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September 27, 2017 8:53 AM

Turkey's president accuses head of KRG of treachery

Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the head of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of treachery for holding the vote despite international opposition. <br/><br/>He said, Massoud Barzani should now give up on this adventure. Recep said as a result of the punitive...

September 27, 2017 8:53 AM

Joao Lourenco sworn in as president of Angola

Joao Lourenco has been sworn in as president of Angola, becoming the first new leader in the oil-rich southern African nation in almost four decades. <br/><br/>Lourenco, 63, took over on Tuesday from Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled the former Portuguese colony for 38 years. <br/&gt...

September 27, 2017 8:52 AM

World Tourism Day being celebrated today

Today is World Tourism Day. It is being celebrated since 1980 on 27th September, the day in which the Statutes of the World Tourism Organization, UNWTO entered into force. <br/><br/>The theme of this year&apos;s World Tourism Day is &apos;sustainable tourism - a tool for development&apos...

September 27, 2017 8:00 AM

Saudi Arabia issues allows women to drive

Saudi Arabia's King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time. <br/><br/>Saudi Press Agency reports, Government ministries are to prepare reports within 30 days and the order will be implemented by June next year. <br/><br/>The royal decree wi...

September 27, 2017 7:59 AM

US imposes new economic sanctions against North Korea

President Donald Trump has warned North Korea that any U.S. military option would be devastating for Pyongyang, but said the use of force was not Washington's first option to deal with the North's ballistic and nuclear weapons program. <br/><br/>Trump said at a White House news...

September 27, 2017 6:14 AM

Twitter tests expanding tweet limit to 280 characters

Twitter has announced a test project allowing tweets to be expanded to 280 characters, double the existing limit in the latest effort to boost flagging growth at the social network. <br/><br/>San Francisco-based Twitter said the new limit, a major shift for the messaging platform known f...

September 27, 2017 6:07 AM

WADA suspends French national anti-doping organisation lab

The World Anti-Doping Agency, WADA, yesterday announced that it had provisionally suspended the WADA accreditation of the laboratory of the National Anti-Doping Organisation of France, AFLD, because of analytical issues. <br/><br/>WADA in a statement said, The provisional suspension came...

September 27, 2017 6:04 AM

Trump warns North Korea of devastating military option for Pyongyang

President Donald Trump has warned North Korea that any U.S. military option would be devastating for Pyongyang, but said the use of force was not Washington's first option to deal with the North's ballistic and nuclear weapons program. <br/><br/>Trump said at a White House news...

September 27, 2017 6:03 AM

Female suicide bomber kills 5 in Nigeria&apos;s mosque

In Nigeria, a female suicide bomber killed five people when she blew herself up in a mosque in the northeast. Local militiamen told news agency AFP that this is the latest attack blamed on Boko Haram jihadists.<br/>&apos;<br/><br/>The bomber yesterday stormed the mosque in the town...

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