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May 9, 2017 2:12 PM
An Indonesian court has found the outgoing Jakarta's Christian Governor Basuki Ahok Tjahaja Purnama guilty of blasphemy against Islam and sentenced him to two years in jail. He was accused of insulting Islam by referring to a verse in the Quran during a campaign speech.<br/><br/>Pur...
May 9, 2017 2:11 PM
South Koreans are voting in a Presidential election today to choose a new president amid concerns about the economy, corruption and their relationship with North Korea.<br/><br/>The election comes after Park Geun-hye, the country's first female president, was impeached in a corrupti...
May 9, 2017 2:00 PM
US President Donald Trump has said, there is no evidence that he colluded with Russia. In a tweet, Mr Trump said, the Russia-Trump collusion story is a total hoax. His comments followed a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the alleged Russian interference in last year's Presidential elect...
May 9, 2017 1:58 PM
In Afghanistan, an Ulema Council leader and eight children were today killed in a blast inside a seminary in Parwan province. Local media reported that the explosives were placed inside a classroom in the seminary and were detonated in the morning when students had gathered in the classroom. <br/...
May 9, 2017 1:58 PM
In Venezuela, opposition boycotted a meeting yesterday to discuss President Nicolas Maduro's plan for a new popular assembly. <br/><br/>No representatives of the opposition Democratic Unity coalition went to the meeting despite an invitation from Education Minister Elias Jaua who is...
May 9, 2017 1:46 PM
US President Donald Trump has nominated Indian-American Neil Chatterjee to a key administration position in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The Commission is charged with overseeing America's power grid and deciding on multi-billion dollar energy projects.<br/><br/>...
May 9, 2017 8:37 AM
Canada mobilized its army to help thousands of flood victims try to hold back waters and save their homes after the worst flood in half a century struck.<br/><br/>Several rivers and lakes have overflowed their banks in Quebec province, between Gatineau in the Canadian capital region and ...
May 9, 2017 8:16 AM
The International Monetary Fund said Asia's economic outlook faces significant uncertainty and downside growth risks from any sudden tightening in global financial conditions or rise in protectionist trade policies. <br/><br/>The IMF, which last month raised its 2017 Asia-Pacific gr...
May 9, 2017 7:19 AM
Climate change negotiators are meeting in the German city of Bonn. They have called for the United States to stay in the Paris agreement. Delegates from some 190 countries and territories yesterday kicked off talks on rules to implement the accord. The agreement, which took effect in last November, ...
May 9, 2017 7:19 AM
US Senate has confirmed appointment of Heather Wilson, a former Republican member of the House of Representatives as the Secretary of the Air Force for President Donald Trump. <br/><br/>The vote yesterday was 76-22 in favor of Wilson becoming the top civilian overseeing the Air Force. Th...
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