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EU urges tougher checks on citizenship bidsAP, Berlin The European Union’s justice commissioner criticized some member countries’ practice of awarding “golden passports” to rich people...
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Malaysia’s toppled leader to face new questioning, charges
AFP, Kuala Lumpur :Malaysia’s disgraced ex-leader Najib Razak was set to face further questioning Tuesday by the country’s anti-corruption agency and will be hit with...
Suspicion of electoral fraud revives ethnic tension in Mali
AFP, Gao :The first round of voting in Mali’s presidential election gave outgoing President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita a conclusive lead over his rival – but...
Tourist exodus from Lombok as quake toll hits 105
AFP, Mataram :Terrified holidaymakers rushed for boats and planes to leave Indonesia’s Lombok island Tuesday after it suffered a second deadly quake within a week,...
World at risk of heading towards irreversible ‘hothouse’ state
Reuters, London :The world is at risk of entering “hothouse” conditions where global average temperatures will be 4-5 degrees Celsius higher even if emissions reduction...
Israeli strike kills 2 Hamas in Gaza
GAZA, Reuters :Israeli tank fire killed two Hamas in Gaza on Tuesday in a strike the Israeli military said was launched against a position from...
Police find 11 starving children in compound
BBC online :Police in the US state of New Mexico have rescued 11 malnourished children who were being kept in squalid conditions in a remote...
As sanctions bite, where next for Trump’s Iran strategy
AFP :A wave of US sanctions kicks in against Iran on Tuesday, cementing Washington’s hard line against Tehran after President Donald Trump pulled out of...
1,200 tourists being evacuated from Indonesia quake islands: Disaster agency
AFP :More than one thousand tourists were being evacuated from Indonesia’s tiny Gili islands on Monday after a powerful quake struck neighbouring Lombok, killing 91...
Trump admits son met Russian for information on opponent
BBC Online :US President Donald Trump has admitted his son met a Russian lawyer in June 2016 “to get information on an opponent”, but argues...
Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador over criticism of arrests
Al Jazeera News :Saudi Arabia expelled Canada’s ambassador over alleged interference in the kingdom’s domestic affairs after Ottawa’s foreign ministry rebuked Riyadh for jailing human...
For exiled novelist, Turkey ‘like 1930s Germany’
AFP :Turkish novelist Asli Erdogan, living in exile in Germany as she risks a life sentence on terror charges at home, thinks the writing is...