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Cologne police: Hostage incident at train station 15 Oct 2018 - 12:00 am

BERLIN: Cologne police say they have closed parts of the western German city's main train station because of a hostage situation. Police officer...

Egypt says truck traffic resumes with Israel via Sinai 14 Oct 2018 - 09:10 pm

El-ARISH, Egypt: The Egyptian military says commercial truck traffic with Israel has resumed via a border crossing in the Sinai Peninsula that had...

Israel warns Hamas of 'painful' strikes if protests go on 14 Oct 2018 - 09:04 pm

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday threatened "very painful blows" against Gaza's Hamas rulers if they don't halt protests along the...

China's Xinjiang prescribes vocational centres, anti-halal campaign to combat ‘Uighur extremism’ 14 Oct 2018 - 08:53 pm

BEIJING: China's far-western Xinjiang region has inserted into its anti-extremism regulations new clauses that prescribe the use of "vocational training centres" to "educate...

Defying China, Malaysia releases Uighur detainees 14 Oct 2018 - 08:36 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has freed from detention 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims who fled to the southeast Asian nation after a Thai jailbreak last...

Firebrand Myanma monk Wirathu hits back at UN, international community over Rohingya crisis 14 Oct 2018 - 08:27 pm

Yangon: An ultra-nationalist monk -- dubbed the "Buddhist Bin Laden" -- on Sunday condemned the international community for their calls to bring Myanmar's...

Israel's Supreme Court halts deportation of American student 14 Oct 2018 - 08:23 pm

JERUSALEM: Israel's Supreme Court on Sunday agreed to hear the appeal of an American graduate student who is fighting an expulsion order over...

Jordan and Syria say border to reopen on Monday 14 Oct 2018 - 05:53 pm

AMMAN: The border crossing between Jordan and Syria will reopen on Monday after being closed for three years, the two countries said on...

In Syria's Yarmouk, a pigeon keeper and his dog held out through years of war 14 Oct 2018 - 02:32 pm

YARMOUK, Syria: The Yarmouk district in Damascus has switched hands many times in Syria's war: from rebels, to Islamic State militants, and back...

May's team must force change in Brexit policy, says former minister 14 Oct 2018 - 12:03 pm

LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May's ministers should "exert their collective authority" to force a change in her Brexit strategy, former Brexit minister David...

Death toll rises to 20 after suicide bombings in southern Somalia 14 Oct 2018 - 11:18 am

MOGADISHU, The death toll has risen to 20 people on Sunday following two suspected suicide bombers that struck in the southern Somali city...

Fifteen killed as migrant vehicle crashes in Turkey: reports 14 Oct 2018 - 10:30 am

Istanbul: Fifteen people, including children, died on Sunday when a vehicle carrying migrants plunged off the highway into a river-bed in western Turkey,...

Bavaria votes in tough test for Merkel's conservative allies 14 Oct 2018 - 10:18 am

BERLIN: Bavarians were voting Sunday in a state election that was expected to deal the prosperous region's long-dominant conservative party a stinging setback,...

World Bank offers disaster-hit Indonesia $1 bn in loans 14 Oct 2018 - 09:25 am

Nusa Dua, Indonesia: The World Bank on Sunday announced funding of up to $1 billion for Indonesia after it was rocked by a...

Congolese migrants flood home, Angola denies claims of brutal crackdown 14 Oct 2018 - 09:08 am

KAMAKO, Democratic Republic of Congo: Congolese migrants and officials said dozens of people were killed this month in neighbouring Angola in a crackdown...

Death toll in Afghan election rally attack rises to 22 14 Oct 2018 - 08:18 am

Kabul: The death toll in a bomb attack on an Afghan election rally has risen to at least 22 people, officials said Sunday,...

Bodies of nine climbers killed on Nepal peak found 14 Oct 2018 - 08:11 am

Kathmandu: A rescue team Sunday began retrieving the bodies of nine climbers killed in a violent storm on Nepal's Mount Gurja, a freak...

In Kentucky, Trump rallies voters while praising McConnell 14 Oct 2018 - 07:59 am

RICHMOND, Ky.: President Donald Trump heaped praise on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, crediting the veteran Kentucky lawmaker's political toughness and acumen during...