Taliban kill 4 policemen in country’s west: Afghan official on November 30, 2017KABUL: An Afghan official said on Thurdsday, that an attack carried out by the Taliban has claimed the lives of four policemen in Afghanistan’s western Farah province. Mohammad Naser Mehri, spokesman for the provincial governor, said the Taliban attack early in the morning on Thursday targeted a police vehicle in the district of Pushti Road. […]
Living in the shadow of Bali’s volcano on November 30, 2017Thousands of villagers living in the shadow of a rumbling Bali volcano have been fleeing for days, but some are now risking life and limb by sneaking back into the danger zone — along with thrill-seeking tourists. The 10-kilometre radius around Mount Agung is littered with roadside signs that read “Volcanic danger zone. No entry!”, […]
Trump ‘targets’ Theresa May after criticism of anti-Muslim footage on November 30, 2017US President Donald Trump publicly upbraided British Prime Minister and ostensible ally Theresa May late Wednesday, rebutting her criticism of anti-Muslim propaganda in a diplomatic row between the two leaders. Plunging headlong into a high-profile spat with one of America’s closest international partners, Trump suggested May focus on defending the United Kingdom rather than criticizing […]
Storm claims at least three lives in Sri Lanka on November 30, 2017A major storm left three dead, two missing and more than a dozen injured across Sri Lanka, authorities said on Thursday, as powerful winds toppled trees and damaged buildings. Schools were closed Thursday across southern and central provinces and planes diverted as heavy rain battered the island. Fallen trees killed three people late Wednesday and […]
15 suspected communist rebels dead in clash: Philippine army on November 29, 2017Fifteen suspected communist guerrillas including six women have been killed in a gunbattle, the Philippine military said on Wednesday, days after President Rodrigo Duterte called off peace talks. Duterte last week vowed to go to war with the rebels and threatened to categorise them a “terrorist” group over deadly attacks against soldiers and police. Late […]
China port city blast death toll increase to four on November 29, 2017NINGBO: The death toll from a huge explosion in eastern China rose to four Wednesday as police said two people who were initially reported missing had died when they mishandled illegal explosives. Authorities have said that a man who manufactured and sold explosives had asked relatives to dispose of the material in the port city […]
North Korea says it ‘has’ US in missile strike range on November 29, 2017North Korea said Wednesday it had achieved its goal of becoming a nuclear state after successfully testing a new intercontinental ballistic missile that put the “whole mainland of the US” within its range. After watching the launch of the Hwasong-15, the North’s leader Kim Jong-Un “declared with pride that now we have finally realised the […]
Zimbabwe’s new president Mnangagwa dissolves Mugabe’s cabinet on November 28, 2017Mnangagwa “is in the process of putting together a new team of cabinet ministers,” Misheck Sibanda, the chief secretary to the president and cabinet said in a statement. Sibanda added that Mnangagwa has appointed Patrick Chinamasa as acting finance minister and Simbarashe Mumbengegwi as acting top diplomat “to allow uninterrupted services in critical ministries of […]
Pope to meet Myanmar’s leader Suu Kyi on November 28, 2017Pope Francis will hold talks with Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday, a key moment of a tour aimed at alleviating religious and ethnic hatreds that have driven huge numbers of Muslim Rohingya from the country. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been ostracised by a global rights community that once […]
Russian strikes leave 53 civilians dead in Syria’s Deir Ezzor: monitor on November 27, 2017At least 53 civilians, including 21 children, perished early Sunday morning when Russian air strikes hit “residential buildings” in a village held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, a monitor said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes hit the village of Al-Shafah in Deir Ezzor province, on the eastern […]