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October 28, 2016 8:36 AM
24 countries and the European Union have unanimously agreed to create the world's largest Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the ocean next to Antarctica. The deal was clinched after the meeting of Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) consisting of 24 countr...
October 28, 2016 8:27 AM
A UN General Assembly committee has approved a resolution calling for a treaty to ban nuclear weapons, despite strong opposition from nuclear-armed nations and their allies. The resolution was adopted yesterday by a majority vote at the General Assembly's First Committee on Disarmament. 123 cou...
October 28, 2016 8:17 AM
Libyan navy has said, more than 90 migrants are believed dead after their rickety boat was damaged shortly after leaving the Libyan coast. Its spokesman, Ayoub Gassim said that the coast guard has rescued 29 survivors. He said a total of 126 migrants were in the boat, mostly African nationals. <b...
October 28, 2016 8:13 AM
Two Yazidi women who escaped sexual enslavement by the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq have won Europe's top human rights award, the 2016 Sakharov prize. They were nominated by the European Parliament's liberal ALDE group. European Parliament President Martin Schulz said it is a very symbolic a...
October 28, 2016 6:35 AM
The US military targeted and killed al-Qaeda commander Nayef Salam Muhammad Ujaym al-Hababi in Afghanistan, who was planning attacks against the United States and Europe. <br/><br/>NBC reported citing an unnamed US official on yesterday said Al-Hababi, al-Qaeda's emir in eastern Afg...
October 27, 2016 10:33 PM
The US military targeted and killed al-Qaeda commander Nayef Salam Muhammad Ujaym al-Hababi in Afghanistan, who was planning attacks against the United States and Europe. <br/><br/>NBC reported citing an unnamed US official on yesterday said Al-Hababi, al-Qaeda's emir in eastern Afg...
October 27, 2016 8:31 PM
President Xi Jinping was today anointed as the "core" leader of China's ruling Communist Party, conferring on him a status similar to that of party founder 'Chairman' Mao Zedong and allowing him to further tighten his grip on the party, military and government.<br/><...
October 27, 2016 8:01 PM
In Syria, President Bashar al-Assad today extended an amnesty for three more months for rebels to disarm and surrender themselves. <br/><br/>The amnesty also offers kidnappers a chance to clear their records by releasing their captives unharmed and without ransom.
October 27, 2016 7:24 PM
Pakistan today banned all public gatherings in Islamabad for two months, setting the stage for confrontation ahead of a major protest aimed at paralysing the capital and unseating Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Mr.Sharif is under growing pressure from opposition parties over his children's offsho...
October 27, 2016 7:05 PM
Two Yazidi women, who escaped sexual enslavement by Islamic State in Iraq, have won Europe's top human rights award, the Sakharov prize. <br/><br/>Nadia Murad Basee and Lamiya Aji Bashar were among thousands of Yazidi girls and women abducted by IS militants and forced into sexual s...
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