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Afghan president declines resignation of top officials

Afghan president declines resignation of top officials

-- 2018-08-26 16:12:30

Afghanistan’s top security officials have tendered their resignation, but President Ashraf Ghani asked them to remain at their posts. The presidential palace said on Sunday that Mr Ghani declin...

US waging ‘psychological warfare’ against us: Iran minister

US waging ‘psychological warfare’ against us: Iran minister

-- 2018-08-26 15:58:30

America is waging a psychological war against Iran and its business partners, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday, according to the Tasnim news agency. “[America's] focus is on...

Australia's foreign minister resigns

Australia's foreign minister resigns

-- 2018-08-26 12:54:18

Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has announced her resignation from the cabinet. Her move came as new Prime Minister Scott Morrison prepares to announce his new cabinet after winning a bruis...

Afghanistan's four top security officials quit

Afghanistan's four top security officials quit

-- 2018-08-26 11:56:47

Afghanistan’s ministers of defence and interior, as well as another security chief, quit on Saturday, government sources said, following the resignation of the president’s national securit...

Strong quake hits Iran, killing one

Strong quake hits Iran, killing one

Reuters 2018-08-26 10:39:53

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck near the Iranian city of Kermanshah, killing one and wounding 58, the Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday. The casualties were in the city of Tazehabad, northeast...

Rahul Gandhi forms panels for polls with veterans, new faces

Rahul Gandhi forms panels for polls with veterans, new faces

-- 2018-08-25 19:00:58

The Congress Saturday formed three crucial committees for the 2019 Lok Sabha election in India to look after coordination, manifesto and publicity in the polls, with the old guard maintaining its posi...

Hotel fire kills 19 people in northeast China

Hotel fire kills 19 people in northeast China

-- 2018-08-25 18:32:02

A fire tore through a hot springs hotel in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin before dawn on Saturday, killing 19 people and causing 23 others to be taken to hospital, city officials said. Autho...

Boiler blast kills 10 in Iran

Boiler blast kills 10 in Iran

-- 2018-08-25 14:19:02

At least ten people were killed and five others injured after a boiler exploded in a residential area of the city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran, Fars News reported in a Twitter post on Saturday....

Volcano erupts in PNG, 2,000 villagers flee

Volcano erupts in PNG, 2,000 villagers flee

-- 2018-08-25 13:13:52

An island volcano on the north coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG) erupted early on Saturday, forcing 2,000 villagers to flee from lava flows, the PNG National Disaster Centre said. Manam Island, just 10...

China hotel fire claims lives of 18

China hotel fire claims lives of 18

Reuters 2018-08-25 10:15:48

A fire early on Saturday morning at a hot springs hotel in the far northeastern Chinese city of Harbin killed 18 people, with 19 injured, authorities in the city said. The cause of the blaze was unde...

Saudi-led airstrike kills 22 children: Yemen rebels

Saudi-led airstrike kills 22 children: Yemen rebels

-- 2018-08-24 20:07:26

At least 22 children and nine women were killed in a Saudi-led airstrike on a camp of internally displaced families south of Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Thursday. Houthi rebel-controlled...

'Military solution for Syria's Idlib would be a disaster'

'Military solution for Syria's Idlib would be a disaster'

-- 2018-08-24 18:19:51

A military solution in the rebel-held Syrian region of Idlib, an enclave which the Syrian government says it aims to recapture, would be disastrous. Turkey’s foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu c...

Sri Lanka suffers dengue fever outbreak

Sri Lanka suffers dengue fever outbreak

-- 2018-08-24 18:05:16

Sri Lanka is facing a dengue epidemic as 41 people died and over 36,000 patients infected by the virus across the country till August this year. Epidemiology Unit of Sri Lanka on Friday said 1,075 pa...

Indonesia earthquake death toll rises to 555

Indonesia earthquake death toll rises to 555

-- 2018-08-24 16:16:47

The death toll from a major earthquake that hit the Indonesian island of Lombok rose to 555 on Friday. Spokesman for the national disaster agency Sutopo Purwo Nugroho announced the the new casualty c...

Saudi 'detains' Makkah imam over remarks

Saudi 'detains' Makkah imam over remarks

-- 2018-08-24 15:40:35

Saudi Arabia has detained a prominent imam and preacher at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, activists said, after he reportedly delivered a sermon criticising mixed public gatherings. The social media advo...

S Korea's ex-president Park gets 25 years in jail

S Korea's ex-president Park gets 25 years in jail

-- 2018-08-24 10:09:36

A South Korean appeals court sentenced former President Park Geun-hye to 25 years in jail on Friday in a case arising from a far-reaching corruption scandal that toppled her from power in 2017. Park...

Australia PM Turnbull ousted by party rivals

Australia PM Turnbull ousted by party rivals

-- 2018-08-24 09:31:58

Scott Morrison is to be Australia's new prime minister after Malcolm Turnbull was forced out by party rivals, officials have confirmed. Mr Turnbull had been under pressure from poor polling, a loomin...

After IS killed her sons, Iraqi grandmother fends for 22 children

After IS killed her sons, Iraqi grandmother fends for 22 children

-- 2018-08-23 19:33:50

Iraqi grandmother Sana Ibrahim al-Taee has a full-time job feeding and clothing her 22 grandchildren after Islamic State killed their fathers - her sons - a struggle in a cramped flat with little help...

Pak president election: PPP, PML-N likely to field joint candidate

Pak president election: PPP, PML-N likely to field joint candidate

-- 2018-08-23 18:12:15

KARACHI: The two main opposition parties in Pakistan, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), are likely to field a joint candidate for the upcoming presidential...

India decision to decline foreign aid for flood relief draws criticism

India decision to decline foreign aid for flood relief draws criticism

-- 2018-08-23 17:49:45

India will not accept relief assistance from foreign governments for the flood-ravaged state of Kerala, the government has said, following offers of aid from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, accord...

S Korea, Japan brace for winds, rain from two typhoons

S Korea, Japan brace for winds, rain from two typhoons

-- 2018-08-23 17:47:24

An approaching typhoon has whipped up strong winds, waves and heavy rain in southern South Korea, leaving one person missing and one injured, while another typhoon headed for western Japan on Thursday...

Lanka to end execution moratorium soon

Lanka to end execution moratorium soon

-- 2018-08-23 17:19:35

Sri Lanka will soon resume executions after a 42-year moratorium but will send home five Pakistanis sentenced to death for drug smuggling for execution in their home country, President Maithripala S...

Australia PM gives ultimatum to leadership rivals

Australia PM gives ultimatum to leadership rivals

-- 2018-08-23 16:49:19

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull has stared down calls for his resignation amid an escalating leadership crisis that has crippled his government, reports BBC. Mr Turnbull is fighting to retain his po...

Chair of UN probe of Gaza violence quits less than month into job

Chair of UN probe of Gaza violence quits less than month into job

-- 2018-08-23 16:43:15

Former war crimes prosecutor David Crane, an American who was named only last month to lead a UN investigation into violence in Gaza this year, has resigned, the United Nations said, according to Reut...

Kerala temple let Muslims offer prayers on Eid day

Kerala temple let Muslims offer prayers on Eid day

-- 2018-08-23 13:35:20

Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest day for Muslims across the world has turned out to be a nightmare for the Keralite Muslims due to the deadly floods in the state. With the state still reeling under th...

Kochi airport to reopen on August 29

Kochi airport to reopen on August 29

-- 2018-08-22 20:40:56

The Kochi airport, shut since August 15 due to heavy flooding after rains devastated Kerala, will reopen on August 29, three days later than earlier announced. The airport had yesterday said it would...

Afghanistan seeks Russian help to press Taliban into peace talks

Afghanistan seeks Russian help to press Taliban into peace talks

-- 2018-08-22 19:48:29

Afghanistan hopes Russia can press Taliban insurgents into holding peace talks with the government, Afghanistan’s top security official said on Wednesday after he met Russia’s ambassador i...

KSA 'seeks death penalty for woman activist'

KSA 'seeks death penalty for woman activist'

-- 2018-08-22 19:46:11

  Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor has reportedly sought the death penalty for five activists, including the female rights defender Israa al-Ghomgham, reports BBC. Human Rights Watch said they...

Nepal cracks down on insurance fraud

Nepal cracks down on insurance fraud

-- 2018-08-22 19:05:53

The Nepalese Government is attempting to crack down on insurance fraud schemes perpetrated by powerful brokers in trekking and mountaineering in the country, which sees insurers put out of pocket for...

Pak new govt lifts political censorship on PTV, Radio Pakistan

Pak new govt lifts political censorship on PTV, Radio Pakistan

-- 2018-08-22 17:55:56

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government on Tuesday lifted political censorship on the state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) and Radio Pakistan by allowing these to air point of views...