Turkey warns Iran, Russia over Syrian bombing of Idlib
ISTANBUL, Jan 10 (AFP): Turkey on Wednesday warned Iran and Russia to hold back the Syrian regime in bombing the rebel-held northern Idlib province, as tensions mounted ahead of mooted peace talks later this month.Ankara has been working closely with Russia and Iran to end the Syrian conflict over the...
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Mudslides kill 13 in California
LOS ANGELES, Jan 10 (AFP): Mudslides unleashed by a ferocious storm demolished homes in southern California and killed at least 13 people, police said Tuesday.Authorities said the bodies were discovered in mud and debris during rescue operations in Montecito, northwest of Los Angeles."We are saddened to report that this incident...
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Pak journalist escapes kidnap attempt
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10 (AFP): A Pakistani journalist known for criticising the powerful military said he had escaped an abduction attempt after being assaulted by armed men in Islamabad Wednesday, in the latest case involving forced disappearances in the turbulent country.Taha Siddiqui, who won France's highest journalism award the Albert Londres...
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Judge blocks Trump move to rescind immigrant programme
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 10 (AFP): A US judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from ending an Obama-era programme that provided legal status to young immigrants who entered the country illegally as children.San Francisco-based Judge William Alsup issued his 49-page ruling Tuesday evening, ordering the administration to reinstate the...
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Myanmar charges Reuters reporters under Official Secrets Act
YANGON, Jan 10 (AFP): Two Reuters journalists were formally charged by police in a Myanmar court Wednesday with breaching a colonial-era secrecy law that carries up to 14 years in jail, provoking a barrage of calls for their immediate release.Myanmar nationals Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27, were...
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Dead prisoner wakes up just before autopsy
MADRID, Jan 10, 2018 (AFP): Spanish morgue workers were given a major fright when a prisoner who had been declared dead after an apparent suicide attempt woke up just as they prepared to perform an autopsy, authorities said Wednesday.In jail near Oviedo in northern Spain, the man, whom Spain's prison...
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Brawl erupts in Lankan parliament
COLOMBO, Jan 10 (Xinhua): A tense situation erupted in Sri Lankan parliament on Wednesday as Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe read out a statement to the House over a treasury bond scam committed at the central bank. Opposition legislators launched a protest in the middle of the House as Wickremesinghe read...
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