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17 die in Delhi firework factory blaze

17 die in Delhi firework factory blaze

-- 2018-01-21 12:00:00

A massive fire broke out at a firecracker factory on the northern outskirts of the Indian capital on Saturday, killing at least 17 workers, a fire official said. A dozen fire engines took three hours...

US women stage anti-Trump protests

US women stage anti-Trump protests

-- 2018-01-21 12:00:00

Hundreds of thousands of women and their male supporters turned out on Saturday for the second Women's March, a nationwide series of protests against US President Donald Trump marking the end of his t...

Several dead in Kabul hotel attack

Several dead in Kabul hotel attack

-- 2018-01-21 12:00:00

Gunmen attacked Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel on Saturday, seizing hostages and exchanging gunfire with security forces as the building in the Afghan capital caught fire and residents and staff...

US military chopper crash leaves two dead

US military chopper crash leaves two dead

-- 2018-01-21 12:00:00

A US Army Apache attack helicopter crashed in California, killing two soldiers, a spokesman for the Army said. An investigation is ongoing into the crash of the AH-64 Apache helicopter on the sprawli...

Indian student shoots school principal dead

Indian student shoots school principal dead

-- 2018-01-21 12:00:00

A class 12 student reportedly shot dead his school’s principal inside her office with his father’s revolver in Indian state Haryana’s Yamunanagar on Saturday, days after he was warne...

Police arrest  Asia's biggest illegal wildlife trader

Police arrest Asia's biggest illegal wildlife trader

-- 2018-01-21 12:00:00

Thai police have arrested a man alleged to be the head of Asia's biggest illegal wildlife trading networks. Boonchai Bach, a 40-year-old Thai of Vietnamese origin, was detained in a town on the borde...

Police arrest pilot for being 'drunk' on board

Police arrest pilot for being 'drunk' on board

-- 2018-01-21 12:00:00

Armed police arrested a British Airways pilot just before take off after the cabin crew raised fears he may have been drunk. Attendants on the Boeing 777 flight 2063 called 999 after allegedly smelli...

Violent clashes erupt in Honduras over poll result

Violent clashes erupt in Honduras over poll result

-- 2018-01-21 11:59:41

Clashes have broken out in Honduras as demonstrators protesting President Juan Orlando Hernandez's re-election blocked roads in several locations and police moved into to break up the barricades. Fou...

SA ruling party to force Zuma to step down- eNCA TV

SA ruling party to force Zuma to step down- eNCA TV

-- 2018-01-21 11:25:47

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) declined to comment on a report its executive planned to force Jacob Zuma to quit as president, as its leaders gather to outline the party&r...

Turkey bus crash kills 11, wounds 46

Turkey bus crash kills 11, wounds 46

-- 2018-01-21 10:58:18

Eleven people have been killed and 46 wounded after a bus carrying families on a skiing trip crashed into trees on a motorway in north-western Turkey, local officials said. The bus, which was making...

6.3 quake strikes Chile

6.3 quake strikes Chile

-- 2018-01-21 10:11:56

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck northern Chile late Saturday, the US Geological Survey says. The quake, which was deep at 110 kilometres (68 miles), struck at 10:06pm local time Saturday. The e...

New Zealand endangered-sea-life footage sparks debate

New Zealand endangered-sea-life footage sparks debate

-- 2018-01-21 04:32:31

New Zealand's fishing industry has found itself at odds with conservationists over whether or not the public should be allowed to see the realities of commercial fishing. In the waters around New Zea...

Pope Francis speaks out on violence against women

Pope Francis speaks out on violence against women

-- 2018-01-21 03:24:09

Pope Francis, who is on a visit to Peru, has spoken out about violence against women in Latin America. Speaking at a Mass in the northern city of Trujillo, the Pope called the violence “a plagu...

Brazil declares emergency over yellow fever outbreak

Brazil declares emergency over yellow fever outbreak

-- 2018-01-21 03:13:10

Brazil's south-eastern state of Minas Gerais has declared a public health emergency following a deadly outbreak of yellow fever. At least 15 people have died there since December. Many areas, includi...

Merkel welcomes EU-Turkey meeting to improve ties

Merkel welcomes EU-Turkey meeting to improve ties

-- 2018-01-21 02:16:36

Germany’s Angela Merkel welcomed on Saturday a Bulgarian plan to host a European Union-Turkey working meeting to try to improve strained ties and clear the ground for an eventual possible summit...

May insists comprehensive trade deal with EU

May insists comprehensive trade deal with EU

-- 2018-01-20 12:45:32

Britain wants to have a comprehensive trade deal with the European Union as well as a defence pact in place once it leaves the bloc, Prime Minister Theresa May said in remarks published in a German ne...

Philippines bans deployment of workers to Kuwait

Philippines bans deployment of workers to Kuwait

-- 2018-01-20 12:17:03

The Philippines has suspended sending workers to Kuwait, while it investigates the deaths of several Filipinos there. The ban comes a day after President Rodrigo Duterte claimed abusive employers in...

US shutdown begins as Senate fails to pass spending bill

US shutdown begins as Senate fails to pass spending bill

FE Online Desk 2018-01-20 12:00:00

The US government has begun a federal shutdown after politicians failed to agree a new budget, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers on unpaid leave. In a dramatic night in Washington, Rep...

Musuveni may restart signing death warrants

Musuveni may restart signing death warrants

-- 2018-01-20 12:00:00

Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni may resume signing off on death sentences after a long hiatus to help stem a wave of crime, he said on Twitter in comments that were quickly denounced by rights activist...

Bus accident kills seven in eastern India

Bus accident kills seven in eastern India

-- 2018-01-20 12:00:00

At least seven people have been killed and 20 others injured in a road accident in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal Saturday. "The accident occurred when a passenger bus veered off the road an...

Doubts mount as Myanmar finalises Rohingya preparations

Doubts mount as Myanmar finalises Rohingya preparations

-- 2018-01-20 12:00:00

Myanmar was making final preparations to take back the first batch of Rohingya Muslims who fled conflict in troubled Rakhine state, state media said on Saturday. Rakhine state Chief Minister Nyi Pu &...

Putin dunks in subzero water to mark Christian ritual

Putin dunks in subzero water to mark Christian ritual

-- 2018-01-20 12:00:00

Russian President Vladimir Putin stripped off to his bathing trunks and immersed himself in the freezing waters of a lake late on Thursday, observing an Orthodox Christian ritual to mark the feast of...

Legendary French chef Paul Bocuse dies

Legendary French chef Paul Bocuse dies

-- 2018-01-20 12:00:00

The top French chef Paul Bocuse has died, French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb has announced on Twitter. Bocuse, who had suffered from Parkinson's disease for several years, was 91. He died in hi...

Tourists in Jamaica urged to ‘stay in hotel’ during curfew

Tourists in Jamaica urged to ‘stay in hotel’ during curfew

-- 2018-01-20 11:55:28

Tourists are being warned they should stay inside their resorts in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The Jamaican government has declared a state of emergency in the St James parish, after a number of "shooting...

Top US court to rule on Trump travel ban

Top US court to rule on Trump travel ban

Reuters 2018-01-20 10:51:07

The US Supreme Court on Friday set up a major showdown over presidential powers, agreeing to decide the legality of President Donald Trump's latest travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority...

Thai police block anti-junta march

Thai police block anti-junta march

-- 2018-01-20 10:30:52

Hundreds of police in Thailand blocked protestors planning to march from Bangkok to Khon Kaen in the northeast of the country Saturday in a rare display of public discontent in the junta-ruled country...

North Korea delegation to go South for Olympics preparation

North Korea delegation to go South for Olympics preparation

-- 2018-01-20 06:06:53

North Korea’s delegation will go to South Korea on Sunday to take preparations for a trip by an art troupe during next month’s Winter Olympics. South Korea’s Unification Ministry sa...

China accuses US warship of violating sovereignty

China accuses US warship of violating sovereignty

-- 2018-01-20 04:37:41

China’s foreign ministry has accused a US warship of entering its territorial waters without permission and said it would take “necessary measures” to ensure its sovereignty is prote...

US govt shutdown tarnishes Trump's dealmaker image

US govt shutdown tarnishes Trump's dealmaker image

-- 2018-01-20 04:12:32

On the first anniversary of his presidency on Saturday, with the stock market roaring and his poll ratings finally rising, he had planned to rest at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, feted by friends...

Ukraine labels Russia as 'aggressor' state

Ukraine labels Russia as 'aggressor' state

-- 2018-01-19 12:06:30

Ukraine's parliament has passed a law defining areas seized by pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country as temporarily occupied by Russia. The law on the reintegration of the region was bac...