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November 6, 2017 2:34 AM

Bahrain warns citizens against travel to Lebanon

Bahrain today urged its citizens to avoid travelling to Lebanon and advised those already in the country to leave immediately for their safety. In a statement, foreign ministry asked citizens to leave Lebanon immediately due to the current developments. <br/><br/>Its warning came a day a...

November 5, 2017 7:35 PM

Catalonia ex-officials surrender to Belgian police

Catalonia's deposed leader Carles Puigdemont and four former advisers have turned themselves in to Belgian police, says a Belgian prosecutor. He said an investigating judge would decide by tomorrow morning whether to execute an EU arrest warrant issued by a Spanish judge on Friday. Mr Puigdemon...

November 5, 2017 7:11 PM

Russian police detains 200 activists for protest against Putin

Russian police today detained around 200 activists gathering in central Moscow for an unauthorised protest against President Vladimir Putin. State news agency and a monitoring group reported that Radical opposition activist Vyacheslav Maltsev had<br/>appealed on his website for his supporters ...

November 5, 2017 7:04 PM

Syria: 75 civilians killed, 140 wounded in IS car bombing

In Syria, at least 75 civilians were killed and 140 wounded in an Islamic State group car bombing that struck a gathering of people displaced by fighting in eastern Syria yesterday. <br/><br/>Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights today said that the attack in...

November 5, 2017 7:00 PM

Lankan navy arrests eight Indian fishermen

Sri Lankan navy has arrested eight Indian fishermen along with their boat for charges of poaching into Sri Lankan waters. A navy statement said the fishermen were arrested in northeast of Vettalakerni this morning. They have been handed over to fisheries department in Jaffna for further legal action...

November 5, 2017 4:34 PM

Hundreds urge peace in anti-Trump protest in S. Korea

Hundreds of South Koreans protested today against an upcoming visit by Donald Trump and called for peace as the US President begins an Asian tour dominated by North Korea's nuclear programme. Trump, who arrived in Tokyo, is set to visit the South from Tuesday to Wednesday as part of his first A...

November 5, 2017 2:15 PM

Twin suicide attacks hit Yemen security buildings, five killed

In Yemen, two suicide attacks hit security buildings in the city of Aden today, killing five members of the security forces and sparking clashes. <br/><br/>A high-ranking member of the security forces, said an explosives-rigged car driven by an Al-Qaeda operative blew up outside the secu...

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