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China cancels military talks with US, protesting sanctions

China cancels military talks with US, protesting sanctions

-- 2018-09-23 10:49:11

China summoned the US ambassador in Beijing and postponed joint military talks in protest against a US decision to sanction a Chinese military agency and its director for buying Russian fighter jets a...

China shuts down thousands of websites

China shuts down thousands of websites

Reuters 2018-09-23 10:36:13

China has shut down more than 4,000 websites and online accounts in a three-month campaign against “harmful” online information, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, citing th...

Saudi state TV gets first female news presenter

Saudi state TV gets first female news presenter

-- 2018-09-22 20:08:30

A Saudi Arabian journalist has become the first woman to anchor the main news bulletin on the country's main national television station. Weam Al Dakheel made the history co-presenting Al Saudiya's m...

Canada adopts motion declaring Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya as genocide

Canada adopts motion declaring Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya as genocide

-- 2018-09-22 18:31:23

Canada's Parliament has unanimously adopted a motion declaring crimes committed against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar to be genocide. The motion Thursday also endorsed the findings of a United Nations...

IS claims Iran military parade attack, provides no evidence

IS claims Iran military parade attack, provides no evidence

-- 2018-09-22 18:09:37

Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for an attack by gunmen on a military parade in southwestern Iran on Saturday, according to the group’s Amaq news agency. Amaq said Islamic State fight...

Tanzanian ferry wreck: Death toll reaches 183

Tanzanian ferry wreck: Death toll reaches 183

-- 2018-09-22 17:37:43

Divers rescued a man on Saturday as they searched for survivors from the wreck of an overcrowded Tanzanian ferry that capsized on Lake Victoria on Thursday, killing at least 183 people. Four navy div...

Attack on Iranian military parade leaves 24 dead

Attack on Iranian military parade leaves 24 dead

-- 2018-09-22 17:22:13

At least 24 people were killed and 53 others injured in an attack on a military parade in Iran's southwestern city of Ahvaz on Saturday, Iran's state news IRNA said. The dead and wounded were both mi...

At least 12 die in Iran military parade attack

At least 12 die in Iran military parade attack

-- 2018-09-22 15:52:11

Gunmen have opened fire on an Iranian military parade in the south-western city of Ahvaz, killing at least 11 people, including civilians, and injuring more than 20, state media say. The attackers sh...

Brazilian cops arrest ‘Hezbollah financier’

Brazilian cops arrest ‘Hezbollah financier’

-- 2018-09-22 14:51:50

Police in Brazil have arrested a man accused by the United States of being one of the main financial operators of the Lebanese militant group, Hezbollah. Assad Ahmad Barakat was detained near the bor...

Eight children die in Afghan police station bomb blast

Eight children die in Afghan police station bomb blast

-- 2018-09-22 14:22:46

At least eight children have been killed and six wounded in a bomb blast in Afghanistan's northern Faryab province. Police in the Shirin Tagab district blamed the Taliban for planting a mine in the a...

A year after hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico still struggles to rebuild

A year after hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico still struggles to rebuild

FE Online Desk 2018-09-22 14:05:44

Puerto Rico is still struggling to rebuild itself from the trail of ruins left by hurricane Maria even though a year has gone by since it hit the island on September 20 last year. Jubilee USA Network...

Gunmen attack military parade in Iran; several dead

Gunmen attack military parade in Iran; several dead

-- 2018-09-22 13:10:17

Several people were killed when unknown gunmen opened fire during a military parade in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz on Saturday, state television reported. Iran was holding a number of para...

Brexit compromise ‘still possible’, EC president Tusk says

Brexit compromise ‘still possible’, EC president Tusk says

-- 2018-09-22 11:50:31

European Council president Donald Tusk has said a compromise with the UK over Brexit is ‘still possible’, after Theresa May warned she was prepared to walk away from talks. In a statement...

China opens embassy in Dominican Republic

China opens embassy in Dominican Republic

-- 2018-09-22 10:43:16

China’s most senior envoy inaugurated a new embassy in the Dominican Republic on Friday after the Caribbean country cut ties with Taiwan in a move that prompted US concern over the Asian island&...

Cambodia pardons Australian filmmaker

Cambodia pardons Australian filmmaker

-- 2018-09-21 20:40:11

Cambodia has granted a pardon to an Australian filmmaker jailed in August on espionage charges for six years. A court in Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, issued a warrant on Friday ordering ordered the...

Philippines halts mining after landslide killing 29

Philippines halts mining after landslide killing 29

-- 2018-09-21 20:25:29

MANILA: The Philippines on Friday temporarily suspended all quarrying operations in seven regions following a landslide near a limestone quarry that killed at least 29 people, with dozens more feared...

Iran puts on ‘show of strength’ military exercise in Gulf

Iran puts on ‘show of strength’ military exercise in Gulf

-- 2018-09-21 18:58:56

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards and army carried out a joint aerial military drill in the Gulf on Friday in what official media said indicated the “pounding reply” that awaited the countr...

‘Maldives president Yameen a hardliner who jailed his own brother’

‘Maldives president Yameen a hardliner who jailed his own brother’

-- 2018-09-21 18:46:28

Maldives president Abdulla Yameen is a ruthless political operator who has cracked down on threats to his rule, say diplomats and former colleagues - including jailing his own half-brother in an on-of...

IndiGo Airlines’ bus catches fire at Chennai airport

IndiGo Airlines’ bus catches fire at Chennai airport

-- 2018-09-21 18:39:28

A bus belonging to IndiGo Airlines caught fire at the airport in Chennai while ferrying passengers of a domestic in-bound flight, according to airport officials, according PTI. No one was injured in...

Canada declares Myanmar Rohingya killings a genocide

Canada declares Myanmar Rohingya killings a genocide

-- 2018-09-21 17:25:14

Canadian lawmakers have unanimously voted to declare crimes committed against Rohingya Muslims by the Myanmar military to be genocide. The House of Commons endorsed on Thursday the findings of a UN f...

US considering to restore Pakistan's security funds

US considering to restore Pakistan's security funds

-- 2018-09-21 17:22:45

A prominent US daily "The Washington Times" has said that Imran Khan elected as the Prime Minister of Pakistan offered Washington with a rare window to reset relations with its critical ally. In a re...

Chinese anger at US sanctions for Russian weapons purchases

Chinese anger at US sanctions for Russian weapons purchases

-- 2018-09-21 17:09:11

China has told the US to withdraw sanctions on its military over purchases of Russian jets and missiles or "bear the consequences", reports BBC. The US says China has contravened US sanctions on Mo...

Five shot, including a girl, 8, in Syracuse, New York

Five shot, including a girl, 8, in Syracuse, New York

-- 2018-09-21 16:36:56

Five people were shot, including an eight-year-old girl, in Syracuse, New York on Thursday, the city’s police chief said, according to Reuters. Police responded to a shooting in the city in ups...

UK wants EU to soften stance on Irish border

UK wants EU to soften stance on Irish border

-- 2018-09-21 16:29:54

Britain will leave the European Union without a deal unless the bloc’s leaders soften their position on the Irish border, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling briefed the media. EU leaders abrupt...

Turkey orders detentions of 110 soldiers on suspected Gulen links

Turkey orders detentions of 110 soldiers on suspected Gulen links

-- 2018-09-21 16:18:19

Ankara’s chief prosecutor ordered the detention of 110 soldiers from the air force on Friday for suspected links to a US-based cleric Turkey says orchestrated a failed coup in 2016, the prosecut...

Death toll reaches 136 in Tanzania ferry disaster

Death toll reaches 136 in Tanzania ferry disaster

-- 2018-09-21 15:57:21

More than 136 bodies were recovered and hundreds more are still feared missing after a ferry sank on Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Friday, said Tanzania’s top police official Simon Sirro. Rescue...

Japan's Abe re-elected as party head, to stay on as PM

Japan's Abe re-elected as party head, to stay on as PM

-- 2018-09-21 15:24:55

Tokyo, Sep 20 : Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was re-elected as head of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a landslide Thursday, paving the way for up to three more years as the nation's lead...

US sanctions China for buying Russian fighter jets, missiles

US sanctions China for buying Russian fighter jets, missiles

-- 2018-09-21 13:11:42

The Trump administration imposed sanctions on the Chinese military on Thursday for buying fighter jets and missile systems from Russia, in breach of a sweeping US sanctions law punishing Moscow for me...

Vietnam's President Quang dies aged 61

Vietnam's President Quang dies aged 61

-- 2018-09-21 11:59:20

Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang, one of the country’s top three leaders but with mostly ceremonial duties, died on Friday after an illness, state television and radio announced. Quang, 61, die...

42 die as ferry capsizes in Lake Victoria

42 die as ferry capsizes in Lake Victoria

-- 2018-09-21 11:44:36

At least 42 people drowned when a passenger ferry capsized in Tanzania's Lake Victoria and government officials feared the final death toll could be more than 200, official said. Ukerewe District C...