-- 2019-01-20 13:21:44
Two buses collided on a winding road in the Bolivian altiplano early on Saturday morning (local time), killing 22 and injuring 37, authorities said. Police said later in the day that the two buses hi...
-- 2019-01-20 12:54:50
Congo opposition candidate Martin Fayulu rejected a court ruling on Sunday that his rival won a presidential election, declaring himself president in a move that could stoke further unrest. “Th...
-- 2019-01-20 12:49:14
A Saudi-led coalition launched several air strikes on the Houthi-held Yemeni capital Sanaa overnight, stoking tensions among Yemen’s warring parties as the United Nations struggles to implement...
-- 2019-01-20 12:08:54
A freelance photographer, who had contributed to the Associated Press among other news organisations, was killed in clashes between rival militias in the Libyan capital Tripoli, a government official...
-- 2019-01-20 12:01:25
More than 10,000 people marched through Belgrade on Saturday evening to protest against the rule of President Aleksandar Vucic and his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), demanding media freedom as a pre...
Reuters 2019-01-20 12:01:20
British Prime Minister Theresa May plans to seek a bilateral treaty with the Irish government as a way to remove the contentious backstop arrangement from Britain's divorce deal with the European Unio...
Reuters 2019-01-20 10:56:59
At least 73 people were killed after a pipeline ruptured by suspected fuel thieves exploded in central Mexico, authorities said on Saturday, as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defended the army...
Reuters 2019-01-20 09:59:09
US President Donald Trump proposed an immigration deal on Saturday in a bid to end a 29-day partial government shutdown, including temporary protections for “Dreamers” and other immigrants...
-- 2019-01-20 09:58:06
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit the coast of north-central Chile late on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, and witnesses said it rattled buildings further south in the capital city of Santiago b...
-- 2019-01-19 22:23:30
Thousands of Poles have been attending the funeral of Pawel Adamowicz, the mayor of Gdansk who was fatally stabbed last Sunday, reports BBC. Large screens around St Mary's Basilica in the city and ac...
-- 2019-01-19 20:42:07
Henry Sy, chairman emeritus of SM Investments, one of the Philippines' largest conglomerates, died Saturday morning, according to a statement from SM. Sy had topped the Philippine Rich List for eleve...
-- 2019-01-19 20:13:22
Mexican authorities now put the number killed in Friday night's oil pipeline blast at 66, with dozens injured. Initial reports had said that at least 21 died, according to BBC. It is believed the bl...
-- 2019-01-19 17:28:14
A man allegedly shot dead a 22-year-old woman for not withdrawing a rape case against him hours before she appeared in front of an India court, reports NDTV. She was to record her statement in court...
-- 2019-01-19 16:14:07
Cebuana Lhuillier, a Philippine financial service provider, said on Saturday that the data of 900,000 clients had been accessed without authorisation and that it had already alerted authorities to inv...
-- 2019-01-19 14:51:39
Unknown gunmen shot dead two Buddhist monks and injured two others in an attack at a temple in Thailand’s mainly Muslim south, the first such killing of a Buddhist monk in the restive region in...
-- 2019-01-19 13:50:42
The Afghan Taliban rejected reports in the Pakistani media that they were prepared to resume meetings with US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Islamabad and repeated their refusal to deal directly wi...
-- 2019-01-19 13:14:09
Investigators in Kenya are exploring the possibility that some of the militants who attacked a Nairobi hotel and office complex may not have been ethnic Somalis, stoking fears that militants are deepe...
-- 2019-01-19 12:43:14
Warning against the dangers of widespread fear and mistrust in the planet, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday said he wants to reaffirm the UN as a platform for action to...
-- 2019-01-19 12:26:59
Abu Bakar Bashir, the radical Muslim cleric and alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings, will be granted early release from jail on humanitarian grounds, Indonesia’s president said on Frida...
Reuters 2019-01-19 11:32:42
US President Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in late February but will maintain economic sanctions on Pyongyang, the White House said on Friday after Trump...
-- 2019-01-19 10:26:44
At least 21 people were killed and 71 were injured on Friday when a pipeline ruptured by suspected fuel thieves exploded in central Mexico as dozens of people tried to fill up containers, state and fe...
-- 2019-01-18 18:59:36
Australia has just sweltered through at least five of its 10 warmest days on record, authorities estimate. An extreme heatwave has afflicted the nation since Saturday, causing wildlife deaths, bushfi...
-- 2019-01-18 18:09:45
US Democratic politicians have announced that they will investigate allegations that US President Trump directed his long-time personal lawyer to lie to Congress. A Buzzfeed News report alleges Mr Tr...
-- 2019-01-18 16:22:11
A doctor and a 16-year-old have been killed in Sudan amid demonstrations against President Omar al-Bashir. Both were shot in the head by state forces who were firing directly on demonstrators, a memb...
-- 2019-01-18 16:19:03
Algeria will hold a presidential election on April 18, the presidency said on Friday, although it did not say whether veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika would stand as a candidate. Bouteflika, 81, h...
-- 2019-01-18 16:08:20
Queen Elizabeth’s 97-year-old husband Prince Philip escaped uninjured from a car crash while driving on Thursday near the Sandringham estate in eastern England. Police said two people in a car...
-- 2019-01-18 14:30:10
Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg struck a deal on Thursday to form a centre-right majority government by adding the small Christian Democratic Party to her minority three-party coalition. T...
-- 2019-01-18 13:37:10
The Italian government on Thursday approved flagship reforms of the welfare and pension system, election pledges of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the right-wing League, which mark a major...
Reuters 2019-01-18 13:27:11
UN member states owe nearly $2 billion in peacekeeping funds, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has warned, with the United States responsible for more than a third of that. “Active peaceke...
BBC 2019-01-18 10:24:06
Theresa May has urged Jeremy Corbyn to discuss his Brexit plans with her, after he said he would not take part in talks until "no deal" was ruled out. In a letter to the Labour leader, the PM wrote t...
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