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Afghan airstrikes kill 43 insurgents

Afghan airstrikes kill 43 insurgents

-- 2018-02-13 12:26:36

Afghan air force launched airstrikes in southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Monday night, killing at least 43 militants and wounding more than 20 others, provincial police chief said Tuesday. Afg...

Suspicious powder mail sends Trump Jr's wife to hospital

Suspicious powder mail sends Trump Jr's wife to hospital

-- 2018-02-13 11:44:21

US President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law Vanessa Trump was taken to a New York hospital after she opened a piece of mail containing an unidentified white powder on Monday, officials said. Th...

‘Gita’ batters Tonga’s capital, causes flooding

‘Gita’ batters Tonga’s capital, causes flooding

-- 2018-02-13 11:13:04

Powerful tropical cyclone Gita barrelled through the Pacific island nation on early Tuesday, tearing roofs off homes, flattening the parliament and causing widespread flooding. There were no confirme...

SA ruling party moves to oust Zuma

SA ruling party moves to oust Zuma

-- 2018-02-13 10:36:52

South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) party executive committee has decided to ‘recall,’ or remove, President Jacob Zuma as head of state, a senior ANC source said on Tuesda...

South Africans await ANC party decision on Zuma

South Africans await ANC party decision on Zuma

-- 2018-02-12 21:55:57

South Africa’s ruling ANC party is expected to order President Jacob Zuma to resign as president on Monday or face a no-confidence vote in parliament that he would almost certainly lose. A spec...

Pence hints US-N.Korea talks

Pence hints US-N.Korea talks

-- 2018-02-12 21:34:59

Comments by US Vice President Mike Pence suggest the United States may be looking more favourably at diplomatic engagement with North Korea Pence’s comments came amid South Korea’s intere...

Cambodia deports seven foreigners over explicit production

Cambodia deports seven foreigners over explicit production

-- 2018-02-12 20:38:11

Cambodia has deported seven out of a group of 10 foreigners who were charged with producing pornography in connection with a party in the tourist town of Siem Reap, a court said on Monday. The 10 wer...

Myanmar Muslims feel ‘trapped' as violence fuels fear

Myanmar Muslims feel ‘trapped' as violence fuels fear

-- 2018-02-12 15:07:49

Rahim Muddinn watched, amazed, for four straight days last month, as Myanmar's state-run newspapers published special supplements showing Rohingya Muslims accused of being terrorists - nearly 250 phot...

UNSC to meet Wednesday on Rohingya crisis

UNSC to meet Wednesday on Rohingya crisis

FE Online Desk 2018-02-12 14:31:00

UN Security Council will meet on Wednesday (New York time Tuesday) to discuss Rohingya issue and situation in Rakhine Sate, according to a provisional programme of the Security Council, report agencie...

Kentucky gunman kills four before ending life

Kentucky gunman kills four before ending life

-- 2018-02-12 14:15:26

Five people, including a suspected gunman who apparently took his own life, were killed in a shooting spree at two locations in US state Kentucky, officials said on Sunday. Police received a 911 call...

‘WW2 bomb’ prompts closure of London airport

‘WW2 bomb’ prompts closure of London airport

-- 2018-02-12 13:13:11

London City Airport has been closed after a World War Two bomb was found in the River Thames nearby. Flights have been cancelled, with passengers advised not to travel to the airport and to contact t...

Democratic memo could still be released: Trump aide

Democratic memo could still be released: Trump aide

-- 2018-02-12 12:44:23

Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are prepared to black out parts of their memo about the FBI's Russia investigation to ensure there's no harmful spilling of secrets, then try again to get...

Riyadh Ritz-Carlton Saudi hotel reopens

Riyadh Ritz-Carlton Saudi hotel reopens

-- 2018-02-12 12:07:26

A luxury Saudi hotel that served as a detention centre for dozens of princes and top officials held in a corruption drive since November has reopened. Reception staff at the five-star Ritz-Carlton in...

Merkel calls for younger ministers in cabinet

Merkel calls for younger ministers in cabinet

-- 2018-02-12 12:02:44

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for younger members of her party to fill ministerial positions in the new government. "We need to ensure that not only the over-60s are considered but also...

Egyptian army kills 16 insurgents in major raid

Egyptian army kills 16 insurgents in major raid

-- 2018-02-12 11:50:35

Egypt’s military said on Sunday that sixteen insurgents were killed and four others arrested in a major security operation aimed at crushing militants behind a string of attacks. Sixty-six targ...

Bolivia Oruro carnival blast takes eight lives

Bolivia Oruro carnival blast takes eight lives

-- 2018-02-12 11:21:37

A gas canister used by a street vendor exploded during Oruro's famous carnival celebrations in Bolivia, killing at least eight people and wounding more than 40 others, authorities said. Several victi...

California private plane crash leaves four dead

California private plane crash leaves four dead

-- 2018-02-12 11:01:03

A small, home-built plane crashed near a mountain town in Southern California in the United States, killing four people on Sunday, authorities said. The private plane went down late Sunday morning in...

Passenger plane crash kills 71 near Moscow

Passenger plane crash kills 71 near Moscow

FE Online Desk 2018-02-11 20:39:45

A passenger plane operated by Saratov Airlines crashed in the Moscow region of Russia on Sunday – thereby killing all 71 people on board. Russian news agency Interfax said this citing a source...

Boris Johnson meets Suu Kyi, calls for Rohingyas' dignified return

Boris Johnson meets Suu Kyi, calls for Rohingyas' dignified return

-- 2018-02-11 17:15:15

Boris Johnson has met Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi for talks amid the Rohingya refugee crisis. The foreign secretary called for the safe return to the country of refugees who have fled...

Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir no more

Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir no more

-- 2018-02-11 17:02:27

Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir passed away at a hospital in Lahore on Sunday due to a cardiac arrest at the age of 66. Jahangir was the daughter of Pakistani politician and former West...

One killed, 12 injured in Beijing mall attack

One killed, 12 injured in Beijing mall attack

-- 2018-02-11 16:49:16

A woman was killed and 12 other injured after a man carried out a knife attack in a mall in the Chinese capital, Beijing, police said on Sunday. Beijing police said in a short statement they had deta...

Iraqi children in poverty after war on Islamic State

Iraqi children in poverty after war on Islamic State

-- 2018-02-11 15:08:43

One in four Iraqi children are in poverty and four million are in need of assistance as a result of the country’s war with Islamic State militants, the United Nation’s children agency said...

UN stresses investment in girls, women

UN stresses investment in girls, women

-- 2018-02-11 15:06:29

The United Nations (UN) has laid emphasis on investment in women and girls to help them achieve their full potentials as scientific researchers and innovators. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres s...

US cops shot dead responding to 911 call

US cops shot dead responding to 911 call

-- 2018-02-11 14:55:39

Two police officers in the mid-western US state of Ohio was shot to death while responding to a 911 call at the Columbus suburb of Westerville on Saturday, officials said. A suspect was wounded in th...

SL local polls: Ex-leader’s party heading for victory

SL local polls: Ex-leader’s party heading for victory

-- 2018-02-11 14:17:33

A political party backed by Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa looks set for a landslide victory in local polls, early results showed on Sunday. The results are potentially undermin...

Saudi women need not wear abayas, top cleric says

Saudi women need not wear abayas, top cleric says

-- 2018-02-11 13:15:18

Saudi women should not have to wear the abaya, a long loose-fitting robe used to cover their bodies in public, a top religious cleric has said. Sheikh Abdullah al-Mutlaq, a member of the Council of S...

Thousands take to streets in Italy against racism

Thousands take to streets in Italy against racism

-- 2018-02-11 12:58:09

Thousands of people marched in an anti-racism rally in the Italian city of Macerata on Saturday, a week after a far-right extremist targeted African citizens in a racially motivated attack. An estima...

US Grand Canyon chopper crash kills three tourists

US Grand Canyon chopper crash kills three tourists

-- 2018-02-11 12:32:07

Three people have been killed and four others wounded after a tourist helicopter crashed in the United States’ one of the top tourist destinations, Grand Canyon on Saturday, Arizona media and a...

Mild tremor shakes South Korea

Mild tremor shakes South Korea

-- 2018-02-11 12:06:03

A 4.6-magnitude earthquake shook the North Gyeongsang province in southeast South Korea, the weather service said Sunday. The tremor hit an area, 5 km northwest of the northern district in the countr...

Iran sneers at reports of Israel downing Iranian drone

Iran sneers at reports of Israel downing Iranian drone

-- 2018-02-11 11:58:20

Iran, Israel’s regional arch-enemy, rejected as “ridiculous” reports that Israel had intercepted an Iranian drone launched from Syria on Saturday, state TV reported. Separately, a R...