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Nepal lawmakers elect Maoist chief as new prime minister INTERNATIONAL

Nepal lawmakers elect Maoist chief as new prime minister

Nepal's parliament elected former guerrilla and Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal as prime minister Wednesday after his predecessor resigned ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Philippine police kill six supporters of mayor over drugs INTERNATIONAL

Philippine police kill six supporters of mayor over drugs

Police Wednesday shot dead six supporters of a Philippine mayor days after President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to have him ‘shot on sight’ for protecting his allegedly drug-dealing son.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Coup costs Turkey economy $100 billion: minister ASIA

Coup costs Turkey economy $100 billion: minister

The foiled coup attempt seeking to unseat the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cost the Turkish economy 300 billion lira ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Five dead as Russian military helicopter downed in Syria ASIA

Five dead as Russian military helicopter downed in Syria

A Russian military helicopter was shot down over Syria on Monday, killing all five people on board in the single deadliest incident for Moscow since it intervened in the war.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India in talks to bring home workers stranded in Saudi INTERNATIONAL

India in talks to bring home workers stranded in Saudi

India said Monday it is negotiating with authorities in Saudi Arabia to repatriate thousands of migrant workers after they lost their jobs, leaving them destitute and with no money to return home.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
New Malaysia security law debuts as PM fights critics INTERNATIONAL

New Malaysia security law debuts as PM fights critics

Tough new security legislation came into force in Malaysia Monday, with critics saying the ‘draconian’ law threatens democracy and could be used against opponents ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Teacher who sat for anthem deserved pay cut: Japan court INTERNATIONAL

Teacher who sat for anthem deserved pay cut: Japan court

A school was right to cut the pay of a teacher who refused to stand for the national anthem, a Japanese court has ruled.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Chinese, Japanese warplanes in close encounter INTERNATIONAL

Chinese, Japanese warplanes in close encounter

Beijing and Tokyo were at loggerheads Tuesday over accusations Japanese warplanes locked their fire control radar onto Chinese aircraft, as state-run Chinese media said ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India's Modi expands cabinet into one of biggest in recent years INTERNATIONAL

India's Modi expands cabinet into one of biggest in recent years

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought 19 new junior ministers into the government Tuesday, saying it would strengthen his cabinet's ability to deliver on promises made in this year's budget.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Chinese rights activist 'kills self after murdering two' INTERNATIONAL

Chinese rights activist 'kills self after murdering two'

A Chinese human rights activist has been found dead a week after he allegedly killed two people at a bus stop on a Beijing street, local media said Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Anti-refugee assailant gets 14 years for slashing German mayor INTERNATIONAL

Anti-refugee assailant gets 14 years for slashing German mayor

A German court Friday handed a 14-year jail sentence to a man for stabbing Cologne's future mayor in the neck in a violent protest against her welcoming stance towards refugees.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iran sacks heads of four state banks over high pay ASIA

Iran sacks heads of four state banks over high pay

Iran has sacked the heads of four public banks after their exorbitant salaries sparked widespread criticism and an intervention by the Islamic republic's supreme leader ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016