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Lebanon's Hariri hopes for new government by end of year 13 Dec 2018 - 04:38 pm

LONDON: Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri said on Thursday he hoped a new government would be formed by the end of the year,...

Gunmen kill more than 40 Tuaregs in ongoing Mali violence 13 Dec 2018 - 02:55 pm

BAMAKO: Gunmen on motorbikes have killed more than 40 Tuareg civilians this week in north Mali, where clashes over land and scarce water...

Paris accord rulebook takes shape at UN climate talks 13 Dec 2018 - 01:58 pm

KATOWICE, Poland: Negotiators from almost 200 countries are making a last-minute effort to resolve differences on the rules that will govern the 2015...

Lion Air crash victims' families rally as hunt for wreckage steps up 13 Dec 2018 - 01:50 pm

JAKARTA: Families of some of the 189 people killed in a Lion Air plane crash held a protest rally in Indonesia on Thursday,...

Sri Lanka court verdict expected on Parliament's dissolution 13 Dec 2018 - 01:42 pm

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka's Supreme Court is set to deliver a much-anticipated verdict Thursday on whether President Maithripala Sirisena's order to dissolve...

Sweden arrests 1 person suspected of preparing attack 13 Dec 2018 - 01:39 pm

STOCKHOLM: A man has been arrested in western Sweden on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack, the country's security services said Thursday. The...

Cyber pirates hack French foreign ministry webpage 13 Dec 2018 - 01:30 pm

PARIS: Hackers have stolen data from a French foreign ministry website created for citizens travelling abroad, the ministry said on Thursday. The breach...

France ready to take Strasbourg suspect dead or alive, says government spokesman 13 Dec 2018 - 11:23 am

Strasbourg: Hundreds of police scoured eastern France on Thursday for a fugitive gunman behind a deadly Strasbourg Christmas market attack that left two...

Gunman from Christmas market attack in France still at large 13 Dec 2018 - 11:06 am

Strasbourg: Hundreds of security forces combed eastern France for a 29-year-old man with a long criminal record who shouted "God is great!" in...

7 killed, 46 injured in high-speed train crash in Turkey 13 Dec 2018 - 10:42 am

Ankara: At least seven people were killed and 46 injured when a high-speed train crashed into a pilot engine traveling along the same...

Lion Air crash victims' families to rally as hunt for wreckage steps up 13 Dec 2018 - 10:16 am

JAKARTA: Families of some of the 189 people killed in a Lion Air plane crash plan a protest rally in Indonesia on Thursday,...

Germany opposes changes in Brexit backstop agreement - minister 13 Dec 2018 - 10:04 am

BERLIN: Germany is not willing to renegotiate a backstop solution for Northern Ireland that is laid out in the draft agreement for Britain's...

Pledge to limit tenure as speaker wins over Pelosi critics 13 Dec 2018 - 09:07 am

WASHINGTON: Rep. Nancy Pelosi all but ensured that she will become House speaker next month, quelling a revolt by disgruntled younger Democrats by...

China says second Canadian being probed for harming state security 13 Dec 2018 - 08:58 am

BEIJING: Canadian businessman Michael Spavor, who worked with North Korea, is being investigated on suspicion of harming China's state security, officials said, days...

Several injured in high-speed train accident in Turkey 13 Dec 2018 - 08:07 am

Ankara: Turkey's state-run news agency says several people have been injured after a high-speed train crashed into an overpass in the capital Ankara....

Democrat Julián Castro takes step toward 2020 presidential run 13 Dec 2018 - 08:05 am

Julián Castro, a former mayor of San Antonio and Obama administration cabinet official, announced Wednesday he’s setting up an exploratory committee for a...

UK's May wins no-confidence vote by MPs unhappy over Brexit 13 Dec 2018 - 08:00 am

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a political crisis over her Brexit deal Wednesday, winning a no-confidence vote by Conservative lawmakers that...