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Bangladesh Election Day Pushed Back to December 30 After Opposition Demanded Delay
Last week, Bangladesh Election Commission said that the general election will be held on December 23.
Children Among 10 Injured After Man Stabs, Drives into People in Romania
Braila County Police spokeswoman Laura Dan said the stabbing allegedly happened following an altercation over ownership of the vehicle. Dan says the suspect drove off and allegedly struck two people on a ring road, then later rammed the doors of a shoppin...
Surfer Bitten by Shark in Latest Australia Attack
The surfer, aged in his 20s, was on his board at Pyramids Beach south of Perth in Western Australia on Sunday morning when the attack happened.
World Leaders Mark 100 Years Since World War I Armistice in Paris
Around 70 leaders including US and Russian Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will mark the centenary of the 1918 Armistice in the French capital.
Major Oil Producers to Consider Cuts After Price Slide
Oil prices shed a fifth of their value in just one month after surging to a four-year high in early October, driven by a combination of factors centred on higher supply and fears of sluggish demand.
Myanmar Denies Border Shooting as Rohingya Repatriation Date Nears
The fresh diplomatic row started after a Bangladesh border guard official said that a 15-year-old Rohingya refugee was shot in the elbow on November 4 while grazing cows after multiple rounds were fired from a security post across the demarcation line.
Macron, Trump in Show of Unity After French President Calls Defence Row a Misunderstanding
US President Donald Trump was irked by Emmanuel Macron's referral to the US alongside China and Russia as national security threats.
Indonesia Stops Search for Lion Air Crash Victims But Hunt for Blackbox Still on
Authorities have downloaded data from one of the black boxes found last week, the flight data recorder, but are still looking for the cockpit voice recorder.
After Google, Facebook Stops Mandatory Arbitration of Sexual Misconduct Claims
The change of workplace rules at the world's leading social network will allow complaints of such improprieties to be aired openly in court.
HIV-infected Thai Sergeant Accused of Raping 75 Teenage Boys
The 43-year-old soldier in Khon Kaen province used a false profile on a gay dating app to invite the alleged victims — who ranged in age from 13 to 18 — to meet him and then blackmailed them into having sex with him.
Defiant Trump Blames Media, Fellow Republicans for House Losses
His news conference a day after midterm polls turned raucous when some reporters pushed him on whether his campaign rhetoric on migrants from Central America was divisive.
Australia's Runaway Mining Train Travels 90 Kilometres Without Driver
The train crashed off the rails, damaging around 1,500 metres (1,600 yards) of tracks, but hurting no one.
2 Muslim Women, Native American, Openly Gay Guv: The Most Diverse US Midterm Election Ever
The high-profile midterm cycle that produced a record number of women contenders and candidates of colour meant several winners will take office as trailblazers, marking firsts for their race and gender.
Bernie Sanders Cruises to 3rd Senate Term from Vermont Despite Zero Campaigning
Sanders, the independent who has long been one of the state's most popular politicians, spent little time campaigning ahead of the election.
ISIS Left Behind Over 200 Mass Graves of 12,000 Victims in Iraq: UN
IS overran swathes of Iraq in 2014, executing fighters and civilians en masse and using other forms of repression to seize and keep territory in the country's north and west.
Despite New US Sanctions, China to Continue Oil Trade with Iran
The measures, which took effect on Monday, follow US President Donald Trump's decision to abandon a multi-nation nuclear deal with Tehran, which he said was flawed and does not adequately constrain Iran's destabilising behaviour in the Middle East.
