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China rejects US academic report calling for retaliatory action 30 Nov 2018 - 08:27 am

BEIJING, Chinese media on Friday hit back at a US academic report which urged the United States to engage in "tit-for-tat" retaliation to...

Indonesian island clean-up nets 40 tons of rubbish daily 30 Nov 2018 - 08:20 am

Jakarta, Residents on a string of coral-fringed islands off Jakarta's coast are battling a tidal wave of trash, with more than 40 tons...

Five dead, 32 injured in Hong Kong coach crash 30 Nov 2018 - 08:17 am

Hong Kong, Five people were killed and 32 injured when a coach carrying Cathay Pacific staff to Hong Kong's airport collided with a...

N.Korea FM in Vietnam for lessons on economic reform 30 Nov 2018 - 08:06 am

Hanoi, North Korea's foreign minister kicked off an official visit to Vietnam Friday as the hermit nation seeks to learn lessons from the...

UK security firm G4S says five employees among 10 killed in Kabul attack 30 Nov 2018 - 03:31 am

Kabul: British security firm G4S said Thursday that five of its employees were among at least 10 people killed in a Taliban-claimed attack...

Indian Air Force will have largest ever induction of indigenous aircrafts: Air Chief Marshal 30 Nov 2018 - 03:31 am

Guwahati: Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa has said that the Indian Air Force will have the largest ever induction of indigenous aircrafts ever...

Smog-choked cities get no relief as Modi's gas goals stall 30 Nov 2018 - 03:31 am

India’s drive to clean up some of the world’s worst air by burning more natural gas appears to be faltering. Despite an overall...

UN says Astana meeting on Syria a missed opportunity, no progress 30 Nov 2018 - 03:06 am

GENEVA/ASTANA: Russia, Turkey and Iran failed to make any concrete progress in setting up a Syrian constitutional committee at a meeting in the...

First police conviction in Philippine drug war killing 30 Nov 2018 - 03:06 am

Manila: Three Philippine policemen were sentenced on Thursday to decades in prison for murdering a teenager during an anti-narcotics sweep, a first conviction...

Greek high school unrest amid fears of far-right resurgence 30 Nov 2018 - 03:04 am

THESSALONIKI, Greece: Led by a horseman draped in a Greek flag, about 1,200 high school students marched through the northern city of Thessaloniki...

Woman describes torture, beatings in Chinese detention camp 30 Nov 2018 - 03:04 am

WASHINGTON: A member of the Uighur minority on Monday detailed torture and abuse she says she experienced in one of the internment camps...

Bulgarian miners march to protect coal production 30 Nov 2018 - 02:24 am

SOFIA: Miners and workers at Bulgaria's largest coal-fired power plant Maritsa East 2 marched in Sofia on Thursday to protect their jobs and...

Bombardier plant chief in Belfast backs Theresa May's Brexit plan 30 Nov 2018 - 02:24 am

The chief of Northern Ireland’s biggest manufacturer backed Theresa May’s Brexit plan, providing a boost for the embattled premier from a part of...

Georgia elects its first female president 30 Nov 2018 - 02:24 am

ANKARA: Salome Zourabichvili has been elected Georgia's first female president, according to preliminary results from Wednesday's second round of polls. Zourabichvili, a government-backed...

Washington says Astana process produced Syria 'stalemate' 30 Nov 2018 - 01:47 am

Washington: The Astana process by Russia, Iran and Turkey to end the Syrian conflict has only led to a "stalemate" in efforts to...

In abrupt switch, Trump cancels Putin meeting, cites Ukraine crisis 30 Nov 2018 - 01:20 am

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly canceled a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Argentina, registering...

Three takeaways from Michael Cohen’s lies about the ‘Moscow Project’ 30 Nov 2018 - 01:20 am

President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to Congress about plans to build a Trump building in Moscow....

Marathas now entitled to 16% quotas in Maharashtra 29 Nov 2018 - 08:42 pm

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Legislature on Thursday unanimously passed a Bill granting 16 per cent reservations to the politically influential Maratha community demanding quotas...