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Ending showdown with Pelosi, Trump postpones State of Union 24 Jan 2019 - 09:31 am

Washington: President Donald Trump said he is postponing his State of the Union address until the partial government shutdown ends, yielding after a...

Airbus CEO warns of 'harmful decisions' for UK jobs in a no-deal Brexit 24 Jan 2019 - 09:24 am

PARIS: Airbus warned on Thursday it could shift future wing-building out of Britain in the absence of a smooth exit from the European...

Turkey: Security ‘strategic area’ in cooperation with Malta 24 Jan 2019 - 12:02 am

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s vice president on Wednesday called defense and security sectors as "strategic areas” to enhance cooperation between Turkey and Malta. Speaking at...

Nurse arrested in rape of incapacitated woman who gave birth at facility 23 Jan 2019 - 09:52 pm

PHOENIX: A nurse who was looking after an incapacitated woman at a long-term health care facility has been charged with raping her, weeks...

Thousands at funeral of Arab Israeli killed in Australia 23 Jan 2019 - 09:52 pm

Baqa al-Gharbiya, Israël: Thousands of mourners attended the funeral on Wednesday of Aya Maasarwe, an Arab Israeli student killed in Australia, in her...

Iraqi charged with rape, murder in Germany's 'Susanna case' 23 Jan 2019 - 09:52 pm

Berlin: German prosecutors Wednesday announced child rape and murder charges against a rejected Iraqi asylum-seeker in a case that fuelled a heated debate...

Assange starts legal bid to unseal US charges against him 23 Jan 2019 - 09:52 pm

London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange petitioned an international human rights commission Wednesday to order Donald Trump's administration to unseal charges against him as...

Threatened, followed and abused: Malaysia urged to make stalking a crime 23 Jan 2019 - 09:19 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Writing down the details of Zara Tan's complaint, the female police officer broke off and suddenly asked why the victim didn't...

Russia wheels out key missile in bid to save US arms treaty 23 Jan 2019 - 09:19 pm

Kubinka, Russia: Russia on Wednesday unveiled a missile system that Washington claims is in violation of a key arms control treaty, in a...

Burning issue: can tech innovators save South Africa's 'fire capital'? 23 Jan 2019 - 07:42 pm

Imizamo Yethu, South Africa: When she woke up to her neighbours' shouts outside, Lundy's three-year-old toddler was already choking with the smoke that...

Far-right lawmakers walk out of Holocaust tribute in Bavaria 23 Jan 2019 - 06:26 pm

BERLIN: More than a dozen state lawmakers from a German far-right party walked out of the Bavarian parliament during a tribute to Holocaust...

Apartment fire in Syria's capital kills 7 kids 23 Jan 2019 - 03:59 pm

Damascus, Syria: A fire broke out overnight in an apartment in the old quarter of the Syrian capital Damascus killing seven siblings and...

Husband of jailed Iran rights lawyer gets six years 23 Jan 2019 - 03:34 pm

Tehran: The husband of jailed Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to six years for security-related charges, his lawyer told...

In Congo, the Tshisekedi no one had expected takes power 23 Jan 2019 - 03:00 pm

DAKAR, Senegal: Felix Tshisekedi has emerged from his father's shadow to become Congo's next president. For decades that post eluded his father, the...

Jailed Catalan separatist to run for Barcelona mayor 23 Jan 2019 - 02:22 pm

Barcelona: A former Catalan separatist leader who is in jail for alleged rebellion pending a trial over the 2017 secession bid said Wednesday...

Shutdown enters 33rd day with no breakthrough in sight as US Senate sets votes 23 Jan 2019 - 02:06 pm

Washington: There was no sign of quick relief for 800,000 federal workers going without pay because of the partial government shutdown as the...

Priyanka Gandhi officially enters politics ahead of vote 23 Jan 2019 - 01:01 pm

NEW DELHI: A scion of India's most famous political dynasty on Wednesday formally entered politics, with the opposition Congress party assigning her a...