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Fire hits 21-story Manila building; 1 dead and 5 injured 29 Apr 2019 - 12:51 pm

Manila: A fire raged through the top floors of a 21-story residential building in the Philippine capital on Monday in the middle of...

Fire hits 21-story Manila building, no reports of injuries 29 Apr 2019 - 12:14 pm

MANILA, Philippines: A fire raged through the top floors of a 21-story residential building in the Philippine capital on Monday in the middle...

Sri Lanka bans face veils after attacks by Islamist militants 29 Apr 2019 - 11:16 am

COLOMBO/KATTANKUDY: Authorities in Sri Lanka on Monday banned women from wearing face veils under an emergency law put in place after deadly Easter...

Environmental activists board Equinor rig set to drill in Arctic 29 Apr 2019 - 10:57 am

OSLO: Greenpeace activists on Monday climbed aboard a Seadrill drilling rig commissioned by Equinor in protest against oil and gas drilling in the...

Bangladesh kills two suspects linked to 2016 Dhaka cafe attack 29 Apr 2019 - 10:49 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh security forces on Monday killed at least two people suspected of belonging to an Islamist militant group behind a deadly cafe...

France says it has foiled terrorist act, suspects held in custody 29 Apr 2019 - 10:46 am

Paris: France has foiled a terrorist act and is holding four suspects in custody, said the French interior minister and a police source...

Sri Lanka on alert for attacks by militants dressed in uniforms 29 Apr 2019 - 10:37 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan security officials have warned that Islamist militants behind Easter Sunday's suicide bombings are planning imminent attacks and could be dressed...

The rich and famous vote in India's election 29 Apr 2019 - 10:36 am

Mumbai, Billionaires and Bollywood stars took their turn with Mumbai's slum dwellers Monday to vote in India's marathon election as Prime Minister Narendra...

Floods in Indonesia kill 29, dozen missing 29 Apr 2019 - 09:41 am

Bengkulu, Indonesia, Floods sparked by torrential rains have killed 29 people in Indonesia with a dozen more still missing, officials said Monday, marking...

Indian police raid houses in southern state a week after Sri Lanka bombings 29 Apr 2019 - 08:30 am

New Delhi: Indian police said on Sunday they raided the houses of three suspects in connection with a case concerning 15 people who...

US shooting renews debate on hate crimes and political response 28 Apr 2019 - 10:23 pm

Washington: The latest shooting at a US Synagogue heightened the sense of alarm Sunday of a rise in anti-Semitism, despite President Donald Trump...

Rabbi praises off-duty border agent who fired at California Synagogue shooter 28 Apr 2019 - 10:23 pm

The rabbi wounded in Saturday's deadly shooting at his California Synagogue praised an off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent who fired at...

Conway responds to Synagogue attack, says white nationalism among many threats 28 Apr 2019 - 10:23 pm

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said the fatal shooting inside a San Diego Synagogue suggests white nationalism is one of "many growing threats”...

Spain PM touted as winner of polls marked by far-right emergence 28 Apr 2019 - 10:23 pm

Madrid Spain's socialist prime minister was ahead in last-minute opinion polls Sunday in a tense snap general election likely to see the far-right...

Richard Lugar, US foreign-policy luminary, dies at 87 28 Apr 2019 - 10:23 pm

INDIANAPOLIS: Former Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, a Republican foreign policy sage known for leading efforts to help the former Soviet states dismantle and...

Pakistan rejects US visa sanctions reports 28 Apr 2019 - 10:23 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan rejected the media reports on U.S. visa sanctions on Islamabad and called them misleading information, a Foreign Ministry official said on...

Judge and civil rights icon Damon J. Keith dies at age 96 28 Apr 2019 - 10:23 pm

DETROIT: Judge Damon J. Keith, a grandson of slaves and figure in the civil rights movement who as a federal judge was sued...

Libyan forces push back against Haftar in house-to-house battles 28 Apr 2019 - 10:09 pm

TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI: Forces backing Libya's internationally recognised government fought house-to-house battles with troops loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar in southern parts of the capital...