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India successfully tests anti-satellite weapon, Modi says

India successfully tests anti-satellite weapon, Modi says

-- 2019-03-27 13:50:24

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India had shot down a live satellite in space on Wednesday with an anti-satellite missile, hailing the test as a major breakthrough in its space programme. Modi made...

Nawaz Sharif gets bail for six weeks

Nawaz Sharif gets bail for six weeks

-- 2019-03-27 13:35:54

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has accepted the plea of the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif granting him bail for six weeks, allowing him to seek medical treatment within the country. Nawaz Sharif...

Tibet human rights critics ‘bewitched’ by Dalai Lama: China

Tibet human rights critics ‘bewitched’ by Dalai Lama: China

-- 2019-03-27 12:47:38

Those who criticise China over human rights in Tibet have been “bewitched” by the Dalai Lama, a senior Chinese official said on Wednesday, days before the 60th anniversary of the Tibetan s...

At least seven killed in airstrike on Yemen hospital

At least seven killed in airstrike on Yemen hospital

AP 2019-03-27 11:43:00

A hospital in a rural area of northwest Yemen was hit by an airstrike Tuesday killing seven people and wounding eight others, Save the Children said. The international aid organisation, which support...

Facebook limiting false stories for India election

Facebook limiting false stories for India election

-- 2019-03-26 20:56:09

  NEW DELHI: Facebook says it is preparing for Indian elections by working to limit false stories, videos and photos on its platform. It says it is tying up with fact checkers and media organiz...

Pakistan's former PM Sharif gets bail

Pakistan's former PM Sharif gets bail

-- 2019-03-26 16:09:24

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to release former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on bail for six weeks to receive medical treatment but said he would not be allowed to leave t...

Thai election campaign 'heavily tilted' to benefit junta: Monitor

Thai election campaign 'heavily tilted' to benefit junta: Monitor

-- 2019-03-26 15:49:35

BANGKOK, Mar 26 (Reuters) : The run-up to Thailand’s weekend vote was “heavily tilted” to benefit a party close to the ruling military junta, an Asian election monitor said on Tuesda...

Around 1.85m people affected by cyclone in Mozambique: UN

Around 1.85m people affected by cyclone in Mozambique: UN

-- 2019-03-26 15:45:18

About 1.85 million people have now been affected by Cyclone Idai and its aftermath in Mozambique alone, UN humanitarian agency OCHA said on Tuesday, as aid workers raced to fathom the scale of the dis...

Myanmar's top court to hear Reuters reporters' appeal in official secrets case

Myanmar's top court to hear Reuters reporters' appeal in official secrets case

-- 2019-03-26 15:35:51

Myanmar’s Supreme Court was scheduled on Tuesday to hear the appeal of two Reuters journalists imprisoned for breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, in a case that has raised questions ab...

“Largest minimum income scheme if Congress wins election”

“Largest minimum income scheme if Congress wins election”

-- 2019-03-25 18:41:45

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has pledged to create "the world's largest minimum income scheme" if his party wins election. He said the Congress Party would guarantee an income for 50 million...

Netanyahu to cut US visit short after Tel Aviv rocket attack

Netanyahu to cut US visit short after Tel Aviv rocket attack

-- 2019-03-25 14:23:13

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he will cut short his trip to the United States after a rocket attack near Tel Aviv wounded seven people. An Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesma...

New Zealand PM says will travel to China to meet Xi

New Zealand PM says will travel to China to meet Xi

-- 2019-03-25 10:51:47

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday she will travel to China at the end of the week for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, amid concerns of strained relations be...

NZ launches royal commission inquiry into mosque attacks

NZ launches royal commission inquiry into mosque attacks

Reuters 2019-03-25 09:51:33

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday a royal commission inquiry into the events leading up to a March 15 attack on two mosques in Christchurch that killed 50 people, including...

Thousands join New Zealand vigil

Thousands join New Zealand vigil

-- 2019-03-24 16:28:54

Thousands gathered in New Zealand’s cities on Sunday to protest racism and remember the 50 Muslims killed by a gunman in Christchurch and as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a national re...

Thailand goes to polls in first post-coup election

Thailand goes to polls in first post-coup election

-- 2019-03-24 12:02:03

Thai voters went to the polls on Sunday in a long-delayed election following a 2014 coup, in a race that pits a military junta chief seeking to retain power against a "democratic front" led by the pop...

Death toll hits 64 in China factory blast

Death toll hits 64 in China factory blast

-- 2019-03-23 19:36:09

Rescuers in eastern China pulled a survivor from rubble early on Saturday, two days after a massive explosion at a pesticide plant killed at least 64 people, flattening nearby buildings and shattering...

US-backed forces in Syria declare victory over IS

US-backed forces in Syria declare victory over IS

-- 2019-03-23 13:42:24

Islamic State has been defeated at its final shred of territory of Baghouz in Syria, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Saturday, announcing the end of its self-declared ‘calip...

New Zealand reopens mosques that were attacked; many 'march for love'

New Zealand reopens mosques that were attacked; many 'march for love'

-- 2019-03-23 11:59:20

Smelling of fresh paint, the two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch where a gunman killed 50 worshippers last week reopened their doors on Saturday, with many survivors among the first to...

26 die in China tour bus fire

26 die in China tour bus fire

-- 2019-03-23 10:44:53

Twenty six people were killed after a tour bus in which they were travelling caught fire in central China’s Hunan Province on Friday, local authorities said. The 28 injured in the incident were...

New Zealanders wear headscarves in display of solidarity

New Zealanders wear headscarves in display of solidarity

-- 2019-03-22 19:58:55

New Zealanders of all religions donned headscarves on Friday in a symbol of unity as a mass funeral was held for dozens of victims of last week's mosque attacks, reports AP. Worshipers were gunned do...

Gunfight in Kashmir leaves two militants dead

Gunfight in Kashmir leaves two militants dead

-- 2019-03-22 13:05:12

At least two militants were killed and three troopers were wounded in a fierce gunfight between them in restive India-controlled Kashmir, police said on Friday. The gunfight broke out Thursday mornin...

"We are one" says PM Ardern as NZ mourns with prayers, silence

"We are one" says PM Ardern as NZ mourns with prayers, silence

-- 2019-03-22 11:24:31

The Muslim call to prayer sounded out over Christchurch and around New Zealand on Friday, as thousands gathered to remember the 50 people killed by a lone gunman at two mosques a week ago. Prime Mini...

China chemical plant explosion leaves 47 dead, 640 injured

China chemical plant explosion leaves 47 dead, 640 injured

Reuters 2019-03-22 10:43:09

An explosion at a pesticide plant in eastern China has killed 47 people and injured more than 600, state media said on Friday, the latest casualties in a series of industrial accidents that has ange...

New Zealand marks a week of mosque attack

New Zealand marks a week of mosque attack

-- 2019-03-22 10:39:33

New Zealanders on Friday marked one week since a mass shooting killed 50 Muslim worshippers in the South Island city of Christchurch, holding nationwide prayers and wearing headscarves to show their s...

Ferry capsize kills nearly 80 in Iraq

Ferry capsize kills nearly 80 in Iraq

Reuters 2019-03-22 10:17:02

At least 79 people died when an overloaded ferry carrying families on an outing sank in the Tigris river in Mosul in northern Iraq, medical sources told Reuters on Thursday. Most of the casualties on...

Bullet-riddled NZ mosques to reopen for Friday prayers

Bullet-riddled NZ mosques to reopen for Friday prayers

Reuters 2019-03-21 14:28:14

The bullet-riddled Al Noor mosque in Christchurch was being repaired, painted, and cleaned ahead of Friday prayers, as grieving families buried more victims of New Zealand’s worst mass shooting....

New Zealand bans types of weapons used in mosque attacks

New Zealand bans types of weapons used in mosque attacks

-- 2019-03-21 10:19:58

New Zealand will ban military-style semi-automatic and assault rifles under tough new gun laws following the killing of 50 people in the country’s worst mass shooting, Prime Minister Jacinda Ard...

Ardern calls for global anti-racism fight

Ardern calls for global anti-racism fight

-- 2019-03-20 20:36:52

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called for a global fight to root out racist right-wing ideology following last week's deadly attack on two mosques in Christchurch. In one of her first...

Fugitive Indian jeweller Nirav Modi arrested in London

Fugitive Indian jeweller Nirav Modi arrested in London

-- 2019-03-20 18:10:34

Fugitive billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi was arrested in London on behalf of the Indian authorities, British police said on Wednesday. India had asked Britain in August to extradite Modi, one of the...

Voice data of crashed Indonesian jet depicts pilots' frantic search for a fix

Voice data of crashed Indonesian jet depicts pilots' frantic search for a fix

Reuters 2019-03-20 13:45:37

The pilots of a doomed Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX scoured a handbook as they struggled to understand why the jet was lurching downwards, but ran out of time before it hit the water, three people with kno...