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Syria slams global chemical arms body's new powers 29 Jun 2018 - 09:28 pm

Damascus: Damascus on Friday slammed a decision to grant the world's chemical watchdog the power to identify perpetrators of attacks, ahead of results...

Jordan source reports south Syria truce; State Dept cannot confirm 29 Jun 2018 - 09:28 pm

BEIRUT/AMMAN: A ceasefire has been agreed for southern Syria between the government and rebels, a Jordanian official source said on Friday, amid fears...

EU moves on migrant plans, while 100 reported missing at sea 29 Jun 2018 - 07:08 pm

BRUSSELS: European Union leaders Friday drew up new plans to screen migrants in North Africa for eligibility to enter Europe, saying they set...

Cracks emerge in EU migrant deal 29 Jun 2018 - 07:01 pm

Brussels: Cracks emerged Friday in Europe's hard-fought summit deal on migration, as EU President Donald Tusk warned there was no guarantee it would...

Merkel eases German migrant row with EU accords 29 Jun 2018 - 06:53 pm

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel sealed key deals with EU partners on stemming migrant flows Friday, in a crucial breakthrough ahead of a...

Portugal's Vitorino beats Trump pick to lead UN migration agency 29 Jun 2018 - 06:48 pm

Geneva: Decades of American leadership at the United Nations migration agency was broken on Friday as voters rejected President Donald Trump's nominee for...

Jarrod Ramos, Maryland man charged with 5 murders in shotgun attack on Capital Gazette newsroom 29 Jun 2018 - 06:29 pm

ANNAPOLIS, Md.: A Maryland man was charged with multiple counts of murder on Friday, a day after police say he rampaged through a...

Hundreds of Syrians leave Lebanon for long-awaited reunions 28 Jun 2018 - 11:59 pm

ARSAL: Hundreds of displaced Syrians left Lebanon for their war-torn homeland Thursday in a repatriation that will reunite them with relatives they have...

Nigerian fuel truck 'wildfire' kills 9 28 Jun 2018 - 11:59 pm

Lagos A fuel truck exploded in Nigeria's commercial megacity Lagos on Thursday killing nine people in a huge blaze, state emergency officials told...

At least five killed, several injured in Capital Gazette newsroom shooting in Maryland 28 Jun 2018 - 11:52 pm

A gunman fired through a glass door at a newspaper in the Maryland capital of Annapolis and sprayed the newsroom with gunfire on...

Palestinian succumbs to injuries after Israeli shelling 28 Jun 2018 - 10:26 pm

GAZA CITY, Palestine: A Palestinian youth has died of injuries he sustained earlier Thursday when the Israeli army fired artillery shells into the...

Several dead in newsroom shooting in Maryland capital Annapolis 28 Jun 2018 - 10:26 pm

Washington: Several people were reported killed Thursday at a shooting at the offices of the Capital Gazette, a daily newspaper published in Annapolis,...

UK's Prince William visits Jerusalem holy sites, great-grandmother's tomb 28 Jun 2018 - 10:01 pm

JERUSALEM: Britain's Prince William toured Jerusalem's most sacred and sensitive sites on Thursday, wrapping up a politically delicate visit that both Palestinians and...

Trump, Putin to meet on July 16 in Helsinki: Officials 28 Jun 2018 - 03:35 pm

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on July 16 in Helsinki, the Kremlin and the White House...

Five dead as plane plunges into Mumbai building site 28 Jun 2018 - 02:58 pm

Mumbai: A small plane crashed into a construction site in a densely populated part of India's financial capital Mumbai on Thursday, killing five...

Before summit, Merkel calls migration "make or break" for Europe 28 Jun 2018 - 02:48 pm

BRUSSELS: Under severe pressure from conservative allies at home, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on European leaders on Thursday to forge a common...

Xi refuses to budge on South China Sea in talks with US defense chief 27 Jun 2018 - 07:54 pm

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping stiffly defended his country's claim to disputed islands in the South China Sea after US Defense Secretary James...

Prince William pays first official British royal visit to occupied West Bank 27 Jun 2018 - 07:36 pm

JALAZONE CAMP, West Bank: Prince William paid the first official British royal visit to the Palestinian Territories on Wednesday, touring a refugee camp...