North Korean leader Kim orders more nuclear tests: KCNA
Reuters, Seoul :North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched a ballistic missile launch test and ordered the country to improve its nuclear attack capability by...
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Modi’s party vows to strip Muslim immigrants of vote in eastern India
Reuters, Jaleswar :Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party has vowed to disenfranchise millions of Muslim immigrants in a volatile frontier state, waging a...
South Sudan army ‘suffocated 60 in shipping container’
BBC Online :A rights group says it has evidence that South Sudan government forces deliberately suffocated more than 60 men and boys in a shipping...
China able to project ‘substantial offensive power’ from Spratlys in months: US
Reuters, Washington :China will be able to project “substantial offensive military power” from artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea’s disputed Spratly...
Al-Shabab denies top leaders killed in US air strikes
Al Jazeera News :Mogadishu, Somalia – A senior al-Shabab commander has made a public appearance to deny claims that he and another group leader were...
Balkan route `permanently` shut
Al Jazeera News :Austria’s interior minister says the Balkan refugee route will remain closed permanently and that refugees should not be given false hope for...
Brazil ex-president Lula charged with money laundering
Al Jazeera News :Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been charged in a money-laundering investigation led by Sao Paulo state prosecutors.On Wednesday,...
North Korea to liquidate remaining South Korean assets
Al Jazeera News :The North Korean government has announced plans to “liquidate” all remaining South Korean assets at former joint projects in its territory in...
Suu Kyi aide nominated as Myanmar president
Al Jazeera News :Politicians in Myanmar have begun the process of choosing a new president, following decades of military rule.Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League...
US Democrats win 3 of four House polls
AP, Frankfort :Democrats won three of four special House elections on Tuesday, dealing a blow to Republican takeover attempts in the last legislative chamber in...
EU-Turkey refugee deal would violate law: UN
Agencies, Geneva :Proposals to send back refugees en masse from the European Union to Turkey would contravene their right to protection under European and international...