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Kejriwal slapped during roadshow in New Delhi

Kejriwal slapped during roadshow in New Delhi

-- 2019-05-04 21:08:17

India's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) president and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was slapped by a man during a roadshow on Saturday in Moti Nagar area in New Delhi parliamentary constituency. Kejriwa...

Sri Lanka president vows to restore stability before vote

Sri Lanka president vows to restore stability before vote

-- 2019-05-04 20:32:21

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena has said the security forces of his country would eradicate terrorism following devastating suicide attacks on Easter Sunday and restore stability before a pre...

Thailand's King formally crowned as divine monarch

Thailand's King formally crowned as divine monarch

-- 2019-05-04 16:54:50

Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn was formally crowned as a divine monarch on Saturday. The king donned the 7.3 kg (16 lb) Great Crown of Victory as part of the elaborate coronation ceremonie...

South Korea urges North Korea to avoid raising military tension

South Korea urges North Korea to avoid raising military tension

-- 2019-05-04 16:28:04

South Korea on Saturday urged North Korea to 'stop action that intensifies military tension on the Korean peninsula,' saying it is very concerned about the North Korea’s firing of short-range pr...

North Korea ‘fires several short-range missiles’

North Korea ‘fires several short-range missiles’

-- 2019-05-04 11:53:03

North Korea has tested several short-range missiles, according to reports from South Korea. They were fired from the Hodo peninsula in the east of the country, said South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staf...

NZ PM Jacinda Ardern engaged

NZ PM Jacinda Ardern engaged

-- 2019-05-03 17:16:23

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is engaged to her long-term partner, television presenter Clarke Gayford, a spokesman has confirmed. News of the couple's engagement emerged after Ms Ardern...

Three die as cyclone Fani hits India's Odisha

Three die as cyclone Fani hits India's Odisha

-- 2019-05-03 15:37:49

Three people have been killed as cyclone Fani made a landfall in Puri on India's Odisha coast around 8 am, triggering heavy rainfall coupled with high velocity winds with speed of 175 kmph in vast are...

Death toll in Christchurch attacks rises to 51

Death toll in Christchurch attacks rises to 51

-- 2019-05-03 13:30:18

A Turkish citizen who was wounded during deadly attacks at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch on March 15 has died, Turkey's foreign minister said on Thursday, raising the death toll...

Malaysia frees second woman accused in Kim Jong-nam murder case

Malaysia frees second woman accused in Kim Jong-nam murder case

-- 2019-05-03 11:04:04

A Vietnamese woman who spent more than two years in a Malaysian prison on suspicion of killing the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was freed on Friday, her lawyer said. Doan Thi Huong...

Cyclone Fani hits Odisha, wind speed at 200 km/hour

Cyclone Fani hits Odisha, wind speed at 200 km/hour

-- 2019-05-03 10:02:19

Cyclone Fani, the most severe storm since the super cyclone of 1999 that killed 10,000 people in Odisha, has started making its impact felt in the state, NDTV reports citing the weather office. The i...

Hamas team visits Egypt to discuss truce with Israel

Hamas team visits Egypt to discuss truce with Israel

-- 2019-05-02 22:09:38

A delegation, including Islamic Hamas movement and Islamic Jihad movement, on Thursday left Gaza Strip through Rafah border to Egypt to discuss the understanding of the truce with Israel, according to...

Iran oil tanker breaks down in Red Sea off Saudi coast

Iran oil tanker breaks down in Red Sea off Saudi coast

-- 2019-05-02 16:42:43

An Iranian oil tanker carrying over 1 million barrels of fuel oil suffered a malfunction in the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia, authorities said Thursday, raising concerns that the vessel could...

Thai king marries bodyguard in surprise wedding

Thai king marries bodyguard in surprise wedding

-- 2019-05-02 14:11:58

The king of Thailand has married the deputy head of his personal security detail, and given her the title of queen, a royal statement said. The surprise announcement comes before his elaborate corona...

Catholic services in Colombo cancelled for second week

Catholic services in Colombo cancelled for second week

-- 2019-05-02 13:23:26

Catholic services are being cancelled for a second weekend in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo after the government warned of more possible attacks by the same Islamic State-linked group that carried...

Modi gets election boost with UN sanction against India's 'enemy No. 1'

Modi gets election boost with UN sanction against India's 'enemy No. 1'

-- 2019-05-02 12:17:35

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's re-election bid received a big fillip on Wednesday after a UN Security Council committee blacklisted Masood Azhar, the head of a Pakistan-based militant group, a...

India to evacuate 800,000 as cyclone Fani nears east coast

India to evacuate 800,000 as cyclone Fani nears east coast

-- 2019-05-02 11:15:21

India will use boats, buses and trains to evacuate 800,000 people along its east coast on Thursday ahead of an approaching cyclone that is forecast to make landfall within 24 hours, officials said. S...

UN panel blacklists Masood Azhar, founder of Pakistan-based militant group

UN panel blacklists Masood Azhar, founder of Pakistan-based militant group

-- 2019-05-01 22:42:12

  A UN Security Council committee blacklisted the head of Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) on Wednesday, after China dropped its long-held obstruction of the move, diplomats...

EC cancels nomination of Modi’s challenger

EC cancels nomination of Modi’s challenger

-- 2019-05-01 20:09:14

India's Election Commission (EC) has cancelled the nomination of an ex-soldier who was running against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Varanasi constituency of Uttar Pradesh state. The former Bor...

Cyclonic Storm Fani: India launches mass evacuation

Cyclonic Storm Fani: India launches mass evacuation

-- 2019-05-01 18:28:23

India has started evacuating hundreds of thousands of villagers living along its north-eastern coastline ahead of a severe cyclone due to make landfall on Friday, reports Reuters. The state of Odisha...

Taliban hold fresh round of  talks with US envoy

Taliban hold fresh round of talks with US envoy

-- 2019-05-01 16:32:36

The Taliban say a fresh round of talks with US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is to start in Qatar, where the religious movement maintains a political office. Khalilzad is trying to negotiate an end to...

Pakistan Coast Guards seize narcotics over $24m

Pakistan Coast Guards seize narcotics over $24m

-- 2019-05-01 16:28:34

KARACHI: The Pakistan Coast Guards have recovered narcotics worth over $24 million during an operation near Jiwani town of Balochistan province, officials said. Safeer Mehdi, a spokesperson of the Pa...

Lanka blocks Zakir Naik’s Peace TV

Lanka blocks Zakir Naik’s Peace TV

-- 2019-05-01 16:16:59

After UK and Canada, India and Bangladesh had also banned Peace TV which has often been used by ISIS recruiters for indoctrination and brainwashing. For inciting religious intolerance and violent ext...

Hardline Indian group calls for ban on face veil

Hardline Indian group calls for ban on face veil

-- 2019-05-01 16:10:50

  NEW DELHI: An Indian Hindu nationalist group allied with Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on Wednesday for a ban on veils after Sri Lanka prohibited the garments worn by some Muslim women f...

Maoist attack kills 16 Indian troops in Maharashtra

Maoist attack kills 16 Indian troops in Maharashtra

-- 2019-05-01 15:43:04

At least 16 paramilitary troops were killed in a powerful landmine blast on Wednesday in Maharashtra, a state spanning west-central India. According to Hidustan Times, the explosion occurred this aft...

Japan’s new emperor pledges to work as symbol of people

Japan’s new emperor pledges to work as symbol of people

-- 2019-05-01 14:01:19

Japanese Emperor Naruhito formally took up his post on Wednesday a day after the abdication of his father, saying he felt a "sense of solemnity" but pledging to work as a symbol of the nation and the...

IS remains threat, leader seen in video: Iraq

IS remains threat, leader seen in video: Iraq

-- 2019-05-01 10:43:00

Islamic State remains a potent threat around the world despite reduced capabilities, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Tuesday, adding its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had made his latest v...

China sentences second Canadian to death

China sentences second Canadian to death

-- 2019-04-30 18:34:44

A court in China has sentenced a Canadian citizen to death for producing and trafficking methamphetamine. Fan Wei, whose gender was not specified, is the second Canadian to be sentenced to death thi...

India asks Rahul Gandhi to clear citizenship status

India asks Rahul Gandhi to clear citizenship status

-- 2019-04-30 18:04:59

India’s government has asked Rahul Gandhi, the president of the main opposition Congress party, to respond to a complaint by a lawmaker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party accusing h...

Japanese Emperor Akihito declares historic abdication

Japanese Emperor Akihito declares historic abdication

-- 2019-04-30 16:22:34

Japanese Emperor Akihito, in his final remarks as his three-decade reign drew to a close on Tuesday, thanked the people for their support and expressed hope for a peaceful future. Akihito, 85, the fi...

‘Explosive device’ found, man arrested in New Zealand’s Christchurch

‘Explosive device’ found, man arrested in New Zealand’s Christchurch

-- 2019-04-30 15:44:50

New Zealand police said on Tuesday a man was arrested and bomb disposal officers found a package with a suspected explosive device at a vacant property in Christchurch, where 50 people were killed in...