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71 migrants intercepted in English Channel: authorities 26 Dec 2019 - 07:19 pm

Lille: Seventy-one migrants were intercepted on several boats in the English Channel overnight, with some needing hospitalisation for hyperthermia, French and British authorities...

Honest German returns bag with 16,000 euros 26 Dec 2019 - 06:59 pm

Frankfurt am Main: A 63-year-old man in Germany had a very Merry Christmas indeed after an honest finder returned the backpack he had...

Drunk driver rides e-scooter on German Autobahn 26 Dec 2019 - 06:59 pm

Frankfurt am Main: German police on Thursday stopped an inebriated 27-year-old man who was caught riding an electric scooter on a motorway. Police...

After Cabinet opposed Mexican cartel policy, Trump forged ahead 26 Dec 2019 - 06:59 pm

Washington: In the weeks before U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration this month that he would forge ahead with designating Mexican drug cartels as...

Iraqi pres threatens to quit in defiance of Iran's allies in parliament 26 Dec 2019 - 06:59 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraqi President Barham Salih refused on Thursday to designate the nominee of an Iran-backed parliamentary bloc for prime minister, saying he would...

3 teens killed in Christmas night crash in Alabama 26 Dec 2019 - 06:59 pm

GENEVA, Ala.: Three 16-year-olds were killed and a fourth was seriously injured when a vehicle left a road and ran into trees on...

Morocco jails YouTuber, detains journalist 26 Dec 2019 - 06:59 pm

Rabat: A Moroccan YouTuber was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for "insulting the king" in a video broadcast on social networks,...

Notre-Dame restoration enters risky phase with scaffolding removal 26 Dec 2019 - 06:59 pm

PARIS: The operation to shore up fire-ravaged Notre-Dame Cathedral is entering a risky stage as engineers resume preparations for the removal of scaffolding...

"Nobody knows" how much pound could slump: Lebanon central bank head 26 Dec 2019 - 03:41 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanon's central bank governor said on Thursday "nobody knows" how much more the cost of dollars could rise on the black market...

Japan executes first foreigner in 10 years in family murder 26 Dec 2019 - 03:33 pm

TOKYO: Japan executed its first foreigner in 10 years on Thursday, a Chinese man convicted in the 2003 murder and robbery of a...

Australia firefighters brace for extreme heatwave at weekend 26 Dec 2019 - 11:50 am

PERTH, Australia: Firefighters battling wildfires in Australia’s most populous state attempted to make headway Thursday amid favorable conditions, before an "extreme heatwave" hits...

Anti-Putin activist 'forcibly drafted' and sent to Arctic base 26 Dec 2019 - 12:04 am

Moscow: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that one of his allies had been forcibly conscripted and sent to serve at a...

21 suffer carbon monoxide poisoning at French Christmas mass 25 Dec 2019 - 10:13 pm

Lille, France: Twenty-one people were hospitalised in northern France, two in a serious condition, after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning during Christmas mass, emergency...

Spain probes pool deaths of Briton and two children 25 Dec 2019 - 10:13 pm

Madrid: Spanish police have launched an investigation into the Christmas Eve drowning of three members of a British family in a swimming pool...

Giuliani associate Parnas unable to pay both lawyers, agrees to let one withdraw 25 Dec 2019 - 10:13 pm

A lawyer for Lev Parnas, an associate of U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani who has been charged with campaign finance...

'It doesn't matter if it's Christmas' - Hong Kong pro-democracy activists keep up protests 25 Dec 2019 - 10:13 pm

HONG KONG: Hong Kong anti-government protesters marched through Christmas-decorated shopping centres on Wednesday, chanting pro-democracy slogans and forcing one mall to close early,...