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Blinken blasts China’s backing of Russia, calls out Xi Jinping 09 Jul 2022 - 12:03 pm

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken blasted Beijing over its support of Russia after emerging from more than five hours of talks with...

Abe's body arrives in Tokyo as country mourns ex-PM's death 09 Jul 2022 - 11:13 am

TOKYO: The body of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was returned to Tokyo on Saturday after he was fatally shot during a...

Sri Lanka protesters storm president's house, clash with police 09 Jul 2022 - 10:59 am

COLOMBO:Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo broke through police barricades and stormed the president's official residence on Saturday in one...

Ancient jawbone could give glimpse of Europe's earliest humans 08 Jul 2022 - 10:06 pm

Madrid: Archaeologists in Spain said on Friday they had dug up an ancient jawbone that could help them look into the face of...

US to send $400 million in weapons to Ukraine, including more HIMARS 08 Jul 2022 - 09:55 pm

Washington: U.S. President Joe Biden signed a new weapons package worth up to $400 million for Ukraine on Friday, including four additional high...

UN fails to extend aid deliveries to Syrian rebel-held area 08 Jul 2022 - 09:22 pm

The U.N. Security Council failed to extend humanitarian aid deliveries to 4.1 million Syrians in the rebel-held northwest from Turkey on Friday after...

Sri Lanka imposes curfew ahead of planned protest in capital 08 Jul 2022 - 08:00 pm

Colombo: Police imposed a curfew in Sri Lanka’s capital and surrounding areas on Friday, a day before a planned protest demanding the country’s...

Russians officially out of track and field world championships over Ukraine war 08 Jul 2022 - 07:46 pm

Track and field officials confirmed on Friday that Russians will not be allowed to compete at this month's world championships due to the...

New York requires gun applicants to list social media accounts 08 Jul 2022 - 07:31 pm

Albany: As missed warning signs pile up in investigations of mass killings, New York state is rolling out a novel strategy to screen...

Eight dead in flash floods during Hindu pilgrimage in India's Kashmir 08 Jul 2022 - 07:08 pm

Srinagar: At least eight people were killed when sudden rains triggered flash floods during an annual Hindu pilgrimage to an icy Himalayan cave...

Abe assassination stuns Japan, a country where gun violence is rare 08 Jul 2022 - 05:43 pm

Tokyo: The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday stunned and saddened people in a country where firearms are strictly regulated...

Russia hands down first prison term for anti-war in Ukraine remarks 08 Jul 2022 - 05:28 pm

A court in Moscow sentenced a municipal council member to seven years in prison on Friday for his remarks opposing the war in...

Firefighters, aircraft fight blaze near France's Mediterranean coast 08 Jul 2022 - 03:36 pm

PARIS: Airborne French firefighters and hundreds of emergency crew battled on Friday to bring under control a wildlife near the Mediterranean coast, local...

N.Korean streets flooded as heavy rains exacerbate economic crisis 08 Jul 2022 - 02:09 pm

SEOUL: North Korean towns along the border with China were flooded this week after heavy rain, threatening to exacerbate an already critical food...

India's summer-sown crop planting lags, raises output concerns 08 Jul 2022 - 01:33 pm

MUMBAI: Farmers in India have fallen behind in planting key summer-sown crops such as rice, corn and soybeans due to the uneven distribution...

Omicron BA.5 may drive Covid wave in Malaysia: Health Minister 08 Jul 2022 - 01:29 pm

Malaysia said the BA.5 variant of Omicron is behind a recent jump in Covid cases, while warning the highly contagious strain could fuel...

Shanghai reopens cinemas but COVID risks 'relatively high' 08 Jul 2022 - 01:26 pm

SHANGHAI: Shanghai reopened most cinemas on Friday, sticking to a plan of gradual resumption of daily activities after it lifted a two-month COVID-19...

Philippine leader tests positive for coronavirus, isolates 08 Jul 2022 - 12:38 pm

MANILA, Philippines: New Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. tested positive for the coronavirus Friday following an antigen test and will go into isolation...