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Jordan reopens main border post with Syria after 3 years 15 Oct 2018 - 09:54 am

Jaber Border Crossing: Jordan on Monday reopened its main border crossing with war-torn Syria, a key Middle East trade route, after a three...

At least 5 people killed in flashfloods in southern France, waters rising 15 Oct 2018 - 09:51 am

PARIS, At least five people were killed in flash floods in the southwestern Aude area of France after several months worth of rain...

Indigenous Indians fight deforestation threat with gourmet coffee 15 Oct 2018 - 09:34 am

BANGKOK: Once forbidden by colonialists from cultivating coffee, indigenous people in southern India have won a prestigious award for their bean, which they...

Malaysian leader in waiting Anwar in triumphant return to parliament 15 Oct 2018 - 09:05 am

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's leader in waiting Anwar Ibrahim returned to parliament as a lawmaker Monday, and vowed to give former nemesis Prime Minister...

Cologne police: Hostage incident at train station 15 Oct 2018 - 12:00 am

BERLIN: Cologne police say they have closed parts of the western German city's main train station because of a hostage situation. Police officer...

Egypt says truck traffic resumes with Israel via Sinai 14 Oct 2018 - 09:10 pm

El-ARISH, Egypt: The Egyptian military says commercial truck traffic with Israel has resumed via a border crossing in the Sinai Peninsula that had...

Israel warns Hamas of 'painful' strikes if protests go on 14 Oct 2018 - 09:04 pm

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday threatened "very painful blows" against Gaza's Hamas rulers if they don't halt protests along the...

China's Xinjiang prescribes vocational centres, anti-halal campaign to combat ‘Uighur extremism’ 14 Oct 2018 - 08:53 pm

BEIJING: China's far-western Xinjiang region has inserted into its anti-extremism regulations new clauses that prescribe the use of "vocational training centres" to "educate...

Defying China, Malaysia releases Uighur detainees 14 Oct 2018 - 08:36 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has freed from detention 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims who fled to the southeast Asian nation after a Thai jailbreak last...

Firebrand Myanma monk Wirathu hits back at UN, international community over Rohingya crisis 14 Oct 2018 - 08:27 pm

Yangon: An ultra-nationalist monk -- dubbed the "Buddhist Bin Laden" -- on Sunday condemned the international community for their calls to bring Myanmar's...

Israel's Supreme Court halts deportation of American student 14 Oct 2018 - 08:23 pm

JERUSALEM: Israel's Supreme Court on Sunday agreed to hear the appeal of an American graduate student who is fighting an expulsion order over...

Jordan and Syria say border to reopen on Monday 14 Oct 2018 - 05:53 pm

AMMAN: The border crossing between Jordan and Syria will reopen on Monday after being closed for three years, the two countries said on...

In Syria's Yarmouk, a pigeon keeper and his dog held out through years of war 14 Oct 2018 - 02:32 pm

YARMOUK, Syria: The Yarmouk district in Damascus has switched hands many times in Syria's war: from rebels, to Islamic State militants, and back...

May's team must force change in Brexit policy, says former minister 14 Oct 2018 - 12:03 pm

LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May's ministers should "exert their collective authority" to force a change in her Brexit strategy, former Brexit minister David...

Death toll rises to 20 after suicide bombings in southern Somalia 14 Oct 2018 - 11:18 am

MOGADISHU, The death toll has risen to 20 people on Sunday following two suspected suicide bombers that struck in the southern Somali city...

Fifteen killed as migrant vehicle crashes in Turkey: reports 14 Oct 2018 - 10:30 am

Istanbul: Fifteen people, including children, died on Sunday when a vehicle carrying migrants plunged off the highway into a river-bed in western Turkey,...

Bavaria votes in tough test for Merkel's conservative allies 14 Oct 2018 - 10:18 am

BERLIN: Bavarians were voting Sunday in a state election that was expected to deal the prosperous region's long-dominant conservative party a stinging setback,...