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Relatives mourn missing Argentine submarine crew 25 Nov 2017 - 07:30 pm

Mar del Plata, Argentina: Ten days after the missing Argentine submarine San Juan went silent, grieving relatives have begun mourning the loss of...

Libya navy says over 30 migrants dead, 200 rescued off coast 25 Nov 2017 - 07:22 pm

Tripoli: More than 30 migrants died and 200 were rescued on Saturday after their boats foundered off Libya's western coast, the Libyan navy...

Ousted Zimbabwe finance minister Chombo in court over corruption charges 25 Nov 2017 - 05:56 pm

HARARE: Former Zimbabwe finance minister Ignatius Chombo, among those detained by the military when it seized power before Robert Mugabe resigned, was charged...

Germany’s Merkel eyes Social Democrats in bid to form government 25 Nov 2017 - 03:49 pm

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel set her sights on forthcoming talks with the Social Democrats (SPD) as a path to forming a stable government...

Clashes as Pakistani police try to disperse Islamist sit-in 25 Nov 2017 - 03:40 pm

Islamabad: Pakistani forces clashed violently with hardline religious protesters in Islamabad Saturday, with at least one person killed, more than 130 injured and...

Georgia vows punishment after hotel blaze kills 11 25 Nov 2017 - 03:29 pm

Tbilisi: Georgian leaders have vowed to punish those responsible for a blaze that killed 11 people at a five-star hotel in Georgia's Black...

Polls must 'ratify' Catalonia's desire for independence: Puigdemont 25 Nov 2017 - 03:01 pm

Oostkamp, Belgium: Catalonia's deposed leader Carles Puigdemont Saturday launched his campaign for regional elections by calling on Catalans to make known their desire...

Iraq forces open new front in final push against IS 25 Nov 2017 - 02:50 pm

Baghdad: Iraqi forces thrust north from the Euphrates Valley into the desert on Saturday, opening up a new front in the drive to...

Death toll in Egypt mosque attack rises to 305 killed 25 Nov 2017 - 01:47 pm

Cairo: The death toll from an attack on a mosque in Egypt's Sinai rose to 305 including 27 children, the state prosecution said...

Afghan boy, 10, dies amid panic on migrant boat 25 Nov 2017 - 01:04 pm

Athens, A 10-year-old Afghan boy was crushed to death Saturday on board an overcrowded boat carrying scores of migrants headed from Turkey to...

France media attacker jailed for 25 years 25 Nov 2017 - 12:50 pm

Paris, A French court has sentenced a man who wounded a photographer in a shooting in 2013 to 25 years behind bars, in...

Pakistan orders TV channels to go off air during crackdown on Islamist protest 25 Nov 2017 - 11:45 am

ISLAMABAD, Pakistani authorities ordered private television channels to go off air on Saturday during a police and paramilitary crackdown on Islamist protesters in...

Japan coast guard finds body of dead male suspected from North Korea 25 Nov 2017 - 11:30 am

TOKYO, Japan’s Coast Guard found the body of a male and parts of a wooden boat suspected to be from North Korea on...

Trump and Time magazine dispute Person of the Year plans 25 Nov 2017 - 11:17 am

WASHINGTON, President Donald Trump says he's not playing ball with Time magazine as it decides its Person of the Year. The magazine counters...

Rohingya to stay in temporary shelters after Myanmar return 25 Nov 2017 - 11:15 am

Dhaka: Rohingya refugees who return to Myanmar following a Bangladesh-Myanmar repatriation agreement will initially have to live in temporary shelters or camps, Dhaka...

Mayor murdered in Mexico's violent Veracruz state 25 Nov 2017 - 10:06 am

Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, A municipal mayor in Mexico's violent eastern state of Veracruz was killed Friday, local authorities said, just four days after a...

US shoppers browse stores, buy online as Black Friday deals beckon 25 Nov 2017 - 10:03 am

CHICAGO/NEW YORK: US stores offered deep discounts, entertainment and free gifts to lure bargain hunters on Black Friday, the traditional start of the...