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North Korea conducts another 'crucial test' at long-range rocket site

North Korea has "successfully conducted" another "crucial test" at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground, as per reports

Dec 14, 2019

By Shubhangi Shah

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson concerned about planned U.S. recognition of Jerusalem

UK Conservatives win by landslide as Labour decimated; Boris Johnson claims 'new dawn'

One of the exit polls said the Conservatives would win a landslide 368 seats while the Labour would be reduced to 191.

Dec 13, 2019

By Jacob J

Johnson or Corbyn? 8 questions answered as UK set to vote in historic election

UK parliament election results can be known as early as 2AM on Friday. The counting will start immediately after the polls close at 22:00 GMT.

Dec 12, 2019

By Jacob J

Bougainville, the tiny south Pacific island may replace South Sudan as the world's newest country

Referendum for Bougainville's independence from Papua New Guinea was held from November 23 to December 7

Dec 11, 2019

By Shubhangi Shah

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With Netanyahu's fate in question, Israel poised for new election

In the two previous national ballots, Netanyahu's opponents focused on the three corruption investigations against him

Dec 11, 2019

By Reuters

Kenya: 12 killed in al-Shabab attack targeting Christians in Mandera

10 killed as Somali forces end hotel siege in Mogadishu

The Al-Shabab terror group, which has been trying to overthrow the government, claimed responsibility for the attack

Dec 11, 2019

By IANS

177 companies pledge for climate actions

The 177 companies collectively represent over 5.8 million employees, spanning 36 sectors and with headquarters in 36 countries

Dec 11, 2019

By IANS

Aung San Suu Kyi breaks silence on Rohingya crisis

As Suu Kyi looks on, Gambia details mass rapes, killings in Myanmar

Suu Kyi is expected to repeat denials of genocide and argue that military operations launched in August 2017 were a legitimate counterterrorism response to attacks

Dec 10, 2019

By Reuters

Two days before election, Algeria jails two ex-prime ministers

Ahmed Ouyahia, who was prime minister four times, received a 15-year jail sentence and Abdelmalek Sellal, who was twice premier, was jailed for 12 years

Dec 10, 2019

By Reuters

Latvian oligarch hits back at corruption charges as US clamps down

Lembergs, an oligarch with substantial political influence in Latvia, was hit with a sanction by the US Treasury

Dec 10, 2019

By Reuters

Labour will not win UK election, says senior Labour figure in leaked recording

The Labour Party are trailing Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party in opinion polls ahead of the election which will decide the fate of Brexit

Dec 10, 2019

By Reuters

Hong Kong cabinet reshuffle not an 'immediate task', says Carrie Lam

Pro-democracy protests have rocked the Asian financial hub and former British colony almost daily for months

Dec 10, 2019

By Reuters

French President Macron: Make our planet great again

France's unions take pensions battle back onto the streets

The strike is among the biggest since 1995 when prime minister Alain Juppe was forced to abandon an overhaul of the pension system after weeks of industrial action

Dec 10, 2019

By Reuters

Qatar sends premier to Gulf summit in prospective thaw in rift

Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani's attendance follows an intensification of efforts to resolve the row among US allies

Dec 10, 2019

By Reuters

Ivanka Trump's relationship with British spy Christopher Steele in focus after DoJ report

British spy Christopher Steele, who threw light on the possible Russian collusion in the 2016 US Presidential elections, had ties with Ivanka Trump for years.

Dec 10, 2019

By Shubhangi Shah

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