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Strong quake hits off South Korea

Strong quake hits off South Korea

-- 2017-11-15 12:31:04

An earthquake measuring magnitude 5.5 has hit off the South Korea's southeastern coast, news agency AP reported Wednesday citing local media sources. Yonhap news agency says the quake was detected ab...

California gunman goes on rampage killing four

California gunman goes on rampage killing four

-- 2017-11-15 12:00:00

A gunman carrying a semi-automatic weapon and two handguns opened fire at multiple locations across a small Northern California community on Tuesday, killing four people before he was slain by police....

Army takes power in Zimbabwe, says president ‘safe’

Army takes power in Zimbabwe, says president ‘safe’

-- 2017-11-15 12:00:00

Zimbabwe’s military seized power early on Wednesday targeting “criminals” around President Robert Mugabe but gave assurances on national television that the 93-year-old leader and hi...

Singapore transit train collision ‘injures 25’

Singapore transit train collision ‘injures 25’

-- 2017-11-15 11:56:58

A Singapore mass transit train collided early on Wednesday with another at a station, injuring 25 people, authorities said, the latest incident involving the city-state’s railways. Transit oper...

Six die in Russia plane crash

Six die in Russia plane crash

-- 2017-11-15 11:46:50

Six people were killed when a small plane crashed in Russia’s far eastern region of Khabarovsk early on Wednesday, Reuters reported citing Russian news agencies. There were seven people on boar...

Soldiers seize Zimbabwe state broadcaster

Soldiers seize Zimbabwe state broadcaster

-- 2017-11-15 10:50:09

Soldiers deployed across the Zimbabwe capital Harare and seized the state broadcaster on Wednesday after 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF party accused the head of the milita...

Trump deserves death penalty: North Korea

Trump deserves death penalty: North Korea

-- 2017-11-15 09:10:12

North Korea’s state media has said US President Donald Trump deserves the death penalty for insulting Kim Jong-Un, supreme leader of the country. The ruling party newspaper has also focused its...

Tillerson wants no sanction against Myanmar

Tillerson wants no sanction against Myanmar

-- 2017-11-15 08:33:54

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson does not want any broad-based sanction against Myanmar, as the United States wants it to succeed in transition to a more democratic society. But, he said, individu...

Clinton Foundation to face inquiry

Clinton Foundation to face inquiry

-- 2017-11-15 07:22:09

The United States plans to scrutinise the Clintons' charitable foundation and a uranium deal. The US Department of Justice already directed the prosecutors through a letter to launch an inquiry into...

US house to mandate anti-harassment training

US house to mandate anti-harassment training

-- 2017-11-15 01:07:27

The US House of Representatives will require anti-sexual harassment training for all members of staff, House Speaker Paul Ryan has announced.   The move came hours after two female lawmakers tes...

Air strikes on Syria market ‘kill 53’

Air strikes on Syria market ‘kill 53’

-- 2017-11-14 12:42:53

At least 53 people are reported to have been killed in air strikes on a rebel-held town in northern Syria. A market was hit, with video on social media showing widespread destruction. Rubble covers t...

Zimbabwe army chief warns Mugabe

Zimbabwe army chief warns Mugabe

-- 2017-11-14 12:00:00

Zimbabwe’s top general warned on Monday that the military would not hesitate to step in to end purges against former liberation war fighters in President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party after...

Trump travel ban goes into partial effect

Trump travel ban goes into partial effect

-- 2017-11-14 12:00:00

A US appeals court in California on Monday let President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban go partially into effect, ruling the government can bar entry of people from six Muslim-majority countri...

Myanmar army denies Rohingya atrocity; HRW slams

Myanmar army denies Rohingya atrocity; HRW slams

-- 2017-11-14 12:00:00

Human rights groups on Tuesday slammed Myanmar army’s report which denies allegations of rape and killings by security forces. Rights groups branded Myanmar army’s actions as "whitewash"...

African-Americans confront more pollution than white Americans: Report

African-Americans confront more pollution than white Americans: Report

-- 2017-11-14 12:00:00

African-Americans in the US face a disproportionate risk of health problems from pollution caused by the country’s oil and gas industry, and the situation could worsen as President Donald Trump...

Myanmar army shrugs off Rohingya atrocity claim

Myanmar army shrugs off Rohingya atrocity claim

-- 2017-11-14 11:09:03

Myanmar’s army released a report on Monday denying all allegations of rape and killings by security forces, having days earlier replaced the general in charge of the operation that drove more th...

Stalker ‘burns woman alive’ in southern India

Stalker ‘burns woman alive’ in southern India

-- 2017-11-14 01:59:21

A young woman was burnt alive allegedly by her stalker on Monday night in Adambakkam area of Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu, said police. Reports said the man was stalking and harassing her...

22 Afghan police die in Taliban attack

22 Afghan police die in Taliban attack

-- 2017-11-14 01:05:39

A series of Taliban attacks over six hours on more than a dozen Afghan checkpoints killed 22 police and wounded 15 in the southern province of Kandahar, police said on Tuesday. Authorities said gover...

UK launches two-week weapon surrender campaign

UK launches two-week weapon surrender campaign

-- 2017-11-13 12:52:54

People in England and Wales have two weeks to hand in guns, other weapons and ammunition to police stations without being punished for possession. The National Ballistics Intelligence Service (Nabis)...

400 die as 7.3-quake jolts Iran, Iraq

400 die as 7.3-quake jolts Iran, Iraq

-- 2017-11-13 12:00:00

At least 400 people were killed in Iran and Iraq when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the region on Sunday, state media in the two countries said, and rescuers were searching for dozens trapped unde...

Forty party MPs ready to oust May

Forty party MPs ready to oust May

-- 2017-11-13 12:00:00

Forty British members of parliament from Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party have agreed to sign a letter of no-confidence in her, the Sunday Times newspaper reported, reports Reuters. Th...

India boat capsize leaves 16 pilgrims dead

India boat capsize leaves 16 pilgrims dead

-- 2017-11-13 12:00:00

At least 16 people have drowned after their boat capsized in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Police say 38 people were on board the vessel, many of them on their way to a religious festival...

Iran, Iraq tremor kills 400; Khaleda shocked

Iran, Iraq tremor kills 400; Khaleda shocked

FE Online Desk 2017-11-13 12:00:00

At least 400 people were killed in Iran and Iraq when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the region on Sunday, said state media in the two countries. Rescuers were searching for dozens trapped under r...

‘33 die’ in Congo train crash

‘33 die’ in Congo train crash

-- 2017-11-13 10:41:55

At least 33 people were killed in a train crash at Buyofwe in the Lualaba province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, UN radio station Okapi reports. Radio Okapi said the train carrying flammable m...

Hariri says he is free in Lebanon

Hariri says he is free in Lebanon

Reuters 2017-11-13 10:40:25

Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who has resigned, is seen during Future television interview, in a coffee shop in Beirut, Lebanon November 12, 2017. Reuters Saad al-Hariri warned on Sunday L...

Modi, Trump discuss defence, security in Manila

Modi, Trump discuss defence, security in Manila

-- 2017-11-13 10:31:28

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump on Monday held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Manila during which they discussed a range of key issues including def...

Suu Kyi benefits from ASEAN's Rohingya silence!

Suu Kyi benefits from ASEAN's Rohingya silence!

-- 2017-11-13 08:52:53

When Aung San Suu Kyi led the fight for democracy against Myanmar’s despotic military rulers two decades ago, she bristled at the collective reluctance of Southeast Asian governments to interven...

Myanmar replaces Rakhine army chief

Myanmar replaces Rakhine army chief

-- 2017-11-13 06:28:05

Myanmar's army has replaced the head of Western Command in Rakhine state, where the military launched an operation in August. An army media officer said on Monday without giving any reason behind thi...

EU sanctions Venezuela following disputed elections

EU sanctions Venezuela following disputed elections

-- 2017-11-13 03:35:46

European Union foreign ministers approved economic sanctions including an arms embargo on Venezuela on Monday, blaming regional elections last month for deepening the South American country’s cr...

Explosion kills two Indian paramilitary troops

Explosion kills two Indian paramilitary troops

-- 2017-11-13 01:31:15

At least two troops of Assam Rifles were killed and six others injured Monday in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in India's northeastern state of Manipur, officials said. The IED went...