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Suicide car bomb targets hotel in Somali port city, followed by gunfire 12 Jul 2019 - 07:09 pm

MOGADISHU: A car bomb went off on Friday at a hotel in Somalia's port city of Kismayu where local elders and lawmakers were...

New Orleans braces for flooding, Trump declares emergency ahead of Storm Barry 12 Jul 2019 - 01:45 pm

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans braced for severe flooding with residents told to hunker down as a growing tropical storm in the U.S. Gulf...

First parts of Russian S-400 system delivered to Turkey- ministry 12 Jul 2019 - 11:28 am

Reuters ISTANBUL: The first parts of a Russian S-400 missile defence system were delivered to NATO member Turkey on Friday, the Turkish defence...

Defense lawyers seek detention at home for Jeffrey Epstein 11 Jul 2019 - 10:51 pm

NEW: Financier Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers, seeking bail for their client, said Thursday that he had long lived with the fear that federal prosecutors...

Truck hits Mennonite carriage, killing boy and injuring 4 11 Jul 2019 - 09:06 pm

FARMINGTON: A pickup truck slammed into a horse-drawn carriage in Missouri on Thursday, killing an 8-year-old Mennonite boy and seriously injuring two other...

Ex-Israeli premier plays down relationship with Epstein 11 Jul 2019 - 09:06 pm

JERUSALEM: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is playing down his ties with Jeffrey Epstein - the U.S. financier jailed on sex-trafficking charges....

Trump to announce executive action on census citizenship question 11 Jul 2019 - 09:06 pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday will announce an executive action over his administration's effort to add a citizenship question to the...

Qatar Executive breaks the world circumnavigation speed record on Gulfstream G650ER 11 Jul 2019 - 07:38 pm

Doha: Qatar Executive (QE), together with the One More Orbit team, has made history by beating the world circumnavigation speed record for any...

Death toll in migrant ship disaster off Tunisia coast rises to 58 11 Jul 2019 - 07:38 pm

TUNIS: The death toll from a ship packed with African migrants that sank off the Tunisian coast last week has risen to 58...

'Our lost son': Migrant boy still separated from parents 11 Jul 2019 - 07:38 pm

BUDA, Texas: There were water balloons at Byron Xol's birthday party - bunches of them, filled a dozen at a time. He squeezed...

French energy minister stays on despite lobster scandal 11 Jul 2019 - 07:38 pm

PARIS: France's environment minister is prepared to reimburse any undue expense from lavish lobster-and-wine dinners he hosted when parliament speaker, his boss said...

Huge fire erupts at power station outside Moscow 11 Jul 2019 - 06:21 pm

Moscow: A blaze raged for hours at a gas-fired power station outside Moscow Thursday, killing a worker overseeing a substation and damaging a...

UK: Iranian vessels tried to block British vessel in Gulf 11 Jul 2019 - 08:32 am

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Britain says three Iranian vessels unsuccessfully tried to impede the passage of a British commercial vessel through the Strait...

Portugal PM says open to new alliance with far left 10 Jul 2019 - 07:20 pm

LISBON: Portugal's prime minister said on Wednesday he is ready to renew his Socialist party's alliance with two far-left parties following a general...

Acosta to take questions on his handling of Epstein case 10 Jul 2019 - 07:20 pm

WASHINGTON: Hoping to stave off intensifying calls for his resignation, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta plans to hold a news conference Wednesday to defend...

Pelosi: 'No regrets about anything' as feud tests Dem unity 10 Jul 2019 - 07:20 pm

WASHINGTON: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez don't talk to each other much. But lately they're speaking at one another in...