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EU mulls more sanctions against Yangon

EU mulls more sanctions against Yangon

-- 2018-04-26 22:52:34

The European Union will extend its arms embargo on Myanmar for another year this week and may then move to target more Yangon generals with fresh sanctions, EU diplomats and officials said, reports Re...

Macron fails to convince Trump over Iran deal

Macron fails to convince Trump over Iran deal

-- 2018-04-26 18:29:31

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he may have failed in efforts to persuade Donald Trump to stick to an international nuclear deal with Iran. "My view is... that he will get rid of this deal...

Modi, Xi meeting likely to ease border tensions: Experts

Modi, Xi meeting likely to ease border tensions: Experts

-- 2018-04-26 17:16:39

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping, a visit that some experts believe could reset a complicated relationship that faced several tests last year, includ...

Armenian lawmakers to choose new PM on May 1

Armenian lawmakers to choose new PM on May 1

-- 2018-04-26 16:02:01

The Armenian parliament will elect the country’s new prime minister on May 1, according to a statement posted on the parliament’s website on Thursday. Armenia, which has been gripped by a...

Israel threatens to retaliate if Iran attacks Tel Aviv

Israel threatens to retaliate if Iran attacks Tel Aviv

-- 2018-04-26 16:01:43

Israel would retaliate if there was an Iranian attack on Tel Aviv by striking Tehran, Israel’s defence minister said in remarks published on Thursday, as the arch-foes faced off over Syria. &ld...

Over 70 countries attend anti-terror financing confce in Paris

Over 70 countries attend anti-terror financing confce in Paris

-- 2018-04-26 16:01:27

Ministers from more than 70 countries are discussing ways to combat financing for the Islamic State group and Al-Qaida at an international conference in Paris. The initiative was launched by French P...

S Sudan president rejects calls to step down

S Sudan president rejects calls to step down

-- 2018-04-26 13:10:11

South Sudan President Salva Kiir has rejected opposition calls for him to resign as part of efforts to end a civil war, accusing anti-government groups of making ‘unreasonable demands’ in...

A 'new Koreatown' silenced by Canada van attack

A 'new Koreatown' silenced by Canada van attack

-- 2018-04-26 13:07:25

The van that killed 10 in Toronto on Monday plowed through the heart of a vibrant Korean community in Canada’s largest city, barrelling past a cluster of Korean restaurants, a grocery store and...

Turkish court sentences 13 journalists on terror charges

Turkish court sentences 13 journalists on terror charges

Agencies 2018-04-26 11:28:26

A Turkish court has sentenced 13 journalists to prison on terrorism charges, in a case that has sparked global outrage over press freedom. The journalists were employees of the opposition Cumhuriyet...

Korean summit: Moon to meet Kim at border

Korean summit: Moon to meet Kim at border

-- 2018-04-26 11:11:58

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will greet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday as the latter crosses a military demarcation line to enter the South for the first summit between the two sides...

US arrests ex-California cop in ‘Golden State’ killer case

US arrests ex-California cop in ‘Golden State’ killer case

-- 2018-04-26 10:57:28

An elderly former policeman has been arrested and charged with eight murders attributed to the Golden State Killer, a serial criminal responsible for dozens of rapes and slayings that terrorised parts...

13 children die as train hits school van in India

13 children die as train hits school van in India

-- 2018-04-26 10:39:43

Thirteen school students have been killed and eight others injured when the van they were travelling in was hit by a train at an unmanned crossing in northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The chi...

Russia, China pledge new  military ties, challenge US

Russia, China pledge new military ties, challenge US

-- 2018-04-25 21:30:47

Russia and China have pledged to strengthen their bilateral military and political ties as part of a strategic cooperation that challenges US interests, especially to Washington's stance on Middle Eas...

Kachin conflict intensifies in northern Myanmar

Kachin conflict intensifies in northern Myanmar

-- 2018-04-25 21:30:05

On the front lines, the army is pounding rebels with airstrikes and artillery. In the displacement camps, terrified civilians are building bomb shelters of sandbags and stones. And everywhere in this...

Rouhani questions West’s right to change N deal

Rouhani questions West’s right to change N deal

-- 2018-04-25 21:28:53

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has questioned the legitimacy of efforts by the US and its European allies to change a nuclear deal with his country, reports BBC. The US and French leaders announced...

India jails ‘godman’ for life in rape case

India jails ‘godman’ for life in rape case

-- 2018-04-25 17:11:12

A self-styled Indian spiritual guru who claims millions of followers worldwide has been given a life sentence for raping a 16-year-old girl. Asaram Bapu carried out the 2013 attack at his ashram in t...

Afghan Taliban snub peace talks offer

Afghan Taliban snub peace talks offer

-- 2018-04-25 16:01:02

The Taliban announced the start of their annual spring offensive on Wednesday, dismissing an offer for peace talks by President Ashraf Ghani but pledging to focus on US forces in Afghanistan. The ann...

Russia to sign deal with India on S-400 missiles sale

Russia to sign deal with India on S-400 missiles sale

Reuters 2018-04-25 14:55:12

Russia said on Wednesday that it expected to sign a deal with India this year on the sale of S-400 surface-to-air missiles, the Interfax news agency reported. It cited Russia’s Federal Servic...

India finds popular guru guilty of raping teenage girl

India finds popular guru guilty of raping teenage girl

-- 2018-04-25 13:44:00

An Indian spiritual guru who claims to have millions of followers worldwide has been found guilty of rape. A court in the northern city of Jodhpur ruled that Asaram Bapu raped a 16-year-old girl in 2...

Nigeria church attack leaves 16 dead

Nigeria church attack leaves 16 dead

-- 2018-04-25 13:30:46

Semi-nomadic herdsmen armed with guns carried out an attack on a church congregation in a central state of Nigeria, killing 16 people on Tuesday, said police. Hundreds of people have died in clashes...

Jubilee USA seeks permanent debt relief for hurricane-hit islands

Jubilee USA seeks permanent debt relief for hurricane-hit islands

FE Online Desk 2018-04-25 12:52:33

Jubilee USA Network has called for providing permanent debt relief to Caribbean and small islands, including Dominica and Barbuda, ahead of the next hurricane season. The people are still recovering...

Trump, Macron seek new nuclear deal with Iran

Trump, Macron seek new nuclear deal with Iran

-- 2018-04-25 11:30:56

US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have suggested there could be a new agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme. After talks in the US, Trump, who is sceptical of...

Indonesia oil well fire kills 10

Indonesia oil well fire kills 10

Reuters 2018-04-25 11:17:52

Firefighters in Indonesia are struggling to contain a blaze at an oil well in the northwestern province of Aceh that killed ten people and injured as many as 40, authorities said on Wednesday. Flames...

China warns of more action after military drills near Taiwan

China warns of more action after military drills near Taiwan

-- 2018-04-25 10:00:15

A series of Chinese military drills near Taiwan were designed to send a clear message to the self-ruled island and China will take further steps if Taiwan independence forces persist in doing as they...

Toronto van attacker faces murder charges

Toronto van attacker faces murder charges

-- 2018-04-24 21:38:16

A driver suspected of killing 10 people and injuring 15 more by ploughing a rental van into pedestrians in Toronto has appeared in court in the city. Alek Minassian, 25, was charged with 10 counts of...

China fails to get Indian support  for belt, road ahead of summit

China fails to get Indian support for belt, road ahead of summit

-- 2018-04-24 21:34:14

China failed to get India's support for its ambitious Belt and Road infrastructure project at the end of a foreign ministers' meeting of a major security bloc on Tuesday, ahead of an ice-breaking trip...

Israel abandons plan to forcibly deport African migrants

Israel abandons plan to forcibly deport African migrants

-- 2018-04-24 21:26:52

The Israeli government said on Tuesday it was abandoning a plan to forcibly deport African migrants who had entered the country illegally, reports Reuters. The government, which had been working on a...

Toronto police quiz van attack suspect

Toronto police quiz van attack suspect

-- 2018-04-24 18:24:19

Canadian police are questioning the suspected driver of a rented van that ploughed into pedestrians in northern Toronto on Monday, killing 10 and injuring 15. Alek Minassian, 25, was not previously k...

Moderate quake shakes Myanmar

Moderate quake shakes Myanmar

-- 2018-04-24 16:06:17

An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 shook Myanmar’s north-western Sagaing region on Tuesday, said the Meteorology and Hydrology Department. The earthquake struck at 10:29 am local time (0359 GMT)....

Magnitude 5.2 quake hits Turkey, wounds 39

Magnitude 5.2 quake hits Turkey, wounds 39

-- 2018-04-24 13:50:09

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Turkey’s southeastern province of Adiyaman early on Tuesday, leaving 39 people injured, said state-run Anadolu news agency. The US Geolog...