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Ethiopian Airlines says flight has crashed with 149 passengers and eight crew members 10 Mar 2019 - 10:45 am

NAIROBI: An Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi crashed early on Sunday with 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard, a spokesman for the...

Democracy, DPRK style: North Korea holds election 10 Mar 2019 - 10:26 am

Pyongyang: North Koreans went to the polls Sunday for an election in which there could be only one winner. Leader Kim Jong Un's...

Nine police killed in attack in Myanmar's Rakhine: police 10 Mar 2019 - 10:10 am

Yangon: Nine policemen have been killed in a militant attack in Myanmar's western Rakhine state, police said on Sunday, as tensions ratchet up...

Mexico club attack leaves at least 15 dead 10 Mar 2019 - 10:04 am

Guanajuato, Mexico: Armed assailants opened fire in a nightclub in central Mexico in the early hours of Saturday, leaving at least 15 people...

Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza over rocket: army 10 Mar 2019 - 10:01 am

Jerusalem, Israeli aircraft struck Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early Sunday after a rocket from the Palestinian enclave hit the Jewish state,...

Tibet supporters in India mark 60 years since uprising 10 Mar 2019 - 09:46 am

Dharamsala, India, Huge crowds gathered at the Dalai Lama's temple in India Sunday to commemorate 60 years since the failed Tibetan uprising against...

Venezuela's Guaido calls for massive protest as blackout drags on 10 Mar 2019 - 08:05 am

CARACAS: Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Saturday called on citizens nationwide to travel to the capital Caracas for a protest against socialist...

Regime attacks kill one civilian in Idlib 09 Mar 2019 - 08:24 pm

IDLIB, Syria: The Bashar al-Assad regime and its Iranian-backed terror groups on Saturday continued heavy bombardment in residential areas of Syria’s northwestern Idlib...

More civilians leave Islamic State's Syria enclave, delaying final assault 09 Mar 2019 - 08:11 pm

BAGHOUZ, Syria: The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) paused military operations against Islamic State (IS) militants holed up in the group's final enclave...

Merkel successor backs Macron's EU call 09 Mar 2019 - 07:23 pm

BERLIN: The leader of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party is backing French President Emmanuel Macron's call for a stronger European Union. In an...

British police close roads near parliament due to a suspicious vehicle 09 Mar 2019 - 06:26 pm

LONDON: British police closed London's Westminster bridge and roads close to parliament on Saturday due to a suspicious vehicle. A spokesman for the...

Flights resume at New Jersey's Newark airport after fire report shuts runways 09 Mar 2019 - 06:21 pm

NEW YORK: Flights at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport resumed on Saturday after the airport closed its runways due to reports of...

Italian envoy confirms deaths of 2 climbers in Pakistan 09 Mar 2019 - 05:23 pm

ISLAMABAD: Italy's ambassador to Pakistan has confirmed the deaths of two missing European mountain climbers on Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth-tallest mountain. Ambassador...

Suicide car bomb attack in northern Syria's Manbij wounds 8 09 Mar 2019 - 05:21 pm

BEIRUT: An official with a U.S.-backed group says a suicide car bomb attacker has blown himself up near a military vehicle in the...

More than 80 injured in Japan ferry accident 09 Mar 2019 - 05:17 pm

TOKYO: A ferry has collided with what apparently was a marine animal off a Japanese island, injuring more than 80 people. Kyodo News...

Ebola treatment center in Congo is attacked again; 1 dead 09 Mar 2019 - 04:58 pm

KINSHASA, Congo: Armed assailants again attacked an Ebola treatment center in the heart of eastern Congo's deadly outbreak on Saturday, with the mayor...

Algeria orders early university holiday as students spur protests 09 Mar 2019 - 04:09 pm

ALGIERS: Algerian authorities on Saturday ordered an early start to the spring university holiday, an apparent attempt to weaken two weeks of student-led...