New Delhi, India - Schools and colleges were shut, roads and highways blocked and businesses shuttered in parts of India on Monday as over 20 opposition parties participated in "Bharat Bandh" (nationwide strike) against
more 451One child could die every minute from extreme hunger in conflict zones this year, according to Save the Children, as it reported a rise in the use of starvation as a weapon of war
more 394Kremlin ally, Sergei Sobyanin has been re-elected as Moscow's mayor, according to results released by Moscow election commission. Sobyanin, mayor of the Russian capital since 2010, received 70.02 percent of the vote, the city electoral
more 364The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit Japan's Hokkaido Island last week has risen to 44, with 660 others injured. Around 2,500 people remain in evacuation centres after the tremor on Thursday,
more 351Updated 10 September 2018 September 09, 2018 00:00 0 Suspected US drone strike kills 4 Al-Qaeda members in Yemen Updated 10 September 2018 AP September 09, 2018 00:00 SANAA, Yemen: Yemeni tribal leaders say
more 337Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has invited the opposition to talks aimed at a "cross-bloc cooperation", after his left-wing party failed to gain majority in Sunday's elections that saw anti-immigrant party making gains. The
more 389Blasts were heard at the headquarters of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) in the Libyan capital on Monday morning and a security operation is under way at the building, a witness told Reuters news
more 370Construction has begun on a town solely for female police officers in the Afghan capital Kabul. There are about 3,000 female officers in the country, just two percent of the total force. Security officials
more 370Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha has been released on bail and placed under house arrest after spending more than a year in prison on widely decried treason charges. The decision to grant bail to
more 411Save the Children has reported that the use of hunger as a weapon of war is on the rise. According to the charity, 4.5 million children in the world's 10 worst conflict zones, including
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