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Iranian village lets women watch football 10 Apr 2018 - 03:41 pm

Tehran: Women in a remote Iranian village not only attend football matches but last week received awards for their attendance, local media reported...

Syria on alert after threats over alleged gas attack 10 Apr 2018 - 03:20 pm

Damascus: Syria's regime was bracing Tuesday for Western action after US President Donald Trump vowed to respond quickly and forcefully to an alleged...

14 hurt in new fires at Nigerian camp for displaced people 10 Apr 2018 - 03:16 pm

Kano, Nigeria: At least 14 people sustained burns in a fresh outbreak of fires at a camp housing tens of thousands of people...

Toxic levels of arsenic in Amazon basin well water: study 10 Apr 2018 - 02:58 pm

Vienna: Shallow wells dug for drinking water in the Amazon basin in order to avoid polluted rivers contain up to 70 times the...

Italy busts new smuggling ring bringing migrants from Tunisia 10 Apr 2018 - 02:56 pm

PALERMO: Italy has broken up a criminal ring that smuggled migrants from Tunisia to Sicily on speedboats less than a year after a...

Somalia parliament speaker quits as $9.6m cash seized off plane from Dubai 10 Apr 2018 - 02:06 pm

MOGADISHU: The speaker of Somalia's parliament resigned on Monday after a dispute with President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed that analysts said was fuelled in...

Merkel says Nord Stream 2 not possible without clarity for Ukraine 10 Apr 2018 - 01:57 pm

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline cannot go ahead without clarity on Ukraine's role as...

Moscow to propose UN resolution to probe alleged Syria chemical attack 10 Apr 2018 - 01:49 pm

Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday said Moscow will propose a UN resolution to investigate alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria,...

Russia's foreign minister to visit North Korea 10 Apr 2018 - 01:47 pm

MOSCOW: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said he has accepted any invitation to visit North Korea. Lavrov said in televised comments on Tuesday...

Spanish police arrest 7 in connection with Catalan secession 10 Apr 2018 - 01:42 pm

MADRID: Spanish authorities have detained seven people in Catalonia as part of a crackdown on disturbances associated with the region's attempts to secede...

India charity's joy at Harry, Markle wedding gesture 10 Apr 2018 - 12:34 pm

Mumbai, An Indian charity championing menstrual hygiene is over the moon at being chosen as one of seven organisations to benefit from Prince...

Uber loses EU court case against French criminal charges 10 Apr 2018 - 12:29 pm

LUXEMBOURG: France is entitled to bring criminal proceedings against local managers of ride-hailing app Uber for running an illegal taxi service, the EU...

Air passengers grounded in strike-hit Germany, France 10 Apr 2018 - 11:45 am

Frankfurt am Main, Tens of thousands of air passengers were stranded Tuesday as aviation giants Lufthansa and Air France were hit by strikes...

Motorcycle bombs injure 12 in southern Thailand 10 Apr 2018 - 11:25 am

BANGKOK, Police in Thailand say they believe three bombs that injured 12 people in a town on the border with Malaysia were planted...

Daughter in Salisbury poisoning discharged from hospital: reports 10 Apr 2018 - 10:27 am

London: Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned with a nerve agent in the English city of Salisbury last month along with her Russian ex-spy...

Philippine high court hears arguments to remove Duterte 'enemy' Sereno 10 Apr 2018 - 10:13 am

Manila: The Philippine Supreme Court began hearing arguments on Tuesday on a government bid to invalidate the appointment of the court's top judge,...

Trump vows 'major decisions' on Syria after alleged toxic attack 09 Apr 2018 - 07:50 pm

Beirut: US President Donald Trump on Monday pledged "major decisions" on Syria after a suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town, as calls...

Catalonia's Puigdemont may stay in Berlin while on bail 09 Apr 2018 - 07:47 pm

Berlin: Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, who was arrested in Germany on a Spanish extradition request but released on bail last week, was...