Woman trafficker sentenced to death
BBC : A Chinese court has upheld the death sentence for a woman who trafficked more than a dozen children in the 1990s, in a...
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Eight killed in Pakistan suicide bombing
AFP : A suicide bomber detonated at a checkpoint in western Pakistan on Saturday, killing eight people and wounding five more, officials said.The bomber set...
Final campaigning in tight Japan election
AFP : Candidates in Japan’s super-tight parliamentary election will make last-ditch appeals to voters on Saturday, with opinion polls suggesting the ruling coalition might fall...
‘Time has come’ for talks on legacy of slavery: Commonwealth
AFP : The Commonwealth’s 56 members agreed the “time has come” for talks about the legacy of the “abhorrent” transatlantic slave trade on Saturday, in...
20 killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza
AFP : Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes hit two homes at dawn on Friday in Khan Yunis, the territory’s main southern city,...
Tropical storm leaves 66 dead in Philippines
AFP : Residents of the northern Philippines used spades and rakes to clear their homes of mud and debris on Friday while others still awaited...
Son-in-law of former Myanmar junta chief arrested
AFP : Myanmar authorities have arrested an ex-military officer and son-in-law of a former junta chief for Facebook posts that threatened “peace and stability,” the...
Ball in Washington’s court on US-Russia ties: Putin
AFP : Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday his relationship with the United States after the presidential election would depend on what attitude Washington...
India, China begin troop disengagement in Ladakh
Times of India : Indian and Chinese troops have kicked off the process to disengage in phases at Depsang and Demchok in eastern Ladakh, even...
Pakistani Taliban attack kills 10 police
AFP : Ten police were shot dead at a check post near the Afghan border, officials said on Friday, in an attack claimed by the...
Turkey strikes Iraq, Syria after attack on DC
Al Jazeera : Turkey’s Air Force has struck Kurdish targets in Iraq and Syria in apparent retaliation for an attack on a key state-run defence...
Israeli military killed 165 children in past year: UN
Al Jazeera : The United Nations says that Israeli forces have killed 165 children in the occupied West Bank over the past year.The Office of...