Muslim world protests Rohingya persecution
AP, Jakarta :A Nobel laureate and Muslim nations in Asia criticized Myanmar’s persecution of its Rohingya Muslim minority as thousands in Indonesia and elsewhere staged...
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Trump expected to end programme for young immigrants
AP, Washington :President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will end protections for young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as...
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Taiwan PM resigns to help shore up president’s falling popularityReuters, Taipei Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has accepted the resignation of Premier Lin Chuan, the ruling...
Xi calls for BRICS to play a bigger role in world governance
AP, China :Five major emerging economies opened a summit Monday to map out their future course, with host Chinese President Xi Jinping calling on them...
Merkel wants to stop Turkey`s EU membership talks
AFP, Berlin :German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced her intention to seek an end to EU membership talks with Turkey during her sole face-to-face TV showdown...
Japan military seeks record budget after NK threat
AFP, Tokyo :Japan’s defence ministry said Thursday it will request its largest-ever annual budget, just days after nuclear-armed North Korea fired a rocket over the...
US airstrikes block evacuation of Islamic State militants
AP, Beirut :U.S. airstrikes blocked the advance of an Islamic State convoy carrying militants toward Iraq on Wednesday, derailing a Hezbollah-negotiated deal that removed the...
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China to beef up patrols along Indian borderReuters, Beijing China’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday that it would beef up patrols along a disputed stretch...
Harvey moves inland, leaves trail of destruction in Texas
Reuters, Lake Charles :Tropical Depression Harvey weakened as it moved inland over Louisiana on Thursday, leaving behind record flooding that drove tens of thousands from...
After Taiwan alarm, China says air force drills were routine
Reuters, Beijing :China’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday that a recent series of air force exercises around self-ruled Taiwan were routine, after Taiwan’s military said...
12 dead, 25 trapped in Mumbai building collapse
AFP, Mumbai :At least seven people died and dozens were feared trapped when a building collapsed in India’s financial capital of Mumbai Thursday, after days...
Britain will be able to change trade deals after Brexit: May
Reuters, Kyoto :Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday Britain would be able to change the terms of trade deals after Brexit even if it...