Myanmar to hold presidential election on March 28

6 years ago

  NAY PYI TAW – Myanmar will hold the presidential election on Wednesday to fill the presidency vacancy left by U Htin Kyaw who resigned from the post last...

Wildfire ravages forests in northern Iran

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    TEHRAN – Wildfire has ravaged forests in Iran's northern provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran over the past 24 hours, said an Iranian official on Sunday.  ...

China reports better air quality in February

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    BEIJING– Chinese cities reported more days of good air quality in February as the government intensified efforts to crack down on polluters, official data showed.  ...

India's ruling BJP wins 12 of 26 seats in upper house of parliament

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    NEW DELHI– India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has increased its strength in Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament) by winning 12 of 26 seats across...

Cholera kills 9 in Nigeria

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    ABUJA– Nine deaths have been recorded following an outbreak of cholera in Nigeria's northeastern state of Bauchi, local authorities confirmed on Friday.  A total...

10 militants killed in accidental blast in Afghanistan

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    MAIMANA, Afghanistan– Ten Taliban militants were killed and four others wounded in an accidental blast in Afghanistan's northern province of Faryab, an army source said Saturday.  ...

France, Turkey want more talks on Syria after spat on Afrin operation

6 years ago

    PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan showed convergence on the need to pursue "close dialogues" to come out with...

Over 105,000 civilians have fled Syria's Ghouta: state media

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    DAMASCUS – More than 105,000 civilians have escaped the shrinking rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta near Syria's capital that has been under regime attack for the...

South Africa let me down, says ousted Mugabe

6 years ago

    HARARE –Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe says South Africa should have sent troops instead of a team of negotiators to prevent his ouster by the military...

Times journalist expelled from Eygpt: paper

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    LONDON – A British journalist for The Times has been expelled from Egypt, the newspaper said Saturday, in a move it said reflected the "oppressive environment"...

Lalu sentenced to 14 yrs in prison in fourth fodder scam case

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    Ranchi – RJD supremo Lalu Prasad was today sentenced to 14 years in jail and fined Rs 60 lakh by a special CBI court in the...

North Korea agrees to inter-Korean talks next week: Seoul

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    SEOUL – North Korea on Saturday agreed to hold high-level talks with Seoul next week to discuss logistics for a rare inter-Korean summit, the South's Unification Ministry...

China reports better air quality in February

6 years ago

    BEIJING –Chinese cities reported more days of good air quality in February as the government intensified efforts to crack down on polluters, official data showed.  ...

Trump says Biden would 'go down hard' if they fought

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    WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden, both septuagenarians, once again publicly voiced their intense animosity toward each another on Thursday, complete with...

At least 14 killed in Mogadishu car bomb: government

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    MOGADISHU – At least 14 people died and several others were wounded Thursday when a car packed with explosives detonated in front of a Mogadishu hotel, a...