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S. Korean sisters call for their father's execution 29 Oct 2018 - 12:17 pm

Seoul, Nearly 150,000 South Koreans have backed a demand by three sisters to have their father executed for the brutal killing of their...

Georgia presidential vote goes to second round runoff - Election Commission 29 Oct 2018 - 11:50 am

TBILISI, Georgia's presidential election will go to a second round runoff between two of the country's former foreign ministers after no single candidate...

Merkel on the spot after painful regional vote 29 Oct 2018 - 11:00 am

Frankfurt am Main, German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced a bitter political reality on Monday after the parties in her fragile coalition suffered heavy...

'Tropical Trump' Bolsonaro elected Brazil president 29 Oct 2018 - 10:47 am

Rio de Janeiro: Former army captain Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil on Sunday, promising a fundamental change in direction for the...

Bangladesh court hands former PM new jail term 29 Oct 2018 - 10:33 am

Dhaka, A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia to another seven years in prison on corruption...

Earthquake of magnitude 6.4 hits south of Argentina's town of Ushuaia -USGS 29 Oct 2018 - 10:21 am

SINGAPORE, A shallow earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck on Monday south of the resort town of Ushuaia in Argentina, the United States Geological...

Indonesia says crashed plane sought return to base before losing contact 29 Oct 2018 - 08:03 am

JAKARTA: An aircraft with 189 aboard that crashed into the sea off Indonesia's island of Java on Monday requested to return to base...

Indonesian Lion Air plane crashes into sea with 188 passengers, crew 29 Oct 2018 - 08:00 am

Jakarta: An Indonesian Lion Air plane carrying 188 passengers and crew crashed into the sea Monday, officials said, moments after it had asked...

Hundreds of Salvadorans form new US-bound caravan 28 Oct 2018 - 09:48 pm

San Salvador: A group of around 300 migrants left the El Salvador capital on foot on Sunday heading for the border with Guatemala...

Brazil's right-wing Bolsonaro poised to win presidency as voting begins 28 Oct 2018 - 05:27 pm

BRASILIA: Brazilians began voting on Sunday in the most polarized election in decades as anger over corruption and crime were expected to carry...

Syria's national museum reopens doors in war-scarred Damascus 28 Oct 2018 - 04:09 pm

DAMASCUS: Syria's National Museum of Damascus opened its rich trove of antiquities to visitors again on Sunday, seven years after war forced them...

Zika virus detected in second Indian state 28 Oct 2018 - 03:56 pm

New Delhi: India's Zika outbreak is spreading, with officials saying Sunday that the mosquito-borne virus has been detected in the western state of...

Mattis: Military already moving equipment to southern border 28 Oct 2018 - 03:08 pm

PRAGUE: U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the military has already begun delivering jersey barriers to the southern border in conjunction with plans...

Two dead after China bus plunges 60 metres into river 28 Oct 2018 - 02:20 pm

BEIJING: Rescuers recovered two bodies after a public bus plunged nearly 60 metres (200 ft) into a river after colliding with a car...

Train hits construction vehicle in Germany, no one injured 28 Oct 2018 - 02:10 pm

BERLIN: Police say a night train travelling from Berlin to Zurich has collided with a small construction vehicle in southwestern Germany. No one...

Migrant caravan to rest following report of abducted child 28 Oct 2018 - 12:25 pm

TAPANATEPEC, Mexico: Coordinators of a caravan of several thousand Central American migrants moving through southern Mexico urged its members to rest Sunday. At...

Thailand's biggest political party selects new leaders ahead of poll 28 Oct 2018 - 12:21 pm

BANGKOK, Hundreds of politicians from Thailand's Puea Thai Party met on Sunday at the party's headquarter in Bangkok to select new leadership ahead...