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In an Indian village, a woman's killing and alleged rape opens caste divides 16 Dec 2019 - 09:04 pm

HINDU NAGAR, India: When the young woman limped toward shopkeeper Ravindra Prakash, pleading for help on a dark and foggy morning in the...

How one deadly day prompted Iraqi leader's exit 16 Dec 2019 - 08:56 pm

NAJAF: In the pre-dawn hours of Nov. 28, after Iraqi demonstrators set the Iranian consulate in the southern holy city of Najaf ablaze,...

Estonia apologises after minister taunts Finnish PM as "sales girl" 16 Dec 2019 - 08:22 pm

HELSINKI/TALLINN: Estonia apologised to Finland on Monday after Estonia's interior minister mocked Finland's new prime minister -- the world's youngest-serving government leader --...

Uganda's refugee farmers sow seeds of change 16 Dec 2019 - 08:05 pm

BIDI BIDI, Uganda: One of the few possessions refugee Emily Bronte carried with him when he fled war in South Sudan for Uganda...

The case for Trump's impeachment - and the case against it 16 Dec 2019 - 08:05 pm

WASHINGTON: The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives could vote as soon as Wednesday to formally charge President Donald Trump, a Republican, with "high...

Bond granted for Mississippi man tried 6 times in killings 16 Dec 2019 - 08:05 pm

WINONA, Miss: A Mississippi man whose murder conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court for racial bias was granted bond Monday and...

Scots' independence hopes roar back to life following UK election 16 Dec 2019 - 08:05 pm

LONDON: How the results of the December election will shape Brexit -- the U.K.’s biggest political and social shift since the last world...

Ethiopia tensions could force election delay: report 16 Dec 2019 - 08:05 pm

Addis Ababa: Ethnic violence and mounting rancour among political elites could force Ethiopia to postpone landmark elections set for May, according to a...

Across India, opposition building against citizenship law 16 Dec 2019 - 07:05 pm

NEW DELHI: Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India's capital, while a southern state government led a march and demonstrators held...

India court convicts former ruling lawmaker of teen rape 16 Dec 2019 - 07:05 pm

New Delhi: A former ruling party lawmaker was convicted Monday of raping a teenager in a high-profile case that underscored India's rampant sexual...

India's Hindu nationalist trajectory under Modi 16 Dec 2019 - 07:05 pm

New Delhi: India's new citizenship law has stoked fears that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to remould the world's largest democracy as a...

British journalist Ian Bailey faces extradition hearing over 1996 murder 16 Dec 2019 - 07:05 pm

DUBLIN: An Irish court ordered British journalist Ian Bailey to face an extradition hearing in connection with his conviction in France for murdering...

Judge criticized by abortion foes named to top Kansas court 16 Dec 2019 - 07:05 pm

TOPEKA: Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday named a veteran trial-court judge opposed by the state's most influential anti-abortion group to the Kansas...

Moscow: Russia's tech community has expressed alarm over raids on web company Nginx, one of the country's biggest IT success stories, in a...

India says 20 crew kidnapped from tanker off West Africa 16 Dec 2019 - 05:04 pm

NEW DELHI: India's foreign ministry said on Monday that 20 of its nationals had been kidnapped from an oil tanker in West African...

Sri Lanka arrests Swiss Embassy worker who claimed abduction 16 Dec 2019 - 05:04 pm

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan police have arrested a Swiss Embassy employee who said she was abducted and then threatened to disclose embassy-related...

UN urges probe into 'excessive force' against Lebanon protesters 16 Dec 2019 - 05:04 pm

Beirut: The UN envoy to Lebanon Monday called for an investigation into alleged "excessive force" used against demonstrators after largely peaceful protests descended...