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Audi names interim CEO after boss arrested in diesel probe 19 Jun 2018 - 02:59 pm

Frankfurt am Main: German carmaker Audi said Tuesday it had named a new interim chief, a day after prosecutors arrested boss Rupert Stadler...

Central Africa says Boris Becker's diplomatic passport is 'fake' 19 Jun 2018 - 02:54 pm

Bangui, Central African Republic, The Central African Republic (CAR) said on Tuesday that a diplomatic passport that tennis star Boris Becker claims entitles...

Record 68.5 million people displaced worldwide: UN 19 Jun 2018 - 02:51 pm

Geneva: A record 68.5 million people have been forced flee their homes due to war, violence and persecution, notably in places like Myanmar...

Philippine top court rejects government's move to recover Marcos wealth 19 Jun 2018 - 02:39 pm

MANILA, The Philippine Supreme Court has rejected efforts to claim almost $1 billion in damages from the estate of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos...

Floods kill dozens, displace more than a million in India, Bangladesh 19 Jun 2018 - 02:17 pm

DHAKA/GUWAHATI, India, Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in South Asia have killed dozens of people and displaced more than a million,...

North Korea's Kim visits China following Trump summit 19 Jun 2018 - 01:27 pm

Beijing, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un began a two-day visit to Beijing Tuesday in what analysts believe is a trip to brief...

BJP quits Kashmir government, ends alliance with PDP 19 Jun 2018 - 01:14 pm

New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday ended its alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and pulled out of the PDP-led Jammu and...

Rescuers hunt for victims of ferry disaster on Indonesian supervolcano lake 19 Jun 2018 - 01:13 pm

PEMATANG SIANTAR, Indonesia: Indonesian rescue workers struggled in rain and two-metre waves on Tuesday to search for at least 128 passengers from an...

White House defends immigration policy as outrage grows over children 19 Jun 2018 - 10:29 am

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration defended its hardline immigration policy at the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday as furor grew over the separation of immigrant...

Macron's euro zone reforms: Grand vision reduced to pale imitation 19 Jun 2018 - 10:11 am

PARIS: When French President Emmanuel Macron laid out a sweeping vision for eurozone reform last September, he spoke of "rebuilding Europe", with a...

UK govt suffers fresh Brexit defeat, sparking new showdown 18 Jun 2018 - 09:44 pm

London: Britain's House of Lords inflicted another defeat on the government Monday over its flagship Brexit bill, sending it back to MPs and...

US 'will not be a migrant camp': Trump 18 Jun 2018 - 08:06 pm

Washington: President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would not become a "migrant camp" as he faced mounting pressure to...

France's Macron sets out corporate law shake-up in reform bill 18 Jun 2018 - 08:03 pm

PARIS: France's finance minister promised to cut red tape on companies, open up more financing for them and create incentives for employee profit-sharing...

Israel says indicts ex-cabinet minister over alleged spying for Iran 18 Jun 2018 - 05:10 pm

JERUSALEM, Israel has indicted a former cabinet minister on suspicion of spying for Iran, Israel's Shin Bet internal security service said on Monday....

Twenty-five bodies found after army sweep in Mali 18 Jun 2018 - 05:04 pm

Bamako, Twenty-five bodies were found in central Mali after the army carried out a sweep in the unstable region, sources said on Monday,...

Trump: Germans 'turning against their leaders' over immigration 18 Jun 2018 - 04:41 pm

Washington, US President Donald Trump waded into the political crisis facing Chancellor Angela Merkel Monday, declaring that the German people were "turning against...

Michael Jackson's elephant escapes enclosure at Florida zoo 18 Jun 2018 - 04:16 pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., An elephant that once lived at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch briefly escaped its enclosure at a Florida zoo. The Jacksonville Zoo...