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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...

Mom whose toddler was yanked by police resolves another case 12 Dec 2018 - 09:35 pm

TRENTON, N.J.: A mother who was violently separated from her toddler by New York police in a widely viewed videotaped encounter agreed on...

Judge won't drop suit against ex-deputy in school shooting 12 Dec 2018 - 09:35 pm

FORT LAUDERDALE: A judge has rejected a deputy's claim that he had no duty to confront the gunman during the school shooting in...

Polish PM survives confidence vote that he called for 12 Dec 2018 - 08:46 pm

WARSAW: Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's conservative government easily survived a confidence vote in parliament Wednesday that the leader had unexpectedly asked for...

California man sues after pinky stuck in armrest during flight 12 Dec 2018 - 07:30 pm

Los Angeles: A California man has filed a lawsuit against two US airlines after his pinky got stuck in his first-class seat armrest,...

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Turkey to launch operation against Syria Kurd militia within days 12 Dec 2018 - 05:59 pm

Ankara: Turkey on Wednesday warned it will launch a new operation in Syria within days against an American-backed Kurdish militia that Ankara considers...

US Says Puerto Rican drug dealers killed Doral banker in 2011 12 Dec 2018 - 05:05 pm

U.S. prosecutors have accused four men linked to a Puerto Rican drug operation with the murder of banker Maurice Spagnoletti, seven years after...

Egypt probes images of couple atop pyramid 12 Dec 2018 - 05:05 pm

Cairo: Egyptian authorities have launched an investigation into images said to show a naked couple who scaled the Great Pyramid that has sparked...

France's Macron caught between protests, Strasbourg attack 12 Dec 2018 - 05:05 pm

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron is trying to take back control of his nation after a month of protests that caused mayhem across...

Swedish political crisis deepens as opposition get its budget passed 12 Dec 2018 - 05:05 pm

STOCKHOLM: Sweden's political crisis deepened on Wednesday as parliament rejected the caretaker government's budget in favour of a tax-cutting one from the opposition....