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US-Iran war: Retaliatory strikes halted
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‘Difficult hours’ loom in wildfire battle
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India’s Gen Z dents Modi’s aura ahead of key state polls
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Puerto Rico warn government shutdown imminent

Puerto Rico's top finance officials says the government of the US territory will likely shutdown in three months because of a looming liquidity crisis and warned of a devastating impact on the island's economy.
23 April 2015, 06:13 AM

Queen makes Philip Australian knight

The Queen presents her husband with his Australian knighthood in a ceremony at Windsor Castle.
23 April 2015, 05:23 AM

Ukraine truce: US accuses Russia of violating deal

The US accuses Russia of deploying more air defence systems in eastern Ukraine in breach of ceasefire deal
23 April 2015, 05:04 AM

EU to hold emergency migrant summit

EU leaders are due to hold an emergency summit on ways to stem the number of migrants risking the perilous journey across the Mediterranean.
23 April 2015, 04:51 AM

Ebola drug cures infected moneys

An experimental drug cures monkeys infected with the Ebola virus, US-based scientists say. The treatment, known as TKM-Ebola-Guinea, targets Makona strain of the virus.
23 April 2015, 04:40 AM

Evacuation as Calbuco volcano erupts in Chile

The Calbuco volcano in southern Chile erupts for the first time in more than four decades, sending plume of smoke and ash several kilometres high.
23 April 2015, 04:39 AM

At least 42 dead in rebel-ISIS clashes near Damascus: monitor

At least 42 fighters were killed in 24 hours of fierce fighting between Islamist rebels and the Islamic State group in Syria's Damascus province, a monitoring group said yesterday.
22 April 2015, 18:00 PM

17 Indian pilgrims killed in Nepal bus crash

Seventeen Indian pilgrims were killed when a bus swerved off a highway in central Nepal yesterday and plunged 300 metres down a mountain, police
22 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Drone found on Japan PMO's roof

Japanese authorities are investigating after a small drone landed on the roof of the Prime Minister's Office.
22 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Malaysia moves UK top court over massacre

Relatives of 24 rubber-plantation workers killed in Malaysia in 1948 by British troops pressed their decades-old demand for a public
22 April 2015, 18:00 PM

14 Indian pilgrims die in Nepal bus accident

At least 14 Indian pilgrims were killed and 25 others injured yesterday when a bus carrying them plunged some 100 metre down from the
22 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Storm in eastern India kills 42

A powerful storm swept through India's eastern Bihar state overnight leaving at least 42 people dead and destroying crops and properties,
22 April 2015, 18:00 PM

7 Qaeda suspects killed in Yemen drone strike

Seven suspected Al-Qaeda militants were killed in an apparent US drone strike on the Yemeni port city of Mukalla which the jihadists overran earlier this month, a local official said yesterday.
22 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Zuma vows action as army deployed

President Jacob Zuma yesterday pledged to tackle xenophobia in South Africa as troops were sent in to support police in a crackdown
22 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Rebels free defence minister, president's brother

Rebels in Yemen have released the defence minister, a brother of the exiled president and another general held since late March, a source close to mediators said yesterday.
22 April 2015, 18:00 PM

India takes Al Jazeera off air over map row

India's government took Al Jazeera news channel off the air yesterday for five days after officials insisted it had repeatedly shown wrong
22 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Pro-rebel ex-president hopes for return to dialogue

Yemen's pro-rebel ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh expressed hope yesterday that a halt to a Saudi-led air campaign in support of his exiled
22 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Sri Lanka ex-leader's brother arrested

Sri Lankan authorities arrested the youngest brother of former president Mahinda Rajapakse for "misappropriating" public funds, his
22 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Pak PM heads to Saudi to discuss Yemen war

Pakistan's prime minister will travel to Saudi Arabia to discuss the war in Yemen, his office said yesterday, after the Saudi-led military coalition announced an end to air strikes against rebels.
22 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Liberland: World's latest nation?

Czech man Vit Jedlicka has claimed a 7km2 stretch of land on the west bank of the Danube river as the Free Republic of Liberland, after disputes between Serbia and Croatia rendered it technically no man's land.
22 April 2015, 18:00 PM