Reuters 2017-09-28 12:00:00
International aid groups in Myanmar have urged the government to allow free access to Rakhine State, where an army offensive has sent 480,000 people fleeing to Bangladesh but hundreds of thousands rem...
Reuters 2017-09-28 11:30:21
Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi is the latest in a long line of Nobel Peace Prize laureates to disappoint many of those who once applauded her, and probably won’t be the last, a cautiona...
BBC 2017-09-28 11:25:23
A US air strike against militants in the Afghan capital Kabul caused civilian casualties after a missile malfunctioned, officials said. The strike was in support of Afghan troops fighting insurgents...
Xinhua 2017-09-28 02:13:51
Libya's interim government on Wednesday announced it would ban entry of US citizens into Libyan territory in response to a decision by US President Donald Trump to suspend the entry of Libyans. The e...
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NATO countries have strong reasons to maintain support for Afghanistan and will respond to US President Trump’s call for more troops and funding, the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stol...
BBC 2017-09-28 01:28:30
One person has died and another has been injured by a rockslide at Yosemite National Park in the western US state, California. A park spokesman said the rocks fell from El Capitan, a rock formation a...
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An erupting volcano in Vanuatu has sparked an unprecedented evacuation of an entire island. All 11,000 residents of Ambae have been told to leave and will be moved to other islands in the Pacific sta...
AP 2017-09-27 12:39:37
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 struck off northeastern Japan on Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, and no risk of tsunami. The Japan Meteorological A...
Reuters 2017-09-27 12:00:00
President Donald Trump warned North Korea on Tuesday that any US military option would be “devastating” for Pyongyang, but said the use of force was not Washington’s first option to...
Reuters 2017-09-27 12:00:00
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time, state media say. Government ministries are to prepare reports within 30 days and the order will be i...
Xinhua 2017-09-27 12:00:00
At least 14 people died and eight others were injured in a shooting occurred Tuesday night in a drug rehabitation centre in the state of Chihuahua, northern Mexico, the police said. A group of attack...
Xinhua 2017-09-27 12:00:00
At least seven people were killed and more than ten others injured in a road accident in the western Indian state of Rajasthan Wednesday, police said. "The accident occurred when a speeding car...
BBC 2017-09-27 11:53:59
Chaotic scenes broke out in Uganda's parliament as MPs debated the contentious removal of the presidential age limit. Tempers flared and lawmakers were filmed brawling after it was alleged an MP had...
BBC 2017-09-27 11:01:44
A Singaporean teenager has been released from jail after a government appeal against him being granted asylum was dismissed. Amos Yee, known for his political and religious criticism, sought refuge i...
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Thailand’s ousted former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was handed a five-year prison sentence on Wednesday after the country’s highest court found her guilty of negligence in the mana...
Xinhua 2017-09-27 01:49:43
UN Secretary-General Special Envoy for Libya Ghassan Salame launched a new round of talks on an action plan on Tuesday in order to solve the political crisis in Libya. The meetings in Tunis will disc...
BBC 2017-09-26 12:28:09
The US has dismissed a statement by North Korea accusing Washington of declaring war on the country, calling the idea "absurd". The White House on Monday also warned Pyongyang to stop provocations af...
AP 2017-09-26 12:00:00
Myanmar's UN ambassador insisted Monday that there is no "ethnic cleansing" or genocide taking place against Muslims and objected "in the strongest terms" to countries that used those words to describ...
AP 2017-09-26 12:00:00
A Palestinian attacker opened fire early on Tuesday at the entrance to a settlement outside Jerusalem, killing three Israeli men and critically wounding a fourth, Israeli police and medical services s...
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United Nations Security Council is going to sit in a meeting on Thursday over ongoing violence in Myanmar, which was described as ethnic cleansing. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will...
BBC 2017-09-26 10:49:23
The controversial decree that would have opened up a vast reserve in the Amazon to commercial mining has been revoked by the Brazilian government. The area, covering 46,000 sq km (17,800 sq miles) st...
BBC 2017-09-26 10:22:55
Three policemen have been killed by gunmen who attacked a zoo in Nigeria's mid-western Edo State, the police have told the BBC. The gunmen also abducted the head of the zoo, after they stormed the 75...
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An explosion was reported on a London underground train sending passengers fleeing in panic from the District Line of the United Kingdom. Witnesses reported hearing a “loud bang”...
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Mexican government officials are tallying up the economic losses of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that caused widespread damage in the capital, but for the manager of a downtown restaurant, the result...
BBC 2017-09-26 02:06:47
Russia is committing "grave human rights violations" in Crimea, according to a report by the United Nations. The UN human rights agency says it has documented arbitrary arrests, torture and at least...
BBC 2017-09-25 12:53:45
A masked gunman who entered a church near Nashville, Tennessee, was stopped mid-attack after killing one person and wounding several others. The suspect shot himself during a struggle with an usher f...
BBC 2017-09-25 12:00:00
The United States has expanded its controversial travel ban to include people from North Korea, Venezuela and Chad. The White House said the restrictions follow a review of information sharin...
Reuters 2017-09-25 12:00:00
Uganda is looking for external assistance with an aerial geophysical survey of its northeastern Karamoja region, the country’s mineral development minister Peter Lokeris told the China Mining co...
BBC 2017-09-25 12:00:00
Nearly 35,000 people have been evacuated from their homes near an active volcano in Bali, as authorities warn it could erupt imminently. The area around Mount Agung has seen hundreds of tremo...
Reuters 2017-09-25 12:00:00
German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a fourth term in office on Sunday but Europe’s most powerful leader will have to govern with a far less stable coalition in a fractured parliament after her c...
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