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19 die, 24 injured in Iran road crash

19 die, 24 injured in Iran road crash

-- 2020-01-09 15:22:07

At least 19 people were killed and 24 others injured as a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in north of Iran on Thursday, official IRNA news agency reported. The accident happened on Firouz Kooh mo...

Three policemen die in clash with protesters in Vietnam

Three policemen die in clash with protesters in Vietnam

Reuters 2020-01-09 14:44:46

Three policemen were among at least four people killed in Vietnam on Thursday when protesters attacked soldiers building a wall near a military airport, the Ministry of Public Security said. The prot...

Australia issues new alerts as monster bushfires regenerate

Australia issues new alerts as monster bushfires regenerate

Reuters 2020-01-09 11:36:30

Australian authorities issued new warnings and evacuation notices across the country’s heavily populated southeast on Thursday as a return of hot weather fanned huge bushfires threatening severa...

Tibet receives 40m tourists in 2019

Tibet receives 40m tourists in 2019

Xinhua 2020-01-08 19:53:44

More than 40 million tourists from home and abroad visited southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region in 2019, up 19 per cent year on year, according to local authorities. In 2019, tourism revenue rose...

Japan has world’s most powerful passport

Japan has world’s most powerful passport

-- 2020-01-08 16:47:53

Japan has the most powerful passport in the world, according to a new index, reports The Inpedendent.  The country has scored the number one position in the ranking for the third year in a row....

Iranian state TV says 80 'American terrorists' killed in missile strikes

Iranian state TV says 80 'American terrorists' killed in missile strikes

Reuters 2020-01-08 12:10:32

Iranian state television said on Wednesday that at least 80 “American terrorists” were killed in attacks involving 15 missiles Tehran launched on US targets in Iraq, adding that none of th...

Iran launches missile attack on US forces in Iraq

Iran launches missile attack on US forces in Iraq

Reuters 2020-01-08 10:35:45

Iran launched a missile attack on US-led forces in Iraq in the early hours of Wednesday in retaliation for the US drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing has raised fears of a wider war in...

Delhi bus rape: Indian court issues death warrants

Delhi bus rape: Indian court issues death warrants

-- 2020-01-07 18:27:36

An Indian court has set an execution date for four men convicted of the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a student in Delhi. Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh were sentenced to de...

Australia fires: Almost 2,000 homes destroyed

Australia fires: Almost 2,000 homes destroyed

-- 2020-01-07 17:38:38

Almost 2,000 houses have been destroyed in Australia's months-long bushfire crisis, officials say, as crews prepare frantically for worsening conditions. After ferocious conditions last week, firefig...

Firefighters contain New Zealand's large forest fire

Firefighters contain New Zealand's large forest fire

Xinhua 2020-01-07 16:26:47

New Zealand firefighters have finally managed to contain a large forest fire that broke out on Monday and has burned through more than 300 hectares of the North Island forest in the north of Napier....

35 killed in stampede at Soleimani's funeral in Iran

35 killed in stampede at Soleimani's funeral in Iran

-- 2020-01-07 16:25:16

At least 35 people were killed in a stampede that erupted in the Iranian city of Kerman at the funeral procession for Iran's top commander Qassem Soleimani killed in a recent US air strike. Another 4...

UAE offers five-year visa for tourists

UAE offers five-year visa for tourists

-- 2020-01-06 21:12:35

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has unveiled multiple-entry five-year visa system for tourists for the first time. The country took the decision in the first meeting of its cabinet of the year on Mond...

Weeping, Iran supreme leader prays over general slain by US

Weeping, Iran supreme leader prays over general slain by US

AP 2020-01-06 16:51:52

Weeping amid wails from a crowd of hundreds of thousands of mourners, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday prayed over the remains of a top Iranian general killed in a US airst...

Delhi police probe attack on students at elite university

Delhi police probe attack on students at elite university

-- 2020-01-06 14:11:53

Delhi police are investigating how masked men burst into a premier university and attacked a student protest with sticks and rods, an officer said on Monday, the latest incident to ignite criticism of...

Japan in principle could press Lebanon to extradite ex-Nissan boss Ghosn: Japan minister

Japan in principle could press Lebanon to extradite ex-Nissan boss Ghosn: Japan minister

REUTERS 2020-01-06 12:56:01

Japan on Monday said it could still press Lebanon to extradite Carlos Ghosn, after the former Nissan Motor boss skipped bail to become a fugitive in a country that normally does not extradite its nati...

Australian bushfires hit businesses, damage still being assessed

Australian bushfires hit businesses, damage still being assessed

-- 2020-01-06 11:37:45

As Australia’s deadly bushfires rage, many companies are reporting hits to business with resorts shutting their doors, cheesemakers struggling to secure milk supplies and insurance claims on the...

Iran says no limits on enrichment, stepping further from 2015 deal

Iran says no limits on enrichment, stepping further from 2015 deal

REUTERS 2020-01-06 10:29:56

Iran announced on Sunday it would abandon limitations on enriching uranium, taking a further step back from commitments to a 2015 nuclear deal with six major powers, but it would continue to cooperate...

Iraqi MPs back call to expel US troops

Iraqi MPs back call to expel US troops

-- 2020-01-05 21:41:54

Iraqi MPs have passed a resolution calling for foreign troops to leave the country after the US killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike at Baghdad airport last week. Parliament i...

Iran to finalise its next nuclear step on Sunday night

Iran to finalise its next nuclear step on Sunday night

Reuters 2020-01-05 20:17:06

Iran will finalise its next step to further roll back its commitments to a 2015 nuclear deal with major powers on Sunday night, days after the US killing of top Iranian military commander Qassem Solei...

Bushfire smoke from Australia covers sky of New Zealand's Auckland

Bushfire smoke from Australia covers sky of New Zealand's Auckland

Xinhua 2020-01-05 16:10:18

The heavy smoke from devastating Australian bushfires cloaked Auckland, turning the city's skyline into eerie orange colour on Sunday afternoon. New Zealand meteorology service MetService forecast th...

Iraq parliament to convene extraordinary session to expel US troops

Iraq parliament to convene extraordinary session to expel US troops

Reuters 2020-01-05 16:09:37

Iraq’s parliament is set to convene an extraordinary session on Sunday where the lawmakers would push for a vote on a resolution requiring the government to request the withdrawal of US troops f...

China to set up cultural heritage demonstration zones

China to set up cultural heritage demonstration zones

-- 2020-01-05 15:01:11

China is to set up a batch of demonstration zones for the protection and use of cultural heritage resources, according to the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA). The areas should have s...

Australia bushfire: Fundraiser raises A$20m in 48 hours

Australia bushfire: Fundraiser raises A$20m in 48 hours

-- 2020-01-05 13:53:22

A fundraiser for fire services in New South Wales, Australia has raised more than A$20 million (£10.6m; $13m) in just 48 hours, as the state battles a bushfire crisis. Australian comedian Celes...

Cambodia guesthouse collapse leaves 36 dead

Cambodia guesthouse collapse leaves 36 dead

-- 2020-01-05 13:11:18

Thirty-six people were killed and 23 more injured when a tourist guesthouse under construction in Cambodia collapsed, trapping workers under rubble, officials said on Sunday. Officials said rescue op...

Tens of thousands march in India to protest citizenship law

Tens of thousands march in India to protest citizenship law

REUTERS 2020-01-05 12:03:17

Over one hundred thousand protesters, many carrying the Indian tricolour flag, took part in a peaceful march in the southern city of Hyderabad on Saturday, chanting slogans against prime minister Nare...

Indonesia flood: Deaths rise to 53, 0.17m displaced

Indonesia flood: Deaths rise to 53, 0.17m displaced

Reuters 2020-01-04 17:47:20

Nearly 175,000 people remain displaced in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta and nearby towns, after flash floods and landslides killed at least 53 people, amid some of the heaviest rain since records...

US-led coalition, Iraqi military deny airstrike north of Baghdad

US-led coalition, Iraqi military deny airstrike north of Baghdad

Xinhua 2020-01-04 17:13:15

The US-led coalition, fighting the Islamic State (IS) militant group, and the Iraqi military on Saturday denied any airstrike north of Baghdad. "The coalition did not conduct airstrikes near Camp Taj...

Thousands gather in Baghdad to mourn Soleimani

Thousands gather in Baghdad to mourn Soleimani

Reuters 2020-01-04 16:43:18

Thousands of mourners gathered in Baghdad on Saturday ahead of a funeral procession for Iran’s slain military commander Qassem Soleimani, Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and others ki...

US oil workers leave Iraq after air strike on Iranian leader

US oil workers leave Iraq after air strike on Iranian leader

REUTERS 2020-01-04 15:07:02

US citizens working for foreign oil companies in the southern Iraqi oil city of Basra were leaving the country on Friday, the Oil Ministry said, after a US air strike killed a top Iranian commander in...

Fresh air strikes targeting Iraqi militia kill six

Fresh air strikes targeting Iraqi militia kill six

Reuters 2020-01-04 11:54:08

Air strikes targeting Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces umbrella grouping of Iran-backed Shi’ite militias near camp Taji north of Baghdad have killed six people and critically wounded thr...