Search results for: World

HMRC needs '5,000 more customs officials

-- 2017-09-15 12:45:02

The head of the UK tax agency, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), has said Britain could need up to 5,000 extra staff to handle customs and border checks after Brexit.   The HMRC boss Jo...

N Korea fires another missile over Japan

BBC 2017-09-15 12:00:00

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile across Japan, its second such provocative move in weeks.   South Korea's military says the missile reached an estimated altitude of about 770km (478 mi...

Suu Kyi urges aid for Rakhine state

-- 2017-09-15 12:00:00

United States Senator from Kentucky Mitch McConnell says Myanmar's civilian leader is urging immediate and improved access for humanitarian assistance to the region amid a violent campaign against the...

UN seeks huge help for Rohingyas

Reuters 2017-09-15 12:00:00

The United Nations appealed on Thursday for massive help for nearly 400,000 Muslims from Myanmar who have fled to Bangladesh, with concern growing that the number could keep rising, unless Myanmar end...

Blast reported on London train

Reuters 2017-09-15 12:00:00

Heavily armed police rushed to an incident at a London underground station on Friday with local media reporting there had been an explosion on a train.   A Reuters witness could see six ambulan...

Pak court rejects petition against removal of ex-PM Sharif

-- 2017-09-15 12:00:00

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday rejected petitions seeking a review of its July 28 ruling that disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office.   After an investigation into the S...

London manhunt underway following Underground explosion

-- 2017-09-15 12:00:00

A manhunt is underway in London after an explosion of a bucket bomb on a subway train during rush hour Friday morning sent up a fireball and led to at least 22 people getting taken to hospitals. Autho...

GOP leaders on board with deal over DACA: Trump

-- 2017-09-15 02:07:14

US President Donald Trump said he was "fairly close" to a deal with congressional leaders to preserve protections for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants living illegally in America.   Th...

Myanmar denies blocking aid to Rakhine, blames security

-- 2017-09-15 01:49:52

Myanmar insisted on Friday it was not barring aid workers from Rakhine State, where a counter-insurgency campaign has sparked an exodus of Muslim Rohingya refugees, but said authorities on the ground...

Taxi war: Three more cars torched in S Africa

Reuters 2017-09-15 01:18:06

A violent feud between South African metre taxi drivers and ride-hailing services Uber and Taxify escalated with another three vehicles torched using petrol bombs, police said on Thursday.   Dr...

Russia launches big war games in Belarus

-- 2017-09-15 01:14:47

MINSK, Sept 14 (BBC): Russia and Belarus have launched a large-scale joint military exercise, called Zapad-2017, which has made nearby Nato countries nervous.It is one of Russia's biggest military exe...

Students, teachers among 24 die in Malaysia school blaze

FE Online Desk 2017-09-14 12:00:00

At least 24 students and teachers have died in a fire at a religious school in Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur.   The fire at the Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah broke out in the early hours of...

‘The most hated man in America’ jailed over Hilary hair post

BBC 2017-09-14 12:00:00

A judge has ordered the jailing of ex-pharmaceutical chief executive Martin "Pharma Bro" Shkreli while he awaits sentencing for securities fraud.   Judge Kiyo Matsumoto said a Facebook post in...

Typhoon Talim batters Japanese islands

-- 2017-09-14 12:00:00

Islands in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa have been hit with strong gusts of wind and torrential rain as a result of Typhoon Talim, Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) said Thursday. &nbs...

Children smoking shisha sparks outrage on Twitter

-- 2017-09-14 07:43:12

Children as young as 11 years smoking shisha at cafes across Egypt has triggered an outrage on Twitter, according to Khaleej Times. In the pictures shared on Al Arabiya, these minors sitting in group...

Trudeau talks to Suu Kyi over phone on violence against Rohingya

-- 2017-09-14 05:03:24

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed "deep concerns" over treatment of Muslims and other ethnic minorities Myanmar's Rakhine state.   Trudeau expressed his concerns while talking to...

Malaysia school fire kills at least 24

-- 2017-09-14 04:47:38

At least 24 students and teachers died in a fire at a religious school in Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur.   The fire at the Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah broke out in the early hours of Thur...

British PM to deliver Brexit speech in Italy

Reuters 2017-09-14 04:04:51

UK Prime Minister Theresa May will make a speech on Britain’s future relationship with the European Union on Sept. 22 in the Italian city of Florence, her spokesman said.   The speech wil...

Nigerian state governor imposes curfew

-- 2017-09-14 03:44:11

A dusk-to-dawn curfew has been imposed in the main commercial hub in Nigeria's south-eastern Abia state following clashes between the military and activists of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). &n...

22 die as boat capsizes in Yamuna river

-- 2017-09-14 01:05:48

At least 22 people drowned after their boat capsized in Yamuna river in Baghpat district of India on Thursday, police said.   The boat carrying 60 people capsized and 22 persons drowned, Distri...

Rohingyas trapped in no-man’s land

Reuters 2017-09-13 12:00:00

Rohingya refugees stand outside their temporary shelters at no man's land between Bangladesh-Myanmar border, as Myanmar security forces walk past a fence in Maungdaw, Myanmar Sept 9, 2017. Reuters &n...

Suu Kyi to skip UN General Assembly

Reuters 2017-09-13 12:00:00

Myanmar's national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over ethnic violence that has forced about 370,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, will not attend the upcoming UN General Assembly b...

Singapore gets first female president

-- 2017-09-13 12:00:00

An establishment figure has been named Singapore's first female president after a "walkover" election that saw no vote after no other contenders ran for the position.   Halimah Yacob, a former...

Three killed outside Afghan cricket stadium

-- 2017-09-13 07:51:01

A suicide bomber struck outside a cricket stadium during a match in Afghanistan's capital Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding seven others, officials said, reports AP.   Kabul...

Myanmar security forces not protecting civilians: White House

-- 2017-09-13 04:39:16

The White House says the massive displacement and victimisation of people, including large numbers of the ethnic Rohingya community and other minorities, shows that Burmese security forces are not pro...

Int'l inquiry not needed on Yemen human rights violation: KSA

-- 2017-09-13 04:28:19

Saudi Arabia does not want independent international inquiry into human rights violations in Yemen, as demanded by the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights.   The time is not right for an indep...

Supreme Court allows broad Trump refugee ban

Reuters 2017-09-13 03:21:27

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump to broadly implement a ban on refugees entering the country from around the world.   The justices granted a request from the Trump...

Al Qaeda warns Myanmar of 'punishment' over Rohingya

Reuters 2017-09-13 01:58:02

Al Qaeda militants have called for support for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, who are facing a security crackdown that has sent about 400,000 of them fleeing to Bangladesh, warning that Myanmar wou...

‘Proof’ of Rohingya-set fires in Myanmar fails inspection

AP 2017-09-12 12:48:02

Pointing to the ashes of a destroyed village that was once home to dozens of Rohingya Muslim families, the abbot of a nearby Buddhist monastery insisted he knew who had set it ablaze. It was the Rohin...

IS ambush on Egyptian police convoy kills 18

-- 2017-09-12 12:42:45

At least 18 policemen have been killed in an attack on a convoy in Egypt's Sinai peninsula claimed by so-called Islamic State, security sources say.   Militants detonated a roadside bomb near t...