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New Year fireworks blast injures eight in Cambodia

-- 2018-01-01 12:43:22

Eight people were injured at a popular beach in Cambodia's Kep province after fireworks, which were prepared to welcome the New Year, accidentally caught fire and exploded, the National Police website...

Mexico car crash kills 10

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

Several US citizens were among 10 people who died in a car crash and subsequent fire on the southwestern coast of Mexico near tourist hot spot Acapulco, the US State Department said on Sunday. Two ot...

Kim says nuclear button is on his desk

Reuters 2018-01-01 12:00:00

Kim Jong Un on Monday warned the United States that he has a "nuclear button" on his desk ready for use if North Korea is threatened, but offered an olive branch to South Korea, saying he was "open to...

Iranians free to protest, not destroy: Rouhan

BBC 2018-01-01 12:00:00

Iranians are free to protest against the government but must not jeopardise security, President Hassan Rouhani has said after four days of demonstrations. Speaking at a cabinet session, he acknowledg...

Indonesia boat capsize claims eight lives, 13 missing

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

Eight people have been killed after a boat carrying 48 passengers including children sank off Indonesia’s Kalimantan Island on Monday, rescue officials said. The national rescue agency said in...

Iran unrest leaves 12 dead, protests to continue

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

Ay least 12 people died during street protests on Sunday against corruption and economic hardship against Iranian government in several cities of the country. Iran's state television revealed the inf...

UK car park fire destroys 1600 vehicles

-- 2018-01-01 11:47:27

A huge fire that broke out at a car park in the northern English city of Liverpool destroyed hundreds of vehicles and prompted the evacuation of multiple buildings in the surrounding area on Sunday....

Seven die in Congo anti-govt protests

-- 2018-01-01 11:09:00

Security forces killed at least seven people in the Democratic Republic of Congo during protests against President Joseph Kabila’s refusal to step down from office, United Nations peacekeepers s...

10 US tourists die in Costa Rica plane crash

-- 2018-01-01 10:31:38

A Costa Rican plane crashed into woodland off a popular tourist beach on Sunday, killing 10 US citizens and two local pilots, the Costa Rican government said. The accident occurred in the mountainous...

Palestine recalls envoy to US

-- 2018-01-01 09:52:32

The Palestinians have announced they are recalling their envoy to the United States for "consultations", weeks after President Trump recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Palestinian Preside...

Four killed in separate stabbings across London

-- 2018-01-01 09:26:02

Four people have been killed in a spate of unrelated stabbings across London on New Year’s Eve. Police are appealing for information after a 17-year-old boy, 18-year-old man and two others aged...

Pope says 2017 was marred by war, lies

Reuters 2018-01-01 03:07:57

Pope Francis in his year-end message said that 2017 had been marred by war, lies and injustice, and he urged people to take responsibility for their actions. At his last public event of the year, an...

Maduro jacks up minimum wage 40pc

-- 2018-01-01 02:50:11

Venezuela is set to raise its minimum wage by 40 per cent, in a move expected to worsen already high levels of inflation. The country is suffering from an economic crisis in which shortages of food a...

Minibus falls into sea in China, killing seven

-- 2018-01-01 02:28:22

Seven people have been killed after a minibus fell into the sea in east China's Jiangsu Province, said local authorities Monday. The minibus carrying 10 people plunged into the waters off the coast o...

Congo orders internet cut ahead of anti-govt movement

-- 2017-12-31 12:38:50

Democratic Republic of Congo’s government on Saturday ordered telecommunications providers to cut internet and SMS services across the country ahead of planned anti-government demonstrations. G...

Ukraine police free hostages after storming post office

-- 2017-12-31 12:21:31

Ukrainian police freed the remaining hostages being held in a post office by a man believed to be strapped with explosives, and arrested the hostage taker after an hours-long standoff in the city of K...

Six die as seaplane crashes into Sydney river

-- 2017-12-31 12:00:00

A seaplane crashed into a Sydney river on Sunday, killing six people on a "wine and dine" sightseeing flight ahead of the city's New Year's Eve celebrations at the harbor. Police said they did not kn...

Iran restricts social media access

-- 2017-12-31 12:00:00

Iran has imposed temporary restrictions on some social media and messaging apps to control protests. Iranian state television revealed the information quoting an informed source on Sunday. “It...

US police kill man responding to a prank call

-- 2017-12-31 11:51:08

A man has been arrested after an alleged "swatting" prank call led to police shooting dead a 28-year-old man. Andrew Finch was shot at his front door on 28 December in Wichita, Kansas. Police surrou...

Earthquake rattles central Greece

-- 2017-12-31 11:32:03

An earthquake with a preliminary reading of 4.6 rattled Athens and central Greece early Sunday, witnesses said, with no immediate reports of damage. The tremor was recorded west of Athens at 6.02am (...

Nepal bans solo climbers from Everest

-- 2017-12-31 11:26:24

Solo climbers, blind people and double amputees have been banned from climbing Everest under new rules the Nepalese tourism ministry believes will reduce the number of deaths on the mountain. The cha...

Two reportedly die in Tehran protests

-- 2017-12-31 10:30:17

Street protests hit Iran for a third consecutive day, spreading to the capital Tehran with crowds confronting police and attacking some state buildings, and a social media report said two demonstrator...

New Liberian President seeks foreign investment

-- 2017-12-31 10:29:58

Liberian President-elect George Weah has declared the country open to investment and pledged to tackle entrenched corruption, in his first speech to the nation since decisively winning an election thi...

How Myanmar arrested Reuters reporters

Reuters 2017-12-31 10:21:09

Family members of two Reuters reporters detained in Myanmar said on Thursday the pair had told them they were arrested almost immediately after being handed some documents by policemen they had gone t...

Greece seeks to cancel Turkish pilot's asylum

BBC 2017-12-31 10:01:05

The Greek government says it has asked the country's judicial authorities to cancel a legal decision granting asylum to a Turkish helicopter pilot. He was one of eight servicemen who fled to Greece l...

Spain rescues 117 migrants crossing Mediterranean

-- 2017-12-31 10:00:10

Spain's maritime rescue service says it has saved 177 migrants from six boats attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday. The service says that the largest of the boats was carrying 55 mig...

Ten die in Mexico as cars, bike collide

-- 2017-12-31 09:49:27

Ten people died and two were injured in a car crash and fire on the southwestern Mexican coast near the tourist hot spot of Acapulco, the nation’s civil protection agency said on Saturday. Two...

Protesters should pay high price: Iran

-- 2017-12-31 06:47:13

Iranian government has threatened to take action against protesters saying they should pay a high price if they break the law. Country's Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said those who damag...

Mahathir apologises for past mistakes

FE Online Desk 2017-12-31 04:56:21

Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad apologised "for whatever wrongdoing" he had done during his time in politics. The opposition party is pushing Mahathir Mohamad to lead Malaysia agai...

Israel leaves UNESCO

-- 2017-12-31 04:50:25

UNESCO chief Audrey Azoulay says she has received Israel's official letter announcing its exit from the U.N. cultural body.  Israel previously said it intended to leave the Paris-based agency,...