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May 9, 2017 7:19 AM
An Indonesian court is expected to decide today whether Jakarta's Christian Governor is guilty of blasphemy against Islam. The trial is widely seen as a test of religious tolerance in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation. <br/><br/>The government has been criticised for n...
May 9, 2017 7:18 AM
The voting has begun for Presidential poll in South Korea. The early election is being held after a corruption scandal brought down President Park Geun-hye. Left-leaning Moon Jae-in is the clear front-runner with centrist Ahn Cheol-soo his nearest challenger. <br/><br/>The election is be...
May 8, 2017 8:32 PM
The head of the Iranian armed forces warned Islamabad today that Tehran would hit bases inside Pakistan if the government does not confront Sunni terrorists who carry out cross-border attacks. <br/><br/>Ten Iranian border guards were killed by terrorists last month. Iran said a Sunni ter...
May 8, 2017 8:31 PM
A state of emergency has been declared in the Canadian city of Montreal due to flooding caused by torrential rains and melting snow. <br/><br/>City officials said the measure was declared and will remain in place for 48 hours. Across the province of Quebec, in Canada's east, nearly ...
May 8, 2017 7:57 PM
Officials from around the world are holding UN climate talks this week amid uncertainty over whether the United States will pull out of a global emissions-cutting deal. <br/><br/>The talks beginning today in Bonn, Germany, will hammer out details for how countries should implement the 20...
May 8, 2017 7:56 PM
A top Vietnamese official has been sacked for "violations" while running national oil and gas firm PetroVietnam, in a rare public censure by the ruling Communist Party. <br/><br/>The government said on that Dinh La Thang, 57, was no longer part of the top decision-making Politb...
May 8, 2017 7:47 PM
In Somalia, at least three soldiers on a ordnance-clearing mission were killed today by a roadside bomb north of the capital Mogadishu, from where Islamists militants were routed six years ago. <br/><br/>Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack at a checkpoint on ...
May 8, 2017 7:29 PM
South Koreans will elect a new President tomorrow, months ahead of schedule, after a corruption scandal that felled conservative President Park Geun-hye. <br/><br/>The poll comes amid major tensions with North Korea, rising youth unemployment and bubbling anger among the electorate over ...
May 8, 2017 1:48 PM
United Nations agencies have said, the civil war in South Sudan has forced more than two million children to flee their homes. UN children's fund UNICEF and the refugee agency UNHCR said more than 1 million children have fled outside South Sudan while another 1 million are internally displaced....
May 8, 2017 1:48 PM
In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party Christian Democrats, CDU has defeated the center-left Social Democrats, SPD in elections in northern state of Schleswig-Holstein. The gives rise to hopes that Merkel could win national elections to be held in September and stay in power ...
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