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French Resistance hero Yvette Lundy dies aged 103 04 Nov 2019 - 08:18 am

Lille, France, Yvette Lundy, a Resistance hero who helped Jews escape occupied France, survived the horrors of Nazi concentration camps and went on...

Moon, Abe hold 'friendly' talks on ASEAN sidelines 04 Nov 2019 - 08:10 am

Bangkok, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday held their first talks for more than a year...

Attacker bites politician's ear, others slashed in Hong Kong 04 Nov 2019 - 08:04 am

HONG KONG: A knife-wielding man slashed several people and bit off part of the ear of a pro-democracy politician in Hong Kong on...

Pakistan embassy in Kabul closes visa section amid tensions 04 Nov 2019 - 08:04 am

Kabul: Pakistan's embassy in Kabul said Sunday it was indefinitely closing its consular office in the Afghan capital due to security reasons, amid...

America's gun violence survivors on life after the bullet 03 Nov 2019 - 06:52 pm

Raleigh: The scourge of gun violence in the United States is no secret: some 36,000 Americans are killed every year on average, or...

The 'Brave Ones': Zimbabwe's women-only rangers fighting poaching 03 Nov 2019 - 06:52 pm

Phundundu, Zimbabwe: Chiyevedzo Mutero was one of dozens competing in the remote Zimbabwean bush to join the all-female anti-poaching Akashinga rangers when she...

Kabul soap factory helps former addicts stay clean 03 Nov 2019 - 06:52 pm

Kabul: A young Afghan mother of seven sits on a red woollen rug alongside four other women who are slicing huge slabs of...

Buzzfeed publishes "The Mueller Report’s Secret Memos” 03 Nov 2019 - 06:09 pm

BuzzFeed News published the first tranche of FBI documents related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into the 2016 election and Russian efforts...

Trump on course to win 2020 re-election if economic models right 03 Nov 2019 - 05:51 pm

An enduring U.S. expansion puts President Donald Trump on course to win re-election in 2020, according to economic models with a track record...

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage will not run in UK election 03 Nov 2019 - 03:12 pm

London: Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain's upstart Brexit Party, said he would not stand in the next month's election, choosing instead to...

'Guardian of the forest' killed in Amazon ambush 03 Nov 2019 - 03:05 pm

Sao Paulo: A Brazilian land defender was killed and a second injured in an ambush by loggers in the Amazon rainforest, regional authorities...

Thousands of Lebanese rally outside presidential palace in support of Aoun 03 Nov 2019 - 02:32 pm

BEIRUT: Thousands of protesters rallied outside Lebanon's presidential palace on Sunday in a show of support for President Michel Aoun after protests calling...

Minor fire on Japan govt jet with PM on board: reports 03 Nov 2019 - 01:29 pm

Tokyo: A minor fire broke out mid-flight on a Japanese government jet Sunday while Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was on board, but it...

Two bodies retrieved from S. Korea helicopter crash 03 Nov 2019 - 11:35 am

Seoul, South Korean rescuers retrieved two bodies believed to be among the seven that went missing after their chopper crashed into the sea...

Airbnb bans 'party houses' after deadly US shooting 03 Nov 2019 - 11:28 am

New York -Airbnb's boss announced Saturday that the online platform, which offers private homes for rent for short periods, is banning "party houses"...

Indian capital Delhi gasps under choking smog 03 Nov 2019 - 10:40 am

New Delhi - India's capital New Delhi was enveloped in heavy, toxic smog Sunday -- the worst levels in recent years -- with...

Intercontinental marathon kicks off in Istanbul 03 Nov 2019 - 10:05 am

ISTANBUL - The world’s only intercontinental marathon has kicked off on Sunday in Istanbul with attendance of thousands of people including a record...