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Putin takes part in Russian military drills

Putin takes part in Russian military drills

-- 2017-10-27 07:23:46

Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken part in major military drills of nuclear forces of the country. Putin personally directed the test-firing of four intercontinental ballistic missiles as par...

Burundi first country to leave International Criminal Court

Burundi first country to leave International Criminal Court

-- 2017-10-27 07:10:46

Burundi has become the first country to pull out from the International Criminal Court on Friday. However, according to officials, the court's prosecutor will move ahead with an examination of the Ea...

Trump lifts veil on JFK-assassination records

Trump lifts veil on JFK-assassination records

Reuters 2017-10-27 03:10:34

US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the unveiling of 2,800 documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy but yielded to pressure from the FBI and CIA to block the...

Rohingyas turn to 'WhatsApp radio'

Rohingyas turn to 'WhatsApp radio'

Reuters 2017-10-26 12:14:01

Sat in his hillside grocery shop in a Bangladesh refugee camp, Rohingya Muslim Momtaz-ul-Hoque takes a break to listen to an audio recording on his mobile phone, while children and passers-by gather r...

Finland train crash leaves four dead

Finland train crash leaves four dead

Reuters 2017-10-26 12:00:00

Four people were killed and several injured when a train crashed into an army truck during a military exercise in southern Finland on Thursday, police and defense forces said.  Three of the dead...

Pak court issues warrant for Nawaz Sharif

Pak court issues warrant for Nawaz Sharif

Agencies 2017-10-26 12:00:00

A Pakistani judge has issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after he failed to appear in court to face corruption charges. Judge Mohammad Bashir on Thursday also rejected a...

Attack on Swiss couple near Taj Mahal

Attack on Swiss couple near Taj Mahal

BBC 2017-10-26 12:00:00

A Swiss couple have been attacked at Fatehpur Sikri, a popular monument near the Taj Mahal, Indian police say. A senior police officer told BBC Hindi that four men attacked Quentin Jeremy Clerc and M...

Indonesia factory death toll rises to 47

Indonesia factory death toll rises to 47

-- 2017-10-26 12:00:00

The number of deaths has risen to 47 from Thursday's blast at a fireworks factory on the outskirts of Indonesia's capital of Jakarta, with 46 injured, police spokesman Argo Yuwono told Metro Televisio...

Rohingya repatriation: India stresses constructive approach

Rohingya repatriation: India stresses constructive approach

-- 2017-10-26 12:00:00

Indian Foreign Secretary Dr. S Jaishankar has said a ‘constructive approach’ is required to send back Rohingyas who crossed into Bangladesh to flee persecution in their home state of...

Japanese minister gives back salary over scandal

Japanese minister gives back salary over scandal

-- 2017-10-26 12:00:00

A Minister in Japan has said that he is returning two months of his salary after a government-backed lender reported USD 2.3 billion in shady loans. Hiroshige Seko, who heads the Ministry of Economy,...

Buddhists block aid workers from  entering Rakhine Muslim camp

Buddhists block aid workers from entering Rakhine Muslim camp

-- 2017-10-26 12:00:00

Buddhists in Myanmar have blocked aid workers from visiting a camp for displaced Muslims in the central part of Rakhine State, where the United Nations fears the spread of violence that has already di...

Ukraine blast wounds MP, kills guard

Ukraine blast wounds MP, kills guard

Reuters 2017-10-26 11:34:30

An explosion in Kiev on Wednesday killed a bodyguard and wounded three people including Ukrainian lawmaker Ihor Mosiychuk, Ukrainian officials said, describing the incident as a deliberate attack. Mo...

Kenya holds poll despite boycott call

Kenya holds poll despite boycott call

Reuters 2017-10-26 11:10:58

Kenyans vote on Thursday in a presidential election re-run overshadowed by an opposition boycott that will almost certainly hand victory to President Uhuru Kenyatta, but with a mandate compromised by...

India defends ties with N Korea, Iran

India defends ties with N Korea, Iran

Reuters 2017-10-26 10:48:11

India’s foreign minister defended the country’s ties with North Korea and Iran during talks on Wednesday with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson aimed at building robust relations between th...

Trump applauds Xi's 'extraordinary' rise

Trump applauds Xi's 'extraordinary' rise

Agencies 2017-10-26 10:36:46

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping to congratulate him on a new leadership line-up unveiled at the Communist Party Congress in Beijing. The two also...

Kenya court to decide election re-run

Kenya court to decide election re-run

BBC 2017-10-25 12:00:00

Kenya's Supreme Court is to hold a last-minute hearing to decide whether the re-run of the presidential election can go ahead. The court will hear an urgent petition by human rights activists arguing...

China unveils leadership, no obvious Xi heir

China unveils leadership, no obvious Xi heir

Reuters 2017-10-25 12:00:00

China’s Communist Party revealed its new leadership helmed by President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, breaking with recent precedent by failing to include a clear successor to the president among the...

N Korea  urges UN to discuss US naval exercise as threat

N Korea urges UN to discuss US naval exercise as threat

-- 2017-10-25 11:19:43

North Korea's ambassador is calling on the UN Security Council to urgently discuss the recent joint US naval exercise near the Korean peninsula, calling it part of preparations for a pre-emptive strik...

US reviewing to confirm Rohingya 'ethnic cleansing'

US reviewing to confirm Rohingya 'ethnic cleansing'

Reuters 2017-10-25 09:47:21

The State Department is considering formally declaring the crackdown on Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims to be ethnic cleansing, US officials said on Tuesday, as lawmakers called for sanctions against...

S Korea, US, Japan start joint military exercise

S Korea, US, Japan start joint military exercise

-- 2017-10-25 07:52:43

South Korea, the United States and Japan started a two-day missile tracking drill jointly in preparation for any missile or nuclear threats from North Korea. The exercises are going on in waters off...

Russia comes under new cyber-attack

Russia comes under new cyber-attack

-- 2017-10-25 03:32:22

A new strain of malicious software has paralysed computers at some prominent Russian media outlets, a Ukrainian airport, and the Ukrainian capital's subway. The Odessa international airport in Ukrain...

Republican senators slam Trump, feud boils

Republican senators slam Trump, feud boils

Reuters 2017-10-25 02:11:04

Tensions among Republicans about President Donald Trump boiled over on Tuesday as two senators accused Trump of debasing U.S. politics and the country’s standing abroad, a rebellion that could p...

Thailand prepares for five-day royal funeral

Thailand prepares for five-day royal funeral

BBC 2017-10-25 01:28:51

Big crowds are gathering for a five-day funeral ceremony for Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last October aged 88. The monarch will be cremated in Bangkok on Thursday, in a royal...

Intruder stabs Russian radio presenter in neck

Intruder stabs Russian radio presenter in neck

Reuters 2017-10-24 12:47:37

An intruder forced his way into the offices of Russian radio station Ekho Moskvy and stabbed one of the station’s anchors in the neck, the broadcaster said on its Internet site on Monday. The i...

US plans Myanmar sanctions

US plans Myanmar sanctions

Reuters 2017-10-24 12:00:00

The United States is taking steps and considering a range of further actions over Myanmar’s treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority, including targeted sanctions under its Global Magnitsky law...

CPC ends with Xi on par with Mao

CPC ends with Xi on par with Mao

BBC 2017-10-24 12:00:00

China's Communist Party has voted to enshrine Xi Jinping's ideology in its constitution, elevating him to the same level as founder Mao Zedong. The unanimous vote to incorporate "Xi Jinping Thought"...

UN extends ban on sale to N Korea

UN extends ban on sale to N Korea

-- 2017-10-24 12:00:00

A UN committee has added 32 items that have both civilian and military uses to a list of prohibited goods and technologies banned from sale or transfer to North Korea. The committee that monitors san...

California shooting spree suspect held

California shooting spree suspect held

Xinhua 2017-10-24 12:00:00

Two people were killed and several others sustained injuries in a shooting rampage on Monday in Lake County, about 140 km north of San Francisco, western California, the United States, local media rep...

Melbourne man charged with funding IS

Melbourne man charged with funding IS

-- 2017-10-24 11:45:06

An Australian man has been charged with sending money to a US citizen fighting for so-called Islamic State in Syria. Isa Kocoglu, 43, was arrested at his Melbourne home on Tuesday after a 16-month in...

Ivory seizures up, African elephants at risk: report

Ivory seizures up, African elephants at risk: report

BBC 2017-10-24 11:23:46

African elephant poaching declined for a fifth year in a row in 2016, but ivory seizers around the world hit record levels, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) report s...