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Landmark India ruling ends gay sex ban
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» NEW DELHI - India's Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a ban on gay sex after a decades-old campaign against a colonial-era law used to hold back LGBT rights.
Putin 'ultimately' to blame for spy poisoning: UK
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» LONDON - Britain said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had "ultimate" responsibility for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent in England, as it prepared to brief the UN Security Council.
Twin blasts turn regular Kabul wrestling session into massacre
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» KABUL - The wrestling mats were spattered with blood, the sports bags and water bottles still strewn across the floor Thursday, hours after a double bombing ripped through the Maiwand sports club in Kabul, killing at least 26 people.
Hundreds flee, fearing assault on Syria's Idlib: monitor
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» BEIRUT - Hundreds of civilians have fled villages near the front line in Syria's Idlib province fearing an imminent regime assault on the country's last major rebel bastion, a monitor said Thursday.
SET recovers, Philippine shares extend slump
Published on 06/09/2018
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand index rebounded but Philippine stocks fell sharply for a second straight session on Thursday as the country's high inflation rate kept the mood sour and added to market jitters arising from Turkey and Argentina.
Burberry stops using fur, burning unsold goods
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» LONDON: British luxury fashion group Burberry has stopped burning unsold products and will no longer use real fur and angora in its clothes, chief executive Marco Gobbetti said Thursday.
Mixed US messages from Trump, Pompeo on NKorea
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» NEW DELHI - Donald Trump and his secretary of state sent out mixed messages on North Korea on Thursday, with the US President praising Kim Jong Un but Mike Pompeo saying Pyongyang still had "enormous" work to do.
Hundreds flee as Syria, Russia hit rebel stronghold Idlib
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» IDLIB (SYRIA) - Hundreds of Syrian civilians fled Idlib province on Thursday as the presidents of Russia, Iran and Turkey readied for last-ditch talks on the fate of the last rebel bastion.
Facebook removes Burmese translation feature
Published on 06/09/2018
» LONDON: Facebook has removed a feature that allowed users to translate Burmese posts and comments after a Reuters report showed the tool was producing bizarre results.
Migration truce shatters in Germany after mob violence
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» BERLIN - A tense truce within German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative camp imploded Thursday after her hardline interior minister defended protests marred by neo-Nazi violence and blasted immigration as "the mother of all political problems".