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Bangladesh votes in election without opposition 07 Jan 2024 - 09:01 am

Dhaka: Bangladesh was voting Sunday in an election guaranteed to give a fifth term in office to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, after a...

Woman in 90s pulled from rubble five days after Japan quake 07 Jan 2024 - 08:17 am

Suzu, Japan: A woman in her 90s trapped for five days under the rubble by a huge earthquake in central Japan was rescued...

Wives of mobilised Russians protest in earshot of Kremlin 06 Jan 2024 - 07:32 pm

Moscow: Wives of Russians mobilised to fight in Ukraine symbolically laid flowers Saturday at the flame of the unknown soldier right beneath the...

Canadian skier Grenier takes rain-marred World Cup GS for 2nd career win 06 Jan 2024 - 06:25 pm

Kranjska Gora, Slovenia:Valerie Grenier has made a triumphant return to the resort of her first World Cup victory. The Canadian skier won a...

Sudan paramilitary chief bids for legitimacy in Africa tour: analysts 06 Jan 2024 - 05:29 pm

Cairo: Sudan's paramilitary chief spent the first months of the country's war in the shadows. Now he has emerged to embrace civilian politicians...

Life on the frontline: fear, camaraderie on S. Korean border island 06 Jan 2024 - 04:09 pm

Yeonpyeong, South Korea: When a North Korean artillery shell slammed into his house and burned it to the ground in 2010, Jung Chang-kuan...

India's Sun probe reaches solar orbit 06 Jan 2024 - 03:42 pm

New Delhi: India's solar observation mission on Saturday entered the Sun's orbit after a four-month journey, the latest success for the space exploration...

Alaska Air grounds Boeing 737 Max-9 fleet after fuselage blowout 06 Jan 2024 - 02:37 pm

Alaska Airlines said it will ground its fleet of Boeing Co. 737 Max-9 jets after a window and a portion of the plane’s...

North Korea fires 60 rounds of artillery near Yeonpyeong Island 06 Jan 2024 - 02:35 pm

Seoul: North Korea's military fired over 60 artillery rounds near Yeonpyeong Island on Saturday, Seoul's military said, a day after both sides staged...

Hopes for 'peace' reborn in battered Ukraine city 06 Jan 2024 - 01:01 pm

Izyum, Ukraine: In the war-struck city of Izyum, in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, residents are daring to hope for an end to fighting...

Bangladesh's main opposition party starts a 48-hour general strike ahead of Sunday's election 06 Jan 2024 - 12:34 pm

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bangladesh’s main opposition party has started Saturday a 48-hour general strike as the South Asian nation is gearing up to hold...

Brazilian Mario Zagallo, first person to win World Cup as player and manager, dies 06 Jan 2024 - 11:14 am

Sao Paulo: The first person to win the FIFA World Cup as both a player and coach, Mario Zagallo was as instrumental a...

Flight makes emergency landing in Oregon after window and chunk of fuselage blows out 06 Jan 2024 - 10:01 am

Portland, Ore.: An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Oregon on Friday after a window and a chunk of its fuselage...

Death toll hits 98 in Japan quake 06 Jan 2024 - 09:32 am

Suzu, Japan: Rescuers sifted through rubble Saturday as focus turned to recovering bodies rather than finding survivors five days after a huge earthquake...

LIVE UPDATES: Israel bombs Gaza after UN warns territory uninhabitable 06 Jan 2024 - 08:58 am

Reports of people being killed in Israeli attacks continued as the UN warned that "people are witnessing daily threats to their very existence...

Supreme Court to rule if Trump can be barred from holding office 06 Jan 2024 - 08:23 am

The US Supreme Court agreed to consider whether Colorado can bar Donald Trump from the presidential ballot, taking up a landmark constitutional and...

Sudan paramilitary leader says committed to cease-fire, no progress on proposed peace talks 05 Jan 2024 - 08:08 pm

Cape Town, South Africa:Sudanese paramilitary leader Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo said Thursday he was committed to a cease-fire to end the devastating war...

France bids farewell to ex-EU chief Delors 05 Jan 2024 - 03:15 pm

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday praised former finance minister and European Union leader Jacques Delors at a state funeral, saying he...