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Suu Kyi urges unity, creates new aid committee

Suu Kyi urges unity, creates new aid committee

-- 2017-10-12 11:19:24

Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday called for national unity and said she has created a committee that will coordinate all international and local assistance in violence-struck Rakhine state. Suu Kyi acknowle...

Aung Hlaing claims Rohingya’s not natives, refugee numbers exaggerated

Aung Hlaing claims Rohingya’s not natives, refugee numbers exaggerated

-- 2017-10-12 06:43:43

Myanmar army chief claimed that Ronhingyas are not natives of the country in a meeting with US ambassador. He also accused the media of exaggerating the number of refugees fleeing, according to a rep...

Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah 'reach deal'

Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah 'reach deal'

Reuters 2017-10-12 02:43:40

Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have reached a deal over political reconciliation, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement on Thursday, without providing further details about the ac...

Catalan government suspends independence declaration

Catalan government suspends independence declaration

Reuters 2017-10-11 12:00:00

Catalonia’s leader balked at making a formal declaration of independence from Spain on Tuesday, calling for talks with Madrid over the region’s future in a gesture that eased fears of imme...

Malawi curfew over ‘vampire' killings

Malawi curfew over ‘vampire' killings

BBC 2017-10-11 12:00:00

At least five people have been killed in southern Malawi after they were accused of behaving like vampires. The UN says it has pulled staff out of two districts as the vampire scare sweeps across the...

Mexico prison riot leaves 13 dead

Mexico prison riot leaves 13 dead

Reuters 2017-10-11 12:00:00

At least 13 people were killed when a fight broke out in a prison in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon and security troops were sent in to quell the violence, a state security official said o...

Spain PM wants clarity from Catalan leader

Spain PM wants clarity from Catalan leader

-- 2017-10-11 12:00:00

Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says he has asked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to confirm whether or not he has declared independence, reports BBC. He said this was necessary before the Span...

India rules sex with minor bride is rape

India rules sex with minor bride is rape

BBC 2017-10-11 03:38:11

India's Supreme Court has struck down a legal clause that permits men to have sex with their underage wives. The clause, which was part of India's law on rape, said intercourse between a man and his...

Gunfights kill five in Kashmir

Gunfights kill five in Kashmir

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

At least four rebels and an army soldier were killed in three gunbattles in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Tuesday. Police said that three rebels were killed overnight as fighting broke ou...

Ivanka focuses efforts on tax overhaul fight

Ivanka focuses efforts on tax overhaul fight

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

Ivanka Trump is lobbying on Capitol Hill to make sure an expansion of the current $1,000 child tax credit stays in the tax plan and that it's big enough to matter, reports ABC News. Trump has been w...

Catalonia nears possible independence declaration

Catalonia nears possible independence declaration

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

Pro-independence Catalans gathered on the streets of Barcelona Tuesday ahead of a hotly anticipated speech by the region's leader on the status of the restive province. Carles Puigdemont, the Preside...

Ten die as wildfires hit California wine country

Ten die as wildfires hit California wine country

BBC 2017-10-10 10:41:56

Parts of California's wine region are being ravaged by fast-spreading fires that have killed at least 10 people. Mass evacuations have taken place and at least 1,500 properties have been destroyed. S...

Kenya's Raila Odinga pulls out of October’s poll re-run

Kenya's Raila Odinga pulls out of October’s poll re-run

-- 2017-10-10 09:18:04

Kenyan main opposition leader Raila Odinga will not participate in  October's presidential election re-run.   Odinga said his withdrawal would give the electoral commission enough time to i...

Don't undermine nuclear deal: Iranian nuclear chief warns US

Don't undermine nuclear deal: Iranian nuclear chief warns US

-- 2017-10-10 07:31:04

The head of Iran's nuclear agency warned the United States on Tuesday against undermining the 2015 nuclear deal, saying international nonproliferation efforts as well as Washington's international sta...

North Korea steals ‘US-South Korea war plan’

North Korea steals ‘US-South Korea war plan’

-- 2017-10-10 04:19:05

Hackers from North Korea are reported to have stolen a large cache of military documents from South Korea, including a plan to assassinate North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, reports BBC. Rhee Cheol-he...

Diarrhea outbreak in Ethiopia infects 127

Diarrhea outbreak in Ethiopia infects 127

Xinhua 2017-10-10 03:02:50

An Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) disease in Ethiopia's second largest city Dire Dawa, 446 kms east of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, has infected 127 people in September, an Ethiopian official said on...

Brazil shows no sympathy for archrival Argentina

Brazil shows no sympathy for archrival Argentina

AP 2017-10-10 02:08:36

With Argentina and Lionel Messi on the brink of missing the World Cup, they are not receiving any sympathy from archrival Brazil. Five-time champion Brazil qualified six months ago for the finals in...

US, EU considering sanctions on Myanmar army

US, EU considering sanctions on Myanmar army

Reuters 2017-10-09 12:00:17

Rohingya refugees look through a fence as they wait outside of aid distribution premises at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh October 8, 2017. Reuters The European Union and the United States...

Sudan to extend ceasefire till December

Sudan to extend ceasefire till December

Reuters 2017-10-09 12:00:00

Sudan will extend a unilateral ceasefire with rebels until the end of December, state news agency SUNA reported on Sunday, just days after the United States lifted 20-year-old sanctions tied to progre...

Turkey, US suspend visa services

Turkey, US suspend visa services

BBC 2017-10-09 11:26:34

Turkey and the US have become embroiled in a consular row, mutually suspending most visa services. The Turkish embassy in Washington said it needed to "reassess" the US government's commitment to the...

Rohingya crisis: China wants mediation talks

Rohingya crisis: China wants mediation talks

-- 2017-10-09 11:15:32

China says it is willing to set the stage for mediation between Myanmar and Bangladesh to resolve the Rohingya crisis. China has backed its longtime ally Myanmar in the military crackdown against the...

Trump losing popularity in rural America: Reuters

Trump losing popularity in rural America: Reuters

-- 2017-10-09 07:13:18

Outside the Morgan County fair in McConnelsville, in a rural swath of Ohio that fervently backed US President Donald Trump in last year’s election, ticket seller John Wilson quietly counts off a...

Catalonia will be expelled from EU: France

Catalonia will be expelled from EU: France

-- 2017-10-09 05:42:30

The French government has said it will not recognise Catalonia if it declares independence from Spain and such a move will mean expulsion from the EU, reports BBC. European Affairs Minister Nathalie...

Tunisia health minister dies after taking part in charity run

Tunisia health minister dies after taking part in charity run

-- 2017-10-09 05:33:34

Tunisia's health minister has died of a heart attack after taking part in a charity marathon to help fight cancer. Slim Chaker, 56, fell ill after running some 500 metres, and died in a military hosp...

We don't want a new Cold War' with Russia: NATO chief  

We don't want a new Cold War' with Russia: NATO chief  

-- 2017-10-09 03:47:04

NATO's chief said Monday the alliance does not want a "new Cold War" with Russia, despite members' concerns about Russian military build-up close to NATOs' border. "We are concerned by .... (Russia's...

China punishes 1.34m officials for graft

China punishes 1.34m officials for graft

Reuters 2017-10-08 12:37:52

China’s anti-graft watchdog said roughly 1.34 million lower-ranking officials have been punished since 2013 under President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive. Xi, who is preparing for a...

Gunman attacks Saudi security forces at gate of Jeddah royal palace

Gunman attacks Saudi security forces at gate of Jeddah royal palace

Reuters 2017-10-08 12:00:00

Two Saudi guards were shot dead and three others injured on Saturday morning when a man drove up to the gate of the royal palace in Jeddah and began shooting, the interior ministry said in a statement...

Trump says 'only one thing will work' with North Korea

Trump says 'only one thing will work' with North Korea

Reuters 2017-10-08 12:00:00

US President Donald Trump on Saturday said “only one thing will work” in dealing with North Korea after previous administrations had talked to Pyongyang without results. “Presidents...

Hurricane Nate makes landfall in US

Hurricane Nate makes landfall in US

-- 2017-10-08 12:00:00

Hurricane Nate has made landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River in Louisiana, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) says, reports BBC. The storm, with maximum sustained winds of 85mph (137k...

US military bases at risk if fresh sanctions are passed: Iran warns US

US military bases at risk if fresh sanctions are passed: Iran warns US

-- 2017-10-08 09:12:54

Iran warned the United States against designating its Revolutionary Guards Corp as a terrorist group and said US regional military bases would be at risk if further sanctions were passed. The warning...