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“The people have spoken,” says Zimbabwe’s new leader 22 Nov 2017 - 10:20 pm

HARARE: Zimbabwe’s new leader Emmerson Mnangagwa told a cheering crowd in Harare on Wednesday that the country was entering a new stage of...

Besieged Syrians eating trash, fainting from hunger 22 Nov 2017 - 08:41 pm

GENEVA, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Syrians in the besieged enclave of Eastern Ghouta are so short of food that they are eating trash,...

Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe is witnessing 'unfolding full democracy' 22 Nov 2017 - 08:27 pm

Harare: Zimbabwe's incoming president Emmerson Mnangagwa told crowds who turned out in Harare to greet him on Wednesday that they were witnessing "unfolding...

Bosnian Muslim leader urges Serbs to 'accept the truth' 22 Nov 2017 - 08:26 pm

Sarajevo: Bosnian Muslim leader Bakir Izetbegovic on Wednesday urged ethnic Serbs to "accept the truth" after a UN court sentenced Bosnian Serb wartime...

Odds stack up against Argentine submarine survival 22 Nov 2017 - 07:24 pm

Mar del Plata, Argentina: The clock ticked down Wednesday on hopes of finding alive the 44 crew members of an Argentine submarine missing...

Ukraine rebel leader accuses ex-minister of coup attempt 22 Nov 2017 - 06:16 pm

Lugansk, Ukraine: The self-proclaimed leader of the Moscow-backed rebel stronghold of Lugansk on Wednesday accused an ex-minister of masterminding a coup attempt as...

US condemns 'ethnic cleansing' of Rohingya in Myanmar 22 Nov 2017 - 04:25 pm

Washington: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that Myanmar's Rohingya population was being subjected to "ethnic cleansing", accusing the security forces...

Erdogan says Russia has power to solve Karabakh dispute 22 Nov 2017 - 04:14 pm

ISTANBUL: Russia has the power to solve the decades-long Karabakh dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Turkish president said Wednesday. "Russia, Mr. [Vladimir] Putin...

Mladic to appeal life sentence, says son 22 Nov 2017 - 03:55 pm

The Hague: Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic is to appeal his life sentence, his son said Wednesday, calling the judgement by...

Thailand arrests woman wanted over deadly 2015 bombing at shrine 22 Nov 2017 - 03:25 pm

BANGKOK: Police in Thailand on Wednesday arrested a woman wanted in connection with a 2015 bombing in Bangkok that killed 20 people, 14...

Singapore to deploy driverless buses from 2022: minister 22 Nov 2017 - 02:49 pm

Singapore: Driverless buses will appear on some roads in Singapore from 2022 as part of plans to improve mobility in the land-scarce city-state,...

China, S.Korea foreign ministers meet in Beijing 22 Nov 2017 - 02:40 pm

Beijing: The foreign ministers of China and South Korea met on Wednesday in Beijing as the two nations seek to improve ties strained...

Pakistan frees suspected Mumbai attacks mastermind 22 Nov 2017 - 02:20 pm

Lahore, Pakistan: A Pakistani court has ordered the release of one of the alleged masterminds of the 2008 Mumbai attacks which killed more...

Mladic sentenced to life for Bosnia genocide, war crimes 22 Nov 2017 - 02:20 pm

THE HAGUE: A U.N. tribunal on Wednesday convicted ex-Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic of genocide and crimes against humanity for massacres of...

Mafia godfather buried amid friends and foes in Corleone 22 Nov 2017 - 02:12 pm

Rome: Former "boss of bosses" Toto Riina, one of the most feared godfathers in the history of the Sicilian Mafia, was buried Wednesday...

Yazidi mass grave found in Iraq's Sinjar 22 Nov 2017 - 01:51 pm

Mosul, Iraq: Iraqi officials said they found another mass grave in the northern Sinjar region on Wednesday containing the bodies of dozens of...

Massive car bomb kills 18 in Turkmen district of Iraq 22 Nov 2017 - 01:36 pm

BAGHDAD: At least 18 people were killed Tuesday when the Turkmen-majority Tuz Khurmatu district in Iraq’s Saladin province north of Baghdad was rocked...