PYONGYANG, Mar 15 (BBC): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may break off denuclearisation talks with the US and resume missile and nuclear testing, a senior official says.Vice Foreign Minister Choe Sun-hui told foreign diplomats the US threw away "a golden opportunity" at a recent summit between President Trump and Mr...
Read moreLONDON, Mar 15 (AFP): British Prime Minister Theresa May's EU withdrawal agreement could yet return from the dead if hardcore Brexiteers fear a delay could produce a softer Brexit than the deal they despise.The divorce deal was rejected by a thumping majority in parliament in January, and again by a...
Read moreIt was supposed to be a dream family vacation. An immigrant grandfather eager to set foot on African soil after an absence of 30 years, reports New York Times.A doting mother determined to show her Canadian daughters where she came from. Two teenage girls giddy at the prospect of seeing...
Read moreThousands of schoolchildren worldwide have abandoned classrooms for a day of protest against climate change, reports BBC.India, South Korea, Australia and France are among the countries where teenagers are already on strike.The day of action is expected to embrace about 100 countries. They are inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg,...
Read moreGAZA CITY, Mar 15 (AFP): Israel said Friday its aircraft had struck dozens of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip overnight in response to rockets from the Palestinian enclave, including rare fire toward its economic capital Tel Aviv.The escalation followed weeks of growing tensions and came at an especially sensitive...
Read moreCOLOMBO, Mar 15 (AFP): Australia will launch a seven-nation Indian Ocean military exercise next week, starting in Sri Lanka where China has invested in strategic ports and loaned huge amounts to build other infrastructure, Canberra's envoy said on Friday.Some 1,000 Australian security personnel in four naval ships and a military...
Read moreBEIRUT, Mar 15 (AFP): Eight years of war in Syria have left more than 370,000 people dead including 112,000 civilians, a monitor said on Friday.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a network of sources across the country, said more than 21,000 children and 13,000 women were among the...
Read moreMUMBAI, Mar 15 (AFP): Indian police said on Friday they had filed a negligence case against Mumbai's civic and railway authorities after a footbridge collapsed killing six people and injuring dozens more.The bridge, which was under repair, gave away around 7.30 pm (1400 GMT) on Thursday as rush hour commuters...
Read moreKABUL, Mar 15 (Reuters): At a dinner party in Kabul's high-security "green zone" in March, a senior European diplomat poured himself a glass of red wine and pulled up a photograph on his iPhone.Released by Qatar's foreign ministry on Feb. 25, it showed seven Qatari officials alongside US and Taliban...
Read moreNigerian building collapse leaves 20 dead, mostly childrenLagos, Mar 15: Twenty people are confirmed dead in the school building that collapsed in Nigeria on Wednesday, and most of them are children, an official said on Friday. Forty-three other people were rescued, Lagos State Health Commissioner Jide Idris told The Associated...
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