Afghanistan: how to widen access to justice
Getting justice in Afghanistan is a complicated business. Two main justice systems - state laws based on the civil law ...
Power Outage Leaves Kazakhstan's Largest City Without Electricity
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- A blackout has left Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, without power.Almost all of the districts of the city ...
Uzbek Chief Of Amateur Boxing Federation Resigns
The head of world amateur boxing's governing body (AIBA) -- Uzbek businessman and alleged drug trafficker Gafur Rakhimov -- has ...
Afghan Dies in Australian Immigration Center
SYDNEY - A 23-year-old man who fled conflict in Afghanistan six years ago has died at an Australian immigration detention ...
U.S. ICE agents begin rounding up illegal immigrants
Nationwide raids across the United States, aimed at rounding up 2,000 immigrants in the country illegally for possible deportation got ...
14 dead after building collapses in Kumarhatt in India
SOLAN, Himachal Pradesh, India - As many as 14 people, including thirteen Army personnel were killed and 28 others injured ...
Widespread floods in Nepal lead to death and destruction
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Search and rescue operations are occurring across Nepal as the southeast Asian nation continues to be hit ...
Tensions between Ottawa and Beijing heightened after third arrest
BEIJING, China - A Canadian citizen has been detained in Yantai, a city in northeastern China, Global Affairs Canada said ...
Huge death toll in wake of hotel attack in Kismayo, Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least two journalists were among the 26 people killed in the terror attack at a Somali ...
Ten dead after extensive lightning strikes across Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Lightning has wreaked havoc across the southeast Asian nation of Bangladesh.At least ten people died on Saturday ...
U.S. stock markets continue record run
NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks began the week with rises across the board on Monday, as the major ...
U.S. president claims reponsibility for slowing GDP growth in China
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. President Donald Trump says tariffs on China are working by claiming credit for a major slide ...
Chinese and Japanese shares gain ground, greenback dips
SYDNEY, Australia - Stocks in China and Japan advanced on Monday, while in Australia the key index sagged.The U.S. dollar ...
Dubai gearing up for Expo2020
DUBAI, UAE - Planning for Expo 2020 Dubai is on track with construction projects well underway and transport plans being ...
Britain facing first recession since GFC
LONDON, UK - Recessions are bad for living standards, in both the short term and the longer term. And because ...
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Steinhoff crushed resources rally
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