Rahul Gandhi files nomination for India election
AFP : Thousands of supporters thronged India’s most prominent opposition leader Rahul Gandhi during a campaign procession on Wednesday ahead of his formal nomination for...
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9 die in Taiwan earthquake
Reuters : Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people on Wednesday, injuring more than 900, while 50 hotel workers were missing...
Pakistan’s ruling coalition wins Senate polls
AFP : Polls for half the Senate’s 96 seats are held every three years, elected by lawmakers from Pakistan’s four provincial assemblies and the lower...
World’s most powerful MRI scans first images of human brain
AFP : The world’s most powerful MRI scanner has delivered its first images of human brains, reaching a new level of precision that is hoped...
Japan health supplements tied to 157 hospitalisations
AFP, Tokyo : Japanese dietary supplements at the centre of an expanding health scare have now been linked to at least 157 hospitalisations, a health...
Pakistan court suspends Imran Khan’s prison sentence in state gifts case
Al Jazeera : A court in Pakistan has suspended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s jail sentence in a case related to illegal selling of state...
Hackers stole Russian prisoner database to avenge death of Navalny
CNN : Within hours of opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s death in February in a Russian prison, a group of anti-Kremlin hackers went looking for revenge....
Erdogan sees ‘turning point’ for Turkey after poll drubbing
AFP : Turkey was at a “turning point” Monday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after the opposition fighting his two-decade rule swept municipal elections in...
Netanyahu revives push to shutdown Al Jazeera in Israel
Al Jazeera : Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revived a push to close down Al Jazeera in Israel. The Israeli leader demanded on Monday that...
Eight Chinese migrants found dead on Mexico beach after boat capsizes
CNN : Eight Chinese migrants have been found dead on the coast of southern Mexico, authorities said, after their boat capsized along a popular but...
India opposition unites over pre-election arrest
Reuters : Indian opposition parties united on Sunday to protest against the arrest of a prominent leader weeks before a national election, accusing Prime Minister...
Putin orders 150,000 conscripts into military service
Deutsche Welle : Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to enrol 150,000 conscripts into the military, a document posted on the Kremlin’s website showed...