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21 dead, dozens injured as Pakistan trains collide 03 Nov 2016 - 03:21 pm

Karachi: At least 21 people have been killed and dozens more injured after two trains carrying hundreds of passengers collided in Pakistan's southern...

Kenya police break up anti-corruption rally with tear gas 03 Nov 2016 - 03:18 pm

Nairobi: The anti-corruption protest had barely begun when it was brought to an abrupt end, baton-wielding police firing volleys of tear gas and...

Lebanon's new PM a vocal critic of Hezbollah, Syria 03 Nov 2016 - 02:44 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanon's new prime minister Saad Hariri, the son of former billionaire premier Rafik Hariri, is a vociferous critic of Hezbollah and the...

Flooding kills 8 in central Vietnam 03 Nov 2016 - 02:35 pm

HANOI, Vietnam: Ongoing floods in central Vietnam have killed at least eight people as emergency services mobilize. Six were reported dead in Quang...

Vietnamese blogger arrested for criticizing government 03 Nov 2016 - 02:30 pm

HANOI, Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested a blogger for spreading “anti-state propaganda”. The VN Express news site reported police as...

Turkish warplanes bomb PKK shelters in Iraq, SE Turkey 03 Nov 2016 - 02:10 pm

ANKARA: Turkish fighter jets destroyed PKK terrorist shelters and mortar emplacements in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey’s Hakkari province early Thursday, according to...

Australia nabs 2 suspects under foreign fighter laws 03 Nov 2016 - 01:59 pm

MELBOURNE, Australia: Australian counterterrorism police have arrested a Sydney man and a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of breaching foreign fighter laws. News broadcaster...

Philippine president meets rebel leader after arrest warrant lifted 03 Nov 2016 - 01:47 pm

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte held talks with a wanted Muslim rebel leader at the presidential palace on Thursday, immediately after a court...

Sri Lanka musical legend Amaradeva dies at 88 03 Nov 2016 - 12:31 pm

Colombo: Sri Lanka's legendary classical music singer and composer W. D. Amaradeva died on Thursday of a heart attack in Colombo. He was...

Heavy explosions shake east Mosul after Baghdadi speech 03 Nov 2016 - 12:27 pm

BAGHDAD: Heavy explosions shook eastern districts of the Islamic State-held city of Mosul early on Thursday, residents reported, shortly after the leader of...

Boy rides toy car into oncoming traffic in China 03 Nov 2016 - 12:12 pm

BEIJING: Video of a toddler riding his yellow toy car into oncoming traffic during rush hour in a city in eastern China went...

Earthquake hits already battered central Italy, no casualties 03 Nov 2016 - 11:53 am

Rome: A strong earthquake hit the same area of central Italy on Thursday that has already been battered by a spate of recent...

Turkey-US talks: the final seizure of IS-held Raqqah 03 Nov 2016 - 10:46 am

WASHINGTON: The U.S. and Turkey are deliberating the “final seizure of Raqqah”, Defense Ash Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday. “With respect to Raqqah,...

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: The enigmatic Islamic State chief 03 Nov 2016 - 09:45 am

Baghdad: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi rose from obscurity to lead the world's most infamous and feared jihadist group, but shuns the spotlight and cultivates...

'End it already!': Americans sick and tired of election 03 Nov 2016 - 09:37 am

Mount Vernon, United States: Insults, obscenities, vitriol and sleaze: Americans have just about had it with this year's White House race. As the...

Obama warns US fate in voters' hands as race narrows 03 Nov 2016 - 09:33 am

Washington: The fate of American democracy is in voters' hands, President Barack Obama warned Wednesday, as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's battle for...

Twelve U.S. senators urge security rejection of China aluminum deal 03 Nov 2016 - 09:28 am

WASHINGTON: Twelve U.S. senators on Wednesday urged that a national security review panel reject Chinese aluminum giant Zhongwang International Group Ltd's proposed $2.3...