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Pakistan opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif arrested

Pakistan opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif arrested

-- 2018-10-05 17:50:48

Leader of the opposition in the Pakistan national assembly Shahbaz Sharif was arrested on Friday in a corruption case. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) of Pakistan arrested the former Punjab...

Airstrike kills four in Afghan wedding convoy

Airstrike kills four in Afghan wedding convoy

-- 2018-10-05 17:02:32

An airstrike by security forces killed four people and wounded eight others who were part of a wedding procession in the southeast province of Kandahar, officials said on Friday. Abdul Raziq, the Kan...

S Korea jails ex-president Lee for 15yrs over bribery

S Korea jails ex-president Lee for 15yrs over bribery

-- 2018-10-05 13:30:42

A Seoul court on Friday jailed former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak for 15 years for corruption, making him the latest in a string of high-profile political and business leaders ensnared by gra...

Pakistan orders 18 international NGOs to leave: ActionAid

Pakistan orders 18 international NGOs to leave: ActionAid

-- 2018-10-05 11:59:29

Pakistan on Thursday has ordered 18 international aid agencies to shut down operations and leave the country, said the ActionAid charity, in what would be Islamabad’s latest move against foreign...

India allows deportation of seven Rohingyas to Myanmar

India allows deportation of seven Rohingyas to Myanmar

-- 2018-10-04 15:10:20

India's top court is allowing the first deportations of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar since it ordered their identification last year. The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a plea by attorney Prashant...

Six divers drown trying to save teen from Malaysia mining pool

Six divers drown trying to save teen from Malaysia mining pool

-- 2018-10-04 11:32:23

Six rescue divers have drowned while trying to save a teenager from a disused mining pool in Malaysia. They were searching for a 17-year-old boy who is thought to have fallen into the body of water w...

EU mulls trade sanctions on Myanmar

EU mulls trade sanctions on Myanmar

-- 2018-10-04 10:20:06

The European Union is considering trade sanctions on Myanmar over the Rohingya crisis, potentially stripping the country of tariff-free access to the world’s largest trading bloc, three EU offic...

Australia ends controversial 'tampon tax'

Australia ends controversial 'tampon tax'

-- 2018-10-03 12:40:31

Australia will remove a controversial tax on female sanitary products following years of campaigning by women's groups. Currently, tampons and sanitary pads are sold with a 10 per cent goods and serv...

Fire breaks out at Kolkata medical college

Fire breaks out at Kolkata medical college

-- 2018-10-03 10:13:34

Hundreds of patients were evacuated safely on Wednesday after a fire broke out in the pharmacy building of the Kolkata Medical College and Hospital, officials said. At least ten fire engines were p...

ASEAN expresses concern over Rakhine violence

ASEAN expresses concern over Rakhine violence

-- 2018-10-02 13:36:14

Southeast Asian foreign ministers urged Myanmar to give a commission of inquiry into the violence in Rakhine state full mandate to hold those who are responsible accountable, Singapore said on Tuesday...

Death toll from Indonesia's quake, tsunami hits 1,234

Death toll from Indonesia's quake, tsunami hits 1,234

Reuters 2018-10-02 13:28:46

The confirmed death toll from an earthquake and tsunami on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island has risen to 1,234, from 844, the national disaster mitigation agency said on Tuesday. A 7.5 magnitude ear...

War's end can't be bargaining chip for denuclearisation: N Korea

War's end can't be bargaining chip for denuclearisation: N Korea

-- 2018-10-02 11:40:05

North Korea said on Tuesday that declaring the end of the 1950-53 Korean War “can never be a bargaining chip” for getting North Korea denuclearised, and said the country “will not pa...

Indonesia hopes for survivors even as scale of disaster emerges

Indonesia hopes for survivors even as scale of disaster emerges

-- 2018-10-02 11:25:25

The extent of the devastation caused by an earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi should become clearer on Tuesday as rescuers push into remote areas that have been out of contact...

Bootleg alcohol kills 42, poisons hundreds in Iran

Bootleg alcohol kills 42, poisons hundreds in Iran

-- 2018-10-02 11:15:56

At least 42 people have died after drinking contaminated bootleg alcohol in Iran, a government spokesman said. Health ministry spokesman Iraj Harirchi said 16 people had gone blind and 170 had underg...

Australia terms Rakhine situation ‘deeply disturbing’

Australia terms Rakhine situation ‘deeply disturbing’

-- 2018-10-01 17:25:10

Australia has described the situations in Myanmar's Rakhine, Shan and Kachin states 'deeply disturbing' and condemned the atrocities committed. During the 39th session of the United Nations Human Rig...

Nuke plant unit in China with Russian assistance awaits operation

Nuke plant unit in China with Russian assistance awaits operation

-- 2018-10-01 16:56:40

The unit 4 of China's Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant being constructed with technical assistance from Atomstroyexpor (ASE), Engineering Division of Rosatom, Russia, is going into operation soon. The fir...

Desperate search for Indonesia tsunami survivors

Desperate search for Indonesia tsunami survivors

-- 2018-10-01 11:41:58

A picture of large scale destruction is emerging in the Indonesian city of Palu, after a quake and tsunami struck on Friday. At least 832 people are confirmed to have died but the figure is expected...

Powerful typhoon batters Japan, two dead

Powerful typhoon batters Japan, two dead

-- 2018-10-01 11:01:45

A powerful typhoon brought down trees onto railroad tracks and kicked up debris across Tokyo as it brushed past the Japanese capital early on Monday, killing two people and stranding thousands as trai...

Death sentence for three in Iran for committing financial crimes

Death sentence for three in Iran for committing financial crimes

-- 2018-09-30 20:57:37

Special courts set up in a drive against financial crime have sentenced three people to death, state television reported Sunday, as the country faces renewed US sanctions and a public outcry against p...

'Malaysia will not support Suu Kyi anymore'

'Malaysia will not support Suu Kyi anymore'

-- 2018-09-30 16:48:20

Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said Malaysia will no longer support the leadership of Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her role over the Rohingya crisis in her country. Mahathi...

Indonesia quake death toll mounts to 832

Indonesia quake death toll mounts to 832

-- 2018-09-30 13:50:47

The toll from an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia soared on Sunday to 832 confirmed dead, with authorities fearing it will only climb as rescuers struggle to reach outlying communities cut off from...

Iraq’s Kurds start voting in parliamentary election

Iraq’s Kurds start voting in parliamentary election

-- 2018-09-30 13:14:07

Kurds began voting in a parliamentary election in their semi-autonomous region in northern Iraq on Sunday, a year after a failed bid for independence. With opposition parties weak, the Kurdistan Demo...

Indonesia death toll climbs to 420

Indonesia death toll climbs to 420

-- 2018-09-30 10:32:44

More than 400 people were confirmed killed, many swept away as tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake crashed into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, and authorities expected the toll to rise...

Israeli troops kill seven Palestinians in Gaza border clash

Israeli troops kill seven Palestinians in Gaza border clash

-- 2018-09-29 18:27:59

Israeli soldiers shot dead seven Palestinians, including two boys, who were among thousands of people who thronged to the fortified Gaza Strip border on Friday as part of weekly protests launched half...

Maldives election body endorses opposition leader Solih's victory

Maldives election body endorses opposition leader Solih's victory

-- 2018-09-29 17:54:24

The Elections Commission of Maldives has officially declared opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih winner of the country’s national election. Solih defeated incumbent president Abdulla Yameen...

Israeli troops kill seven Palestinians at Gaza border

Israeli troops kill seven Palestinians at Gaza border

-- 2018-09-29 11:57:08

Israeli soldiers shot dead seven Palestinians, including two boys, who were among thousands of people who thronged to the fortified Gaza Strip border on Friday as part of weekly protests launched half...

Death toll reaches 384 after tsunami, quake in Indonesia

Death toll reaches 384 after tsunami, quake in Indonesia

-- 2018-09-29 10:38:07

The death toll from the earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi jumped to 384 on Saturday, authorities said, with many of those killed swept away by giant waves as they played on t...

Tsunami warning lifted after 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia

Tsunami warning lifted after 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia

-- 2018-09-28 18:43:56

A major 7.7 magnitude earth quake struck off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday, prompting a tsunami alert hours after a milder quake brought down houses in the same area, and officials expec...

My only sin is extrajudicial killings: Duterte

My only sin is extrajudicial killings: Duterte

-- 2018-09-28 16:43:26

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has admitted for the first time that extrajudicial killings had happened under his government’s brutal war on drugs. Duterte came up with the statement in a...

Rohingya issue should not be ‘internationalised’: China

Rohingya issue should not be ‘internationalised’: China

-- 2018-09-28 14:20:47

The Rohingya issue should not be complicated, expanded or "internationalised", China's top diplomat said, as the United Nations prepares to set up a body to prepare evidence of human rights abuses in...