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Multiple blasts kill 4, injure 44 in northeast Nigeria 01 Feb 2018 - 10:26 am

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: At least four people, including two suicide bombers, have been killed and 44 others injured in multiple bomb attacks on a...

Petrol bomb thrown at Suu Kyi's lakeside villa 01 Feb 2018 - 10:19 am

Yangon: A man threw a petrol bomb at the lakeside Yangon compound of Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday, officials said,...

Highlights: India's budget focuses on rural economy ahead of elections 01 Feb 2018 - 09:59 am

New Delhi: India said on Thursday it expected economic growth to surge above 8 percent as it announced a 2018/19 budget that allocated...

Modi seeks to woo farmers and rural Indians with federal budget 01 Feb 2018 - 09:55 am

India pledged to focus its budget on farmers and its rural population as Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to win over voters before...

Taboo North Korean flag raised in South for Olympics 01 Feb 2018 - 08:59 am

Seoul, North Korea's national flag was raised in the South Thursday for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, organisers said, after an exemption came into...

US citizen mobilization, dreaming big against Trump 01 Feb 2018 - 08:35 am

New York, The organization may have only five employees and a small office in the Empire State Building, but its ambitions are huge:...

France's Macron pledges support on first Tunisia visit 01 Feb 2018 - 12:41 am

Tunis: French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday pledged support for Tunisia at an "important moment" for its fragile democracy as he arrived on...

Israel, Lebanon clash over offshore energy, raising tensions 31 Jan 2018 - 07:38 pm

BEIRUT/TEL AVIV: Israel described as "very provocative" on Wednesday a Lebanese offshore oil and gas exploration tender in disputed territory on the countries'...

19 face trial over spectacular Brussels diamond heist 31 Jan 2018 - 07:30 pm

Brussels: The trial of 19 suspects believed to be involved in a spectacular $50 million diamond heist at Brussels airport in 2013, opened...

German who bragged online of child murder sentenced to life 31 Jan 2018 - 06:56 pm

Bochum, Germany: A German man who stabbed to death a nine-year-old boy, bragged about it online and then killed another man while on...

French railway loses discrimination appeal against Moroccan workers 31 Jan 2018 - 06:48 pm

Paris: France's national rail operator on Wednesday lost its appeal against a finding that it discriminated against hundreds of Moroccan workers arriving in...

Macron warns Turkey against 'invasion' of Syria 31 Jan 2018 - 01:58 pm

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview Wednesday that he would have a "real problem" with Turkey's intervention against a Kurdish...

Decision on orange passport called off: MEA 31 Jan 2018 - 01:49 pm

New Delhi: India on Tuesday rescinded its decision to issue passports with orange-coloured jackets to those with ECR status, such as unskilled workers...

Turkish border town hit by rockets, one civilian killed 31 Jan 2018 - 12:57 pm

ISTANBUL: Two rockets fired from the Syrian region of Afrin struck the Turkish border town of Reyhanli and killed one person, the state-run...

Thailand charges eight activists as public frustration at junta grows 31 Jan 2018 - 12:55 pm

BANGKOK, Thailand on Wednesday charged eight activists of a civil rights group with violating the military government's ban on public gatherings, after it...

Lassa fever kills 21 in Nigeria: health officials 31 Jan 2018 - 11:59 am

Lagos, Twenty-one people have died from Lassa fever in Nigeria this month, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said on Wednesday, in the...

Hundreds of thousands mark Hindu festival in Malaysia 31 Jan 2018 - 11:09 am

Batu Caves, Malaysia: Hundreds of thousands of Hindus across Malaysia celebrated the annual Thaipusam festival on Wednesday, with many piercing their skin with...