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1:39pm, 5th May, 2019

Sudan's military council says it will present vision for country's transition on Monday

Sudan's Transitional Military Council said on Sunday it would publish its views for the country's transitional period on Monday, its latest move in negotiations with opposition factions after the ouster of former President Omar al-Bashir.

Leave my country alone, Sri Lanka president tells Islamic State

3:26am, 1st May, 2019

World

Leave my country alone, Sri Lanka president tells Islamic State

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said a foreign mastermind may have planned the Easter Sunday bombings, claimed by Islamic State, telling the militant group to "leave my country alone".

Country name change dispute haunts Macedonian presidential election

10:06am, 18th April, 2019

World

Country name change dispute haunts Macedonian presidential election

Macedonians vote in a presidential election on Sunday shaping up as an unofficial referendum on the hotly disputed change of the country's name to North Macedonia under a deal with Greece.

UK says to become first country to check porn viewers' age

12:03pm, 17th April, 2019

UK

UK says to become first country to check porn viewers' age

The United Kingdom will become the first country in the world to demand age verification for people viewing pornography online when new checks come into force in three months' time, the government said on Wednesday.

Country stars shine in Vegas at Academy of Country Music awards

11:24pm, 7th April, 2019

Entertainment

Country stars shine in Vegas at Academy of Country Music awards

Country music royalty turned out in force on Sunday for a glittering night of live performances and honors at the 54th annual Academy of Country Music awards.

Flooding woes add to trade war stress in 'Trump country' farm belt

12:59am, 26th March, 2019

US

Flooding woes add to trade war stress in 'Trump country' farm belt

Nebraska grain farmer Ryan Ueberrhein was barely breaking even after the U.S.-China trade war pushed prices for his soybean crop to a decade low. Then the nearby Elkhorn River burst its banks as flooding swept across the U.S. farm belt.

Country singer Dolly Parton raises laughs at charity awards gala

12:42pm, 9th February, 2019

Entertainment

Country singer Dolly Parton raises laughs at charity awards gala

Dolly Parton became the first country singer to receive the MusiCares Person of the Year award on Friday, taking to the stage with jokes about hillbillies, fighting and pornography.

Turkey says Khashoggi killers may have taken body parts out of country: CNN Turk

3:00pm, 18th November, 2018

World

Turkey says Khashoggi killers may have taken body parts out of country: CNN Turk

The killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have taken his dismembered body out of Turkey in luggage, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted as saying by broadcaster CNN Turk on Sunday.

Trump says transgender policy seeks to 'protect the country'

6:52pm, 22nd October, 2018

Politics

Trump says transgender policy seeks to 'protect the country'

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that transgender issues were in flux and he aims to protect the country after a report that his administration was considering defining gender as male or female based on genitalia at birth drew widespread co...

Venezuela teen's political cartoons sketch his country's downfall

7:59am, 19th October, 2018

World

Venezuela teen's political cartoons sketch his country's downfall

In one drawing, Lady Justice is seen fleeing Venezuela, a sword in her right hand and a suitcase in the left.

Macedonians vote in referendum on whether to change country's name

5:28am, 30th September, 2018

World

Macedonians vote in referendum on whether to change country's name

Macedonia held a referendum on Sunday on whether to change its name to 'Republic of North Macedonia', a move that would resolve a decades-old name dispute with Greece which had blocked its membership bids for the European Union and NATO.

Macedonians vote on whether to change country's name

7:09pm, 29th September, 2018

World

Macedonians vote on whether to change country's name

Macedonians go to polls on Sunday to vote on whether to change their country's name to Republic of North Macedonia, urged by a pro-Western government to pave the way for NATO and EU membership by resolving a decades-old name dispute with Greece.

China police detain man for asking why can't Taiwan be called a country

6:53am, 17th August, 2018

World

China police detain man for asking why can't Taiwan be called a country

Police in China have detained a man who asked on social media what law prevented anyone calling self-ruled Taiwan a country, questioning a fundamental principle of China's sovereignty.

Trump to avoid London protests with tour of English country homes

12:54pm, 6th July, 2018

UK

Trump to avoid London protests with tour of English country homes

President Donald Trump would like a quick trade deal with Britain once Brexit is finished, the U.S. ambassador to Britain said on Friday ahead of a presidential visit to London next week that will keep Trump largely away from planned mass protests.

Ireland ends abortion ban as 'quiet revolution' transforms country

1:00pm, 26th May, 2018

World

Ireland ends abortion ban as 'quiet revolution' transforms country

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland has voted by a landslide to liberalize its highly restrictive abortion laws in a referendum that its prime minister called the culmination of a "quiet revolution" in what was one of Europe's most socially con...