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April 16, 2017 7:28 AM
US Vice President Mike Pence has embarked on a trip to the Asia-Pacific region that will include a visit to South Korea today amid a tense standoff along the Korean peninsula. Pence left Washington yesterday on what will be on a 10-day, four-nation trip that will also include stops in Japan, Indones...
April 16, 2017 7:19 AM
US Defence Department has confirmed that North Korea carried out a missile test and said the launch failed almost immediately. The missile blew up almost immediately. The US Pacific Command said in a statement that the type of missile is still being assessed. South Korea defence ministry also said i...
April 16, 2017 7:18 AM
In Syria, a deadly explosion have killed at least 100 people in an attack near buses carrying Syrians evacuated from two besieged government-held towns. <br/><br/>The yesterday blast in Rashidin, west of Aleppo, targeted residents who were evacuated from the rebel-besieged towns of Fouaa...
April 16, 2017 6:26 AM
North Korea has launched a missile following the nation's military celebrations in the capital over the weekend, but it was a failure, South Korea defence ministry said in a statement. The ministry said it is analysing the test for further details.<br/>'<br/>The failed launch c...
April 16, 2017 6:25 AM
In Turkey, 49 people with alleged links to the Islamic State group have been detained for planning sensational attacks in the run-up to tomorrow's referendum on increasing the powers of the president. <br/><br/>The state-run news agency Anadolu reported today that police has conduct...
April 16, 2017 6:14 AM
Robert W Taylor, who was instrumental in creating the internet and the modern personal computer, has died in California. He was 85. Taylor was suffering from Parkinson's disease and died at his home on Thursday. <br/><br/>Mr Taylor funded researchers or led teams were responsible fo...
April 16, 2017 1:36 AM
At least 43 people were killed today in a suicide car bomb attack on buses carrying Syrians evacuated from two besieged government-held towns. <br/><br/>The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack in Rashidin, west of Aleppo, targeted residents evacuated from the northern tow...
April 15, 2017 9:23 PM
In Sri Lanka, the death toll in the incident caused by collapse of a garbage dump in capital Colombo has risen to 19. At least 13 people have been injured as rescue efforts are on to clear the debris and find others still missing. <br/><br/>The 91-metre-high garbage dump collapsed last a...
April 15, 2017 9:03 PM
In Iran, floods have killed at least 30 people. State media reported today that many others are said to be missing after torrential rains hit four provinces. <br/><br/>Streets inundated with water and cars being swept away. The Tehran Times news site reported that the flood had also trig...
April 15, 2017 8:22 PM
The number of militants killed in an attack by the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the US military has risen to 94. Attaullah Khogiani, spokesman for the provincial governor in Nangarhar, said today the number of dead from the group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was up fro...
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