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Egypt’s Sisi swears in for second presidential term

Egypt’s Sisi swears in for second presidential term

-- 2018-06-03 11:27:47

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been sworn in for a second term as Egypt’s president with a vow to fight “those who choose violence, terrorism and extremism”. Fighter jets flew overhead an...

Venezuela releases 40 jailed activists

Venezuela releases 40 jailed activists

-- 2018-06-03 10:50:09

The Venezuelan government has released another 40 opposition politicians and activists, bringing to 79 the number of people freed in the past two days. Communication Minister Jorge Rodriguez said the...

Russian, Turkish PM discuss progress in major energy projects

Russian, Turkish PM discuss progress in major energy projects

-- 2018-06-02 21:09:46

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim discussed in a telephone conversation the construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline and the Akkuyu nuclear powe...

Socialist Sánchez takes office as Spain’s Prime Minister

Socialist Sánchez takes office as Spain’s Prime Minister

-- 2018-06-02 19:38:53

Spanish Socialist Pedro Sánchez On Saturday has been sworn in as the country's new prime minister by King Felipe after the ousting of conservative Mariano Rajoy. Mr Sánchez, who is an a...

Doctor Strange actor Benedict Cumberbatch saves cyclist from muggers

Doctor Strange actor Benedict Cumberbatch saves cyclist from muggers

-- 2018-06-02 17:25:38

British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, known for his portrayal of fictional crime-fighter Sherlock Holmes and comic book superhero Doctor Strange in the Marvel movies, has been hailed a hero for chasing...

Tanzania to issue mining licences through cabinet approval

Tanzania to issue mining licences through cabinet approval

-- 2018-06-02 17:06:16

Tanzania will issue large-scale mining licences only after cabinet approval, a senior official said on Friday, part of new measures aimed at further tightening control of the industry. The East Afric...

China is intimidating neighbours: US

China is intimidating neighbours: US

-- 2018-06-02 16:41:46

China is deploying missiles in the disputed South China Sea to intimidate and coerce its neighbours, US Defence Secretary James Mattis has said. Speaking in Singapore, General Mattis said Beijing's a...

US vetoes UN resolution on Palestine

US vetoes UN resolution on Palestine

-- 2018-06-02 14:30:25

The United States vetoed on Friday a Kuwaiti-drafted UN Security Council resolution that condemned Israel’s use of force against Palestinian civilians, underlining Washington’s differences...

France’s National Front renames itself

France’s National Front renames itself

-- 2018-06-02 13:33:53

Members of France’s far-right National Front party voted to change its name to the ‘National Rally’ on Friday, in a bid to shed a brand associated by many voters with racism and anti...

Summit with Kim is back on: Trump

Summit with Kim is back on: Trump

-- 2018-06-02 11:05:34

Donald Trump's summit with Kim Jong-un in Singapore on 12 June is back on, the US president says, a week after it was scrapped. Mr Trump made the announcement after talks with a senior North Korean e...

Brazil oil giant Petrobras’s CEO quits amid protests

Brazil oil giant Petrobras’s CEO quits amid protests

-- 2018-06-02 10:20:38

The head of Brazil’s oil giant Petrobras, Pedro Parente, has resigned, following a nationwide strike by lorry drivers that caused huge disruption. The strike against diesel prices, which ended...

Macron tells Trump new tariffs illegal

Macron tells Trump new tariffs illegal

-- 2018-06-01 18:37:56

French President Emmanuel Macron has told US President Donald Trump that the new US tariffs on European, Mexican and Canadian goods are illegal and a "mistake." Macron's office said in a statement Fr...

Thunderstorms claim 21 lives in India

Thunderstorms claim 21 lives in India

-- 2018-06-01 16:33:02

At least 21 people were killed and around a dozen others injured due to thunderstorms that hit twin Indian states of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, officials said Friday. According to officials the thunde...

Spain PM faces defeat in confidence vote

Spain PM faces defeat in confidence vote

-- 2018-06-01 16:24:54

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is set to be forced out of office in a motion of no confidence. On Friday he congratulated Socialist Party leader Pedro Sánchez, who will become prime mini...

UN Security Council extends South Sudan sanctions

UN Security Council extends South Sudan sanctions

-- 2018-06-01 15:44:31

The UN Security Council voted on Thursday to renew some sanctions on South Sudan through mid-July and to consider imposing travel bans and asset freezes on six South Sudanese leaders if the country&rs...

Malaysia detains 15 suspected militants

Malaysia detains 15 suspected militants

-- 2018-06-01 15:05:53

Malaysia has detained 15 suspected Islamist militants including a teenager and a housewife accused of plotting separate “lone wolf” attacks on places of worship around the capital, Kuala L...

Nicaragua violence leaves 15 dead

Nicaragua violence leaves 15 dead

-- 2018-06-01 12:36:19

At least fifteen people were killed and more than 200 injured in one of the worst days of violence since protests against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega began more than a month ago, police said on...

Trudeau declines to meet Trump owing to US precondition

Trudeau declines to meet Trump owing to US precondition

-- 2018-06-01 11:56:44

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday he offered to go to Washington this week to complete talks on renegotiating the North American Free Trade agreement but that Vice President Mike Pe...

North Korea's Kim writes to Trump

North Korea's Kim writes to Trump

-- 2018-06-01 11:49:38

A senior North Korean official will hand over a letter from the country’s leader Kim Jong Un to US President Donald Trump in a rare visit to the White House on Friday as the two sides try to put...

Trump meets with families affected by Texas shooting

Trump meets with families affected by Texas shooting

-- 2018-06-01 11:38:26

Displaying empathy does not come naturally to Mr Trump, who has been criticised for appearing unfeeling in times of tragedy, including when he sharply criticised a mayor in Puerto Rico in the aftermat...

Saudi prince plans city with robotics

Saudi prince plans city with robotics

-- 2018-05-31 19:38:16

Saudi Arabia's crown prince wants to build a mega-city with the latest robotics under his grand plan to reform the kingdom.  Civil servant Amer al-Ghamdi has a simpler dream: to buy an affordabl...

Trump discusses prison reform with Kim Kardashian

Trump discusses prison reform with Kim Kardashian

-- 2018-05-31 18:45:31

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West paid a visit to the White House on Wednesday to make a case to President Donald Trump and his staff on behalf of a woman serving a life sentence for drug offences.&...

Algeria seizes 700kg cocaine on container vessel

Algeria seizes 700kg cocaine on container vessel

-- 2018-05-31 15:32:20

Algerian authorities have seized more than 700kg (1,543lb) of cocaine smuggled aboard a container ship and made 20 arrests. The vessel was carrying frozen meat from Brazil and had previously docked i...

India Nipah virus death toll mounts to 15

India Nipah virus death toll mounts to 15

-- 2018-05-31 14:32:42

Two new cases of the deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus have been confirmed in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where another two people were killed by the virus, a health official said on Thursday...

Polls show most Italians want to stay in euro

Polls show most Italians want to stay in euro

-- 2018-05-31 14:17:41

Two polls show that between 60-72 per cent of Italians want the country to remain part of the euro while 23-24 per cent would choose to drop the common currency. The polls were taken by the Euromedia...

Canada to slap sanctions on 14 more Venezuelan officials

Canada to slap sanctions on 14 more Venezuelan officials

-- 2018-05-31 12:03:17

Canada will impose targeted sanctions on 14 Venezuelan officials, adding to its previous moves to put pressure on President Nicolas Maduro’s government, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday....

Top North Korea official meets Pompeo in New York

Top North Korea official meets Pompeo in New York

-- 2018-05-31 11:25:38

The right-hand man to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has met US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in New York to discuss a historic summit. Gen Kim Yong-chol dined with Mr Pompeo after flying in from C...

Ukraine admits to faking Russian journalist’s ‘murder’

Ukraine admits to faking Russian journalist’s ‘murder’

-- 2018-05-31 11:16:02

A dissident Russian journalist reported murdered in Kiev on Tuesday dramatically reappeared alive on Wednesday during a televised briefing by Ukrainian state security about the killing, which they the...

India police officer receives death threat for saving Muslim man

India police officer receives death threat for saving Muslim man

-- 2018-05-30 18:42:09

An Indian police officer hailed as a hero for protecting a Muslim man from being lynched by a mob has begun receiving death threats, police say. Gagandeep Singh, an officer in the northern state of U...

Over 50 Afghan Taliban leaders killed in rocket strike: US military

Over 50 Afghan Taliban leaders killed in rocket strike: US military

-- 2018-05-30 18:37:03

More than 50 senior Taliban commanders were killed in an artillery strike in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand, a US military spokesman said on Wednesday, as fighting continued across t...