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2 protesters in Iran killed as social media apps blocked
Associated Press, Published on 31/12/2017
» TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday blocked access to Instagram and a popular messaging app used by activists to organise and publicise the protests now roiling the Islamic Republic, as authorities said two demonstrators had been killed overnight in the first deaths attributed to the rallies.
Revellers around the world ring in 2018
Associated Press, Published on 31/12/2017
» A look at how people around the world are ringing in 2018:
Gunman opens fire on Cairo church; shootout kills at least 9
Associated Press, Published on 30/12/2017
» CAIRO: A gunman on a motorcycle opened fire Friday outside a church in a Cairo suburb and at a nearby store, sparking a shootout that killed at least nine people, including eight Coptic Christians, authorities said. It was the latest attack targeting Egypt's embattled Christian minority.
Vietnam jails 23 on charges of terrorism, subversion
Associated Press, Published on 28/12/2017
» HANOI: Vietnamese courts have handed down harsh prison sentences to 23 people after finding them guilty of terrorism and subversion, including in a bombing linked to an exiled group, state media reported on Thursday.
Car rams into pedestrians in Melbourne; 19 injured
Associated Press, Published on 21/12/2017
» SYDNEY: Australian police said there is no evidence of a terrorist link to a car ramming attack Thursday in central Melbourne that left 19 people injured.
US man gets 28 years in plot to behead conservative blogger
Associated Press, Published on 20/12/2017
» BOSTON: A man convicted of leading an Islamic State-inspired plot to behead a conservative blogger who upset Muslims when she organised a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest was sentenced Tuesday to 28 years in prison.
N. Korea unmoved as world unites against nuke ambitions
Associated Press, Published on 16/12/2017
» UNITED NATIONS: North Korea's friends and enemies joined forces Friday in opposing its determination to be recognised as a nuclear weapons state and calling on leader Kim Jong Un to negotiate the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula, but the North gave no sign of budging on its nuclear ambitions.
US Supreme Court allows enforcement of Trump travel ban
Associated Press, Published on 05/12/2017
» WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries.
British PM May, Trump fuss over anti-Muslim retweets
Associated Press, Published on 01/12/2017
» LONDON: A few days after his inauguration, US President Donald Trump stood beside British Prime Minister Theresa May in the White House and proclaimed the strength of the "most special relationship" between their two countries.
Vatican defends pope on 'Rohingya'
Associated Press, Published on 30/11/2017
» YANGON: The Vatican on Wednesday defended Pope Francis after human rights groups expressed disappointment that he didn't publicly acknowledge the plight of Rohingya Muslims.