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Magnitude 5.7 quake shakes Indonesia

Magnitude 5.7 quake shakes Indonesia

-- 2018-03-08 10:49:54

An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale has shaken the eastern parts of Indonesia on Thursday morning, according to the meteorology and geophysics agency. The moderate quake struck at 10:51...

US goes soft on metal tariffs

US goes soft on metal tariffs

-- 2018-03-08 09:44:52

The White House says there could be exemptions to US plans to impose tariffs on metal imports, in a softening of its tough stance. Canada, Mexico and other countries may see "carve-outs" on national...

Sri Lanka blocks social media

Sri Lanka blocks social media

-- 2018-03-07 19:36:48

Sri Lanka shut down social messaging networks including, Facebook, on Wednesday to control violence targeted at the country’s minority Muslims even after the imposition of emergency in the Buddh...

Germany voices concerns over resignation of Trump's adviser

Germany voices concerns over resignation of Trump's adviser

-- 2018-03-07 15:56:12

The German government has grave concerns about the resignation of US President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries said on Wednesday, adding that she hoped tha...

Mild tremor jolts Russia’s Kuril Islands

Mild tremor jolts Russia’s Kuril Islands

-- 2018-03-07 15:07:43

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 has shaken the east of the Kuril Islands, in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast region, according to the US Geological Survey. Xinhua news agency reported citing the USGS the qua...

Buddhist mob attack Sri Lankan Muslims despite emergency

Buddhist mob attack Sri Lankan Muslims despite emergency

-- 2018-03-07 14:51:56

Buddhist mob attacked mosques and businesses belonging to Sri Lanka’s minority Muslims overnight, despite the imposition of a state of emergency to restore peace in the bitterly divided island,...

Saudi crown prince begins UK visit with focus on stronger defence ties

Saudi crown prince begins UK visit with focus on stronger defence ties

-- 2018-03-07 14:05:31

Britain’s grand welcome for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will begin on Wednesday with a lunch with Queen Elizabeth, as the two countries seek to widen longstanding defence ties into a...

Tea trees gaining popularity in Kenya

Tea trees gaining popularity in Kenya

-- 2018-03-07 13:48:40

At Sweet Waters, a village in central Kenya, Veronicah Nyambura stands under the hot sun between two fields. One is full of lush plants - but the other has crops so wilted that their leaves have curle...

Holocaust row: Poland, US rejects high-level meeting ban reports

Holocaust row: Poland, US rejects high-level meeting ban reports

-- 2018-03-07 12:48:37

Media reports alleging that the United States had banned high-level meetings with Polish officials, as part of protest over the new Holocaust law, have been denied by Poland and the United States. A...

Trump vows to thwart any tampering in 2018 polls

Trump vows to thwart any tampering in 2018 polls

-- 2018-03-07 11:53:28

US president Donald Trump has said the United States will counteract any attempt at meddling in the November 2018 elections. Trump on Tuesday, said that there was interference by Russia and probably...

18 die as major quake hits Papua New Guinea again

18 die as major quake hits Papua New Guinea again

-- 2018-03-07 11:07:10

At least 18 people were killed by a magnitude 6.7 quake that struck Papua New Guinea’s mountainous Southern Highlands early Wednesday, an official said, adding to the death toll from a larger qu...

Four go missing as Maersk vessel catches fire

Four go missing as Maersk vessel catches fire

-- 2018-03-07 11:06:15

The world’s biggest container shipper, Maersk Line said one of its container vessels caught fire in the Arabian sea and four crew members went missing while 23 others were evacuated safely. The...

Key Trump economic adviser resigns

Key Trump economic adviser resigns

-- 2018-03-07 09:26:28

US President Donald Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn is resigning, the White House has said. It is the latest in a series of high-profile departures from President Trump's team. There has been...

Russian plane crashes in Syria, 32 on board die

Russian plane crashes in Syria, 32 on board die

-- 2018-03-06 20:55:41

A Russian military transport airplane has crashed during landing at Khmeimim Airbase in Syria. All 26 passengers and six crew members died in the crash on Tuesday. Defence ministry of Russia said th...

UN expert calls for international regulation on surrogacy

UN expert calls for international regulation on surrogacy

-- 2018-03-06 20:39:34

International regulation is urgent on surrogacy as children face becoming commodities due to the increase of surrogacy arrangements globally. UN Special Rapporteur Maud de Boer-Buquicchio on the sale...

North Korea to halt nuclear tests during US talks

North Korea to halt nuclear tests during US talks

-- 2018-03-06 19:16:23

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has agreed halt nuclear and missile tests if his country holds talks with the United States. Kim Jong Un also agreed to meet with South Korea’s president next mo...

Family finds oldest message on Australia beach

Family finds oldest message on Australia beach

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

A Perth family has found the world's oldest known message in a bottle, almost 132 years after it was thrown into the sea, Australian experts say. Tonya Illman picked up the bottle while going for a w...

Florida passes fresh bill, raises age to buy gun

Florida passes fresh bill, raises age to buy gun

-- 2018-03-06 18:56:38

Florida lawmakers have voted to enact new gun control measures, weeks after one of the worst school shootings in US history took place in the state. The Senate narrowly passed a bill that would raise...

Turkey, Russia and Iran to hold summit on Syria crisis

Turkey, Russia and Iran to hold summit on Syria crisis

-- 2018-03-06 15:49:21

Turkey, Russia and Iran will hold a summit in April to discuss Syria and potential steps in the region, the spokesman for the Turkish foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hami...

Sri Lanka announces state of emergency following Buddhist-Muslim clash

Sri Lanka announces state of emergency following Buddhist-Muslim clash

-- 2018-03-06 15:19:03

Sri Lankan government has declared a state of emergency for 10 days to rein in the spread of communal violence, a government spokesman said on Tuesday. The emergency has been announced a day after Bu...

Tanzania's herders kill hundreds of lions each year

Tanzania's herders kill hundreds of lions each year

-- 2018-03-06 14:36:08

Herders in Tanzania are killing more than 200 lions every year according to a conservationist at Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute. Dennis Ikanda says given the global status of lions, an interven...

South Korean governor quits over rape allegation

South Korean governor quits over rape allegation

-- 2018-03-06 14:03:28

A South Korean provincial governor announced his resignation on early Tuesday, just hours after his secretary accused him of raping her. The woman who accused South Chungcheong Governor Ahn Hee-jung,...

Kim wants stronger inter-Korean ties

Kim wants stronger inter-Korean ties

-- 2018-03-06 13:20:46

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met senior South Korean government officials for the first time and said it is his “firm will to vigorously advance” inter-Korean ties and pursue reunificat...

Sharp decline in global child marriage, says UNICEF

Sharp decline in global child marriage, says UNICEF

-- 2018-03-06 12:37:55

There has been a significant drop in the number of child marriages worldwide, the United Nations children's agency says. UNICEF estimates that 25 million child marriages have been prevented in the pa...

Wedding party truck falls into drain in India, killing 25

Wedding party truck falls into drain in India, killing 25

-- 2018-03-06 12:28:54

At least 25 people were killed when a truck carrying a wedding party fell into a deep drain in India's western state of Gujarat on Tuesday, Xinhua reported citing News18 TV channel. The accident occu...

Philippine construction site collapse claims five lives

Philippine construction site collapse claims five lives

-- 2018-03-06 12:07:19

A four-storey bunkhouse collapsed in the central Philippine city of Cebu on early Tuesday, killing five workers and wounding 55 others, said disaster officials. Xinhua news agency reported citing the...

Ex-Trump aide Nunberg refuses to comply with Russian probe

Ex-Trump aide Nunberg refuses to comply with Russian probe

-- 2018-03-06 11:49:24

A former campaign aide to US President Donald Trump has said that he will not co-operate with Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US election. Sam Nunberg f...

Italy polls: Five Star, League both claim right to govern

Italy polls: Five Star, League both claim right to govern

-- 2018-03-06 11:10:13

The leaders of two anti-establishment parties have each claimed they have the right to govern Italy, after voters in Europe's fourth-largest economy did not return a majority to any single party. The...

Buddhist-Muslim clash in Sri Lanka forces army deployment

Buddhist-Muslim clash in Sri Lanka forces army deployment

-- 2018-03-06 11:06:45

Sri Lanka sent troops and elite police to central Kandy district and imposed a curfew there on Monday to prevent clashes between majority Sinhalese Buddhists and minority Muslims after a mob set fire...

Italy faces political gridlock

Italy faces political gridlock

-- 2018-03-06 00:12:58

  Italy faces a prolonged period of political instability after voters delivered a hung parliament on Sunday, spurning traditional parties and flocking to anti-establishment and far-right groups...