JOHANNESBURG, Mar 19 (AP): More than 1,000 people were feared dead in Mozambique four days after a cyclone slammed into the country, submerging entire villages and leaving bodies floating in the floodwaters, the nation's president said."It is a real disaster of great proportions," President Filipe Nyusi said.Cyclone Idai could prove...
Read moreWELINGTON, Mar 19 (AP): Police in New Zealand say they have completed autopsies on all 50 victims of last week's mosque shootings, and have formally identified 12 of them. Six of the identified victims have been returned to their families.Four days after the attack, relatives were anxiously waiting Tuesday for...
Read moreBAGHOUZ, Mar 19 (AFP): Kurdish-led fighters advanced in the Islamic State group's last bastion in eastern Syria, confining holdout jihadists to a tiny pocket on the edge of Baghouz village, the force said on Tuesday.The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said those IS fighters who had not yet surrendered had been...
Read moreBEIJING, Mar 19 (Reuters): China played a "constructive role" in reducing tension between Pakistan and India, the foreign ministry said, after the nuclear-armed rivals almost came to blows last month following an attack on an Indian paramilitary convoy in disputed Kashmir.The sparring threatened to spiral out of control and only...
Read moreUTRECHT, Mar 19 (Reuters): Dutch police arrested a Turkish man suspected of shooting dead three people and wounding five on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday.Utrecht police announced the suspect, 37-year-old Gokmen Tanis, had been taken into custody.The city was put into lockdown after the shooting,...
Read moreLONDON, Mar 19 (AFP): British Prime Minister Theresa May held crisis talks with her ministers on Tuesday after the speaker of parliament threatened to derail her EU withdrawal plan just 10 days before Brexit day, leaving her strategy in tatters.May is still hoping she can get the divorce agreement she...
Read moreKABUL, Mar 19 (Xinhua): At least 10 people died following flash floods in western Afghanistan while local officials have rescued more than 400 people trapped by a heavy snowstorm in central region, authorities said on Tuesday.At least 10 people were killed in flash floods in surrounding areas of Zinda Jan,...
Read moreCARACAS, Mar 19 (AP): About 1,000 members of the Venezuelan security forces have fled to Colombia since last month, giving up weapons and uniforms as they abandoned the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Colombian authorities said on Monday.Colombia's foreign ministry released the updated number of Venezuelan police and military...
Read morePro-Thaksin candidates adopthis name in Thai election PHIMAI, Mar 19: It's election season in Thailand and a campaign truck is rolling at the crack of dawn through the streets of the northeastern town of Phimai, blaring the slogan "Vote Thaksin, Get Thaksin." It's a bit disconcerting, since the Thaksin everyone...
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