Rome to offer free movies for heat-relief
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GAZA STRIP / Food supply improves but remains fragile: WFP
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RUBIO-LAVROV MEET IN MANILA / Russia warns US on Ukraine arms sales
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SPY GAMES IN THE GULF / Iran hits CIA sites; Russian link eyed
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Tension flares in Red Sea, Hormuz
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Israeli kills 2 Palestinians in West Bank
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TERROR CHARGES / India frees Kashmir journalist, activist on bail
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EL NINO IMPACT / Lanka warns of drought, floods
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Trump says Saudi nuclear deal depends on recognising Israel
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Cockroach movement: Modi announces fast-track courts for paper leak cases
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Hong Kong lawmakers reject Beijing poll plan
Legislators in Hong Kong rejects a controversial Beijing-backed election reform package that sparked mass protests last year.
18 June 2015, 12:45 PM
India nun attack 'rapist' arrested
Police investigating the rape of an elderly nun in the Indian state of West Bengal says they have arrested a key suspect in the crime.
18 June 2015, 12:26 PM
Rohingya issue needs careful handling: Suu Kyi
In rare comments on Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslims, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi urges caution on granting citizenship to minorities, saying the sensitive issue must be addressed "very, very carefully."
18 June 2015, 11:19 AM
US visas halted for technical glitch
The US embassy in Dhaka is undergoing technical anomaly which has compelled a halt in its visa processing for those in Bangladesh.
18 June 2015, 10:26 AM
'Human breast milk trade' health warning
Human breast milk being bought online by fetishists, bodybuilders and cancer patients is a danger to health, UK researchers say.
18 June 2015, 08:32 AM
Displaced people hits record 60m: UN
The number of people displaced by war, conflict and persecution reached a record level of nearly 60 million across the world in 2014, says a UN report.
18 June 2015, 05:43 AM
9 killed in shooting at South Carolina church
A shooting has been reported at a historic black church in Charleston in the US state of South Carolina, with multiple casualties feared.
18 June 2015, 04:12 AM
AL leader hacked to death
An Awami League (AL) leader was killed by unidentified miscreants at Balaishpur village under Laxmipur Sadar uipazila on Tuesday night.
17 June 2015, 18:00 PM
EU agrees to extend Russia sanctions
European Union governments yesterday agreed to extend economic sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine by six months until
17 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Palestinian split widens as unity govt quits
The Palestinian unity government resigned yesterday in a deepening rift with Gaza as the blockaded territory's de facto rulers Hamas
17 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Don't close the door to migrants: Pope
Pope Francis yesterday said that those who "close the door" to refugees seeking a safe haven in Europe should ask God's forgiveness, as
17 June 2015, 18:00 PM
China 'bans Muslims from fasting during Ramadan'
China has, once again, banned Ramadan in parts of the far western Xinjiang district for Muslim party members, civil servants, students
17 June 2015, 18:00 PM
'Australia paid traffickers'
Indonesian police insist Australian authorities paid the crew of a people-smuggling boat US$31,000 to turn back, displaying thousands
17 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Donald Trump joins fray
Property tycoon Donald Trump, one of America's most flamboyant and outspoken billionaires, threw his hat into the 2016 race Tuesday
17 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Escaped tiger kills man
A tiger that killed a man in the central square of Georgia's capital Tbilisi yesterday was shot dead, officials said, four days after hundreds
17 June 2015, 18:00 PM
US-Russia standoff escalates
President Vladimir Putin said that Russia must defend itself if threatened, as the US warned against a return to a "Cold War status" after
17 June 2015, 18:00 PM
World is running out of water: Nasa
The world's largest underground aquifers – a source of fresh water for hundreds of millions of people — are being depleted at alarming
17 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Local gin kills 70 in Nigeria
About 70 people have died in Nigeria's oil-rich south after consuming home-brewed gin "ogogoro" that was found to contain large
17 June 2015, 18:00 PM
S Korea MERS cases a wakeup call: WHO
The MERS outbreak in South Korea is a "wake-up call", the World Health Organization warned yesterday, saying that a lack of knowledge
17 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Turkey ex-leader Demirel dies
Turkey's former president and prime minister Suleyman Demirel, a political giant for over half a century who survived two military coups
17 June 2015, 18:00 PM