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Workload leaves 270 polls staff dead in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Apr 28 (BBC): More than 270 election workers in Indonesia have died, mostly of fatigue-related illnesses caused by long hours of work counting millions of ballot papers by hand, an official says.Arief Priyo Susanto, spokesman of the General Elections Commission (KPU), said 1,878 other staff had fallen ill.Some seven...

Suspected Lanka attack mastermind spent 'substantial time in India'

Mohammad Zahran Hashim - the suspected mastermind of the Sri Lankan Easter bombings - spent a "substantial amount of time in south India", The Hindu reported on Friday citing a top source within the Sri Lankan military."We are looking into the IS angle. We also suspect that some of those...

Sudanese protesters, military agree on joint committee

KHARTOUM, Apr 28 (AP): Organisers of the protests that drove Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir from power and the ruling military council said talks Saturday on forming a transitional government were "transparent" and "fruitful."Both sides announced they would set up a joint committee comprised of members of both the military council...

US, Russia, China agree on Afghan foreign troop withdrawal

The United States found on Friday backing from rivals Russia and China on the key formula of a peace deal it is negotiating in Afghanistan - withdrawing troops in return for Taliban pledges not to welcome foreign extremists, reports The Defence Post.Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. envoy who is set shortly...

Iran warns to shut Hormuz if tensions grow

TEHRAN, April 28, 2019 (BSS/AFP) - Iran's top general warned Sunday Tehran could close the strategic Strait of Hormuz shipping route if it faces more "hostility", news agency ISNA said, as the US tightens up sanctions."We are not after closing the Strait of Hormuz but if the hostility of enemies...

Vehicle crash kills 16 migrants in Morocco

RABAT, Apr 28 (AP): Moroccan authorities say 16 people from countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have died in a vehicle accident between the coastal cities of Saidia and Nador.Police said 17 other migrants were injured when the vehicle crashed into an irrigation canal on Saturday. They were taken to Berkane Provincial...

News in Brief -(29-04-2019)

Iraq summons US envoy overoffensive commentsBAGHDAD, Apr 28: Iraqi Foreign Ministry on Sunday said that it has summoned the charge d'affaires of the US embassy in Baghdad over comments on social media considered offensive to the diplomatic norms. Iraqi Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed al-Sahaf told Xinhua that the ministry summoned...