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Fire in multi-story building in India’s Mumbai kills four

Fire in multi-story building in India’s Mumbai kills four

-- 2018-08-22 16:15:38

A fire broke out Wednesday on the 12th floor of a residential building in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, killing four people and injuring 12 others, officials said, accordi...

Bahrain stops issuing visas for Qatari nationals

Bahrain stops issuing visas for Qatari nationals

-- 2018-08-21 20:22:13

Bahrain’s interior ministry said on Tuesday that it would stop issuing new visas to Qatari nationals, escalating measures against Qatar more than a year into a diplomatic row, according to Reute...

Suu Kyi says timing of Rohingya return depends on Bangladesh

Suu Kyi says timing of Rohingya return depends on Bangladesh

-- 2018-08-21 20:19:00

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi says it is difficult to put a time frame on the return to Rakhine state of ethnic Muslim Rohingya because her nation needs the cooperation of the country to where they...

Malaysia’s national day parade to affect nearly 500 flights

Malaysia’s national day parade to affect nearly 500 flights

-- 2018-08-21 18:37:25

Nearly 500 flights will be affected when Malaysia closes the airspace near its major international airport every morning for five days next week to prepare for independence day celebrations, the trans...

Muslims celebrate Eidul Azha as over 2.0m pilgrims conduct Hajj rites

Muslims celebrate Eidul Azha as over 2.0m pilgrims conduct Hajj rites

-- 2018-08-21 17:39:21

Muslims are celebrating Eidul Azha as over two million pilgrims carry out the final rites of the Hajj in Saudi Arabia, reports Dawn. Haj pilgrims proceeded to Mina on Tuesday to cast pebbles at the t...

Massive cleanup begins as flood waters recede in Kerala

Massive cleanup begins as flood waters recede in Kerala

-- 2018-08-21 17:30:57

  Thousands of people in flood-ravaged south India waded Monday through muck and mud to begin the immense task of cleaning their homes and businesses, according to a report by Time.com. Rains h...

China’s Changchun mayor resigns after vaccine scandal

China’s Changchun mayor resigns after vaccine scandal

-- 2018-08-21 15:38:58

The mayor of the Chinese city of Changchun resigned on Tuesday, state media reported, after a safety scandal at Changchun-based vaccine maker Changsheng Biotechnology sparked widespread consumer anger...

El Salvador, Taiwan break ties as China isolates island foe

El Salvador, Taiwan break ties as China isolates island foe

-- 2018-08-21 13:01:14

Taiwan broke off diplomatic ties with El Salvador on Tuesday as the Central American country defected to rival Beijing in the latest blow to the self-ruled island China has been trying to isolate on t...

India to print quit-smoking helpline on cigarette packs

India to print quit-smoking helpline on cigarette packs

-- 2018-08-21 12:30:06

India’s tobacco firms must print a helpline number to combat smoking on all cigarette packs from 1 September, says a ministry release. The health ministry has also released new pictorial warnin...

Australian PM survives leadership challenge by narrow margin

Australian PM survives leadership challenge by narrow margin

-- 2018-08-21 11:02:12

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday has appealed for unity after surviving a challenge to his leadership from a senior government colleague. Mr Turnbull had called the surprise vote...

Muslims atone for sins at Mt Arafat in Hajj climax

Muslims atone for sins at Mt Arafat in Hajj climax

-- 2018-08-21 10:41:06

More than two million Muslims gathered at Mount Arafat on Monday for a vigil to atone for their sins and ask God's forgiveness as the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia reached its climax. Pilgri...

Thailand's Queen Mother admitted to hospital

Thailand's Queen Mother admitted to hospital

-- 2018-08-20 22:12:42

Thailand's 86-year-old Queen Mother Sirikit is being treated for influenza at a Bangkok hospital, the Royal Household Bureau said in a statement on Monday in a rare statement on her health. Sirikit, w...

Taliban insurgents kidnap dozens of bus passengers in Afghanistan

Taliban insurgents kidnap dozens of bus passengers in Afghanistan

-- 2018-08-20 16:34:41

Taliban insurgents kidnapped dozens of passengers after stopping three buses in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province. Esmatullah Muradi, a spokesman for the Kunduz governor, said that the kid...

Earthquake hits Indonesia causing landslides

Earthquake hits Indonesia causing landslides

-- 2018-08-19 19:41:38

A strong earthquake jolted the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok on Sunday, causing landslides and damaging buildings, as the island tries to recover from a temblor earlier this month that killed hu...

Minister cycles to hospital to give birth

Minister cycles to hospital to give birth

-- 2018-08-19 19:08:26

New Zealand's minister for women has cycled to hospital to give birth to her first child at 42 weeks. The Green Party's Julie Genter said she went by bicycle to be induced because "there wasn't enoug...

China arrests 26 ‘tomb robbers’, stolen relics recovered

China arrests 26 ‘tomb robbers’, stolen relics recovered

-- 2018-08-19 15:21:58

China has arrested 26 suspects and retrieved almost 650 cultural relics stolen from an ancient burial site in northwestern Qinghai province, the Ministry of Public Security said on Sunday. China&rsqu...

Kerala floods: Death toll reaches 357

Kerala floods: Death toll reaches 357

-- 2018-08-19 14:30:00

The death toll of floods in the Kerala has jumped to 357, even as rescue and relief work is being carried out on a war footing. According to an unofficial estimates, banana and paddy crops spread o...

Iran to unveil new fighter jet, develop missiles: Minister

Iran to unveil new fighter jet, develop missiles: Minister

-- 2018-08-19 12:58:40

Iran will unveil a new fighter jet next week and continue developing missile capabilities as a top priority, the defence minister said on Saturday, defying new US sanctions aimed at curbing Tehran&rsq...

Fresh tremor strikes Indonesia’s Lombok

Fresh tremor strikes Indonesia’s Lombok

-- 2018-08-19 12:02:11

A fresh tremor of 6.3 magnitude struck the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok, the US Geological Survey said on Sunday, after an earthquake killed more than 430 people there earlier this month. USGS...

Massive 8.2 quake hits Pacific Ocean, no damage expected

Massive 8.2 quake hits Pacific Ocean, no damage expected

-- 2018-08-19 10:37:58

A massive quake of magnitude 8.2 struck in the Pacific Ocean close to Fiji and Tonga on Sunday but it was so deep that it was not expected to cause any damage, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. T...

Rooftop cattle get a crane lift to the ground

Rooftop cattle get a crane lift to the ground

-- 2018-08-18 19:35:58

Residents of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, watched as cattle were lowered by crane from the top of a four-storey home ahead of the Muslim festival Eid-ul-Azha. Unlike other Muslims who buy animal...

Taiwan perfecting missiles to face China’s military expansion

Taiwan perfecting missiles to face China’s military expansion

-- 2018-08-18 18:36:00

Defence experts say Taiwan is responding to China’s arms buildup by developing missiles and interceptors of its own that could reduce Beijing’s military advantage over the self-ruled islan...

Imran Khan takes oath as PM of Pakistan

Imran Khan takes oath as PM of Pakistan

-- 2018-08-18 17:56:42

Former cricket star Imran Khan took oath as Pakistan’s 22nd prime minister on Saturday at the President’s House in Islamabad. The new prime minister will have to form a coalition governme...

Kerala floods: Death toll rises to 324

Kerala floods: Death toll rises to 324

-- 2018-08-18 13:25:43

The death toll from 10 days of floods in the Kerala jumped to 324 on Saturday as the south Indian state has been hit with the highest rainfall in a century. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had ar...

Monsoon floods kill more than 300 in Kerala

Monsoon floods kill more than 300 in Kerala

-- 2018-08-17 21:50:20

At least 324 people have been killed in flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala, the regional chief minister says. Rescuers are battling torrential rains to save residents, with more than 200...

Imran Khan to be sworn in as prime minister Saturday

Imran Khan to be sworn in as prime minister Saturday

-- 2018-08-17 19:07:25

Former cricket star Imran Khan has been elected prime minister of Pakistan in a vote at the country's National Assembly. His PTI party won the most seats in July's elections - setting up Mr Khan to b...

Thousands gather to bid adieu to Vajpayee

Thousands gather to bid adieu to Vajpayee

-- 2018-08-17 18:20:43

Thousands of people joined former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's funeral and last rites at Rashtriya Smriti Sthal in New Delhi. The 93-year-old stalwart's funeral procession was joined...

Indonesia police kill dozens in Asian Games clean-up drive: Amnesty

Indonesia police kill dozens in Asian Games clean-up drive: Amnesty

-- 2018-08-17 18:10:50

Police in the Indonesian capital have killed dozens of people as part of an escalating crackdown against petty criminals ahead of the Asian Games, in a campaign Amnesty International has described as...

I am ready to step down: Duterte

I am ready to step down: Duterte

-- 2018-08-17 17:03:48

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte could step down if the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos succeeds in overturning his 2016 vice presidential election defeat. Duterte’s single term end...

Kerala floods: Death toll rises to 164

Kerala floods: Death toll rises to 164

-- 2018-08-17 16:23:58

The worst floods in a century in the Indian state of Kerala have killed 164 people and forced more than 200,000 into relief camps. Government officials said on Friday that the situation may worsen fu...