GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, Nov 12 (Agencies): A clash that erupted during an Israeli special forces operation in the Gaza Strip and killed eight people threatened on Monday to derail efforts to restore calm to the Palestinian enclave after months of unrest.The dead from the incident late Sunday included an...
Read moreCOLOMBO, Nov 12 (Agencies): Sri Lankan parliament Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has called on all public servants to refuse to execute any "illegal" orders they may receive in the midst of an ongoing political crisis, local media reported on Monday.In a statement, Jayasuriya said every citizen who was entrusted with responsibilities...
Read moreTOKYO, Nov 12 (AFP): Akihiko Kondo's mother refused an invitation to her only son's wedding in Tokyo this month, but perhaps that isn't such a surprise: he was marrying a hologram."For mother, it wasn't something to celebrate," said the soft-spoken 35-year-old, whose "bride" is a virtual reality singer named Hatsune...
Read moreHODEIDA, Nov 12 (AFP): At least 149 people including civilians have been killed in 24 hours of clashes between government loyalists and rebels in Yemen's flashpoint city of Hodeida, medics and military sources said on Monday.A source in Yemen's pro-government military coalition, which is backed by Saudi Arabia and its...
Read moreSEOUL, Nov 12 (AFP): South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday started working-level talks to schedule the joint survey of roads across the inter-Korean border to modernize and eventually connect cross-border roads.A South Korean unification ministry official was quoted by local media outlets as saying...
Read moreISLAMABAD, Nov 12 (AP): The Pakistani government, already struggling with a crisis surrounding Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy charges after eight years on death row, now has to deal with "fake" images on social media purporting to show her leaving the country or out of Pakistan.Although it...
Read moreISTANBUL, Nov 12 (AFP): Ten people were missing on Monday after a boat carrying illegal migrants sank off Turkey's western coast, the Turkish coastguard said.Two migrants swam to shore not far from the coastal town of Dikili in Izmir province after their boat sank, the coastguard said in a statement,...
Read moreLONDON, Nov 12 (AFP): British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will visit Saudi Arabia on Monday where he will press King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.During a trip to the region that includes a visit to the United Arab Emirates, Hunt will...
Read moreDUBAI, Nov 12 (AFP): Bahrain's top criminal court on Monday sentenced four Shiite Muslims to death for a 2017 bombing that killed a policeman, a judicial official and the public prosecutor said.A statement by the prosecutor's office said the four were found guilty on charges of premeditated murder and possession...
Read morePutin discusses manyissues with Trump MOSCOW, Nov 12: Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had a brief but good conversation with US leader Donald Trump at World War I centenary events in Paris, Russian media reported. The French presidency said the pair had a wide-ranging discussion during lunch after the...
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