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Iranian border guard killed in fight with armed group near Iraq 18 Mar 2019 - 10:52 am

LONDON, An Iranian guard was killed in a fight with an armed group near the western border with Iraq, local media reported on...

Algerian unions refuse to support PM's efforts to form government 18 Mar 2019 - 10:46 am

Algiers: Thirteen independent Algerian unions have refused to back the newly-appointed prime minister's efforts to form a government he hopes will placate protesters...

Baby reunited with dad as Indonesia flood death toll hits 77 18 Mar 2019 - 10:44 am

Sentani, Indonesia, A baby trapped under rubble after flash flooding destroyed his home in Indonesia has been reunited with his father after the...

Hurricane kills 166 in Southern Africa as heavy rains persist 18 Mar 2019 - 09:57 am

At least 160 people are dead and scores more missing in Mozambique and Zimbabwe after a tropical cyclone ripped through the southern African...

Hong Kong subway partly suspended after overnight crash 18 Mar 2019 - 09:56 am

HONG KONG: Service has been suspended on part of one of Hong Kong's main subway lines after an overnight crash during equipment testing....

China says 13,000 'terrorists' arrested in Xinjiang since 2014 18 Mar 2019 - 09:47 am

BEIJING, Authorities in China have arrested almost 13,000 "terrorists" in Xinjiang since 2014, the government said on Monday, in a policy paper defending...

Rohingya "lost generation" struggle to study in Bangladesh camps 18 Mar 2019 - 09:23 am

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh, Sixteen-year-old Kefayat Ullah walked to his school in southern Bangladesh in late January, as he had done most days for...

New Zealand firms consider pulling ads from social media after mass shooting 18 Mar 2019 - 09:14 am

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY, Some New Zealand companies are weighing whether to advertise on social media, as two industry groups urged them not to in the...

Pediatrician to be sentenced for assaulting 31 children 18 Mar 2019 - 08:21 am

EBENSBURG, Pa., A former Pennsylvania pediatrician is scheduled for sentencing Monday in the sexual assault of 31 children, most of them patients, in...

New gun laws will make NZ safer after mosque massacre, says PM Ardern 18 Mar 2019 - 08:12 am

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday she would announce new gun laws within days, after 50 people were killed...

Remote Cape with 'world's cleanest air' offers smog respite 18 Mar 2019 - 07:58 am

Cape Grim, Australia, As much of Asia wheezes, coughs and sniffles its way through another smog season, one isolated and windswept corner of...

Dealer who sold arms to mosque killer rejects responsibility 18 Mar 2019 - 07:58 am

Christchurch: The New Zealand arms dealer who sold weapons to the suspected mosque attacker said Monday he felt no responsibility for the deaths...

Ethiopia says crashed jet's black boxes show similarities to Lion Air disaster 18 Mar 2019 - 07:50 am

ADDIS ABABA/WASHINGTON, The crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed 157 people had "clear similarities" with October's Lion Air crash, Ethiopia said...

Flash floods, earthquake in Indonesia kill dozens 18 Mar 2019 - 07:49 am

JAYAPURA, Indonesia: Flash floods and mudslides triggered by downpours tore through mountainside villages in Indonesia's easternmost province, killing at least 58 people, disaster...

Turkish man escapes New Zealand mosque terror by seconds 17 Mar 2019 - 10:52 pm

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: A Turkish national had a near-death experience in Friday terror attack in New Zealand. Mustafa Boztas, who was at the...

Trump stance on Muslims, Fox host in spotlight after mosque shootings 17 Mar 2019 - 10:52 pm

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Sunday championed a Fox News personality who made anti-Muslim remarks as his White House rejected any attempt to...