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Nuclear buildup unlikely despite US threats: NATO chief

-- 2018-10-24 16:20:47

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he does not expect a nuclear buildup in Europe, despite US threats to pull out of a Cold War-era missile agreement over allegations that Russia is violatin...

No new nuclear arms in Europe despite Russian treaty breach: NATO

-- 2018-10-24 14:48:10

NATO allies are not likely to deploy more nuclear weapons in Europe in response to what the West says is a Russian breach of a nuclear arms control treaty that Washington is pulling out of, NATO Secre...

Clan clashes kill over 50 in breakaway Somali region

-- 2018-10-24 13:34:09

Fighting between clans in Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region has killed more than 50 people, a witness at the scene and an official in neighbouring Puntland said on Tuesday. “There has...

Japan’s Abe vows to boost China ties day before Beijing trip

-- 2018-10-24 13:12:30

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to bolster cooperation and friendship between his country and China in a key policy speech the day before he makes the first trip to Beijing by a Japa...

Virus outbreak at US health centre kills six

Reuters 2018-10-24 12:12:00

Six young patients died and 12 others became sick following an outbreak of adenovirus at a rehabilitation centre in Haskell, New Jersey, the US state’s Health Department said on Tuesday. Adenov...

Ecuador says not planning to intervene with UK for Assange

-- 2018-10-24 12:10:43

Ecuador does not plan to intervene with the British government on behalf of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in talks over his situation as an asylee in the South American country’s London embas...

Khashoggi killing: US to revoke visas of Saudi officials

Reuters 2018-10-24 10:32:26

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday Saudi authorities staged the “worst cover-up ever” in the killing of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi this month, as the United States vowed to...

Khashoggi murder 'planned days in advance": Erdogan

-- 2018-10-23 18:38:52

The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was planned days in advance, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told MPs from his ruling party, reports BBC. He said Turkey had strong evidence Khash...

Vietnam’s communist party chief becomes new president

-- 2018-10-23 16:31:58

Vietnam's rubber stamp National Assembly elected Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong as the country's president on Tuesday, consolidating his influence as the most powerful man in the S...

China opens longest sea-crossing bridge

-- 2018-10-23 16:21:37

Chinese President Xi Jinping has officially opened the world's longest sea crossing bridge, nine years after construction first began. Including its access roads, the bridge spans 55km (34 miles) and...

Migrants spend night in open near Bosnia-Croatia border

-- 2018-10-23 16:13:26

Several dozen migrants, including children, have spent the night out in the open near Bosnia's border with Croatia after walking for hours from a migrant centre. The migrants are camping Tuesday by t...

China emergency crews struggling to rescue 18 trapped miners

-- 2018-10-23 14:33:55

Emergency crews were struggling Tuesday to rescue 18 coal miners trapped underground in eastern China following a collapse inside the shaft three days earlier. Three miners were killed by falling roc...

Car bomb claims lives of four in Iraq

-- 2018-10-23 14:24:28

At least four people were killed and 15 wounded in a car bomb blast in the northern Iraqi town of Qayyara on Tuesday, police and medical sources said. A vehicle packed with explosives was parked near...

Australia slaps sanctions on five Myanmar army officers

Reuters 2018-10-23 13:17:20

Australia on Tuesday slapped travel and financial sanctions on five top Myanmar military officers, accused of overseeing brutal violence against Rohingya Muslims by units under their command, followin...

Trump threatens to cut Central America aid over migrant caravan

-- 2018-10-23 12:15:50

President Donald Trump has said the US will "begin cutting off" foreign aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador because of a large convoy of migrants heading north. Trump criticised the countries...

Mexico braces for 'life-threatening' Hurricane Willa

-- 2018-10-23 11:40:52

Mexico has issued an alert for parts of its Pacific seaboard as it prepares for the "life-threatening" Hurricane Willa. Willa is expected to make landfall on Mexico's south-western coast on Tuesday a...

CIA chief to Turkey as officials seek to clarify prince's role in Khashoggi death

-- 2018-10-23 11:10:33

CIA Director Gina Haspel was travelling to Turkey on Monday to help investigate the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, two sources familiar with the matter said, as security agencies examined...

5.9 magnitude quake jolts Taiwan

-- 2018-10-23 11:07:47

An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Taiwan, the United States Geological Survey said on Tuesday, and witnesses said it set buildings shaking in the capital Taipei. There were no immediate reports o...

CIA director flies to Turkey for Khashoggi probe

-- 2018-10-23 10:19:12

CIA Director Gina Haspel left US for Turkey on Monday to work on the investigation into the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, a source familiar with the m...

How the man in Khashoggi murder ran killing via Skype

-- 2018-10-23 10:00:36

He ran social media for Saudi Arabia's crown prince. He masterminded the arrest of hundreds of his country's elite. He detained a Lebanese prime minister. And, according to two intelligence sources, h...

Erdogan's adviser dismisses Saudi explanation on Khashoggi killing

-- 2018-10-22 17:35:30

An adviser to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has rejected the explanation of Saudi Arabia over the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s Istanbul’s consulate. “One...

Gunmen kill 14 in eastern Congo’s Ebola zone

-- 2018-10-22 14:40:38

Unidentified gunmen killed at least 14 people, including two health workers, on Saturday in an area of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where militia violence has hampered efforts to contain an Eb...

World's longest sea bridge opens Wednesday

-- 2018-10-22 13:25:30

The world's longest sea bridge, linking the cities of Hong Kong, Macau, and Zhuhai across the South China Sea, is set to open to traffic on Wednesday (October 24), the authorities said. The 55...

Boat carrying migrants capsizes off Turkey coast

Reuters 2018-10-22 12:49:42

Some people drowned and others were hurt after a boat carrying migrants sank near Bodrum, off the western coast of Turkey, broadcaster NTV reported on Monday. No further details were immediately avai...

Australia PM offers rare national apology to child abuse victims

-- 2018-10-22 11:03:25

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday offered a rare national apology, only the second since 2008, to victims of institutional child sexual abuse and their families, bringing some survivo...

Saudi Arabia calls Khashoggi killing 'grave mistake,' says prince not aware

Reuters 2018-10-22 10:11:49

Saudi Arabia on Sunday called the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at its Istanbul consulate a “huge and grave mistake,” but sought to shield its powerful crown prince from the wideni...

Parts of Qatar under storm water

-- 2018-10-22 00:18:22

Torrential downpours caused extensive flooding across Qatar on Saturday with lengthy thunderstorms bringing parts of the Gulf state to a standstill, reports Al Jazeera. According to the Civil Aviatio...

Maldives court upholds president's vote defeat

-- 2018-10-22 00:17:25

The Maldives top court rejected on Sunday a petition by President Abdulla Yameen to annul last month's election results and call a fresh poll, upholding his defeat, reports Agencies. The five-judge S...

Bernicat receives US Service Award

-- 2018-10-21 21:49:49

US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat has received the US Secretary's 'Distinguished Service Award', the highest honour award by the US Department of State. "Congratulations Ambassador Bernicat on t...

Train derailment leaves 17 dead in Taiwan

-- 2018-10-21 17:58:37

A train derailment in north-eastern Taiwan on Sunday killed at least 17 people and injured 126, government authorities said. The accident took place on Sunday afternoon in Yilan County near the coast...