MUMBAI, March 16, (RTRS): After a 10-year hiatus, dance bars are set to reopen in Mumbai and Maharashtra state with activists warning women and girls …
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Dutch vote to ban arms exports to Saudi Arabia
AMSTERDAM, March 16, (RTRS): The Dutch parliament passed a bill on Tuesday calling for the government of the Netherlands to halt weapon exports to Saudi …
Read More »Female suicide bombers kill at least 22 worshipers in Nigeria – 18 wounded, evacuated to hospital
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, March 16, (Agencies): Two female suicide bombers killed at least 22 worshippers in an attack during dawn prayers Wednesday on a mosque on …
Read More »Saudi-led Yemen market strike killed 33 rebels: tribal chief
ADEN, March 16, (AFP): A Yemeni tribal chief said Wednesday that 33 of the 41 people killed in a Saudi-led air strike on a market …
Read More »Millions given to casino in Manila – Bangladesh central bank governor quits
MANILA, March 15, (RTRS): More than $30 million of the money hackers stole from the Bangladesh central bank’s account at the New York Fed was …
Read More »Mother Teresa sainthood set
Mother Teresa will be made a saint on Sept 4. Pope Francis set the canonization date Tuesday, paving the way for the nun who cared for …
Read More »2 dead as villagers and Islamists clash
DHAKA, March 15, (AFP): Thousands of Bangladeshi villagers clashed on Monday with members of a minority Islamic group who are often regarded with suspicion, leaving …
Read More »Thousands of maids in Hong Kong in ‘forced labour’
HONG KONG, March 15, (AFP): Tens of thousands of foreign maids in Hong Kong are in “forced labour”, according to a new report that fuels …
Read More »American IS member surrenders in Iraq – DAESH returns to Iraqi town a day after pullout
ARBIL, Iraq, March 14, (AFP): A member of the Islamic State jihadist group with US citizenship turned himself in to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in …
Read More »Islamist militants arrested
DHAKA, March 14, (Agencies): Bangladesh’s elite security force said Monday it had arrested five Islamist militants and seized a large quantity of explosives it suspects …
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