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Outrage in France after spate of anti-Semitic vandalism
AFP, Published on 12/02/2019
» PARIS - A spate of anti-Semitic vandalism and graffiti in and around Paris at the weekend sparked widespread condemnation on Tuesday, stoking fresh concerns about an increase in hate crime against Jews.
Turkey detains 729 over 2016 coup links
AFP, Published on 12/02/2019
» ANKARA: Turkish authorities detained 729 people in nationwide raids Tuesday over alleged links to a group blamed for a failed coup in 2016, the Ankara public prosecutor's office said.
40 countries agree to require automatic braking systems
Associated Press, Published on 12/02/2019
» GENEVA: A UN agency says 40 countries led by Japan and the European Union — but not the US or China — have agreed to require new cars and light commercial vehicles to be equipped with automated braking systems starting next year.
Investors flee as political risk escalates
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/02/2019
» In a span of three days, more than $3.85 billion has been erased from the stock market as political risks heightened ahead of national elections.
Voice TV suspended for 15 days
Online Reporters, Published on 12/02/2019
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission on Tuesday resolved to temporarily suspend broadcasts by Voice TV, citing programmes that caused confusion and social division.
Catalan separatists' long-awaited trial begins in Madrid
AFP, Published on 12/02/2019
» MADRID - Twelve Catalan separatist leaders involved in an attempt to break from Spain went on trial on Tuesday under intense scrutiny, as tensions over the future of the region flare again.
Hundreds flee US-backed Syria battle for last IS holdout
AFP, Published on 12/02/2019
» OMAR OIL FIELD (SYRIA) - US-backed forces pressed the battle to expel diehard jihadists from the last pocket of land under their control in eastern Syria on Tuesday after hundreds fled the holdout overnight.
In eastern Syria, the infants of a dying IS 'caliphate'
AFP, Published on 12/02/2019
» NEAR BAGHOUZ (SYRIA) - They were born in a "state" that no longer exists, most to fathers who are dead and mothers whose countries don't want them back. These are the children pouring out of Baghouz.
EC: Thai Raksa Chart dissolution decision not final
Online Reporters, Published on 12/02/2019
» Media reported that the Election Commission (EC) recommended on Tuesday afternoon that the Thai Raksa Chart (TRC) Party be dissolved for allegedly drawing the monarchy into politics, but at 6pm the EC president told the Bangkok Post that the decision was yet to be finalised.
Chinese man arrested in Surat Thani after elderly woman murdered
Online Reporters, Published on 12/02/2019
» A young Chinese man was apprehended in Surat Thani after an elderly woman was murdered and valuables stolen from a Bangkok condominium early Tuesday.