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Maldives govt asks citizens to report graft of ex-president

COLOMBO, Jan 09 (AP): The Maldives' government has asked citizens to report information regarding allegations of corruption and abuse of power during the tenure of the strongman leader defeated in elections last year.The request, in a statement from the president's office on Wednesday, came a day after police questioned former...

Trump insists on funding for his border wall

NEW YORK, Jan 09 (BBC): US President Donald Trump has made his first TV address to the nation from the Oval Office, escalating a stand-off with Congress that has led to an 18-day partial government shutdown.Mr Trump insisted on funding for his long-promised US-Mexico border wall.However, he did not declare...

UN considers Saudi woman 'a refugee'

BANGKOK, Jan 09 (BBC): A Saudi woman who fled her family and refused to leave a Bangkok hotel has been declared a legitimate refugee by the UN, the Australian government says.Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, refused to board a flight from Bangkok to Kuwait on Monday and barricaded herself into her...

Kidnappers demand ransom to free Norway businessman's wife

OSLO, Jan 09 (BBC): The wife of a Norwegian multi-millionaire businessman has been missing for months after being abducted, police have now confirmed.Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik Hagen, 68, disappeared from her home near Oslo on 31 October.The investigation has been continuing since then, police said, but was given "a low profile" because...

S Korea orders Japan assets seizure over forced labour

SEOUL, Jan 09 (AP): A South Korean court said on Wednesday it has ordered the seizure of local assets of a Japanese company after it refused to compensate several wartime forced laborers, in an escalation of a diplomatic brawl between the Asian neighbors.Japan called the decision "extremely regrettable" and said...

Pompeo meets Iraq officials on unannounced Baghdad visit

BAGHDAD, Jan 09 (AFP): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Iraqi officials, including the speaker, on an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Wednesday, a statement from parliament said.Pompeo's talks, on the second leg of a key Middle East tour, come less than two weeks after President Donald Trump drew...

News in Brief (10-1-2019)

Australian police probe suspicious packages found at consulates SYDNEY, Jan 09: Australian police are investigating suspicious packages found at foreign consulates in Canberra and Melbourne. Melbourne's Metropolitan Fire Brigade said it had been called to "a number of incidents" across the city. Consulates of the UK, Switzerland, US and Pakistan...