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Kerry condemns Trump's 'dangerous' Iran deal decision 14 Oct 2017 - 08:27 am

Washington: President Donald Trump is "creating an international crisis" with his "dangerous" decision to decertify the Iran nuclear deal, John Kerry, the former...

Etihad flight from Abu Dhabi to Sydney makes emergency landing 14 Oct 2017 - 08:24 am

SYDNEY: An Etihad Airways flight travelling from Abu Dhabi to Sydney has made an emergency landing at Australia's Adelaide Airport after a warning ...

Dark skies and chest pain as California fires spew smoke 100 miles 14 Oct 2017 - 08:20 am

PETALUMA/SACRAMENTO, Calif.: California’s deadly wildfires have darkened the skies for a hundred miles, causing respiratory problems and making it hard to see the...

Wrongly convicted US man freed after 23 years in prison 14 Oct 2017 - 08:13 am

Chicago: Surrounded by news cameras and supporters, Lamonte McIntyre hugged his mother Friday for the first time as a free man in 23...

Malawi president to crack down on vampires, witchcraft after lynchings 13 Oct 2017 - 06:48 pm

LILONGWE: Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Friday warned suspected vampires to stop terrorising people and told village chiefs to stamp down on witchcraft....

Most French think Macron’s tax policies favour the rich: poll 13 Oct 2017 - 12:03 am

PARIS: A large majority of people in France believe President Emmanuel Macron’s tax policies favour the rich, a poll showed on Thursday, days...

UN rights chief decries 'endemic' abuses after vist to Libya 12 Oct 2017 - 10:00 pm

Geneva: The UN human rights chief warned Thursday that serious violations were "endemic" in many detention centres in Libya, but said he was...

Caitlan and Joshua: Adventurers caught in Taliban trap 12 Oct 2017 - 08:41 pm

Washington: She was a small-town American woman yearning to explore. He once married a Guantanamo inmate's sister. Together they backpacked into war-ravaged Afghanistan,...

Palestinian joy, doubt at reconciliation deal 12 Oct 2017 - 08:27 pm

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza on Thursday to celebrate as the leaders of rival political...

Israel to withdraw from UN cultural body along with US: statement 12 Oct 2017 - 08:24 pm

Jerusalem: Israel will withdraw from the UN's cultural and education body after a United States decision to do the same on accusations of...

Iran deal’s foes in US Congress may be its unlikely saviors 12 Oct 2017 - 08:14 pm

WASHINGTON: Republicans in the U.S. Congress, long the staunchest opponents of the Iran nuclear deal, may be the best hope for preserving it...

What we know about Spain's Catalonia crisis 12 Oct 2017 - 08:10 pm

Madrid: After Madrid set the clock ticking on the crisis over Catalan independence, ruling out talks and demanding the region's separatist leader halt...

Hamas, Fatah sign deal on Palestinian reconciliation 12 Oct 2017 - 07:09 pm

Cairo: Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah signed an agreement Thursday on ending a decade-long split following talks mediated by Egypt in Cairo,...

Macron to visit India for solar summit 12 Oct 2017 - 11:53 am

New Delhi: France's President Emmanuel Macron will attend a summit to launch a solar power alliance in India in December, authorities announced Thursday....

Iraq Kurd fighters block roads to second city Mosul 12 Oct 2017 - 11:47 am

Arbil, Iraq: Kurdish peshmerga forces on Thursday blocked roads from Iraqi Kurdistan to the country's second city Mosul in response to Iraqi troop...

Kaspersky in focus as US-Russia cyber-tensions rise 12 Oct 2017 - 11:10 am

Washington: The security software firm Kaspersky has become the focal point in an escalating conflict in cyberspace between the United States and Russia....

Suicide bombers kills 11 in Iraq’s Anbar: Army source 12 Oct 2017 - 10:24 am

ANBAR, Iraq: At least 11 people were killed and 15 others were injured Wednesday during a suicide attack in Iraq’s western Anbar province,...

Kenya building collapse leaves 7 dead 12 Oct 2017 - 10:21 am

NAIROBI, Kenya: A five-story building collapsed on Wednesday in Kenya’s southwestern Kisii county, killing at least seven people and burying around 50 people...