COLOMBO, Oct 21 (Agencies): The Maldives top court rejected on Sunday a petition by President Abdulla Yameen to annul last month's election results and call a fresh poll, upholding his defeat.The five-judge Supreme Court bench unanimously ruled that Yameen had failed to prove his claim that the September 23 vote...
Read moreKABUL, Oct 21 (Agencies): Hundreds of Afghan polling centres opened on Sunday for a second day of voting in a chaotic legislative election marred by deadly violence and technical glitches that have eroded its credibility.Around three million people defied the threat of militant attacks to cast their ballot in the...
Read moreABUJA, Oct 21 (BBC): Sectarian violence sparked by a spat at a market has left 55 people dead in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.Muslim and Christian youths reportedly clashed after a row between wheelbarrow porters in the town of Kasuwan Magani.The state police commissioner said 22...
Read moreTAIPEI, Oct 21 (BBC): At least 17 people have been killed and 137 more injured after a passenger train derailed in Yilan County in Taiwan on Sunday evening.Railway authorities say they are investigating the incident, which happened at about 16:50 local time (08:50 GMT).A total of 366 people were onboard...
Read moreDOHA, Oct 21 (Al Jazeera): Torrential downpours caused extensive flooding across Qatar on Saturday with lengthy thunderstorms bringing parts of the Gulf state to a standstill.According to the Civil Aviation Authority, the suburb of Abu Hamor in the capital Doha, recorded 84mm of rain in less than 6 hours, making...
Read moreRIYADH, Oct 21 (Reuters): As Saudi Arabia faced intensifying international scepticism over its story about the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a senior government official laid out a new version of the death inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul that in key respects contradicts previous explanations. Meanwhile, US President Donald...
Read moreSAN FRANCISCO, Oct 21 (Xinhua): US scientists at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have developed a new drug that can restore the function of oxygen-starved heart tissue under the conditions of hypoxia, according to the results of a new study released over the weekend.The new drug called OMX-CV was...
Read moreIsrael postpones WestBank village demolitionJERUSALEM, Oct 21: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has frozen plans to demolish a strategically located Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank that has drawn the world's attention, his office said on Sunday. "The intention is to give a chance to the negotiations and the...
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