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September 22, 2017 7:34 AM
US President Donald Trump has signed a new order that boosts sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme. The US treasury has been authorised to target firms and financial institutions conducting business with the North.<br/><br/>Mr. Trump also said China's Cent...
September 22, 2017 7:28 AM
UN Security Council has warned that a referendum on independence by Iraq's Kurdistan region was potentially destabilizing, adding its weight to international opposition to the vote. In an unanimous statement, the 15-member council yesterday said the referendum planned for Monday could hinder ef...
September 22, 2017 7:17 AM
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has said, at least 15 people are dead and 20 others are missing in Hurricane Maria. The hurricane ripped through Dominica as a category four storm, damaging hundreds of homes.<br/><br/>The storm later devastated Puerto Rico, leaving the whole isl...
September 21, 2017 7:23 PM
Regaining strength overnight, Hurricane Maria lashed the Dominican Republic early today after a destructive rampage through the US territory of Puerto Rico and Caribbean island nation of Dominica. <br/><br/>According to the US National Hurricane Center, the storm is now a Category 3 hurr...
September 21, 2017 5:07 PM
In Mexico, rescuers are racing against the clock to reach survivors trapped under the rubble of a school in the southern Coapa district of Mexico City which collapsed during the powerful 7(point)1-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday. <br/><br/>One is a 13-year-old girl who is believed to be ...
September 21, 2017 2:37 PM
In Bangladesh, nine aid workers were killed when a truck carrying shipments from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for Rohingya Muslim refugees skidded off a hilly road and plunged into a paddy field. <br/><br/>A Bangladeshi medical administrator, Aung Swi Prue, said si...
September 21, 2017 1:48 PM
India has strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. Speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meet on the sidelines of UN General Assembly in New York, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said, there can be no justification for any act of terrorism. She said...
September 21, 2017 1:35 PM
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremsinghe today presented the interim report of draft new constitution to the Parliament, which also acts as Constituent assembly. <br/><br/>The new constitution was a key promise of Sri Lankan President and Prime minister during the 2015 elections and...
September 21, 2017 1:35 PM
The Hijri New Year is being observed in UAE today. The occasion marks 1,439 years since the migration of Prophet Mohammad and his companions from Makkah to Madinah, Islam's holiest cities in Saudi Arabia. The first year in the Islamic calendar, Hijri 1, corresponds to the year 622AD.<br/>...
September 21, 2017 11:56 AM
Police in western Myanmar fired warning shots after a Buddhist mob tried to block humanitarian aid headed to an area where ethnic Rohingya Muslims were driven from their homes.<br/><br/>Police officer of Sittwe, Phyo Wai Kyaw, said around 300 men started throwing rocks and Molotov cockta...
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