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Myanmar passenger jet lands safely after landing gear fails

Myanmar passenger jet lands safely after landing gear fails

-- 2019-05-12 19:35:22

A Myanmar National Airlines plane made an emergency landing at Mandalay International Airport on Sunday, using only its rear wheels after the front landing gear failed to deploy. All 82 passengers an...

US military presence in Gulf is 'an opportunity': Iran

US military presence in Gulf is 'an opportunity': Iran

-- 2019-05-12 19:27:42

The United States’ military presence in the Gulf used to be a serious threat but now it is an opportunity, a senior commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday, according to th...

Iran faces 'unprecedented' pressure from international sanctions: Rouhani

Iran faces 'unprecedented' pressure from international sanctions: Rouhani

-- 2019-05-12 19:10:41

Iran is facing "unprecedented" pressure from international sanctions, President Hassan Rouhani has said. Renewed US sanctions had led to worse economic conditions than during the country's 1980-88 wa...

Myanmar pilot safely lands plane on its nose after landing gear failure

Myanmar pilot safely lands plane on its nose after landing gear failure

-- 2019-05-12 15:10:53

A Myanmar pilot safely landed a passenger jet without its front wheels on Sunday, after landing gear on the Myanmar National Airlines plane failed to deploy, the airline and an official said. It was...

Saudi security forces kill eight in flashpoint Shi’ite area

Saudi security forces kill eight in flashpoint Shi’ite area

-- 2019-05-12 11:38:55

Saudi security forces have killed eight people during an operation in the predominantly Shi’ite eastern Al-Qatif region, state news agency (SPA) said on Saturday. The oil-producing province is...

IS claims it killed 11 Nigerian soldiers

IS claims it killed 11 Nigerian soldiers

-- 2019-05-12 11:38:46

Islamic State (IS) killed 11 Nigerian soldiers in an attack on the northeastern town of Gajiganna, the group claimed through its news agency AMAQ on Saturday. The militant organisation said the attac...

35 bodies found buried near Mexico's Guadalajara

35 bodies found buried near Mexico's Guadalajara

-- 2019-05-12 10:55:26

Mexican investigators have found 35 bodies buried around the metropolitan area of Guadalajara, the country’s second city, state prosecutors said on Saturday (local time). The discovery of the b...

Hundreds of bodies, one nurse: Serial killer rattles Germany

Hundreds of bodies, one nurse: Serial killer rattles Germany

-- 2019-05-11 21:25:40

The new nurse arrived at the intensive-care unit of Delmenhorst hospital with a solid letter of reference, describing him as someone who worked “independently and conscientiously.” In a cr...

Gunmen storm five-star hotel in Pakistan

Gunmen storm five-star hotel in Pakistan

-- 2019-05-11 20:37:31

Gunmen attacked a five-star hotel on Saturday in Pakistan’s south-western port city of Gwadar, located at the restive province of Balochistan. Local security forces cordoned off the Pearl Conti...

Islamic State claims 'province' in India for first time

Islamic State claims 'province' in India for first time

-- 2019-05-11 17:18:08

Islamic State (IS) claimed for the first time that it has established a 'province' in India, after a clash between militants and security forces in the contested Kashmir region killed a militant with...

Night deportations from Hungary crush Afghan families' hopes

Night deportations from Hungary crush Afghan families' hopes

-- 2019-05-11 16:47:07

When they set off for Europe with their families some four years ago, two Afghan brothers never expected a European Union country to crush their dreams in the dark of night. Their hopes were dashed...

Landmark UN plastic waste pact gets approved but not by US

Landmark UN plastic waste pact gets approved but not by US

-- 2019-05-11 16:21:41

Nearly every country in the world has agreed upon a legally binding framework to reduce the pollution from plastic waste except for the United States, UN environmental officials say. An agreement on...

Malta rescues 85 migrants from sinking boat

Malta rescues 85 migrants from sinking boat

-- 2019-05-11 16:07:09

A Maltese patrol boat rescued a group of 85 migrants late on Friday night and will bring them to Malta on Saturday morning, the Armed Forces said. The migrants, believed to be from North and Eastern...

May should set resignation date next week: Senior lawmaker

May should set resignation date next week: Senior lawmaker

-- 2019-05-11 15:08:26

British Prime Minister Theresa May should set a date for her departure next week when she meets leaders of an influential group of Conservative lawmakers to address her future, the group’s chair...

Global peace depends on dialogue between civilizations: Pavlopoulos

Global peace depends on dialogue between civilizations: Pavlopoulos

-- 2019-05-11 14:29:12

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos has said that world peace depends on the dialogue between different civilizations. "Global peace depends on the dialogue between civilizations," Pavlopoulos told...

Afghan gov’t forces free 10 civilians from Taliban jail

Afghan gov’t forces free 10 civilians from Taliban jail

-- 2019-05-11 13:16:34

The Afghan National Army commandoes conducted an operation and freed 10 civilians from a Taliban prison in the country's northern province of Kunduz, a military source said Saturday. "The raid was la...

China gives 300 village satellite TV to Ghana

China gives 300 village satellite TV to Ghana

-- 2019-05-11 13:12:18

The 300-community satellite television project of China for Ghana which started since September has been completed. Handing over the completed project in Accra city on Friday, Chinese Ambassador to G...

Scuffles break out at Hong Kong legislature over extradition law

Scuffles break out at Hong Kong legislature over extradition law

-- 2019-05-11 12:00:29

Scuffles broke out in Hong Kong’s legislature on Saturday between pro-democracy lawmakers and those loyal to Beijing over an extradition law that will extend Beijing’s powers over the fina...

Venezuela reopens borders with Brazil, Aruba: Official

Venezuela reopens borders with Brazil, Aruba: Official

-- 2019-05-11 10:58:08

Venezuela is reopening its borders with Brazil and the Caribbean island of Aruba, Venezuela’s Economy Vice President Tareck El Aissami said on Friday, though Aruba’s government said it did...

US sends missile system, ship to Gulf amid Iran tensions

US sends missile system, ship to Gulf amid Iran tensions

-- 2019-05-11 10:21:28

The US is sending a Patriot air defence missile system and a warship to the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran. The USS Arlington, which transports amphibious vehicles and aircraft, will...

Dozens die after migrant boat capsize off Tunisia coast

Dozens die after migrant boat capsize off Tunisia coast

-- 2019-05-10 20:58:40

Dozens of migrants are thought to have died after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean off the coast of Tunisia. At least 50 people died in the incident, with 16 survivors, the UN's International...

Experts see Russia fingerprints on North Korea's new missile

Experts see Russia fingerprints on North Korea's new missile

-- 2019-05-10 20:10:04

The three new missiles North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has tested over the past week are eerily familiar to military experts: They look just like a controversial and widely copied missile the Russian...

French troops free hostages in Burkina Faso

French troops free hostages in Burkina Faso

-- 2019-05-10 18:10:16

Four foreign hostages were freed by French forces in the West African country of Burkina Faso, the French government says. Two of those released are French, while the other two are said to be an Amer...

US and China will avoid trade war, British minister hopes

US and China will avoid trade war, British minister hopes

-- 2019-05-10 17:58:40

British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Friday he is optimistic that the United States and China would step back from a trade war that would have a 'very serious' negative effect on Britain an...

No rush to complete China trade deal, Trump says

No rush to complete China trade deal, Trump says

-- 2019-05-10 17:54:31

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he is in 'absolutely no rush' to finalise a trade agreement with China as US negotiators from both countries prepared to continue talks in Washington, in a sig...

Syrian rebels try to retake village from government troops

Syrian rebels try to retake village from government troops

-- 2019-05-10 17:20:50

Syrian activists and state media say rebel groups are fighting back, trying to retake territory lost to government forces this week in their stronghold in the country's northwest. Syria state al-Ikhb...

UK, EU to agree free-trade deal

UK, EU to agree free-trade deal

-- 2019-05-10 17:18:28

Britain will eventually leave the European Union and agree a free-trade deal with the bloc, according to the vast majority of economists polled by Reuters who were, however, split on whether the two s...

France will not tolerate repeated Brexit delays: Official

France will not tolerate repeated Brexit delays: Official

-- 2019-05-10 15:13:00

France will not tolerate repeated extensions of the Brexit deadline, a French presidential adviser said on Friday, expressing hope that European elections in Britain would jolt its political parties i...

US air strike kills 13 IS fighters in Somalia

US air strike kills 13 IS fighters in Somalia

-- 2019-05-10 13:49:55

A US air strike killed 13 Islamic State fighters in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region on Wednesday, the US military said, days after another strike killed three. The US military has ste...

Earthquake of 6.3 magnitude jolts Japan

Earthquake of 6.3 magnitude jolts Japan

-- 2019-05-10 12:47:29

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 hit off the coast of southern Japan on Friday but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage, the Japan Meteorologica...