Iraq’s Kurds vote in historic independence referendum despite international opposition

The Iraqi government, the United States, Iran and Turkey have all called the referendum illegitimate and a dangerous step towards the division of the country.

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· 3 hours ago

North Korea threat: Japan PM Shinzo Abe calls for early polls, to dissolve Parliament

I hope to gain the confidence of the people in the upcoming election, Abe said.

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· 5 hours ago

‘The world’s heaviest woman’ Eman Ahmed dies in Abu Dhabi

Officials at the Burjeel Hospital said she died of septic shock and multiple organ failure.

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· 6 hours ago

Indonesia: 50,000 people evacuated as volcanic eruption in Bali is imminent

The local volcanology centre said an eruption could be imminent as seismic activity has increased and there has been smoke coming out of the crater.

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· 9 hours ago

US: One killed, six injured as gunman opens fire inside Nashville church

The police identified the attacker as 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson.

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· 11 hours ago

Germany election: Angela Merkel wins fourth term, far-right party finishes third

She is likely to tie up with the Liberal Free Democrats and the Grune Party to form the government.

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· 12 hours ago

US President Donald Trump extends travel ban to citizens from North Korea, Chad and Venezuela

Iraqis will have to face increased vetting procedures while restrictions on Sudan were lifted.

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· 13 hours ago

Bangladesh bars telecom majors from selling mobile phone connections to Rohingyas

The authorities said the ban could be lifted once biometric identity cards were issued to the refugees.

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· Yesterday · 04:36 pm

Voting under way for federal election in Germany, Angela Merkel expected to retain power

The far-right party, Alternative für Deutschland, may enter the parliament for the first time.

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· Yesterday · 03:23 pm

North Korea says rockets to US ‘inevitable’ as American bombers fly over country

The Pentagon said the flight flew the farthest north of the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea that any US fighter jet has flown this century.

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· Yesterday · 07:55 am

New Zealand elections: Nationalist party likely kingmaker after hung Parliament

Prime Minister Bill English’s National Party won most votes but fell short of a majority.

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· Sep 23, 2017 · 07:20 pm

Indonesia: Thousands evacuated after highest-level alert for volcanic eruption in Bali

Mount Agung’s last blowout in 1963 killed more than a thousand people.

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· Sep 23, 2017 · 04:57 pm