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February 18, 2018 1:59 PM
A fire broke out at the most sacred shrine in Tibetan Buddhism - the Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa last night. <br/><br/>Footage posted online showed flames billowing from the roof and what appeared to be at least one gutted pagoda. <br/><br/>Chinese state media said, the blaze ...
February 18, 2018 1:57 PM
In Iran, a passenger plane, with 50 to 60 people on board, crashed into the Zagros mountains today. <br/><br/>The head of the country's emergency services Pir Hossein Koolivand told local media that the plane crashed in the Semirom area and all emergency forces are on alert. Details...
February 18, 2018 1:52 PM
The widespread protests have erupted across Maldives despite the country is under a state of emergency. Pro-Opposition protesters were demanding the resignation of President Yameen Abdul Gayoom and the release of his political opponents from prison. Dozens of pro-opposition supporters were injured a...
February 18, 2018 12:11 PM
US President Donald Trump has rebuked the FBI for missing the tip-off about the shooting at a school in Florida that killed 17 people on Wednesday. <br/><br/>In a tweet, Mr Trump said, the agency is spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign. Saying ...
February 18, 2018 9:42 AM
An Egyptian court has sentenced 65 loyalists of former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi up to 10 years in prison over inciting anti-state riots, protests and violence. Zagazig Criminal Court sentenced 44 defendants to 10 years in jail and 21 to two years while acquitting eight of the said charges, X...
February 18, 2018 8:03 AM
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said, her country wants European Union to make progress on a common asylum system. The German Chancellor warned that member states who expect financial support from the bloc need to show solidarity when it comes to migrants too. In a video address, Ms Merkel said,...
February 18, 2018 8:03 AM
China today warned the United States of necessary measures if it imposes tough trade sanctions against Beijing's steel and aluminium exports. Director at China's commerce ministry, Wang Hejun in a statement said, if the US' final decision affects China's interests, Beijing will t...
February 17, 2018 10:25 PM
In Mexico, the death toll has risen to 13 in a military helicopter crash in the state of Oaxaca. <br/><br/>The Oaxaca prosecutor's office said, five women, four men, and three children were killed in the crash and another victim died on the way to the hospital.<br/><br/>...
February 17, 2018 9:59 PM
Three suicide bombers killed 19 people and injured about 70 others at a fish market in northeast Nigeria, in an attack blamed on Boko Haram insurgency. <br/><br/>The blasts happened last night in Konduga, some 35 kilometres southeast of the Borno state capital, Maiduguri. <br/><...
February 17, 2018 9:39 PM
Former Maldives president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who is under police custody post-emergency, has said that he would not cooperate with unlawful investigations. <br/><br/>Mr Gayoom, who is under arrest since February 5 after imposition of emergency in the country, said this when police int...
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