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Putin orders 'humanitarian pause' on Syria

Putin orders 'humanitarian pause' on Syria

-- 2018-02-26 23:25:38

Russia's President Vladimir Putin Monday has ordered a daily pause in the assault by its ally, the Syrian government, on the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area. It will start on Tuesday, and include the...

EU Council seeks steps against Myanmar military

EU Council seeks steps against Myanmar military

-- 2018-02-26 20:59:27

European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council on Monday sought steps against senior military officials of the Myanmar armed forces responsible for serious and systematic human rights violations. The...

Former journalist becomes Australia’s deputy PM

Former journalist becomes Australia’s deputy PM

-- 2018-02-26 18:19:58

A former regional newspaper editor, Michael McCormack, has been chosen as Australia's new deputy prime minister. He replaces Barnaby Joyce as leader of the Nationals, the governing coalition's junior...

Five dead as tornado sweeps central US   

Five dead as tornado sweeps central US  

-- 2018-02-26 17:10:27

The death toll rose to at least five on Sunday after severe thunderstorms swept through the central US, spawning a tornado that flattened homes, gale force winds and widespread flooding from the Upp...

Turkey requests Kurd leader’s deportation from Czech Republic

Turkey requests Kurd leader’s deportation from Czech Republic

-- 2018-02-26 15:21:47

Turkey has officially requested the extradition of former Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) leader Saleh Muslim from the Czech Republic, Ankara’s government spokesman said on Monday....

Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ set for November release

Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ set for November release

-- 2018-02-26 14:10:07

Michelle Obama's forthcoming memoir, ‘Becoming,’ is set for worldwide release on November 13, at which time the former first lady will embark on a global tour to promote the book. Publish...

Four die as explosion wrecks UK shop, home

Four die as explosion wrecks UK shop, home

-- 2018-02-26 13:34:29

A blast destroyed a convenience store and a home in the central English city of Leicester on Sunday, killing at least four people and leaving four more wounded, British police said. “There are...

Labour puts May under pressure over customs union

Labour puts May under pressure over customs union

-- 2018-02-26 12:38:09

Britain's main opposition Labour party is poised for a significant policy change that could increase pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May to deliver a ‘soft’ Brexit that maintains some f...

South Korea hopes for US-North Korea talks

South Korea hopes for US-North Korea talks

-- 2018-02-26 12:17:20

South Korea said on Monday it hopes for “constructive” talks between North Korea and the United States, a day after a delegation from the North told South Korean President Moon Jae-in that...

Nigeria speeds up search for 110 abducted schoolgirls

Nigeria speeds up search for 110 abducted schoolgirls

-- 2018-02-26 11:21:59

Nigeria has deployed extra troops and planes to search for 110 schoolgirls believed to have been abducted by Boko Haram militants last week. The girls went missing after jihadists stormed their schoo...

Iraq sentences 16 Turkish women to death for IS ties

Iraq sentences 16 Turkish women to death for IS ties

-- 2018-02-26 10:51:00

An Iraqi court has sentenced 16 Turkish women to death by hanging for joining Islamic State, a judiciary spokesman said on Sunday. Iraq is conducting the trials of hundreds of foreign women who have...

Strong quake rattles Papua New Guinea

Strong quake rattles Papua New Guinea

-- 2018-02-26 10:08:23

A strong earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale shook Papua New Guinea’s Southern Highlands province early on Monday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The powerful quake prompted oi...

Rohingyas see no respite in sight even after six months

Rohingyas see no respite in sight even after six months

-- 2018-02-25 19:38:03

They reside in houses often made of plastic sheets. Much of their food comes from aid agencies. Jobs are few and there is painfully little to do. The nightmares are relentless. But six months after t...

South Korea indicates DPRK-US talks on the cards

South Korea indicates DPRK-US talks on the cards

FE Online Desk 2018-02-25 19:25:38

North Korea (DPRK) is willing to hold talks with the United States at their earliest convenience, said South Korean (ROK) President Moon Jae-In in a statement on Sunday. The South Korean leader said...

30-day Syria ceasefire begins

30-day Syria ceasefire begins

-- 2018-02-25 16:44:20

The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire in Syria to allow aid deliveries and medical evacuations. However, some of the biggest jihadist rebel groups...

North Korea denounces latest US sanctions

North Korea denounces latest US sanctions

Reuters 2018-02-25 15:32:11

North Korea has strongly denounced the latest round of sanctions imposed by the United States, saying a blockade would be considered as an act of war. State media on Sunday said in a statement that t...

China to scrap limit of presidential term

China to scrap limit of presidential term

-- 2018-02-25 15:04:31

China’s Central Committee proposed on Sunday to remove a limit of two consecutive terms for the president and vice president, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The committee proposed re...

Turkey welcomes UN ceasefire resolution on Syria

Turkey welcomes UN ceasefire resolution on Syria

-- 2018-02-25 14:27:18

Turkey welcomed on Sunday a UN resolution demanding a 30-day truce across Syria to allow aid access and medical evacuation, the foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement. The UN Security Council...

Mexico’s president calls off US visit after heated Trump call

Mexico’s president calls off US visit after heated Trump call

-- 2018-02-25 14:22:34

US President Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto postponed plans for the Mexican leader’s first visit to the White House, after a testy phone call involving Trump’s push...

UN S Sudan mission recalls police unit over abuse claims

UN S Sudan mission recalls police unit over abuse claims

-- 2018-02-25 13:43:15

The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan has recalled a Ghanaian police unit working at one of its protection camps while it investigates allegations that some of them were involved in sexual abuse,...

Cambodia senate polls: PM’s party eyes easy win

Cambodia senate polls: PM’s party eyes easy win

-- 2018-02-25 13:34:25

Voting got under way in Cambodia on Sunday in a Senate election that the ruling party of Prime Minister Hun Sen was expected to sweep following a crackdown on opposition. The vote, to elect 58 member...

Villagers flee Kashmir as India, Pakistan exchange fire

Villagers flee Kashmir as India, Pakistan exchange fire

-- 2018-02-25 13:14:51

India and Pakistan have exchanged artillery fire in the disputed Kashmir region forcing hundreds of people to flee, police in Indian Kashmir said, raising fresh doubts about a 15-year-old ceasefire be...

Merkel to give outspoken critic a cabinet job

Merkel to give outspoken critic a cabinet job

-- 2018-02-25 12:14:29

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will promote one of the most prominent critics from within her conservative party, Jens Spahn, to the cabinet, handing him the post of health minister, Bild am Sonntag...

Italy polls: Police, rival protesters clash in campaign rallies

Italy polls: Police, rival protesters clash in campaign rallies

-- 2018-02-25 12:14:27

Rival demonstrations by far-right and anti-fascist groups a week before Italy's general election have led to scuffles with police. Police in Milan used batons as left-wing demonstrators tried to brea...

Mexico arrests four cops over missing Italian men

Mexico arrests four cops over missing Italian men

-- 2018-02-25 11:42:47

Mexican authorities have arrested four police officers on suspicion of abducting three missing Italian men for a local criminal gang. State prosecutors confirmed the news on Saturday. A Reuters repo...

Colombia deports top drug ‘smuggler’ to US

Colombia deports top drug ‘smuggler’ to US

-- 2018-02-25 11:23:00

A man accused of smuggling more than 250 tonnes of cocaine over the past decade has been extradited to the US from Colombia. Prosecutors say Washington Prado Álava, an Ecuadorean national, was...

Yemen counter-terrorism base attack kills 14

Yemen counter-terrorism base attack kills 14

-- 2018-02-25 10:38:09

At least 14 people were killed and 40 others injured as Islamist car suicide bombers and gunmen tried to storm the headquarters of a counter-terrorism unit in the southern port city of Aden on Saturda...

UN Security Council seeks Syria ceasefire

UN Security Council seeks Syria ceasefire

-- 2018-02-25 09:56:49

The UN Security Council on Saturday demanded a 30-day truce across Syria as rescuers in the country’s eastern Ghouta region said bombing had not let up long enough for them to count bodies durin...

Syrian government kills 379 civilians, 121 children in a week

Syrian government kills 379 civilians, 121 children in a week

-- 2018-02-24 20:57:52

Syrian government forces have killed more than 500 civilians during a week of intense bombardment of a rebel enclave near Damascus, activists say. The victims in the Eastern Ghouta include 121 childr...

Nigerian parents to get jail term if children skip school

Nigerian parents to get jail term if children skip school

-- 2018-02-24 20:37:20

Nigeria’s oil-rich Bayelsa state is threatening parents who do not make sure their children go to school with jail terms. The state signed the new law into the books amid concerns children were...