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EU delays Brexit to Oct 31
Associated Press, Published on 11/04/2019
» BRUSSELS: European Union leaders and Britain on Thursday agreed to a Brexit extension that will allow the UK to delay its EU departure date until Halloween.
Malaysian golfer dies in hotel room, tournament cancelled
Associated Press, Published on 07/04/2019
» SANYA, China: Officials at the Sanya Championship said Sunday that 28-year-old Malaysian golfer Arie Irawan died in his hotel room from “apparent natural causes,” and the PGA Tour Series-China cancelled the final round of the tournament.
3 hostages escape militants in Philippines, 1 drowns
Associated Press, Published on 07/04/2019
» MANILA: Three hostages held by Muslim militants in the southern Philippines have made a daring escape that left one drowned, another shot in the back in critical condition and another safe after swimming to his freedom, officials said.
Philippines protests 'swarming' of Chinese boats near island
Associated Press, Published on 01/04/2019
» MANILA: The Philippines has protested the presence of more than 200 Chinese vessels that were sighted from January to March near a Philippine-occupied island in the disputed South China Sea, officials said Monday.
Philippine police kill 14 men rights groups say were farmers
Associated Press, Published on 31/03/2019
» BACOLOD, Philippines: Philippine police said Sunday 14 suspected communist rebels were killed after they opened fire during raids in a central province but rights groups countered the men were farmers and the latest victims of extrajudicial killings.
UK lawmakers seize Brexit agenda in bid to break deadlock
Associated Press, Published on 26/03/2019
» LONDON: British lawmakers seized a measure of control over the stalled Brexit process from Prime Minister Theresa May's foundering government on Monday, setting up a series of votes that could dramatically alter the course of the UK's departure from the European Union.
Russian arrested smuggling drugged orangutan in Indonesia
Associated Press, Published on 24/03/2019
» DENPASAR, Indonesia: Authorities say they have arrested a Russian tourist who was attempting to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of Indonesia's resort island of Bali.
'1,000 dead' in Mozambique cyclone
Associated Press, Published on 19/03/2019
» JOHANNESBURG: More than 1,000 people were feared dead in Mozambique four days after a cyclone slammed into the country, submerging entire villages and leaving bodies floating in the floodwaters, the nation's president said.
Mass shooting at mosque in NZ, many deaths reported
Associated Press, Published on 15/03/2019
» CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: Many people were killed in a mass shooting at a mosque in the South Island city of Christchurch on Friday afternoon, a witness said.
Philippines worried it may get involved in war at sea for US
Associated Press, Published on 05/03/2019
» MANILA: The United States is more likely to be involved in a “shooting war” in the disputed South China Sea than the Philippines but the latter would be embroiled in such a conflict just the same because of its 1951 Mutual Defence Treaty with Washington, the Philippine defence chief said Tuesday.