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Egypt says bombs militants responsible for Western Desert attack 31 Oct 2017 - 10:22 pm

CAIRO: Egypt’s air force killed a large number of militants responsible for a deadly attack on a police convoy 10 days ago, the...

Hate campaign shuts down French anti-harassment hotline 31 Oct 2017 - 07:59 pm

Paris: French feminists who set up an anti-harassment phone line announced Tuesday they had been forced to shut it down after just three...

UN names new coordinator to unblock aid for Myanmar 31 Oct 2017 - 06:22 pm

United Nations, United States: The United Nations on Tuesday named a new interim relief coordinator in Myanmar as the government continues to block...

Body recovered after Arctic helicopter crash: Norway 31 Oct 2017 - 05:38 pm

Oslo: Norwegian authorities said Tuesday they had recovered the body of one of the eight people aboard a Russian helicopter that crashed in...

Islamic state claims responsibility for blast in Afghan capital Kabul 31 Oct 2017 - 04:27 pm

CAIRO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an explosion in Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday which killed multiple people,...

Afghan security personnel investigate the site of a suicide bombing in Wazir Akbar Khan in Kabul on October 31, 2017. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR

Croatian village gives shelter to abandoned bears 31 Oct 2017 - 03:49 pm

Kuterevo, Croatia: Orphaned, abandoned or abused: Croatia's brown bears that are unable to survive in the wild are finding a new home in...

Sacked Catalan leader Puigdemont says accepts snap election, not seeking asylum 31 Oct 2017 - 03:32 pm

BRUSSELS: Sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on Tuesday said he accepted the snap elections called by Spain's central government in Catalonia and he...

Belarus opposition leader Statkevich detained 31 Oct 2017 - 02:44 pm

MINSK, Belarus: The wife of a leading opposition figure in Belarus says her husband has been detained by the police. Marina Adamovich says...

UN bracing for 40,000 Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria 31 Oct 2017 - 02:41 pm

Geneva: Thousands of people have fled Cameroon's violence-hit anglophone regions into neighbouring Nigeria in recent weeks, the UN said Tuesday, adding it was...

Axed Catalan president to break silence in Brussels 31 Oct 2017 - 02:34 pm

Brussels: Catalonia's dismissed leader Carles Puigdemont was due Tuesday to give a press conference in Brussels, with speculation swirling that he might seek...

At least 12 killed in east Libya air strike: medical source 31 Oct 2017 - 01:40 pm

Benghazi, Libya: At least 12 people have been killed in an air strike in Libya's besieged eastern jihadist stronghold of Derna, a medical...

Syria activists say 4 children killed in government shelling 31 Oct 2017 - 01:15 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian activists say at least four children have been killed when government shelling hit their school in a rebel-held town outside the...

Palestinian shot dead after alleged car attack attempt 31 Oct 2017 - 12:48 pm

JERUSALEM: A Palestinian man died Tuesday from his injuries after being shot by Israeli forces during an alleged car-ramming attempt in the occupied...

Nigeria to compensate civil war victims, clears bombs 31 Oct 2017 - 12:43 pm

Abuja: Nigeria has agreed to pay compensation to victims of the country's civil war, 47 years after it ended, and clear former conflict...

Trial of Turkey opposition daily staff resumes 31 Oct 2017 - 12:41 pm

Istanbul, The controversial trial resumed Tuesday of staff from Turkey's main opposition daily on terror-related charges, in a case seen as a test...

Access to food 'precarious' for Syrians stranded near Jordan 31 Oct 2017 - 12:05 pm

AMMAN, Jordan, The UN humanitarian chief called for immediate "life-saving" access to 50,000 displaced Syrians stranded on the sealed border with Jordan, as...