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May 19, 2017 9:00 AM
In Japan, cabinet today passed a bill allowing the nation's Emperor Akihito to abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Naruhito. <br/><br/>The bill is expected to be scrutinized by the parliament later in the day, the national Kyodo news agency reported. <br/><br/>The existing...
May 19, 2017 8:39 AM
The longest session of Nepal Parliament has been prorogued after 381 days. Speaker Onsari Gharti announced in the house yesterday that President Bidya Devi Bhandari has prorogued the current session of the Parliament on the recommendation of the government. <br/><br/>This was the longest...
May 19, 2017 8:34 AM
A top UN official in Central African Republic says the latest upsurge in deadly violence saw the first use of heavy weapons and more sophisticated military tactics by a predominantly Christian armed group. <br/><br/>UN deputy special representative Diane Corner said in a video news confe...
May 19, 2017 8:04 AM
In Nepal counting of votes for the first phase of local elections is underway. According to Election Commission counting of votes has been completed in 113 out of 281 local bodies. So far Communist Party of Nepal (UML) has won 92 posts of Mayor and Chairperson and leading in 19. Nepali Congress got ...
May 19, 2017 7:33 AM
In Libya, at least 60 people were killed as rival Libyan forces clashed at a southern air base, medical and military officials said. <br/><br/>The violence erupted yesterday after a brigade from the western city of Misrata attacked Brak Al-Shati base, which they had previously ceded to a...
May 19, 2017 6:54 AM
In Egypt, a criminal court sentenced eight alleged Muslim Brotherhood members to death. <br/><br/>The yesterday death sentence was passed by a court in Damanhur and requires the approval of the nation's grand mufti, according to Egypt's national newspaper Al-Ahram. <br/>&...
May 19, 2017 6:53 AM
US Scientists have discovered a possible cure for all five known Ebola viruses, one of which ravaged West Africa in recent years. <br/><br/>The so-called broadly neutralizing antibodies were discovered in the blood of a survivor of the West African epidemic. <br/><br/>Kartik ...
May 19, 2017 6:45 AM
In Syria, more than 50 people are reported to have been killed in heavy fighting in Syria after so-called Islamic State launched an attack in Hama province. <br/><br/>The militants targeted villages under government control, and clashed with the army and its militia allies. The UK-based ...
May 19, 2017 6:43 AM
Iran will, today, head to the polls to elect its 12th President. Mr Hassan Rouhani, 68, a moderate cleric who negotiated a landmark nuclear deal with world powers in 2015, is standing against three other candidates. <br/><br/>His main challenger is seen as Ebrahim Raisi, 56, a hardline c...
May 18, 2017 9:04 PM
European Union has fined Facebook one hundred and twenty two million dollars for giving a misleading information. <br/><br/>European Union's competition watchdog said Facebook had said it could not automatically match user accounts on its namesake platform and WhatsApp, but two year...
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