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Maldives top court seeks to impeach president

Maldives top court seeks to impeach president

-- 2018-02-04 13:03:08

The Supreme Court in the Maldives is trying to impeach President Abdulla Yameen, who has not obeyed its order to release opposition leaders arrested after unfair trials, the island nation’s atto...

Afghan forces kill five including Taliban commander

Afghan forces kill five including Taliban commander

-- 2018-02-04 12:56:46

The Afghan forces during military operation in the northern Faryab province, have killed at least five militants including their local commander on Saturday, a local official said. "Security and defe...

Indonesia crane collapse takes four lives

Indonesia crane collapse takes four lives

-- 2018-02-04 12:03:39

A crane used for construction of light rapid transport infrastructure has collapsed in Indonesia's capital on early Sunday, killing four workers, said an official. "The crane collapsed in East Jakart...

ANC official demands Zuma’s resignation

ANC official demands Zuma’s resignation

-- 2018-02-04 11:40:30

A senior official of ruling African National Congress (ANC) wants South African President Jacob Zuma to step down. His demand came as a fresh pressure on Zuma who has been weakened since Cyril Ramaph...

Russia denounces US nuke-weapon plans

Russia denounces US nuke-weapon plans

-- 2018-02-04 11:11:16

Moscow has denounced US military proposals to develop new, smaller atomic bombs mainly to deter any Russian use of nuclear weapons. Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov called the move "confrontat...

Ryan deletes tweet praising a paltry pay rise

Ryan deletes tweet praising a paltry pay rise

-- 2018-02-04 10:46:48

US House Speaker Paul Ryan deleted a tweet on Saturday cheering a $1.50 increase to a Pennsylvania school secretary’s weekly pay because of a $1.5 trillion tax cut after it drew criticism that h...

Taliban blast hits Pakistan army base, killing 11

Taliban blast hits Pakistan army base, killing 11

-- 2018-02-04 10:00:48

At least 11 soldiers were killed and 13 wounded in a suicide attack near an army base in northern Pakistan, officials said, in a region that was once controlled by a local faction of the Taliban. Att...

Syrian rebels down Russian plane, kill pilot

Syrian rebels down Russian plane, kill pilot

-- 2018-02-04 09:59:21

Syrian rebels shot down a Russian warplane on Saturday and killed its pilot on the ground after he ejected from the plane, Russia’s defense ministry and Syrian rebels said. The SU-25 came down...

Mexico  finds 300 migrants in riskily cramped trucks

Mexico finds 300 migrants in riskily cramped trucks

-- 2018-02-04 00:00:00

Three hundred Central American migrants being transported in dangerous conditions in tractor-trailers were rescued in two Gulf coast states, Mexican authorities reported on Saturday. A statement from...

Chemical plant blast kills four in China

Chemical plant blast kills four in China

-- 2018-02-04 00:00:00

Four people were killed in an explosion at a chemical plant in the country. According to Xinhua News Agency, the blast Saturday at the Jinshan Chemical Plant Co., in Linshu County in Shandong provinc...

Democrats against firing special counsel to avoid crisis

Democrats against firing special counsel to avoid crisis

-- 2018-02-03 17:21:40

Senior Democrats have warned US President Donald Trump not to use a controversial memo as a "pretext" to fire a special counsel. The special council is assigned with the task to investigate alleged R...

Jordan severs ties with North Korea

Jordan severs ties with North Korea

-- 2018-02-03 16:26:39

Jordan will cut diplomatic ties with North Korea, the Official Gazette says. A royal decree was issued on Friday approving a decision by the cabinet to sever all diplomatic relations with North Korea...

China accuses US of disrespect

China accuses US of disrespect

-- 2018-02-03 16:13:47

China accused the United States of disrespecting Latin America after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned countries in the region against excessive reliance on economic ties with China. Tillers...

Myanmar to build its first elevated expressway

Myanmar to build its first elevated expressway

-- 2018-02-03 15:22:51

The Ministry of Construction (MoC) of Myanmar will build the first elevated express road in the country’s Yangon in December, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Saturday. Under...

Hawaii man says he’s devastated about sending missile alert

Hawaii man says he’s devastated about sending missile alert

-- 2018-02-03 15:21:20

A former Hawaii state worker who sent a false missile alert last month said on Friday he’s devastated about causing panic but was “100 per cent sure” at the time that the attack was...

Whirlwind kills one, wrecks 161 houses in Indonesia

Whirlwind kills one, wrecks 161 houses in Indonesia

-- 2018-02-03 14:37:03

One person has been killed and 161 houses have been wrecked after whirlwind struck Central Java province of western Indonesia, said a government official on Saturday. The natural disaster took place...

Afghan forces kill 25 insurgents

Afghan forces kill 25 insurgents

-- 2018-02-03 13:57:52

The Afghan government forces attacked Taliban positions in the northern Faryab province over the past 24 hours, killing a total of 25 militants, a police spokesman said Saturday. Four Taliban group c...

Army choppers collide in France, killing five

Army choppers collide in France, killing five

-- 2018-02-03 12:24:37

Five people have been killed after two army helicopters collided in southern France, officials say. The crash happened near Carcès lake in Var area, about 50km (30 miles) north-west of St Trop...

Four die as army, militants clash in Libya

Four die as army, militants clash in Libya

-- 2018-02-03 12:06:03

One Libyan soldier and three Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed after a clash erupted between the Libyan army and IS terrorists near the town of Zalla in central Libya on Friday. A stateme...

US plans to expand nuke capabilities

US plans to expand nuke capabilities

-- 2018-02-03 10:48:59

Concerned about Russia’s growing tactical nuclear weapons, the United States will expand its nuclear capabilities, a policy document released on Friday said. This is a move some critics say cou...

Prominent Islamic scholar faces rape charges in France

Prominent Islamic scholar faces rape charges in France

-- 2018-02-03 00:00:00

Swiss Muslim intellectual Tariq Ramadan has been charged with rape and ordered to stay in the custody in France. Ramadan, the 55-year-old professor of Islamic studies, was questioned by police in Par...

Myanmar govt denies AP report of mass graves

Myanmar govt denies AP report of mass graves

-- 2018-02-03 00:00:00

Myanmar's government has denied a report by The Associated Press documenting at least five mass graves containing Rohingya Muslim civilians killed by the military. It said that only "terrorists" were...

Pak minister shot wife 3 times before killing self: Police

Pak minister shot wife 3 times before killing self: Police

-- 2018-02-03 00:00:00

Pakistani provincial minister Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, who was found dead in his house along with his wife, first killed her and then committed suicide with the same weapon, police said on Friday. Bi...

Maldives president fires second police chief in three days

Maldives president fires second police chief in three days

-- 2018-02-03 00:00:00

The president of the Maldives fired a national police chief on Saturday for the second time in three days, as political unrest continued to grow in the Indian ocean archipelago after the Supreme Court...

Trump now attacks FBI

Trump now attacks FBI

-- 2018-02-02 21:58:20

US President Donald Trump on Friday has accused top officials of politicising FBI and justice department investigations to damage his Republican party. Trump’s accusation came prior to his expe...

French baby milk contamination 'began in 2005'

French baby milk contamination 'began in 2005'

-- 2018-02-02 14:56:26

The French dairy group at the centre of a baby milk scandal, Lactalis, has admitted some of its products may have been tainted over more than a decade. Millions of boxes of powdered milk have been re...

S Africa rescues all workers trapped in gold mine

S Africa rescues all workers trapped in gold mine

-- 2018-02-02 14:19:47

Sibanye-Stillwater said on Friday that all the miners who were trapped underground at its Beatrix gold mine in South Africa had been brought to the surface. Company spokesman James Wellsted said 955...

US court sentences ex-accountant to death for daughters' deaths

US court sentences ex-accountant to death for daughters' deaths

-- 2018-02-02 12:08:36

A former Dallas accountant condemned for fatally shooting his two young daughters while their mother listened helplessly on the phone has been put to death in Texas. John David Battaglia received let...

Van carrying gas tanks plows into pedestrians in Shanghai

Van carrying gas tanks plows into pedestrians in Shanghai

-- 2018-02-02 11:47:09

A minivan plowed into pedestrians on a sidewalk in downtown Shanghai on Friday, sending 18 people to hospitals. Three people suffered serious injuries when the van veered onto a sidewalk and burst in...

Hundreds of tourists get stuck in storm-hit New Zealand

Hundreds of tourists get stuck in storm-hit New Zealand

-- 2018-02-02 10:48:08

Hundreds of tourists in New Zealand were left stranded on Friday after a strong storm damaged roads, uprooted trees and felled power lines. Former Tropical Cyclone Fehi this week has brought heavy ra...