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MODUS OPERANDI China now has cruise missiles on what started as a “fishermen’s shelter” in the South China Sea Steve Mollman   China is clearly militarizing the South China Sea. To many, that was obvious years ago. For...

Maduro declared winner in disputed Venezuela election   Venezuela's National Election Council announces that with almost 93 percent of polling stations reporting, Maduro wins nearly 68 percent of the votes, beating nearest challenger Henri Falcon by...

India faces scarcity of clean water supply   Nearly 163 million of India's population of 1.3 billion lack access to clean water close to home, according to a 2018 report by Britain-based charity WaterAid. An Indian schoolgirl...

Mogadishu truck bombing death toll rises to more than 300   Somalia's government has blamed the deadliest ever bombing attack on the Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabab group, but Al Shabab is yet to comment. The most powerful...

Colombia's Santos, ELN rebels to restart talks   The talks were suspended by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in January after a series of bombings by the National Liberation Army. Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos speaks during...

Norway's parliament votes to ban burqa in schools and universities Jon Sharman   Banning coverings 'does not solve the problem of women being exposed to negative social control', say opponents. Norway’s parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of...

Physicist Stephen Hawking dies at 76     Physicist Stephen Hawking sits on stage during an announcement of the Breakthrough Starshot initiative, New York, April 12, 2016. (File photo) (Reuters Archive)   Stephen Hawking, who sought to explain some...

US President Donald Trump mocks low Oscars ratings     https://youtu.be/U-QvgMWCf2Q   President Donald Trump has mocked the low ratings this year's Academy Awards brought in – and gave a theory for why that is. "Problem is, we don't have...

Gunman kills four staff in Turkish university   Police later detained the attacker, who was also an employee of Osmangazi University. The shooting killed the deputy dean, faculty secretary, lecturer and a staff member from the education...

Five dead after climbing accident in Austrian Alps It was the deadliest climbing accident so far this season in the Austrian Alps, where several dozen mountaineering deaths are reported each summer. Five people were killed and...