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10 Indonesians die after consuming home-brewed liquor

10 Indonesians die after consuming home-brewed liquor

-- 2018-04-04 16:04:37

At least 10 people have died after consuming poisonous home-distilled drink moonshine in Indonesia’s capital and its outskirt cities, a senior police officer said Wednesday. Police chief in Eas...

Russia blames US, UK agencies for spy poisoning

Russia blames US, UK agencies for spy poisoning

-- 2018-04-04 14:36:23

Russia’s foreign intelligence agency chief Sergei Naryshkin said on Wednesday that the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal in Britain was an act of provocation by US and British inte...

C Africa militia attack kills UN peacekeeper; 21 others dead

C Africa militia attack kills UN peacekeeper; 21 others dead

-- 2018-04-04 14:11:00

Christian militias stormed a UN base in southern Central Africa Republic, killing one peacekeeper and wounding 11 early on Monday, the United Nations said. At around 5 am (0400 GMT), armed anti-balak...

Germany removes Nazi-era swastika from church bell

Germany removes Nazi-era swastika from church bell

-- 2018-04-04 13:08:01

A controversial church bell in Schweringen, northern Germany, has had a swastika inscription removed as part of an unauthorised ‘spring cleaning’. The unknown perpetrators left a note on...

Malaysian PM announces pay rise ahead of polls

Malaysian PM announces pay rise ahead of polls

-- 2018-04-04 12:53:27

Prime Minister Najib Razak promised on Wednesday 1.46 billion ringgit ($378.04 million) in salary hikes to Malaysia’s civil servants, a key vote bank for the ruling coalition in a looming genera...

Nepal PM starts India visit tomorrow

Nepal PM starts India visit tomorrow

-- 2018-04-04 12:44:09

  Prime Minister of Nepal K.P.Sharma Oli has expressed hope that his forthcoming visit to India will further strengthen age old, multidimensional friendship between India and Nepal, according to...

Woman shoots herself after wounding three at YouTube HQ

Woman shoots herself after wounding three at YouTube HQ

-- 2018-04-04 12:07:36

A woman shot and wounded three people at YouTube’s headquarters in Northern California before killing herself, police say. US media have named the suspect as Nasim Aghdam and said the incident...

Fiji 'fighting for survival' amid climate change

Fiji 'fighting for survival' amid climate change

-- 2018-04-03 21:36:30

Fiji's prime minister has said the Pacific island nation is in "a fight for survival" as climate change brings "almost constant" deadly cyclones. Frank Bainimarama said Fiji had entered a "frightenin...

Malaysia intercepts boat carrying Rohingyas, tends them with water, food

Malaysia intercepts boat carrying Rohingyas, tends them with water, food

-- 2018-04-03 21:27:31

Malaysia has intercepted a boat carrying 56 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar off its northern island of Langkawi, authorities said on Tuesday, with rights groups expecting further perilous journeys by s...

Washington blasts Pakistan political party linked to alleged Mumbai attacks

Washington blasts Pakistan political party linked to alleged Mumbai attacks

-- 2018-04-03 21:01:34

A Pakistan political party linked to the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks blasted Washington on Tuesday for violating the country's "sovereignty and constitution", hours after the United State...

Venezuelan authorities say inmates responsible for deadly jail fire

Venezuelan authorities say inmates responsible for deadly jail fire

-- 2018-04-03 19:46:00

Venezuela’s chief prosecutor said Monday that investigators believe prisoners started the blaze that killed 68 people in one of the worst jail fires in the nation’s history by lighting som...

Zambia hands ultimatum to Cuban ambassador to leave country

Zambia hands ultimatum to Cuban ambassador to leave country

-- 2018-04-03 19:07:06

The Zambian government on Sunday has issued a seven day ultimatum to Cuban ambassador Nelson Pages Vilas to leave the country. Mr Vilas angered the government after attending the launch of opposition...

Florida students return to school abiding new backpack rule

Florida students return to school abiding new backpack rule

-- 2018-04-03 18:56:40

Students at the school in Florida where 17 people were killed in a shooting in February have returned to class for the first time with transparent bags. The new measures were announced soon after the...

Indonesia declares state of emergency following oil spill

Indonesia declares state of emergency following oil spill

-- 2018-04-03 18:07:39

Indonesia has declared a state of emergency around a port on Borneo island, officials said on Tuesday, after a large oil spill and fire killed four people at the weekend. Disaster mitigation official...

China parents find lost daughter after 24-year search

China parents find lost daughter after 24-year search

-- 2018-04-03 17:58:13

A Chinese father has been reunited with his daughter after looking for her for 24 years. Wang Mingqing's tireless search included becoming a taxi driver in Chengdu city, in the hope he might one day...

Six South African workers die in petrol bomb attack

Six South African workers die in petrol bomb attack

-- 2018-04-03 15:47:21

Six miners were killed when unknown attackers threw a petrol bomb at a bus transporting them to the Modikwa platinum mine in north east South Africa, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Tu...

Germany moves to extradite Puigdemont

Germany moves to extradite Puigdemont

-- 2018-04-03 15:46:22

German prosecutors filed a request to a regional court on Tuesday for the extradition of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont to Spain, where he faces charges of rebellion over the region’...

Girl dies after being shot in north London

Girl dies after being shot in north London

-- 2018-04-03 15:34:05

Two shootings in London in the space of an hour have left a 17-year-old girl dead and a boy, 16, critically ill. The teenage girl was found with a bullet wound in Tottenham on Monday night and pronou...

IS claims killing four of Christian family in Pakistan

IS claims killing four of Christian family in Pakistan

-- 2018-04-03 14:46:33

The militant group Islamic State (IS) on Tuesday claimed responsibility for killing four members of a Christian family in southwestern Pakistan. A statement issued by the group claimed that militants...

Myanmar car crash kills five

Myanmar car crash kills five

-- 2018-04-03 13:47:26

At least five people have been killed and 19 others wounded in a car crash in Gwa township, Myanmar's Rakhine state, the Home Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Gwa-Ngathaingc...

India's crackdown on 'fake news' sparks criticism

India's crackdown on 'fake news' sparks criticism

-- 2018-04-03 13:03:49

India will deny government access to journalists who publish fake news, the information ministry has announced, a decision that critics promptly labelled an attack on the freedom of the press in the w...

US justice dept to impose quotas on immigration judges

US justice dept to impose quotas on immigration judges

-- 2018-04-03 11:59:32

The US Justice Department is to impose quotas on immigration judges in an attempt to get cases processed faster, US media report. Judges will be told to get through at least 700 cases a year to be gi...

Sisi gets second term as Egypt’s president

Sisi gets second term as Egypt’s president

-- 2018-04-03 11:38:19

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has been re-elected for a second four-year term, after winning 97% of the vote last week, official results show. The amount is the same as he won in the last e...

Israel puts African migrant relocation deal on hold

Israel puts African migrant relocation deal on hold

-- 2018-04-03 11:14:45

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was suspending a new agreement with the UN refugee agency to relocate thousands of African migrants, as right-wing pressure mounted on him to scrap th...

Strong quake rattles Bolivia, Brazil

Strong quake rattles Bolivia, Brazil

-- 2018-04-03 11:08:42

An earthquake of at least 6.6 magnitude shook Bolivia early on Monday, causing no damage or injuries but driving people out of office buildings as far away as Brasilia and Sao Paulo in neighboring B...

Saudi crown prince recognises Israel's right to exist

Saudi crown prince recognises Israel's right to exist

-- 2018-04-03 10:30:13

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Israelis are entitled to live peacefully on their own land in an interview published on Monday in US magazine The Atlantic, another public sign of ties between...

India caste protests leave seven dead

India caste protests leave seven dead

-- 2018-04-03 10:10:34

Seven people have died amid violent protests involving tens of thousands of protesters from the Dalit (formerly untouchable) community across India. They took to the streets on Monday to protest agai...

South Africa's Winnie Mandela dies

South Africa's Winnie Mandela dies

-- 2018-04-02 20:46:28

South Africa's anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Mandela died on Monday at the age of 81 following a long illness Winnie Mandela was the former wife of South Africa's revolutionary leader Nelson Mande...

French rail workers call strike to defy Macron’s labour reforms

French rail workers call strike to defy Macron’s labour reforms

-- 2018-04-02 19:42:23

A major strike by workers at the French state railway SNCF - including train drivers - is expected to paralyse rail travel across France. Three months of train stoppages are set to begin on Monday ev...

Israel to deport migrants to Western countries

Israel to deport migrants to Western countries

-- 2018-04-02 19:25:17

Israel has cancelled plans to deport migrants en masse to Africa after reaching a deal with the United Nations refugee agency, reports BBC on Monday. More than 16,000 asylum seekers will instead be r...