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Congo rival leader to return home for presidential bid

Congo rival leader to return home for presidential bid

-- 2018-03-13 12:45:09

Exiled Congolese opposition leader Moise Katumbi vowed to return to Democratic Republic of Congo by June to lodge his candidacy for a presidential election to replace President Joseph Kabila, currentl...

Republicans find no evidence of Trump-Russia collusion

Republicans find no evidence of Trump-Russia collusion

-- 2018-03-13 12:11:34

Republicans on a House panel have found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin in the US 2016 presidential election. Mike Conaway, who leads the inquiry, said the House I...

May blames Russia for spy poison attack

May blames Russia for spy poison attack

-- 2018-03-13 11:20:08

Moscow faces a deadline of midnight tonight to explain why a Russian-made nerve agent was used in the poisoning of former Russian agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter. The PM said it was ‘high...

Myanmar builds military bases on Rohingya’s land: Amnesty

Myanmar builds military bases on Rohingya’s land: Amnesty

-- 2018-03-12 19:19:55

Myanmar's military is building bases in land where Rohingyas used to live, Amnesty International said on Monday, citing new evidence from satellite imagery. An Amnesty report published on Monday echo...

May to hold security meeting on Russian spy poisoning

May to hold security meeting on Russian spy poisoning

-- 2018-03-12 15:16:56

Prime Minister Theresa May will chair a meeting of Britain’s National Security Council on Monday to discuss the poisoning of a former Russian double agent and his daughter. Former double agent...

Kashmir gunfight leaves three rebels dead

Kashmir gunfight leaves three rebels dead

-- 2018-03-12 14:57:40

A gunfight erupted between Indian troops and rebels on early Monday, killing three militants in disputed Kashmir and triggered more anti-India protests and clashes. According to police officials, the...

Colombia’s FARC suffers as conservatives dominate polls

Colombia’s FARC suffers as conservatives dominate polls

-- 2018-03-12 14:00:57

Colombia's conservative parties, opposed to the 2016 peace deal with FARC rebels, have taken the lead in the country's elections. Sunday's vote was the first in which the former FARC guerrillas, now...

Forest fire kills nine trekkers in South India

Forest fire kills nine trekkers in South India

-- 2018-03-12 12:29:07

A massive forest fire in Kurangani hills in the South Indian State of Tamil Nadu, killed at least nine people on Sunday, Theni district collector M Pallavi Baldev said on Monday. Six of the nine dece...

Indian farmers march to Mumbai demanding loan waiver

Indian farmers march to Mumbai demanding loan waiver

-- 2018-03-12 12:02:17

More than 30,000 farmers have converged in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, after walking 167km (103 miles) from Nashik district to demand loan waivers and better prices for their produce. Th...

Turkish private jet crash claims 11 lives

Turkish private jet crash claims 11 lives

-- 2018-03-12 11:16:41

A Turkish private jet flying a group of young women from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul crashed Sunday in heavy rain in a mountainous region of Iran, killing all 11 people on board. Days earlie...

Five die as chopper crashes into New York river

Five die as chopper crashes into New York river

-- 2018-03-12 10:43:50

Five people were killed when a helicopter crashed into the East River of New York City on Sunday evening, police say. Divers worked desperately to pull the five passengers from the helicopter but two...

Lightning strikes Rwanda church, killing 16

Lightning strikes Rwanda church, killing 16

FE Online Desk 2018-03-12 10:26:20

At least 16 people were killed and 140 others injured in Rwanda when lightning struck a Seventh Day Adventist church in the country's south, a provincial governor says. The churchgoers were injured a...

Trump-North Korea meeting holds risks: CIA chief

Trump-North Korea meeting holds risks: CIA chief

-- 2018-03-12 09:38:24

CIA director Mike Pompeo has defended Donald Trump's decision to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying the president understands the risks. Mr Trump "isn't doing this for theatre, he is going...

Fresh violence erupts in Sri Lanka

Fresh violence erupts in Sri Lanka

-- 2018-03-11 22:00:03

Fresh violence erupted in Sri Lanka on Sunday after a Muslim-owned restaurant was attacked in an alleged hate crime in a northern city, a day after President Maithripala Sirisena appointed a commissio...

Nerve agent traces used to attack Russian spy, daughter: UK media

Nerve agent traces used to attack Russian spy, daughter: UK media

-- 2018-03-11 21:41:43

British media reported on Sunday that traces of the nerve agent used to attack a Russian ex-spy and his daughter have been found in Salisbury where the two were poisoned. The BBC said its sources say...

Russia test-fires hypersonic missile

Russia test-fires hypersonic missile

-- 2018-03-11 21:27:51

Russia has successfully test-launched a hypersonic missile, one of a range of nuclear-capable weapons announced by President Vladimir Putin earlier this month. The country's defence ministry released...

Student throws shoe at ex Pak PM Nawaz Sharif

Student throws shoe at ex Pak PM Nawaz Sharif

-- 2018-03-11 19:13:04

A shoe was hurled at Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif by a religious extremist today during a function at an Islamic seminary in Lahore. The incident took place a day after religio...

UN to gather evidence on Rohingya genocide

UN to gather evidence on Rohingya genocide

-- 2018-03-11 18:53:26

United Nations Special Adviser on Genocide Prevention Adama Dieng said the organisation decided to amass evidence of genocide on Rohingyas through a judicial investigation. The UN high official told...

Turkish airstrikes destroy 18 Kurdish targets in Iraq

Turkish airstrikes destroy 18 Kurdish targets in Iraq

-- 2018-03-11 15:43:57

Turkish warplanes destroyed at least 18 targets belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq over the weekend, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Sunday. The strike...

Mexico border wall funding: Trump rejects Nieto’s demand

Mexico border wall funding: Trump rejects Nieto’s demand

-- 2018-03-11 14:59:49

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he rejected a demand from Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto that Trump say Mexico would not have to pay for a proposed US border wall. At a campaign rall...

China approves lifetime presidency

China approves lifetime presidency

-- 2018-03-11 14:38:28

China has approved the removal of term limits for its leader, in a move that effectively allows Xi Jinping to remain as president for life. The constitutional changes were passed by China's annual si...

Court ruling against Pakistani minorities sparks criticism

Court ruling against Pakistani minorities sparks criticism

-- 2018-03-11 14:28:31

Rights activists in Pakistan are expressing concern over a court ruling that would require people to declare their religion on all official documents. They said it could lead to the persecution of mi...

Castro era sees end as Cubans head to polls

Castro era sees end as Cubans head to polls

-- 2018-03-11 12:54:00

Cubans go to the polls on Sunday in a one-party vote that marks the penultimate step in a political process that will culminate next month with the selection of the Communist-ruled island’s firs...

China set to approve lifetime presidency

China set to approve lifetime presidency

-- 2018-03-11 12:42:46

China is set to approve the removal of term limits for its leader, in a move that will effectively allow Xi Jinping to remain as president for life. The change is part of a set of constitutional chan...

Erdogan lashes out at NATO for lack of Syria support

Erdogan lashes out at NATO for lack of Syria support

-- 2018-03-11 12:03:24

Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticised NATO for not supporting his country’s ongoing military operation against Syrian Kurdish fighters in Syria. The president, speaking t...

North Korea summit holds risks for Trump administration

North Korea summit holds risks for Trump administration

-- 2018-03-11 11:50:35

For at least two decades, leaders in North Korea have been seeking a personal meeting with an American president. Now, as a summit unexpectedly appears possible, analysts fear US President Donald Tru...

Irish anti-abortion protesters march ahead of referendum

Irish anti-abortion protesters march ahead of referendum

-- 2018-03-11 11:29:05

Tens of thousands of people have marched through the Irish capital Dublin to protest against a government-proposed referendum to revoke a law which forbids abortion in the country. Organisers of the...

Hundreds of migrants picked up between Libya and Italy

Hundreds of migrants picked up between Libya and Italy

-- 2018-03-11 11:23:45

International charity ships and Libya’s coastguard picked up several hundred migrants on Saturday as smugglers trying to take advantage of calm seas launched a flurry of boats towards Italy. Li...

Taliban attack kills 24 Afghan soldiers

Taliban attack kills 24 Afghan soldiers

-- 2018-03-11 09:37:20

At least 24 members of the Afghan security forces have been killed in a Taliban attack in the western province of Farah, officials said. Militants reportedly attacked soldiers who had assembled in pr...

Trump tweets meeting with Kim 'in the making'

Trump tweets meeting with Kim 'in the making'

-- 2018-03-10 19:09:33

US President Donald Trump on Saturday has tweeted that a deal with North Korea is "very much in the making", a day after revealing he had agreed to meet its leader Kim Jong-un. Earlier, the White Hou...