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Headed for border, Trump warns of possible emergency declaration 10 Jan 2019 - 06:30 pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday reiterated that he may declare a national emergency if Congress does not meet his demand for...

Pompeo delivers blistering critique of Obama's Middle East policies 10 Jan 2019 - 06:30 pm

CAIRO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Barack Obama on Thursday of sowing chaos in the Middle East by failing to adequately...

21 dead bodies found in north Mexico after gang clash 10 Jan 2019 - 06:17 pm

MEXICO CITY: Mexican authorities said Thursday that 21 bodies, some burned, have been found in the northern Mexico border state of Tamaulipas in...

Lying on unexploded shell 'ill-advised' Dutchman told 10 Jan 2019 - 05:42 pm

The Hague: Lying down on top of an unexploded World War II shell is "strictly ill-advised", officials on Thursday told a Dutchman who...

Top California lawyer gives insight into Trump policy fight 10 Jan 2019 - 05:40 pm

SAN FRANCISCO: When President Donald Trump revoked protections for young immigrants known as "Dreamers," California's top prosecutor, Attorney General Xavier Becerra, turned to...

5 victims of Poland escape room fire laid to rest together 10 Jan 2019 - 05:25 pm

WARSAW, Poland: Officials on Thursday joined relatives and friends for the funeral of five teenage girls killed last week in a fire that...

U.S. forecaster sees 65 pct chance of El Niño in spring 10 Jan 2019 - 05:23 pm

The chances of El Niño forming and continuing through the northern hemisphere spring 2019 were at about 65 percent, a U.S. government weather...

President Maduro to start new term as Venezuela isolation grows 10 Jan 2019 - 04:56 pm

CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro begins a second term in office on Thursday, shrugging off international criticism that his reelection last year was...

Davos authorizes youth protest against Trump at Davos forum 10 Jan 2019 - 04:33 pm

GENEVA: Officials in Davos have authorized a protest by a Socialist youth group against U.S. President Donald Trump and other expected attendees of...

Pompeo: US troop withdrawal from Syria will happen 10 Jan 2019 - 03:54 pm

Cairo: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that a full US troop withdrawal from Syria announced by President Donald Trump last month...

Migrants land on Italy beach despite 'closed ports' 10 Jan 2019 - 03:51 pm

Rome: Some 51 migrants including a small baby landed on a beach in southern Italy on Thursday, despite insistence from the far-right interior...

Four civil defence volunteers gunned down at school in southern Thailand 10 Jan 2019 - 01:47 pm

Pattani: Four Thai civil defence volunteers were gunned down Thursday at a school in the kingdom's south with students just metres away, as...

Former U.S. marine held in Russia on spy charges seeks bail: news agencies 10 Jan 2019 - 01:45 pm

Moscow: A lawyer acting for a former U.S. marine detained in Russia on espionage charges has filed an appeal with a Moscow court...

German airport security staff strike hits more than 600 flights 10 Jan 2019 - 10:42 am

BERLIN: More than 640 flights in Germany were cancelled on Thursday due to security staff strikes at Duesseldorf, Cologne and Stuttgart airports in...

Drought-hit Australia has third-warmest year on record in 2018 10 Jan 2019 - 10:29 am

Melbourne: Australia had its third warmest year on record in 2018, a year marked by severe drought in parts of the country and...

Mexico finds 20 bodies, 17 of them burned, near US border 10 Jan 2019 - 09:17 am

MEXICO CITY: Mexican authorities discovered 20 bodies on Wednesday, 17 of them burned, near the city of Nuevo Laredo, close to the U.S....

Congo opposition leader Tshisekedi clinches surprise win in presidential election 10 Jan 2019 - 08:23 am

Kinshasa: Democratic Republic of Congo's electoral commission on Thursday declared opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi the surprise winner of last month's chaotic presidential election,...

Maduro faces next term in a hobbled, isolated Venezuela 10 Jan 2019 - 08:11 am

CARACAS, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro begins a second term in office on Thursday in defiance of international criticism that his reelection last year...