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Philippines hit by strong quake

-- 2017-09-24 01:13:47

An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted four km Northwest of Kadingilan, the Philippines at 4:47pm EST (20:47 GMT) on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said.   The epicentre, w...

China slashes trade ties with North Korea

BBC 2017-09-23 12:04:40

China has moved to limit North Korea's oil supply and will stop buying textiles from the politically isolated nation, it said on Saturday.   China is North Korea's most important trading partne...

Bali volcano alert raised to highest level

-- 2017-09-23 12:00:00

Indonesia has issued its highest level alert for a volcano on Bali, warning that an eruption on the popular tourist island could be imminent.   About 10,000 people have already been evacuated,...

Iran tests missile despite Trump pressure

BBC 2017-09-23 12:00:00

Iran says it has successfully tested a new-medium range missile, in defiance of US President Donald Trump.   The launch of the Khoramshahr missile, which has a range of 2,000 km (1242 miles), w...

North Korean quake 'suspected explosion', China says

-- 2017-09-23 12:00:00

Earthquake administration of China detected a magnitude 3.4 earthquake in North Korea and the Chinese government said it was a “suspected explosion.”   China made the announcement r...

SL won’t allow Rohingya refugees to enter

-- 2017-09-23 12:00:00

Saying visitors need to follow immigration procedures to enter the country, Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Rohingya refugees won’t be allowed in his country, as per a...

NZ's ruling party takes lead in general election

-- 2017-09-23 05:24:55

New Zealand’s ruling National Party enjoyed a wide lead over the Labour Party with 70 per cent of results counted in the country’s general election on Saturday after the most hotly contest...

Nine killed in eastern Afghan clash

Xinhua 2017-09-23 01:24:37

One Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel and eight Taliban militants were killed and eight people wounded in a clash in Laghman, eastern Afghanistan on late Friday, the provincial government said on Sa...

India using chilli sprays, stun grenades to stop Rohingya influx

-- 2017-09-22 12:00:00

India has stepped up security along its largely porous eastern border with Bangladesh and is using “chilli and stun grenades” to block the entry of Rohingya Muslims fleeing from violence i...

Myanmar guilty of genocide: Peoples' Tribunal

-- 2017-09-22 12:00:00

Myanmar has been committed genocide against Rohingyas and its other Muslim minorities, according to the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal.   The seven-strong panel of the international opinion tribun...

Philippines president threatens to kill own son over drugs

-- 2017-09-22 12:00:00

The President of the Philippines has threatened to have his own son killed if he is found guilty of drug trafficking allegations, reports mirror.co.uk.   President Rodrigo Duterte 's son is acc...

N Korea lashes 'deranged' Trump, threatens H-bomb detonation

Reuters 2017-09-22 11:28:33

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un blasted US President Donald Trump as "mentally deranged" on Friday and vowed to make him pay dearly for threatening to destroy his country, hours after Trump ordered fr...

Kashmir shooting: Death toll rises to six

-- 2017-09-22 03:51:08

The death toll from the overnight cross-border shooting by India in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir has risen to six, Pakistan's military said.   The latest incident comes as Pakistani...

Myanmar Vice President downplays Rakhine crisis

BBC 2017-09-21 12:00:00

Myanmar's Vice President Henry Van Thio says his government is "deeply concerned" about the exodus of people from Rakhine state into Bangladesh, but insists that the crisis was easing.   Speaki...

'Petrol bombs thrown' at Rohingya aid shipment in Myanmar

Reuters 2017-09-21 12:00:00

Hundreds of Buddhists in Myanmar tried to block a shipment of aid to Muslims in Rakhine state where the United Nations has accused the military of ethnic cleansing, with a witness saying protesters th...

India ponders arms supply to Myanmar

-- 2017-09-21 08:08:46

India is considering supplying arms to Myanmar’s government in a sign of strong support for a neighbour that faces criticism for its crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, reports Reuters.   The...

Saudi to lift social media ban, impose censorship

-- 2017-09-21 07:00:12

The Saudi government is lifting a ban on calls made through online apps on Thursday but will monitor and censor them, a government spokesman said.   All online voice and video call services - s...

Saudi King orders $15m aid for Rohingya refugees

-- 2017-09-20 12:00:00

Saudi King Salman ordered $15 million aid for the Rohingya refugees fleeing from Myanmar as a result of genocide and torture.   The announcement came in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (S...

Couple leaves 3-yr-old daughter, Rs 100cr to become monks

-- 2017-09-20 07:30:35

Their decision to renounce the world isn’t bizarre, considering they are from Jain community where many practice renunciation. What is unusual is their age and the circumstances. They are in the...

Suu Kyi condemns all human rights violations

Reuters 2017-09-19 12:00:00

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned all human rights violations on Tuesday and said anyone responsible for abuses in troubled Rakhine State would face the law, and she felt deeply for the suffer...

Myanmar ready to take back ‘verified’ refugees

-- 2017-09-19 12:00:00

Myanmar’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi says the country is ready to welcome back ‘verified’ refugees who have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh.   “We are prepared to start...

Rohingya refugees reject Suu Kyi's claim

-- 2017-09-19 12:00:00

Rohingya refugees rejected the claim of Myanmar's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi that many members of the minority group were safe in Myanmar, reports Al Jazeera.   In a sprawling and squalid...

Auckland petrol stations run out of fuel

-- 2017-09-19 05:21:08

Several petrol stations in Auckland have been hit by fuel shortages as problems caused by damage to a pipeline in New Zealand's largest city spread, reports BBC. Z Energy confirmed to the BBC that 1...

Cut off Rohingyas beg for safe passage

Reuters 2017-09-18 12:00:00

Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in violence-racked northwest Myanmar are pleading with the authorities for safe passage from two remote villages that are cut off by hostile Buddhists and running short o...

Rights group calls for sanctions on Myanmar

-- 2017-09-18 12:00:00

A rights group has called for targeted sanctions and an arms embargo against the Myanmar military in response to an offensive that has sent 410,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh to escape wha...

Nine die in boat race in India

-- 2017-09-18 11:51:24

At least nine bodies were recovered after three to four boats capsized in stormy conditions during a race on the Sabang river in Assam state of India.   The boats were caught in a sudden rainst...

China, India now in another dispute

BBC 2017-09-18 03:08:59

China and India may have defused a potential border conflict but the stand-off seems to have led to dispute over another contentious issue: water.   Delhi says it has not received any hydrologi...

Suu Kyi has 'last chance' on Rohingyas: UN

BBC 2017-09-17 12:00:00

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has "a last chance" to halt an army offensive that has forced hundreds of thousands of the mainly Muslim Rohingyas to flee abroad, the UN head has said. &nb...

Modi inaugurates controversial dam project

-- 2017-09-17 12:00:00

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country’s biggest dam on Sunday, ignoring warnings from environment groups that hundreds of thousands of people will lose their livelih...

Kuwait tells N Korea ambassador to leave within a month

-- 2017-09-17 12:00:00

Kuwait has ordered North Korea’s ambassador to leave within a month as the Gulf country downgraded diplomatic relations with Pyongyang, a North Korean diplomat in the Gulf region said on Sunday....