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Malaysia makes record bust of drug, shipped from Myanmar

Malaysia makes record bust of drug, shipped from Myanmar

-- 2018-05-28 13:53:17

Malaysia has made its largest-ever seizure of crystal methamphetamine, officials said on Monday, finding nearly 1.2 tonnes of the drug disguised as tea in a shipment from Myanmar, and arrested six sus...

US warships sail near Beijing-claimed South China Sea islands

US warships sail near Beijing-claimed South China Sea islands

-- 2018-05-28 11:50:09

Two US Navy warships sailed near South China Sea islands claimed by China on Sunday, two US officials told Reuters, in a move that drew condemnation from Beijing as President Donald Trump seeks its co...

Egypt arrests prominent rival leader

Egypt arrests prominent rival leader

-- 2018-05-28 11:24:21

Egypt’s state security prosecutors ordered that a prominent opposition leader, Hazim Abdelazim, be detained for 15 days pending investigation over joining an illegal organisation and publishing...

Brazil president reduces diesel price to end week-long protest

Brazil president reduces diesel price to end week-long protest

-- 2018-05-28 10:48:09

Brazilian President Michel Temer has lowered the price of diesel in a bid to end a truckers’ strike that has crippled the country for almost a week. Temer said the price would be cut by 46 Braz...

Bid to form government in Italy fails

Bid to form government in Italy fails

BBC 2018-05-28 09:48:33

Italian PM-designate Giuseppe Conte has given up his bid to form a government after the country's president vetoed his choice of economy minister. President Sergio Matarella said he had agreed to all...

Spanish authorities rescue over 500 migrants in Mediterranean

Spanish authorities rescue over 500 migrants in Mediterranean

-- 2018-05-27 22:19:56

Spanish authorities rescued over 500 migrants on Saturday and Sunday from more than a dozen boats making the perilous Mediterranean crossing to Europe. Following plane and helicopter searches, Spanis...

US officials in North Korea for summit preparation

US officials in North Korea for summit preparation

-- 2018-05-27 21:08:57

Officials of the United States now in North Korea to hold talks on preparations for a possible summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. A US newspaper published a report about their vis...

Sri Lankan plane hits runway light at Indian airport

Sri Lankan plane hits runway light at Indian airport

-- 2018-05-27 20:50:23

A SriLankan Airlines plane with 227 people on board hit a runway light during take-off on Sunday at Cochin Airport in Kerala of India. All passengers on board the Sri Lankan Airlines flight UL-168 ar...

Assam to seal Indo-Bangla border by Dec

Assam to seal Indo-Bangla border by Dec

-- 2018-05-27 17:24:36

The India-Bangladesh border in Assam will be sealed by December, state chief minister Sonowal told reporters in Guwahati on Friday. The state will employ technical solutions on the river part of the...

Israeli tank shelling kills two Palestinians

Israeli tank shelling kills two Palestinians

-- 2018-05-27 15:38:04

Israeli tank shelling killed two members of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad and wounded a third in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, medical officials said, after weeks of border protests that...

5.2 quake jolts Fiji

5.2 quake jolts Fiji

-- 2018-05-27 15:13:45

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck the Fiji region on Sunday, said the US Geological Survey (USGS). The epicentre, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 15.7...

Ireland votes in favour of legalising abortion

Ireland votes in favour of legalising abortion

-- 2018-05-27 12:15:02

Ireland’s prime minister has hailed the culmination of “a quiet revolution” in what was once one of Europe’s most socially conservative countries after a landslide referendum...

Barnier urges UK to end ‘hide and seek’ Brexit approach

Barnier urges UK to end ‘hide and seek’ Brexit approach

-- 2018-05-27 11:31:07

The EU’s Brexit negotiator urged the British government to stop playing ‘hide and seek’ over its aims for trade ties and warned that delays in agreeing on judicial oversight risk wre...

Kim committed to 'complete' denuclearisation: Moon

Kim committed to 'complete' denuclearisation: Moon

-- 2018-05-27 11:22:34

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his commitment to “complete” denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and to a planned meeting with US President Donald Trump, South Korean Presi...

Dozens die in Cameroon’s Anglophone region

Dozens die in Cameroon’s Anglophone region

-- 2018-05-27 11:18:17

More than two dozen people have been killed in one of Cameroon’s Anglophone regions, local sources said on Saturday, although the exact circumstances of their deaths were not immediately clear....

US missionary returns home after serving jail in Venezuela

US missionary returns home after serving jail in Venezuela

-- 2018-05-27 11:09:07

American missionary Josh Holt, held by Venezuela without trial on weapons charges since 2016, returned home with his wife on Saturday after the South American country’s socialist government unex...

US team to go to Singapore for DPRK summit

US team to go to Singapore for DPRK summit

-- 2018-05-26 21:12:52

The White House Saturday said a team is still heading to Singapore this weekend to work on logistics for a possible summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according...

Uganda bus crash kills at least 22

Uganda bus crash kills at least 22

-- 2018-05-26 19:51:58

At least 22 people, including three children, have been killed in a bus crash in northern Uganda, police said. The bus hit a tractor that was driving with no lights at night and then a truck, says a...

Harvey Weinstein released on $1m bail

Harvey Weinstein released on $1m bail

-- 2018-05-26 19:45:03

Former Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein has been released on $1m (£751,000) bail after being charged in New York with rape and sexual abuse. Mr Weinstein, 66, also agreed to wear a GPS tra...

Death toll from Nipah virus climbs to 13 in India

Death toll from Nipah virus climbs to 13 in India

-- 2018-05-26 19:37:22

Nipah virus claimed one more life in north Kerala on Saturday, taking the death toll to 13 even as state health authorities intensified efforts to detect the primary source of the outbreak. The lates...

Kim, Moon hold surprise meeting

Kim, Moon hold surprise meeting

-- 2018-05-26 18:02:23

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in held a surprise meeting on the inter-Korean border on Saturday. The Blue House, the executive office and official residence of t...

Brazil president orders army to clear truckers’ blockades

Brazil president orders army to clear truckers’ blockades

-- 2018-05-26 12:57:38

A truckers protest over diesel prices that has crippled key sectors of Latin America’s biggest economy dragged into Friday night, putting drivers in a standoff with Brazilian President Michel Te...

Guatemala family mourns niece killing by US Border Patrol

Guatemala family mourns niece killing by US Border Patrol

-- 2018-05-26 12:28:41

The family of a 19-year-old Guatemalan woman killed by a US border patrol officer called on Friday for the United States to dial-back its rhetoric on migrants, after President Donald Trump described g...

Ireland set to end abortion ban through voting

Ireland set to end abortion ban through voting

-- 2018-05-26 11:22:47

The people of Ireland are set to liberalise some of the world’s most restrictive abortion laws by a landslide, two exit polls from a referendum showed on Friday, as voters demanded change in wha...

Cameroon court jails seven Anglophone separatists

Cameroon court jails seven Anglophone separatists

-- 2018-05-26 11:05:09

A court in Cameroon convicted seven activists from the country’s Anglophone minority of rebellion and acts of terrorism and gave them sentences ranging from 10 to 15 years, a defence lawyer said...

US warns Syria of ‘firm’ actions for truce violations

US warns Syria of ‘firm’ actions for truce violations

-- 2018-05-26 10:28:45

The United States warned Syria it would take ‘firm and appropriate measures’ in response to ceasefire violations, saying it was concerned about reports of an impending military operation i...

DPRK summit could still happen on June 12: Trump

DPRK summit could still happen on June 12: Trump

-- 2018-05-25 22:11:36

US President Donald Trump on Friday has said his summit with North Korea's leader could still happen on 12 June, despite earlier cancelling the meeting. "We'll see what happens. It could even be the...

Dhaka-Delhi's interests linked to mutual cooperation: Modi

Dhaka-Delhi's interests linked to mutual cooperation: Modi

-- 2018-05-25 21:05:45

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Bangladesh Bhavan is a symbol of cultural ties between Bangladesh and India and the two nations’ resolution to fight cruelty and terrorism together. &nbs...

Indiana school shooting: two in hospital, suspect in custody

Indiana school shooting: two in hospital, suspect in custody

-- 2018-05-25 20:31:08

A suspect is in custody after a shooting at Noblesville West Middle School in Indiana Friday morning, the Indiana State Police said. Two victims are headed to the hospital, said Indiana State Police...

Weinstein faces rape, other sexual abuse charges

Weinstein faces rape, other sexual abuse charges

-- 2018-05-25 18:59:42

Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been charged in New York with rape and several other counts of sexual abuse involving two separate women. Mr Weinstein had earlier turned himself in to police in...