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UN counts on Trump to combat climate change, advance rights: Ban 09 Nov 2016 - 06:18 pm

United Nations, United States:The United Nations will count on Donald Trump's new US administration to help combat climate change and advance human rights...

Obama's half-brother stumps for Trump on Twitter 09 Nov 2016 - 06:13 pm

Nairobi: Donald Trump has been called many things but arguably the most bizarre is "the white Malcolm X", a title inexplicably bestowed upon...

Angry Trumpist coalition marching on Western democracies 09 Nov 2016 - 06:08 pm

Paris: From his home in northeast France, 24-year-old student Marc was celebrating Donald Trump's stunning success Wednesday. Not normally involved in American politics,...

Anxious world leaders seek clarity on Trump policies 09 Nov 2016 - 05:51 pm

LONDON: World leaders offered to work with Donald Trump when he takes over as U.S. president, but expressed anxiety over how he will...

Fatalities in London tram accident 09 Nov 2016 - 05:06 pm

LONDON: Several passengers were killed in a tram derailment in south London on Wednesday, emergency services said. More than 50 others were hospitalized...

Amnesty urges Trump to uphold human rights 09 Nov 2016 - 04:59 pm

London: Amnesty International on Wednesday urged US president-elect Donald Trump to commit to upholding human rights, criticising his "poisonous rhetoric" following the Republican...

Canada's Trudeau pledges to work 'very closely' with Trump 09 Nov 2016 - 04:15 pm

Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged Wednesday to work "very closely" with US President-elect Donald Trump, congratulating him on his surprise victory...

Trump arouses Syrian rebel concern, "cautious" optimism in Damascus 09 Nov 2016 - 03:54 pm

BEIRUT: Donald Trump's election as U.S. president on Wednesday drew concern among Syrian rebel groups and a degree of optimism in Damascus, where...

China jails 49 over giant explosions 09 Nov 2016 - 03:38 pm

Beijing: Chinese courts Wednesday jailed almost 50 people over last year's giant explosions in the port of Tianjin that killed 165 people, state...

Obama congratulates Trump, schedules Thursday meeting 09 Nov 2016 - 03:19 pm

WASHINGTON: Democratic President Barack Obama called Republican Donald Trump to congratulate him on his election victory early on Wednesday and invited him to...

Dubai opens canal in fresh boost for tourism, commerce 09 Nov 2016 - 03:12 pm

Dubai: Dubai was to inaugurate a water canal Wednesday after a three-year construction project costing $735 million, in a fresh boost for tourism...

For China, Trump win creates uncertainty, opportunity 09 Nov 2016 - 02:48 pm

BEIJING: Donald Trump's upset election victory cracks open pressing strategic and economic questions in U.S.-China ties, and has likely surprised and worried Chinese ...

Iraq temporarily suspends operations in eastern Mosul 09 Nov 2016 - 02:41 pm

NINEVEH, Iraq: Iraq’s anti-terrorism agency has temporarily suspended military operations in the eastern part of the Islamic State-held city of Mosul while stressing...

At Clinton HQ, horror and disbelief 09 Nov 2016 - 02:31 pm

New York: A stony silence turned to sheer horror early Wednesday for Hillary Clinton's supporters at what was meant to be her presidential...

IS ousted from 7 more villages in northern Syria 09 Nov 2016 - 02:30 pm

ANKARA: Syrian opposition forces have captured seven more villages in northern Syria as part of Turkey’s Operation Euphrates Shield, the Turkish military said...

42,000 displaced since start of Mosul assault 09 Nov 2016 - 02:15 pm

Baghdad: Nearly 42,000 people have fled their homes since last month's start of the operation to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State group,...

Taliban call on Trump to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan 09 Nov 2016 - 02:13 pm

KABUL: The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday called on U.S. president-elect Donald Trump to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan. "Our message is that the...

Trump vows to cooperate with other nations 09 Nov 2016 - 02:04 pm

New York: The US President-elect Donald Trump said in his speech after winning the presidential election that he looks forward to cooperating fairly...