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Trump's former campaign manager surrenders to FBI

-- 2017-10-30 07:27:41

US President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort has surrendered before federal authorities over a case about possible Russian meddling. Manafort arrived at the Federal Bureau of Inv...

Brazil federal buildings set afire, troops deployed

BBC 2017-10-29 12:54:37

Extra troops and federal police have been deployed in the north Brazilian town of Humaita after hundreds of armed men set alight several offices belonging to environmental agencies. The attack took p...

Militant attacks rock Somalia again, killing 25

-- 2017-10-29 12:00:00

An Islamist attack on a hotel in the Somali capital ended on Sunday after 25 people had been killed in a near 12-hour siege, police said, underlining the insurgents’ ability to carry out deadly...

Qatar Emir warns against military action

AP 2017-10-29 12:00:00

Qatar’s emir has warned against any military confrontation over the ongoing diplomatic dispute between his country and four other Arab nations, saying it would only plunge the region into chaos....

ISIS threatens four-year old Prince George

-- 2017-10-29 08:53:20

ISIS threatened four-year old Prince George saying, "Even the royal family will not be left alone". The extremists allegedly posted a picture of the future king on encrypted instant messaging app Tel...

Catalonia for Spanish unity, huge rally begins

-- 2017-10-29 06:36:01

In Barcelona, a huge rally started calling for Spanish unity, a day after Catalonia was stripped of its autonomy.   Many of those protesting in the region's largest city brought signs calling fo...

Puigdemont welcome to run in poll, Madrid says

-- 2017-10-29 04:26:39

The Spanish government on Saturday said it would welcome the participation of sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont in new elections. The central government in Madrid has ordered that fresh electio...

Deputy governor of Afghan province kidnapped in Pakistan

Reuters 2017-10-29 03:20:22

Unidentified kidnappers bundled the deputy governor of Afghanistan’s northwestern province of Kunar into a car in the Pakistani city of Peshawar and took him away, police sources said on Sunday....

India bus plunge leaves four dead, injures 23

FE Online Desk 2017-10-29 03:14:31

At least four people died and 23 others sustained injuries as a state-run bus fell into a deep gorge near Dethal in Kumarsain area in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday, a senio...

N Afghanistan militant attack kills 13 cops

Xinhua 2017-10-29 02:28:18

At least 13 police personnel were killed and another one missing, following a series of militant attacks on security checkpoints in northern Kunduz province on Sunday, an Afghan official said. "Up to...

Spain dismisses Catalan parliament

Reuters 2017-10-28 12:00:00

The Madrid government sacked Catalonia’s president and dismissed its parliament on Friday, hours after the region declared itself an independent nation in Spain’s gravest political crisis...

Myanmar detains journos for Turkish state TV

-- 2017-10-28 12:00:00

Myanmar police detained two journalists working for Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT and their interpreter and driver on Friday for flying a drone near the parliament compound, amid tension betwee...

North Korea steps up nuclear threat: US Defence Secretary

-- 2017-10-28 12:00:00

The threat of nuclear attack from North Korea is increasing, US Defence Secretary James Mattis said during a visit to South Korea, reports BBC. Mattis warned it would face a "massive military respons...

Facebook, Google, Twitter to testify Russia meddling

-- 2017-10-28 12:00:00

Executives from Facebook, Google and Twitter have been asked to testify to the US Congress in coming weeks as lawmakers probe Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 US election, committee sou...

Kenya’s streets calmer despite political unrest

-- 2017-10-28 11:33:18

Kenya’s opposition dominated areas were calmer on Saturday, a day after voting was postponed in four restive counties because of clashes between police and protesters. It was not clear when the...

Catalan ex-president calls for opposition

-- 2017-10-28 08:33:44

Sacked Catalan president Carles Puigdemont on Saturday called for a “democratic opposition” to Madrid’s takeover of the region following its declaration of independence, reports Reut...

Bus plunges into river in Nepal, killing at least 31

-- 2017-10-28 05:04:16

A bus carrying passengers returning from a Hindu festival to the Nepali capital of Kathmandu skidded off the main highway and plunged into a river on Saturday, killing at least 31 people and leaving o...

Spain sacks Catalan police chief

-- 2017-10-28 04:22:41

Spain has sacked the chief of Catalonia’s regional police force, Josep Lluis Trapero, as the government in Madrid takes control of the autonomous region to block its push for independence, repor...

First charges filed in Trump-Russia probe

BBC 2017-10-28 03:50:14

The first charges have been filed in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller into alleged Russia interference in the 2016 US election, media reports say. It was not clear what the cha...

Libya struggles with severe water crisis

Reuters 2017-10-28 03:19:09

Across Libya’s capital residents have started drilling through pavements to access wells in a desperate search for water after the taps ran dry in a new low for living conditions. After years o...

Threat of N Korea nuclear attack accelerating

AP 2017-10-28 02:52:22

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday the threat of nuclear missile attack by North Korea is accelerating. In remarks in Seoul with South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo at his side, M...

India road crash kills seven pilgrims

-- 2017-10-28 01:21:48

At least seven pilgrims, all women, were killed and six others sustained injuries when the autorickshaw in which they were travelling collided head-on with a sand-laden truck in the southern Indian st...

Australian deputy PM disqualified

BBC 2017-10-27 12:00:00

Australian Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce and four other politicians were wrongly elected because they held dual citizenship, a top court has ruled. The High Court of Australia decision means three of the p...

Rohingya crisis: Tillerson phones Myanmar army chief

Reuters 2017-10-27 12:00:00

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke on Thursday with Myanmar's army chief and expressed concern over reported atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, the US State Department said i...

No future for Assad in Syria, US says

Reuters 2017-10-27 12:00:00

President Bashar al-Assad and his family have no role in the future of Syria, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday ahead of peace talks aiming at a political transition scheduled to re...

Catalan MPs clash over independence call

BBC 2017-10-27 12:00:00

Backers and opponents of independence in Catalonia have clashed in parliament over the way forward as the Spanish government is set to reassert control. The debate began after Catalan President Carle...

Myanmar allows UN to resume food aid

-- 2017-10-27 12:00:00

Myanmar authorities have agreed to allow the United Nations to resume distribution of food in northern Rakhine state which was suspended for two months, the World Food programme (WFP) said on Friday,...

Catalonia declares independence from Spain

-- 2017-10-27 12:00:00

Catalonia’s parliament declared independence from Spain on Friday in defiance of the Madrid government. The declaration was made ahead of an expected vote in Spain senate which will see Madrid...

Spain parliament approves direct rule over Catalonia

-- 2017-10-27 12:00:00

The upper house of Spain’s parliament authorised central government to rule Catalonia directly from Madrid. Spain's senate came up with the decision on Friday minutes after the restive region d...

EU not ready to acknowledge Catalonia

-- 2017-10-27 09:19:34

The Catalan parliament’s declaration of independence on Friday has changed for the European Union (EU), said the group’s chief. The President of the European Council Donald Tusk also stat...