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FBI chief's secret Twitter account outed? 31 Mar 2017 - 07:00 pm

Washington: When FBI Director James Comey teased that he had joined the world of social media with secret Instagram and Twitter accounts, tech...

Scotland makes formal request to UK for independence vote 31 Mar 2017 - 06:48 pm

Edinburgh: The Scottish government on Friday formally asked British Prime Minister Theresa May for a second referendum on independence, deepening a constitutional crisis...

Brazil Temer’s popularity slides further: poll 31 Mar 2017 - 05:21 pm

BRASILIA: The approval rating of Brazilian President Michel Temer’s scandal-plagued government has continued to fall in the midst of corruption allegations and a...

US environmental groups file suit to block new coal mining on public lands 31 Mar 2017 - 05:21 pm

Washington: US environmental groups and a Native American tribe have filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration's plans to resume leasing of...

US priority on Syria no longer focused on ‘getting Assad out’: Haley 31 Mar 2017 - 05:02 pm

NEW YORK: The United States’ diplomatic policy on Syria for now is no longer focused on making the war-torn country’s president, Bashar al-Assad,...

Palestinian, UN alarm after Israel approves new settlement 31 Mar 2017 - 04:58 pm

Jerusalem: The Palestinians and the United Nations on Friday condemned the Israeli cabinet's approval of the first officially sanctioned new settlement in the...

Five biggest career scandals of South Africa's Jacob Zuma 31 Mar 2017 - 04:58 pm

Johannesburg: South African President Jacob Zuma has come under fire from both his own party and the opposition over a cabinet reshuffle in...

Afghans deported from Europe arrive home, to war and unemployment 31 Mar 2017 - 04:47 pm

KABUL: Two more planes carrying Afghans deported from Europe landed in Kabul this week, failed asylum seekers sent back under an agreement between...

Putin says climate change not caused by emissions 30 Mar 2017 - 07:58 pm

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said climate change was unstoppable and not caused by human activity as he urged countries to...

Trump lifts rights conditions on Bahrain arms sales 30 Mar 2017 - 07:49 pm

Washington: The US State Department is removing human rights conditions on a large sale of F-16 fighter jets to Bahrain, as the Trump...

Abbas: Trump 'serious' about Israel-Palestine peace 30 Mar 2017 - 07:36 pm

Ramallah, Palestinian Territories: President Donald Trump is "serious" about solving the Israel-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said ahead of a meeting with...

Andhra siblings born same day - year apart 30 Mar 2017 - 07:33 pm

Hyderabad: A 34-year-old woman from Andhra Pradesh has entered the Limca Book of Records for giving birth to two children on the same...

No hand baggage stamping at seven Indian airports from April 1 30 Mar 2017 - 07:31 pm

New Delhi: The CISF has decided to do away with stamping of hand baggage tags at seven major airports in the country from...

African students grapple with anger, shock over attack on Nigerians 30 Mar 2017 - 07:10 pm

New Delhi: African students in the capital are still shocked over the violent attack on some Nigerian students earlier this week in Greater...

Ethiopia extends state of emergency 30 Mar 2017 - 05:29 pm

Addis Ababa: The Ethiopian parliament on Thursday extended the country's state of emergency by four months, national broadcaster EBC reported, two weeks after...

Venezuela top court to assume congress role; opposition decries 'dictatorship' 30 Mar 2017 - 05:14 pm

CARACAS: Venezuela's Supreme Court said it would take over the opposition-led Congress's role because the legislature is in "contempt," sparking accusations that President...