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Late winter storm packing rain, snow, high winds 02 Mar 2018 - 03:53 pm

BOSTON: The powerful coastal storm moving along the East Coast is set to bring high winds to New Jersey, where some rain is...

Explosions, gunfire rock Burkina Faso's capital 02 Mar 2018 - 03:44 pm

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso: Gunfire and explosions rocked Burkina Faso's capital early Friday in what the police said was a suspected attack by Islamic...

Angola offers former dos Santos diamond exploration licenses to investors 02 Mar 2018 - 02:59 pm

LUANDA: Angola has offered investors diamond exploration licenses that previously belonged to Isabel dos Santos, daughter of the former president, according to a...

Suicide car bomber hits Afghan capital, at least one dead 02 Mar 2018 - 12:15 pm

KABUL: A suicide car bomber struck on Friday in the Afghan capital of Kabul, killing one person and wounding 14 bystanders, officials said,...

Armenia ditches normalisation deal with Turkey 01 Mar 2018 - 07:57 pm

Yerevan: The President of Armenia on Thursday ditched agreements that would have normalised relations with Turkey, in the latest blow to efforts to...

Slovak police detain seven people over journalist's murder 01 Mar 2018 - 07:23 pm

PRAGUE: Slovak police detained seven people on Thursday in an investigation into the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak, police president Tibor Gaspar said....

Blair, in Brussels, urges EU to help Britons stop Brexit 01 Mar 2018 - 05:59 pm

BRUSSELS: Former British premier Tony Blair called in Brussels on Thursday for European Union leaders to commit to reforms, notably on migration, to...

Putin boasts of new Russian nuclear weapons 01 Mar 2018 - 05:51 pm

MOSCOW: Russia has tested an array of new strategic nuclear weapons that can't be intercepted, President Vladimir Putin declared Thursday, claiming a technological...

Ivory Coast's Ouattara replaces mines minister 01 Mar 2018 - 05:47 pm

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara replaced the industry and mines minister on Thursday, naming Trade Minister Souleymane Diarrassouba to fill the position...

Deadly blizzards lash Europe, air travel disrupted 01 Mar 2018 - 05:39 pm

Paris: Heavy snowfall and deadly blizzards lashed Europe Thursday, forcing airports to cancel or delay flights around the continent, as a deep freeze...

Catalan separatists keep up fight against Spanish government 01 Mar 2018 - 05:35 pm

MADRID: Separatist parties in Catalonia's regional parliament are continuing to defy the Spanish government, insisting Thursday that fugitive Catalan ex-president Carles Puigdemont is...

Snow cancels all flights at Dublin airport 01 Mar 2018 - 05:29 pm

Dublin: The snowstorm sweeping across Europe forced the cancellation of all flights in and out of Dublin airport on Thursday with most services...

First aid convoy enters Syria's Afrin since Turkey-led assault 01 Mar 2018 - 05:11 pm

Afrin, Syria: An aid convoy entered Afrin in northwestern Syria on Thursday for the first time since Turkish-led fighters launched an assault on...

China plans to build nuclear aircraft carrier 01 Mar 2018 - 01:29 pm

BEIJING: Chinese media reports say the country is planning to build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier capable of remaining at sea for long durations,...

EU's Tusk warns of hard border in Ireland after Brexit 01 Mar 2018 - 12:00 pm

BRUSSELS: European Council President Donald Tusk warned Britain on Thursday that its plan to leave the EU's customs union and single market on...

Trump stuns by embracing gun control as Florida students return to class 01 Mar 2018 - 11:28 am

Parkland, United States: President Donald Trump has surprised lawmakers by embracing gun control measures that are tougher than usually supported by his party,...

Death toll rises to 31 in PNG quake as weather and damage hampers relief effort 01 Mar 2018 - 10:24 am

* Toll expected to rise as rescuers reach far-flung villages * Landslides prevent injured reaching hospitals * Roads, runways, phone lines knocked out...

German citizen arrested with Taliban in Afghanistan: officials 01 Mar 2018 - 10:21 am

Kandahar, Afghanistan: A German national has been arrested with the Taliban in Afghanistan's insurgency-racked Helmand province, officials told AFP late Wednesday, a rare...