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India's finance minister hits back at RBI, says it allowed lending excesses 30 Oct 2018 - 01:45 pm

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley blamed the Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday for failing to stop a lending spree between...

Maldives court suspends jail term for ex-President Nasheed 30 Oct 2018 - 01:36 pm

MALE, Maldives: The Maldives Supreme Court has suspended a 13-year jail sentence given to the country's exiled former president until it reviews his...

Trump to sign order ending birthright citizenship, Axios reports 30 Oct 2018 - 12:50 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump said he plans to sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship for babies of non-immigrants and unauthorized immigrants born...

Japanese Princess Ayako gives up royal status to marry commoner 30 Oct 2018 - 11:43 am

TOKYO, Princess Ayako married commoner Kei Moriya on Monday at a traditional ceremony at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine, to become the latest female royal...

Indonesia deploys divers, "pinger locators" in hunt for doomed plane's cockpit recorders 30 Oct 2018 - 10:39 am

JAVA SEA, Indonesia, Indonesian divers resumed a search on Tuesday for an airliner that crashed with 189 people on board, as "pinger locators"...

Trump says he expects "great deal" with China, but more tariffs if not 30 Oct 2018 - 10:05 am

SHANGHAI, US President Donald Trump said he thinks there will be "a great deal" with China on trade, but warned that he has...

Brazil elects far-right president, worrying rights groups 29 Oct 2018 - 08:06 pm

SAO PAULO: In some of his first words to the nation as president-elect, far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro has promised to defend the constitution...

Erdogan opens new Istanbul Airport, planned to be world's largest 29 Oct 2018 - 06:25 pm

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday opened Istanbul's new international airport, which his government says will eventually become the world's largest....

Indonesia plane crash search finds remains, debris at sea 29 Oct 2018 - 06:21 pm

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Rescuers in inflatable boats retrieved human remains, pieces of aircraft and personal belongings from the Java Sea on Monday after a...

Woman suicide bomber wounds 9 in Tunis: ministry 29 Oct 2018 - 05:07 pm

Tunis: A woman suicide bomber blew herself up Monday near police vehicles in the centre of the Tunisian capital, injuring nine people, the...

21 dead in east China mining accident 29 Oct 2018 - 02:24 pm

Beijing: The death toll from a mining accident in east China rose to 21 on Monday after rescuers pulled two more bodies from...

Merkel wants to stay chancellor until 2021: CDU sources 29 Oct 2018 - 01:58 pm

BERLIN: Angela Merkel has told members of her Christian Democrats (CDU) she wanted to serve her full term as German chancellor until 2021,...

Merkel to give up party leadership after poll setback 29 Oct 2018 - 01:55 pm

Berlin: Germany's Angela Merkel will not run for re-election as leader of her centre-right CDU, sources said Monday, in the clearest sign yet...

Turkey's new Istanbul airport to be world's largest 29 Oct 2018 - 01:32 pm

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday unveils Istanbul's new international airport, which his government claims will be the world's largest. One...

130 flights cancelled on fifth day of Brussels airport strike 29 Oct 2018 - 01:23 pm

Brussels: A baggage handlers strike at Brussels international airport forced the cancellation of 130 out of 630 flights scheduled for Monday, the fifth...

Syrian Kurds boost fight against IS in east after setback 29 Oct 2018 - 01:17 pm

BEIRUT/BAGHDAD: Syrian Kurdish special forces have joined an offensive against Islamic State militants in eastern Syria, a commander said, after the jihadists recovered...

Indonesia rescuers expect no survivors from crashed Lion Air plane 29 Oct 2018 - 01:11 pm

JAKARTA: An Indonesian search and rescue agency official estimated there would be no survivors from the Lion Air plane that crashed into the...

Merkel will not seek re-election as CDU party chair - source 29 Oct 2018 - 12:29 pm

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told leaders of her Christian Democrats (CDU) that she will not seek re-election as party chairwoman at...