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Somalia bombing death toll 'uncountable'
Associated Press, Published on 16/10/2017
» MOGADISHU: - The most powerful bomb blast ever witnessed in Somalia's capital killed at least 231 people with more than 275 injured, a senator said Sunday.
Austria turns right, elects anti-Islam leader
Associated Press, Published on 16/10/2017
» VIENNA: - Initial results showed the party of Austria's 31-year-old foreign minister leading in national elections Sunday, putting him on course to become the youngest head of government in Europe.
California fires:- 40 dead, 5,700 buildings gone
Associated Press, Published on 16/10/2017
» SONOMA, California: Fire-fighting authorities said Sunday they have turned a corner in battling several of the wildfires that have devastated wine country and other parts of the state over the past week.
Drone hits landing airliner in Canada, no injuries
Reuters, Published on 16/10/2017
» QUEBEC CITY: A drone hit an airplane landing at the Quebec City international airport last week, the first time an unmanned flying object has collided with commercial aircraft in Canada, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said on Sunday.
Philippines: Last leaders of IS-tied siege killed in Marawi
Associated Press, Published on 16/10/2017
» MANILA: The two final surviving leaders of a deadly siege in the southern Philippines, including a top Asian terror suspect, were killed Monday in one of the final battles by thousands of troops to retake the last area in Marawi city held by pro-Islamic State group militants, security officials said.
Some villages in Vietnam still isolated by floods
Associated Press, Published on 16/10/2017
» HANOI: Some villages in Vietnam are still isolated by landslides and destroyed bridges after a tropical depression last week that has become one of the country's worst natural disasters in years.
Indonesia's September trade surplus at $1.76bn
Reuters, Published on 16/10/2017
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's external trade posted a surplus for a second straight month in September as exports of the country's main commodities increased, the statistics bureau said on Monday.
Cambodia parliament vote puts opposition future in limbo
Reuters, Published on 16/10/2017
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's parliament voted to change party laws on Monday to re-distribute seats if a party is dissolved after the government filed a lawsuit earlier this month to dissolve the main opposition party, part of an escalating political crisis.
Thousands more Rohingya flee violence, hunger in Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 16/10/2017
» COX'S BAZAR: Hungry, destitute and scared, thousands of new Rohingya refugees crossed the border into Bangladesh from Myanmar early on Monday, Reuters witnesses said, fleeing attacks by "Buddhist" mobs and hunger that the United Nations has called ethnic cleansing.
Indonesia may ban 'destructive' LGBT-related TV content
Reuters, Published on 16/10/2017
» JAKARTA: Days after a long-running Indonesian television comedy aired last month, its producers got a letter from the broadcast commission warning that a male character in the show was "dressed and behaving like a woman" and could violate broadcasting standards.