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US bases within range of Iran's missiles in ME

TEHRAN, Sept 15 (Agencies): An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Sunday that US bases and aircraft carriers in the region were within range of Iranian missiles after the US accused Iran of leading attacks on Saudi oil plants, raising tensions in the Middle East.Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group said it...

Israel approves new settlement before two days of polls

JERUSALEM, Sept 15 (Agencies): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government approved a new settlement in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, his office said, just two days ahead of closely fought general elections.Netanyahu's cabinet agreed to turn the wildcat settlement of Mevoot Yericho in the Jordan Valley into an official...

Petrol bombs, water cannon used in Hong Kong clashes

HONG KONG, Sept 15 (BBC): Police in Hong Kong have used water cannon and tear gas against protesters throwing petrol bombs and bricks near government offices in the city.The violence broke out after thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators marched in defiance of a police ban.Earlier hundreds rallied outside the British Consulate,...

Johnson claims huge progress in Brexit talks

LONDON, Sept 15 (AFP): Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Saturday he was making a "huge amount of progress" towards a Brexit deal with the EU, in an interview in which he compared Britain to the Incredible Hulk."It's going to take a lot of work between now and October 17" when...

Afghan Taliban rescind ban on Red Cross

KABUL, Sept 15 (AFP): The Afghan Taliban rescinded a months-long ban on the International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC) working in areas under their control Sunday and restored security guarantees for those working for the organisation.The militants and the ICRC "consented to following the old agreement on top of new...

Boat capsize leaves 12 dead in India

NEW DELHI, Sept 15 (AFP): At least 12 people drowned and dozens were missing after a tour boat capsized in an Indian river on Sunday, police and local media reports said, as rescuers searched frantically for survivors.The Royal Vashishta vessel was carrying 63 people, most of them tourists, to a...

City of London to strip Suu Kyi of award

LONDON, Sept 15 (bdnews24.com): The City of London Corporation in the United Kingdom has suspended its 2017 honorary freedom award bestowed on Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to the local media.The Myanmar leader received the award in May 2017, in recognition of her "non-violent struggle over...

News in Brief (16-09-2019)

36 missing after boat sinks in Congo riverKINSHASA, Sept 15: Thirty-six people are missing after a boat sank in the Congo river on the outskirts of Kinshasa, DR Congo police said on Sunday. The vessel, which was travelling to the capital, went down overnight in Maluku commune, about 100 kilometres...