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Five dead, around 100 rescued after fire on Indonesia tourist boat 01 Jan 2017 - 09:32 am

JAKARTA: Five people were killed and around 100 people rescued on Sunday after a fire ripped through a boat carrying tourists to islands...

Rescue work ongoing as India mine collapse toll rises to 16 01 Jan 2017 - 09:28 am

New Delhi: The death toll from a mine collapse in eastern India's Jharkhand state rose to 16 Sunday as rescue workers continued to...

Trump seems to rule out meeting with Taiwan president 01 Jan 2017 - 09:03 am

Washington: President-elect Donald Trump seemed to rule out Saturday a meeting with the president of Taiwan when she travels to America next month....

Burundi Minister assassinated: Police 01 Jan 2017 - 08:54 am

Nairobi: Burundi's environment minister was shot dead in the capital Bujumbura early Sunday, police said, the first assassination of its kind since the...

Turkey nightclub attack: What we know 01 Jan 2017 - 08:49 am

Istanbul: Thirty-nine people were killed and dozens wounded Sunday when a gunman reportedly wearing a Santa outfit stormed a popular Istanbul nightclub and...

New York's Times Square erupts with cheer as a new year dawns 01 Jan 2017 - 08:42 am

NEW YORK: Hundreds of thousands of merrymakers witnessed the descent of the kaleidoscopic New Year's Eve ball in Times Square at midnight on...

At least 16 foreigners among 39 killed in Istanbul attack: minister 01 Jan 2017 - 08:17 am

Istanbul: At least 16 foreigners were among 39 people killed in the gun attack on an Istanbul club during New Year festivities, Turkish...

Death toll rose to 27 in Baghdad twin suicide blasts 31 Dec 2016 - 10:18 pm

Baghdad: Two suicide bombers ripped through a busy market area in central Baghdad yesterday, shattering a relative lull in attacks in the capital...

Families get remains of EgyptAir crash victims 31 Dec 2016 - 10:09 pm

Cairo: Egyptian authorities yesterday started handing the remains of those killed in the crash of EgyptAir flight 804 to their families, the airline...

Face down terror with compassion: Merkel 31 Dec 2016 - 09:59 pm

Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Germans yesterday to hold firm to democratic values in the face of jihadist terror, urging them to...

Trump praises Putin's decision on spy dispute 31 Dec 2016 - 09:58 pm

Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for refraining from retaliation in a dispute over spying and cyber attacks, in...

Wife & lover held for envoy murder 31 Dec 2016 - 09:58 pm

Rio de Janeiro: Greece's ambassador to Brazil was murdered in a plot hatched by his Brazilian wife and her police officer lover, who...

Need more funds for Haiti outbreak 31 Dec 2016 - 09:56 pm

Port-au-Prince: The cholera outbreak that hit Haiti after Hurricane Matthew slammed the island has been contained but persists due to lack of funding,...

Mormon choir member quits to avoid Trump 31 Dec 2016 - 09:55 pm

Los Angeles: A member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has quit the group rather than sing at Donald Trump's inauguration and appear to...

Panama sees no change in Taiwan and China ties 31 Dec 2016 - 09:55 pm

Panama City: Panama does not expect any change in its relations with Taiwan or China, a senior official from the isthmus nation said...

Venezuela's Maduro frees six dissidents 31 Dec 2016 - 09:52 pm

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday released six dissidents, among them former presidential candidate Manuel Rosales, who had been under house arrest for more...

Four million tourists visited Cuba in 2016 31 Dec 2016 - 09:52 pm

Cuba welcomed a record four million tourists in 2016, up 13 percent over last year, with much of the increase thanks to a...

Cyprus urges Turkey to face up to responsibilities 31 Dec 2016 - 09:50 pm

Nicosia: Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades yesterday urged Turkey to live up to its responsibilities and help to reunify the divided island when crucial...