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Mnuchin expresses optimism trade standoffs can be resolved 22 Apr 2018 - 10:15 am

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank repeatedly warned at their meetings this week that intensifying trade tensions could jeopardize a...

Armenian PM walks out of talks with protest leader 22 Apr 2018 - 10:02 am

Yerevan: Armenia's prime minister and ex-president Serzh Sarkisian walked out of a televised meeting Sunday with anti-government protest leader Nikol Pashinyan shortly after...

Blast at election centre in Afghan capital, at least four dead 22 Apr 2018 - 09:52 am

KABUL: An explosion apparently caused by a suicide bomber hit a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday, causing casualties,...

German Social Democrats to elect Andrea Nahles as first female leader 22 Apr 2018 - 07:53 am

Berlin: Germany's Social Democrats are Sunday expected to elect Andrea Nahles, a combative and outspoken former labour minister, as the first woman leader...

5 killed, multiple missing after boat accident in China 21 Apr 2018 - 04:53 pm

BEIJING: Five people were killed on Saturday and multiple others were missing after two dragon boats capsized in southern China, causing 60 people...

Syrian army pounds IS-held district in capital's south 21 Apr 2018 - 04:01 pm

Yarmuk, Syria: Heavy regime bombardment pounded a southern district of Syria's capital Saturday, state media and a monitor said, as government forces pressed...

Moscow slams US for refusing Bolshoi prima ballerina visa 21 Apr 2018 - 03:42 pm

Moscow: The Russian foreign ministry on Saturday slammed the US for refusing an entry visa to a prima ballerina at the country's Bolshoi...

Russia 'welcomes' North Korea's nuclear declaration 21 Apr 2018 - 03:13 pm

Moscow: Moscow "welcomes" North Korea's Kim Jong Un's declaration on halting nuclear tests and calls on the US and Pyongyang to work together...

Tunisia reopens consulate in Libyan capital Tripoli 21 Apr 2018 - 01:25 pm

TRIPOLI: Tunisia has reopened its consulate in the Libyan capital, the Libya foreign ministry said on Saturday, the latest mission to return to...

Iran president criticises violence by morality police 21 Apr 2018 - 01:02 pm

Tehran, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday appeared to criticise the morality police after a video emerged of a violent encounter with a...

India seeks death penalty for rape of girls under 12 21 Apr 2018 - 12:59 pm

NEW DELHI: India's government has decided to prescribe the death penalty for people convicted of raping girls under the age of 12 to...

Rebels begin leaving new area outside Damascus: state media 21 Apr 2018 - 12:44 pm

Damascus: Rebels started leaving a new area outside the Syrian capital Saturday, state media said, after a new deal was reached between opposition...

Security challenges loom over Buhari's re-election bid 21 Apr 2018 - 12:29 pm

Kano, Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari's pledge to end Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency in northeast Nigeria played a large part in his 2015 presidential election...

Hamas says man gunned down in Malaysia was important member 21 Apr 2018 - 12:08 pm

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: The Hamas group says a man who was gunned down in Malaysia was one of its members who had...

Americans told to toss romaine lettuce over E. coli fears 21 Apr 2018 - 11:46 am

PHOENIX: U.S. health officials on Friday told consumers to throw away any store-bought romaine lettuce they have in their kitchens and warned restaurants...

Rouhani slams officials' 'vow of silence' in face of protests 21 Apr 2018 - 11:42 am

Tehran, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday that officials were failing to respond effectively to mounting popular protests, in part because they are...

China navy drills in Pacific as tension with Taiwan rises 21 Apr 2018 - 11:32 am

SHANGHAI: Chinese naval forces have passed through waters south of Taiwan and carried out military exercises in the western Pacific, the latest in...

Madagascar police fire teargas at opposition protests 21 Apr 2018 - 11:23 am

ANTANANARIVO: Madagascar police fired teargas at opposition demonstrators protesting against new electoral laws they say are designed to lock out their candidate from...