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Norway: Police report 1 shot, injured at mosque outside Olso 10 Aug 2019 - 07:02 pm

MOSCOW: Norwegian police say one person has been shot and lightly injured at a mosque in a western suburb of the capital, Oslo....

Spanish aid boat blocked by Italy rescues 39 more migrants 10 Aug 2019 - 06:32 pm

LAMPEDUSA, Italy: A private rescue ship that has remained at sea with 121 migrants after being denied permission to enter ports in two...

Car bomb explodes in Libya's Benghazi killing two U.N. staff 10 Aug 2019 - 06:05 pm

BENGHAZI, Libya: A car bomb explosion in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi killed two United Nations' staff on Saturday, several medical sources...

66 killed in floods, mudslides in southern India 10 Aug 2019 - 05:53 pm

NEW DELHI: At least 66 people have died and some 260,000 have moved to relief camps following flash floods and mudslides caused by...

Myanmar landslide kills 41, many more feared missing 10 Aug 2019 - 05:38 pm

Mawlamyine, Myanmar: The death toll from a landslide triggered by monsoon rains in eastern Myanmar rose to at least 41, an official said...

Police say 62 killed in Tanzania fuel tanker explosion 10 Aug 2019 - 05:30 pm

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania: A damaged tanker truck exploded in eastern Tanzania as people were trying to siphon fuel out of it Saturday,...

India to bring in food supplies to Kashmir as curfew remains 10 Aug 2019 - 05:20 pm

NEW DELHI: Authorities enforcing a strict curfew in Indian-administered Kashmir will bring in trucks of essential supplies for an Islamic festival next week,...

Italy not thinking about leaving euro: Salvini 10 Aug 2019 - 05:14 pm

MILAN: The leader of Italy's League Matteo Salvini, who this week pulled the plug on his own governing coalition and called for a...

Libya government says ready for conditional Eid truce 10 Aug 2019 - 05:09 pm

Tripoli: Libya's government has said it is willing to accept a truce in fighting around Tripoli for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha...

Trump says Kim made 'small apology' for missile tests 10 Aug 2019 - 04:03 pm

Washington: US President Donald Trump said Saturday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had apologized over a recent spate of missile tests...

Hong Kong police fire tear gas during another weekend of protests 10 Aug 2019 - 03:34 pm

HONG Kong: Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters on Saturday, and demonstrators swiftly gathered elsewhere during another...

Tanzania fuel tanker blast kills 57 10 Aug 2019 - 11:53 am

Morogoro, Tanzania: Fifty-seven people perished in Tanzania on Saturday when a fuel tanker exploded after overturning on a road west of the country's...

Blast rocks Copenhagen police station, no injuries 10 Aug 2019 - 11:06 am

Stockholm: An explosion rocked a Copenhagen police station in the early hours Saturday, causing damage but no injuries just days after a similar...

Trump says he wants ‘meaningful background checks’ for guns 09 Aug 2019 - 09:09 pm

Donald Trump said he wants "meaningful background checks” for firearms purchases after a pair of mass shootings that left more than 30 people...

Kashmir curfew partially eased for prayers amid lockdown 09 Aug 2019 - 06:53 pm

NEW DELHI: A strict curfew in Kashmir in effect for a fifth day was eased Friday to allow residents to pray at mosques,...

Floods kill at least 28 in southern India, displace thousands 09 Aug 2019 - 06:48 pm

BENGALURU/MUMBAI: At least 28 people have died in the southern Indian state of Kerala after torrential monsoon rains caused landslides and Flooding that...

Richard Gere visits migrants stuck in the Mediterranean 09 Aug 2019 - 06:41 pm

ABOARD THE OPEN ARMS ON THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: Carrying boxes of fruit, Richard Gere visited rescued migrants Friday on a humanitarian ship that...

Floods force Kochi airport closure till Sunday 09 Aug 2019 - 11:17 am

Kochi (Kerala), Chaos gripped Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) after authorities announced sudden suspension of flight operations at 9 a.m. on Friday leaving...