-- 2017-10-12 11:19:24
Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday called for national unity and said she has created a committee that will coordinate all international and local assistance in violence-struck Rakhine state. Suu Kyi acknowle...
-- 2017-10-12 06:43:43
Myanmar army chief claimed that Ronhingyas are not natives of the country in a meeting with US ambassador. He also accused the media of exaggerating the number of refugees fleeing, according to a rep...
Reuters 2017-10-12 02:43:40
Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have reached a deal over political reconciliation, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement on Thursday, without providing further details about the ac...
Reuters 2017-10-11 12:00:00
Catalonia’s leader balked at making a formal declaration of independence from Spain on Tuesday, calling for talks with Madrid over the region’s future in a gesture that eased fears of imme...
BBC 2017-10-11 12:00:00
At least five people have been killed in southern Malawi after they were accused of behaving like vampires. The UN says it has pulled staff out of two districts as the vampire scare sweeps across the...
Reuters 2017-10-11 12:00:00
At least 13 people were killed when a fight broke out in a prison in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon and security troops were sent in to quell the violence, a state security official said o...
-- 2017-10-11 12:00:00
Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says he has asked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to confirm whether or not he has declared independence, reports BBC. He said this was necessary before the Span...
BBC 2017-10-11 03:38:11
India's Supreme Court has struck down a legal clause that permits men to have sex with their underage wives. The clause, which was part of India's law on rape, said intercourse between a man and his...
-- 2017-10-10 12:00:00
At least four rebels and an army soldier were killed in three gunbattles in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Tuesday. Police said that three rebels were killed overnight as fighting broke ou...
-- 2017-10-10 12:00:00
Ivanka Trump is lobbying on Capitol Hill to make sure an expansion of the current $1,000 child tax credit stays in the tax plan and that it's big enough to matter, reports ABC News. Trump has been w...
-- 2017-10-10 12:00:00
Pro-independence Catalans gathered on the streets of Barcelona Tuesday ahead of a hotly anticipated speech by the region's leader on the status of the restive province. Carles Puigdemont, the Preside...
BBC 2017-10-10 10:41:56
Parts of California's wine region are being ravaged by fast-spreading fires that have killed at least 10 people. Mass evacuations have taken place and at least 1,500 properties have been destroyed. S...
-- 2017-10-10 09:18:04
Kenyan main opposition leader Raila Odinga will not participate in October's presidential election re-run. Odinga said his withdrawal would give the electoral commission enough time to i...
-- 2017-10-10 07:31:04
The head of Iran's nuclear agency warned the United States on Tuesday against undermining the 2015 nuclear deal, saying international nonproliferation efforts as well as Washington's international sta...
-- 2017-10-10 04:19:05
Hackers from North Korea are reported to have stolen a large cache of military documents from South Korea, including a plan to assassinate North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, reports BBC. Rhee Cheol-he...
Xinhua 2017-10-10 03:02:50
An Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) disease in Ethiopia's second largest city Dire Dawa, 446 kms east of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, has infected 127 people in September, an Ethiopian official said on...
AP 2017-10-10 02:08:36
With Argentina and Lionel Messi on the brink of missing the World Cup, they are not receiving any sympathy from archrival Brazil. Five-time champion Brazil qualified six months ago for the finals in...
Reuters 2017-10-09 12:00:17
Rohingya refugees look through a fence as they wait outside of aid distribution premises at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh October 8, 2017. Reuters The European Union and the United States...
Reuters 2017-10-09 12:00:00
Sudan will extend a unilateral ceasefire with rebels until the end of December, state news agency SUNA reported on Sunday, just days after the United States lifted 20-year-old sanctions tied to progre...
BBC 2017-10-09 11:26:34
Turkey and the US have become embroiled in a consular row, mutually suspending most visa services. The Turkish embassy in Washington said it needed to "reassess" the US government's commitment to the...
-- 2017-10-09 11:15:32
China says it is willing to set the stage for mediation between Myanmar and Bangladesh to resolve the Rohingya crisis. China has backed its longtime ally Myanmar in the military crackdown against the...
-- 2017-10-09 07:13:18
Outside the Morgan County fair in McConnelsville, in a rural swath of Ohio that fervently backed US President Donald Trump in last year’s election, ticket seller John Wilson quietly counts off a...
-- 2017-10-09 05:42:30
The French government has said it will not recognise Catalonia if it declares independence from Spain and such a move will mean expulsion from the EU, reports BBC. European Affairs Minister Nathalie...
-- 2017-10-09 05:33:34
Tunisia's health minister has died of a heart attack after taking part in a charity marathon to help fight cancer. Slim Chaker, 56, fell ill after running some 500 metres, and died in a military hosp...
-- 2017-10-09 03:47:04
NATO's chief said Monday the alliance does not want a "new Cold War" with Russia, despite members' concerns about Russian military build-up close to NATOs' border. "We are concerned by .... (Russia's...
Reuters 2017-10-08 12:37:52
China’s anti-graft watchdog said roughly 1.34 million lower-ranking officials have been punished since 2013 under President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive. Xi, who is preparing for a...
Reuters 2017-10-08 12:00:00
Two Saudi guards were shot dead and three others injured on Saturday morning when a man drove up to the gate of the royal palace in Jeddah and began shooting, the interior ministry said in a statement...
Reuters 2017-10-08 12:00:00
US President Donald Trump on Saturday said “only one thing will work” in dealing with North Korea after previous administrations had talked to Pyongyang without results. “Presidents...
-- 2017-10-08 12:00:00
Hurricane Nate has made landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River in Louisiana, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) says, reports BBC. The storm, with maximum sustained winds of 85mph (137k...
-- 2017-10-08 09:12:54
Iran warned the United States against designating its Revolutionary Guards Corp as a terrorist group and said US regional military bases would be at risk if further sanctions were passed. The warning...
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