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Russia admits radiation spike in Ural Mountains

Russia admits radiation spike in Ural Mountains

-- 2017-11-22 01:45:37

Russian authorities have confirmed reports of a spike in radioactivity in the air over the Ural Mountains while the suspected culprit, a nuclear fuel processing plant, denied it was the source of cont...

Pope urges traffic police to show drivers ‘mercy’

Pope urges traffic police to show drivers ‘mercy’

-- 2017-11-21 12:21:11

Drivers who are caught speeding could now cite the Pope when asking for sympathy from the police. At a meeting with traffic police in Italy, Pope Francis urged them to show "mercy" towards those who...

US to end deportation protections for Haitians

US to end deportation protections for Haitians

-- 2017-11-21 12:08:34

The US is to terminate a programme that gives more than 50,000 immigrants from Haiti protection against deportation. Immigrants from the Caribbean nation received protected status in 2010 after a dev...

Mugabe faces impeachment

Mugabe faces impeachment

-- 2017-11-21 12:00:00

The party of Zimbabwe's embattled President Robert Mugabe is to begin moves to impeach him. A Zanu-PF official said a motion to strip him of the presidency would be presented to parliament on Tuesday...

China sentences rights lawyer to 2 years

China sentences rights lawyer to 2 years

-- 2017-11-21 12:00:00

A prominent human rights lawyer in China was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison on the vague charge of inciting subversion of state power, the latest verdict was handed down in a sweeping crac...

At least 20 die in Nigeria mosque bombing

At least 20 die in Nigeria mosque bombing

-- 2017-11-21 12:00:00

At least 20 people are feared dead after a young suicide bomber detonated his explosives while mingling among the worshippers at a mosque in the northeast Nigerian town of Mubi on early Tuesday, accor...

Myanmar hopes for Rohingya repatriation deal soon

Myanmar hopes for Rohingya repatriation deal soon

-- 2017-11-21 11:56:26

Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Tuesday she hopes talks with Bangladesh this week will result in a memorandum of understanding on the “safe return” of Rohingya Mus...

Indonesia tremor kills one, damages 300 buildings

Indonesia tremor kills one, damages 300 buildings

-- 2017-11-21 11:38:54

One person was killed and nearly 300 buildings were damaged when a magnitude 5.7 earthquake jolted eastern Indonesia on weekend, said Indonesian disaster management agency on Tuesday. Spokesperson of...

Trump declares N Korea state sponsor of terrorism

Trump declares N Korea state sponsor of terrorism

-- 2017-11-21 11:22:43

President Donald Trump put North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism on Monday, a designation that allows the United States to impose more sanctions and risks inflaming tensions over P...

Mugabe finally resigns

Mugabe finally resigns

-- 2017-11-21 10:55:27

Robert Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday, a week after the army and his former political allies moved against him. Mugabe’s resignation means end of four decades of rule...

WH seeks full enforcement of Trump travel ban

WH seeks full enforcement of Trump travel ban

-- 2017-11-21 02:50:03

The White House asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to allow President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban to take full effect after an appeals court in California ruled last week that only parts...

Rohingyas in Myanmar live under apartheid:Amnesty

Rohingyas in Myanmar live under apartheid:Amnesty

-- 2017-11-21 02:43:59

Amnesty International has said Rohingyas live under a system of ‘apartheid’ in Myanmar, which constitutes a crime against humanity. The Myanmar state has institutionally discriminated a...

China proposes solution to Rohingya crisis

China proposes solution to Rohingya crisis

Reuters 2017-11-20 12:22:32

China has proposed a three-phase plan for resolving the Rohingya crisis, starting with a ceasefire in Myanmar’s Rakhine State so that refugees can return from Bangladesh, China’s Foreign M...

15, mostly women, die in Morocco aid stampede

15, mostly women, die in Morocco aid stampede

-- 2017-11-20 12:00:00

Fifteen people were killed and five more injured when a stampede broke out in a southwestern Moroccan town on Sunday as food aid was being distributed in a market, the Interior Ministry said. A hospi...

Okinawa collision: US marine faces drunk driving charge

Okinawa collision: US marine faces drunk driving charge

-- 2017-11-20 12:00:00

A Japanese man was killed in a truck collision involving a 21-year-old US marine who was well over the legal alcohol limit for driving, police said of a case that was likely to stoke resentment over t...

Merkel in crisis as German coalition talks fail

Merkel in crisis as German coalition talks fail

-- 2017-11-20 12:00:00

Talks on forming a coalition government in Germany have collapsed, leaving Angela Merkel facing her biggest challenge in 12 years as chancellor. The free-market liberal FDP pulled out after four week...

Chile presidential poll heads to run-off

Chile presidential poll heads to run-off

-- 2017-11-20 11:29:33

Conservative Sebastián Piñera has won the first round of Chile's presidential poll, but failed to avoid a run-off. With more than 90% the votes counted, the 67-year-old billionaire has...

Suu Kyi silent on Ronhingyas as ASEM begins

Suu Kyi silent on Ronhingyas as ASEM begins

-- 2017-11-20 08:36:41

Myanmar’s State Counsellor and Union Minister of Foreign Affairs Aung San Suu Kyi remained silent about the protracted Rohingya crisis as two-day ASEM Foreign Ministers’ meeting kicked off...

Mugabe to face impeachment soon

Mugabe to face impeachment soon

-- 2017-11-20 07:20:39

Zimbabwe’s ruling party now discussing the process to impeach President Robert Mugabe on Monday after expiring the deadline to end his nearly four decades in power by resigning. ZANU-PF party...

Pakistan road crash claims 20 lives

Pakistan road crash claims 20 lives

-- 2017-11-20 03:24:44

Twenty people were killed and two others sustained injuries when  a coal-laden truck overturned on a passenger van near Shah Hussain area of Khairpur, in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh on...

Alabama Senate race a battle for nation's soul

Alabama Senate race a battle for nation's soul

-- 2017-11-19 12:40:41

Tthe candidacy of Republican Roy Moore for U.S. Senate is a struggle for the "soul of the nation." says a leading figure among religious liberals The remarks Saturday by the Rev. William J. Barber co...

Buddhist-Muslim clash in Sri Lanka injures four

Buddhist-Muslim clash in Sri Lanka injures four

-- 2017-11-19 12:12:05

Sri Lankan police arrested 19 people after a clash between "extremists" from the majority Buddhist and minority Muslim communities in which four people were injured, a spokesman said on Saturday. Ten...

Spain's attorney general dies in Argentina

Spain's attorney general dies in Argentina

-- 2017-11-19 12:00:00

Spain's attorney general José Manuel Maza died suddenly in Argentina on Saturday, where he was attending a conference. He was 66. Earlier in the day he had been reportedly taken to an intensiv...

19 die in Beijing house fire

19 die in Beijing house fire

-- 2017-11-19 12:00:00

At least nineteen people were killed and eight others injured in a house fire in Beijing's southern Daxing District Saturday night, local authorities said. The fire has been extinguished at around 9:...

China military moves against leaks, fake news

China military moves against leaks, fake news

Reuters 2017-11-19 12:00:00

China’s military on Sunday launched a website inviting the public to report leaks and fake news, as well as illegal online activities by military personnel, the latest step in a push to ensure C...

Afghan forces rescue 30 after Taliban prison raid

Afghan forces rescue 30 after Taliban prison raid

-- 2017-11-19 12:00:00

Afghan and foreign special forces raided a Taliban prison in southern Helmand province on Sunday and rescued at least 30 people, according to army and provincial officials. Those rescued in the raid...

Argentine missing sub emits signal

Argentine missing sub emits signal

-- 2017-11-19 12:00:00

Signals have been detected that are thought to have come from an Argentine submarine that went missing with 44 crew on board, officials say. The defence ministry is now trying to trace the location o...

Mugabe gets 24 hours to quit

Mugabe gets 24 hours to quit

-- 2017-11-19 12:00:00

Zimbabwe’s ruling party gave Robert Mugabe less than 24 hours to quit as the head of state, otherwise the 93-year-old will face impeachment. The ZANU-PF party made the decision as an attempt to...

US destroyer collides with tugboat in Japan

US destroyer collides with tugboat in Japan

-- 2017-11-19 11:19:30

In the latest of a string of marine mishaps, a US warship collided with a Japanese tugboat in Japan’s Sagami Bay on Saturday. The Japanese tug boat lost propulsion and drifted into the USS Benf...

US nuclear boss to resist illegal strike order

US nuclear boss to resist illegal strike order

BBC 2017-11-19 11:16:24

The top nuclear commander in the US says he would resist any "illegal" presidential order to launch a strike. Air Force Gen John Hyten, said as head of the US Strategic Command he provided advice to...