Ten killed in car bomb attack on Colombian police academy

A car bomb attack on a police cadet training academy killed 10 people and wounded 65 on Thursday in Bogota, making it the worst such incident in the Colombian capital in 16 years.

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  14/01/2019 - 15:20

  The French President said the debates are "neither an election nor a referendum" and would revolve around 35 questions on issues such as taxation, democracy, etc.

• Cambodia celebrates 40th anniversary of victory over genocidal regime

  

  08/01/2019 - 18:32

  Thousands of Cambodian people gathered at a ceremony in Phnom Penh on January 7 to mark the 40th anniversary of the victory over the genocidal regime.

• Death toll from storm, landslides in Philippines surges to 122

  

  04/01/2019 - 07:38

  The death toll from heavy rains that triggered landslides and flash flooding in the Philippines rose to 122, said the Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on January 3.

• Indonesia: Dozens of bodies found after Papua attack

  

  07/12/2018 - 08:12

  Indonesian security forces have retrieved the bodies of 16 people in the aftermath of a massacre by suspected separatist rebels targeting a construction worker group in Nduga district, Papua province.

• Anarchists, butchers and finance workers in court over Paris riots

  

  05/12/2018 - 13:43

  Sometimes bruised or with black eyes, demonstrators arrested during anti-government rioting in central Paris on Saturday have appeared in court, showcasing the diverse backgrounds of the people on the streets.

• Russia fires on and seizes Ukrainian ships near annexed Crimea

  

  26/11/2018 - 16:00

  Russia seized three Ukrainian naval ships off the coast of Russia-annexed Crimea on Sunday after opening fire on them and wounding several sailors.

• Filipino ex-FM urges China to pursue path of moderation in sea dispute

  

  21/11/2018 - 08:00

  Former Foreign Minister of the Philippines Albert del Rosario has called on Chinese President Xi Jinping to “pursue the wise path of moderation, reason and fairness” in the resolution of disputes in the East Sea.

• Death toll from California wildfires rises as 130 still missing

  

  15/11/2018 - 11:31

  The toll in the deadliest wildfires in recent California history climbed to 59 on Wednesday as authorities released a list of 130 people still missing.

• COC in East Sea hoped to be completed in three years

  

  13/11/2018 - 20:05

  Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on November 13 that negotiations with ASEAN nations on a code of conduct (COC) in the East Sea would be completed in three years.

• World leaders mark 100 years since WWI Armistice in Paris

  

  12/11/2018 - 10:06

  Around 70 leaders including US President Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin marked the centenary of the 1918 Armistice in the French capital.

• New confrontation dates set for suspects in DPRK citizen murder case

  

  07/11/2018 - 20:15

  The dates for Vietnamese defendant Doan Thi Huong and Indonesian Siti Aisyah will now resume in March next year for Huong and in January for Aisyah.

• Malaysia’s Najib and ally charged in 1.6-billion-USD graft case

  

  26/10/2018 - 07:12

  Najib was jointly charged in a court in Kuala Lumpur with ex-senior finance ministry official, Mohamad Irwan Serigar Abdullah, with six counts of criminal breach of trust.

• Obama, Clinton among targets of suspected bombs ahead of U.S. election

  

  25/10/2018 - 11:15

  Former U.S. President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were among the targets of suspected package bombs delivered to several high-profile Democrats and CNN, which the FBI said it was investigating as an act of terrorism.

• Putin says Crimean school shooting result of 'globalisation'

  

  19/10/2018 - 13:40

  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said the mass school shooting in Crimea a day before was the result of "globalisation" and the continuation of an American trend.

• Indonesia records surge in number of deaths in landslides

  

  14/10/2018 - 07:12

  At least 22 people have died and many are missing in flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain in western Indonesia, the country’s national disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on October 13.