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December 26, 2016 6:43 PM
The Turkish interior ministry today said that Turkish authorities last week detained 1,682 people for questioning over suspected militant links and arrested 516 of those detained. The Turkish authorities said that most of those detained were suspected of having links to the Muslim cleric Fethullah G...
December 26, 2016 5:24 PM
China has passed a law that levies tax on pollution, but ignores carbon dioxide which is one of the major contributors to global warming, less than a fortnight after a red alert for smog left more than 20 cities in the country's northeast choking under a heavy haze. <br/><br/>China&...
December 26, 2016 2:38 PM
In Democratic Republic of Congo, 22 civilians were killed in a massacre in the restive North Kivu province over the weekend. The bloodshed happened in Eringeti, a town 55 kilometres north of the regional hub Beni. For the past two years, the region around Beni has been afflicted by a series of massa...
December 26, 2016 2:01 PM
In Philippines, powerful typhoon Nock-Ten is continuing to batter, as it heads towards the area around the heavily-populated capital Manila. Civil defence officials have been put on red alert, as the storm is due to hit the city later today. The storm has weakened since making landfall on the easter...
December 26, 2016 12:32 PM
China has expressed severe criticism over US President Barack Obama's signing defense policy bill, which includes the provision on cooperation with Taiwan. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said in a statement late yesterday that Beijing firmly opposes relevant content of the b...
December 26, 2016 11:13 AM
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit the Philippines coast today. The US Geological Survey reported that the earthquake occurred at 01:23 GMT today at a depth of 10 kilometers, 61 kilometers north of Namuac, a city located in the Philipinne Cagayan Valley region. ?No information on c...
December 26, 2016 11:10 AM
Sri Lankan government has said, it will release Indian fishermen in its custody before the ministerial-level talks between the two countries on the issue next month. Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister, Mahinda Amaraweera said this is essentially a sign of goodwill before visit of A...
December 26, 2016 11:10 AM
A powerful typhoon threatened to bring heavy rains and winds to the heavily-populated Philippine capital, Manila as it dragged its way across the archipelago today.<br/><br/>Typhoon Nock-Ten, made landfall on the eastern island province of Catanduanes yesterday. The government weather st...
December 26, 2016 11:05 AM
Thousands of Indonesians prayed for their loved ones at mass graves and mosques today to mark a tsunami which devastated Aceh province 12 years ago. It was one of the worst natural disasters in human history.<br/><br/>Some 170,000 lives were lost in the country when a 9.1- magnitude quak...
December 26, 2016 8:50 AM
British singer George Michael who launched his career with Wham! in the 1980s and continued his success as a solo performer, has died at the age of 53 at home in Goring, Oxfordshire. <br/><br/>Michael sold more than 100 million albums in his career. Thames Valley Police said, they are tr...
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