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Singaporean in church fraud case tries to flee on boat
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man convicted over a high-profile fraud case at a megachurch was caught Wednesday trying to flee in a boat before he was due to start his sentence, police said.
Explosive device thrown into US embassy compound in Montenegro
AFP, Published on 22/02/2018
» PODGORICA, Montenegro: A suicide attacker blew themself up after throwing an explosive device into the US embassy compound in Podgorica, the Montenegrin government said Thursday.
Singapore to make jumping bail a crime
AFP, Published on 22/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: The city-state will criminalise skipping bail following the attempted escape of a man convicted in a high-profile fraud case at a megachurch, a senior government official said Thursday.
Australia's scandal-hit deputy PM quits
AFP, Published on 23/02/2018
» SYDNEY: Australia's scandal-hit deputy leader Barnaby Joyce announced Friday he was quitting and moving to the backbench amid claims of sexual harassment and controversy over an affair with a now-pregnant former aide.
DR Congo ruling party supporters storm cathedral
AFP, Published on 25/02/2018
» KINSHASA - Tensions soared in Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday as hundreds of ruling party supporters stormed Kinshasa cathedral after authorities banned a planned Catholic church-backed rally against the rule of President Joseph Kabila.
Nigeria admits missing schoolgirls have been 'abducted'
AFP, Published on 27/02/2018
» ABUJA - More than 100 girls missing for a week after a Boko Haram attack on their school in northeast Nigeria were kidnapped, the government said for the first time on Monday.
'Beast from the East' sends Siberian cold blast across Europe
AFP, Published on 28/02/2018
» PARIS - Europe remained Wednesday gripped by a blast of Siberian weather which has killed at least 24 people and carpeted palm-lined Mediterranean beaches in snow.
'Beast from the East' keeps Europe in deep freeze
AFP, Published on 28/02/2018
» PARIS - School was cancelled across swathes of Europe on Wednesday as a blast of Siberian weather dubbed the "Beast from the East" kept the mercury far below zero.
Deadly blizzards lash Europe, poor hardest hit
AFP, Published on 01/03/2018
» PARIS - Heavy snowfall and deadly blizzards lashed Europe Thursday, forcing Geneva's busy airport to close, as the region shivered in a deep freeze that has gripped countries from the far north to Mediterranean beaches in the south.
Shivering Europe hopes for weekend respite as deep freeze persists
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» PARIS - Europe's deep freeze, which has cost some 60 lives over the past week, showed little sign of ending Friday as a shivering continent awaited a sliver of weekend respite from the chaos wrought by a brutal Siberian weather system.