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Cambodia's Hun Sen defiant despite EU trade threat 08 Oct 2018 - 09:18 am

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has taken a defiant stance following a European Union announcement last week that it would ramp...

Cameroon votes amid violence, threats from separatists 07 Oct 2018 - 04:19 pm

YAOUNDE, Cameroon: Thousands headed to the polls in Cameroon Sunday for an election that will likely see Africa's oldest leader win another term...

Kim, Pompeo agree to 2nd US-North Korea summit 'at earliest date' 07 Oct 2018 - 03:58 pm

Seoul: Kim Jong Un has agreed to hold a second summit with US President Donald Trump as soon as possible, Seoul said Sunday,...

Italy will close airports to unauthorised migrant flights: Salvini 07 Oct 2018 - 03:13 pm

MILAN/BERLIN: Italy will close its airports to unauthorised planes carrying migrants from Germany, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on Sunday, ratcheting up a...

Voting begins in divisive Brazil presidential election 07 Oct 2018 - 02:16 pm

Rio de Janeiro: Polling stations opened in Brazil on Sunday for the most divisive presidential election in the country in years, with far-right...

Merkel's conservatives rule out working with Germany's far-right AfD 07 Oct 2018 - 02:07 pm

BERLIN: Senior German conservatives facing painful losses in two state elections this month have ruled out forming coalitions with the far-right Alternative for...

German police end neo-Nazi concert after violence, injuries 07 Oct 2018 - 02:00 pm

BERLIN: German police have ended a far-right concert early after eight officers were slightly injured by neo-Nazis throwing bottles and rocks at them....

India 'explosion' scare for Nehru-Gandhi scion 07 Oct 2018 - 01:22 pm

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, India's opposition leader and scion of the political Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, had an explosion scare after balloons at a political...

Eight police hurt in clashes at far-right gig in Germany 07 Oct 2018 - 12:13 pm

Berlin, Eight German police officers were injured late Saturday as concert-goers at a far-right concert flung bottles and stones at them, as the...

Pompeo arrives in S.Korea after nuclear talks in N.Korea 07 Oct 2018 - 11:32 am

SEOUL, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in South Korea on Sunday after visiting North Korea, where he had expected to meet...

Israel PM's wife goes on trial in delivery meals case 07 Oct 2018 - 11:13 am

Jerusalem, The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes on trial Sunday for allegedly using state funds to fraudulently pay for hundreds...

Kavanaugh sworn into Supreme Court after divisive fight 07 Oct 2018 - 10:23 am

Washington: Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in Saturday as US Supreme Court justice following the closest Senate confirmation vote in more than a century,...

At least 11 dead in Haiti earthquake: govt spokesman 07 Oct 2018 - 08:47 am

Port-au-Prince: A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck just off the northwest coast of Haiti late Saturday, killing at least 11 people and causing damage to...

Gabon votes for first time since violence-marred 2016 election 06 Oct 2018 - 05:32 pm

Libreville: Oil-rich Gabon, ruled by the same political dynasty for nearly half a century, voted Saturday in long-delayed legislative and municipal polls, the...

Pakistan's opposition leader jailed for 10 days ahead of by-elections 06 Oct 2018 - 05:31 pm

LAHORE: Pakistani opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif was ordered jailed on Saturday for 10 days after being arrested in a corruption case, his lawyer...

Syrian rebels start to withdraw heavy weapons from Idlib buffer zone 06 Oct 2018 - 05:12 pm

BEIRUT: Two Turkey-backed Syrian rebel officials told Reuters that rebel groups had begun to withdraw heavy weaponry from a demilitarized zone in northwest...

Lebanon parliament speaker says govt formation "back to zero" 06 Oct 2018 - 04:50 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Saturday said the process of forming a government more than five months after a national election...