WASHINGTON, May 22 (Agencies): US President Donald Trump urged China on Monday to maintain a secure border with North Korea, pressing Beijing ahead of his anticipated meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next month aimed at denuclearisation."China must continue to be strong & tight on the Border of...
Read moreKARACHI, May 22 (Agencies): A Pakistani welfare organisation says the heatwave gripping the region amid widespread power cuts has killed 65 people in Karachi.Anwar Kazmi, a spokesman for the private group Edhi, which is also the country's largest ambulance service, said on Tuesday that their morgue received 65 bodies over...
Read moreTHE HAGUE, May 22 (Agencies): Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki asked prosecutors at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday to launch a full investigation into accusations of Israeli human rights abuses on Palestinian territory, saying the evidence was "insurmountable".Maliki submitted a so-called 'referral' giving the prosecutor at the Hague-based court...
Read moreBANGKOK, May 22 (AFP): Thai police blocked anti-junta protesters from marching to Government House on Tuesday to mark four years of military rule, one of the largest acts of dissent since the military grabbed power.Hundreds of student activists and middle-aged 'Red Shirt' supporters of the toppled civilian government wielded banners,...
Read moreNEW DELHI, May 22 (AFP): The death toll from an outbreak of the rare Nipah virus in southern India jumped to 10 Tuesday with more than 90 people quarantined to try to stem the spread of the disease, officials said.With tests from other suspect deaths awaited, authorities in Kerala state...
Read moreBRUSSELS, May 22 (AFP): Fears of a new European crisis grew Tuesday over Italy's incoming eurosceptic government, which has vowed to reject the Brussels austerity diet and to crack down on immigrants.Governments and markets have suddenly become unsettled as the prospect of populists taking the helm of the EU's fourth...
Read moreBEIRUT, May 22 (AFP): Egypt's army has drastically stepped up its demolitions of homes, businesses and farms in the Sinai since launching a widespread campaign against militants in February, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.The watchdog said it documented at least 3,000 homes and commercial properties destroyed in the peninsula, where...
Read moreRights groups condemn S Arabia women activists’ arrestsRIYADH, May 22: International rights groups have condemned the arrests this week of at least seven prominent Saudi Arabian women's rights activists who previously campaigned for the right to drive, which the conservative kingdom is set to grant from next month. The decision...
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