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Over 100 'chimneys' drilled into mountain in bid to reach trapped boys 07 Jul 2018 - 08:11 am

Mae Sai, Thailand: More than 100 chimneys are being drilled into the mountainside in a frantic bid to reach a Thai youth football...

Daraa province: cradle of the Syrian revolt 06 Jul 2018 - 09:58 pm

Beirut: Syria's southern province of Daraa, where rebels and the regime reached a ceasefire deal on Friday, is the birthplace of the 2011...

Palestinian killed as Gaza protests against Israel enter 4th month 06 Jul 2018 - 09:58 pm

Gaza: A Palestinian taking part in a border protests was killed on Friday, Gazan medical officials said, bringing to 136 the number killed...

Palestinians have clear favourite in Sweden-England match 06 Jul 2018 - 09:58 pm

Gaza City: As England prepare to play Sweden in a crunch World Cup quarter-final Saturday, the Scandinavians will find strong support in a...

West Bank Bedouin remain wary after Israeli court suspends razing of village 06 Jul 2018 - 09:58 pm

KHAN AL-AHMAR, West Bank: Palestinians and their supporters marked a temporary victory in a Bedouin village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday...

Landmines arrive with the summer thaw in Pakistani Kashmir 06 Jul 2018 - 09:58 pm

Neelum Valley, Pakistan: As the summer sun warms the verdant valleys of Pakistan-held Kashmir, its snow and glaciers begin to melt, and the...

Escape by diving 'not suitable' yet for boys in Thai cave: official 06 Jul 2018 - 09:37 pm

Mae Sai, Thailand: The 12 Thai boys trapped in a cave are not yet ready to make the complex dive out, the commander...

Thai rescuers fear no chance of more survivors from Phuket tourist boat, nearly 60 may be dead 06 Jul 2018 - 08:58 pm

BANGKOK: Thai rescuers deployed helicopters on Friday to search for 23 people missing after a boat carrying Chinese tourists sank, with one official...

Angola court acquits journalists of insulting the state 06 Jul 2018 - 08:55 pm

Luanda: Two Angolan journalists were acquitted by a judge on Friday over an article of accusing a former attorney general of corruption, in...

French farmer who helped migrants showed "fraternity", court rules 06 Jul 2018 - 08:55 pm

PARIS: A top French court on Friday ruled that the "principle of fraternity" should have shielded an olive farmer from prosecution over his...

Statue of Liberty climber unrepentant; Trump calls her clown 06 Jul 2018 - 08:55 pm

NEW YORK: An unrepentant protester who climbed the base of the Statue of Liberty on a busy Fourth of July in what prosecutors...

South Syrian rebels agree surrender deal, Assad takes crossing 06 Jul 2018 - 08:55 pm

AMMAN/BEIRUT: South Syrian rebels agreed to give up arms in a Russian-brokered ceasefire deal on Friday, rebel sources said, surrendering Deraa province to...

Out of the shadows: Rohingya rape survivors' babies arrive. Some mothers are as young as 13 06 Jul 2018 - 07:28 pm

UKHIYA, Bangladesh: Tucked away in the shadows of her family's bamboo shelter, the girl hid from the world. She was 13, and she...

Thais fight water and oxygen levels in cave as diver dies 06 Jul 2018 - 06:43 pm

MAE SAI, Thailand: The rescuers trying to help a youth soccer team stranded in a Thai cave suffered a disheartening loss Friday with...

Pruitt's political future uncertain back home in Oklahoma 06 Jul 2018 - 06:43 pm

OKLAHOMA CITY: Scott Pruitt's tenure as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency ended with his resignation, but political experts in his home...

New EPA boss Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, same as old boss Scott Pruitt in policy 06 Jul 2018 - 06:43 pm

The change at the top of the Environmental Protection Agency won’t mean a dramatic shift in policy. If anything, President Donald Trump’s EPA...

Feds say ex-firm of Stormy Daniels' lawyer owes unpaid taxes 06 Jul 2018 - 06:43 pm

LOS ANGELES: The Justice Department says Stormy Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti, made "misrepresentations" in a bankruptcy case involving his former law firm that...