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Emergency hunger levels likely to hit Madagascar by year-end - U.N. 06 Oct 2016 - 04:24 pm

ROME: Hunger is expected to reach emergency levels by the end of the year in drought-hit southern Madagascar, where many families have already...

Crime, traffic: Tirades aside, what Duterte has done so far 06 Oct 2016 - 04:19 pm

Rodrigo Duterte’s promise of radical change helped win him power in one of Asia’s oldest democracies. Since taking office in the Philippines, he’s...

Explosion hits near police station close to Istanbul airport - TV 06 Oct 2016 - 04:18 pm

ISTANBUL: A suspected car bomb exploded close to a police station near Istanbul's Ataturk airport on Thursday and at least one person was...

British UKIP politician Woolfe has bleeding on the brain - party colleague 06 Oct 2016 - 04:00 pm

LONDON: Steven Woolfe, a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Britain's UKIP party, is suffering from bleeding on the brain following an...

Eleven killed, 14 missing in Central African Republic clashes 06 Oct 2016 - 03:46 pm

BANGUI: Eleven people were killed in clashes in Central African Republic's capital this week set off by the murder of an army officer,...

Millions flee as Southeast U.S. braces for deadly Hurricane Matthew 06 Oct 2016 - 03:33 pm

Bahamas: Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, slammed into the Bahamas early on Thursday and intensified as it barreled...

Palestinian president in hospital undergoing heart test - medical source 06 Oct 2016 - 03:22 pm

RAMALLAH, West Bank: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was taken to hospital in the occupied West Bank on Thursday and a medical source said...

Tensions with India complicate Pakistan pick for next army chief 06 Oct 2016 - 03:08 pm

Marking Pakistan’s Defence Day in a northern military garrison town, army chief Raheel Sharif presided over a highly-choreographed ceremony playing propaganda films. One...

Montenegro in election tug-of-war between Russia and the West 06 Oct 2016 - 02:38 pm

PODGORICA: Alexander Khrgian quit Moscow for Montenegro in 2008 and immediately felt at home, setting up a law firm that helps the tiny...

Six killed in attack in northeast Kenya 06 Oct 2016 - 02:26 pm

Nairobi: Six people were killed in a suspected attack by Shabaab militants on a residential compound in the restive northeastern Kenyan town of...

Bomb attack on Syrian refugee camp kills at least 20 06 Oct 2016 - 01:57 pm

IDLIB, Syria: At least 20 people were killed and scores injured Thursday by a bomb attack claimed by Islamic state on a refugee...

Ugandan rebels face death for crimes against humanity 06 Oct 2016 - 01:51 pm

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo: A Congolese military court has sentenced 10 Ugandan Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militiamen to death for crimes against...

Iraq asks UNSC to discuss Turkish presence in N. Iraq 06 Oct 2016 - 01:42 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraq has formally called on the UN to convene an urgent meeting of the Security Council to discuss the Turkish military presence...

Poland's parliament rejects plans for near-total abortion ban 06 Oct 2016 - 12:20 pm

WARSAW: Polish lawmakers withdrew draft legislation on Thursday that would introduce a near-total ban on abortion, in a hastily arranged vote that marks...

Zambian opposition leaders to be charged with sedition -police 06 Oct 2016 - 11:58 am

LUSAKA: Zambia's main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema and his deputy Geoffrey Mwamba are due to be charged with sedition by a court on...

Many hospital medics forced to flee embattled Afghan city, jeopardising care - officials 06 Oct 2016 - 10:49 am

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan: Fighting in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz has forced many hospital staff to leave for safety, officials said on Thursday,...

Bomb kills at least 25 Turkish-backed rebels in north Syria - monitors, witnesses 06 Oct 2016 - 10:42 am

BEIRUT: A bomb blast at a Syria-Turkey border crossing killed at least 25 Turkish-backed rebel fighters and wounded dozens more on Thursday, witnesses...

Moscow is bankrolling Ukraine rebels: ex-separatist official 06 Oct 2016 - 09:04 am

MOSCOW: A former senior official from breakaway eastern Ukraine said Russia directly finances pensions and public sector salaries in the two pro-Russian regions...