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December 23, 2016 1:59 PM
A strong typhoon was set to wallop the Philippines on Christmas Day, officials warned today, as millions of people criss-cross the mostly Catholic nation to celebrate one of the most important dates on the religious calendar.<br/> <br/>Nock-Ten was expected to be packing winds of up to 1...
December 23, 2016 1:58 PM
Fresh Turkish raids on an Islamic State group stronghold in northern Syria killed 16 civilians today, a monitor said, a day after dozens were killed in fierce bombardment of the town. <br/><br/>Today's strikes on Al-Bab killed 16 civilians, including three children, according to the...
December 23, 2016 1:56 PM
In Sri Lanka, two of the nine provincial councils have rejected the Development (Special Provisions) draft bill, which was referred to them for approval. Northern Provincial council, dominated by minority Tamils unanimously rejected the bill today while Uva provincial council had rejected it yesterd...
December 23, 2016 1:53 PM
China has appealed to the European Union to drop anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese solar panels after the trade bloc's executive body recommended extending them for two years.<br/> <br/>The European Union raised import duties on Chinese solar panels in 2013 after concluding Beijing im...
December 23, 2016 1:52 PM
A 30-year-old Pakistani man, Umair Hamid was arrested and charged by law enforcement authorities in US for his role in a 140 million dollar school and college diploma mill fraud.<br/> <br/>Individuals allegedly paid hefty upfront fees to Hamid and his co-conspirators, believing that in r...
December 23, 2016 9:01 AM
The UN Security Council will vote today on whether to impose an arms embargo and sanctions on South Sudan, but diplomats said they expected the measure to fail. The council will meet today to decide on the US-drafted resolution calling for a one-year ban on weapons sales to the war-torn country. <...
December 23, 2016 8:21 AM
Opposition MPs in Kenya have stormed out of parliament in the capital, Nairobi, saying that they have been assaulted in the house. <br/><br/>The chaos came during a debate on changing the electoral laws to allow manual vote-counting for next year's presidential election. <br/>...
December 23, 2016 8:17 AM
World Health Organization has expressed confidence that a prototype vaccine for Ebola may be 100 per cent effective in protecting against the deadly virus Ebola. It said the vaccine could become available in 2018 under a fast-track approval process. <br/><br/>The Lancet medical journal r...
December 23, 2016 8:17 AM
Italy's cabinet has approved a state-bailout for the country's third-largest bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena. Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said, his government had authorised a 21 billion dollars fund to support Italy's embattled banking sector. The announcement came after Monte dei...
December 23, 2016 7:10 AM
The UN Security Council has delayed a contentious vote on a draft resolution demanding that Israel halt settlements as President-elect Donald Trump weighed in and said the United States should veto the measure. <br/><br/>Egypt requested that the vote be postponed, one day after submittin...
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