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One dead after accident at 'yellow vest' roadblock near Arles, France: prosecutor 02 Dec 2018 - 03:08 pm

Marseille: A motorist died overnight after colliding with traffic which had built up due to a "yellow vest" anti-government protest in southern France,...

Macron visits riot-damaged Arc de Triomphe, state of emergency mulled 02 Dec 2018 - 03:03 pm

PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron rushed to the Arc de Triomphe on Sunday after one of France's most revered monuments was vandalised by rioters,...

Pope lights candle to promote peace in Syria 02 Dec 2018 - 02:59 pm

VATICAN CITY: The pope has lit a candle decorated with the faces of Syrian children suffering from war as part of a global...

German police shut down concert over 'Sieg Heil' chants 02 Dec 2018 - 02:38 pm

Frankfurt am Main: German police at the weekend shut down a far-right rock concert in a small eastern town after members in the...

Putin briefs Trump over Ukraine as EU leaders up pressure 02 Dec 2018 - 11:14 am

Buenos Aires: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he briefed his US counterpart Donald Trump on the Ukraine crisis as he came under...

Wet-and-wild ride: Indonesia mud bull races not for faint of heart 02 Dec 2018 - 11:14 am

Pariangan, Indonesia, Waves of muddy water slosh over the jockey as he hangs on to the tails of a pair of bulls galloping...

France to consider state of emergency to prevent riots recurring - Govt spokesman 02 Dec 2018 - 10:54 am

PARIS: France will consider imposing a state of emergency to prevent a recurrence of some of the worst civil unrest in more than...

Iran says missile programme defensive after U.S. test allegation 02 Dec 2018 - 10:36 am

DUBAI: Iran said on Sunday its missile programme is defensive and not in breach of U.N. resolutions, the state news agency IRNA reported,...

5 people shot in Miami neighborhood, suspect still at large 02 Dec 2018 - 10:35 am

MIAMI: Authorities say five people have been shot in a Miami neighborhood and the suspect remains at large. Miami police tell news outlets...

Pablo Escobar's dark legacy refuses to die 25 years on 02 Dec 2018 - 10:01 am

Medellín, Colombia, Twenty-five years after he was gunned down by police, Pablo Escobar's legacy refuses to die in Medellin, the Colombian city where...

For Poland's mining region, coal remains a way of life 02 Dec 2018 - 09:17 am

Knurów: "It's a family thing. My father, my grandfather were miners, so I am," says Arkadiusz Wojcik at a coal mine in the...

How engineers are straightening the Leaning Tower of Pisa 02 Dec 2018 - 09:09 am

Pisa, Italy, "It's still straightening," said engineer Roberto Cela, gazing at the Leaning Tower of Pisa gleaming in the autumn sunshine of northern...

From Bush to Clinton, a grace note for the ages 02 Dec 2018 - 09:07 am

Washington: It was a grace note for the ages. "Dear Bill," George H.W. Bush scribbled Jan. 20, 1993, to the Democrat about to...

Mattis says Russia tried to 'muck around' US vote, again 02 Dec 2018 - 08:54 am

Washington: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday that Russia tried to meddle in the US midterm elections last month -- just as...

Trump to notify Congress in 'near future' he will terminate NAFTA 02 Dec 2018 - 08:38 am

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will give formal notice to the U.S. Congress in the near...

Conservative Indonesian Muslims hold big rally in Jakarta 02 Dec 2018 - 08:35 am

JAKARTA: Tens of thousands of Indonesian Muslims held a rally in Jakarta on Sunday led by hardline groups who had agitated to remove...

Leftist leader takes reins in Mexico vowing to help poor 02 Dec 2018 - 08:23 am

MEXICO CITY: Leftist politician Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador assumed Mexico's presidency with a promise - to profoundly transform Latin America's second-biggest economy and...