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Malaysia says it won't host any more events involving Israel
Associated Press, Published on 16/01/2019
» PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia's foreign minister said Wednesday that the government will not budge over a ban on Israeli athletes in a para swimming competition and has decided that the country will not host any events in the future involving Israel.
Trump-Putin summit opens without election talk
Associated Press, Published on 16/07/2018
» HELSINKI: President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have had a "good start" to their high-stakes summit in Finland.
Rival Koreas agree to form unified Olympic team
Associated Press, Published on 18/01/2018
» SEOUL: The rival Koreas agreed Wednesday to form their first unified Olympic team and have their athletes parade together for the first time in 11 years during the opening ceremony of next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea, officials said.
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong freed on bail
Associated Press, Published on 25/10/2017
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's highest court freed pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law on bail Tuesday pending an appeal of their prison sentences after they were convicted of sparking massive protests in 2014.
Saudis to lift world's only ban on women drivers
Associated Press, Published on 27/09/2017
» RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced that women will be allowed to drive for the first time in the ultra-conservative kingdom next summer, fulfilling a key demand of women's rights activists who faced detention for defying the ban.
UK police make new arrest in bombing probe
Associated Press, Published on 26/05/2017
» MANCHESTER - British police investigating the Manchester Arena bombing made a new arrest Friday while continuing to search addresses associated with the attacker who killed 22 people.
Arabic lesson in school ignites anger
Associated Press, Published on 20/12/2015
» VERONA, Virginia — With Americans already on edge after the attacks in Paris and Southern California, a teacher's lesson on Islam in a Virginia school sparked an angry meeting of outraged parents that mushroomed into a national denunciation of the educator in the form of thousands of angry emails and social media postings.
Vietnam TV drops BBC and CNN
Associated Press, Published on 16/05/2013
» HANOI - A Vietnamese satellite TV provider stopped broadcasting foreign channels including the BBC and CNN on Thursday, citing a law that foreign governments are warning could leave the country without access to international news and entertainment channels.
US in the dark on Boston Marathon bombs
Associated Press, Published on 16/04/2013
» BOSTON - An army of federal agents raced to find out who attacked the city's historic marathon, leaving three dead and more than 100 injured amid a war zone of shattered glass and bomb debris on Patriots Day.