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January 17, 2017 12:41 PM

Mexico: 5 killed in shooting at music festival

At least five people, including foreigners, were killed and 15 were wounded, when a gunman opened fire at a nightclub in Mexico's Playa del Carmen resort during the BPM electronic music festival yesterday. Quintana Roo State Attorney General Miguel Angel Pech said a Canadian, an Italian and a M...

January 17, 2017 12:18 PM

Vietnam Prime Minister urges more investment from Japan

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc today urged Japan to invest more in the Southeast Asian country to become its top foreign investor. Speaking at a conference of business leaders from both countries also attended by visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Phuc said Vietnam would like t...

January 17, 2017 11:30 AM

European Parliament to elect new president today

The European Parliament will elect a new president today in a vote that promises to be stormy after a coalition aimed at keeping eurosceptics out of power broke down. The winner will replace Germany's Martin Schulz, who during five years in office made the role far more powerful and prominent t...

January 17, 2017 10:59 AM

Europe, NATO hit back at Trump

European Union heavyweights Germany and France led a sharp response to US President-elect Donald Trump after he branded NATO "obsolete" and said more countries would leave the EU after Britain. In his response, French President Francois Hollande has said European Union (EU) has no need for...

January 17, 2017 10:57 AM

Eugene Cernan, last man on the moon, dies

Eugene A. Cernan, the last astronaut to leave his footprints on the surface of the moon, has died yesterday. He was 82. According to NASA Cernan's death comes a little more than a month after fellow astronaut John Glenn died in December.<br/><br/>Cernan earned several distinctions i...

January 17, 2017 10:13 AM

Consider sanctions on those thwarting Mali peace: UN chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the Security Council to consider imposing sanctions on key players in Mali who are obstructing implementation of a 2015 peace agreement. He said in a report that amid renewed fighting between a Government-allied militia and a coalition of groups seekin...

January 17, 2017 10:13 AM

United Nations says 10,000 People Killed in Yemen Conflict

UN says, at least 10,000 people were killed and over 40,000 people injured in Yemen since the conflict between the Houthis and the Government escalated in March 2015. UN humanitarian co-ordinator for Yemen, Jamie McGoldrick, after meeting Yeamani President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi said in Aden that th...

January 17, 2017 10:05 AM

Egypt: Gunmen kill 8 policemen at checkpoint

In Egypt, eight policemen were killed when gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in the Wadi al-Jadid province yesterday. The Interior Ministry said in a statement in Cairo that three other officers were also wounded in the attack. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. &l...

January 17, 2017 7:30 AM

Syrian rebels to attend peace talks in Kazakhstan

Syrian rebel groups have confirmed that they will attend peace talks with the Government in Asthana, Kazakhstan next week. A leader of rebel group, Jaysh al-Islam, Mohammed Alloush, said, he would head the rebel delegation. <br/><br/>After the meeting of rebels in Turkey yesterday, Allou...

January 17, 2017 4:59 AM

Suspect arrested in Istanbul New Year's Eve attack

The main suspect in the New Year's Eve attack on an exclusive nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey has been arrested. The Hurriyet Daily News said that Abdulkadir Masharipov, an Uzbek national was detained in Istanbul's Esnyurt district. Masharipov is believed to have mounted the attack on the Re...

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