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Smoke haze settles over Australian capital as bushfires burn 08 Dec 2019 - 09:07 am

Sydney: Smoke haze from bushfires raging in Australia spread to the capital Sunday, as firefighters raced to contain more than 140 blazes ahead...

Hong Kong police say pistol among weapons seized ahead of protest 08 Dec 2019 - 08:57 am

Hong Kong: Hong Kong police on Sunday said they conducted raids ahead of a major pro-democracy rally and found weapons including a pistol...

North Korea conducts 'very important test': KCNA 08 Dec 2019 - 08:38 am

Seoul: North Korea said Sunday it had carried out a "very important test" at its space launch centre, as Pyongyang ramps up pressure...

Four dead in shooting near Mexico's presidential residence 08 Dec 2019 - 08:34 am

Mexico City - ,Four people were killed and two injured in a shooting on Saturday near Mexico's National Palace, the presidential residence in...

At least 35 killed in Delhi factory fire 08 Dec 2019 - 08:21 am

New Delhi - At least 35 people have died in a factory fire in India's capital New Delhi, with the toll still expected...

Report: Iranian soldier shot 3 policemen to death 07 Dec 2019 - 07:40 pm

Report: Iranian soldier shot 3 policemen to deathTEHRAN, Iran : Iran's semiofficial Fars news agency is reporting that a soldier has shot three...

Iraqi officials raise toll to 25 killed in Baghdad bloodshed 07 Dec 2019 - 05:02 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials said Saturday the casualty toll had risen to 25 dead and 130 wounded after a bloody night of attacks by...

Air strikes kill 12 civilians in northwest Syria: monitor 07 Dec 2019 - 04:38 pm

Al-Bara, Syria: Syrian regime and Russian airstrikes on Saturday killed 12 civilians, half of them children, in the country's last major opposition bastion,...

Belarus eyes closer integration with Russia, fueling protest 07 Dec 2019 - 04:03 pm

MINSK, Belarus: Leaders of Russia and Belarus sat down for talks Saturday on deepening ties between the two allies - a meeting that...

United States and Iran swap prisoners in rare act of cooperation 07 Dec 2019 - 03:33 pm

The United States and Iran swapped prisoners - a Chinese-American detained for three years on spying charges and an imprisoned Iranian - on...

Pro-government protesters denounce Hong Kong 'rioters' 07 Dec 2019 - 03:24 pm

HONG KONG: Only after finding safety in numbers, joining hundreds of other pro-government protesters in Hong Kong on Saturday, did Reddy Lin drum...

Thousands in Myanmar rally behind Suu Kyi ahead of Hague court date 07 Dec 2019 - 03:01 pm

Naypyidaw, Myanmar: Thousands rallied in support of Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar Saturday, on the eve of her departure for the UN's...

Deadly blaze tears through Slovakia high-rise block 07 Dec 2019 - 02:55 pm

Bratislava: At least seven people died and dozens were injured in a gas explosion that rocked a 12-storey building in eastern Slovakia, police...

Drone targets Al-Sadr's home in Iraq 07 Dec 2019 - 02:48 pm

BAGHDAD: A drone has reportedly targeted the home of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf, a leader of...

'Laugh at what's hurting you': Lebanon cartoonists stir debate 07 Dec 2019 - 02:20 pm

Beirut: On the edges of a protest in Lebanon's capital, 24-year-old cartoonist Mohamad Nohad Alameddine bites through sticky tape and plasters one of...

Belarus eyes closer integration with Russia, fueling protest 07 Dec 2019 - 02:08 pm

MINSK, Belarus: More than 1,000 opposition demonstrators are rallying in Belarus to protest closer integration with Russia. Saturday’s protest in the Belarusian capital...

Iran's Zarif says jailed Iranian and Chinese-American will be swapped soon 07 Dec 2019 - 01:55 pm

A Chinese-American detained in Iran in 2016 and later charged for spying will soon be united with his family while an imprisoned Iranian...

Turkmenistan Airlines flies to EU again after ban 07 Dec 2019 - 01:18 pm

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan - National carrier Turkmenistan Airlines resumed flights to the European Union on Saturday after a 10-month hiatus triggered by an EU...