-- 2018-12-14 11:15:28
The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs has declared it genocide in Myanmar as its military and security forces unleashed a targeted campaign against the Rohingya people. Mentioning killing unarmed...
-- 2018-12-13 21:41:26
At least two Israelis have been killed and two injured in a shooting in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in separate operations overnight on Wednesday. Israel's...
-- 2018-12-13 18:12:47
Sri Lanka's top court has ruled that the president's dissolution of parliament last month was unconstitutional, as a political crisis continues to grip the nation. President Maithripala Sirisena dism...
-- 2018-12-13 12:47:37
Canadian businessman Michael Spavor, who worked with North Korea, is being investigated on suspicion of harming China’s state security, officials said, days after a former Canadian diplomat was...
Reuters 2018-12-13 10:49:20
After suffering an electoral thrashing at the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014, small regional and caste-based parties are back in the rec...
-- 2018-12-12 17:03:02
More than 1,000 people across New Zealand joined candlelight vigils on Wednesday to commemorate British tourist Grace Millane, who police say was murdered earlier this month. The 22-year-old tourist'...
-- 2018-12-12 11:23:29
A Canadian, reported to be a former diplomat, has been detained in China and his current employer says it is working for his prompt release. The International Crisis Group said it was "aware of repor...
-- 2018-12-11 20:24:08
India's government has appointed former finance ministry official Shaktikanta Das as head of the central bank, a day after Urjit Patel resigned from the post following a protracted spat with the gover...
-- 2018-12-11 12:03:52
Thailand will hold a much-delayed general election on Feb 24, pending the lifting of a ban on political activity by the junta in Bangkok by January, the Election Commission said on Tuesday. The junta...
-- 2018-12-10 18:43:15
India's central bank governor Urjit Patel resigned on Monday citing 'personal reasons', a statement issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said. "On account of personal reasons, I have decided to...
-- 2018-12-10 17:36:49
Iran has the ability to build ballistic missiles with a broader range, a senior commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Monday. Iran’s missiles currently cover a range of 2000 kilom...
-- 2018-12-10 10:44:50
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister has ruled out the extradition of suspects in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, after Istanbul’s chief prosecutor filed warrants for the arrest of tw...
-- 2018-12-10 00:37:51
Archaeologists at the archaeology research institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences have unveiled the details of a deluxe carriage unearthed in a cemetery dating back to the Eastern Zhou Dy...
-- 2018-12-09 17:57:34
New Zealand police said Sunday they found a body they believe to be that of missing 22-year-old British tourist Grace Millane. Police said the body was in a forested area about 10 metres (33 feet) fr...
-- 2018-12-09 13:27:22
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended his greetings to former Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. "Best wishes to Smt. Sonia Gandhiji on her birthday. I pray for her long...
Reuters 2018-12-09 10:40:52
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani predicted a “deluge” of drugs, refugees and attacks on the West if US sanctions weaken Iran’s ability to contain them. “I warn those who...
-- 2018-12-08 20:26:04
Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Amjad Hussain B. Sial has said the association will be able to realise the fullest potential of the region. He also d...
-- 2018-12-08 14:21:17
Japan's parliament has approved a controversial new law allowing hundreds of thousands of foreigners into the country to ease labour shortages. From next April foreigners will be allowed to take up j...
-- 2018-12-08 10:42:10
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off the coast of Japan's Fukushima prefecture on Saturday, Japan Meteorological Agency said. The temblor occurred at 10:54 am local time, with...
-- 2018-12-07 15:17:55
Indian tech ministry officials met with senior WhatsApp executives this week to ask the Facebook Inc unit to start tracing the origins of misinformation spread through its messaging platform, offici...
Reuters 2018-12-07 10:32:14
A US attempt to get the United Nations to condemn violence by Palestinian militant group Hamas for the first time failed on Thursday because the draft resolution fell short of votes needed in the Gene...
-- 2018-12-06 21:31:17
Peace talks aimed at ending nearly four years of civil war in Yemen, described by the UN special envoy as an important milestone, have started in Sweden, reports BBC. Martin Griffiths announced the s...
-- 2018-12-06 16:56:17
A big search and rescue operation is continuing in Japan for five missing US Marines after two aircraft with seven crew collided and crashed into the sea. Two Marines were rescued. One is in "fair co...
Reuters 2018-12-06 11:48:13
As the world was focused on abortive efforts to begin repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar last month, hundreds of their fellow Muslims still in Myanmar w...
-- 2018-12-06 11:14:09
UN-sponsored peace talks aimed at ending nearly four years of civil war in Yemen are due to begin in Sweden. A UN team will work alongside delegations from the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels...
-- 2018-12-05 17:36:24
Security forces in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua are hunting for a separatist group suspected of killing at least 24 construction workers building a bridge in a remote district, a mi...
-- 2018-12-05 11:23:29
A powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake has struck in the southern Pacific Ocean near New Caledonia, prompting authorities to warn of a tsunami threat to nearby islands. According to the US Geological Su...
-- 2018-12-04 17:18:04
Three men have been held over the killing of an Indian police officer in mob violence that erupted after rumours spread that cows had been slaughtered. Subodh Kumar Singh was killed as police clashed...
-- 2018-12-04 12:55:06
Indonesian authorities said a boat carrying 20 men believed to be Rohingya Muslims landed on the northeastern shore of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Tuesday. It is the latest in a series of boa...
Reuters 2018-12-04 12:40:57
A human rights law group contracted by the US State Department to investigate atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar called on Monday for the urgent establishment of a criminal tribunal to bri...
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