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Sudan military council head says it's ready to negotiate with opposition 19 Jun 2019 - 07:18 pm

KHARTOUM: The head of Sudan's ruling military council said on Wednesday it was ready to meet an opposition alliance to negotiate the country's...

Poor nations hosting most refugees worldwide, need more Western help: UN 19 Jun 2019 - 07:06 pm

GENEVA: Developing countries, not rich Western nations, are bearing the brunt of the world's refugee crisis and are hosting most of the record...

4 charged in downing of Malaysian airliner over Ukraine 19 Jun 2019 - 06:58 pm

NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands: International prosecutors announced murder charges Wednesday against four men - three of them Russians with military or intelligence backgrounds - in...

Game of drones: Airports rally firms to battle threat from above 19 Jun 2019 - 05:48 pm

Le Bourget, France: A quadcopter drone appears on the radar screen and makes a beeline for the control tower at Paris' Le Bourget...

Indonesia voices condolences for Morsi’s passing 19 Jun 2019 - 05:18 pm

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesia Wednesday offered condolences to the family of Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi after he died unexpectedly during a trial on...

Trump, in 2020 campaign mode, calls Democrats 'radical' 19 Jun 2019 - 05:13 pm

ORLANDO, Fla.: President Donald Trump jabbed at the press and poked the political establishment he ran against in 2016 as he kicked off...

Turkey's Erdogan claims ex-Egyptian president was killed 19 Jun 2019 - 04:40 pm

ANKARA, Turkey: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed that former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi did not die of natural causes but that...

Drones close runway at Singapore airport 19 Jun 2019 - 04:22 pm

Singapore: Singapore's main airport temporarily closed a runway after drones were spotted in the area, causing dozens of flights to be delayed, authorities...

Air India flight delayed after spat over pilot's lunch box 19 Jun 2019 - 03:14 pm

New Delhi: An Air India pilot and a cabin crew member are being investigated after an argument over a lunch box delayed a...

Harley-Davidson strikes deal to make smaller bikes in China 19 Jun 2019 - 02:33 pm

Harley-Davidson Inc will partner with China's Qianjiang Motorcycle Co to produce a new smaller model bike, making good on promises to build more...

Oman offers tax breaks on tourism investments in Musandam 19 Jun 2019 - 01:23 pm

DUBAI: Oman will offer tax breaks to investors in tourism projects in its northern Musandam peninsula in an attempt to attract investment and...

Netherlands set to prosecute suspects in MH17 airliner downing 19 Jun 2019 - 01:07 pm

NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands: International investigators are set on Wednesday to start criminal proceedings against suspects in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17...

Kate and William's police convoy hits UK pensioner 19 Jun 2019 - 12:30 pm

London: An 83-year-old woman was in a serious condition in a British hospital on Wednesday after being hit by a motorbike in the...

Trump launches re-election campaign, presents himself as outsider and victim 19 Jun 2019 - 11:39 am

ORLANDO, Fla.: President Donald Trump formally launched his 2020 re-election campaign on Tuesday by presenting himself as the same political insurgent who shook...

Iran says it will not extend 60-day nuclear deal deadline: Tasnim 19 Jun 2019 - 10:14 am

London: Iran will not extend a 60-day deadline for it to start pulling out of more commitments agreed under its nuclear deal, the...

Rocket hits site of foreign oil firms in Iraq's Basra, three hurt 19 Jun 2019 - 10:09 am

Basra: A rocket struck the site of the residential and operations headquarters of several global major oil companies, including US giant ExxonMobil, near ...

UK PM candidate Johnson says sorry for any offence his words have caused 18 Jun 2019 - 11:05 pm

LONDON: Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to be Britain's next prime minister, apologised on Tuesday for any offence caused over his earlier comments, including...