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Flash flood kills five in Spain's Mallorca

Flash flood kills five in Spain's Mallorca

Agencies 2018-10-10 14:05:38

At least five people have died and several are missing in flash flooding on the Spanish island of Mallorca. A huge wave of muddy water engulfed the town of Sant Llorenc des Cardassar, in the east of...

At least 50 die in Kenya bus crash

At least 50 die in Kenya bus crash

-- 2018-10-10 13:18:32

At least 50 people have been killed after a bus travelling from the Kenyan capital Nairobi to Kisumu, in the west, veered off the road on Wednesday morning, police say. Many reportedly died when the...

Four die in Bahrain building collapse, 20 injured

Four die in Bahrain building collapse, 20 injured

-- 2018-10-10 13:18:10

An apartment building collapsed in Bahrain’s capital late on Tuesday leaving at least four people dead and 20 injured, the interior ministry said. Three bodies were found at the site in Manama&...

Guatemalan ex-VP gets 15 years in jail over ‘Magic Water’ scandal

Guatemalan ex-VP gets 15 years in jail over ‘Magic Water’ scandal

-- 2018-10-10 11:57:28

A court in Guatemala has sentenced the former vice-president, Roxana Baldetti, to 15 years and six months in jail for her role in what became known as the ‘Magic Water’ scandal. Prosecuto...

China starts anti-halal campaign in Xinjiang

China starts anti-halal campaign in Xinjiang

-- 2018-10-10 11:25:23

The capital of China’s Xinjiang region, home to the mostly Muslim Uighur minority, has launched a campaign against halal products to stop Islam penetrating secular life and fuelling “extre...

Seven die as train derails in Uttar Pradesh

Seven die as train derails in Uttar Pradesh

-- 2018-10-10 11:23:23

At least seven people were killed and about 25 others injured after five coaches of a Delhi-bound train derailed in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh early on Wednesday, officials said. The a...

Australia planning to force new migrants live in rural areas

Australia planning to force new migrants live in rural areas

-- 2018-10-09 20:32:55

The Australian government has unveiled a proposal to force new migrants to live outside Sydney and Melbourne. The policy would aim to ease congestion in Australia's two biggest cities while boosting...

US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley resigns

US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley resigns

-- 2018-10-09 20:30:28

US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has resigned from her role, the latest departure from US President Donald Trump's national security circle, According to multiple reports, US President...

Police arrests one over rape, murder of Bulgarian journalist

Police arrests one over rape, murder of Bulgarian journalist

-- 2018-10-09 20:01:35

A man has been detained over the killing of Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova, police say. Viktoria Marinova's body was found in a park in the northern city of Ruse, near the River Danube, on Sa...

Turkey investigators to search Saudi consulate in Istanbul

Turkey investigators to search Saudi consulate in Istanbul

-- 2018-10-09 19:57:56

Turkey's foreign ministry has said authorities will search Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul in connection with the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Foreign Ministry spokesman of...

Duterte told Cabinet he doesn't have cancer

Duterte told Cabinet he doesn't have cancer

-- 2018-10-09 19:22:20

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told his Cabinet that medical tests show he doesn't have cancer, though he won't release a detailed public report on his health, officials said Tuesday. Interior...

Death toll in Indonesia earthquake goes past 2,000

Death toll in Indonesia earthquake goes past 2,000

-- 2018-10-09 19:04:52

Health workers in Indonesia are struggling to care for tens of thousands of people displaced by an earthquake and tsunami, with a lack of shelter and clean water among major problems as the focus turn...

White tiger kills zookeeper in Japan

White tiger kills zookeeper in Japan

-- 2018-10-09 18:25:22

A rare white tiger has mauled a zookeeper to death in its enclosure at a zoo in Japan, officials say. Akira Furusho, 40, was found bleeding from the neck in the tiger's cage at the zoo in the souther...

Explosion at Ukraine ammo depot prompts evacuations

Explosion at Ukraine ammo depot prompts evacuations

-- 2018-10-09 13:38:25

Around 10,000 people were evacuated after a fire and explosions hit a defence ministry ammunition depot 176 kms (109 miles) east of the Ukrainian capital Kiev early on Tuesday morning, officials said....

Turkey detains 90 over suspected links to Kurdish militants

Turkey detains 90 over suspected links to Kurdish militants

-- 2018-10-09 12:55:36

Turkish authorities detained 90 people on Tuesday over suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, the Interior Ministry said. The operation across eight provinces w...

Protests erupt in Venezuela over jailed lawmaker's death

Protests erupt in Venezuela over jailed lawmaker's death

-- 2018-10-09 11:16:23

Protesters in Venezuela have accused the government of murdering a jailed opposition lawmaker, who the authorities say killed himself. Crowds were calling for justice at a rally outside the Sebin int...

Haiti quake death toll climbs to 15

Haiti quake death toll climbs to 15

-- 2018-10-09 10:08:06

An earthquake that struck Haiti on Saturday killed 15 people, injured another 300 and destroyed 40 houses, Jerry Chandler, head of the Caribbean country’s civil protection agency, said on Monday...

UN expert asks to accelerate actions now for addressing global warming

UN expert asks to accelerate actions now for addressing global warming

-- 2018-10-08 18:13:48

A United Nations (UN) expert said states must accelerate action to address climate change - from solar electricity to climate-friendly agriculture practices - or risk locking in decades of grave human...

Strong winds, rains take four lives in Sri Lanka

Strong winds, rains take four lives in Sri Lanka

-- 2018-10-08 16:01:38

At least four people were killed and over 10,000 affected as strong winds and heavy rains lashed out across Sri Lanka over the weekend, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said in its latest update o...

Taliban urge Afghans to boycott parliamentary elections

Taliban urge Afghans to boycott parliamentary elections

-- 2018-10-08 14:07:46

The Taliban on Monday directed Afghans to boycott upcoming parliamentary elections and demanded a complete withdrawal of foreign forces as the only solution to end the 17-year-old war as they ramped u...

SA finance minister asks president to sack him

SA finance minister asks president to sack him

-- 2018-10-08 13:29:33

South Africa’s Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene has asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to sack him after he admitted to visiting the home of the Gupta brothers, friends of scandal-plagued former lead...

Heavy rains across Central America kill 12

Heavy rains across Central America kill 12

-- 2018-10-08 12:11:20

Torrential rain in Central America that caused floods and landslides have killed 12 people in just a few days, rescue and emergency authorities across the region said on Sunday. Heavy rains that bega...

Climate report: Scientists politely urge 'act now, idiots'

Climate report: Scientists politely urge 'act now, idiots'

BBC 2018-10-08 11:55:30

It's the final call, say scientists, the most extensive warning yet on the risks of rising global temperatures. Their dramatic report on keeping that rise under 1.5 degrees C states that the world is...

Kim ready to allow inspectors into nuclear sites, says Pompeo

Kim ready to allow inspectors into nuclear sites, says Pompeo

-- 2018-10-08 10:49:07

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was ready to allow international inspectors into the North’s nuclear and missile testing sites, one of the main s...

Interpol chief under probe: China

Interpol chief under probe: China

-- 2018-10-08 10:26:59

China’s antigraft watchdog said late on Sunday that the Chinese authorities were investigating Meng Hongwei, the head of the global law enforcement organisation Interpol who had been reported mi...

New York limousine crash claims lives of 20

New York limousine crash claims lives of 20

Reuters 2018-10-08 10:01:03

At least twenty people were killed when a stretch limousine crashed into another vehicle and pedestrians in the parking lot of a store in rural upstate New York, in what federal authorities on Sunday...

Saudi journalist 'killed inside consulate', Turkish police suspect

Saudi journalist 'killed inside consulate', Turkish police suspect

-- 2018-10-07 18:00:56

Fears are growing over missing Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi after Turkish officials said they believe he has been murdered. Khashoggi, a Saudi national, went missing after visiting the Saud...

Gunman shoots two Israelis dead in West Bank

Gunman shoots two Israelis dead in West Bank

-- 2018-10-07 14:52:14

A Palestinian gunman shot dead two Israelis and wounded a third on Sunday in an industrial park next to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military said. The assailant, the mi...

10 Afghan policemen die in clashes with Taliban

10 Afghan policemen die in clashes with Taliban

-- 2018-10-07 13:13:17

At least 10 policemen were killed in clashes with Taliban fighters in the central Afghan province of Wardak, officials said on Sunday, amid fighting to wrest control of arterial highways a day after T...

Cameroon goes to polls as Biya seeks seventh term

Cameroon goes to polls as Biya seeks seventh term

-- 2018-10-07 12:55:08

Cameroonians head to the polls on Sunday in an election widely expected to extend the 36-year rule of President Paul Biya and confirm his place as one of Africa’s last multi-decade leaders. A v...