-14 13:07:13

At least 15 people have been killed in a new bout of fighting between Cameroon army troops and separatist rebels, the two sides said on Tuesday, in a rise in violence since President Paul Biya won a s...

Sri Lankan parliament passes no-confidence motion against PM

Sri Lankan parliament passes no-confidence motion against PM

-- 2018-11-14 12:43:59

Sri Lanka’s parliament passed a no-confidence motion against newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa amid raucous opposition on Wednesday, throwing the country deeper into crisis. Raja...

Four UK ministers on verge of quitting May's govt over Brexit

Four UK ministers on verge of quitting May's govt over Brexit

-- 2018-11-11 12:24:52

Four British ministers who back remaining in the European Union are on the verge of quitting Theresa May’s government over Brexit, the Sunday Times reported, as pressures built on the prime mini...

Congo Ebola death toll crosses 200 mark

Congo Ebola death toll crosses 200 mark

-- 2018-11-11 11:40:28

More than 200 people have now died in the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to health officials. About half the victims were from Beni, a city of 800,000 in the...

Singapore PM Lee hints at early election next year

Singapore PM Lee hints at early election next year

-- 2018-11-11 11:33:07

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong suggested on Sunday a general election may be called next year, more than a year before his government’s mandate ends, as the city-state braces for growi...

Death toll rises to 23 in California wildfire

Death toll rises to 23 in California wildfire

-- 2018-11-11 10:36:56

The charred remains of 14 more people have been found in and around a Northern California town overrun by flames from a massive wildfire, officials said on Saturday, raising the death toll to at least...

Fire levels California  town within 24 hrs

Fire levels California town within 24 hrs

-- 2018-11-10 21:56:13

PARADISE, Nov 10 (AP): Not a single resident of Paradise can be seen anywhere in town after most of them fled the burning Northern California community that may be lost forever.Abandoned, charred vehi...

Turkey shares tapes of Khashoggi killing

Turkey shares tapes of Khashoggi killing

-- 2018-11-10 19:08:06

Turkey has given recordings on the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia, the United States, Germany, France and Britain, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. Turkish sour...

Heavy rains, flooding kill 12 in Jordan

Heavy rains, flooding kill 12 in Jordan

-- 2018-11-10 18:44:28

Twelve people died in heavy rains and flooding in parts of Jordan on Friday and authorities evacuated foreign tourists from the ancient city of Petra and other popular destinations, officials said on...

Trump, Macron seek to diffuse tension before WWI anniversary

Trump, Macron seek to diffuse tension before WWI anniversary

-- 2018-11-10 18:39:12

President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron worked Saturday to ease tensions after a dustup over their comments about European security that threatened to divert attention away from a...

China coalmine disaster leaves 21 dead

China coalmine disaster leaves 21 dead

-- 2018-11-10 17:35:56

Twenty-one miners, who were trapped after a coalmine accident that occurred a month ago in China’s Shangdong province, have died. Rescuers managed to rescue only one of the 22 miners trapped, r...

Sri Lankan president dissolves parliament

Sri Lankan president dissolves parliament

-- 2018-11-10 17:19:23

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the country's parliament on Friday night and called for snap polls on January 5 in a move that will likely deepen the country’s political cris...

Taliban attends diplomatic conference in Russia

Taliban attends diplomatic conference in Russia

-- 2018-11-10 15:44:46

A Taliban delegation on Friday attended a diplomatic conference in Russia for the first time, in a move that underscored Moscow's keenness to play a role in the Afghan peace process, but the Kabul gov...

Suicide car bombers kill 39 in Somalia

Suicide car bombers kill 39 in Somalia

-- 2018-11-10 14:41:22

At least 39 people were killed and 40 others injured in a suicide car bomb attack at a hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Friday, police said on Saturday. “We have confirmed 39 civil...

Rains, floods claim eight lives in Jordan

Rains, floods claim eight lives in Jordan

-- 2018-11-10 12:04:51

Heavy rains and flooding killed at least eight people in Jordan and forced authorities to evacuate more than 3,700 tourists from the ancient city of Petra on Friday, officials said. The visitors were...

California wildfires kill nine; over 150,000 evacuated

California wildfires kill nine; over 150,000 evacuated

-- 2018-11-10 10:50:25

At least nine people have been killed and more than 150,000 evacuated as two big wildfires rage in California in the United States, officials say. Five people of the dead were found in cars in a town...

US halting refuelling of Saudi-led coalition aircraft in Yemen's war

US halting refuelling of Saudi-led coalition aircraft in Yemen's war

-- 2018-11-10 10:44:39

The United States is halting refuelling of aircraft from the Saudi-led coalition engaged in Yemen, the United States and Saudi Arabia said on Friday, ending one of the most divisive aspects of US assi...

Trump signs immigration order on asylum

Trump signs immigration order on asylum

-- 2018-11-09 20:59:02

US President Donald Trump has signed an immigration proclamation, an order that would help effectively ban migrants who cross the US border with Mexico illegally from qualifying for asylum. The US pr...

Philippine court orders arrest of ex-first lady Imelda Marcos for graft

Philippine court orders arrest of ex-first lady Imelda Marcos for graft

-- 2018-11-09 17:13:20

The Philippines’ anti-corruption court on Friday ordered the arrest of former first lady Imelda Marcos after finding her guilty on seven counts of graft during the two-decade rule of her husband...

Turkey orders 103 soldiers arrested in Gulen probe

Turkey orders 103 soldiers arrested in Gulen probe

Reuters 2018-11-09 14:35:22

Turkish prosecutors ordered the detention of 103 soldiers with suspected links to the US-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating a failed coup in mid-2016, state-owned Anadolu news agency said on...

Seven die, 11 suffer injuries in South Korea fire

Seven die, 11 suffer injuries in South Korea fire

-- 2018-11-09 14:05:19

At least seven people were killed and 11 others injured on Friday in a fire that broke out at a dormitory-style housing facility in South Korea, where each rented room stands side by side. The blaz...

Gender based violence on the rise in Zambia

Gender based violence on the rise in Zambia

-- 2018-11-09 13:55:06

Zambia recorded an increase in gender-based violence cases during the third quarter (Q1) of the current year, compared to the same period last year, police said on Thursday. The nation saw the num...

Road crash claims 10 lives in Mexico

Road crash claims 10 lives in Mexico

-- 2018-11-09 13:44:53

At least 10 people were killed and 17 others injured when about 10 cars were piled up late Wednesday on a Mexico City highway after a trailer truck's brakes failed, local authorities said Thursday....

Greece to hold general polls in October 2019: PM

Greece to hold general polls in October 2019: PM

-- 2018-11-09 13:32:56

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said that his country will hold the parliamentary elections in October 2019 and the ruling coalition of the Radical Left, commonly known as Syriza, will win. S...

Ethiopia unearths mass grave with 200 bodies

Ethiopia unearths mass grave with 200 bodies

-- 2018-11-09 12:23:59

Police in Ethiopia have uncovered a grave containing at least 200 bodies along the border between the strife-torn Oromiya and Somali regions, state-affiliated media said. The mass grave was found dur...

Democrats seek hearings on Trump's ouster of Sessions

Democrats seek hearings on Trump's ouster of Sessions

-- 2018-11-09 10:58:21

Congressional Democrats on Thursday demanded emergency hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate President Donald Trump’s ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, calling the...