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Duterte hopes Philippine fishermen can return to China-controlled shoal 23 Oct 2016 - 11:52 am

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed hope on Sunday that fishermen would be able to return to the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the...

Pentagon chief reviews Mosul offensive with Kurds 23 Oct 2016 - 11:37 am

Arbil, Iraq: US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter arrived in Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan on Sunday to review the ongoing military offensive...

Syria's Kurds restore ancient names to Arabised towns 23 Oct 2016 - 11:24 am

Hasakeh, Syria: On a dusty road in northeast Syria, a woman and her four children stand beside a freshly erected green sign for...

15 Injured, 3 die in gas explosion in Russian city of Ryazan 23 Oct 2016 - 10:57 am

Moscow: Three people were killed and 15 others were injured in a gas explosion at the multi-story residential house in the central Russian...

Battle for Aleppo intensifies after ceasefire ends 23 Oct 2016 - 10:50 am

BEIRUT: The battle for control of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo intensified on Sunday with air strikes, ground offensives and shelling, the...

Over 35,000 suspects arrested in Turkey coup probe 23 Oct 2016 - 10:41 am

Ankara: Turkey has arrested more than 35,000 people over alleged links to the group run by the US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen, who is...

Taiwan beekeepers battle to cash in on pure honey buzz 23 Oct 2016 - 10:36 am

Ilan, Taiwan: Under a shady starfruit tree Taiwanese beekeeper Jiang Hwan-bin tends his hives, pumping out pure honey for a rapidly growing market...

One killed, two injured in Japan park blasts 23 Oct 2016 - 10:36 am

Tokyo: One person was killed and at least two injured by two near-simultaneous blasts in a Japanese park on Sunday, the local fire...

Mosul battle will be big, won't end soon - Kurdish region minister 23 Oct 2016 - 10:08 am

ERBIL, Iraq: Iraqi forces have advanced to 5 km (3 miles) from Mosul in an offensive against Islamic State's last major Iraq stronghold...

Paris, the upstart startup capital 23 Oct 2016 - 09:57 am

Paris: Could Paris, the City of Light, soon become known as the City of Innovation helping propel young entrepreneurs to push technological and...

Guard killed during mutiny at Haiti prison 23 Oct 2016 - 09:15 am

Port-au-Prince: Inmates killed at least one guard and wounded two others during a mutiny at a Haitian prison near the capital Port-au-Prince, with...

Sanaa air raids resume as Yemen truce expires-residents 23 Oct 2016 - 08:56 am

SANAA: Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition attacked targets in Sanaa at dawn on Sunday, hours after a three-day truce in Yemen's war expired,...

Confident Clinton steps up in battle for Congress 23 Oct 2016 - 08:43 am

Philadelphia: With polls giving her the edge on Election Day, Democratic White House nominee Hillary Clinton said late Saturday that she planned to...

Three injured by explosions in Japan park: fire dept 23 Oct 2016 - 08:40 am

Tokyo: Two near-simultaneous blasts in a Japanese park on Sunday injured at least three people, with one of them in critical condition, the...

Iraq parliament in surprise vote to ban alcohol 22 Oct 2016 - 10:47 pm

Baghdad: Iraq's parliament on Saturday voted to ban the sale, import and production of alcohol, in a surprise move likely to anger some...

Bashir rejects Amnesty 'lies' about Darfur chemical attacks 22 Oct 2016 - 10:24 pm

Khartoum: President Omar al-Bashir on Saturday accused Amnesty International of spreading "lies" that Sudanese government forces had used chemical weapons against civilians in...