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April 17, 2017 12:34 PM

Turkey referendum: Opposition to challenge expanding Erdogan powers

Turkey's main opposition party has said it will challenge the country's referendum result after the President won a vote to expand his powers. The Republican People's Party (CHP) has questioned the legitimacy of the close result, citing irregularities in the electoral process.<br/&...

April 17, 2017 10:51 AM

Japanese PM urges North Korea to abandon its nuclear, missile development

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has urged North Korea to comply with UN resolutions and abandon its nuclear and missile development. Addressing the Japanese Parliament, he said he would exchange views on North Korea with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a summit meeting later this month. <b...

April 17, 2017 10:50 AM

Flooding cuts off aid supplies, escape route from west Mosul

In Iraq, flooding in Tigris River has cut off aid supplies and escape routes for people fleeing Islamic State militants in Mosul city. With the bridges down, hundreds of civilians crossed the surging river on small wooden boats. Around four hundred thousand people are still in the city where Iraqi m...

April 17, 2017 8:04 AM

Working with its allies, China on range of options on North Korea: US

The United States says, it is working with its allies and China on a range of options on North Korea. <br/><br/>In an interview, the US top Security Adviser Lieutenant General HR McMaster said, tensions are mounting over North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes and US is working...

April 17, 2017 8:03 AM

Death toll in Aleppo bus convoy bomb attack reaches 126

The death toll from Saturday's bomb attack on a crowded bus convoy outside Aleppo, Syria has reached 126. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, at least 68 children were among the people killed in the deadliest attack. The blast hit a convoy carrying residents from the northern towns of...

April 17, 2017 7:42 AM

Iraq: ISIS launches gas attacks in western Mosul

In Iraq, the Islamic State group has attacked Government troops with some type of gas in western Mosul. The spokesman for the Joint Operation Command in Iraq, Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool has said that the Daesh terrorist gangs tried to block the advance of forces by using shells filled with toxic chemic...

April 17, 2017 6:52 AM

Death toll in Aleppo bus convoy bomb attack reaches 126

The death toll from Saturday's bomb attack on a crowded bus convoy outside Aleppo, Syria has reached 126. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, at least 68 children were among the people killed in the deadliest attack. The blast hit a convoy carrying residents from the northern towns of...

April 17, 2017 5:48 AM

Working with its allies, China on range of options on North Korea: US

The United States says, it is working with its allies and China on a range of options on North Korea. <br/><br/>In an interview, the US top Security Adviser Lieutenant General HR McMaster said, tensions are mounting over North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes and US is working...

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