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Police foil plot to assassinate British PM; two detained

Police foil plot to assassinate British PM; two detained

-- 2017-12-06 12:00:00

The Metropolitan Police said that two men arrested last week had been charged with terrorism offenses and would appear in Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. The Metropolitan Police sa...

Strong quake shakes central Philippines

Strong quake shakes central Philippines

-- 2017-12-06 12:00:00

A 4.9-magnitude earthquake rocked the central Philippines on Wednesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The epicenter of the earthquake was recorded 14 kilomet...

China to create more scopes for the world: Xi

China to create more scopes for the world: Xi

-- 2017-12-06 12:00:00

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that the country will create more opportunities and make a greater contribution for the world. Xi came up with the remarks in a congratulatory letter to...

China favours int'l community to help Rohingya return

China favours int'l community to help Rohingya return

-- 2017-12-06 12:00:00

Asian powerhouse China has suggested that the international community should encourage Bangladesh and Myanmar to work together to facilitate the repatriation of refugees. The common ally of both the...

Donors pledge US$857m to assist refugees in 2018

Donors pledge US$857m to assist refugees in 2018

-- 2017-12-06 12:00:00

Different donor countries have pledged to give an initial US$857 million for some 67 million displaced or stateless people worldwide in 2018 The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, will provide assistance to t...

Listeria outbreak kills dozens in South Africa

Listeria outbreak kills dozens in South Africa

-- 2017-12-06 11:12:32

At least 36 people have died in South Africa after an outbreak of a food borne disease, Listeriosis, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has said. A total of 557 cases had been reported, mostly in the e...

#MeToo campaigners become Time Person of the Year

#MeToo campaigners become Time Person of the Year

-- 2017-12-06 09:11:53

Time magazine has named those drumming up campaign with the #MeToo social media hashtag as the most influential “person” in 2017. The social movement aimed at raising awareness about sexu...

NATO FMs agree to cooperate with EU

NATO FMs agree to cooperate with EU

-- 2017-12-06 04:23:37

NATO foreign ministers agreed to step up cooperation with the European Union. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday while addressing a press conference following the ministerial mee...

Trump’s Move on Jerusalem fuels unrest across mideast

Trump’s Move on Jerusalem fuels unrest across mideast

-- 2017-12-06 03:56:35

President Trump plans to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the American Embassy there, upending nearly seven decades of American foreign policy. Mr. Trump’s decision, a high...

Remote-controlled bomb kills nine in Pakistan

Remote-controlled bomb kills nine in Pakistan

-- 2017-12-06 02:55:14

A bomb rigged to a motorcycle exploded in a militant-plagued part of northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, killing nine people, officials said on Wednesday, the latest violence in a recent rise i...

US-S Korea large-scale war games start

US-S Korea large-scale war games start

-- 2017-12-05 12:50:30

The United States and South Korea have begun large-scale military exercises south of the capital, Seoul, on Monday, involving hundreds of aircraft and thousands of soldiers, reports Al Jazeera. The a...

Pakistani man arrested for pro-India slogan

Pakistani man arrested for pro-India slogan

-- 2017-12-05 12:00:00

A Pakistani man has been arrested in the city of Haripur for writing "Long live India" on a wall. Police said the 20-year-old match factory worker had admitted writing the slogan "Hindustan Zindabad"...

US SC allows full enforcement of travel ban

US SC allows full enforcement of travel ban

-- 2017-12-05 12:00:00

The US Supreme Court has ruled President Donald Trump's travel ban on six mainly Muslim countries can go into full effect, pending legal challenges. The decision is a boost for Trump's policy against...

France issues warning to US over Jerusalem

France issues warning to US over Jerusalem

-- 2017-12-05 12:00:00

French President Emmanuel Macron has told Donald Trump he is "concerned" the US leader could unilaterally recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Any decision on the contested city's status must be...

Honduran President in lead, opposition rejects vote count

Honduran President in lead, opposition rejects vote count

-- 2017-12-05 12:00:00

The final vote count in Honduras' presidential election left the incumbent President with a narrow lead on Monday. But the main opposition candidate called the tally a fraud and urged the police and...

Spanish court withdraws ex-Catalan leader’s arrest warrant

Spanish court withdraws ex-Catalan leader’s arrest warrant

-- 2017-12-05 12:00:00

A Spanish judge has withdrawn a European arrest warrant for ousted Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and four other ministers. They fled to Belgium a month ago after declaring unilateral independen...

Trump can’t cross ‘red line’ on Jerusalem: Turkey

Trump can’t cross ‘red line’ on Jerusalem: Turkey

-- 2017-12-05 12:00:00

Turkey's president has warned Monday it could dissolve ties with Israel if the US recognises Jerusalem as its capital. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said such a move would cross a ‘red line’ for M...

Spanish court refuses to free top Catalan separatists

Spanish court refuses to free top Catalan separatists

-- 2017-12-05 11:14:41

Spain’s Supreme Court refused bail for two Catalan pro-independence leaders accused of sedition ahead of regional elections that Madrid hopes will defuse the nation’s worst political crisi...

UN peacekeeper dies in CAR militant attack

UN peacekeeper dies in CAR militant attack

-- 2017-12-05 10:37:03

A UN peacekeeper was killed and three others were wounded after the Christian anti-Balaka forces attacked a UN police checkpoint in Central African Republic (CAR), said the United Nations. The attac...

Rohingyas still fleeing Myanmar despite agreement: UN

Rohingyas still fleeing Myanmar despite agreement: UN

-- 2017-12-05 09:21:45

Rohingya people are still fleeing violence in Rakhine state of Myanmar despite an agreement between Bangladesh to send them home. United Nations’ top human rights official, Zeid Ra‘ad al-...

Cyclone Ockhi: Western Indian states on high alert

Cyclone Ockhi: Western Indian states on high alert

-- 2017-12-05 03:07:41

Authorities sounded a high alert in western states of Gujarat and Maharashtra in India Tuesday in view of Cyclone Ockhi, officials said. According to Indian meteorological department officials, Cyclo...

U.N. rights team warns Mexico of 'crisis' in journalists' safety

U.N. rights team warns Mexico of 'crisis' in journalists' safety

-- 2017-12-05 02:16:07

The United Nations said on Monday the Mexican government is struggling to keep journalists safe and prosecute their oppressors, after officials toured regions of the country that are among the most da...

Jordan warns US of 'dangerous consequences'

Jordan warns US of 'dangerous consequences'

-- 2017-12-04 12:00:00

Jordan's foreign minister has warned the US of "dangerous consequences" if it recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Ayman Safadi said he had told US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson such a d...

Venezuela introduces virtual currency amid financial crisis

Venezuela introduces virtual currency amid financial crisis

-- 2017-12-04 12:00:00

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro looked to the world of digital currency to circumvent US-led financial sanctions, announcing on Sunday the launch of the “petro” backed by oil reserves...

Turkey bus crash kills 10 Syrian migrants

Turkey bus crash kills 10 Syrian migrants

-- 2017-12-04 12:00:00

10 Syrian migrants were killed and 9 others injured when the minibus smuggling them illegally from Syria to Turkey, hit a truck on the Turkish side of the border, according to state-run Anadolu Agency...

Trump lashes out at FBI over Russia probe

Trump lashes out at FBI over Russia probe

-- 2017-12-04 12:00:00

US President Donald Trump lashed out at the FBI, issuing a fresh denial that he asked former director James Comey to drop an investigation into the conduct of one of his top aides, Michael Flynn. In...

German police detain woman on arson charges

German police detain woman on arson charges

-- 2017-12-04 12:00:00

Police have detained a woman on suspicion of arson after a fire at an apartment block in a western German city killed four people. Police said Monday the 37-year-old was a resident of the building. T...

Houthi rebels claim to have killed ex Yemen president

Houthi rebels claim to have killed ex Yemen president

-- 2017-12-04 12:00:00

Yemen's ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed in Sanaa, the radio station of the Houthi-controlled interior ministry said. There has been no independent confirmation of Saleh's death, repor...

Jerusalem as capital will be catastrophic: Turkey

Jerusalem as capital will be catastrophic: Turkey

-- 2017-12-04 09:35:45

A formal US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel would cause catastrophe and lead to new conflict in the Middle East, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Monday. Speaking...

SA, Morocco to restore ties after 13 years

SA, Morocco to restore ties after 13 years

-- 2017-12-04 01:04:57

South Africa and Morocco will resume diplomatic ties more than a decade after Morocco withdrew its ambassador from Pretoria, South African President Jacob Zuma said in a newspaper interview published...