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  • Mexico to help create 20,000 jobs in Honduras to curb migration
    FILE PHOTO: People belonging to a caravan of migrants from Honduras en route to the United States, make a line to be counted at the Central Park of Tapachula, Mexico, April 13, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas &nb
  • Obama shares African Americans' letter slamming Trump for racism
    Barack Obama (File Photo)   Washington, July 28 (IANS) In an unexpected endorsement, former US president Barack Obama has shared on his Twitter handle a letter by former members of his administration
  • 'Boris bounce' - UK Conservatives surge in opinion poll
    LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - Britain's Conservative Party has opened up a 10-point lead over the opposition Labour Party since Boris Johnson took over as prime minister, an opinion poll showed. The Sunday Tim
  • Sudan says 87 killed when troops broke up protest, critics say too low
    A protester carries a Sudanese national flag as he burns tyres during a demonstration against a report of the Attorney-General on the dissolution of the sit-in protest in Khartoum, Sudan July 27, 2019. REUTERS/
  • Power struggle ensues as Puerto Rico governor exits
    Puerto Rico's Secretary of Justice Wanda Vazquez attends a news conference in an undated still image from file video in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Courtesy WIPR NOTISEIS via REUTERS   SAN JUAN, July 28 (
  • Russia detains more than 1,000 people in opposition crackdown
    Law enforcement officers detain a participant of a rally calling for opposition candidates to be registered for elections to Moscow City Duma, the capital's regional parliament, in Moscow, Russia July 27, 2019.
  • North Korea's Kim says missile test a warning to South Korean 'warmongers'
    SEOUL, July 26 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday its latest missile launch was a warning to South Korean "warmongers" to stop importing weapons and conducting joint military drills, a message that analysts
  • Protesters calling for 'free Hong Kong' converge on airport
    HONG KONG, July 26 (Reuters) - More than 1,000 protesters calling for democracy and some chanting "free Hong Kong" converged on the Chinese-ruled city's airport on Friday as Singapore advised its travellers to
  • Media in times of violent identity politics
    Regional journalists’ seminar on diversity discusses identity politics & ways beyond   Morung Express News Bali (Indonesia) | March 28  Identity politics are inescapable in any d
  • News in brief
    Egypt sentences ex-Prez to 3 yrs in jail CAIRO, December 30 (Reuters): A Cairo criminal court sentenced former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and 19 others to three years in prison on Saturday, and fined him
  • France says days of Syrian government are numbered
    Paris, November 28 (BBC): French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has said time is running out for the Syrian leader after the Arab League agreed sanctions against Damascus over its crackdown on pro-democracy prote
  • S. Korea game maker vows tighter user security
    SEOUL, November 28 (AFP): South Korea’s top games developer vowed Monday to tighten security after the personal information of 13 million users of its popular online game was leaked.Nexon Korea apologised
  • Buddha relevant in modern world: Dalai Lama
    New Delhi, November 28 (IBN LIVE): Buddhism has a special role to play in the modern world because unlike many other religious traditions, Buddhism uniquely propounds the concept of independence which accords c
  • China shocked, Pakistan fumes over NATO attack
    Supporters Pakistani religious party Jamatud Dawa burn representation of the U. S. flag and posters of US President Obama and NATO’s general during a protest rally to condemn NATO strikes on Pakistani pos
  • Chavez mixes soccer and statecraft
    CARACAS, July 10 (Reuters): President Hugo Chavez alternated between soccer and affairs of state on Saturday in a return to Venezuela's airwaves after undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba. The 56-year-old socialis
  • Thank you and goodbye: News of the World
    A stack of last edition of News of the World is placed at a newspaper vendor in central London on Sunday, July 10. Britain’s best-selling Sunday tabloid signed off with a simple front page message, “
  • Gaddafi forces shell rebels south of Libyan capital
    AL-QAWALISH, Libya, July 10 (Reuters): Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi let loose a heavy artillery bombardment on Sunday to try to push back rebel fighters who had taken a village about 100 km (60
  • Malaysian PM defends crackdown on protesters
    Kuala Lumpur, July 10 (PTI): Facing criticism for police crackdown on opposition-backed protesters in Malaysia, Prime Minister Najib Razak on Sunday defended the government's handling of the demonstrations, say
  • South Sudan becomes world’s newest nation
    JUBA, July 9 (AP): South Sudan became the world's newest nation early Saturday, officially breaking away from Sudan after two civil wars over five decades that cost the lives of millions.In the new country's ca
  • Sex, scandal and crime: All human life was there
    LONDON, July 9 (AFP): The News of the World tabloid, scuppered by the phone-hacking scandal, made itself a British institution with its juicy scoops and scandals in an ultra-competitive newspaper market. "