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Greek MPs approve Macedonia name change in 'historic' deal
AFP, Published on 25/01/2019
» ATHENS - The Greek parliament on Friday narrowly ratified a landmark deal to rename neighbouring Macedonia, ending one of the world's longest diplomatic disputes and earning rich praise for the "historic" move.
Ex-Trump adviser Stone indicted in Mueller probe
AFP, Published on 25/01/2019
» WASHINGTON - Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, was arrested Friday under an indictment issued by the US special prosecutor examining possible collusion between the president's campaign and Russia.
Landslide vote for Muslim self-rule on Mindanao
AFP, Published on 25/01/2019
» MANILA: Voters have decisively approved a new Muslim-led region in the southern Philippines, where a measure of peace is now hoped for after decades of fighting killed thousands and mired the area in poverty.
Australian detained in China receives consular visit: official
AFP, Published on 25/01/2019
» BEIJING - The Australian embassy in Beijing was on Friday granted consular access to Australian national Yang Jun, who is detained in China on national security grounds.
NATO says no progress in Russia talks on arms treaty
AFP, Published on 25/01/2019
» BRUSSELS - Senior NATO and Russian officials failed to make a breakthrough Friday in talks on saving the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, raising the spectre of a renewed arms race in Europe.
UN rights envoy: Put Myanmar generals on trial for 'genocide'
Reuters, Published on 25/01/2019
» Myanmar’s army chief should be prosecuted for genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority, a UN human rights investigator says, adding that holding perpetrators to account for crimes was necessary before refugees who fled the country could return.
Woman who laundered drug money gets death penalty
Online Reporters, Published on 25/01/2019
» The Criminal Court has handed down a death sentence to a Myanmar woman for laundering dirty money and her connection with the methamphetamine trade.
Former Trump adviser Stone arrested
AFP, Published on 25/01/2019
» WASHINGTON: Roger Stone, a former adviser to US President Donald Trump, was arrested on Friday under an indictment issued by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Parents hope DNA can solve mystery about daughter
Yuttapong Kumnodnae, Published on 25/01/2019
» UDON THANI: Buasa and Jumsri Sikanya have not seen or heard from their daughter since she called them from Britain in 2004. But a recent report about the 14-year-old mystery surrounding the discovery of a body in Yorkshire might finally lead them to closure.
One killed in double blasts in northeast China
AFP, Published on 25/01/2019
» BEIJING - Twin blasts rocked a high-rise in northeast China on Friday, killing one person and injuring another in an incident being treated as a criminal case, local authorities said.