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Barcelona mass rally demands Catalan leaders’ release

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

Hundreds of thousands of Catalans have rallied in Barcelona on Saturday to demand the release of separatist leaders held in prison. Wearing yellow ribbons on their lapels backing the region's bid to...

Trump reaches Philippines, offers to mediate on S China Sea

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

US President Donald Trump landed in the Philippines on Sunday for a summit of Southeast and East Asian nations, hours after offering to mediate on competing claims to the South China Sea that have lon...

Myanmar police arrests ‘ultra’ anti-Rohinya Buddhist monk

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

Myanmar police Sunday arrested an ultra-nationalist Buddhist monk who has a history of stoking sentiment against Rohingya Muslims, the country’s beleaguered minority, reports Reuters citing a...

Egypt destroys arms convoy at Libya border

-- 2017-11-12 11:17:24

Egyptian military jets destroyed 10 vehicles carrying weapons, ammunition and smuggled goods near the country’s western desert border with Libya, the army said on Saturday. Egypt’s porou...

Iraqi forces unearth mass grave of 'IS victims'

-- 2017-11-12 11:04:30

Mass graves containing at least 400 bodies have been found near Hawija, an Iraqi city that was occupied by Islamic State (IS) fighters until last month. Kirkuk province's governor, Rakan Said, said t...

How Saudi Arabia turned on Lebanon's Hariri

Reuters 2017-11-12 10:47:26

From the moment Saad al-Hariri’s plane touched down in Saudi Arabia on Friday November 3, he was in for a surprise. There was no line-up of Saudi princes or ministry officials, as would typical...

Trump says, Putin and I had good talk

-- 2017-11-12 10:33:32

US President Donald Trump said he had "good discussions" with Russian leader Vladimir Putin when they met briefly at an Asia-Pacific summit in Vietnam. In a Tweet on Sunday, he blasted "haters and fo...

Spanish PM visits Catalonia, urges for ‘normalcy’

-- 2017-11-12 09:57:34

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, during his first visit to Barcelona since referendum, urged Catalans to turn out in force in a December election to “restore normality” to a region buffeted b...

Spanish PM vows to end Catalonia crisis

-- 2017-11-12 09:21:33

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has said regional elections next month in Catalonia will help end "separatist havoc" in the north-eastern region. He addressed a campaign event on his first visit...

Trump says North Korea's Kim insulted him by calling him 'old'

-- 2017-11-12 01:12:17

President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had insulted him by calling him “old” and said he would never call Kim “short and fat.”Tru...

Syria govt faces US-backed Kurds after collapse of IS

-- 2017-11-11 12:32:01

With the fall of the Islamic State group's last significant stronghold in Syria, Iranian and Russian-backed Syrian troops now turn to face off with their main rival, the US-backed forces holding large...

Saudis 'declared war' on Lebanon

BBC 2017-11-11 12:00:00

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah has accused Saudi Arabia of declaring war on his country, days after Lebanese PM Saad al-Hariri announced his resignation in the Saudi capital. Hassan Nasrallah said...

Vetter expands its footprint in Asia Pacific region

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

 Vetter, one of the global leaders in prefilled drug-delivery systems,  announced the official opening of a new branch office in South Korea on Friday. The new office in Songdo located wit...

Car rams into students, hurting three in France

-- 2017-11-11 11:49:02

A man deliberately drove his car into a group of people outside a school near Toulouse in southern France on Friday, injuring three Chinese students, police sources said. The driver of the vehicle, a...

Major issues still pending in COP23

-- 2017-11-11 11:05:49

Developed countries have been putting emphasis to work jointly with least developed countries (LDC) and developing countries, delaying a decision on five major issues.    Bangladeshi delega...

Congo militiamen on trial for child rape

-- 2017-11-11 10:18:52

Eighteen militiamen are on trial in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on charges of raping 46 children. Some of the victims from the village of Kavumu were just 18 months old. The men all...

Putin vows to retaliate for US actions

-- 2017-11-11 09:39:13

President Vladimir Putin is promising that Russia will retaliate for what he calls attacks on Russian media in the United States. Putin's comments at a news conference Saturday in Vietnam follow comp...

Israel shoots down drone over Golan Heights

-- 2017-11-11 08:32:31

The Israeli military says it has shot down an unmanned aircraft that attempted to infiltrate Israeli airspace from neighboring Syria. In a statement on Saturday, the military said it intercepted the...

Tillerson warns against ‘proxy conflict’ using Lebanon

-- 2017-11-11 01:09:44

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday warned other countries and groups against using Lebanon as vehicle for a larger proxy fight in the Middle East, saying the United States strongly backed L...

Prospects for Putin-Trump meeting unclear

Reuters 2017-11-10 12:30:07

Prospects for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump at this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit were unclear after the Kremlin said a mee...

Hydrabad removes beggars to welcome Ivanka

-- 2017-11-10 12:00:00

Ahead of Ivanka Trump’s visit to Hyderabad to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, the city Police has launched a massive drive to remove beggars from the streets. Hundreds of foreign del...

‘Rich nations need to slash carbon emission’

-- 2017-11-10 12:00:00

Developed countries on Friday were urged to bring down Greenhouse carbon gas emission by 2020 as per the 2nd commitment period of Kyoto Protocol. Leaders of developing and least developed countries...

Gulf states advise citizens to leave Lebanon

Reuters 2017-11-10 10:20:15

Three Gulf states advised their citizens against traveling to Lebanon on Thursday and asked those already there to leave as soon as possible, amid rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran over Le...

Saudi questions 208 in $100b graft inquiry

Reuters 2017-11-10 10:01:19

Saudi authorities have questioned 208 people in an anti-corruption investigation and estimate at least $100 billion (76.42 billion pounds) has been stolen through graft, a top official said on Thursda...

Trump, Putin exchange words at APEC summit

-- 2017-11-10 08:32:58

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin greeted each other at an APEC summit in Vietnam on Friday. The two leaders also shook hands and exchanged a few words, reports Reuters q...

Catalan parliament speaker gets conditional bail

-- 2017-11-10 03:31:46

A Spanish judge on Thursday freed on bail the Catalan parliament’s speaker and four lawmakers while authorities continue to investigate their roles in Catalonia’s banned independence drive...

UK to set Brexit Day' in stone

Reuters 2017-11-10 03:00:21

Britain's government said on Thursday it would use legislation to fix the time and date of the country's European Union exit, addressing concerns of Brexiteers who fear slow negotiations and oppositio...

Six Filipino soldiers die in militant attack

-- 2017-11-10 01:08:27

Pro-Islamic State militants killed six soldiers and wounded four others on a southern Philippine island, the military spokesman said on Friday, as the army focused on the remaining rebel groups after...

Australian senator faces racial abuse at pub

-- 2017-11-09 12:06:13

An Australian senator has criticised "the rise of the radical right" after he was racially abused by a group of men at a pub in Melbourne. Senator Sam Dastyari, who was born in Iran, was harassed wit...

Trump, Xi begin talks in China

BBC 2017-11-09 12:00:00

US President Donald Trump has begun talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, following his lavish welcome to the Chinese capital. Mr Trump is expected to raise how China can rein in North Kor...