Cricketer in Bangladesh beaten to death with stump
DHAKA , Bangladesh (AFP) -- A teenage cricketer in Bangladesh was allegedly killed by a stump-wielding batsman after he taunted…
8 years ago
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Security tight in Bangladesh for strike over Islamist’s hanging
DHAKA , Bangladesh (AFP) -- Bangladesh Thursday deployed thousands of police in the capital to prevent violence, after the main…
8 years ago
British ‘barbarians’ need manners lesson, says China paper in rudeness row
BEIJING , China (AFP) -- The British media is riddled with "barbarians" who would benefit from a lesson in manners…
8 years ago
Tourists jump for lives from burning Australia boat
SYDNEY , Australia (AFP) -- More than 40 tourists, many of them elderly Chinese, were recovering Thursday after jumping into…
8 years ago
Shaking felt in Taipei as 5.6-magnitude quake hits
TAIPEI , Taiwan (AFP) -- Buildings shook violently in Taiwan's capital Taipei Thursday as a 5.6-magnitude quake hit off the…
8 years ago
Four Indonesians held hostage in the Philippines freed
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia's President Joko Widodo on Wednesday, May 11 said that the four Indonesian sailors who had been…
8 years ago
Lower-caste man digs up well after being denied water in drought-hit western India
MAHARASHTRA, India (Reuters) -- A laborer from the lower-caste Dalit community dug up a well after being denied permission to…
8 years ago
Trump, Republican leaders aim to make peace in Washington
by Michael Mathes WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) -- Thursday's high-stakes meeting between Donald Trump and Republican congressional leaders including…
8 years ago
94 dead in triple Baghdad car bombings claimed by IS
by Salam Faraj BAGHDAD , Iraq (AFP) -- Three car bombs in Baghdad, including a huge blast at a market…
8 years ago
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