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American tourist killed in Costa Rica shark attack 03 Dec 2017 - 09:23 am

San José, A 49-year-old US female tourist was killed by a tiger shark this week while diving off a Costa Rican island in...

US pulls out of UN's Global Compact on Migration 03 Dec 2017 - 09:22 am

United Nations, United States: The administration of President Donald Trump has withdrawn the United States from a United Nations pact to improve the...

North Koreans face Mongolia exit as UN sanctions bite 03 Dec 2017 - 09:17 am

Ulaanbaatar: North Koreans have toiled and slept at construction sites in Mongolia, they have operated cashmere sewing machines, and their acupuncture skills are...

Liberian economy struggles as election crisis drags on 03 Dec 2017 - 09:12 am

Monrovia: Businesses in Liberia's dual-currency economy are feeling the pinch as customers stay home and the exchange rate keeps climbing in the absence...

Thirteen dead in S. Korea fishing boat crash 03 Dec 2017 - 09:00 am

Seoul: Thirteen people were killed and two were missing after a fishing boat collided with a tanker off South Korea's west coast and...

Obama takes on Trump and men in general at Paris event 03 Dec 2017 - 08:57 am

Paris, Former US president Barack Obama on Saturday took a new swipe at his successor Donald Trump over the Paris climate accord at...

Militia chief arrest 'dangerous moment' for Sudan's Darfur 03 Dec 2017 - 08:53 am

Khartoum: By arresting Darfur's powerful militia chief Musa Hilal, Khartoum has tightened its control over Sudan's strife-torn region but analysts say it might...

Twin suicide bombings kill at least 13 in Nigeria 02 Dec 2017 - 10:00 pm

Kano, Nigeria: At least 13 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in a dual suicide bomb attack at a busy morning...

Trump says he's `unbeatable' in 2020 02 Dec 2017 - 08:16 pm

President Donald Trump, fresh off a victory in the Senate that puts him a step closer to passing a huge tax-cut bill by...

France’s Macron calls on Iraq to dismantle all militias 02 Dec 2017 - 07:32 pm

PARIS/BAGHDAD: French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday called on Iraq to dismantle all militias, including the government-sanctioned, Iran-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), a...

UAE 'deporting' Egypt presidential hopeful Shafiq to Cairo: aides 02 Dec 2017 - 05:25 pm

Cairo: UAE officials on Saturday took former Egyptian premier and presidential hopeful Ahmed Shafiq from his Abu Dhabi home to be deported back...

Turkey's Erdogan says US courts cannot put Turkey on trial 02 Dec 2017 - 02:40 pm

ANKARA, Courts in the United States cannot put Turkey on trial, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, in reference to a Turkish...

Two mass graves found in Yazidi district of Iraq 02 Dec 2017 - 02:23 pm

Baghdad, Iraqi paramilitary forces have uncovered two more mass graves containing the bodies of 140 civilians, including women and children, in an area...

Philippines 'prepared for worst' in dengue vaccine concerns 02 Dec 2017 - 02:08 pm

Manila, The Philippines is prepared for a "worst-case scenario" following warnings that an anti-dengue vaccine administered to thousands of children may worsen the...

Report finds 512 died in deadliest Somalia bombing 02 Dec 2017 - 01:27 pm

Mogadishu, As many as 512 died in an October truck bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu, an emergency committee investigating the terrorist atrocity...

Man arrested as smelly socks unleash chaos on Indian bus 02 Dec 2017 - 01:18 pm

New Delhi, Indian police arrested a man whose stinky socks caused a showdown on a bus as his fellow passengers protested the pungent...

Newborn declared dead by Max Hospital found alive before burial 02 Dec 2017 - 12:59 pm

New Delhi, In a clear case of medical negligence, doctors at a private hospital here declared a baby dead, along with his stillborn...

Syria army intercepts Israel missiles near Damascus: state media 02 Dec 2017 - 12:54 pm

Damascus: Syrian air defences intercepted at least two Israeli missiles fired at a government "military position" in Damascus province early Saturday but the...