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Malaysia counts votes in hotly-contested polls

KUALA LUMPUR, May 09 (Agencies): Millions of voters in Malaysia have cast their ballots in an election that pitted the country's leader against his 92-year-old former mentor.The vote is one of the most hotly contested in the history of Malaysia, where PM Najib Razak's Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition has ruled...

Suspected Israeli strike on Syria leaves eight persons dead

BEIRUT, May 09 (AFP): Eight Iranians were among 15 foreign pro-regime fighters killed in a suspected Israeli strike in Syria on a weapons depot of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, a war monitor said Wednesday. The raid struck the area of Kisweh south of Damascus late Tuesday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory...

7,000 candidates vie for Iraq parliament polls

BAGHDAD, May 09 (AFP): With campaign posters cluttering the streets of Iraq, the almost 7,000 candidates running for parliament in upcoming elections are resorting to increasingly wacky pitches to woo voters.As they bid for one of the 329 seats up for grabs the would-be MPs seem to be outdoing each...

IS claims bomb attacks in Kabul

KABUL, May 09 (Al Jazeera): Casualties reported after explosions and gunfire ring out in the streets Kabul in an attack claimed by ISIL.Gunmen set off at least three explosions in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and then battled security forces from buildings they occupied in the latest in a spate of...

Bone density treatment can slow leukemia growth

SYDNEY, May 09 (Agencies): Targeting a bone loss mechanism that occurs during the development of leukemia may hold the key to reducing the progression of the disease in children, according to latest Australian-led research.The pre-clinical findings from identifying the mechanism were promising and suggested that targeting the microenvironment around leukemia...

Iranian MPs burn US flag in parliament

TEHRAN, May 09 (AFP): Iranian lawmakers burned an American flag and cried "Death to America" in parliament on Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the multi-party nuclear deal. Images shown on various Iranian media showed an MP brandishing the paper flag and burning it in the...

Flash floods hit about 700,000 in Somalia

MOGADISHU, May 09 (Xinhua): More than 695,000 people have been affected by flash floods and river floods caused by ongoing heavy rainfall in Somalia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. According to WHO, out of the figure, nearly 215,000 people have been displaced in the last few days as most...

US, Philippine troops take part in joint military drills

SAN ANTONIO, May 09 (AFP): US and Philippine troops stormed ashore from the disputed South China Sea on Wednesday for military exercises that President Rodrigo Duterte had promised to scrap, but quietly allowed to carry on. The decades-old tradition appeared headed for the history books last year as a newly...

HRW director to leave country

JERUSALEM, May 09 (AFP): Israel has given a Human Rights Watch director two weeks to leave the country, accusing him of promoting a boycott, in a move the rights group said sought to muzzle criticism.The interior ministry said Tuesday it had terminated the residency permit of HRW's Israel and Palestine...

News in Brief--(10-5-2018)

Saudi air defences intercept two Huthi missiles over RiyadhRIYADH, May 09: Saudi Arabia's air defences intercepted two ballistic missiles over the capital Riyadh on Wednesday, state television Al-Ekhbariya said. Two explosions were heard in the city, according to an AFP photographer. The Huthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen have in recent...