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U.N. rights expert: Israel depriving Palestinians of clean water

Published On: March 18, 2019 07:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

GENEVA, March 18: Israel is depriving millions of Palestinians of access to a regular supply of clean water while stripping their land of minerals “in an apparent act of pillage”, a United Nations human rights investigator said on Monday.

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Rohingya 'lost generation' struggle to study in Bangladesh camps

Published On: March 18, 2019 01:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

COX’S BAZAR, March 18: Sixteen-year-old Kefayat Ullah walked to his school in southern Bangladesh in late January, as he had done most days for the previous six years, to find that - despite being one of the top students in his class - he had been expelled.

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Man charged with distributing live stream of mass shooting denied bail

Published On: March 18, 2019 12:25 PM NPT By: Reuters

WELLINGTON, March 18: An 18-year-old man was denied bail at a court in New Zealand on Monday after he was charged with distributing a live stream of the mass shooting at a mosque last week, the New Zealand Herald reported.

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China says 13,000 'terrorists' arrested in Xinjiang since 2014

Published On: March 18, 2019 11:30 AM NPT By: Reuters

BEIJING, March 18: Authorities in China have arrested almost 13,000 “terrorists” in the restive far western region of Xinjiang since 2014, the government said on Monday, in a lengthy policy paper again defending its controversial Islamic de-radicalisation measures.

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Hong Kong faces commuter chaos after rare train collision

Published On: March 18, 2019 10:30 AM NPT By: Reuters

HONG KONG, March 18: A train collision disrupted services in Hong Kong on Monday, threatening commuter chaos during rush hour in the heart of the Asian financial hub, authorities said.

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Ethiopia says crash black boxes show similarities to Lion Air accident

Published On: March 18, 2019 10:30 AM NPT By: Reuters

ADDIS ABABA/WASHINGTON, March 18: Ethiopia said on Sunday the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed 157 people had “clear similarities” with October’s Lion Air crash, revealed by initial analysis of the black boxes recovered from the wreckage of the March 10 disaster.

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Marvellous Messi hits hat-trick as Barca torment Betis

Published On: March 18, 2019 09:39 AM NPT By: Reuters

SEVILLE, March 18: Lionel Messi was lauded by opposition supporters on Sunday after he scored an outstanding hat-trick in Barcelona’s 4-1 win at Real Betis, which put the Catalans 10 points clear at the top of La Liga with 10 games remaining.

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'You are safe now': moments of heroism in Christchurch massacre

Published On: March 17, 2019 08:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

CHRISTCHURCH/WELLINGTON, March 17: As New Zealanders struggled to cope with the deadly mayhem in Christchurch, stories of heroism have emerged from the tragedy, including a worshiper who chased away the gunman armed only with a credit card machine.

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Around 35 tourists believed trapped after landslides in Indonesia's Lombok: official

Published On: March 17, 2019 07:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

JAKARTA, March 17: Around 35 foreign and domestic tourists are believed to be trapped and two others died after landslides hit a waterfall site on Indonesia’s tourist island of Lombok on Sunday, a disaster agency official said.

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UPDATE: Flash floods kill at least 58 in Indonesia's Papua province

Published On: March 17, 2019 03:06 PM NPT By: Reuters

Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua have killed at least 58 people, injured dozens and displaced more than 4,000, authorities said on Sunday.

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Defying threats, Afghan singer Aryana comes home for women

Published On: March 17, 2019 02:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

KABUL, March 17: Each time Aryana Sayeed, one of Afghanistan’s most famous singers, returns to the country of her birth, she braves threats and endures scrutiny right down to her choice of clothes.

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Facebook says it removed 1.5 million videos of the New Zealand mosque attack

Published On: March 17, 2019 12:15 PM NPT By: Reuters

March 17:  Facebook Inc said it removed 1.5 million videos globally of the New Zealand mosque attack in the first 24 hours after the attack.

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India, Pakistan threatened to unleash missiles at each other: sources

Published On: March 17, 2019 11:55 AM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, March 17: The sparring between India and Pakistan last month threatened to spiral out of control and only interventions by U.S. officials, including National Security Advisor John Bolton, headed off a bigger conflict, five sources familiar with the events said.

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Jimenez, Jota slay United as Wolves reach FA Cup semis

Published On: March 17, 2019 11:00 AM NPT By: Reuters

WOLVERHAMPTON, March 17: Wolverhampton Wanderers reached the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1998 by beating last year’s runners-up Manchester United 2-1 with a clinical second-half display in an intense atmosphere at their Molineux stadium on Saturday.

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NZ Prime Minister wants to discuss live streaming with Facebook

Published On: March 17, 2019 10:45 AM NPT By: Reuters

WELLINGTON, March 17: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has sent condolences over the shootings at two mosques that killed 50 people, some of which were live-streamed over the social media platform.

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NZ mosque shootings toll rises to 50, families wait to bury their dead

Published On: March 17, 2019 09:20 AM NPT By: Reuters

CHRISTCHURCH/WELLINGTON, March 17: The death toll in the New Zealand mosque shootings rose to 50 on Sunday when police found another body at one of the mosques, as families waited for authorities to formally identify victims and release their bodies for burial.

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Flash floods kill at least 42 in Indonesia's Papua province

Published On: March 17, 2019 09:17 AM NPT By: Reuters

JAKARTA, March 17: Flash floods in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua have killed at least 42 people and badly injured 21 others, a local disaster agency official told Reuters on Sunday.

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Painting sow Pigcasso hogs the limelight at South Africa farm

Published On: March 16, 2019 08:09 PM NPT By: Reuters

Brandishing a paintbrush in her snout, Pigcasso enthusiastically tosses her head to create bright, bold strokes across a canvas propped up in her sty.

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Facebook shares drop as executives quit, Christchurch live-stream shooting stirs outrage

Published On: March 16, 2019 03:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

March 16: Shares of Facebook Inc fell as much as 5 percent on Friday to their lowest in nearly three months after the surprise departure of Chief Product Officer Chris Cox, at a time when the company is again being scrutinized over its handling of privacy, extremism and political content.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers rock Egypt's pyramids

Published On: March 16, 2019 01:23 PM NPT By: Reuters

Californian group Red Hot Chili Peppers played in front of Egypt’s great pyramids of Giza on Friday, entertaining more than 10,000 people at the site and many more over a live stream link.

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