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Texas church shooting leaves 26 worshipers dead

Texas church shooting leaves 26 worshipers dead

-- 2017-11-06 12:00:00

A gunman dressed in black tactical gear massacred at least 26 worshipers and wounded 20 others at a white-steepled church in Texas on Sunday, carrying out the latest in a series of mass shootings that...

Saudi prince dies in chopper crash

Saudi prince dies in chopper crash

BBC 2017-11-06 12:00:00

A Saudi prince has been killed when the helicopter he was travelling in crashed near the border with Yemen, state television reported. Prince Mansour bin Muqrin, the deputy governor of Asir province,...

Congo clash kills seven, Renegade Colonel surrenders

Congo clash kills seven, Renegade Colonel surrenders

-- 2017-11-06 12:00:00

Clashes between Congolese troops and supporters of a renegade colonel in Congo’s eastern city of Bukavu killed seven people on Sunday before he surrendered and turned himself in to UN peacekeepe...

Senegal bus crash kills 25 people

Senegal bus crash kills 25 people

-- 2017-11-06 12:00:00

Two buses in Senegal collided – thereby killing at least 25 people and injuring at least a dozen, including many who were heading to an annual pilgrimage. Senegal radio station Rfm reported Mon...

Belgium frees five Catalan leaders under conditions

Belgium frees five Catalan leaders under conditions

-- 2017-11-06 10:37:21

Ousted Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and four close separatist allies regained their freedom at the end of a tumultuous Sunday that started when they surrendered in Brussels to face possible ext...

COP23 kicks off in Germany

COP23 kicks off in Germany

-- 2017-11-06 09:11:16

UN Climate Change Conference for 2017 kicked off in Bonn, Germany on Monday with unified calls to hold to the path of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The opening of the conference (COP23, Novembe...

Libya navy rescues 200 illegal immigrants

Libya navy rescues 200 illegal immigrants

-- 2017-11-05 12:24:55

The Libyan navy rescued 200 illegal immigrants from a rubber boat that crashed into the western Libyan shores on Saturday, said a navy official. The rescued migrants include women who are of African...

Saudi princes held in anti-graft sweep

Saudi princes held in anti-graft sweep

BBC 2017-11-05 12:00:00

A new Saudi anti-corruption body has detained 11 princes, four sitting ministers and dozens of former ministers, media reports say. The detentions came hours after the new committee, headed by Crown...

Saudi forces intercept missile targeting airport

Saudi forces intercept missile targeting airport

-- 2017-11-05 11:29:27

Saudi Arabia said its forces intercepted a ballistic missile fired Saturday by rebels in from Yemen toward one of the kingdom’s major international airports on the outskirts of the capital, Riya...

Typhoon Damrey strikes Vietnam, killing 20

Typhoon Damrey strikes Vietnam, killing 20

Xinhua 2017-11-05 10:42:39

Typhoon Damrey has claimed 20 human lives and left 17 people missing after hitting Vietnam's central region on Saturday morning, the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Cont...

Trump in Japan as Asia tour begins

Trump in Japan as Asia tour begins

-- 2017-11-05 10:09:27

US President Donald Trump arrived in Japan on Sunday at the start of a 12-day trip to Asia with South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines also on his itinerary. It will be the longest tour of A...

Scandal surrounding UK govt officials spreads

Scandal surrounding UK govt officials spreads

-- 2017-11-05 09:26:48

The scandal surrounding Britain’s government officials deepened Sunday with more allegations of sexual harassment involving UK Prime Minister Theresa May's most senior minister. A Sunday Times...

Ousted Catalan leader surrenders to Belgian police

Ousted Catalan leader surrenders to Belgian police

-- 2017-11-05 07:58:09

Catalonia's deposed leader Carles Puigdemont and four former advisers have turned themselves in to Belgian police on Sunday. An investigating judge would decide by Monday morning whether to execute a...

Saudi authorities detain billionaire prince for corruption

Saudi authorities detain billionaire prince for corruption

-- 2017-11-05 07:52:11

Saudi authorities detained a billionaire global investor and the head of the National Guard as part of an anti-corruption purge that consolidates Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s hold on power...

Venezuela opposition leader seeks refuge in Chile

Venezuela opposition leader seeks refuge in Chile

-- 2017-11-05 01:49:13

One of Venezuela's most prominent opposition leaders has sought refuge in the Chilean ambassador's residence after being targeted for arrest by the Supreme Court. Chile's Foreign Ministry said in a s...

Car bomb hits Yemen, killing five soldiers

Car bomb hits Yemen, killing five soldiers

-- 2017-11-05 01:24:43

A suicide car bomber killed at least five soldiers in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Sunday, residents and a security official said. The attack took place at a checkpoint outside the main securi...

First US airstrikes against IS in Somalia

First US airstrikes against IS in Somalia

Reuters 2017-11-04 12:21:48

The United States carried out its first air strikes against Islamic State militants in Somalia and killed “several terrorists,” the U.S. military said on Friday.  The Pentagon’...

Syria declares victory over IS in Deir al-Zor city

Syria declares victory over IS in Deir al-Zor city

-- 2017-11-04 12:20:34

DEIR AL-ZOR, Nov 03 (Agencies): The Syrian government declared victory over Islamic State in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Friday, a big blow to the jihadists as their last stronghold in Syria cr...

Spain issues warrant for sacked Catalan leader

Spain issues warrant for sacked Catalan leader

Reuters 2017-11-04 12:00:00

Spain on Friday issued an arrest warrant on sedition and other charges against Carles Puigdemont, tightening the judicial net around the former Catalan leader who went Brussels after his government wa...

Zimbabwe police arrest American over ‘anti-government plot’

Zimbabwe police arrest American over ‘anti-government plot’

BBC 2017-11-04 10:22:20

Police in Zimbabwe charged an American woman over a tweet that appeared to insult President Robert Mugabe, her lawyer has said. Martha O'Donovan, 25, is accused of referring to Mr Mugabe as "selfish...

Trump begins Asia tour

Trump begins Asia tour

Reuters 2017-11-04 10:11:21

President Donald Trump arrived in Hawaii on Friday as he set out on the longest trip to Asia by an American president in more than a quarter century, looking for help to pressure North Korea to stand...

Promote peace, China's Xi tells soldiers at first overseas base

Promote peace, China's Xi tells soldiers at first overseas base

Reuters 2017-11-04 10:05:23

Troops serving at China’s first overseas military base, in the Horn of Africa country of Djibouti, should help promote peace and stability, President Xi Jinping told them in a video chat, encour...

Lebanon PM resigns fearing Hezbollah assassination plot

Lebanon PM resigns fearing Hezbollah assassination plot

-- 2017-11-04 09:02:03

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has resigned, saying in a televised broadcast he feared for his life, while also fiercely criticising Iran. Hariri's father, former prime minister Rafik al-Hari...

US mulls strict sanctions on Myanmar

US mulls strict sanctions on Myanmar

-- 2017-11-03 12:00:00

US lawmakers proposed targeted sanctions and travel restrictions on Myanmar military officials on Thursday over the treatment of the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority, one of the strongest effo...

Tillerson to visit Myanmar

Tillerson to visit Myanmar

Reuters 2017-11-03 11:13:54

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is visiting Myanmar on Nov 15 to discuss the situation in Rakhine State that has forced over 600,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee and take refuge in Bangladesh. The St...

Trump, Putin may meet next week

Trump, Putin may meet next week

-- 2017-11-03 07:11:41

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump may meet next week at an Asian economic summit to be held in Vietnam. Discussions were under way to set up an encounter at the Asia-Paci...

'Bad consequences' if US imposes sanctions: Myanmar

'Bad consequences' if US imposes sanctions: Myanmar

-- 2017-11-03 06:46:11

Proposed US sanctions targeting Myanmar’s military for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims would hinder the fledgling civilian government sharing power with the generals, a spokesman for de facto...

10 million people remain stateless worldwide: UNHCR

10 million people remain stateless worldwide: UNHCR

-- 2017-11-03 05:20:31

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said an estimated 10 million people worldwide are stateless, including three million officially. This 'stateless status' deprives them of...

Catalan protesters demand release of political prisoners

Catalan protesters demand release of political prisoners

-- 2017-11-03 01:17:55

Thousands of Catalans on Thursday protested against the detention of eight regional ministers sacked over Catalonia's push for independence from Spain. The officials - who appeared in Spain's high co...

UK defence minister quits over harassment claim

UK defence minister quits over harassment claim

Reuters 2017-11-02 12:01:34

British defense minister Michael Fallon quit on Wednesday saying his conduct had fallen below the high standards demanded of his position, the first resignation in a sexual harassment scandal in parli...