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Ghosn detention extended over Christmas and New Year 23 Dec 2018 - 09:45 am

Tokyo, Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn will be spending Christmas and the beginning of 2019 behind bars after a Tokyo court on Sunday...

Japan emperor draws record birthday crowd before abdication next year 23 Dec 2018 - 09:28 am

TOKYO, More than 75,000 well-wishers paid their respects to Emperor Akihito who turned 85 on Sunday, his last birthday celebration at Tokyo's Imperial...

Tsunami triggered by volcano sweeps Indonesia beach; 62 dead 23 Dec 2018 - 07:44 am

JAKARTA: A tsunami apparently caused by the eruption of an island volcano killed at least 62 people around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, sending a...

Japan emperor marks last birthday on throne, prays for peace 22 Dec 2018 - 08:25 pm

TOKYO: Japan's Emperor Akihito, marking his 85th birthday - his last before his upcoming abdication - said he feels relieved that his reign...

US envoy to anti-IS coalition quits over Trump's Syria move 22 Dec 2018 - 07:38 pm

WASHINGTON: Brett McGurk, the US envoy to the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group, has resigned in protest to President Donald Trump's...

Detention of Canadians in China a worrying precedent: Canada 22 Dec 2018 - 06:16 pm

TORONTO: Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland says China's detention of two Canadian citizens in apparent retaliation for the arrest of a top Chinese...

Guyana government falls in no-confidence vote 22 Dec 2018 - 05:54 pm

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: A lawmaker from the ruling coalition in Guyana voted late Friday with the opposition for a no-confidence motion, bringing down the...

Five dead in DR Congo landslide 22 Dec 2018 - 05:34 pm

Bukavu, DR Congo: Four women and a child died when a landslide flattened their houses after heavy rain in Bukavu in eastern DR...

Vienna shooting 'linked to Balkan mafia': police 22 Dec 2018 - 05:09 pm

Vienna: A shooting which left one man dead and another seriously injured in central Vienna on Friday is thought to be linked to...

9 Russian miners trapped by salt mine fire 22 Dec 2018 - 04:36 pm

MOSCOW: Russian officials say nine miners are trapped following a fire in a mine in the Perm region near the Ural Mountains. Officials...

Philippine lawmaker shot dead at Christmas event 22 Dec 2018 - 03:53 pm

Manila: A Philippine congressman was gunned down at a Christmas celebration Saturday, police said, the latest violence in a country notorious for deadly...

Turkey says nearly 300,000 Syrians return home after military operations 22 Dec 2018 - 03:45 pm

ISTANBUL: Nearly 300,000 Syrians have returned to their country after Turkey's two cross-border operations in northern Syria, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu was quoted...

Sudan opposition leader says 22 killed in bread protests 22 Dec 2018 - 03:29 pm

Omdurman: Protests this week in Sudan over the rising cost of bread have claimed 22 lives, Sudanese opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi said on...

Syrian rebels say U.S. troops remain in key garrison near Iraq 22 Dec 2018 - 02:44 pm

AMMAN: U.S. troops have not left the strategic Tanf garrison on the Iraq-Jordan border following President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of...

'Yellow vest' protest numbers fall in run-up to Christmas 22 Dec 2018 - 02:41 pm

Paris: French "yellow vests" turned out in small numbers for a sixth Saturday of nationwide demonstrations, with one person killed in a road...

Fresh anti-India protests in Kashmir as troops kill 6 rebels 22 Dec 2018 - 02:28 pm

SRINAGAR, India: A gunbattle between Indian troops and Kashmiri rebels early Saturday left six militants dead and triggered a new round of anti-India...