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Thursday, 08 November 2018 23:07
Saudi officials tried to remove evidence
Members of a Saudi Arabian team sent to help Turkish authorities investigate the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi worked instead to remove evidence. A Turkish government spokesman said that two members of the team ‘came for…
Thursday, 08 November 2018 23:03
Iraq: IS left many mass graves
A UN investigation has found more than 200 mass graves in areas of Iraq once controlled by the Islamic State (IS) group. IS seized parts of Iraq in 2014 and imposed brutal rule, commonly killing anyone…
Thursday, 08 November 2018 23:01
China denies Uyghur detention camps
Western nations including the USA, France, and Germany have called on China to close down detention camps in the western region of Xinjiang which activists claim hold as many as one million Uyghurs and other Muslims.…
Thursday, 08 November 2018 22:57
USA: another shooting tragedy
Twelve people, including a police officer, were killed on 7 November at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California. When the shooting began at 23:20 local time, at least 200 people were enjoying a country music night…
Thursday, 08 November 2018 22:54
India: nuclear submarine’s first voyage
Prime minister Narendra Modi says the first successful voyage by India’s home-built nuclear submarine is a ‘warning for the country's enemies’. The INS Arihant recently completed a month-long ‘deterrence patrol’, meaning India now has the capability…
Thursday, 01 November 2018 23:53
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: ‘love, not hate’
2,500 people attended a vigil at a memorial hall and 1,500 stood outside in the rain, listening to loudspeakers, the day after an anti-Semite murdered eleven people and injured six in their place of worship on…