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Catalan leader Ponsati starts extradition fight in Scotland

Catalan leader Ponsati starts extradition fight in Scotland

-- 2018-04-12 16:05:36

Former Catalan education minister Clara Ponsati was greeted by about 100 flag-waving supporters when she arrived in a Scottish court on Thursday to fight extradition to Spain where she is wanted for h...

Rain claims 12 lives in western India

Rain claims 12 lives in western India

-- 2018-04-12 15:34:47

At least twelve people were killed in western Indian state of Rajasthan which was lashed by heavy rains and strong winds Wednesday night, officials said on Thursday. "While seven people died in Dho...

UN labels C African corpse protest as ‘propaganda’

UN labels C African corpse protest as ‘propaganda’

-- 2018-04-12 14:29:33

The UN says protesters who placed corpses in front of their headquarters in the Central African Republic (CAR) were using the bodies for ‘propaganda’. “Some people are using dead bo...

Yulia Skripal turns down Russian assistance

Yulia Skripal turns down Russian assistance

-- 2018-04-12 14:06:46

Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned in Britain last month along with her father, a former Russian spy, has said she did not wish to take up the offer of assistance from the Russian embassy in London. In...

Kuwait Airways cancels Lebanon flights over security threats

Kuwait Airways cancels Lebanon flights over security threats

-- 2018-04-12 11:39:53

Middle East carrier Kuwait Airways said on Thursday it had stopped all flights to Beirut after a warning about flying close to Lebanese airspace. The security warning came from Cyprus authorities, th...

US House Speaker Paul Ryan announces retirement

US House Speaker Paul Ryan announces retirement

-- 2018-04-12 11:25:52

US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan will not run for re-election this year, in a big blow to Republicans with mid-term elections looming. Congress’ most powerful lawmaker said he woul...

China truck explosion kills seven, injures 13

China truck explosion kills seven, injures 13

-- 2018-04-12 11:12:56

Seven people have been confirmed dead and 13 people were wounded after a blast hit a truck loaded with explosives in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. The explosion occurred around 11:50 pm o...

US weighs up military action to Syria 'chemical attack'

US weighs up military action to Syria 'chemical attack'

-- 2018-04-12 10:51:00

The US says "all options are on the table" in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, as Western leaders continue to weigh up military action. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders...

How the families of 10 massacred Rohingyas fled Myanmar

How the families of 10 massacred Rohingyas fled Myanmar

-- 2018-04-12 10:34:47

Rehana Khatun dreamed her husband came home. He appeared without warning in their village in western Myanmar, outside their handsome wooden house shaded by mango trees. “He didn’t say anyt...

Sharif fears he may be put in notorious Adiala Jail

Sharif fears he may be put in notorious Adiala Jail

-- 2018-04-11 19:50:46

  Pakistan’s ousted premier Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday claimed that the infamous Adiala Jail was already being prepared for him and alleged that three members of the joint investigation tea...

Trump warns Russia on Syria missile threat

Trump warns Russia on Syria missile threat

-- 2018-04-11 19:42:08

US President Donald Trump has tweeted that Russia should "get ready" for missiles to be fired into Syria, in response to an alleged chemical attack near Damascus at the weekend. Senior Russian figure...

Mozambique to hold polls in October 2019

Mozambique to hold polls in October 2019

-- 2018-04-11 16:03:50

Mozambique will hold presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections on October 15 next year, the presidency said on Wednesday, setting the date for a vote that will proceed the southern African...

SOPA 2018 Journalism Awards see highest entries

SOPA 2018 Journalism Awards see highest entries

FE Online Desk 2018-04-11 15:00:06

Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA), a Hong Kong-based, not-for-profit organisation, has received more than 850 entries in English and Chinese for the SOPA 2018 Awards for Editorial Excellence. This...

Military plane crashes in Algeria; over 250 dead

Military plane crashes in Algeria; over 250 dead

-- 2018-04-11 14:50:09

More than 100 people were killed when an Algerian military plane crashed into a field outside the capital on Wednesday, local media reported. Television footage showed crowds gathering around the smo...

One dies, five go missing after landslide hits Japan

One dies, five go missing after landslide hits Japan

-- 2018-04-11 14:26:50

Search and rescue operations are continuing after a landslide buried houses on Wednesday morning in Oita Prefecture, south-western Japan, leaving one person dead and five others unaccounted for. Muni...

Road crash leaves six dead in Myanmar

Road crash leaves six dead in Myanmar

-- 2018-04-11 14:07:25

At least six people were killed and several others injured in a car crash on a highway in Myanmar's Yangon region on Tuesday, local media the Standard Time Daily reported Wednesday. The accident t...

Afghan security forces kill 10 Taliban

Afghan security forces kill 10 Taliban

-- 2018-04-11 13:53:31

At least 10 militants including a Taliban group commander were killed and ten others injured as security forces stormed Taliban positions in Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province on Tuesday....

Russia chopper crash kills six

Russia chopper crash kills six

-- 2018-04-11 11:58:30

Six people have been killed in a Mi-8 helicopter crash in the Russian Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said Wednesday. “The incident occurred at 11:30 local time...

Seven Myanmar soldiers get 10 years in prison for Rohingya massacre

Seven Myanmar soldiers get 10 years in prison for Rohingya massacre

Reuters 2018-04-11 11:42:10

Seven Myanmar soldiers have been sentenced to “10 years in prison with hard labour in a remote area” for participating in a massacre of 10 Rohingya Muslim men in a village in northwestern...

Brazil jailbreak attempt leaves 20 dead

Brazil jailbreak attempt leaves 20 dead

-- 2018-04-11 11:40:04

A number of inmates at a jail in the northern Brazilian city of Belem have died during an attempted mass breakout. They were aided by an armed group outside the jail which used explosives against one...

Kenya bus plunge kills 17

Kenya bus plunge kills 17

-- 2018-04-11 10:51:50

A Kenyan official says a bus has plunged into the Siyapei River, causing the deaths of 17 passengers and seriously wounding four people. Narok County Commissioner George Natembeya said Tuesday that 4...

Eurocontrol warns airlines of 'missile strikes' into Syria

Eurocontrol warns airlines of 'missile strikes' into Syria

-- 2018-04-11 10:37:57

Pan-European air traffic control agency Eurocontrol on Tuesday warned airlines to exercise caution in the eastern Mediterranean due to the possible launch of air strikes into Syria in next 72 hours....

China defends military buildup in South China Sea

China defends military buildup in South China Sea

-- 2018-04-10 19:46:05

China’s military says it’s entitled to strengthen its defences on islands in the disputed South China Sea but says those measures aren’t directed at any specific countries. Defence...

Trump enraged as FBI seizes documents from his lawyer

Trump enraged as FBI seizes documents from his lawyer

-- 2018-04-10 19:38:54

Federal agents on Monday raided the office of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen, seizing records on topics including a $130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels...

Trump promises ‘forceful’ response to chemical attack in Syria

Trump promises ‘forceful’ response to chemical attack in Syria

-- 2018-04-10 17:15:04

US President Donald Trump has promised a "forceful" response to the alleged chemical attack in Syria, as Western leaders consider what action to take. "We have a lot of options militarily," he told r...

Truck overturns in Maharashtra, killing 17 labourers

Truck overturns in Maharashtra, killing 17 labourers

-- 2018-04-10 15:26:44

At least 17 labourers were killed and 15 others received injuries when a speeding truck overturned in western Maharashtra’s Satara district in India in the early hours of Tuesday, the police sai...

Toxic liquor kills nearly 80 in Indonesia

Toxic liquor kills nearly 80 in Indonesia

Agencies 2018-04-10 14:48:24

Indonesian authorities say nearly 80 people have died and scores have been hospitalised since last week after drinking toxic bootleg liquor and highlighting how attempts to curb legal alcohol appe...

Hospital discharges poisoned Russian spy’s daughter

Hospital discharges poisoned Russian spy’s daughter

-- 2018-04-10 13:48:02

Yulia Skripal, the poisoned daughter of Russian ex-spy Sergei, has been discharged from hospital. The 33-year-old was discharged from Salisbury District Hospital on Monday and taken to a secure locat...

Pakistan shelling kills two Indian troops in Kashmir

Pakistan shelling kills two Indian troops in Kashmir

-- 2018-04-10 12:21:33

India says two of its soldiers have been killed in firing by Pakistani troops along the highly militarised frontier that divides disputed Kashmir between the two rivals. Indian army spokesman Colonel...

Six Myanmar migrants die in Thailand road crash

Six Myanmar migrants die in Thailand road crash

-- 2018-04-10 12:16:15

At least six Myanmar migrant workers were killed and 17 others injured in a road crash in northern Thailand late Monday, Thailand's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said on Tuesday....