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SKorea and NKorea to hold working-level talks Jan 15

SKorea and NKorea to hold working-level talks Jan 15

-- 2018-01-14 01:33:19

North Korea and South Korea have agreed to hold working-level talks at the Tongil Pavilion on the North Korean side of the truce village of Panmunjom on Jan 15. South Korea’s unification minist...

Pakistan’s Imran Khan talks US relations as elections loom

Pakistan’s Imran Khan talks US relations as elections loom

-- 2018-01-14 01:08:24

Famous cricketer turned politician Imran Khan said Saturday that meeting US President Donald Trump would be a “bitter pill” to swallow should he become Pakistan’s prime minister in e...

Southern India bus plunge takes eight lives

Southern India bus plunge takes eight lives

-- 2018-01-13 12:54:37

At least eight people, including two women have been killed and more than 10 others wounded after a passenger bus fell off a bridge into a pond in the southern Indian state of Karnataka Saturday, poli...

Rajasthan house fire claims five lives

Rajasthan house fire claims five lives

-- 2018-01-13 12:30:41

At least five members of a family have been killed on Saturday after a devastating fire broke out at a house in India's western state of Rajasthan, police said. A police official said, "A massive fir...

Army admission on killings a positive step: Suu Kyi

Army admission on killings a positive step: Suu Kyi

-- 2018-01-13 12:00:00

Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi said army admission on Rohingya kiilings was a “positive” step . Suu Kyi also said the country’s military was taking responsibility...

Trump gives ultimatum to ‘fix’ Iran nuclear deal

Trump gives ultimatum to ‘fix’ Iran nuclear deal

BBC 2018-01-13 12:00:00

US President Donald Trump says he is extending sanctions relief for Iran one last time so Europe and the US can fix the nuclear deal's "terrible flaws". The waiver he will sign suspends US sanctions...

Trump in 'excellent health,’ Doctor says

Trump in 'excellent health,’ Doctor says

-- 2018-01-13 12:00:00

President Trump is in excellent health, his doctor said on Friday after his first comprehensive physical exam since he was elected. Trump spent about three hours with military doctors at the Walter R...

Boat capsizes with 40 school children aboard in India

Boat capsizes with 40 school children aboard in India

-- 2018-01-13 12:00:00

A boat with 40 school children on board capsized near Dahanu in Maharashtra on Saturday morning. Local media reports say, 32 children have been rescued, while operations are underway to locate the mi...

China to create ‘Simulated Earth’

China to create ‘Simulated Earth’

-- 2018-01-13 12:00:00

China will build an earth system simulating device to strengthen fundamental research. The project, to be built in Beijing's northern suburbs of Huairou and Miyun, is a major national scientific infr...

Two bodies recovered from Iranian oil tanker in China

Two bodies recovered from Iranian oil tanker in China

-- 2018-01-13 11:19:08

Chinese state media say rescuers have recovered the bodies of two crew members of an Iranian oil tanker that's been burning after it collided with a freighter last week in the East China Sea. State b...

Africa calls Trump racist after 'shithole' remark

Africa calls Trump racist after 'shithole' remark

Reuters 2018-01-13 11:18:27

African politicians and diplomats labelled US President Donald Trump a racist on Friday after he was reported to have described some immigrants from Africa and Haiti as coming from "shithole" countrie...

Ethiopian court jails members of outlawed group

Ethiopian court jails members of outlawed group

-- 2018-01-13 10:56:01

A court in Ethiopia has sentenced more than 30 people to long prison terms for belonging to an outlawed group. They were allegedly members of Ginbot 7, a group the authorities say is committed to ove...

Vandals attack Chile churches before Pope’s visit

Vandals attack Chile churches before Pope’s visit

-- 2018-01-13 10:32:46

Vandals in Chile’s Santiago attacked four churches before dawn on Friday, throwing homemade bombs that caused minor damage and leaving notes threatening Pope Francis just three days ahead of the...

California mudslides cause heavy economic damage

California mudslides cause heavy economic damage

-- 2018-01-13 09:58:13

The California mudslide that killed at least 18 people is causing distress miles from where the torrent of muck and boulders stopped. As searchers continued to look for bodies in the thick mud and ev...

Iran vows 'severe' retaliation over US sanctions

Iran vows 'severe' retaliation over US sanctions

-- 2018-01-13 08:47:59

Iran slammed US President Donald Trump's decision to target the head of its judiciary with sanctions, saying the move warrants a "severe" response. The country said the US has "crossed a red line" by...

Koreas to hold working-level talks on January 15

Koreas to hold working-level talks on January 15

-- 2018-01-13 07:05:43

North Korea and South Korea have agreed to have working-level talks on January 15 at the Tongil Pavilion on the North Korean side of the truce village of Panmunjom. South Korea's Yonhap news agency c...

New South African leader vows to wipe out corruption

New South African leader vows to wipe out corruption

-- 2018-01-13 07:03:55

The new leader of South Africa's ruling party vowed Saturday to crack down on the corruption that has weakened the African National Congress in a new push to end inequities that haunt the nation more...

Qatar claims second UAE jet made unauthorised entry

Qatar claims second UAE jet made unauthorised entry

-- 2018-01-13 06:12:05

Qatar said on Saturday a second United Arab Emirates military jet had violated its airspace, prompting a new complaint to the United Nations. The plane was travelling from the UAE to Bahrain on Janua...

Four die after chopper crashes in India

Four die after chopper crashes in India

-- 2018-01-13 04:19:26

At least four people were killed as Indian helicopter, with five employees of a state-owned oil company and two pilots on board, crashed off the coast of Dahanu near Mumbai on Saturday. The helicopte...

Syrian forces retake all towns lost to Turkey-backed rebels in Idlib

Syrian forces retake all towns lost to Turkey-backed rebels in Idlib

-- 2018-01-13 02:05:15

The Syrian army has retaken all the towns lost a day earlier to the Turkey-backed rebels and other militant groups in the north-western province of Idlib, a monitor group said on Friday. Through the...

US ambassador resigns over Trump

US ambassador resigns over Trump

-- 2018-01-13 01:02:24

US Ambassador to Panama John Feeley has resigned from his position, saying that he no longer felt able to serve President Donald Trump. Feeley's departure had been communicated to State Department of...

India sends its 100th satellite into space to watch borders

India sends its 100th satellite into space to watch borders

Reuters 2018-01-12 12:50:48

India launched its 100th satellite on Friday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to project the country as a global low-cost provider of services in space. A total of 31 small satellites were launc...

Korea talks ease war fears in Washington

Korea talks ease war fears in Washington

-- 2018-01-12 12:29:02

Talks between North and South Korea ahead of next month’s Winter Olympics have eased fears of war over Pyongyang’s development of nuclear missiles capable of hitting the United States for...

Assange gets Ecuador citizenship

Assange gets Ecuador citizenship

Reuters 2018-01-12 12:01:08

Ecuador has given citizenship to Julian Assange as part of its efforts to allow the WikiLeaks founder to leave the country’s London embassy where he has been holed up for more than five years....

Trump scraps UK visit

Trump scraps UK visit

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

US President Donald Trump cancelled a visit to London scheduled for early this year, saying he was disappointed with the “Obama administration having sold” the US embassy in the British ca...

Trump denies using ‘racist’ remark following global outrage

Trump denies using ‘racist’ remark following global outrage

-- 2018-01-12 10:35:08

US President Donald Trump has sparked outrage after he was reported to have used crude language to describe foreign countries in an Oval Office meeting. Trump said he did not say "anything derogatory...

Tunisia arrests another 150 including opposition leaders over unrest

Tunisia arrests another 150 including opposition leaders over unrest

-- 2018-01-12 09:17:44

Tunisian authorities arrested on Friday another 150 people including local opposition leaders over unrest against price and tax rises. Protests, some violent, flared across Tunisia on Monday, when on...

Nepal ends India’s monopoly over its internet services

Nepal ends India’s monopoly over its internet services

-- 2018-01-12 08:49:12

Nepal has joined hands with China to offer internet services to its citizens, officials said on Friday, ending India’s decades-long monopoly of the Himalayan nation’s cyber connectivity ne...

Malay police bust Bangladeshi human trafficking syndicate

Malay police bust Bangladeshi human trafficking syndicate

FE Online Report 2018-01-12 07:55:54

Malaysian police have arrested another Bangladeshi human trafficker on Friday morning. The trafficker, identified as “Abang Bangla” (43), was arrested on the day’s early hours along...

Woman driver recruitment begins in Saudi

Woman driver recruitment begins in Saudi

FE Online Desk 2018-01-12 07:40:49

Ride hailing applications in Saudi Arabia are recruiting female drivers, after the Kingdom announced plans to lift the ban on women driving by June 2018. The San Francisco-based transportation networ...