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Trump blasts London’s ‘lousy’ US embassy again

Trump blasts London’s ‘lousy’ US embassy again

-- 2018-04-29 13:24:47

Donald Trump has again criticised the new home of the US embassy in London, describing the south London location as ‘lousy’ and ‘horrible’. He spoke at a rally three months af...

Thousands march in Nicaragua for peace, justice

Thousands march in Nicaragua for peace, justice

-- 2018-04-29 12:51:41

Tens of thousands of Nicaraguan protesters joined a march for ‘Peace and Justice’, called by the Catholic Church, following a wave of deadly protests against social security reforms. Card...

Kim pledges to shut down nuclear test site in May

Kim pledges to shut down nuclear test site in May

Reuters 2018-04-29 12:04:57

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged to close the country’s nuclear test site in May in full view of the outside world, Seoul officials said on Sunday, as US President Trump pressed for...

Egyptian court jails 13 cops for taking part in strike

Egyptian court jails 13 cops for taking part in strike

-- 2018-04-29 11:46:06

An Egyptian court has sentenced 13 policemen to between three and five years in prison for taking part in a 2015 strike demanding higher pay and better working conditions. Eleven were sentenced to th...

Pakistan relocates doctor jailed for helping trace Laden

Pakistan relocates doctor jailed for helping trace Laden

-- 2018-04-29 10:47:12

Pakistani prison authorities have moved the jailed doctor believed to have helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden, his attorney said on Saturday, speculating it could be a prelude to his release. T...

‘Jihadist attacks’ leave 40 Tuaregs dead in Mali

‘Jihadist attacks’ leave 40 Tuaregs dead in Mali

-- 2018-04-29 10:02:39

Suspected jihadists killed 40 Tuaregs, mostly young men, in two attacks in northern Mali’s Menaka region, which the local governor said seemed calculated to spark an ethnic conflict between Tuar...

Thousands flee fresh fighting in Myanmar’s Kachin state

Thousands flee fresh fighting in Myanmar’s Kachin state

-- 2018-04-28 21:03:17

Thousands of people have fled renewed fighting between the army and ethnic Kachin rebels in Myanmar's northernmost state.  Some 4,000 people have been driven from their homes since early April,...

Human rights group accuses Pakistan army of abuses

Human rights group accuses Pakistan army of abuses

-- 2018-04-28 20:48:41

A Pakistani human rights group that has accused the military of widespread abuses as it battles Islamist militants in Pakistan’s rugged border region with neighbouring Afghanistan has emerged as...

Inter-Korean summit earns optimistic praise

Inter-Korean summit earns optimistic praise

-- 2018-04-28 19:06:08

The declaration, made by North and South Korea to work for “complete denuclearisation” in the peninsula, has earned guarded but optimistic praise from Korean media and world leaders. The...

Trump to maintain pressure on North Korea

Trump to maintain pressure on North Korea

-- 2018-04-28 16:55:35

US President Donald Trump has announced to maintain pressure on North Korea until denuclearisation occurs. The US president came up with the statement on Friday after the historic meeting between Nor...

India, China agree to maintain peace at border

India, China agree to maintain peace at border

-- 2018-04-28 16:10:34

India and China have agreed to improve communication between their militaries to maintain peace at the border. Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale came up with the statement on Saturday at the end...

Turkey detains 63 over Gulen links

Turkey detains 63 over Gulen links

-- 2018-04-28 15:11:04

Turkish authorities have detained 63 people suspected of links to a network accused of orchestrating a failed coup and were hunting for 40 others on Saturday, the state-run Anadolu news agency said....

Malaysia's election campaign kicks off

Malaysia's election campaign kicks off

-- 2018-04-28 15:04:05

Campaigning for Malaysia’s general election started officially on Saturday, pitting Prime Minister Najib Razak against his former mentor, Mahathir Mohamad, in a contest marred by claims of sabot...

Five die in Cambodia head-on crash

Five die in Cambodia head-on crash

-- 2018-04-28 15:01:45

Five local people were killed and two others injured in a collision between a tanker truck and a Lexus SUV on Saturday in Southwest Cambodia's Koh Kong province, a local police chief said. The fata...

Brazil president Temer rejects latest graft allegations

Brazil president Temer rejects latest graft allegations

-- 2018-04-28 14:08:26

Brazilian President Michel Temer denied any wrongdoing following a newspaper report that police are investigating whether he laundered bribes through real estate transactions. Federal police suspect...

Suicide car bomber kills six in Afghanistan

Suicide car bomber kills six in Afghanistan

-- 2018-04-28 14:05:46

At least four civilians and two soldiers were killed in a suicide bomber attack in an army base in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, officials have said. Omar Zwak, spokesman for the provin...

UK’s Rudd resists calls to quit over immigration policy error

UK’s Rudd resists calls to quit over immigration policy error

-- 2018-04-28 12:04:17

Britain’s interior minister Amber Rudd resisted calls to quit, apologising for not being aware of the use of deportation targets in her department and vowing to implement fair and humane immigra...

47 drown fleeing Congo clashes

47 drown fleeing Congo clashes

-- 2018-04-28 10:44:49

At least 47 people drowned when their boat capsized as they fled clashes between soldiers in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo and armed men who had crossed the border from neighboring Congo...

Australian military aircraft to monitor N Korean vessels

Australian military aircraft to monitor N Korean vessels

-- 2018-04-28 10:41:09

Australia will send a military patrol aircraft to monitor North Korean vessels suspected of transferring prohibited goods in defiance of United Nations sanctions, Defence Minister Marise Payne said on...

Saudi-led air strike kills two Houthi leaders in Yemen

Saudi-led air strike kills two Houthi leaders in Yemen

-- 2018-04-28 10:23:37

Two leaders of the armed Houthi group have been killed after a Saudi-led coalition air strike hit the Houthi’s Interior Ministry in Yemen’s city of Sanaa, Saudi state TV Ekhbariya said ear...

UN decries Israel's excessive  use of force in Gaza

UN decries Israel's excessive use of force in Gaza

-- 2018-04-27 22:06:43

Israel must stop the excessive use of force by its security forces along the Gaza border and must hold to account those responsible for the many deaths and injuries sustained by Palestinians in the pa...

Knife attack at Chinese school: Seven students die

Knife attack at Chinese school: Seven students die

-- 2018-04-27 20:11:27

At least seven students were stabbed to death in a knife attack outside a school in northern China. More than 12 students were injured in the attack near a secondary school in Mizhi County in Shaanxi...

Situation in Rakhine extremely concerning: UN

Situation in Rakhine extremely concerning: UN

-- 2018-04-27 17:44:33

The United Nations said the situation in Rakhine State of Myanmar remains extremely concerning. Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric came up with the statement at a in a re...

UN chief appoints new special envoy to Myanmar

UN chief appoints new special envoy to Myanmar

-- 2018-04-27 17:28:54

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Christine Schraner Burgener as new special envoy to Myanmar. The UN Secretary-General made the announcement on Thursday, report global...

Koreas vow to work for complete denuclearisation

Koreas vow to work for complete denuclearisation

FE Online Desk 2018-04-27 16:46:38

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have agreed to work for the “complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula”. They signed the "Panmunjom Declarat...

Nigeria military repels Boko Haram attack

Nigeria military repels Boko Haram attack

-- 2018-04-27 15:07:45

Nigerian forces repelled an attack by Boko Haram militants in the northeast city of Maiduguri on Thursday, the military said in a statement, the second such clash in a month. Blasts and gunfire were...

Kim, Moon plant tree for peace at border

Kim, Moon plant tree for peace at border

Reuters 2018-04-27 14:34:00

The leaders of the two Koreas planted a pine tree on the heavily fortified border dividing their countries on Friday as the afternoon session of their summit got under way. North Korean leader Kim Jo...

Modi begins China tour

Modi begins China tour

-- 2018-04-27 13:16:30

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will get a tour of a museum and dinner with President Xi Jinping on Friday, the first day of an ice-breaking visit to China in which the giant neighbours will seek to re-s...

US Senate confirms Pompeo as secretary of state

US Senate confirms Pompeo as secretary of state

-- 2018-04-27 12:41:08

The US Senate has confirmed former CIA director Mike Pompeo as secretary of state, ending a tough confirmation battle. Mr Pompeo had been accused by Democrats of being a war hawk and harbouring anti-...

Leaders of two Koreas at historic summit

Leaders of two Koreas at historic summit

Reuters 2018-04-27 09:37:15

Smiling and holding hands, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met at the heavily fortified demilitarized zone between the countries on Friday in the first summit fo...