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UN Rohingya report deserves serious consideration, says Guterres

UN Rohingya report deserves serious consideration, says Guterres

-- 2018-08-29 13:24:51

A report by UN investigators saying Myanmar’s military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with “genocidal intent,” and that the country’s commander-in-...

India arrests poet Varavara Rao

India arrests poet Varavara Rao

-- 2018-08-29 12:24:59

Indian police arrested Hyderabad-based revolutionary writer Varavara Rao on Tuesday in a case relating to alleged conspiracy to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.   He was arrested...

Brazil sends army to Venezuela border

Brazil sends army to Venezuela border

-- 2018-08-29 12:06:14

Brazil said it was sending armed forces to keep order near the Venezuelan border area, while Peru declared a health emergency, as a regional crisis sparked by thousands of Venezuelans fleeing economic...

Myanmar rejects UN accusation of ‘Rohingya genocide’

Myanmar rejects UN accusation of ‘Rohingya genocide’

-- 2018-08-29 11:28:11

Myanmar has rejected a UN report which called for top Burmese military figures to be investigated for genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority. Government spokesman Zaw Htay said the country did...

Bomb at Philippines street festival kills two

Bomb at Philippines street festival kills two

-- 2018-08-29 11:27:33

A homemade bomb hidden under a motorcycle killed two people, including a child, and wounded 37 at a local street festival in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, security officials said, the latest un...

White House probing Google after Trump accuses it of bias

White House probing Google after Trump accuses it of bias

Reuters 2018-08-29 10:49:32

US President Donald Trump has accused Google’s search engine of promoting negative news articles and hiding “fair media” coverage of him, vowing to address the situation without prov...

7.0 quake strikes New Caledonia of South Pacific

7.0 quake strikes New Caledonia of South Pacific

-- 2018-08-29 10:36:06

A powerful undersea earthquake measuring magnitude 7.0 struck near New Caledonia in the South Pacific on Wednesday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. The centre said there was no Pacific-wide...

Police arrests Kenya’s deputy chief justice for alleged corruption

Police arrests Kenya’s deputy chief justice for alleged corruption

-- 2018-08-28 22:31:04

Kenya’s deputy chief justice Philomena Mwilu was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of corruption, failure to pay tax, and improper dealings with a local bank now in receivership, the police and t...

Russia to conduct biggest military drills since Cold War

Russia to conduct biggest military drills since Cold War

-- 2018-08-28 20:18:57

Russia will next month hold its biggest war games in nearly four decades, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told Russian news agencies on Tuesday, a massive military exercise that will also invol...

Russia postpones Afghanistan peace conference

Russia postpones Afghanistan peace conference

-- 2018-08-28 17:35:20

Russia has postponed a multilateral Afghanistan peace conference that was scheduled to take place in Moscow next month, reports aljazeera.com.  The meeting was scheduled to take place on Septemb...

Irish foreign minister urges UK to clarify its Brexit stance

Irish foreign minister urges UK to clarify its Brexit stance

-- 2018-08-28 15:46:23

Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Tuesday that more clarity was needed about Britain’s stance regarding its planned departure from the European Union. “I hope that Br...

Magnitude 6.4 quake shakes Indonesia again

Magnitude 6.4 quake shakes Indonesia again

-- 2018-08-28 15:17:32

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck off eastern Indonesian province on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the quake, which hit at a...

Exerting pressure unhelpful in resolving Rohingya issue: China

Exerting pressure unhelpful in resolving Rohingya issue: China

-- 2018-08-28 15:05:41

China said on Tuesday that exerting pressure was not helpful in resolving the issue of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar after UN investigators said Myanmar’s military had carried out mass killings of...

Five die in China aluminium plant explosion

Five die in China aluminium plant explosion

-- 2018-08-28 14:05:34

Five people were killed by an explosion at an aluminium plant in eastern China’s Jiangsu province on Tuesday morning, state-run China News reported, citing local authorities. The blast occurred...

UK PM to promise Africa investment boost

UK PM to promise Africa investment boost

-- 2018-08-28 13:37:47

Theresa May is to announce plans to boost Britain's investment in Africa after Brexit, during her first trip to the continent as prime minister. At a speech later, May will say she is "unashamed" abo...

French minister quits over lack of environmental policy progress

French minister quits over lack of environmental policy progress

-- 2018-08-28 13:26:23

French Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot announced his resignation on Tuesday, citing disappointment with the lack of progress on climate and other environmental goals. Hulot said his decision, take...

Cambodia releases 14 government critics

Cambodia releases 14 government critics

-- 2018-08-28 11:16:55

Cambodia released 14 government critics on Tuesday, in a move by Prime Minister Hun Sen that some observers say is aimed at appeasing foreign criticism of a flawed general election last month. The 14...

White House wobbles on US flag after McCain death

White House wobbles on US flag after McCain death

-- 2018-08-28 10:59:11

The White House lowered its US flag to half-staff, raised it back up and on Monday lowered it again after the death of Senator John McCain, in an unusual and confusing break with protocol on the passi...

Ousted Turnbull 'to quit parliament'

Ousted Turnbull 'to quit parliament'

-- 2018-08-28 10:40:38

Malcolm Turnbull has said he will quit Australia's parliament on Friday following his ouster as prime minister by party rivals, local media report. Mr Turnbull was replaced by Scott Morrison last wee...

Police finds stabbed body of mother, daughter in Solihull

Police finds stabbed body of mother, daughter in Solihull

-- 2018-08-27 18:01:14

A 49-year-old mother and her 22-year-old daughter have been stabbed to death in a street in Solihull, England. West Midlands Police said they were treating the deaths of the pair, who were found in N...

Iran goes to UN court over US sanctions

Iran goes to UN court over US sanctions

-- 2018-08-27 17:55:02

Iran has filed a case with the International Court of Justice, the UN’s top court, against renewed sanctions imposed by the Trump administration against Tehran. The lawsuit filed with the ICJ s...

Facebook removes top Myanmar military officials, others

Facebook removes top Myanmar military officials, others

-- 2018-08-27 16:12:18

Facebook is removing certain Myanmar military officials from the social media website and an Instagram account to prevent the spread of “hate and misinformation” after reviewing the conten...

Myanmar army must face genocide charges: UN

Myanmar army must face genocide charges: UN

BBC 2018-08-27 14:06:33

A UN report has said top military figures in Myanmar must be investigated for genocide in Rakhine state and crimes against humanity in other areas. The report, based on hundreds of interviews, is the...

Theresa May to visit Africa for first time as PM

Theresa May to visit Africa for first time as PM

-- 2018-08-27 14:00:54

Theresa May is preparing to visit Africa for the first time since becoming prime minister in 2016. May will fly to South Africa on Tuesday before travelling to Nigeria and Kenya as part of a trade mi...

'Pompeo's trip cancellation impacts inter-Korean liaison office plans'

'Pompeo's trip cancellation impacts inter-Korean liaison office plans'

-- 2018-08-27 12:24:47

South Korea said on Monday the abrupt cancellation of United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s trip to North Korea is having an “effect” on a controversial inter-Korean liaison...

Verdict against Reuters journos in secrets case gets postponed

Verdict against Reuters journos in secrets case gets postponed

Reuters 2018-08-27 10:27:40

The verdict in Myanmar’s prosecution of two Reuters reporters accused of breaching the country’s Official Secrets Act was postponed on Monday until Sept. 3 because the judge overseeing the...

Colombian anti-corruption referendum fails to meet quorum

Colombian anti-corruption referendum fails to meet quorum

-- 2018-08-27 09:58:37

A referendum vote on seven anti-corruption measures failed to meet quorum in Colombia on Sunday, nullifying the results even though each of the measures, including a reduction in lawmakers’ sala...

Gunman kills two at video game tournament in Florida

Gunman kills two at video game tournament in Florida

-- 2018-08-27 09:56:10

A video gamer killed two people and wounded several others on Sunday when he opened fire with a handgun at a tournament that was being streamed online from a restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida, pol...

Volkswagen agrees to 5.5pc salary hike

Volkswagen agrees to 5.5pc salary hike

-- 2018-08-26 21:51:54

German carmaker Volkswagen AG has agreed to a 5.5 per cent salary increase for workers in Mexico and another raise for next year, the company's Mexican union said, averting a potential strike, reports...

Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as Zimbabwe's President

Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as Zimbabwe's President

-- 2018-08-26 17:00:42

Emmerson Mnangagwa took the oath as Zimbabwe's President in front of a stadium crowd on Sunday after a divisive election, as US observers of that vote questioned the country's democratic credentials,...