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President Trump to visit North Carolina as waterways rise 19 Sep 2018 - 10:48 am

WILMINGTON, N.C.: US President Donald Trump is expected on Wednesday to visit North Carolina, which is bearing the brunt of Florence's deadly deluge...

North and South Korea to bid for 2032 Summer Olympics 19 Sep 2018 - 10:36 am

Seoul, North and South Korea will bid jointly for the 2032 Olympics, they announced Wednesday, in an ambitious plan built on hopes of...

N. Korea's Kim says to visit Seoul, shut missile site 19 Sep 2018 - 09:29 am

Seoul: North Korea's Kim Jong Un will soon make a historic visit to Seoul, he said Wednesday, and has agreed to close a...

Indian police scrutinize major law firm in PNB fraud probe after documents moved 19 Sep 2018 - 08:44 am

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: India's largest law firm, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM), is being scrutinized by federal agents after they seized documents related to the...

Australia's strawberry needle scare spurs proposal for 15-year jail term 19 Sep 2018 - 08:42 am

SYDNEY: Australia plans to increase the maximum jail term to 15 years for anyone convicted of contaminating foodstuffs, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said...

Chinese premier slams 'unilateralism' in trade disputes 19 Sep 2018 - 08:37 am

Tianjin, China: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang railed against "unilateralism" on Wednesday in a veiled allusion to the trade fight with the United States,...

Iran hails Iraq parliament selections 19 Sep 2018 - 01:23 am

Tehran: Iran on Sunday hailed the selections made by Iraq's parliament a day after the body elected candidates backed by a pro-Tehran bloc...

Russia: Syrian anti-aircraft guns mistakenly downed plane, but Israeli raids caused 19 Sep 2018 - 01:23 am

MOSCOW & JERUSALEM: President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the shooting down of a Russian military plane near Syria's seacoast was the...

Poland offering $2 billion to host US military base: Trump 19 Sep 2018 - 12:22 am

Washington: President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is seriously considering a request from Poland for US troops to be permanently based in the...

US expresses 'sorrow' over downing of Russian aircraft in Syria 19 Sep 2018 - 12:22 am

Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed sorrow Tuesday for the downing by Syria of a Russian warplane with 15 people on...

South Korean leader and North's Kim hold summit talks 18 Sep 2018 - 11:18 pm

Seoul: South Korea's president and the North's leader Kim Jong Un drove together through the streets of Pyongyang Tuesday past thousands of cheering...

Grim search for typhoon landslide victims as Philippines toll climbs 18 Sep 2018 - 11:18 pm

Itogon, Philippines: Hundreds of Philippine rescuers used shovels and their bare hands Tuesday to sift through a massive landslide, with dozens feared dead...

Tusk suggests EU Brexit summit to avert 'catastrophe' 18 Sep 2018 - 11:18 pm

Brussels: European leaders may need to hold an extra summit in November to clinch a Brexit deal and avert "a catastrophe" when Britain...

Germany ousts spymaster over far-right violence row 18 Sep 2018 - 11:18 pm

BERLIN: Germany's government said on Tuesday it would replace the head of its domestic intelligence agency who has faced accusations of harbouring far-right...

Pollution fears: Swollen rivers swamp ash dumps, hog farms 18 Sep 2018 - 11:18 pm

RALEIGH, N.C.: Flooded rivers from Florence's drenching rains have swamped coal ash dumps and low-lying hog farms, raising pollution concerns as the swollen...

Lahore prepares for Ashura processions 18 Sep 2018 - 10:18 pm

A Pakistani Shiite Muslim man chooses knives mounted on chains used in ritual self flagellation during the Ashura mourning rituals at a shop...

Level of Myanmar army brutality 'hard to fathom': UN probe 18 Sep 2018 - 10:18 pm

Geneva: Myanmar's army has used unfathomable levels of violence against minority Rohingya, UN investigators said Tuesday, calling for the military to be removed...