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Six killed in blasts near Afghan university

Six killed in blasts near Afghan university

-- 2019-07-19 19:52:40

An explosion on Friday near a gate to the campus of Kabul University in the Afghan capital killed six people and injured at least 27 as students waited to take an examination, officials said, reports...

Iran dismisses Trump's claim that US destroyed 'provocative' drone

Iran dismisses Trump's claim that US destroyed 'provocative' drone

-- 2019-07-19 19:34:17

Iran on Friday denied President Donald Trump’s assertion that the US Navy has destroyed one of its drones, saying all of its unmanned planes were accounted for, amid growing international concer...

India's Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi detained

India's Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi detained

-- 2019-07-19 17:21:09

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the general secretary of India's Congress party, was detained on Friday near Varanasi by the Uttar Pradesh police. Local police prevented her from travelling to Sonbhadra distr...

Japan arson suspect identified after blaze kills 33

Japan arson suspect identified after blaze kills 33

-- 2019-07-19 15:32:18

Japanese police have identified the man suspected to have started a fire at an animation studio that killed 33 people as Shinji Aoba, public broadcaster NHK said on Friday. Aoba, who has been in cust...

India says its warships to stay longer in Persian Gulf

India says its warships to stay longer in Persian Gulf

-- 2019-07-19 13:03:29

Indian warships escorting merchant vessels in the Persian Gulf will remain deployed for the longer term, officials with direct knowledge of the matter said, as tensions between Iran and Western powers...

South Asia flooding affects 5.0mn children: UNICEF

South Asia flooding affects 5.0mn children: UNICEF

-- 2019-07-19 11:30:01

Heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides across three countries in South Asia - Bangladesh, India and Nepal - have killed at least 93 children, and put the lives of millions more at risk. UNICEF estim...

Arson at Japan anime studio: At least 33 dead

Arson at Japan anime studio: At least 33 dead

-- 2019-07-18 17:37:48

At least 33 people are dead and dozens injured after a suspected arson attack at an animation studio in Kyoto, Japan, local emergency officials have said. Local media quoted police as saying a man br...

Myanmar filmmaker charged over Facebook posts on army

Myanmar filmmaker charged over Facebook posts on army

-- 2019-07-18 14:17:19

A Myanmar judge on Thursday charged filmmaker Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi for Facebook posts he made about the powerful military, meaning he will stand trial despite concern over his health and an outcry from...

Organised crime outpaces authorities in Southeast Asia: UN

Organised crime outpaces authorities in Southeast Asia: UN

Reuters 2019-07-18 10:54:10

Transnational crime syndicates are growing more powerful in Southeast Asia and raking in profit by exploiting rampant corruption, weak law enforcement, and lax border controls, the United Nations said...

More than 10 feared dead in Japan studio 'arson'

More than 10 feared dead in Japan studio 'arson'

Reuters 2019-07-18 10:33:32

More than 10 people are feared dead in a suspected case of arson at an animation studio in the Japanese city of Kyoto on Thursday, local media reported. About 10 people were found lying on the seco...

Australia calls on China to allow Uighur mom, son’s travel

Australia calls on China to allow Uighur mom, son’s travel

-- 2019-07-17 22:47:12

The Australian government has called on China to allow an ethnic Uighur mother and son to leave the country, following a public plea from the child's father, reports BBC. Rights groups say China is h...

Pakistan arrests 'mastermind of Mumbai attacks'

Pakistan arrests 'mastermind of Mumbai attacks'

-- 2019-07-17 14:39:12

Pakistan authorities on Wednesday arrested Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of a four-day militant attack on the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, on terror finance charges, a spokesman for the chief...

Death toll in Mumbai building collapse rises to 14

Death toll in Mumbai building collapse rises to 14

-- 2019-07-17 13:03:57

The death toll from a building collapse in Mumbai rose to 14, while eight people have been rescued and hospitalised, Mumbai police said Wednesday. Many people are still feared trapped as the rescue m...

Australian death rate hits all-time low

Australian death rate hits all-time low

-- 2019-07-17 13:03:23

The rate of death in Australia is the lowest it has ever seen, according to data released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) on Wednesday. Data revealed that the rate of death i...

Four dead, dozens trapped in Mumbai building collapse

Four dead, dozens trapped in Mumbai building collapse

-- 2019-07-16 15:19:04

A four-storey building collapsed in India’s financial capital of Mumbai on Tuesday, trapping dozens in the rubble, with at least four people confirmed dead, a fire department official said. It...

Pakistan reopens airspace for civil aviation after India row

Pakistan reopens airspace for civil aviation after India row

-- 2019-07-16 12:14:32

Pakistan’s airspace has been reopened to civil aviation with immediate effect, its aviation authority said on Tuesday, following months of restrictions imposed in the wake of a standoff with nei...

People flee buildings as strong quake hits Indonesia's Bali

People flee buildings as strong quake hits Indonesia's Bali

-- 2019-07-16 11:00:54

An undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck south of Indonesia’s Bali on Tuesday, the European earthquake monitoring agency EMSC said, causing minor damage and prompting residents and...

Iran ready to talk if US lifts sanctions, Pompeo sceptical

Iran ready to talk if US lifts sanctions, Pompeo sceptical

-- 2019-07-15 11:51:38

Iran is ready to hold talks with the United States if Washington lifts sanctions and returns to the 2015 nuclear deal it quit last year, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on...

7.3 quake strikes eastern Indonesia

7.3 quake strikes eastern Indonesia

-- 2019-07-14 17:59:56

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck southeast of the city of Ternate on Sunday, in the Moluccas in the eastern area of Indonesia, the US Geological Survey reported. The earthquake occurred...

30 die in Nepal flash floods

30 die in Nepal flash floods

-- 2019-07-14 11:10:55

Flash floods and landslides in Nepal triggered by monsoon rains killed 15 people and injured 12 overnight while another 18 have gone missing, officials said on Saturday. The latest deaths took to 30...

New Zealanders start handing over guns

New Zealanders start handing over guns

-- 2019-07-13 18:22:55

New Zealanders have started handing over their semi-automatic weapons on Saturday as part of a buyback scheme following a ban after the Christchurch attacks. Gun reforms were enacted after a gunman s...

Hong Kong protesters march near border to target traders from China

Hong Kong protesters march near border to target traders from China

-- 2019-07-13 17:19:45

Thousands of Hong Kong people marched on Saturday to protest against mainland Chinese traders in a town near the border, tapping into anger behind huge demonstrations against an extradition bill to hi...

China to slap sanctions on US firms that sell arms to Taiwan

China to slap sanctions on US firms that sell arms to Taiwan

-- 2019-07-13 14:05:40

China said on Friday it would impose sanctions on US firms involved in a deal to sell $2.2-billion worth of tanks, missiles and related equipment to Taiwan, saying it harmed China’s sovereignty...

North Korea makes Kim Jong Un head of state

North Korea makes Kim Jong Un head of state

-- 2019-07-12 17:46:44

Kim Jong Un has been formally named head of state of North Korea and commander-in-chief of the military in a new constitution observers said was possibly aimed at preparing for a peace treaty with the...

US conference to host victims of religious persecution

US conference to host victims of religious persecution

-- 2019-07-12 11:23:56

The US State Department said on Thursday it would host a conference in Washington next week to highlight the problem of religious persecution, and has invited victims of recent attacks at a synagogue...

Iranian boats 'tried to intercept UK tanker'

Iranian boats 'tried to intercept UK tanker'

-- 2019-07-11 23:49:53

Iranian boats tried to impede a British oil tanker near the Gulf - before being driven off by a Royal Navy ship, the Ministry of Defence has said, reports Agencies. HMS Montrose, a British frigate sh...

UN launches investigation into Philippines drug war deaths

UN launches investigation into Philippines drug war deaths

-- 2019-07-11 19:55:39

The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday voted to set up an investigation into thousands of killings in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called ‘war on drugs’ - a step that a...

Tsai leaves for US, warns of threats from ‘overseas forces’

Tsai leaves for US, warns of threats from ‘overseas forces’

-- 2019-07-11 12:07:20

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen left for the United States on Thursday on a trip that has angered Beijing, warning democracy must be defended and the island faced threats from “overseas forces&rdq...

Iranian boats 'harass' British tanker in Gulf

Iranian boats 'harass' British tanker in Gulf

-- 2019-07-11 11:23:27

Five boats believed to belong to Iranian Revolutionary Guards approached a British oil tanker in the Gulf on Wednesday and asked it to stop in Iranian waters close by, but withdrew after a British war...

Myanmar has ‘much more’ to do, says Ban

Myanmar has ‘much more’ to do, says Ban

-- 2019-07-11 10:50:21

Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon believes Myanmar is not playing the role expected of it in repatriating refugees from Bangladesh to their homeland in order to resolve the Rohingya crisis. Speaking to the...