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Suu Kyi lost Malaysia’s support for her role against Rohingya: Mahathir

He says he lost all faith in her Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo: Collected Dhaka, Sept 30 : Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said Malaysia will no longer support the leadership of Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi because of her handling of the Rohingya crisis in her country. ...

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Trump, Saudi king discuss oil prices in telephone call

President Donald Trump has discussed global crude oil prices with Saudi King Salman in a telephone call amid the American leader’s call for OPEC to bring down energy prices. The state-run Saudi Press Agency reported the call late Saturday night, saying “the efforts to maintain supplies to ensure the stability of the oil market and ensure the growth of the ...

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Facebook users must log out, re-login across devices: Experts

After Facebook admitted that hackers broke into nearly 50 million users’ accounts by stealing their “access tokens” or digital keys, cyber experts on Saturday warned over 2.3 billion users to log out and log back into Facebook, or any of third-party apps that use Facebook login.   Facebook has reset the access tokens of almost 50 million accounts it knew ...

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Brett Kavanaugh: FBI contacts Deborah Ramirez for interview

The FBI has approached the second woman to accuse US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct as it begins a fresh inquiry into him. Deborah Ramirez accuses Judge Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her during a drinking game when they were students at Yale University in the 1980s.   He has denied the allegation, describing it as a ...

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Indonesia earthquake death toll climbs to 832

At least 832 people were killed in the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the national disaster agency says. It added that the affected area was bigger than initially thought.   Many people were reported trapped in the rubble of buildings that collapsed in Friday’s 7.5-magnitude earthquake, agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told a news ...

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Turkey’s Erdogan opens mosque in German city of Cologne

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ended a visit to Germany by opening one of Europe’s largest mosques. He said the mosque in Cologne stood as a symbol of peace and thanked the German government for pressing ahead with its construction despite protests.   A major police operation was in place for Mr Erdogan’s visit to Cologne, which has a ...

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14 injured, 6 arrested in Catalonia clash

Catalonia regional authorities say 14 people have been hurt and six arrested after separatists clashed violently with police on Saturday. The regional police force said one of its officers was injured, although it was not immediately clear if the officer was counted among the 14 people who needed medical attention.   Medical authorities say three people were taken to the ...

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Indonesia quake, tsunami deaths climb to 384

Photo: Residents carry a body bag containing the body of a tsunami victim in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. Palu, Sept 29 : Indonesian television and other media, citing disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, says the death toll from the Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami has jumped to 384. The figure is from the hard-hit city of ...

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Brexit: Boris Johnson refuses to rule out Theresa May challenge

  Boris Johnson has repeatedly refused to rule out challenging Theresa May for the Tory leadership as he warned of “political and economic disaster” if she stuck by her Brexit strategy. Asked four times by the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg to rule out a challenge, the ex-foreign secretary said: “My job is to speak up for what I believe in.”  Mrs ...

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Brett Kavanaugh: Trump’s Supreme Court pick faces FBI inquiry

President Donald Trump has ordered an FBI investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against his nominee for the US Supreme Court. A Senate committee earlier voted to approve Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the top US court.   But a Republican member only backed the move on the understanding that such an inquiry would occur.   As a result, a full Senate ...

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