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Eid al-Adha 2018: Everything you need to know about Bakrid

Eid Al Adha is observed by the Muslims as "days of remembrance" of the willingness to submit to Allah's commands - Prophet Ibrahim was willing to sacrifice hi...

China will sympathise with Malaysia's fiscal problems: Mahathir

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday (Aug 21) that the Chinese-funded US$20 billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project and a natural ...

Taiwan set to lose its third diplomatic ally this year

In Beijing , Castaneda said it was a strategic decision his government made to "create conditions to change the historical standing of our country and to reall...

Three taken to hospital after London shooting

A spokesperson said: "We were called at 9.43pm to reports of an incident on Kingsbury road". The three victims, whose gender remains unknown, were taken to ho...

OPM pays tribute to Kofi Annan

Kofi Annan passed away in Switzerland after a short illness. Late former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan championed issues at the UN including pro...

Rockets hit Kabul's diplomatic area during Eid speech

Early reports indicate they were fired at the Presidential Palace and around the Green Zone. Several rockets exploded near the diplomatic area in Kabul. The a...

Rain Starts To Slow After Flooding Displaces 800000 In Southern Indian State

More than 800,000 people have been displaced in Kerala , as the death toll from the worst flooding to hit the southern Indian state jumped to at least 370, wit...

Prosecutors discuss charges in deaths of Shanann Watts, daughters

Shanann Watts , and her daughters Bella , 4, and Celeste , 3, were reported missing before their bodies were found last week. According to the new documen...

Australia's Turnbull survives leadership vote; Dutton leaves

Under the Australian system, as in the United Kingdom, the prime minister is not directly elected by voters but is the leader of the party or coalition that can...

Smoke from California wildfires will blow to United Kingdom because of tropical storm

The advisory is valid from 8pm tomorrow evening until 8am on Sunday morning. The fifth-named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season has been brewing over the ...

Turnbull 'holds crisis meeting' amid calls for Dutton to challenge leadership

Labor has been willing to support the Neg, the Emissions Intensity Scheme, and the Clean Energy Target, but Turnbull "hasn't been able to deliver his own part...

Malcolm Turnbull declare the Liberal leadership vacant

Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne , a key moderate and Turnbull ally, has been up on Sky News urging colleagues not to challenge the leader. "For the ...

Korean families separated by war reunite after 65 years

Her son showed her pictures of his family in the North - including her late husband - telling her: "This is a photo of father". She lost her husband and four-...

Multiple attacks claimed by IS on police in Chechnya

Police have shot dead four teenagers who launched three attacks in and around the Chechen capital Grozny, say officials in the Russian republic. Militants attac...

Trump rages on special counsel probe, says Mueller 'looking for trouble'

He did not identify who those members are. The president's Monday morning tweets follow a series of weekend Twitter tirades about the investigation amid ...

Joy, disbelief as Korean families separated by war meet after 65 years

The 89 ageing South Koreans, dressed in their best suits in the scorching sun, hobbled one by one to 14 coaches in Sokcho - wheelchairs alongside the vehicles -...

Security increased at police stations in Spain

The police station's security door was closed ahead of Monday's attack and the suspect repeatedly pressed the buzzer to be let in, speaking with officers inside...

Superdry cofounder Julian Dunkerton donates £1 million to second Brexit referendum group

Pro-Brexit Tory MP Andrew Bridgen insisted Dunkerton's polling efforts would make little difference as many former Remain voters were now swinging behind Leave....

Teen Seen Pushing Girl Off Bridge In Viral Video Now Facing Charges

New video obtained by NBC News shows a woman urging Holgerson to jump. After arriving at the hospital, Smith was asked to leave and told that she wasn't allow...

Smog, smoke prompt Spare the Air alert for Sunday

An air quality alert is also in place across eastern Washington and north Idaho. Thick smoke from wildfires raging in British Columbia, Canada, and in the...

Malaysia hopes China will sympathize with its fiscal woes

Those broader concerns have stoked political tensions from Australia to Sri Lanka, where leaders are grappling with how to balance the need to tap China's large...

Five people still missing after Genoa bridge collapse

Mr Castellucci spoke on Saturday as the victims of 19 families agreed to have the funerals of their loved one at Genoa's trade and convention centre. "My son ...

Elderly South Koreans to reunite with relatives in North

More than 130,000 South Koreans have signed up for a reunion since the events began but a lot of them have since died. Among the group is Lee Keum-seom, now a...

Malcolm Turnbull feeling heat on plan to cut Australia's carbon emissions

Despite last minute backflips on energy policy over the weekend, the Nationals could be set to desert the Prime Minister over the subject, with a strong faction...

British woman rescued 10 hours after falling off cruise ship in Croatia

She said she had fallen off the back of the vessel and was "very lucky to be alive". The cruise line's website says the Norwegian Star was "recently refurbish...

Air quality to worsen as smoke returns

Air quality in Spokane has tipped into the "very unhealthy" range, and regional air quality monitors caution anyone, regardless of health, from exerting themsel...

Indonesia Raises Lombok Island Earthquake Toll to 460

Indonesia has been struck by another quake. Indonesia has been struck by another strong natural disaster just weeks after over 400 people were killed from a q...

Two people die in Bundoran road crash

The pair, both aged in their 20s, died after the auto in which they were travelling crashed into a wall in the Eastend area of Bundoran at around 3.25am on Sund...

Afghanistan announces Muslim Eid holiday ceasefire with Taliban

Taliban's five-day siege of Ghazni ended after Afghan officials declared that they had regained complete control of the city by killing hundreds of Taliban figh...

US supplied bomb that killed Yemeni children

Of the 51 people who died in the air strike, 40 were children, the Houthi health ministry said last week, adding that of the 79 people wounded, 56 were children...