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U.S. says it won’t accept North Korea-set nuclear deadline

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Mr. Biegun, who was in Seoul for talks with South Korean officials, called on North Korea to sit down for talks.

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun arrives at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, December 15, 2019.

Rescuers search building rubble after Philippines quake

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The Bureau of Fire Protection said six people have been rescued from the building in Davao del Sur province’s Padada town since Sunday’s magnitude 6.9 quake.

Davao del Sur: Rescuers check a collapsed building following an earthquake that struck Padada, Davao del Sur province, southern Philippines on Sunday Dec. 15, 2019. A strong quake jolted the southern Philippines on Sunday, causing a three-story building to collapse and prompting people to rush out of shopping malls, houses and other buildings in panic, officials said.

China says Arsenal's Mesut Ozil ‘deceived by fake news’ after Uighur comments

The midfielder criticised the country’s policy toward its Muslim Uighur minority, and China’s State broadcaster CCTV later removed Arsenal’s Premier League game against Manchester City from its Sunday broadcast schedule

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Arsenal's Mesut Ozil. File

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In reversal, Hallmark will reinstate same-sex marriage ads

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Zola, the wedding planning site that made the ads, said it was relieved that the decision to pull them had been reversed.

This image made from undated video provided by Zola shows a scene of its advertisement. Under pressure from a conservative advocacy group, The Hallmark Channel has pulled the ads for wedding-planning website Zola that featured same-sex couples, including two brides kissing.

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun arrives at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, December 15, 2019.

U.S. says it won’t accept North Korea-set nuclear deadline

Davao del Sur: Rescuers check a collapsed building following an earthquake that struck Padada, Davao del Sur province, southern Philippines on Sunday Dec. 15, 2019. A strong quake jolted the southern Philippines on Sunday, causing a three-story building to collapse and prompting people to rush out of shopping malls, houses and other buildings in panic, officials said.

Rescuers search building rubble after Philippines quake

Arsenal's Mesut Ozil. File

China says Arsenal's Mesut Ozil ‘deceived by fake news’ after Uighur comments

This image made from undated video provided by Zola shows a scene of its advertisement. Under pressure from a conservative advocacy group, The Hallmark Channel has pulled the ads for wedding-planning website Zola that featured same-sex couples, including two brides kissing.

In reversal, Hallmark will reinstate same-sex marriage ads

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Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam speaks to the media in a weekly news briefing after local elections in Hong Kong, China, November 26, 2019.

China’s premier says HK bill turmoil damaged whole society

In this December 19, 2014 file photo, Kashmiri children hold placards during a candle light protest against the Taliban in Anantnag district South Kashmir on December 19, 2014. A Taliban massacre killed more than 140 people, mostly children, at a military-run school in northwestern Pakistan.

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Islamabad policemen to don body cameras
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14 pilgrims die, 18 injured after bus crashes in Nepal
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Boris Johnson eyes key vote on Brexit ahead of Christmas
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Indian-origin MP in race to replace Jeremy Corbyn after Labour’s “shattering” poll defeat
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Negotiators work through the night to salvage U.N. climate summit
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Palpable sense of fear among UK’s Muslims post Johnson’s win, says British-Muslim organisation
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Turkey to sign off on military pledge to Libya
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U.S. sanctions on Iran violate international law: Mahathir
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China says Arsenal's Mesut Ozil ‘deceived by fake news’ after Uighur comments

5th anniversary of Pakistan school massacre

China’s premier says HK bill turmoil damaged whole society

In reversal, Hallmark will reinstate same-sex marriage ads

Bilawal slams changing of CPEC route says people of Balochistan will be deprived of benefits

Islamabad policemen to don body cameras

U.S. says it won’t accept North Korea-set nuclear deadline

Mr. Biegun, who was in Seoul for talks with South Korean officials, called on North Korea to sit down for talks.

Rescuers search building rubble after Philippines quake

The Bureau of Fire Protection said six people have been rescued from the building in Davao del Sur province’s Padada town since Sunday’s magnitude 6.9 quake.

Turkey to sign off on military pledge to Libya

Egypt warns against interference in Tripoli

Rebels kill 22 in Congo in latest massacre

Islamist rebels hacked to death at least 22 civilians, including 13 women, in an overnight raid in the DR Congo’s troubled Beni region bordering

North Korea conducts ‘crucial test’, says news agency

North Korea has conducted another “crucial test” at its Sohae satellite launch site, state media reported Saturday, as nuclear negotiations between

U.S. secretly expelled 2 Chinese diplomats

They trespassed into a Virginia base that is home to special operations forces

10 killed in Bangladesh factory fire

At least 10 people died in a factory fire outside the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, officials said on Sunday, the second deadly industrial blaze in four

Boris Johnson eyes key vote on Brexit ahead of Christmas

U.K. PM’s other top domestic goal is shoring up health service

No deal as longest climate talks end in Madrid

Carbon markets’ regulation put off.

Indian-origin MP in race to replace Jeremy Corbyn after Labour’s “shattering” poll defeat

Jeremy Corbyn acknowledged the party’s failings in the poll and said he accepted his responsibility for it.

Calm broken as clashes break out in Hong Kong malls

Flashmob protests and vandalism broke out in multiple locations, prompting riot police to use pepper spray and make arrests.

Hong Kong airport posts biggest passenger number fall in a decade

The airport handled just over five million passengers, down 16.2% from a year earlier, Airport Authority Hong Kong said in a statement.

U.S. envoy arrives in S.Korea as Pyongyang ramps up pressure

Mr. Biegun's arrival came a day after North Korea said it made another “crucial test” at a rocket launch site to develop a strategic weapon to deter U.S. nuclear threats.

Strong earthquake in southern Philippines kills one, injures several

The magnitude 6.8 quake was centred 61 km southwest of Davao on the southern island of Mindanao, at a depth of 28.2 km, the USGS said, revising down the magnitude from an earlier 6.9.

Iran says it’s defused 2nd cyberattack in less than a week

Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said in a short Twitter post that the alleged attack was “identified and defused by a cybersecurity shield,” and that the “spying servers were identified and the hackers were also tracked.” He did not elaborate.

14 pilgrims die, 18 injured after bus crashes in Nepal

The pilgrims were returning home after visiting the famed Hindu Kalinchowk Bhagwati temple when the bus veered off the highway about 80 km east of the capital, Kathmandu, police official Prajwal Maharjan said.

China suspends planned tariffs scheduled for Dec. 15 on some U.S. goods

The statement was issued on the websites of government departments including China's finance ministry as well as by state media outlets such as Xinhua.

Jamaica's Toni-Ann Singh crowned Miss World 2019

She said she wanted to use her title to work for “sustainable change” for women and their children

New Zealand recovery teams return to volcanic island, two remain missing; death toll rises to 16

The toll may rise further as more than two dozen people are still hospitalised across New Zealand and Australia, most with severe burn injuries.

Bolivia’s interim leader says arrest warrant to be issued against Morales

Mr. Morales is in Argentina, granted refugee status this week just days after the inauguration of new President Alberto Fernandez.

Negotiators work through the night to salvage U.N. climate summit

Talks were scheduled to conclude on Friday but lurched into a second extra day as major economies and smaller states struggled to resolve outstanding issues under the 2015 Paris Agreement to tackle global warming.

Security forces fire tear gas, dozens wounded in Lebanon protest

The Lebanese Civil Defense said it treated 54 people for injuries, taking more than half to hospital.

Shooting at suburban Atlanta mall injures 1 as shoppers flee

Police said they have identified a suspect and are looking for him, but provided no further details.

Security ties with India a priority, but China a generous donor on infra: Maldives Foreign Minister

New Delhi has means, location and a generous heart towards us which actually makes security relationship our reality, says Abdulla Shahid.

Italy’s ‘Sardines’ pack Rome for anti far-right rally

The “Sardines” have become a symbol of protest against far-right firebrand leader Matteo Salvini.

Pakistan police raid house of Imran Khan’s nephew over deadly riots in Lahore hospital

Three patients died, medical officials said, after roughly 200 lawyers stormed Lahore’s Punjab Heart Institute hospital on December 11, vandalising property and setting ablaze a police van after a dispute with doctors.

New Zealand police identify volcanic eruption victim

Australian Krystal Browitt was on a family holiday

Palpable sense of fear among UK’s Muslims post Johnson’s win, says British-Muslim organisation

The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has been calling for a full-fledged inquiry into anti-Muslim conduct within the Conservative Party

Young, black, poor and dead

The death of 9 black youth in police action at a slum in São Paulo has triggered mass protests

I will repay your trust, Boris Johnson tells former Labour voters

PM visits former Labour strongholds in northern England

Boris Johnson’s crushing victory raises hopes and fears in Northern Ireland

For the first time, the election returned more Irish republican than unionist lawmakers to Parliament

Where Afghans fight each other

Afghan militias’ night raids and U.S. air strikes have caused a large number of civilian deaths

California’s new climate refugees

Nearly 2,00,000 people were evacuated from northern California due to wildfires this year

Sri Lanka and the world under the new presidency

Colombo has seen both engagement and confrontation with outside world under new govt.

UN climate talks in limbo as rifts among countries remain

Countries remain deadlocked in talks over combating climate change as UN talks drag on beyond the official deadline.Officials from almost 200

Former Sudan President al-Bashir gets 2-year jail term for corruption

The verdict came a year after protesters first began their revolt against al-Bashir’s three-decade authoritarian rule.

Amazon may overtake UPS and FedEx, delivers over 2.5 billion packages a year in the U.S.

Amazon has added 15 cargo aircraft to its fleet, and aims to reach 70 planes by 2021.

29,000 Facebook Employees’ Data Stolen

Banking data of nearly 29,000 Facebook staffers stored on unencrypted hard drives has been stolen from a payroll worker’s car, the media reported.The

U.S. sanctions on Iran violate international law: Mahathir

''Malaysia does not support the reimposition of the unilateral sanctions by the US against Iran,'' he told the Doha Forum, also attended by Qatar Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.

North Korea conducts another test at long-range rocket site

The announcement on Saturday comes as North Korea continues to pressure the Trump administration over an end-of-year deadline set by leader Kim Jong Un to salvage faltering nuclear negotiations.

Explosion in south Nepal town kills 3, injures another 3

Authorities were investigating the explosion but there were no immediate suspects. No one has claimed responsibility.

Congressional committee wants India, Japan and S. Korea at par with Five Eyes on intelligence sharing

The ‘Five Eyes’ is an alliance comprising of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain and the US. It is an international agreement under which this these five countries cooperates and share signals intelligence, military intelligence, and human intelligence.

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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi joins other leaders during a sit-in protest against a new citizenship law near the India Gate, in New Delhi on December16, 2019.

20K | Citizenship Act protests live updates | MHA asks States, UTs to take requisite steps to maintain law and order, peace, public tranquillity

11K | Many mutinies: On protests against amended citizenship law

Vijay Chauthaiwale.

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A man runs past a burning bus that was set on fire by demonstrators in New Delhi on December 15, 2019 during a protest against the amended citizenship law.

26K | Anti-Citizenship Act protests: violence hits Delhi, over 50 injured

Payal Rohatgi. File.

32K | Rajasthan Police detain Payal Rohatgi for offensive content against Gandhi-Nehru family

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election rally for the Jharkhand Assembly elections, in Dumka on December 15, 2019. Twitter/@narendramodi

21K | Anti-Citizenship Act protests: Those indulging in arson can be identified by their clothes, says Narendra Modi

Dalits ringing the temple bell for the first time at Hosur village in Pattikonda mandal of Kurnool district on Saturday.

14K | 300 Dalit families enter 200-year-old temple for first time in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district

A torchlight procession against citizenship law in Guwahati on December 9.

15K | Why is the Northeast on the boil?

A shot from a camera that is monitoring the parking system

15K | Chennai Corporation launches app for parking in the city