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Harry, Meghan welcome baby boy

Harry, Meghan welcome baby boy

-- 2019-05-06 20:59:10

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, on Monday welcomed a son, the first interracial baby in the monarchy’s recent history. Harry announced that they were 'absolutely...

Russia jet 'struck by lightning' crashes, 46 killed

Russia jet 'struck by lightning' crashes, 46 killed

-- 2019-05-06 18:06:48

Passengers and crew on board a jet that was forced to make an emergency landing at a Moscow airport say it was struck by lightning moments before it crashed. Reports of the strike came as survivors t...

Sri Lanka schools re-open amid fears of more attacks

Sri Lanka schools re-open amid fears of more attacks

-- 2019-05-06 13:18:18

State schools in Sri Lanka resumed classes on Monday amid tight security after the Easter Sunday bombings, but many anxious parents kept their children at home over fears of more attacks by Islamic mi...

Magnitude 5.8 quake strikes Philippines

Magnitude 5.8 quake strikes Philippines

-- 2019-05-06 12:46:18

An earthquake of 5.8-magnitude struck Ilocos Norte province in the northern Philippines on Monday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The institute said the quake...

Indians vote in fifth phase of election; violence in Kashmir

Indians vote in fifth phase of election; violence in Kashmir

-- 2019-05-06 11:30:57

India’s northern heartland began voting on Monday in the fifth phase of a staggered general election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoping his record on national security will win him a seco...

Trump backs Israel '100%' amid airstrikes on Gaza

Trump backs Israel '100%' amid airstrikes on Gaza

Reuters 2019-05-06 11:05:35

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday the United States fully supported Israel’s response to a barrage of rockets fired from Gaza and called for an end to the Palestinian militant attacks, wa...

Sri Lanka police discover suspected training camp for Islamist militants

Sri Lanka police discover suspected training camp for Islamist militants

-- 2019-05-06 10:22:56

Sri Lankan police on Sunday discovered a 10-acre camp in the eastern town of Kattankudy, where Islamist militants linked to the deadly Easter attacks are believed to have practiced shooting and bombma...

41 die as plane crash-lands in Moscow

41 die as plane crash-lands in Moscow

-- 2019-05-06 09:32:47

Forty-one people on board a Russian Aeroflot passenger plane were killed on Sunday, including two children, after the aircraft caught fire as it made a bumpy emergency landing at a Moscow airport, Rus...

Ramadan begins in Saudi Arabia Monday

Ramadan begins in Saudi Arabia Monday

-- 2019-05-05 21:12:42

Ramadan will begin in Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries on Monday as moon observers said there was no sight of the Ramadan crescent on Saturday. The Islamic world follows a lunar calend...

Cyclone leaves thousands homeless, claims 33 lives in India

Cyclone leaves thousands homeless, claims 33 lives in India

-- 2019-05-05 20:58:33

Hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless after a cyclone packing winds of about 200 km per hour slammed into eastern India, ripping out tin roofs and destroying power and telecom lines, offi...

187 killed in Libya fighting

187 killed in Libya fighting

-- 2019-05-05 19:07:23

Recent fighting in southern Tripoli in Libya has killed 187 people and wounded 1,157, a spokesman for the ministry of health said on Saturday. The government has also transferred a number of wounded...

Violence in Gaza intensifies

Violence in Gaza intensifies

-- 2019-05-05 18:27:24

Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip have stepped up their attacks on each other, in some of the most intense exchanges of recent years. Palestinian militants have fired more than 450 rockets into...

Magnitude 5.8 quake strikes off Japan's Hokkaido

Magnitude 5.8 quake strikes off Japan's Hokkaido

Reuters 2019-05-05 15:01:26

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Hokkaido, Japan early on Sunday morning local time, according to the US Geological Survey. The epicentre of the quake was 59 km below the...

Russian FM, Venezuelan counterpart to meet in Moscow

Russian FM, Venezuelan counterpart to meet in Moscow

-- 2019-05-05 12:26:20

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Venezuelan counterpart Jorge Arreaza will hold talks in Moscow today (Sunday), the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday. Lavrov and Arreaza wi...

May steps up calls for Labour to agree a Brexit deal

May steps up calls for Labour to agree a Brexit deal

-- 2019-05-05 12:13:48

British Prime Minister Theresa May has stepped up calls on Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to agree a cross-party deal to leave the European Union, following poor results for both parties in local e...

Venezuelan military chopper crash kills seven

Venezuelan military chopper crash kills seven

-- 2019-05-05 11:40:20

A Venezuelan military helicopter crashed close to Caracas on Saturday morning, killing all seven people on board, the Defence Ministry said in a statement. The helicopter was to fly from Caracas, the...

Gunmen kill BJP leader in Indian-controlled Kashmir

Gunmen kill BJP leader in Indian-controlled Kashmir

-- 2019-05-05 11:28:57

Unidentified gunmen killed a ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader inside his house in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Sunday. Locals said 70-year-old Ghulam Muhammad Mir was affili...

Sri Lanka tourism takes a hit after bombings

Sri Lanka tourism takes a hit after bombings

-- 2019-05-05 10:00:10

Sri Lanka’s $4.4 billion tourism industry is reeling from cancellations as travellers shun the sun and sand of the Indian Ocean island after multiple suicide bombings that killed over 250 people...

Kejriwal slapped during roadshow in New Delhi

Kejriwal slapped during roadshow in New Delhi

-- 2019-05-04 21:08:17

India's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) president and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was slapped by a man during a roadshow on Saturday in Moti Nagar area in New Delhi parliamentary constituency. Kejriwa...

Sri Lanka president vows to restore stability before vote

Sri Lanka president vows to restore stability before vote

-- 2019-05-04 20:32:21

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena has said the security forces of his country would eradicate terrorism following devastating suicide attacks on Easter Sunday and restore stability before a pre...

Harley-Davidson workers allege years of racism

Harley-Davidson workers allege years of racism

-- 2019-05-04 19:50:40

Minority employees at a Harley-Davidson plant have said they experienced years of harassment and racial discrimination including finding swastikas and nooses hung in the factory. The workers from th...

US okays $6.0b weapons sales to Bahrain, UAE

US okays $6.0b weapons sales to Bahrain, UAE

-- 2019-05-04 17:03:31

The US State Department has approved a possible $6.0 billion worth of weapons sales to Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates in three separate packages, the Pentagon said on Friday after notifying Cong...

Thailand's King formally crowned as divine monarch

Thailand's King formally crowned as divine monarch

-- 2019-05-04 16:54:50

Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn was formally crowned as a divine monarch on Saturday. The king donned the 7.3 kg (16 lb) Great Crown of Victory as part of the elaborate coronation ceremonie...

South Korea urges North Korea to avoid raising military tension

South Korea urges North Korea to avoid raising military tension

-- 2019-05-04 16:28:04

South Korea on Saturday urged North Korea to 'stop action that intensifies military tension on the Korean peninsula,' saying it is very concerned about the North Korea’s firing of short-range pr...

Trump calls Putin, talks about ‘Russian hoax’

Trump calls Putin, talks about ‘Russian hoax’

-- 2019-05-04 14:23:55

US President Donald Trump has said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an hour-long call, covering issues including the "Russian hoax". "Had a long and very good conversation with Presi...

North Korea ‘fires several short-range missiles’

North Korea ‘fires several short-range missiles’

-- 2019-05-04 11:53:03

North Korea has tested several short-range missiles, according to reports from South Korea. They were fired from the Hodo peninsula in the east of the country, said South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staf...

Boeing 737 with 143 aboard slides into US river; 21 hurt

Boeing 737 with 143 aboard slides into US river; 21 hurt

-- 2019-05-04 10:28:56

A Boeing jetliner with 143 people aboard from the US outpost at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, slid off a runway into a shallow river in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday while attempting to land at a military...

Thousands of US college students have limited access to food

Thousands of US college students have limited access to food

-- 2019-05-03 18:16:04

In the coming weeks, thousands of US college students will walk across a stage and proudly accept their diplomas. Many of them will be hungry, says a report on New York Times. A senior at Lehman Coll...

NZ PM Jacinda Ardern engaged

NZ PM Jacinda Ardern engaged

-- 2019-05-03 17:16:23

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is engaged to her long-term partner, television presenter Clarke Gayford, a spokesman has confirmed. News of the couple's engagement emerged after Ms Ardern...

Three die as cyclone Fani hits India's Odisha

Three die as cyclone Fani hits India's Odisha

-- 2019-05-03 15:37:49

Three people have been killed as cyclone Fani made a landfall in Puri on India's Odisha coast around 8 am, triggering heavy rainfall coupled with high velocity winds with speed of 175 kmph in vast are...