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Trump's Golan statement draws strong regional condemnation 22 Mar 2019 - 09:44 pm

DAMASCUS: From Syria to Turkey and beyond, President Donald Trump's abrupt declaration that Washington will recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights...

From farms to slums, Indian women on sharp end of jobs crisis 22 Mar 2019 - 08:48 pm

CHINCHOLI, India: A few years ago, in this sweltering corner of western India, the horizon was dotted with hunched, barefoot women swinging sickles...

"I am your mother now": New Zealand mosque shootings hit tight-knit Bangladesh community hard 22 Mar 2019 - 08:48 pm

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: Husna Ahmed was 19 when she arrived in New Zealand from Bangladesh on her wedding day. Waiting to meet her...

Shortages of everything, and worries about relatives, for Mozambique flood survivors 22 Mar 2019 - 07:01 pm

GUARA GUARA, MozambiqueL At a camp near the city of Beira for people rescued from Mozambique's catastrophic flooding, residents were dealing on Friday...

North Korea pulls out of inter-Korean liaison office: Seoul 22 Mar 2019 - 11:15 am

Seoul, North Korea pulled its staff out of an inter-Korean liaison office Friday, Seoul said, weeks after leader Kim Jong Un's summit with...

New Zealand Muslims will be 'safe' after mosque attack: NZ minister to OIC 22 Mar 2019 - 11:09 am

Istanbul, New Zealand on Friday reassured Muslims living in the country they would be "safe and secure" despite the deadly attacks on two...

Indonesia's Garuda says to cancel 49-jet Boeing 737 deal after crashes 22 Mar 2019 - 11:03 am

Jakarta, Indonesia's national carrier Garuda has told Boeing it will cancel a multi-billion-dollar order for 49 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets after the...

US imposes first new North Korea sanctions since failed summit 22 Mar 2019 - 10:52 am

WASHINGTON, The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on two Chinese shipping companies it says helped North Korea evade sanctions over its nuclear...

"We are one" says PM Ardern as New Zealand mourns with prayers, silence 22 Mar 2019 - 10:24 am

CHRISTCHURCH, The Muslim call to prayer sounded out over Christchurch and around New Zealand on Friday, as thousands gathered to remember the 50...

Guns and tourists: Aboard the unlikely India-Pakistan 'friendship bus' 22 Mar 2019 - 10:17 am

NEW DELHI, One Friday morning before dawn, a half-empty Volvo coach slipped out of New Delhi's Ambedkar bus terminal under armed guard, the...

Police in Kazakhstan detain dozens of anti-government protesters 22 Mar 2019 - 10:10 am

ASTANA/ALMATY, Police detained dozens of anti-government protesters at rallies in Kazakhstan's two major cities on Friday, days after the surprise resignation of veteran...

Australian state election will be trial run for PM's federal contest in May 22 Mar 2019 - 10:05 am

SYDNEY, Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Liberal Party faces a tight election contest in Australia's largest state on Saturday, polls suggest, as a strong...

Hun Sen denies Cambodia is Chinese 'colony' as work on $2 bn road begins 22 Mar 2019 - 10:00 am

Phnom Penh, Cambodia broke ground Friday on a $2 billion Chinese-funded expressway -- the country's first -- as strongman premier Hun Sen denied...

In major shift, Trump says time for US to recognize Israeli sovereignty over Syria’s Golan Heights 21 Mar 2019 - 11:02 pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday it was time to back Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights that Israel seized from...

The junta leader who's running for prime minister of thailand 21 Mar 2019 - 09:30 pm

Thailand’s junta leader Prayuth Chan-Ocha has had absolute executive power since toppling the government five years ago. Now he’s looking to keep his...

Mom with kids on YouTube channel suspected of child abuse 21 Mar 2019 - 09:19 pm

MARICOPA: A woman who operates a popular YouTube channel featuring kids is facing allegations she used pepper spray to discipline her seven adopted...