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Noted Iranian philosopher Shayegan no more

Noted Iranian philosopher Shayegan no more

-- 2018-03-22 18:13:05

Famous Iranian philosopher Dariush Shayegan, who advocated confronting the idea of Western thought dominating cultural and philosophical studies, died at the age of 83, Iranian state run IRNA news age...

11 get life over India 'beef' murder

11 get life over India 'beef' murder

-- 2018-03-22 16:20:29

A court in the northern Indian state of Jharkhand has sentenced 11 men to life in prison for lynching a Muslim meat trader last year. Alimuddin Ansari, 55, was beaten to death by the men for transpor...

Slovakia president appoints Peter Pellegrini as new PM

Slovakia president appoints Peter Pellegrini as new PM

-- 2018-03-22 15:44:51

Slovakia President Andrej Kiska appointed Peter Pellegrini as prime minister on Thursday to end a political crisis touched off by the murder of an investigative journalist that led to mass protests an...

Germany condemns Turkish military offensive in Syria

Germany condemns Turkish military offensive in Syria

-- 2018-03-22 14:52:04

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday Turkey’s military offensive in Syria’s northern town of Afrin was unacceptable and she criticized Russia for “just watching” t...

Maldives lifts emergency after 45 days

Maldives lifts emergency after 45 days

Reuters 2018-03-22 14:36:57

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen lifted a 45-day state of emergency on Thursday imposed amid political upheaval on the Indian Ocean island chain. “Though there still exists a diminished thre...

10 soldiers, militants killed in Kashmir shootout: Police

10 soldiers, militants killed in Kashmir shootout: Police

-- 2018-03-22 14:04:47

Five Indian soldiers and five suspected militants were killed in a gun fight near the de facto border between India and Pakistan in the disputed region of Kashmir on Wednesday, a senior police officia...

18 die as Thai tour bus crashes off road

18 die as Thai tour bus crashes off road

-- 2018-03-22 14:04:39

A chartered tour bus lost control on a downhill curve in Thailand's northeast and slid off the side of the road, killing at least 18 people and injuring dozens more, reports said. In addition to the...

Peru president resigns over vote-buying scandal

Peru president resigns over vote-buying scandal

-- 2018-03-22 13:08:40

Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has quit over a vote-buying scandal. He has denied wrongdoing but said on Wednesday that he did not want to be an obstacle to the country's development. Part...

Human Rights Watch warns against rush to Libya elections

Human Rights Watch warns against rush to Libya elections

-- 2018-03-22 11:50:55

Libya is not ready to hold free and fair elections, campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned. The country’s rival authorities are planning to hold parliamentary and presidential elect...

May seeks EU condemnation of Russia over spy poisoning

May seeks EU condemnation of Russia over spy poisoning

-- 2018-03-22 11:01:08

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May will seek on Thursday to persuade EU leaders to condemn Russia over what London says was a nerve agent attack in England directed by Moscow but she must over...

Chopper crash kills two US tourists in Australia

Chopper crash kills two US tourists in Australia

-- 2018-03-22 10:36:31

A helicopter carrying American tourists crashed at a coral-viewing site on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, killing two and injuring two others, police said. The helicopter pilot pulled one pass...

Maldives charges Maumoon Gayoom, top judges with terrorism

Maldives charges Maumoon Gayoom, top judges with terrorism

-- 2018-03-21 21:50:49

Authorities charged the Maldives’ former dictator, top judges and police officials with terrorism on Tuesday as the government deals with political turmoil that prompted a weeks-long state of em...

Brazil likely to cut interest rates again

Brazil likely to cut interest rates again

-- 2018-03-21 19:05:26

The Central Bank of Brazil is likely to cut interest rates once again to a new low on Wednesday as stubbornly muted inflation derailed its plans to halt monetary easing. Copom, monetary policy commit...

Austin bombings suspect dead: US media

Austin bombings suspect dead: US media

-- 2018-03-21 16:01:18

A suspect linked with a series of deadly parcel bombs targeting Austin, Texas, is dead after a major police operation, US media report. The suspect was killed after reportedly detonating a device off...

Israel goes public on 2007 destruction of ‘Syrian reactor’

Israel goes public on 2007 destruction of ‘Syrian reactor’

-- 2018-03-21 14:57:37

Israel for the first time confirmed that it bombed a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007, saying on Wednesday that the strike removed a major threat to Israel and the region and was a “mess...

Suicide blast hits Kabul, killing 26

Suicide blast hits Kabul, killing 26

-- 2018-03-21 14:53:37

At least 26 people have been killed and 18 others wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself up near a Shi’ite shrine in Kabul on Wednesday, said officials. The explosion, near the shrine in t...

Some kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls ‘return home’

Some kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls ‘return home’

-- 2018-03-21 14:37:51

Some of the 110 schoolgirls abducted from the Nigerian town of Dapchi last month have been brought back on Wednesday, two witnesses said. The witnesses said the girls were returned by people they tho...

Sarkozy faces second day of questioning

Sarkozy faces second day of questioning

-- 2018-03-21 14:16:50

France’s Nicolas Sarkozy faced a second day of questioning on Wednesday by investigators looking into allegations that his 2007 election campaign had received funds from late Libyan leader Muamm...

Philippines bus crash claims 19 lives

Philippines bus crash claims 19 lives

-- 2018-03-21 12:29:17

At least 19 passengers were killed and more than a dozen wounded after a commuter bus crashed into a ravine south of the Philippine capital, Manila, on Tuesday evening, police said. The bus hit a bri...

Vessel capsizes off Malaysia, 10 go missing

Vessel capsizes off Malaysia, 10 go missing

-- 2018-03-21 12:27:37

A sand mining vessel capsized off Malaysia in the Malacca Strait on Wednesday morning, leaving at least 10 crew members missing, Xinhua reported quoting Malaysian maritime officials. More to follow.....

Turkish air strike 'neutralises' 12 Kurdish militants

Turkish air strike 'neutralises' 12 Kurdish militants

-- 2018-03-21 12:26:33

An air strike by Turkish warplanes ‘neutralised’ at least 12 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the military said on Twitter on Wednesday. The air s...

Somali teen rejects govt job over Al Shabaab fears

Somali teen rejects govt job over Al Shabaab fears

-- 2018-03-21 11:59:21

A sixteen-year-old boy has refused to take the role of deputy commissioner of a regional state in Somalia over security fears. Faysal Abdullahi Omar was to take up the role in Jowhar, the headquarter...

35 die in Damascus rocket attack

35 die in Damascus rocket attack

-- 2018-03-21 11:38:03

At least 35 civilians were killed in a rocket attack on a busy market in a government-held district of Syria's capital Damascus, state media report. Rebels in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region fired...

Myanmar president resigns

Myanmar president resigns

-- 2018-03-21 11:36:56

Myanmar's civilian president, Htin Kyaw, has resigned with immediate effect "in order to take rest from the current duties and responsibilities", his office said in a statement posted on Facebook on W...

Scottish court backs anti-Brexit campaigners

Scottish court backs anti-Brexit campaigners

-- 2018-03-21 11:32:16

A legal attempt by anti-Brexit campaigners to establish that Britain could unilaterally reverse Brexit was given a boost on Tuesday by Scotland’s top court, which said it wants to examine the ca...

Modi, Xi ready to improve bilateral ties

Modi, Xi ready to improve bilateral ties

-- 2018-03-21 10:24:49

India and China agreed to consult each other on regional and international issues, the Indian side said after a phone call on Tuesday between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Nar...

US school shooting leaves one dead

US school shooting leaves one dead

-- 2018-03-21 10:03:13

A 17-year-old boy opened fire at a Maryland high school on Tuesday in an attack that left two fellow students wounded, then died after a gunfight with a police officer posted there, amid a renewed nat...

Two injured at Maryland school shooting, armed officer ends attack

Two injured at Maryland school shooting, armed officer ends attack

-- 2018-03-20 21:54:23

A student shot and critically wounded two fellow students at a Maryland high school on Tuesday morning  before exchanging fire with a campus security officer, who ended the attack by wounding the...

India confirms killing of 39 workers kidnapped by IS in Iraq

India confirms killing of 39 workers kidnapped by IS in Iraq

-- 2018-03-20 18:48:22

India has confirmed the deaths of 39 construction workers kidnapped by Islamic State militants (IS) in Iraq. Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said the DNA of 38 workers matched with bodies found in a m...

Package explodes at FedEx facility in Texas

Package explodes at FedEx facility in Texas

-- 2018-03-20 17:19:09

A package has exploded at a FedEx depot in Texas of the United States, the local fire department said. An employee was injured when the package containing nails and shrapnel exploded shortly after mi...