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Explosion in Syria injures American soldiers, Turkish news says 16 Jan 2019 - 03:54 pm

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a blast in a Syrian town that’s reportedly injured several people, including American soldiers. A suicide bomber wearing...

Iran Revolutionary Guards chief insists no withdrawal from Syria 16 Jan 2019 - 03:39 pm

Tehran: The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday there would be no withdrawal of Iranian forces from Syria as he dismissed Israel...

Italian cardboard tent for the homeless gets viral boost 16 Jan 2019 - 03:11 pm

LONDON: A tiny Italian charity is dreaming big after its prototype for a foldable cardboard tent for the homeless went viral online -...

Croatia police save 15 migrants from snow and cold 16 Jan 2019 - 03:05 pm

ZAGREB, Croatia: Croatian police say they have saved 15 migrants who were stuck in a mountainous area in deep snow and low temperatures,...

Russia says not 'gloating' over Brexit vote 16 Jan 2019 - 02:57 pm

Moscow: Russia on Wednesday denied it was rubbing its hands or gloating after Britain's parliament rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's deal on leaving...

Police arrest leading Zimbabwe activist after protests 16 Jan 2019 - 02:52 pm

Harare: Leading Zimbabwean activist Evan Mawarire was arrested on Wednesday when he was taken from his house by armed police in a widening...

From travel to IPOs, how shutdown is upsetting US economy 16 Jan 2019 - 01:37 pm

WASHINGTON: Delta Air Lines can't get eight new aircraft in the air. Roughly a million government employees and contractors aren't being paid. Some...

Russia’s Lavrov mocks suggestion that Trump worked for the Kremlin 16 Jan 2019 - 01:25 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed claims that President Donald Trump has been working on the Kremlin’s behalf as he attacked Congress and...

California storms to dump up to 7 feet of snow, force evacuations 16 Jan 2019 - 01:15 pm

A big Pacific storm is set to dump up to seven feet of snow in California's Sierra Nevada mountains and several inches of...

China brushes off international concern over death sentence for Canadian 16 Jan 2019 - 12:48 pm

Beijing: China said on Wednesday that it was "not worried in the slightest" by mounting international concern over the death sentence handed to...

Russia says it caught former U.S. marine accused of spying red-handed 16 Jan 2019 - 12:26 pm

MOSCOW: Russia said on Wednesday that it had caught former U.S. marine Paul Whelan, who is being held in Russia on spying charges,...

UK's May might have to find Brexit alternative - Commons leader 16 Jan 2019 - 11:43 am

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May might have to find an alternative to her Brexit plan in order to break a parliamentary impasse...

Time for playing games on Brexit over: German foreign minister 16 Jan 2019 - 11:00 am

BERLIN: With the clock ticking ahead of Britain's scheduled exit from the European Union at the end of March, German Foreign Minister Heiko...

Uneasy calm in Zimbabwe amid stay-at-home fuel price protest 16 Jan 2019 - 10:54 am

Harare: An uneasy calm returned to Zimbabwe's main cities on Wednesday but businesses and schools remained closed and mobile networks enforced a government...

Kenya militant attack over, all "terrorists" killed: President 16 Jan 2019 - 10:39 am

NAIROBI: Kenyan security forces have "eliminated" the militants who stormed an upscale hotel compound and killed at least 14 people in an attack...

Graphic NYT photo on Kenyan terror attack draws online anger 16 Jan 2019 - 09:21 am

Several Kenyans took to Twitter to criticize the New York Times for publishing a graphic photo taken in the aftermath of a terrorist...

Anti-Trump Senator Gillibrand launches presidential bid 16 Jan 2019 - 08:51 am

Washington: Democratic US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, an outspoken Donald Trump critic and champion of women's issues including the #MeToo movement, announced Tuesday she...