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Seven boys held over Malaysia school blaze

-- 2017-09-17 11:07:38

Seven young suspects have been arrested in connection with a fire at a school in Malaysia which left 21 students and two teachers dead.   Those arrested are all aged between 11 and 18, police s...

Four die in Afghanistan explosion

-- 2017-09-17 05:21:58

Four people were killed and 15 wounded by an explosion in a marketplace in the eastern Afghan city of Khost on Sunday.   Local police chief Faizullah Ghairat said the blast, which happened arou...

Hamas dissolves Gaza administration in Palestinian unity bid

Reuters 2017-09-17 01:34:42

Palestinian Islamist Hamas group said on Sunday it has dissolved its administration that runs Gaza and agrees to hold general elections in order to end a long-running feud with President Mahmoud Abbas...

N Korea seeks military 'equilibrium' with US

-- 2017-09-16 12:36:20

North Korea said on Saturday it aims to reach an “equilibrium” of military force with the United States, which earlier signalled its patience for diplomacy is wearing thin after Pyongyang...

Typhoon Doksuri kills eight in Vietnam

-- 2017-09-16 12:00:00

At least eight people were killed and 28 others injured as typhoon Doksuri made landfall in Vietnam's central region on Saturday, according to provincial flood and storm prevention bureaus.  ...

Gunfight kills two ‘militants’ in Kashmir

-- 2017-09-16 12:00:00

At least two militants were killed in a gunfight near the Line of Control (LoC) dividing Kashmir on Saturday, officials said.   The gunfight broke out in Machil sector of frontier Kupwara dist...

Suu Kyi urges aid for Rakhine state

-- 2017-09-15 12:00:00

United States Senator from Kentucky Mitch McConnell says Myanmar's civilian leader is urging immediate and improved access for humanitarian assistance to the region amid a violent campaign against the...

UN seeks huge help for Rohingyas

Reuters 2017-09-15 12:00:00

The United Nations appealed on Thursday for massive help for nearly 400,000 Muslims from Myanmar who have fled to Bangladesh, with concern growing that the number could keep rising, unless Myanmar end...

Pak court rejects petition against removal of ex-PM Sharif

-- 2017-09-15 12:00:00

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday rejected petitions seeking a review of its July 28 ruling that disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office.   After an investigation into the S...

Myanmar denies blocking aid to Rakhine, blames security

-- 2017-09-15 01:49:52

Myanmar insisted on Friday it was not barring aid workers from Rakhine State, where a counter-insurgency campaign has sparked an exodus of Muslim Rohingya refugees, but said authorities on the ground...

Students, teachers among 24 die in Malaysia school blaze

FE Online Desk 2017-09-14 12:00:00

At least 24 students and teachers have died in a fire at a religious school in Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur.   The fire at the Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah broke out in the early hours of...

Typhoon Talim batters Japanese islands

-- 2017-09-14 12:00:00

Islands in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa have been hit with strong gusts of wind and torrential rain as a result of Typhoon Talim, Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) said Thursday. &nbs...

Malaysia school fire kills at least 24

-- 2017-09-14 04:47:38

At least 24 students and teachers died in a fire at a religious school in Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur.   The fire at the Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah broke out in the early hours of Thur...

22 die as boat capsizes in Yamuna river

-- 2017-09-14 01:05:48

At least 22 people drowned after their boat capsized in Yamuna river in Baghpat district of India on Thursday, police said.   The boat carrying 60 people capsized and 22 persons drowned, Distri...

Rohingyas trapped in no-man’s land

Reuters 2017-09-13 12:00:00

Rohingya refugees stand outside their temporary shelters at no man's land between Bangladesh-Myanmar border, as Myanmar security forces walk past a fence in Maungdaw, Myanmar Sept 9, 2017. Reuters &n...

Suu Kyi to skip UN General Assembly

Reuters 2017-09-13 12:00:00

Myanmar's national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over ethnic violence that has forced about 370,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, will not attend the upcoming UN General Assembly b...

Three killed outside Afghan cricket stadium

-- 2017-09-13 07:51:01

A suicide bomber struck outside a cricket stadium during a match in Afghanistan's capital Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding seven others, officials said, reports AP.   Kabul...

Al Qaeda warns Myanmar of 'punishment' over Rohingya

Reuters 2017-09-13 01:58:02

Al Qaeda militants have called for support for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, who are facing a security crackdown that has sent about 400,000 of them fleeing to Bangladesh, warning that Myanmar wou...

‘Proof’ of Rohingya-set fires in Myanmar fails inspection

AP 2017-09-12 12:48:02

Pointing to the ashes of a destroyed village that was once home to dozens of Rohingya Muslim families, the abbot of a nearby Buddhist monastery insisted he knew who had set it ablaze. It was the Rohin...

UN imposes tougher sanctions on North Korea

Reuters 2017-09-12 12:00:00

The United Nations Security Council unanimously stepped up sanctions against North Korea on Monday over the country’s sixth and most powerful nuclear test conducted on Sept. 3, imposing a ban on...

UN sees 'ethnic cleansing' in Myanmar

Reuters 2017-09-11 12:00:00

The top UN human rights official on Monday denounced Myanmar’s “brutal security operation” against Muslim Rohingyas in Rakhine state which he said was “clearly disproportionate...

Rohingya insurgents declared truce

Reuters 2017-09-10 12:00:00

Rohingya insurgents declared a month-long unilateral ceasefire, starting on Sunday, to enable aid groups to help ease a humanitarian crisis in northwest Myanmar.   Nearly 300,000 Rohingya have...

12 of a family drown at Karachi beach

-- 2017-09-10 03:08:06

Twelve people of a family, including two women, drowned on Saturday after being swept away by strong waves at the Hawksbay beach in the Pakistani port city of Karachi.   “Initially...

Myanmar planted landmines along border: Amnesty  

-- 2017-09-09 12:00:00

Myanmar has planted landmines along its border with Bangladesh posing a deadly threat to fleeing Rohingyas, says Amnesty International or AI.   It said on Saturday that it has confirmed that in...

Step in: Tutu to Suu Kyi on Rohingyas

Reuters 2017-09-08 12:00:00

Retired South African cleric and anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu urged Myanmar leader and fellow Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday to intervene to help Rohingya Muslims fle...

Qatar to give $30m to help Harvey victims

-- 2017-09-08 12:00:00

Qatar is donating $30 million to help people in Texas recover from Harvey, its ambassador said Thursday, amid a diplomatic crisis with its neighbours.   The contribution appears to be the large...

Australians surrender 26,000 guns

-- 2017-09-08 12:00:00

Australians have handed in nearly 26,000 firearms in the nation's first gun amnesty since its landmark response to a mass shooting in 1996, reports BBC.   The amnesty began on 1 July to help co...

Up to 0.3m Rohingyas could flee Myanmar: UN

Reuters 2017-09-07 12:00:00

  Rohingya refugees wait for food near Kutupalong refugee camp after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Ukhia, Bangladesh, September 6, 2017. Reuters   Up to 300,000 Rohingya Mus...

Two get death in Mumbai blasts case

FE Online Desk 2017-09-07 12:00:00

Taher Merchant and Feroze Khan, two of the five convicts in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, were sentenced to death by a special Indian court . Two others, Abu Salem and Karimullah Khan were sente...

At 14, Sharjah boy flies plane solo, breaks world record

-- 2017-09-07 12:00:00

With just 25 hours of training, a boy born and raised in Sharjah has recently become one of the youngest pilots in the world, taking the helm of an airplane by himself at just 14 years of age, accordi...