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November 6, 2018 4:34 PM

UN verifies 200 mass graves left by Islamic State in Iraq

<span style="color: #222222;">The Islamic State group left behind more than 200 mass graves in Iraq containing up to 12,000 victims.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;&...

November 6, 2018 1:56 PM

Sri Lanka: Minister in new govt of Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned

<span style="color: #222222;">In continuing political tug of war in Sri Lanka, a minister in the new government of Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned today and re-joined the side of ousted Prime minister Ranil Wickremsinghe. Manusha Nanayakkara was sworn in as a deputy Minist...

November 6, 2018 12:57 PM

Australia's Foreign Minister to raise internment camps on China visit

<span style="color: #222222;">Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne has said that concerns over internment camps in China's far west, will be raised when she visits Beijing this week. The visit is the first by an Australian foreign minister in almost thr...

November 6, 2018 12:43 PM

Facebook blocks some 30 accounts & 85 accounts on Instagram

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.9pt;background:white"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facebook said it hadblocked some 3...

November 6, 2018 12:27 PM

Spanish authorities say 13 sub-Saharan African migrants died at sea

<span style="color: #222222;">Spanish authorities have said that thirteen sub-Saharan African migrants died and another 80 were rescued at sea after they tried to reach Spain in two boats from the North African coast.</span><br />'&apo...

November 6, 2018 8:54 AM

India among 8 countries allowed to buy Iranian oil: US

The United States today  exempted eight countries, including India from the US sanctions for buying Iranian oil. Addressing a press conference in Washington, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the list of the countries temporarily exempted from the sanctions. These include Chin...

November 6, 2018 8:52 AM

US says it is issuing waivers to allow continuation of nuclear deal with Iran

United States has said it is issuing waivers to allow the continuation of a nuclear deal with Iran. Hours after imposing toughest ever sanctions on Iran that ban most trade with Tehran, US State Department said it is exempting projects set up through the 2015 nuclear deal negotiated under former pre...

November 6, 2018 6:45 AM

Shallow 5.1-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia's Sulawesi

In Indonesia, a shallow 5.1-magnitude earthquake rocked  Sulawesi island today. the US Geological Survey said the quake struck 11 kilometres east of Mamasa in west Sulawesi at 2:35 am. <br />''<br />''<br />&apos...

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