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Sacked Sri Lanka PM stays put as crisis deepens 28 Oct 2018 - 11:10 am

Colombo: Sri Lanka's sacked prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe resisted moves to evict him from his official residence Sunday, defiantly summoning allies for a...

Rock star reception as Harry and Meghan start last leg of Pacific tour 28 Oct 2018 - 10:59 am

Wellington: Prince Harry and Meghan arrived in Wellington Sunday to a traditional Maori welcome, an official reception disrupted by a fire alarm and...

High stakes for Merkel's govt as German state of Hesse votes 28 Oct 2018 - 10:38 am

BERLIN: Germany's central region of Hesse was voting Sunday in a state election marked by discontent with infighting in the national government -...

Fears for Leicester City's Thai chairman after helicopter crash 28 Oct 2018 - 10:15 am

Leicester, United Kingdom: Leicester City's charismatic Thai chairman was the subject of growing concerns on Sunday after a helicopter belonging to the billionaire...

An open door and a massacre: Gunman kills 11 at synagogue 28 Oct 2018 - 10:03 am

PittsBURGH: During the week, anyone who wanted to get inside Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue had to ring the doorbell and be granted...

A man kneels to light a candle beneath a police cordon outside the Tree of Life Synagogue after a shooting there left 11 people dead in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on October 27, 2018. AFP / Brendan Smialowski

Iran president urges Parliament to approve 4 new ministers 27 Oct 2018 - 05:12 pm

TEHRAN, Iran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged Parliament to approve four new ministers and help his government "resist" and "fight" the U.S. as...

Catalan leader defiant a year after failed independence declaration 27 Oct 2018 - 04:44 pm

BARCELONA: Catalan separatists marked the first anniversary of a failed independence declaration on Saturday with protests and vows to press ahead with their...

Four-nation Syria summit begins in Istanbul 27 Oct 2018 - 03:58 pm

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened a summit in Istanbul on Saturday with the leaders of Russia, Germany and France aimed at...

Islamic State kills 41 US-backed fighters in eastern Syria: monitor 27 Oct 2018 - 03:19 pm

Beirut: The Islamic State group has killed 41 US-backed fighters in Syria battling to oust the jihadists from their eastern holdout of Hajin...

Turkey hosts summit to seek solutions to end war in Syria 27 Oct 2018 - 02:56 pm

ISTANBUL: The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany were gathering for a summit Saturday about Syria, hoping to lay the groundwork for...

More violence feared as Brazil braces for far-right presidency 27 Oct 2018 - 02:22 pm

SAO PAULO: After a presidential campaign that has seen political violence overshadow policy debate, many Brazilians fear attacks will continue after the likely...

Afghans vote in south Kandahar's delayed elections 27 Oct 2018 - 12:59 pm

KABUL, Afghanistan: Security was tight in southern Kandahar on Saturday as voters waited hours in line to cast their ballots in parliamentary elections...

Radicals attack Hindu retreat as gender protests mount 27 Oct 2018 - 12:32 pm

New Delhi: Suspected Hindu radicals on Saturday attacked a spiritual retreat founded by a preacher who backed letting women enter a renowned Indian...

US mail bombing suspect an ardent Trump supporter 27 Oct 2018 - 10:04 am

Plantation, United States: Cesar Altieri Sayoc, the Florida man accused of sending pipe bombs to critics of Donald Trump, had plastered his social...

Trump says bomb alerts harming Republican vote 'momentum' 26 Oct 2018 - 07:37 pm

Washington: President Donald Trump claimed Friday that the explosive devices mailed to his rivals were slowing Republican "momentum" ahead of November's midterm elections,...

Sri Lanka President sacks PM, installs former strongman 26 Oct 2018 - 07:26 pm

Colombo: Maithripala Sirisena installed Sri Lanka's controversial former strongman leader Mahinda Rajapakse as the country's new prime minister Friday, the president's office said,...