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Australia to ban returning extremist citizens for 2 years
Associated Press, Published on 04/07/2019
» CANBERRA: The government has tabled new laws that would prevent extremist Australian citizens from returning home for up to two years as the country prepares for the return of Islamic State group supporters from the Middle East.
Indonesia election fraud allegations 'baseless': minister
Associated Press, Published on 24/04/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's chief security minister said on Wednesday accusations that the government and security forces conspired with election agencies to conduct systematic fraud during last week's polls are "baseless" and threatened national security.
Strongman vies with 'people's president' to lead Indonesia
Associated Press, Published on 16/04/2019
» JAKARTA: In the final moves of Indonesia's presidential campaign, one candidate dashed to Saudi Arabia to meet its king and perform a minor pilgrimage. The other attended a feline photography exhibition and giggled with delight at a giant photo of his own pet cat.
'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.
Border deal wins nod, Trump to declare emergency
Associated Press, Published on 15/02/2019
» WASHINGTON: Congress lopsidedly approved a border security compromise Thursday that would avert a second painful government shutdown, but a new confrontation was ignited _ this time over President Donald Trump's plan to bypass lawmakers and declare a national emergency to syphon billions from other federal coffers for his wall on the Mexican boundary.
Belarusian escort detained in Moscow
Associated Press, Published on 18/01/2019
» MOSCOW: A Belarusian escort who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian interference in the election of Donald Trump as U. president was arrested immediately upon her arrival in Moscow on Thursday following deportation from Thailand.
Trump weighs declaring national emergency
Associated Press, Published on 11/01/2019
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump, facing the prospect within days of the longest US government shutdown in history, was considering declaring a national emergency that would likely escalate a policy dispute with Democrats over his proposed US-Mexico border wall into a court test of presidential power.
Doctors, rescuers labour in tsunami-struck Indonesia
Associated Press, Published on 24/12/2018
» TANJUNG LESUNG, Indonesia: Doctors were helping survivors and hundreds of people were searching debris-strewn beaches for more victims on Monday in the wake of the deadly tsunami that smashed without warning into houses, hotels and other buildings in the darkness along Sunda Strait.
Tsunami hits without warning in Indonesia, killing over 220
Associated Press, Published on 24/12/2018
» CARITA BEACH, Indonesia: Witnesses say a deadly tsunami that killed at least 222 people along Indonesia's Sunda Strait came with no warning.
China demands Canada release Huawei executive
Associated Press, Published on 06/12/2018
» BEIJING: China on Thursday demanded Canada release a Huawei Technologies executive who was arrested in a case that adds to technology tensions with Washington and threatens to complicate trade talks.