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Iran plane crash victims are Turkish socialite, friends coming home after Dubai bachelorette party 12 Mar 2018 - 12:01 am

ISTANBUL/DUBAI: A wealthy Turkish socialite and her friends were among the 11 people killed on Sunday when a private plane bringing them home...

Step up fake news fight at election time: top EU official 11 Mar 2018 - 08:40 pm

Brussels: The EU's top official charged with fighting fake news says Europe needs to redouble its efforts to tackle the phenomenon in the...

Putin says grandfather cooked for Stalin and Lenin 11 Mar 2018 - 07:47 pm

MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin's paternal grandfather worked as a cook for both Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, the president said in a film posted...

Protest leaders in Morocco's Jerada arrested 11 Mar 2018 - 07:47 pm

Rabat: Moroccan authorities have arrested two leaders of protests that began last December in the northeastern Moroccan town of Jerada, relatives said on...

What's in a name? France's Le Pen proposes far-right rebranding 11 Mar 2018 - 07:25 pm

France: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen proposed changing the name of her party to the National Union on Sunday as part of...

Private Turkish plane, 11 people on board, travelling from UAE to Istanbul crashes in Iran 11 Mar 2018 - 07:13 pm

TEHRAN, Iran: A Turkish private jet flying from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul with at least 11 people on board crashed Sunday...

Massive operation to rescue 40 students trapped in Tamil Nadu forest fire 11 Mar 2018 - 06:48 pm

Chennai: Authorities in Tamil Nadu were engaged in a massive operation on Sunday to rescue some students caught in a forest fire in...

Ethiopia command post says 9 civilians killed by mistake 11 Mar 2018 - 06:31 pm

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: A command post overseeing Ethiopia's state of emergency said security forces mistakenly killed nine civilians in Moyale, near the country's...

Syria army bombs splintered Ghouta enclave as bodies pile up 11 Mar 2018 - 05:42 pm

Hammuriyeh, Syria: New air strikes and barrel bombs pounded Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Sunday as government forces pressed a three-week advance that splintered...

UK official: Small traces of contamination found in spy case 11 Mar 2018 - 04:46 pm

LONDON: British health authorities said Sunday that small traces of contamination have been found in a restaurant and a pub in the English...

Mattis says US-North Korea diplomacy is at delicate stage 11 Mar 2018 - 03:19 pm

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the diplomatic push to solve the North Korean nuclear weapons crisis was at such a delicate stage...

India doctors suspended after severed leg used as pillow 11 Mar 2018 - 02:48 pm

New Delhi: Indian authorities have suspended two doctors and launched an investigation after a patient's severed leg was used as a pillow to...

Most stores shut in Poland as Sunday trade ban takes effect 11 Mar 2018 - 02:30 pm

Warsaw, Poland: A new Polish law banning almost all trade on Sundays has taken effect, with large supermarkets and most other retailers closed...

Any gas attack in Syria 'very unwise': Mattis 11 Mar 2018 - 02:11 pm

Muscat: US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday it would be "very unwise" for the Syrian regime to use gas as a weapon...

French far-right party severs all ties with elder Le Pen 11 Mar 2018 - 02:06 pm

PARIS: France's far-right National Front definitively severed its ties to firebrand founder Jean-Marie Le Pen on Sunday, as the nationalist party completes a...

Fierce fighting in Syria's Ghouta as Assad presses assault 11 Mar 2018 - 01:56 pm

BEIRUT: The Syrian army and rebel groups engaged in fierce battles early on Sunday on a critical front in eastern Ghouta where government...

Pakistan activists say court ruling threatens minorities 11 Mar 2018 - 01:01 pm

ISLAMABAD: Rights activists in Pakistan expressed concern Sunday over a court ruling that would require people to declare their religion on all official...

Russia test-fires 'ideal' hypersonic missile 11 Mar 2018 - 12:59 pm

Moscow: Russia said Sunday it successfully launched a hypersonic missile which President Vladimir Putin called "an ideal weapon" as he unveiled a new...