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Jailed Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong released on bail 24 Oct 2017 - 09:31 am

Hong Kong: Jailed democracy activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law were released on bail Tuesday pending an appeal against convictions for their role...

Life begins returning to war-torn Philippine city 24 Oct 2017 - 09:24 am

Manila: Residents of a southern Philippine city where Islamic State supporters waged a brutal five-month battle began returning home on Tuesday, but gunfire...

US-led coalition denies deadly Syria strikes 24 Oct 2017 - 09:22 am

Beirut: The US-led coalition battling the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq denied on Tuesday that it had carried out deadly air...

Singapore to freeze number of cars on its roads 24 Oct 2017 - 09:07 am

Singapore: Singapore, one of the most expensive places in the world to buy a vehicle, has announced it will freeze the number of...

Microsoft to drop lawsuit after US govt revises data request rules 24 Oct 2017 - 08:49 am

Microsoft Corp said it will drop a lawsuit against the U.S. government after the Department of Justice (DOJ) changed data request rules on...

Iraq rebuffs US on Shia militias 24 Oct 2017 - 12:30 am

Baghdad: The Iraqi government dismissed a call from US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for Iranian-backed paramilitary units that helped Baghdad defeat Islamic...

Nations pledge $345 million to Rohingya response 23 Oct 2017 - 09:20 pm

Geneva: Nations have pledged $345 million (294 million euros) to care for Myanmar's Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, an "encouraging" step in the response...

Rome police probe anti-semitic Anne Frank stickers in football stadium 23 Oct 2017 - 08:38 pm

Rome: Rome police on Monday launched an investigation into reports that Lazio fans posted stickers of Anne Frank in a jersey of rivals...

Israel says Hezbollah ordered latest Golan fire 23 Oct 2017 - 07:25 pm

Jerusalem: Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday that mortar and rocket fire from Syria that landed in Israel last week was ordered...

Russian journalist stabbed in neck 'in medical coma' 23 Oct 2017 - 07:19 pm

Moscow: A Russian journalist was in a medically induced coma Monday after a man claiming a "telepathic" connection broke into a radio station...

Catalan separatists vow 'civil disobedience' in standoff with Madrid 23 Oct 2017 - 07:13 pm

Barcelona: Catalan separatists Monday threatened "mass civil disobedience" if Madrid carries out threats to depose their leaders, as tensions mounted over a bid...

Macron’s dog Nemo caught peeing on presidential fireplace 23 Oct 2017 - 07:04 pm

PARIS: Even presidential pets show the occasional disdain for pomp and protocol. Nemo, the young dog adopted this year by France’s Emmanuel Macron,...

Two dead, two wounded in shooting incident on Myanmar-Bangladesh border 23 Oct 2017 - 06:57 pm

YANGON: Two hunters from a remote village in the north of Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state were killed and two others were injured by...

African leaders join forces in pledge to stamp out child marriage 23 Oct 2017 - 06:52 pm

DAKAR: African political leaders, activists, and local chiefs joined forces on Monday to commit to ending child marriage in West and Central Africa,...

Spanish tourist shot, killed by police in Rio de Janeiro slum 23 Oct 2017 - 06:47 pm

RIO DE JANEIRO: Police shot and killed a Spanish tourist in a Rio de Janeiro slum on Monday after the car she was...

Macron faces rights test as Egypt's Sisi visits Paris 23 Oct 2017 - 06:42 pm

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Paris on Tuesday under pressure from human rights groups to end...

Syria's Assad meets once dissident footballers in Damascus 23 Oct 2017 - 06:09 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met two former dissident footballers who returned to the national team for its World Cup qualifying campaign after...