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Caste protest in India kills four, disrupts transport

Caste protest in India kills four, disrupts transport

-- 2018-04-02 19:02:56

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

Saudi reviews visa regulations to boost tourism

Saudi reviews visa regulations to boost tourism

-- 2018-04-02 16:52:14

Saudi Arabia plans to change its visa regulations in a bid to double the number of tourists over the next decade and make the kingdom tourism-friendly. The move followed the Kingdom's Vision 2030 pro...

Magnitude 6.3 quake jolts southwest of Tonga

Magnitude 6.3 quake jolts southwest of Tonga

-- 2018-04-02 13:40:54

An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, struck in the Pacific Ocean on Monday, 427 km southwest of the island of Tonga, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. There were no immediate reports...

China and Vietnam call for maritime disputes to be settled

China and Vietnam call for maritime disputes to be settled

-- 2018-04-02 12:55:57

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday China and Vietnam should settle their disputes in the South China Sea through talks and move to jointly exploit its waters.  “We have agreed...

Al Shabab militants attack peacekeeper base in Somalia

Al Shabab militants attack peacekeeper base in Somalia

-- 2018-04-02 11:28:47

Islamist militants have launched a gun and bomb attack on an African Union (AU) peacekeeper base in Somalia. Al Shabab fighters detonated two car bombs outside the base in the town of Bulamarer, sout...

Puigdemont remains unbowed after detention

Puigdemont remains unbowed after detention

-- 2018-04-02 10:48:33

Catalonia’s ex-leader Carles Puigdemont has urged supporters to keep up the struggle as he faces extradition from Germany over his role in the region’s independence referendum. Wanted in...

Kashmir clashes kill 20, injure 70

Kashmir clashes kill 20, injure 70

-- 2018-04-02 10:41:41

At least 20 people were killed and 70 others injured in Indian-administered Kashmir after fierce clashes between militants and government forces on Sunday. As well as the civilians, at least three In...

Russia warns travellers on flights to UK

Russia warns travellers on flights to UK

-- 2018-04-01 18:15:22

Russia’s embassy in London is warning that Russians travelling to the United Kingdom could face provocations, including the insertion of foreign objects into their luggage. The warning, posted o...

Botswana’s new president vows to tackle youth unemployment

Botswana’s new president vows to tackle youth unemployment

-- 2018-04-01 16:00:48

Botswana’s new president, sworn in on Sunday as the landlocked country’s fifth post-colonial leader, said he would give priority to tackling youth unemployment and diversifying its economy...

No Gaza inquiry: Israel

No Gaza inquiry: Israel

-- 2018-04-01 15:09:30

Israel’s defence minister rejected on Sunday calls for an inquiry into the killing of 15 Palestinians by the military during a Palestinian demonstration that turned violent on Friday at the Gaza...

Russian governor quits over fatal mall fire

Russian governor quits over fatal mall fire

-- 2018-04-01 13:14:48

The governor of Russia’s Kemerovo region resigned on Sunday over a mall fire that killed more than 60 people after a litany of violations in safety procedures left shoppers and children trapped...

Australia car crash leaves three dead

Australia car crash leaves three dead

-- 2018-04-01 12:42:58

Darwin's tight-knit Bangladeshi community has been devastated after three friends were killed in a horrific car crash at Kakadu, only months after others died in a crash at Litchfield National Park...

ICC takes Mali war crimes suspect into custody

ICC takes Mali war crimes suspect into custody

-- 2018-04-01 12:40:48

The International Criminal Court in the Hague has taken into custody a man wanted for war crimes in Mali, after the authorities there handed him over. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud h...

Britain and Russia lock horns as Moscow cuts UK diplomats

Britain and Russia lock horns as Moscow cuts UK diplomats

-- 2018-04-01 11:44:41

Moscow has told Britain it must cut just over 50 more of its diplomatic and technical staff in Russia as a standoff deepened over the poisoning of a Russian former spy and his daughter in England, the...

Venezuela arrests five cops over prison riot

Venezuela arrests five cops over prison riot

-- 2018-04-01 11:21:47

Venezuela arrested five state police officials for their alleged role in a riot and fire that killed 68 people in an overcrowded police station cell, the country’s public prosecutor said on Satu...

Indian hotel collapses after being hit by car, killing 10

Indian hotel collapses after being hit by car, killing 10

AP 2018-04-01 10:30:29

A four-storey rickety hotel building collapsed in central India, killing at least 10 people and injuring another three, police said Sunday. Rescuers working through the night with sledgehammers and c...

China e-bike shop fire claims four lives

China e-bike shop fire claims four lives

-- 2018-04-01 10:10:40

Four people were killed in a fire at an electric bike shop in China’s capital Beijing on early Sunday, municipal fire department said. The fire broke out at 1:23 am at the shop in Haidian distr...

India, Pakistan agree to resolve diplomats' treatment row

India, Pakistan agree to resolve diplomats' treatment row

-- 2018-03-31 20:20:43

India and Pakistan have mutually agreed to address complaints of harassment of diplomats following the 1992 'Code of Conduct' on treatment of diplomats. The two neighbouring countries also agreed to...

India deploys more troops, intensifies recce along China border

India deploys more troops, intensifies recce along China border

-- 2018-03-31 17:03:05

India has deployed more troops and significantly increased patrolling in the mountainous terrains of Dibang, Dau-Delai and Lohit valleys along the borders with China in the Tibetan region in Arunachal...

21 shipping cos on UN blacklist for aiding North Korea

21 shipping cos on UN blacklist for aiding North Korea

-- 2018-03-31 16:51:09

The United Nations Security Council has blacklisted 27 ships, 21 shipping companies and one individual for aiding North Korea in its effort to evade sanctions, the media reported on Saturday. The lat...

I have never been so happy: Malala on return to native Pakistan

I have never been so happy: Malala on return to native Pakistan

-- 2018-03-31 16:13:57

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai says she has pined for her home in Pakistan's picturesque Swat Valley, even as she recalled two years living in fear under the Taliban's harsh interpretation...

Nobel winner Malala visits hometown

Nobel winner Malala visits hometown

-- 2018-03-31 14:52:53

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai visited her hometown in Pakistan’s Swat Valley on Saturday for the first time since she was shot by a Taliban gunman as a teenager. Roads leading to th...

Russia tests new nuclear ballistic missile

Russia tests new nuclear ballistic missile

-- 2018-03-31 13:50:43

The Russian military has tested its latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) ‘Sarmat’ which is intended to replace the Soviet-designed Voyevoda from Plesetsk in northwestern Russ...

Mexican cops rescue 136 migrants from sweltering truck

Mexican cops rescue 136 migrants from sweltering truck

-- 2018-03-31 13:11:41

More than 100 Central American migrants, including dozens of minors, were found crowded inside a sweltering truck without food or water in Mexico en route to the United States, authorities said. The...

Sierra Leone votes to pick new president

Sierra Leone votes to pick new president

-- 2018-03-31 12:49:02

Sierra Leone called out to vote on Saturday in the final round of a presidential campaign marked by verbal sparring, sporadic violence and a last-minute legal battle. The vote of the West African s...

UN chief calls for independent investigation into Gaza deaths

UN chief calls for independent investigation into Gaza deaths

-- 2018-03-31 12:35:08

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an independent and transparent investigation into the deaths and injuries in Gaza on Friday, his spokesman said in a statement. "He also a...

Afghan govt forces kill four militants

Afghan govt forces kill four militants

-- 2018-03-31 12:30:59

At least four militants were killed and several others injured as Afghan government forces launched cleanup operations in the eastern Ghazni province, provincial police chief, Mohammad Zaman said. T...

US to ask visa applicants for social media history

US to ask visa applicants for social media history

-- 2018-03-31 11:50:31

In a broad expansion of the information gathered from applicants for US visas, the federal government is proposing to collect social media identities from nearly everyone who seeks entry into the Unit...

US to collect social media history from visa applicants

US to collect social media history from visa applicants

-- 2018-03-30 22:05:47

The United States plans to collect social media identities from nearly everyone who seeks entry into the country. The proposal of US State Department was published in the Federal Registrar on Friday,...

Modi tops list of most powerful Indians

Modi tops list of most powerful Indians

-- 2018-03-30 21:46:37

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah have again secured the top positions, number 1 and 2, in the 'Indian Express Power list for 2017-2018', reports...