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Buhari sworn in as Nigeria president
Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as Nigeria's new president yesterday, vowing to tackle the country's many problems "head on",
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM
S Korea confirms 12 MERS cases
South Korea confirmed five MERS cases yesterday, bringing the total number of patients infected with the potentially deadly virus to 12,
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM
85,000 flee Ramadi since ISIS capture: UN
Around 85,000 people have fled Ramadi since the Islamic State group captured the Iraqi provincial capital two weeks ago, the UN said
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM
China executes teacher for child abuses
China has executed a former teacher for raping and sexually abusing 26 children at his school, state media reported. Li Jishun was
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Child sacrifice in India!
A suspected occultist beheaded a five-year-old boy in a ritual sacrifice in northeastern India before being lynched by angry villagers,
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM
India seizes pigeon over spying fears
Indian police said Friday they have detained a pigeon that flew into a village near the heavily militarised border with Pakistan on suspicion
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM
India's economy grows 7.3 percent
India posted annual growth of 7.3 percent on Friday, overtaking China in the first three months of 2015, but analysts warned further measures were needed to boost the economy.
29 May 2015, 16:10 PM
Life is tough, says India’s tallest man
Dharmendra Singh claims the title of India's tallest man. At 2.4m tall (8 ft 1 in), he is only 11 cm shy of the world record.
29 May 2015, 15:10 PM
Islamic State militants in Libya 'seize Sirte airport'
Islamic State militants in Libya claims to have seized the airport in the coastal city of Sirte
29 May 2015, 13:55 PM
Islamic State claims blast killing four at Saudi mosque
Islamic State claims responsibility for a bombing that killed four people at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia on Friday.
29 May 2015, 13:26 PM
Myanmar finds boat with 727 migrants
Myanmar's navy seizes a boat packed with 727 people off the country's southern coast.
29 May 2015, 13:05 PM
Myanmar, Bangladesh agree to address ‘root causes’ of migrant exodus
Myanmar and Bangladesh agreed to address the "root causes" of a migrant exodus at talks in Bangkok.
29 May 2015, 12:43 PM
India heat wave eases after nearly 1,700 deaths
The massive heatwave sweeping India is starting to ease, with forecasts of rain in some affected states.
29 May 2015, 12:38 PM
U.S. swimming pools ban long breath-holding after deaths
New York City is putting up warning signs at all public pools prohibiting prolonged breath holding as a part of a movement to raise awareness of the peril.
29 May 2015, 11:56 AM
Mediterranean migrant crisis: Hundreds rescued off Sicily
A total of 741 migrants travelling in six boats have been rescued off Sicily, the Italian coastguard says.
29 May 2015, 10:43 AM
Myanmar hits back at blames
Myanmar refuses to be singled out for blames for the migrant crisis amid an unprecedented irregular migration in the Indian ocean and discovery of mass graves of migrants in Thailand's bordering jungles.
29 May 2015, 10:05 AM
No army link found yet: Thai deputy PM
Thailand Deputy Prime Minister General Tanasak Patimapragorn denies having knowledge of any army personnel's link with human trafficking.
29 May 2015, 05:24 AM
Asia migrants: Bangkok meeting to debate crisis
A regional conference, with the member states of Asean and representatives from the US and the UN, is under way in the Thai capital Bangkok to discuss possible solutions to the South East Asia migrant crisis.
29 May 2015, 04:52 AM
Syrian Islamist rebels 'seize Ariha in Idlib province'
An Islamist coalition that includes Syria's al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front takes over one of the last government strongholds in western Idlib province, activists say.
29 May 2015, 04:38 AM
470 bodies exhumed from Tikrit mass graves
Iraq has exhumed the remains of 470 people believed to have been executed by jihadists near Tikrit last year in what is known as the
28 May 2015, 18:00 PM