Mon 06 May 2019: Sri Lankan police arrested two people after mobs attacked Muslim-owned shops in one of the towns where a Catholic church was targeted in multiple suicide bombings in April that killed more than 250, according to local media reports. Hundreds of security forces entered Negombo, north of Colombo, to impose a curfew […]
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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) – Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on Sunday extended a moratorium on the death penalty to incoming legislation prohibiting gay sex, seeking to temper a global backlash led by celebrities such as George Clooney and Elton John. The small Southeast Asian country sparked an outcry when it rolled out its interpretation of […]
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Mon 06 May 2019: NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR (Reuters) – India’s northern heartland began voting on Monday in the fifth phase of a staggered general election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoping his record on national security will win him a second five-year term. More than 87 million people across seven states are eligible to vote on […]
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Sun 05 May 2019: COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka has expelled over 600 foreign nationals, including around 200 Islamic clerics, since the Easter suicide bombings blamed on a local terrorist group, a minister said on Sunday (May 5). Home Affairs Minister Vajira Abeywardena said the clerics had entered the country legally, but amid a security crackdown after […]
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Sun 05 May 2019: At least 20 people were injured after a Taliban suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed Humvee and blew himself up at the police headquarters in the northern Afghan city of Pul-e-Khumri, Afghan officials and the Taliban said on Sunday. Many armed Taliban fighters entered the police headquarters after the blast and opened […]
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Sun 05 May 2019: Cyclone Fani has caused extensive damage in Bangladesh, despite weakening as it blew north from India. More than 1,000 homes have been destroyed and entire villages submerged in the South Asian country. At least five people died and 63 were injured. With more than a million people evacuated to safety, the […]
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Sat 04 May 2019: Cyclone Fani weakened to a depression as it barrelled into Bangladesh on Saturday after leaving a trail of deadly destruction in India, although a major human disaster looked to have been averted. Press reports said 12 people had died in India and police in Bangladesh put the death toll there at the […]
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Sat 04 May 2019: At least 90 people, including 65 children, are believed to have been infected with the HIV virus in Pakistan by a doctor using a contaminated syringe, officials said Friday. “We have arrested a doctor after receiving complaints from the health authorities,” said Kamran Nawaz, the local police chief heading the case […]
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Fri 03 May 2019: Locations could include Middle East, Pakistan, and western Pacific to protect Belt and Road Initiative, report says The US Defense Department expects China to add military bases around the world to protect its investments in it ambitious One Belt One Road global infrastructure program, according to an official report released on Thursday. Beijing currently […]
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Fri 03 May 2019: Tropical Cyclone Fani made landfall on the coast of the Indian state of Odisha at around 8 a.m. local time (0330 UTC) on Friday, with forecasters predicting that the storm would cause widespread devastation. The storm is the fiercest in the region since a 1999 cyclone that killed some 10,000 people in Odisha. Winds brought by […]
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