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IS militants' riot in Tajikistan prison kills 32

IS militants' riot in Tajikistan prison kills 32

-- 2019-05-20 11:13:15

Three prison guards and 29 inmates have been killed in a high-security prison in Tajikistan after convicted Islamic State militants started a riot, the Central Asian nation’s Justice Ministry sa...

US warship sails in disputed South China Sea

US warship sails in disputed South China Sea

Reuters 2019-05-20 10:52:49

The US military said one of its warships sailed near the disputed Scarborough Shoal claimed by China in the South China Sea on Sunday, a move likely to anger Beijing at a time of tense ties between th...

Armed group shoots dead 11 at Brazil bar

Armed group shoots dead 11 at Brazil bar

-- 2019-05-20 10:49:12

An armed group entered a bar in the Brazilian northern city of Belem on Sunday and fired at patrons, killing 11 people and leaving one wounded, according to local media reports. The armed group, whos...

Exit polls predict clear majority for Modi

Exit polls predict clear majority for Modi

-- 2019-05-19 21:06:23

The first batch of exit polls predicted that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would return to power comfortably through winning almost as many seats as it did in 2014. According to five different...

Saudi Arabia calls urgent meeting of GCC, Arab League

Saudi Arabia calls urgent meeting of GCC, Arab League

-- 2019-05-19 17:42:52

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud called for an emergency meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states and leaders of Arab League countries to discuss the security of t...

Australian PM brands election victory as 'miracle'

Australian PM brands election victory as 'miracle'

-- 2019-05-19 15:08:37

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has claimed victory in Australia's general election. Morrison's Liberal National Party (LNP) coalition won a third term in government on Saturday night, defeating the Au...

Brexit bill to have improved package of measures: May

Brexit bill to have improved package of measures: May

-- 2019-05-19 13:06:06

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May said she will present a "new bold offer" to lawmakers with "an improved package of measures" in a final attempt to get the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement Bill through...

Austrian leader calls for snap elections after video scandal

Austrian leader calls for snap elections after video scandal

-- 2019-05-19 12:13:58

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has asked for a snap election after his Vice-Chancellor, Heinz-Christian Strache, resigned over a corruption scandal. Mr Kurz's centre-right People's Party is in go...

Indians vote in final phase of election

Indians vote in final phase of election

Reuters 2019-05-19 11:34:41

Indians lined up to vote amid unprecedented security in the eastern state of West Bengal on Sunday as the final phase of a massive, staggered election got underway to decide whether Prime Minister Nar...

Honduras plane crash kills five foreign tourists

Honduras plane crash kills five foreign tourists

-- 2019-05-19 11:01:22

Five foreigners including the pilot died on Saturday when their private plane crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Roatán island, a tourist destination on the Atlantic coast of Ho...

Saudi says ball in Iran's court about averting war

Saudi says ball in Iran's court about averting war

-- 2019-05-19 10:24:46

Saudi Arabia wants to avert war in the region but stands ready to respond with “all strength and determination” following last week’s attacks on Saudi oil assets, a senior official s...

Modi attends first press conference but takes no questions

Modi attends first press conference but takes no questions

-- 2019-05-18 22:37:42

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has attended first ever press conference at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) head office in Delhi - days before Indians take part in the final stage of voting. But...

UN chief for “enlightened” choices on climate action

UN chief for “enlightened” choices on climate action

-- 2019-05-18 21:57:29

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for making "enlightened" choices on climate action because "the whole planet" is at stake. "Over the past week, I've witnessed firsthand t...

Australian PM Morrison celebrates unexpected election victory

Australian PM Morrison celebrates unexpected election victory

-- 2019-05-18 20:29:41

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his government had delivered a miracle result in Saturday’s election where it unexpectedly looks set to retain office, saying the victory was for th...

Bahrain asks its citizens to leave Iran, Iraq 'immediately'

Bahrain asks its citizens to leave Iran, Iraq 'immediately'

-- 2019-05-18 20:29:12

US-allied Bahrain warned its citizens on Saturday against travel to Iraq and Iran and asked those already there to return 'immediately' for their safety. The Bahrain foreign ministry cited, “un...

US warns airliners flying over Persian Gulf

US warns airliners flying over Persian Gulf

-- 2019-05-18 20:05:45

US diplomats warned Saturday that commercial airliners flying over the wider Persian Gulf faced a risk of being “misidentified” amid heightened tensions between the US and Iran. The warni...

US issues warning on airspace near Gulf as Iran tensions simmer

US issues warning on airspace near Gulf as Iran tensions simmer

-- 2019-05-18 14:57:12

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an advisory to US commercial airliners flying over the waters of the Gulf and the Gulf of Oman to exercise caution as tensions between Washington and Teh...

Once again, Iraq caught up in tensions between US and Iran

Once again, Iraq caught up in tensions between US and Iran

-- 2019-05-18 13:57:09

When US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down with Iraqi officials in Baghdad last week as tensions mounted between America and Iran, he delivered a nuanced message: If you’re not going to sta...

Britain's Brexit talks collapse as May's premiership crumbles

Britain's Brexit talks collapse as May's premiership crumbles

-- 2019-05-18 13:19:19

Britain’s tumultuous divorce from the European Union was again in disarray on Friday after the opposition Labour Party declared last-ditch talks dead due to Prime Minister Theresa May’s cr...

Australians go to polls

Australians go to polls

-- 2019-05-18 12:21:23

Millions of Australians voted in a general election on Saturday in which the ruling conservative coalition campaigned on its record of economic management and a resurgent Labor opposition promised act...

US jails ex-CIA agent for spying for China

US jails ex-CIA agent for spying for China

-- 2019-05-18 11:28:27

A former CIA officer has been jailed for 20 years for disclosing military secrets to a Chinese agent, the US justice department says. Kevin Mallory, 62, was found guilty of several spying offences fo...

Facebook bans fake accounts targeting Africa

Facebook bans fake accounts targeting Africa

-- 2019-05-17 19:16:47

Facebook has removed hundreds of social media accounts and banned an Israeli firm due to "co-ordinated inauthentic behaviour" mainly targeting Africa. The fake accounts often posted on political news...

Taiwan first in Asia to allow same-sex marriage

Taiwan first in Asia to allow same-sex marriage

-- 2019-05-17 17:02:13

Taiwan became the first place in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage on Friday, as thousands of demonstrators outside parliament cheered and waved rainbow flags, despite deep divisions over marriage eq...

Nine die in India-controlled Kashmir gun battle

Nine die in India-controlled Kashmir gun battle

-- 2019-05-17 16:48:01

Indian troops and separatist militants clashed in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Thursday and nine people were killed, officials said, the latest casualties in a new phase of violence in the 30-year ins...

Flynn detailed attempts to obstruct Russia probe

Flynn detailed attempts to obstruct Russia probe

-- 2019-05-17 13:38:37

Former US national security adviser Michael Flynn gave Special Counsel Robert Mueller information about multiple attempts by people to obstruct the Russia investigation, according to court documents m...

Plane crashes in Dubai airport killing four

Plane crashes in Dubai airport killing four

-- 2019-05-17 12:56:19

A small plane crashed south of Dubai airport killing three Britons and one South African, the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement on Thursday. The four-seat plane, a DA42 registered in...

F-16 fighter jet crashes into California building

F-16 fighter jet crashes into California building

-- 2019-05-17 11:14:20

An F-16 fighter jet returning to March Air Reserve Base in Moreno Valley of California crashed into a building after its pilot was ejected, US local media quoted base officials as saying on Thursday....

10 die after factory wall collapse in Shanghai

10 die after factory wall collapse in Shanghai

-- 2019-05-17 10:43:19

At least 10 people have died in hospital after a factory wall accidentally collapsed in China's financial hub of Shanghai on Thursday, local authorities said Friday morning. As of 1:45am Friday (loca...

US trade war will only make us stronger: China's media

US trade war will only make us stronger: China's media

-- 2019-05-17 10:33:05

The trade war with the United States will only make China stronger and will never bring the country to its knees, the Communist Party’s People’s Daily wrote in a front page commentary that...

Trump says he doesn't want war with Iran

Trump says he doesn't want war with Iran

-- 2019-05-17 10:01:15

US President Donald Trump has told his top advisers he does not want to get the United States involved in a war with Iran, three US officials said on Thursday. “He doesn’t want to go to w...