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Suu Kyi for ‘all inclusiveness’ in reconciliation

Suu Kyi for ‘all inclusiveness’ in reconciliation

-- 2017-10-31 12:00:00

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi has called for ‘all inclusiveness’ in the country's national reconciliation and peace process, the state media reported on Tuesday. Suu Kyi reiter...

Japan cops find dismembered bodies in flat

Japan cops find dismembered bodies in flat

Reuters 2017-10-31 11:40:23

A Japanese man was arrested on Tuesday after the severed parts of nine bodies, some of them stored in picnic coolers, were found in his apartment, Japanese media said. Police made the grisly find in...

'Hundreds dead in DPRK nuclear base collapse'

'Hundreds dead in DPRK nuclear base collapse'

-- 2017-10-31 06:29:06

More than 200 people believed to be dead following collapse of a tunnel at North Korea’s nuclear test site after sixth atomic test in September. The Reuters has published a report over the inci...

White nationalists stage protests against refugees in Tennessee

White nationalists stage protests against refugees in Tennessee

-- 2017-10-30 12:52:36

TENNESSEE, Oct 29 (Reuters): About 300 white nationalists and neo-Nazis held back-to-back rallies in two small Tennessee cities on Saturday to protest refugee resettlement in the state, which sued the...

From missiles to makeup: Kim tours cosmetics factory

From missiles to makeup: Kim tours cosmetics factory

-- 2017-10-30 12:44:23

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a cosmetics factory in Pyongyang, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol-ju and sister Kim Yo-jong. State media released undated photos of the visit on Sunday. Bot...

Saudi to let women into sports stadiums

Saudi to let women into sports stadiums

-- 2017-10-30 12:00:00

Officials in Saudi Arabia say the conservative Muslim country will allow women to attend sports events in stadiums for the first time from next year. Families will be able to enter the stadiums in th...

Qatar Emir warns against military action

Qatar Emir warns against military action

AP 2017-10-29 12:00:00

Qatar’s emir has warned against any military confrontation over the ongoing diplomatic dispute between his country and four other Arab nations, saying it would only plunge the region into chaos....

Deputy governor of Afghan province kidnapped in Pakistan

Deputy governor of Afghan province kidnapped in Pakistan

Reuters 2017-10-29 03:20:22

Unidentified kidnappers bundled the deputy governor of Afghanistan’s northwestern province of Kunar into a car in the Pakistani city of Peshawar and took him away, police sources said on Sunday....

India bus plunge leaves four dead, injures 23

India bus plunge leaves four dead, injures 23

FE Online Desk 2017-10-29 03:14:31

At least four people died and 23 others sustained injuries as a state-run bus fell into a deep gorge near Dethal in Kumarsain area in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday, a senio...

N Afghanistan militant attack kills 13 cops

N Afghanistan militant attack kills 13 cops

Xinhua 2017-10-29 02:28:18

At least 13 police personnel were killed and another one missing, following a series of militant attacks on security checkpoints in northern Kunduz province on Sunday, an Afghan official said. "Up to...

Myanmar detains journos for Turkish state TV

Myanmar detains journos for Turkish state TV

-- 2017-10-28 12:00:00

Myanmar police detained two journalists working for Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT and their interpreter and driver on Friday for flying a drone near the parliament compound, amid tension betwee...

North Korea steps up nuclear threat: US Defence Secretary

North Korea steps up nuclear threat: US Defence Secretary

-- 2017-10-28 12:00:00

The threat of nuclear attack from North Korea is increasing, US Defence Secretary James Mattis said during a visit to South Korea, reports BBC. Mattis warned it would face a "massive military respons...

Bus plunges into river in Nepal, killing at least 31

Bus plunges into river in Nepal, killing at least 31

-- 2017-10-28 05:04:16

A bus carrying passengers returning from a Hindu festival to the Nepali capital of Kathmandu skidded off the main highway and plunged into a river on Saturday, killing at least 31 people and leaving o...

India road crash kills seven pilgrims

India road crash kills seven pilgrims

-- 2017-10-28 01:21:48

At least seven pilgrims, all women, were killed and six others sustained injuries when the autorickshaw in which they were travelling collided head-on with a sand-laden truck in the southern Indian st...

Australian deputy PM disqualified

Australian deputy PM disqualified

BBC 2017-10-27 12:00:00

Australian Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce and four other politicians were wrongly elected because they held dual citizenship, a top court has ruled. The High Court of Australia decision means three of the p...

Rohingya crisis: Tillerson phones Myanmar army chief

Rohingya crisis: Tillerson phones Myanmar army chief

Reuters 2017-10-27 12:00:00

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke on Thursday with Myanmar's army chief and expressed concern over reported atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, the US State Department said i...

Myanmar allows UN to resume food aid

Myanmar allows UN to resume food aid

-- 2017-10-27 12:00:00

Myanmar authorities have agreed to allow the United Nations to resume distribution of food in northern Rakhine state which was suspended for two months, the World Food programme (WFP) said on Friday,...

Rohingyas turn to 'WhatsApp radio'

Rohingyas turn to 'WhatsApp radio'

Reuters 2017-10-26 12:14:01

Sat in his hillside grocery shop in a Bangladesh refugee camp, Rohingya Muslim Momtaz-ul-Hoque takes a break to listen to an audio recording on his mobile phone, while children and passers-by gather r...

Pak court issues warrant for Nawaz Sharif

Pak court issues warrant for Nawaz Sharif

Agencies 2017-10-26 12:00:00

A Pakistani judge has issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after he failed to appear in court to face corruption charges. Judge Mohammad Bashir on Thursday also rejected a...

Attack on Swiss couple near Taj Mahal

Attack on Swiss couple near Taj Mahal

BBC 2017-10-26 12:00:00

A Swiss couple have been attacked at Fatehpur Sikri, a popular monument near the Taj Mahal, Indian police say. A senior police officer told BBC Hindi that four men attacked Quentin Jeremy Clerc and M...

Indonesia factory death toll rises to 47

Indonesia factory death toll rises to 47

-- 2017-10-26 12:00:00

The number of deaths has risen to 47 from Thursday's blast at a fireworks factory on the outskirts of Indonesia's capital of Jakarta, with 46 injured, police spokesman Argo Yuwono told Metro Televisio...

Rohingya repatriation: India stresses constructive approach

Rohingya repatriation: India stresses constructive approach

-- 2017-10-26 12:00:00

Indian Foreign Secretary Dr. S Jaishankar has said a ‘constructive approach’ is required to send back Rohingyas who crossed into Bangladesh to flee persecution in their home state of...

Japanese minister gives back salary over scandal

Japanese minister gives back salary over scandal

-- 2017-10-26 12:00:00

A Minister in Japan has said that he is returning two months of his salary after a government-backed lender reported USD 2.3 billion in shady loans. Hiroshige Seko, who heads the Ministry of Economy,...

Buddhists block aid workers from  entering Rakhine Muslim camp

Buddhists block aid workers from entering Rakhine Muslim camp

-- 2017-10-26 12:00:00

Buddhists in Myanmar have blocked aid workers from visiting a camp for displaced Muslims in the central part of Rakhine State, where the United Nations fears the spread of violence that has already di...

India defends ties with N Korea, Iran

India defends ties with N Korea, Iran

Reuters 2017-10-26 10:48:11

India’s foreign minister defended the country’s ties with North Korea and Iran during talks on Wednesday with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson aimed at building robust relations between th...

Trump applauds Xi's 'extraordinary' rise

Trump applauds Xi's 'extraordinary' rise

Agencies 2017-10-26 10:36:46

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping to congratulate him on a new leadership line-up unveiled at the Communist Party Congress in Beijing. The two also...

China unveils leadership, no obvious Xi heir

China unveils leadership, no obvious Xi heir

Reuters 2017-10-25 12:00:00

China’s Communist Party revealed its new leadership helmed by President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, breaking with recent precedent by failing to include a clear successor to the president among the...

N Korea  urges UN to discuss US naval exercise as threat

N Korea urges UN to discuss US naval exercise as threat

-- 2017-10-25 11:19:43

North Korea's ambassador is calling on the UN Security Council to urgently discuss the recent joint US naval exercise near the Korean peninsula, calling it part of preparations for a pre-emptive strik...

S Korea, US, Japan start joint military exercise

S Korea, US, Japan start joint military exercise

-- 2017-10-25 07:52:43

South Korea, the United States and Japan started a two-day missile tracking drill jointly in preparation for any missile or nuclear threats from North Korea. The exercises are going on in waters off...

Thailand prepares for five-day royal funeral

Thailand prepares for five-day royal funeral

BBC 2017-10-25 01:28:51

Big crowds are gathering for a five-day funeral ceremony for Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last October aged 88. The monarch will be cremated in Bangkok on Thursday, in a royal...