Bangladesh opposition says it will contest general election

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DHAKA – Bangladesh's main opposition party said Sunday it would not boycott next month's general election and would challenge Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the polls, despite its leader being...

31 cases of Zika virus reported in central India

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NEW DELHI – As many as 31 persons have reportedly been infected with Zika virus in India's central state of Madhya Pradesh, local media reported Sunday.  Although some...

Facebook blocks 115 accounts on eve of US election

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SAN FRANCISCO –Facebook said Monday it blocked some 30 accounts on its platform and 85 more on Instagram after police warned they may be linked to "foreign entities" trying to...

Pompeo to meet top aide to Kim Jong Un on Thursday

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WASHINGTON –US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet a top aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in New York on Thursday, the State Department said.  ...

Trump says American dream at stake in US midterms after polarizing campaign

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WASHINGTON –Donald Trump completed a whirlwind final push to stop Democrats from breaking his Republicans' stranglehold on the US Congress in bitter midterm elections Tuesday.  Hitting three states...

Shallow 5.1-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia's Sulawesi

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JAKARTA –A shallow 5.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's Sulawesi island on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said.  The quake struck 11 kilometres (seven miles) east of Mamasa in west...

Japan-India ties completely transformed in recent years: PM Modi

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New Delhi –  Ahead of his Japan visit for the Annual Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that India's ties with Japan, both economic and strategic, stand completely...

Yemen government eyes budget as war famine looms

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ADEN –Yemen's government ordered tighter tax collection at ports under its control Tuesday as it began preparing its 2019 budget with no end in sight to nearly four years of...

Saudi sent 'cover-up team' to dispose of Khashoggi body: report

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ISTANBUL – Saudi Arabia deployed a chemist and toxicology expert to Istanbul after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in an attempt to cover up evidence of the killing, a...

79 school pupils abducted in restive anglophone Cameroon

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YAOUNDÉ – Seventy-nine school students were kidnapped on Monday in an English-speaking region of Cameroon where separatists are fighting an armed campaign for independence, a government source said.  ...

Iran says to sell crude oil despite "cruel" U.S. sanctions

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TEHRAN – Iran will continue selling its crude oil in the international market despite "cruel" U.S. new sanctions, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday.  Iran will break...

Macron says has 'immense pride' in New Caledonia vote for France

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NOUMEA –The Pacific islands of New Caledonia voted Sunday to remain part of France in an independence referendum that showed support for Paris in one of its many far-flung but...

President Xi admits 'uncertainty' in China's economy

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BEIJING –President sought to reassure Chinese entrepreneurs at a meeting Thursday with promises to prop up private firms with lower taxes and more funding, as he acknowledged uncertainty in China's...

Trump has 'disgraced' US prestige: Iran's Khamenei

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TEHRAN –Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday that President Donald Trump has "disgraced" US prestige and would be the ultimate loser from renewing sanctions on the Islamic republic. ...

Official: Divers see Lion Air jet fuselage, new 'ping' heard

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JAKARTA, Indonesia –Divers reported seeing the fuselage and engines of the crashed Lion Air jet on the seafloor and a ping locator has detected a signal that may be from...