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Japan PM Abe to make rare China visit 12 Oct 2018 - 11:02 am

Beijing, Shinzo Abe will pay the first visit to China by a Japanese prime minister since 2011 later this month, Beijing announced Friday,...

Landslide kills 31 in eastern Uganda 12 Oct 2018 - 10:04 am

KAMPALA, At least 31 people were killed when a floodwaters triggered by a landslide swept debris through a town in eastern Uganda, destroying...

North, South Korea to hold high-level talks on Oct. 15 12 Oct 2018 - 10:02 am

SEOUL, North and South Korea will hold high-level talks on Monday at the border village of Panmunjom to discuss follow-up steps to their...

UK 'worried' about British student held in UAE: minister 11 Oct 2018 - 06:35 pm

London: Britain's foreign secretary said Thursday he was "very worried" about the fate of a British student who, according to his wife, has...

Trump touts black support in Kanye West lunch 11 Oct 2018 - 06:22 pm

Washington: Donald Trump hosts lunch Thursday for star rapper Kanye West in the latest push to portray his presidency as being on the...

Brazil's Bolsonaro plans hydro, nuclear plants to tackle power shortfall 11 Oct 2018 - 06:12 pm

BRASILIA: Far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro plans to tackle Brazil's chronic energy shortages head-on by expanding nuclear power and hydroelectric energy despite environmental...

Lebanon newspaper goes blank to protest political crisis 11 Oct 2018 - 02:57 pm

Beirut: Lebanon's oldest newspaper An-Nahar went out to newsstands completely blank on Thursday to protest a political deadlock and economic woes in the...

Tony Blair says there is a 50-50 chance of another Brexit referendum 11 Oct 2018 - 01:42 pm

LONDON: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said there was a 50-50 chance of getting another Brexit referendum as Prime Minister Theresa May...

On the scent: India mulls Calvin Klein to lure man-eating tigress 11 Oct 2018 - 11:50 am

Mumbai: Indian rangers hunting a man-eating tiger are considering deploying an unusual weapon to lure the big cat -- Calvin Klein cologne, an...

Death toll rose to 55 in overnight bus crash in western Kenya 10 Oct 2018 - 11:21 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya: Fifty-five people were killed when their bus left the road, rolled down a slope and crashed in western Kenya, an official...

Myanmar newspaper journalists held after handing themselves in to police 10 Oct 2018 - 11:21 pm

YANGON: Three senior journalists at Myanmar's largest private newspaper were remanded in custody after handing themselves in to police on Wednesday, facing accusations...

Frustration, despair grow in Indonesia quake city over planned new homes 10 Oct 2018 - 11:21 pm

Palu, Indonesia: Survivors of Indonesia's double disaster looked to their future with frustration and despair on Wednesday as the government outlined plans to...

Bosnia oil refinery blast kills 1, injures 10 10 Oct 2018 - 02:50 pm

BOSANSKI BROD, Bosnia-Herzegovina: An explosion at a Russian-owned oil refinery in northern Bosnia has killed one worker and injured 10, the company running...

Britain expects 5,000 financial services jobs to leave by Brexit Day 10 Oct 2018 - 12:51 pm

LONDON: Britain's financial services minister said he would do all he can to ensure that the City of London continues to be major...

Five men and the sea: huge marlin sinks Filipino fishing boat 10 Oct 2018 - 12:01 pm

Manila, It reads like a modern day take on 'The Old Man and the Sea' -- five Filipino fishermen cast adrift for days...

EU schemes to sell visas pose money laundering risks - campaigners 10 Oct 2018 - 11:58 am

BRUSSELS: Programmes run by some European Union countries to sell passports and residency permits to wealthy foreign citizens pose risks of money laundering...