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UN chief says Suu Kyi has 'last chance' to stop atrocities

-- 2017-09-18 12:48:55

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said Aung San Suu Kyi now had her "last chance" to stop atrocities on ethnic Rohingya Muslims amid growing global outrage over her response to the violence in...

Refugees dying at higher rate in Mediterranean

-- 2017-09-18 12:37:41

TRIPOLI, Sept 17 (Al Jazeera): Refugees and migrants are dying in the Mediterranean at a quicker rate than last year, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has reported, as rights groups...

Airstrike claims lives of 12 civilians in Yemen

-- 2017-09-18 12:36:53

SANAA, Sept 17 (AL Jazeera): Twelve Yemeni civilians including women and children have been killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition northeast of the capital Sanaa, an official, residents an...

Fierce storm hits Romania, killing eight

Agencies 2017-09-18 12:00:00

A strong storm killed eight people and injured at least 67 in western Romania on Sunday as winds of up to 100 kph (over 60 mph) also brought destruction to parts of Serbia and Croatia, officials said....

Cut off Rohingyas beg for safe passage

Reuters 2017-09-18 12:00:00

Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in violence-racked northwest Myanmar are pleading with the authorities for safe passage from two remote villages that are cut off by hostile Buddhists and running short o...

US sees no more option with UN on North Korea

Reuters 2017-09-18 12:00:00

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Sunday the UN Security Council has run out of options on containing North Korea's nuclear program and the United States may have to turn the mat...

Rights group calls for sanctions on Myanmar

-- 2017-09-18 12:00:00

A rights group has called for targeted sanctions and an arms embargo against the Myanmar military in response to an offensive that has sent 410,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh to escape wha...

Strong quake rattles Alaska

-- 2017-09-18 12:00:00

A Magnitude 5.1 earthquake shook US state Alaska about 135 miles (217 kilometres) northwest of its capital city Juneau. Coincidentally, the City and Borough of Juneau's Disaster Preparedness Expo was...

Nine die in boat race in India

-- 2017-09-18 11:51:24

At least nine bodies were recovered after three to four boats capsized in stormy conditions during a race on the Sabang river in Assam state of India.   The boats were caught in a sudden rainst...

Nine killed in ambush in Mexico

-- 2017-09-18 11:25:48

At least eight civilians and one soldier have been killed in a clash that began with gunmen dressed in camouflage ambushing an army patrol in Mexican state of Guerrero, officials said.   State...

13 die in Uganda road crash

-- 2017-09-18 07:45:43

Thirteen people, including 12 Tanzanian nationals, were killed in a motor accident on a highway in central Uganda, police said Monday.   Most of the victims were travelling in a minibus that cr...

Ethnic clashes displace 50,000 in Ethiopia

-- 2017-09-18 03:33:11

The humanitarian crisis has worsened in catastrophic drought-stricken Ethiopia, where clashes have displaced around 50,000 people.   The clashes, along the border of Ethiopia’s Oromiya an...

China, India now in another dispute

BBC 2017-09-18 03:08:59

China and India may have defused a potential border conflict but the stand-off seems to have led to dispute over another contentious issue: water.   Delhi says it has not received any hydrologi...

Suu Kyi has 'last chance' on Rohingyas: UN

BBC 2017-09-17 12:00:00

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has "a last chance" to halt an army offensive that has forced hundreds of thousands of the mainly Muslim Rohingyas to flee abroad, the UN head has said. &nb...

US denies U-turn on Paris climate deal

BBC 2017-09-17 12:00:00

The US has insisted it will leave the Paris climate accord, despite reports that it may be softening its stance.   Officials who met a White House representative on Saturday said afterwards the...

Three storms raging in Atlantic , moving towards west

-- 2017-09-17 12:00:00

Three storms are spinning in the Atlantic, with one already a hurricane and another one strengthening and forecast to threaten areas battered by Hurricane Irma last week, reports CNN.   Tropica...

Second man arrested over London Underground bombing

-- 2017-09-17 12:00:00

A second man has been arrested in connection with Friday's attack on a London Tube train, police said.   The 21-year-old man was arrested in Hounslow, west London, on Saturday night on suspicio...

Modi inaugurates controversial dam project

-- 2017-09-17 12:00:00

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country’s biggest dam on Sunday, ignoring warnings from environment groups that hundreds of thousands of people will lose their livelih...

Kuwait tells N Korea ambassador to leave within a month

-- 2017-09-17 12:00:00

Kuwait has ordered North Korea’s ambassador to leave within a month as the Gulf country downgraded diplomatic relations with Pyongyang, a North Korean diplomat in the Gulf region said on Sunday....

Seven boys held over Malaysia school blaze

-- 2017-09-17 11:07:38

Seven young suspects have been arrested in connection with a fire at a school in Malaysia which left 21 students and two teachers dead.   Those arrested are all aged between 11 and 18, police s...

Four die in Afghanistan explosion

-- 2017-09-17 05:21:58

Four people were killed and 15 wounded by an explosion in a marketplace in the eastern Afghan city of Khost on Sunday.   Local police chief Faizullah Ghairat said the blast, which happened arou...

Congo forces kill 37 Burundi migrants

BBC 2017-09-17 01:50:30

Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have shot dead 37 Burundian migrants who were protesting after four of their countrymen were expelled, the UN says.   Its peacekeeping missio...

Hamas dissolves Gaza administration in Palestinian unity bid

Reuters 2017-09-17 01:34:42

Palestinian Islamist Hamas group said on Sunday it has dissolved its administration that runs Gaza and agrees to hold general elections in order to end a long-running feud with President Mahmoud Abbas...

N Korea seeks military 'equilibrium' with US

-- 2017-09-16 12:36:20

North Korea said on Saturday it aims to reach an “equilibrium” of military force with the United States, which earlier signalled its patience for diplomacy is wearing thin after Pyongyang...

Yangon must stop Rakhine violence, says Tillerson

Reuters 2017-09-16 12:00:00

Myanmar is facing a "defining moment" and must stop the violence against its ethnic minority Rohingya population, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday.   Attacks by Rohingya mil...

Sampaoli goes with youth in lagging bid for World Cup spot

-- 2017-09-16 12:00:00

Buenos Aires, Sep 16 (AP/UNB) — Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli has put his faith in youth again as he tries to salvage the nation's place in next year's World Cup in Russia.   Sampaoli in...

Myanmar says US official barred from Rohingya conflict zone

-- 2017-09-16 12:00:00

Myanmar said on Friday a visiting US official would not be allowed to go to a region where violence has triggered an exodus of nearly 400,000 Rohingya Muslims that the United Nations has branded a &ld...

Typhoon Doksuri kills eight in Vietnam

-- 2017-09-16 12:00:00

At least eight people were killed and 28 others injured as typhoon Doksuri made landfall in Vietnam's central region on Saturday, according to provincial flood and storm prevention bureaus.  ...

Gunfight kills two ‘militants’ in Kashmir

-- 2017-09-16 12:00:00

At least two militants were killed in a gunfight near the Line of Control (LoC) dividing Kashmir on Saturday, officials said.   The gunfight broke out in Machil sector of frontier Kupwara dist...

Teenager arrested over London Underground explosion

-- 2017-09-16 12:00:00

An 18-year-old man has been arrested in Dover in connection with attack on a London Underground train in Parsons Green, reports independent.co.uk.   The suspect was arrested by Kent Police in t...