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Philippines opens cleaner, stricter Boracay to tourists 26 Oct 2018 - 10:32 am

Boracay, Philippines, Tourists landed by the boatload Friday on the Philippines' Boracay island, which re-opened with a slew of new rules after a...

Knife attacker wounds 14 children in Chinese kindergarten 26 Oct 2018 - 10:01 am

Beijing, A knife-wielding woman attacked and injured 14 children at a kindergarten in China's southwestern Sichuan province on Friday, authorities said. The 39-year-old...

UK military to open up all roles to women 25 Oct 2018 - 08:29 pm

London: Women will soon be able to apply for any role in the British military, including in previously off-limits elite units like the...

Putin: Russia's new weapons will be unrivaled everywhere 25 Oct 2018 - 08:08 pm

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia plans to commission new military weapons that would be unrivaled throughout the world. Putin's statement...

At least 10 school children killed, 16 missing in Jordan flash flood 25 Oct 2018 - 07:53 pm

AMMAN: At least 10 school children died and 16 were missing after a flash flood near Jordan's Dead Sea, where around 40 children...

Istanbul airport prepares for inauguration 25 Oct 2018 - 05:56 pm

Istanbul: Final preparations were underway Thursday at the new international airport in Istanbul, four days ahead of its inauguration by President Recep Tayyip...

Millions of passengers hit in worst ever airline data hack 25 Oct 2018 - 05:41 pm

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. said a hacker accessed personal information of 9.4 million customers, becoming the target of the world’s biggest airline data...

Putin calls for tighter gun control after Crimea attack 25 Oct 2018 - 05:25 pm

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday urged tighter gun control after a teenager in Crimea attacked his college with a licensed shotgun,...

China denies Trump spying report, suggests change of phones 25 Oct 2018 - 04:22 pm

BEIJING: China on Thursday denounced a U.S. newspaper report that it is listening to President Donald Trump's phone calls as "fake news," and...

Mozambique opposition suspends peace talks amid poll dispute 25 Oct 2018 - 04:19 pm

Mozambique’s biggest opposition party froze peace talks with the government after challenging some results of this month’s local elections that gave the former...

Two more bombs sent to former US Vice President Biden, actor De Niro 25 Oct 2018 - 04:02 pm

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Authorities discovered another wave of suspicious packages on Thursday targeting high-profile Democrats and critics of U.S. President Donald Trump as a...

Manhunt underway after bombs sent to US Democrats, Trump critics 25 Oct 2018 - 03:36 pm

Washington/New York: Another suspected bomb was found in New York City on Thursday morning as a manhunt was underway for a serial bomber...

Trump 'bringing out the military' to protect US border: Tweet 25 Oct 2018 - 03:04 pm

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was "bringing out the military" to protect the US border as a caravan of...

Russia launches first Soyuz rocket since failed space launch 25 Oct 2018 - 01:46 pm

Moscow: Russia on Thursday successfully launched a Soyuz rocket for the first time since the failure of a similar rocket aborted a manned...

With record number of women running in U.S. elections, gender gap could boost Democrats 25 Oct 2018 - 12:38 pm

WASHINGTON: The record numbers of women running for office in the United States this year are mostly Democrats, and their party is banking...

Debenhams to shut up to 50 UK department stores 25 Oct 2018 - 11:31 am

London: British department store chain Debenhams on Thursday said it planned to shut about one third of its shops, many more than previously...

Obama, Clinton among targets of suspected bombs ahead of U.S. election 25 Oct 2018 - 08:44 am

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Former U.S. President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were among the targets of suspected package bombs delivered...