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Pakistan's largest province to hold snap polls in win for former PM Khan 16 Jan 2023 - 04:18 pm

Lahore: A snap local election will be held inPakistan's most populous province, officials said, after the provincial leader, an ally of ousted Prime...

Indonesia stadium disaster negligence trial begins 16 Jan 2023 - 12:17 pm

Surabaya, Indonesia: Five Indonesian men charged with negligence leading to one of the worst stadium disasters in football history appeared in court by...

Italian police arrest most wanted mafia boss Messina Denaro in Sicily 16 Jan 2023 - 11:59 am

Palermo, Italy:Italian police said on Monday they had arrested Matteo Messina Denaro, the country's most wanted mafia boss who had been on the...

Toll from Dnipro strike in Ukraine rises to 35 16 Jan 2023 - 11:53 am

Kyiv, Ukraine: A weekend strike on a residential building in Ukraine's centre-east city of Dnipro killed at least 35 people, including two children,...

Disgruntled guest smashes car through Chinese hotel lobby 16 Jan 2023 - 11:12 am

Shanghai: A disgruntled guest rammed his sports car through a Chinese hotel's doors and drove wildly around its lobby, leaving a trail of...

Searchers find black boxes of aircraft in deadly Nepal crash 16 Jan 2023 - 10:40 am

KATHMANDU: Searchers on Monday found both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from a passenger flight that crashed on Sunday, killing...

British police arrest man over shooting near London church 16 Jan 2023 - 10:35 am

London: British police said on Monday a 22-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a seven-year-old girl was left...

Hopes of survivors in Nepal plane crash 'nil' 16 Jan 2023 - 10:11 am

Pokhara, Nepal: Nepali rescue workers scoured a debris-strewn ravine Monday for more bodies from the mangled wreckage of a plane with 72 people...

Former female Afghan MP shot dead in Kabul - police 16 Jan 2023 - 08:19 am

Kabul: A former female member ofAfghanistan's parliament has been killed by unknown gunmen at her home in Kabul, police said. Mursal Nabizada and...

China's Tencent fires more than 100 for fraud, embezzlement 16 Jan 2023 - 07:57 am

Beijing: Chinese tech giant Tencent said Monday it had fired more than a hundred employees for violating company policies, with some referred to...

Peru extends state of emergency in protest-hit cities 15 Jan 2023 - 11:30 pm

Lima: Peru has extended a state of emergency for another month in the capital city of Lima and two southern regions where deadly...

Zelensky warns Russian people over their 'cowardly silence' 15 Jan 2023 - 11:26 pm

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday condemned Russian people's "cowardly silence" as the toll for the missile strike on a tower block...

Man arrested after uranium found at UK's Heathrow Airport 15 Jan 2023 - 10:49 pm

London: A man in his 60s has been arrested in connection with an investigation linked to the discovery of traces of uranium found...

California braces for final burst of heavy snow and rain 15 Jan 2023 - 10:43 pm

California: Storm-lashed California is bracing for what may be a final battering of rain and snow starting late Sunday, adding to the damage...

GOP lawmaker seeks Biden visitor logs in classified papers fight 15 Jan 2023 - 10:39 pm

A Republican lawmaker leading investigations of President Joe Biden’s administration called on the White House to turn over visitor logs to his home...

GCC countries celebrate Gulf Children's Day 15 Jan 2023 - 09:55 pm

DOHA: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states mark the Gulf Children's Day on January 15, each year stemming from their consolidated belief...

South Africa's president to skip WEF to deal with crippling power cuts at home 15 Jan 2023 - 09:47 pm

Johannesburg: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will no longer attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos due to the ongoing energy crisis...