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Pakistan survivors say burning train took 20 minutes to stop, 74 dead 31 Oct 2019 - 10:36 pm

MULTAN, Pakistan: A raging fire swept through a train in Pakistan's eastern Punjab Province on Thursday killing 74 people and survivors said afterward...

No Kashmiri flag, constitution under Indian-imposed changes 31 Oct 2019 - 10:36 pm

SRINAGAR: India on Thursday formally implemented legislation approved by Parliament in early August that removes Indian-controlled Kashmir's semi-autonomous status and begins direct federal...

What changes in Kashmir from October 31? 31 Oct 2019 - 10:36 pm

ANKARA: The constitutional changes approved by the Indian parliament on Aug. 5 revoking autonomy and separate citizenship law for Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir,...

Bangladesh opposition stalwart jailed for threatening PM 31 Oct 2019 - 10:36 pm

Chittagong, Bangladesh: A Bangladesh opposition stalwart was jailed in absentia for three years Wednesday for threatening the prime minister in what his party...

Border wall, impeachment battle imperil budget progress 31 Oct 2019 - 09:08 pm

WASHINGTON: The Senate passed a long-overdue, $209 billion bundle of bipartisan spending bills Thursday, but a bitter fight over funding demanded by President...

Pelosi goes all-in on impeachment but now must win over public 31 Oct 2019 - 09:08 pm

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has launched her Democratic majority on a high-stakes, partisan impeachment fight she had resisted for months, gambling on an...

Trump team hopes to expand base to Democratic-held states 31 Oct 2019 - 09:08 pm

Flush with cash, Donald Trump’s re-election team envisions a greatly expanded campaign map in which he’ll challenge his Democratic opponent in blue states...

Vatican, Jews criticise Italy's right for snubbing anti-Semitism committee 31 Oct 2019 - 09:08 pm

ROME: The Roman Catholic Church and Rome's Jewish community expressed dismay on Thursday after rightist parties refused to back the creation of a...

North Korea launches two projectiles into sea, Japan and South Korea say 31 Oct 2019 - 12:16 pm

Seoul: North Korea fired two projectiles, possibly missiles, into the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan on Thursday, according to the Japanese...

Hong Kong plunges into recession as protests, trade war take toll. 31 Oct 2019 - 12:02 pm

Hong Kong - Hong Kong on Thursday confirmed it had plunged into its first recession since the global financial crisis as months of...

Afghan woman politician sees Taliban talks as only hope for future 31 Oct 2019 - 11:33 am

KABUL, Afghan women have no choice but to hope the Taliban respect their rights for the sake of peace, said Fauzia Kofi, the...

Car blast kills eight in Syria's Afrin, near Turkish border 31 Oct 2019 - 11:25 am

Amman: At least eight people were killed on Thursday when a car bomb exploded in a busy market in the northwest Syrian city...

Roads blocked in Lebanon as protests enter third week 31 Oct 2019 - 11:08 am

Beirut: Demonstrators kept up their roadblocks across Lebanon on Thursday, as their unprecedented protest movement demanding systemic political change entered its third week....

British Airways owner suffers from pilot strike 31 Oct 2019 - 11:07 am

British Airways owner IAG SA reported a drop in third-quarter earnings after the U.K. carrier’s first pilot strike since 1979 disrupted flights and...

UK election campaign begins with Corbyn attack on "rigged system" 31 Oct 2019 - 11:01 am

LONDON, Britain's opposition Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, kicks off his election campaign on Thursday with a vow to take on Britain's "rigged...

North Korea fires unidentified projectile - South Korea military 31 Oct 2019 - 10:59 am

Seoul: North Korea fired an unidentified projectile towards the sea to its east on Thursday afternoon, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JSC)...

House to formalize Trump impeachment investigation 31 Oct 2019 - 10:53 am

Washington, Democrats laid out a formal roadmap for President Donald Trump's impeachment Thursday as they accumulated more evidence to support charges that he...

Crabs, melons, mangoes: gifts that bring Japanese politicians down 31 Oct 2019 - 10:06 am

TOKYO, Crabs, melons, mangoes, even humble potatoes and corn, have proved politically treacherous in Japan this past week, with two cabinet ministers forced...