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Cops detain former French president Sarkozy

Cops detain former French president Sarkozy

-- 2018-03-20 14:20:32

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was in police custody on Tuesday morning, where he was to be questioned as part of an investigation into suspected irregularities over his election campaign fin...

UK's Corbyn still seeks business deals with Russia

UK's Corbyn still seeks business deals with Russia

-- 2018-03-20 14:04:08

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said the UK must still deal with Russia despite ‘all fingers’ pointing to it over the Salisbury spy attack. He said he would ‘do business’ with...

Trump seeks death penalty for drug dealers

Trump seeks death penalty for drug dealers

-- 2018-03-20 13:53:29

US President Donald Trump has called for drug traffickers to face the death penalty as part of his plan to combat the US painkiller-addiction epidemic. He outlined the proposal during a speech in New...

'China must not be complacent'

'China must not be complacent'

-- 2018-03-20 12:50:06

Chinese President Xi Jinping has told the National People's Congress (NPC) that China must not become complacent about its development. Speaking at the closing session of the annual parliament, Mr Xi...

Zimbabwe amnesty: Nation looters still to return $827m

Zimbabwe amnesty: Nation looters still to return $827m

-- 2018-03-20 12:19:19

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has released the names of hundreds of companies and individuals who failed to return $827m (£590m) illegally stashed abroad despite an amnesty. Aft...

Maldives has no intension of extending emergency, says envoy

Maldives has no intension of extending emergency, says envoy

-- 2018-03-20 11:45:36

Maldives will not extend the state of emergency that is due to expire on Wednesday amid criticism of the government over the recent political turmoil, says an envoy.   Mohamed Hussain Shareef, a...

Shootings kill businessman, woman in Mexico

Shootings kill businessman, woman in Mexico

-- 2018-03-20 11:32:45

A 75-year-old Spanish businessman has died after being shot in the head in Mexico City, while a separate shooting in an upscale shopping mall on Monday led to the death of a young woman. The shooting...

India forest fire death toll rises to 17

India forest fire death toll rises to 17

-- 2018-03-19 16:56:38

The death toll in last Sunday's forest fire in the southern state of Tamil Nadu has risen to 17, with three more critically injured trekkers succumbing to their burn injuries in the hospital in the pa...

Petrol bombs thrown at Turkish embassy in Denmark

Petrol bombs thrown at Turkish embassy in Denmark

-- 2018-03-19 12:05:40

Petrol bombs were thrown at the Turkish embassy in the Danish capital Copenhagen early on Monday causing some minor damage to the exterior of the building but no injuries, police said. There were at...

Republicans warn Trump over Mueller’s Russia inquiry

Republicans warn Trump over Mueller’s Russia inquiry

-- 2018-03-19 11:53:39

US President Donald Trump has been warned by fellow Republicans against interfering special counsel Robert Mueller's investigations. It came after he attacked Mr Mueller's inquiry into Russian interf...

Somali clans sign peace deal to end vendetta

Somali clans sign peace deal to end vendetta

-- 2018-03-19 11:44:55

Two rival Somali clans have signed up to a groundbreaking peace deal which aims to end the cycle of revenge killings. Following three weeks of mediation, the rival Sa’ad Yoonis and Ba’iid...

China names former missile force commander as defence minister

China names former missile force commander as defence minister

-- 2018-03-19 11:40:17

China has appointed a former missile force commander as its new defence minister. Lt. Gen. Wei Fenghe's naming as the international face of China's rapid military modernisation was among a series of...

Bushfire wrecks dozens of homes in Australia

Bushfire wrecks dozens of homes in Australia

-- 2018-03-19 11:06:12

More than 70 homes and buildings are feared to have been destroyed in a bushfire in Australia, authorities say. The fast-moving fire engulfed the New South Wales (NSW) coastal town of Tathra late on...

Putin wins a landslide

Putin wins a landslide

-- 2018-03-19 10:02:35

Russian President Vladimir Putin won a landslide re-election victory on Sunday, extending his rule over the world’s largest country for another six years at a time when his ties with the West ar...

Zimbabwe presidential polls in July

Zimbabwe presidential polls in July

-- 2018-03-18 19:56:43

Zimbabwe's first presidential and parliamentary elections since the end of former strongman Robert Mugabe's long rule will take place in July, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Saturday. The polls...

Putin seeks fourth term as Russians head to polls

Putin seeks fourth term as Russians head to polls

-- 2018-03-18 17:02:16

Polls have opened in Russia's presidential election, in which Vladimir Putin is seeking to stay in power for a fourth term in office. Voting began in the Russian far-east at 20:00 GMT on Saturday, an...

15 die in Kenya as rains wreak havoc

15 die in Kenya as rains wreak havoc

-- 2018-03-18 15:56:20

At least 15 people were killed and scores injured in heavy rains and flooding, Kenya‘s Daily Nation said on Friday. The rains had pounded parts of the east African nation over three days, the n...

Now North Korean diplomat heads to Finland

Now North Korean diplomat heads to Finland

-- 2018-03-18 15:03:31

A senior North Korean diplomat left for Finland on Sunday for talks with former US and South Korean officials, Yonhap News Agency reported, amid a series of diplomatic encounters ahead of a possible U...

Morocco plans $15.8b spending if it hosts 2026 soccer World Cup

Morocco plans $15.8b spending if it hosts 2026 soccer World Cup

-- 2018-03-18 14:54:41

Morocco has proposed using 14 stadiums and budgeting to spend 15.8 billion dollars on infrastructure if it wins the right to host the World Cup soccer finals in 2026, the country’s bid committee...

Duterte urges other nations to leave ICC

Duterte urges other nations to leave ICC

-- 2018-03-18 14:21:57

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked other countries to abandon the International Criminal Court because it is ‘rude.’ Duterte is facing a possible complaint before the world tr...

Manila hotel fire kills four, wounds 14

Manila hotel fire kills four, wounds 14

-- 2018-03-18 13:51:10

A fire swept through a casino at a hotel in Philippines’ Manila, killing at least four people and injuring 14 others on Sunday morning, said authorities. Johnny Yu of the Manila Disaster Risk R...

Ex-FBI deputy director 'gave notes to Russia inquiry'

Ex-FBI deputy director 'gave notes to Russia inquiry'

-- 2018-03-18 13:45:44

Ex-FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe has given memos about conversations he had with President Donald Trump to an inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election, US media say. They say th...

Pakistan shelling leaves five dead in Kashmir

Pakistan shelling leaves five dead in Kashmir

-- 2018-03-18 13:33:17

Five members of a family have been killed and two others injured in cross border shelling between Indian and Pakistani soldiers in disputed Kashmir on Sunday, say officials. Indian police say a shel...

EU ‘patronising’ east on migrants, accuses German minister

EU ‘patronising’ east on migrants, accuses German minister

-- 2018-03-18 12:07:52

German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has accused the European Union of adopting a patronising stance in talks with eastern European members about the distribution of migrants. Seehofer, a member o...

Putin on track for shoo-in victory as Russia goes to the polls

Putin on track for shoo-in victory as Russia goes to the polls

-- 2018-03-18 11:06:05

Russians began voting in a presidential election on Sunday set to give Vladimir Putin a commanding victory that could only be blemished if large numbers do not bother taking part because the result is...

Gunman kills one, injures self at California mall

Gunman kills one, injures self at California mall

-- 2018-03-18 10:54:10

Shoppers at a mall in Southern California in the United States ran into stores and out the exits Saturday after authorities said a gunman shot and killed one person and then turned the gun on himself....

Florida school was aware of bridge crack before fatal collapse

Florida school was aware of bridge crack before fatal collapse

-- 2018-03-18 10:12:53

Engineers and state and university officials met hours before a new pedestrian bridge collapsed in southern Florida, killing six people, but concluded a crack in the structure was not a safety concern...

Sri Lanka lifts nationwide state of emergency

Sri Lanka lifts nationwide state of emergency

-- 2018-03-18 09:50:38

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena said on Sunday he had lifted a nationwide state of emergency imposed on March 6 after Buddhist-Muslim clashes. “Upon assessing the public safety situati...

Australia against prosecuting Suu Kyi for crimes against humanity

Australia against prosecuting Suu Kyi for crimes against humanity

-- 2018-03-17 22:24:38

Australia's attorney general Saturday rejected a bid by activist lawyers to prosecute Aung San Suu Kyi for crimes against humanity over the country's treatment of minority Rohingya Muslims. The AG Ch...

Conmen impersonating top personalities in Monaco

Conmen impersonating top personalities in Monaco

-- 2018-03-17 21:53:59

Conmen have been impersonating famous personalities in Monaco, including Prince Albert II, to obtain money from high-profile victims, reports say. One well-known journalist was contacted via WhatsApp...