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A German exchange student who was shown the door by Indian immigration authorities after he went viral for joining a protest against the citizenship bill in December has claimed he was discouraged from coming back.
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The virus is thought to have originated in central China, and concerns are growing that it could spread further.
Beijing is likely to send more coastguard vessels on port calls to try to take the rough edges off the service’s image that it is part of a militia fleet used to press territorial claims in the South China Sea, analysts said.That assessment came after …
Every morning, Jose Leon, 33, rides his two-wheeler to work in Hyderabad’s Jubilee Hills area, covering a distance of 10 km in under 30 minutes. “While driving in India, I only think of surviving,” he says with a straight face. “But it is not that dang…
Push for a permanent ceasefire expected to top agenda at highly anticipated talks attended by world leaders.
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has said he is open to talks with US President Donald Trump in the hopes to repair ties with the US, while blaming Trump’s hawkish advisors for feeding him a distorted narrative.
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A ball of fire, then a small crater left behind. The owners tell us something had to hit the fence; something had to have been hot enough to set a patch of trees on fire and burn the siding of a nearby building. The question now, what was it? That is t…
When it comes to crucial elections for the highest office, there is no place in the world where outside factors take precedence over local issues – other than in Taiwan.Mainland China’s increasingly hawkish attitude towards the island, Hong Kong’s anti…
When Singapore’s opposition chief Pritam Singh asked in Parliament earlier this month for a breakdown of the number of new jobs that went to citizens, permanent residents and foreigners, he received a retort: “What is the point behind the question?”Tra…
No immediate claim of responsibility but Saudi state TV blames Houthi rebels for assault involving missiles and drones.
Proposed $800m project will involve construction of 143-metre dam that will flood thousands of acres of indigenous land.
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Myanmar this week is special in several ways. It is Xi’s first overseas trip of the year and the first visit to the Southeast Asian country by a Chinese president since 2001. This year also marks the 70th anniver…
For decades since its independence from the Dutch, successive Indonesian presidents have called for the country’s historic capital, Jakarta, to be relocated.It was mostly political banter – the costs involved were mind-boggling – but no longer, it seem…
Venezuela’s opposition leader discusses the worsening political crisis, sanctions and the future of his country.
Every morning, Cheung, 62, takes the MTR from Kowloon to Causeway Bay for work, and the cross-harbour ride costs her more than HK$10 (US$1.3).She earns HK$50 an hour handing out fliers of restaurants among people on the streets. Cheung, who wanted to b…
As living standards in Honduras deteriorate, more and more people are leaving the country in search of a better life.
Democratic lawmakers say Trump should be removed from office, as defence claims trial unconstitutional.
Every breakthrough in science or technology has led to significant changes in society and economy. The invention of the steam engine, for instance, ushered in the Industrial Revolution and sealed Great Britain’s position as a global power in the 19th c…
Filipinos who have returned home after fleeing oppressive work conditions in the Middle East are facing an uphill battle to claim a rehabilitation cash grant offered by the government and start a new life to make up for lost foreign currency earnings.M…
At least 59 people have been arrested in Paris after scuffles broke out between Yellow Vests and police on Saturday. The protests have gained new momentum fueled by a nationwide strike against the pension reform.
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UNITED STATES (OBSERVATORY NEWS) — Ghassan Salama, the United Nations special envoy to Libya, considered that Libya “needs to stop all foreign interference” in its affairs, in an interview with AFP on the eve of the international conference hosted by Berlin. “Every external intervention could have a calming effect in the short term,” Salameh said, …
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UNITED STATES (OBSERVATORY NEWS) — A Tunisian court on Friday night sentenced to death eight people accused of the bombing of a presidential security bus that killed 12 people in 2015. A suicide bombing, adopted by ISIS, targeted a bus for Presidential Security on November 24, 2015 in the Tunisian capital, killing 12 and wounding …
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UNITED STATES (OBSERVATORY NEWS) — Friday’s storms put out most of the fires that were burning in eastern Australia on Saturday, but other fires are still raging in the south and southeast of the country, according to the authorities. The New South Wales state fire department, Australia’s most crowded and hardest hit by the environmental …
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UNITED STATES (OBSERVATORY NEWS) — The Libyan National Oil Corporation announced on Saturday that forces loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the strongman in the Libyan East, closed the most important oil ports in the east of the country, on the eve of the Berlin International Conference on Libya, which will bring together all parties …
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UNITED STATES (OBSERVATORY NEWS) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned Europe, in an article published in the “Politico” magazine, of the fallout from the fall of the Libyan government of reconciliation recognized by the United Nations and warned that “terrorist” organizations will find a foothold in the old continent. “Betrayal of human …
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UNITED STATES (OBSERVATORY NEWS) — Iraqi Football Association President Abdel-Khalek Masoud revealed on Saturday his intention not to run for a new term, the day after the Executive Bureau members announced their intention to resign to resolve a judicial dispute with former international player Adnan Darjal. “After that, I will not run for the presidency …
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UNITED STATES (OBSERVATORY NEWS) – The Mexican authorities found at least ten charred bodies in a car in the southern state of Guerrero, which is the most exposed to violence linked to organized crime, the state attorney general said Saturday. Guerrero state attorney said that the bodies were found on Friday in a car in …
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UNITED STATES (OBSERVATORY NEWS) With the unprecedented protest movement in Lebanon entering its fourth month, downtown Beirut witnessed violent clashes between demonstrators and security forces on Saturday, causing dozens of injuries on both sides, while political forces are still unable to form a government that calms the anger of the street. At 2:00 p.m. (12:00 …
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UNITED STATES (OBSERVATORY NEWS) On Saturday, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad issued a legislative decree stipulating the tightening of sanctions against all non-Syrian pounds, which recorded a record decline against the dollar in the past two weeks, while the conflict is about to be completed in its ninth year. The presidential accounts on social media reported …
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UNITED STATES (OBSERVATORY NEWS) — President Donald Trump narrated the last moments of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed by the US military in a strike by a plane Marching near Baghdad airport on January 3 and “shook the world,” he said. Trump made these details Friday evening in front of donors in the …
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