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Torrential rain leaves 22 dead in Kerala

Torrential rain leaves 22 dead in Kerala

-- 2018-08-09 21:09:43

A resurgent southwest monsoon, sweeping large parts of the northern and central districts of Kerala, left an extensive trail of destruction and loss of life in its wake in the last 24 hours. As of Th...

Scores of Yemeni children die in Saudi-led air strike on bus

Scores of Yemeni children die in Saudi-led air strike on bus

-- 2018-08-09 18:59:24

Dozens of people, many of them children, have been killed or wounded in a Saudi-led coalition air strike in rebel-held northern Yemen on Thursday. The bus was travelling through Dahyan market in Saad...

Death toll crosses 300 in Indonesia quake

Death toll crosses 300 in Indonesia quake

-- 2018-08-09 18:48:00

The Indonesian island of Lombok was shaken by a third big earthquake in little more than a week Thursday as the official death toll from the most powerful of the quakes topped 300. The strong aftersh...

Russia denounces new US sanctions as illegal

Russia denounces new US sanctions as illegal

-- 2018-08-09 18:11:45

Russia condemned a new round of US sanctions as illegal on Thursday after news of the measures sent the rouble tumbling to two-year lows and sparked a wider asset sell-off over fears that Moscow was l...

Argentina Senate rejects bill to legalise abortion

Argentina Senate rejects bill to legalise abortion

-- 2018-08-09 15:47:20

Argentine senators rejected a bill to legalise abortion after an impassioned debate ran into the early hours of Thursday, pushing back against a groundswell of support from a surging abortion rights m...

US can't be trusted, Iran to NKorea

US can't be trusted, Iran to NKorea

-- 2018-08-09 15:26:14

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told North Korea’s foreign minister that the United States cannot be trusted, Tehran’s state media said, as the United States seeks a deal to rein in the N...

Seven children among nine die in Turkey migrant boat capsize

Seven children among nine die in Turkey migrant boat capsize

-- 2018-08-09 15:11:55

Turkey's state-run news agency says a boat carrying migrants has capsized off the Turkish coast in the Aegean sea, killing seven children and two women. Anadolu Agency says four other migrants were r...

UN names Bachelet as next human rights chief

UN names Bachelet as next human rights chief

-- 2018-08-09 13:09:33

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has chosen former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet to be the world body’s new human rights chief, the United Nations said on Wednesday. The 193-member U...

Another powerful quake rattles Indonesia

Another powerful quake rattles Indonesia

-- 2018-08-09 12:09:46

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 hit Indonesia’s Lombok island on Thursday, causing some buildings to collapse, according to witnesses and the Southeast Asian nation’s meteorolo...

Congo’s president Kabila pulls out of long-delayed election

Congo’s president Kabila pulls out of long-delayed election

-- 2018-08-09 11:36:39

Congo’s President Joseph Kabila will not stand in the election scheduled for December, a spokesman said, finally agreeing to obey a two-term limit but picking a hard-core loyalist under European...

Japan army to raise maximum age for new recruits

Japan army to raise maximum age for new recruits

-- 2018-08-09 11:15:40

Japan’s military plans to raise the maximum age for new recruits in a bid to cope with a shrinking pool of potential soldiers due to the country’s low birth rate and fast-ageing population...

Ecuador declares emergency over Venezuelan migrants

Ecuador declares emergency over Venezuelan migrants

-- 2018-08-09 10:59:02

Ecuador on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in three provinces due to an unusually high volume of Venezuelan migrants crossing over the northern border with Colombia after fleeing the OPEC nati...

US sanctions Russia over nerve agent attack

US sanctions Russia over nerve agent attack

-- 2018-08-09 10:51:17

Washington says it would impose fresh sanctions on Russia by the end of August after it determined that Moscow had used a nerve agent against a former Russian agent and his daughter in Britain. A sen...

Prestigious Tokyo university apologises over exam rigging

Prestigious Tokyo university apologises over exam rigging

-- 2018-08-08 19:21:03

One of Japan's most prestigious medical universities has apologised for tampering with entrance exam scores to limit its intake of female students. An internal investigation found that Tokyo Medical...

Major fire breaks out at petroleum plant in India

Major fire breaks out at petroleum plant in India

-- 2018-08-08 18:06:06

A major fire has been reported after loud explosions at Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd’s (BPCL) refinery in Mumbai of India. Sources said that the fire broke out at 2:55 pm on Wednesday and is confi...

Indonesia earthquake deaths cross 130

Indonesia earthquake deaths cross 130

-- 2018-08-08 17:43:41

Aid began reaching isolated areas of the Indonesian island struggling after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 131 people, while rescuers doubled down on efforts to find the dead. Volunteers...

Australian state suffers worst drought in living memory

Australian state suffers worst drought in living memory

-- 2018-08-08 17:31:23

Australia's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), is now entirely in drought, officials have confirmed. A dry winter has intensified what has been called the worst drought in living memory in p...

'US plan to reduce Iran’s oil exports will not succeed'

'US plan to reduce Iran’s oil exports will not succeed'

-- 2018-08-08 16:52:52

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said the plan made by the United States to reduce Iran’s oil exports to zero will not succeed. “If the Americans want to keep this simpli...

African migrants protest in Italy after road deaths

African migrants protest in Italy after road deaths

-- 2018-08-08 16:43:55

Migrant labourers staged a strike on Wednesday to protest at the deaths of 16 colleagues killed this week in two separate traffic accidents in southern Italy. Thousands of migrants work in the southe...

Ethiopia shuts internet amid regional violence

Ethiopia shuts internet amid regional violence

-- 2018-08-08 15:44:07

Authorities have cut off Internet access in eastern Ethiopia amid an outbreak of violence in the region, two local residents said on Wednesday. The residents, one speaking from Oromia region and the...

Colombia swears in president Iván Duque

Colombia swears in president Iván Duque

FE Report 2018-08-08 13:33:20

Colombia's newly-elected President Iván Duque took office on Tuesday, pledging to unite the country and improve economic growth. The conservative political newcomer was elected in June after...

Japan braces for typhoon ‘Shanshan’

Japan braces for typhoon ‘Shanshan’

-- 2018-08-08 11:43:33

Japan is bracing for heavy rains and high winds on Wednesday as a strong typhoon is forecast to make landfall near the capital of Tokyo, the latest storm to hit Japan in recent months. Typhoon &ldquo...

Trump warns partners on trade with Iran

Trump warns partners on trade with Iran

-- 2018-08-07 21:34:17

US President Donald Trump has issued a strong warning to anyone trading with Iran, following his re-imposition of sanctions on the country. "Anyone doing business with Iran will NOT be doing business...

Veteran Indian politician M Karunanidhi dies at 94

Veteran Indian politician M Karunanidhi dies at 94

-- 2018-08-07 20:54:57

Veteran Indian politician Muthuvel Karunanidhi has died at the age of 94. He was being treated for age-related illnesses in Chennai (formerly Madras) in southern India's Tamil Nadu state. Mr Karunan...

Australia's population hits 25m for first time

Australia's population hits 25m for first time

-- 2018-08-07 19:58:31

Australia's population reaches 25 million for the first time on Tuesday, according to official estimates. The milestone, driven significantly by migration, has magnified debate about the merits of a...

Thousands of earthquake victims wait for aid in Indonesia

Thousands of earthquake victims wait for aid in Indonesia

-- 2018-08-07 19:25:30

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit Indonesia’s tourist island of Lombok topped 100 on Tuesday. Rescuers found victims under wrecked buildings, while thousands left homeless in t...

Nigerian forces block lawmakers from entering parliament

Nigerian forces block lawmakers from entering parliament

-- 2018-08-07 15:57:32

Security forces temporarily blocked the entrance to Nigeria’s parliament on Tuesday, preventing lawmakers and others from entering for up to an hour, witnesses said. Witnesses said armed men we...

North Korea frees South Korean man detained while crossing border

North Korea frees South Korean man detained while crossing border

-- 2018-08-07 13:30:45

North Korea released a South Korean citizen detained in July after crossing the border into the North, the South’s Unification Ministry said on Tuesday. The prisoner was a 34-year-old man surna...

Turkish, US officials to hold talks amid ongoing disputes

Turkish, US officials to hold talks amid ongoing disputes

-- 2018-08-07 13:05:00

A delegation of Turkish officials will head to Washington in two days to discuss an ongoing row between the two NATO allies, broadcaster CNN Turk reported on Tuesday, citing diplomatic sources. Relat...

Renewed US sanctions target Iran's economy, Tehran cool on talks

Renewed US sanctions target Iran's economy, Tehran cool on talks

-- 2018-08-07 12:39:04

President Donald Trump’s top security adviser on Monday urged Iran to take up an offer of talks with the United States or suffer more pain from economic sanctions, but Iran’s president sai...