News Archives for World - 2019-12-22

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World

Sudan opens Darfur crimes probe against Bashir, 50 ex-regime figures

Sudan said on Sunday it had opened an investigation into crimes committed in the Darfur region. Fifty-one memb

Published 22 Dec, 2019 11:47pm

Africa

Mali crisis talks end with political solution distant

Talks on finding a political solution to the deepening crisis in Mali ended on Sunday. The failure to find a m

Published 22 Dec, 2019 11:40pm

World

Syria regime advances in Idlib, 9 civilians killed

Regime forces have seized dozens of towns and villages in northwest Syria. The fresh advances in Idlib came as

Published 22 Dec, 2019 11:32pm

Middle East

Thousands protest in Iraq as deadline for new PM looms

Thousands took to the streets in Iraq's capital and across the south Sunday to protest against Iran's kingmaking in

Published 22 Dec, 2019 11:30pm

World

Greek foreign minister makes whirlwind regional tour amid sea dispute

Greece's foreign minister was on a whirlwind tour of eastern Libya, Egypt and Cyprus Sunday. The agreement sig

Published 22 Dec, 2019 11:27pm

World

Militants kill six and abduct five in northeast Nigeria

IS-aligned militants killed six people and abducted five others in northeast Nigeria Sunday. They stopped moto

Published 22 Dec, 2019 11:23pm

World

Strike makes for not-so-merry Christmas travel in France

Holiday travellers across France scrambled for alternatives Sunday as an 18-day-old transport strike. Workers

Published 22 Dec, 2019 11:20pm

World

Turkey slams Saudi 'scandalous' Khashoggi verdict

Turkey lashed out on Monday at a Saudi court's "scandalous" verdict over the 2018. Five people were sentenced

Updated 23 Dec, 2019 07:00pm

World

US sanctions cannot stop gas pipeline to Europe: Russia FM

Russia's foreign minister insisted on Sunday that a flagship project to pipe natural gas. The American announc

Published 22 Dec, 2019 11:18pm

Europe

Leftist candidate leading in Croatia presidential vote: exit poll

A leftist former prime minister was leading in the first round of Croatia's president election on Sunday. Zora

Published 22 Dec, 2019 11:18pm

World

Four dead in Cameroon building site collapse

Four people died and another 12 were seriously injured when a building under construction. Three were killed o

Published 22 Dec, 2019 11:15pm

Africa

Pirates kill one, kidnap four in attacks off Gabon capital

Pirates attacked four ships overnight in the harbour of the Gabon capital Libreville. Pirate attacks were perp

Published 22 Dec, 2019 11:15pm

World

Argentina set to approve economic measures aimed at ending crisis

Argentina's center-left government is due to approve on Monday. Argentina is in a recession provoked by a curr

Updated 23 Dec, 2019 06:52pm

Europe

Italy adopts 2020 budget, government gets confidence vote

Italian deputies on Monday adopted the first budget presented by the country's new coalition government. First

Updated 23 Dec, 2019 06:54pm

World

Over a dozen injured in southern Philippines bombings

A series of explosions rocked Sunday night a southern Philippine city known for Islamic State-linked violence.

Published 22 Dec, 2019 11:15pm

World

Erdogan says will increase military support to Libya if needed

Tayyip Erdogan vowed Turkey would increase military support to Libya if necessary, and evaluate all options. T

Published 22 Dec, 2019 04:20pm

World

US sanctions cannot stop gas pipeline to Europe: Russia FM

Sergei Lavrov said the US measures over Nord Stream 2 had "humiliated" European countries but reiterated Moscow's c

Published 22 Dec, 2019 04:18pm

World

Modi seeks to soothe India's Muslims as deadly protests swell

Narendra Modi sought Sunday to reassure India's Muslims as a wave of deadly protests against a new citizenship law

Published 22 Dec, 2019 01:59pm

Asia

Afghanistan's Ghani wins majority in presidential poll: preliminary results

The Independent Election Commission, Ghani won 50.64 percent of the vote in the September 28 poll. The electio

Published 22 Dec, 2019 08:05am

Asia

North Korea's Kim discusses bolstering military as deadline approaches

The denuclearisation process has been largely deadlocked since the collapse of a summit in Hanoi at the start of th

Published 22 Dec, 2019 05:34am

World

Trump and Japan's Abe spoke about North Korea: White House spokesman

President Trump and Prime Minister Abe agreed to continue close communication and coordination. The call came

Published 22 Dec, 2019 05:28am

World

Turkey parliament approves Libya military deal

The Turkish parliament approved Saturday a security and military cooperation deal with Libya, which will allow Turkey to widen its activities in the north African country.