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Czechs re-elect incumbent president Zeman

Czechs re-elect incumbent president Zeman

-- 2018-01-28 14:43:32

Czech President Milos Zeman has won a second term in office following a tight run-off vote against rival Jiri Drahos. Zeman, who fiercely opposes immigration and objects to EU sanctions against Russi...

Attack on Mali army camp leaves 14 soldiers dead

Attack on Mali army camp leaves 14 soldiers dead

-- 2018-01-28 12:00:02

At least 14 soldiers have been killed and 17 wounded after some unidentified gunmen overran a military camp near Timbuktu in northern Mali early on Saturday, two army officers said. One of the source...

Spanish court to block Puigdemont’s presidential bid

Spanish court to block Puigdemont’s presidential bid

-- 2018-01-28 11:40:57

A Spanish court has moved to block pro-independence politician Carles Puigdemont from assuming the presidency of Catalonia. The former leader has been living in Brussels since he declared independenc...

Venezuela opposition to attend talks as vote looms

Venezuela opposition to attend talks as vote looms

-- 2018-01-28 10:57:14

The Venezuelan opposition announced it would attend talks with the government in the Dominican Republic, though it will protest President Nicolas Maduro’s “totalitarian vision.” The...

Bomb hits Colombia police station, killing five

Bomb hits Colombia police station, killing five

Agencies 2018-01-28 10:41:21

At least five police officers have been killed and dozens wounded in the bombing of a Colombian police station. Officers were gathered on Saturday to receive their morning assignments when the bomb e...

Top US Republican quits after sex claims

Top US Republican quits after sex claims

-- 2018-01-28 10:39:40

US casino mogul Steve Wynn has resigned as finance chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) amid sexual harassment allegations. A Wall Street Journal report on Friday alleged that the 76-year...

Brazil dance club shootout claims 14 lives

Brazil dance club shootout claims 14 lives

-- 2018-01-28 10:32:52

At least 14 people have been killed and six others wounded when a group of heavily armed men stormed a dance club in the north-eastern Brazilian city of Fortaleza, local authorities confirmed.  ...

China hopes to get Japan ties back on track

China hopes to get Japan ties back on track

-- 2018-01-28 09:49:37

China hopes to work with Japan to get relations back onto a normal track, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono on Sunday during a meeting in Beijing. China and Jap...

Suu Kyi still Myanmar's best hope: Richardson

Suu Kyi still Myanmar's best hope: Richardson

-- 2018-01-28 00:00:00

Aung San Suu Kyi remains Myanmar's best hope for change, veteran US mediator Bill Richardson said on Friday, days after he got into a fight with the Nobel laureate and quit an international panel advi...

Hackers steal $534m virtual money from Japanese firm

Hackers steal $534m virtual money from Japanese firm

-- 2018-01-27 22:45:00

One of Japan's largest digital currency exchanges says on Saturday it has lost some $534 million worth of virtual money in a hacking attack on its network. Coincheck suspended deposits and withdrawal...

13 pilgrims die as bus falls into Indian river

13 pilgrims die as bus falls into Indian river

-- 2018-01-27 20:59:30

A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims plunged into a river in western India after smashing through a bridge railing, killing 13 and injuring another three, police said Saturday. The accident took place on Fr...

Hondurus beefs up security ahead of President's inauguration

Hondurus beefs up security ahead of President's inauguration

-- 2018-01-27 19:50:47

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is set to be sworn in for a second term amid high security after a disputed presidential election. Soldiers have been deployed on the streets of the c...

Algerian army ambush leaves seven dead

Algerian army ambush leaves seven dead

-- 2018-01-27 12:53:15

Algeria’s troops have killed seven armed men have been killed in Khenchela province, 700 km east of the capital Algiers, the Defence Ministry said. The unidentified men described as “dang...

Rescuers search for Kiribati ferry with 50 people on board

Rescuers search for Kiribati ferry with 50 people on board

-- 2018-01-27 12:00:00

Rescuers are searching for a ferry with an estimated 50 people on board after it went missing in the Kiribati Islands. The MV Butiraoi departed from Nonouti island on 18 January on a voyage that was...

Explosion rocks Afghan capital Kabul

Explosion rocks Afghan capital Kabul

-- 2018-01-27 12:00:00

An explosion has rocked an area of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday near many foreign embassies and government buildings. The cause of the blast could not be known immediately, Reuters reporters...

Bus with pilgrims falls into river in India, killing 12

Bus with pilgrims falls into river in India, killing 12

-- 2018-01-27 11:37:54

A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims plunged into a river in western India after smashing through a bridge railing, killing 12 and injuring another three, police said on Saturday. The accident took place on...

Paris braces for floods as River Seine rises

Paris braces for floods as River Seine rises

-- 2018-01-27 11:35:21

Riverside homes and businesses in France’s capital Paris are on high alert as the swollen River Seine threatens to overflow its banks. Some basements in the city have already sprung leaks after...

Suu Kyi lives in 'bubble', says US diplomat in row with Myanmar

Suu Kyi lives in 'bubble', says US diplomat in row with Myanmar

-- 2018-01-27 11:30:15

Aung San Suu Kyi remains Myanmar’s best hope for change, veteran US mediator Bill Richardson said on Friday, days after he got into a fight with the Nobel laureate and quit an international pane...

Canadian billionaire couple were ‘murdered’, police say

Canadian billionaire couple were ‘murdered’, police say

-- 2018-01-27 11:06:37

The Canadian pharmaceutical billionaire couple found dead at their home in Toronto on Dec 15, were murdered in a targeted killing, police investigators said. Police in their first detailed comments o...

Macron urges tougher EU sanctions on Venezuela

Macron urges tougher EU sanctions on Venezuela

-- 2018-01-27 10:36:56

French President Emmanuel Macron called on Friday for further European Union sanctions on Venezuela, days after the 28-nation bloc agreed a travel ban and asset freezes on seven senior Venezuelan offi...

Detained Alwaleed expects to be freed in days

Detained Alwaleed expects to be freed in days

-- 2018-01-27 10:24:54

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption, said on Saturday that he expected to be cleared of any wrongdoing and be released...

North Korea condemns latest US sanctions

North Korea condemns latest US sanctions

-- 2018-01-27 04:12:56

North Korea on Saturday condemned the latest US sanctions announced this week aiming to curb the isolated nation's development nuclear weapons. The US sanctions are "a manifestation of heinous intent...

French prison guards end nationwide strike

French prison guards end nationwide strike

-- 2018-01-27 03:19:01

The largest of three French prison guard unions spearheading a nationwide strike said on Friday it would accept a government proposal on better pay and staff safety. The UFAP-Unsa union said its acce...

US-Iraqi joint force mistakenly kills eight

US-Iraqi joint force mistakenly kills eight

-- 2018-01-27 03:11:31

Members of US and Iraqi joint force mistakenly killed eight people and wounded 10 others when they engaged in a clash with local police and paramilitary tribal fighters in Iraq's western province of A...

Blast hits Afghan capital Kabul

Blast hits Afghan capital Kabul

-- 2018-01-27 02:55:56

An explosion hit an area of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday near many foreign embassies and government buildings, Reuters reporters heard. It was not immediately clear whether there were any cas...

USA Gymnastics board quits amid abuse scandal

USA Gymnastics board quits amid abuse scandal

-- 2018-01-27 02:20:00

The remaining directors of the US gymnastics governing body are resigning in the wake of this week’s sentencing of the former national team doctor for molesting female athletes, USA Gymnastics s...

Turn off toilet taps to ease water crisis: SA govt

Turn off toilet taps to ease water crisis: SA govt

-- 2018-01-27 01:37:51

Residents in the South African city of Cape Town have been warned to "save water as if your life depends on it" to avoid the supply being shut off. A severe drought has forced the city's municipality...

Kabul ambulance blast toll nears 100

Kabul ambulance blast toll nears 100

-- 2018-01-27 00:00:00

A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at least 95 people and wounded about 158 in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Saturday when it blew up at a police checkpoint near foreign embassies and government bui...

Trump takes U-turn, tells ‘deeply respects’ African leaders

Trump takes U-turn, tells ‘deeply respects’ African leaders

-- 2018-01-27 00:00:00

President Donald Trump has said he “deeply respects” the people of Africa in the wake of his reported “s***hole countries” comments. The US president said this in a letter to...

Brazil court approves seizure of Lula's passport

Brazil court approves seizure of Lula's passport

-- 2018-01-26 12:53:44

A Brazilian court on Thursday approved the seizure of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s passport, the Justice Ministry said, after an appeals court upheld the corruption conviction of...