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October 21, 2019 8:15 PM

Death toll in Santiago protest rises from seven to 11

<span style="color: #222222;">In Chile, the death toll from a violent weekend of protests in the national capital city of Santiago has risen from seven to 11, Santiago Governor Karla Rubilar said today.</span><br />'' <span...

October 21, 2019 2:37 PM

Spain to exhume Francisco Franco''s remains on Oct 24

Spain will remove the remains of dictator Francisco Franco from a grandiose state mausoleum near Madrid on Thursday. The Government announced the long-awaited date today after the country's Supreme Court last month overruled a string of objections from his family, who had tried to halt the exhu...

October 21, 2019 2:16 PM

Brexit deal: UK parliament poised for another feverish week

The UK parliament is poised for another feverish week after MPs meet again today after stopping Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new Brexit deal on Saturday. Mr Johnson was forced by law to send a letter asking the EU for an extension to the October 31 deadline on Brexit, but did not sign it. The...

October 21, 2019 1:24 PM

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces withdraw from border town of Ras al Ain

In Syria, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have withdrawn from the border town of Ras al Ain under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal. SDF spokesman Kino Gabriel said yesterday that they do not have any more fighters in the city, but a spokesman for Turkish-backed Syrian rebels said the wi...

October 21, 2019 9:04 AM

Hong Kong descends into chaos again as protesters defy ban

In Hong Kong streets descended into chaotic scenes again yesterday as protesters set up roadblocks and torched businesses on a main tourist drag and police responded with tear gas and a water cannon following an unauthorised pro-democracy rally.<br />''<br />&ap...

October 21, 2019 8:58 AM

Afghan army kills 12 Taliban terrorists in Baghlan

<span style="color: #222222;">Over 12 Taliban terrorists were killed and 16 villages were liberated from Taliban's rule in an operation carried out by Afghan forces in the northern province of Baghlan, the country's army said on Sunday.<br />&a...

October 21, 2019 8:57 AM

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo sworn in for final term

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has been sworn into office for his second and final five-year term yesterday amid a string of fresh challenges around security, corruption and economic slowdown.<br />''<br />''Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, t...

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