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Hungary wants at least half a billion euros for protecting borders -PM 23 Feb 2018 - 04:13 pm

BUDAPEST, Hungary wants at least half of the more than 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) it has spent on border protection to be...

Singapore school test papers stolen in transit to British examiner 23 Feb 2018 - 03:58 pm

SINGAPORE, More than 200 students in Singapore had part of their British-administered school leaving exam paper stolen when they were sent to be...

Japan arrests men who fired on North Korean 'embassy' 23 Feb 2018 - 03:29 pm

Tokyo, Two Japanese right-wing extremists were arrested Friday after firing shots at a Tokyo building that serves as a de facto embassy for...

Three dead, 7 hurt as armed groups clash in C.Africa flashpoint 23 Feb 2018 - 03:01 pm

Bangui, Central African Republic, Three people were killed and at least seven others wounded in clashes which erupted overnight between armed groups in...

Reports say Iran temporarily bans ATR aircraft after crash 23 Feb 2018 - 02:53 pm

TEHRAN, Iran, Iranian media are reporting the country's aviation organization has temporarily banned flights of all ATR-72 aircraft after a deadly crash that...

Biggest Indonesian party backs President Widodo for new term 23 Feb 2018 - 02:45 pm

JAKARTA, Indonesia's biggest political party in parliament on Friday endorsed President Joko Widodo as its candidate for elections in 2019, joining four other...

China orders 2 detained for posing in Japanese army uniforms 23 Feb 2018 - 01:39 pm

BEIJING, Chinese police have ordered two men detained for 15 days after they posted pictures on the internet of themselves wearing Japanese World...

Five refugees killed, 20 injured, in Rwanda camp food protest - police 23 Feb 2018 - 01:26 pm

KIGALI, At least five refugees were killed and 20 injured at a camp in Rwanda when a protest over a cut in food...

Former S.African soldier sentenced to death in S.Sudan 23 Feb 2018 - 01:12 pm

Juba, A former South African soldier was sentenced to death in South Sudan on Friday for attempting to overthrow the government. Ex-colonel William...

Philippine police say 10 killed in bloody night of drug busts 23 Feb 2018 - 12:56 pm

MANILA, Philippine police killed 10 suspected drug peddlers and arrested 63 people in dozens of operations during the single deadliest night of the...

More bombs fall on Syria's eastern Ghouta ahead of UN vote 23 Feb 2018 - 12:44 pm

BEIRUT, A new wave of bombs struck Syria's eastern Ghouta on Friday, which a witness in one town described as the worst yet,...

Global watchdog puts Pakistan back on terrorist financing watchlist - media 23 Feb 2018 - 12:12 pm

ISLAMABAD, A global money-laundering watchdog has placed Pakistan back on its terrorist financing watchlist, Indian media and a diplomatic source said on Friday,...

Maldives warns India against interfering as ties fray 23 Feb 2018 - 11:43 am

Malé, Maldives, The Maldives has warned India against interfering in its political crisis, deepening a rift with the country once seen as its...

Modi hugs Trudeau amid Indo-Canada invitation embarrassment 23 Feb 2018 - 11:25 am

NEW DELHI Prime, Minister Narendra Modi greeted his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau on Friday with a hug, one day after embarrassed Canadian diplomats...

British lecturers go on strike over pension changes 23 Feb 2018 - 10:32 am

LONDON: lecturers at universities across Britain began a strike on Thursday in a row over changes to pensions, the first of a series...

PML nominees to run in Senate election independently 23 Feb 2018 - 10:22 am

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday announced that all the ruling party nominees for the upcoming Senate election would be running...

Hillside crashes onto Indonesian farmers; 5 dead, 18 missing 23 Feb 2018 - 10:14 am

BREBES, Indonesia: Farmers were working in their rice paddies on the Indonesian island of Java, when the soggy hillside above them collapsed under...

Hundreds of African migrants protest Israel detentions 23 Feb 2018 - 10:03 am

Holot, Israel: Hundreds of African migrants protested Thursday outside an Israeli prison where at least nine others have been incarcerated under Israel's controversial...