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BBC 2017-12-03 12:00:00
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has welcomed an offer of talks by former President Ali Abdullah Saleh whose forces have been fighting against it. A coalition statement said the decision to "take the...
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Donald Trump has responded to a guilty plea by his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, saying Mr Flynn's actions as a member of his transition team "were lawful". Mr Flynn has entered a p...
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A South Korean fishing boat capsized off the country’s western coast on Sunday after it collided with a refueling vessel, killing eight people. The boat was carrying two sailors and 20 passenge...
Reuters 2017-12-03 12:00:00
Pope Francis on Saturday held his traditional in-flight press conference en route to Rome saying he had wanted to visit Rohingya camps in Bangladesh. "I would have liked to go. I would have liked to...
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The U.S. agency tasked with protecting the country from missile attacks is scouting the West Coast for places to deploy new anti-missile defenses as North Korea’s missile tests raise concerns ab...
-- 2017-12-03 12:00:00
Members of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party elected a right-wing nationalist to be their co-leader, signalling a possible toughening of tone before regional votes next year. A p...
-- 2017-12-03 11:58:45
All four members of the board of the government's Social Mobility Commission have stood down in protest at the lack of progress towards a "fairer Britain". Ex-Labour minister Alan Milburn, who chairs...
-- 2017-12-03 11:39:25
An Egyptian court has sentenced a lawyer to three years imprisonment for saying that women who wear ripped jeans should be raped in punishment. Nabih al-Wahsh, a prominent conservative, was also fine...
-- 2017-12-03 10:47:32
The main opposition candidate called Saturday for Honduras' disputed presidential election to be held again after the country erupted in deadly protests over the delayed vote count and the government...
-- 2017-12-03 09:00:46
At least 21 people died in Zimbabwe’s northwest province after a truck carrying 69 people overturned on Saturday evening, police said on Sunday. A police spokesman said several other people wer...
-- 2017-12-03 02:36:38
Husbands who attempt "instant divorce" could be sentenced to three years in prison under draft legislation being considered in India. The traditional practice involves a Muslim man saying "talaq" (di...
-- 2017-12-03 02:19:31
About 20,000 Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday against government corruption and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu is under criminal investigation over allegations of abuse o...
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Former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia, and he agreed to cooperate with prosecutors delving into the actions of Pres...
Reuters 2017-12-02 12:00:00
The U.S. Senate on Saturday approved a sweeping tax overhaul, moving Republicans and President Donald Trump a major step closer to their goal of slashing taxes for businesses and the rich while offeri...
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Cyclone Ockhi barrelled into the Lakshwadeep islands killed around 14 people with many fishermen still feared trapped at sea in southwestern India on Saturday. Authorities including the National Disa...
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The UAE has now become the first Arab nation to win Category B membership of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council, according to Gulf News. The win was the triumphant result of an ele...
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Israeli missiles struck a military position near Damascus and Syria’s air defence system responded on Saturday, destroying two of them, Syrian state television said. ”The Israeli enemy l...
-- 2017-12-02 11:24:22
United Nations Security Council ministers will meet on Dec 15 to discuss North Korea’s nuclear and missiles programs and the body will also meet separately this month to discuss human rights abu...
-- 2017-12-02 08:39:54
Courts in the United States cannot put Turkey on trial, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, in reference to the case of a Turkish bank executive who has been charged with evading US san...
-- 2017-12-02 08:20:56
Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers have killed at least 13 other people in an attack on a market in the northeast Nigerian town of Biu in Borno state, officials said on Saturday. The blasts struck...
-- 2017-12-02 06:00:51
Airlines cancelled more flights departing the Indonesian holiday island of Bali on Saturday, citing forecasts of deteriorating flying conditions due to a risk of volcanic ash from the erupting Mount A...
-- 2017-12-02 05:03:56
An emergency committee investigating the terrorist atrocity found that t512 died in an October truck bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu. An earlier death toll of 358 already made the October 14...
-- 2017-12-02 01:05:07
Russian lawmakers are to discuss a proposal to bar representatives of US media organisations from accessing the lower house of parliament, RIA news agency quoted the chair of one of the chamber’...
-- 2017-12-01 12:03:48
At least eight people were killed in coastal Tamil Nadu and Kerala in southern Indian, following cyclonic storm. Officials said on Friday. Over 100 fishermen are report...
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A skyscraper fire in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin killed 10 and injured five early on Friday, state media reported. The fire broke out around 4 a.m. on the 38th floor of a serviced apart...
BBC 2017-12-01 12:00:00
The half-brother of North Korea's leader was carrying bottles of the antidote to the toxin used when he was killed earlier this year, reports say. Kim Jong-nam died in February at Kuala Lumpur airpor...
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Emperor Akihito will step down on April 30, 2019 - the first abdication by a Japanese monarch in about two centuries. He has spent much of his nearly three decades on Japan’s throne seeking to...
-- 2017-12-01 11:36:14
The Argentine navy says it has abandoned attempts to rescue 44 crew members on board a submarine that disappeared two weeks ago. "Despite the magnitude of the efforts made, it has not been possible t...
-- 2017-12-01 09:51:32
A strong quake of magnitude 6.0 struck southeastern Iran near the city of Kerman on Friday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake, initially reported as a magnitude 6.3, was centred 36 miles (58 k...
BBC 2017-12-01 02:48:37
Zimbabwe's new president Emmerson Mnangagwa has named his cabinet, appointing senior military figures to high-profile positions. Mr Mnangagwa has made Sibusiso Moyo, the general who appeared on state...
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