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Syrian regime, Russia attacks kill 979 aid workers 25 Dec 2019 - 01:37 pm

ANKARA: Since the eruption of the bloody civil war in Syria in 2011, the Assad regime and Russia attacks killed nearly 1,000 humanitarian...

Iran warplane crashes near dormant volcano: state media 25 Dec 2019 - 01:12 pm

Tehran: An Iranian military fighter jet crashed on Wednesday near a dormant volcano in the northwest of the country, official media reported. State...

15 people injured in helicopter emergency landing in Russia 25 Dec 2019 - 01:09 pm

MOSCOW: Russian officials say 15 people are injured after a passenger helicopter made a rough emergency landing in Siberia on Wednesday morning. The...

Typhoon misery for Philippines on Christmas Day 25 Dec 2019 - 09:10 am

Manila: Typhoon Phanfone pummelled the central Philippines on Christmas Day, bringing a wet and miserable holiday season to millions in the mainly Catholic...

6 magnitude earthquake strikes central Colombia 25 Dec 2019 - 09:07 am

Bogota: An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude hit central Colombia Tuesday night. The quake was located about 150 km south of the capital of...

Brazil's Bolsonaro grants police officers Christmas pardon 25 Dec 2019 - 12:34 am

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has granted a Christmas pardon to police officers convicted of involuntary crimes, according to an item...

British father, two children drown in Spanish pool on Christmas eve 25 Dec 2019 - 12:34 am

MADRID: Three members of the same British family - the father and two children - were found dead on Tuesday in a swimming...

Thousands mark Christmas in West Bank town of Bethlehem 25 Dec 2019 - 12:33 am

BETHLEHEM, West Bank: Thousands of Christian pilgrims on Tuesday flocked to the West Bank town of Bethlehem, celebrating Christmas Eve in the traditional...

Trump's Christmas Eve admission: No gift yet for Melania 25 Dec 2019 - 12:33 am

PALM BEACH: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had not yet bought a Christmas present for the first lady, just a...

Don't let Church failings distance you from God, Pope says on Christmas Eve 25 Dec 2019 - 12:33 am

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis led the world's 1.3 billion Roman Catholics into Christmas on Tuesday, urging them not to let the Church's failings...

Pope Francis kicks off Christmas celebrations with midnight Mass 25 Dec 2019 - 12:33 am

Rome: Pope Francis ushered in Christmas celebrations for the world's 1.3 billion Catholics on Tuesday, saying the celebration of Jesus's birth reminded humanity...

Biryani, bankers and burqas: Inside a sit-in citizenship protest on an Indian highway 24 Dec 2019 - 09:43 pm

NEW DELHI: In a working-class corner of south Delhi, a nearly 1-kilometre (half mile) stretch of a wide, six-lane highway connecting India's capital...

German exchange student says he's told to leave India after joining citizenship protests 24 Dec 2019 - 09:43 pm

BENGALURU: A German exchange student said on Tuesday that Indian authorities had ordered him to leave the country after he took part in...

India's ruling party loses key state election amid citizenship protests 24 Dec 2019 - 09:42 pm

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party has lost a key state legislature election, a setback for the party as...

Trump says us will ‘deal with’ a North Korea missile test 24 Dec 2019 - 08:45 pm

President Donald Trump said that if North Korea tests intercontinental ballistic missiles, the U.S. will "deal with it.” "I handle them as they...

Police sprinting champ nabs Spanish bag snatchers 24 Dec 2019 - 08:45 pm

Madrid: Two Spanish robbers who tried to flee on foot after snatching a bag containing 3,000 euros ($3,300) met with more than they...

Melania Trump silently forges path through impeachment 24 Dec 2019 - 07:33 pm

WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton spent the morning of her husband's impeachment visiting Capitol Hill to rally Democrats to his side. Pat Nixon kept assuring...