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Palestinian joy, doubt at reconciliation deal 12 Oct 2017 - 08:27 pm

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza on Thursday to celebrate as the leaders of rival political...

Israel to withdraw from UN cultural body along with US: statement 12 Oct 2017 - 08:24 pm

Jerusalem: Israel will withdraw from the UN's cultural and education body after a United States decision to do the same on accusations of...

Iran deal’s foes in US Congress may be its unlikely saviors 12 Oct 2017 - 08:14 pm

WASHINGTON: Republicans in the U.S. Congress, long the staunchest opponents of the Iran nuclear deal, may be the best hope for preserving it...

What we know about Spain's Catalonia crisis 12 Oct 2017 - 08:10 pm

Madrid: After Madrid set the clock ticking on the crisis over Catalan independence, ruling out talks and demanding the region's separatist leader halt...

Hamas, Fatah sign deal on Palestinian reconciliation 12 Oct 2017 - 07:09 pm

Cairo: Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah signed an agreement Thursday on ending a decade-long split following talks mediated by Egypt in Cairo,...

Macron to visit India for solar summit 12 Oct 2017 - 11:53 am

New Delhi: France's President Emmanuel Macron will attend a summit to launch a solar power alliance in India in December, authorities announced Thursday....

Iraq Kurd fighters block roads to second city Mosul 12 Oct 2017 - 11:47 am

Arbil, Iraq: Kurdish peshmerga forces on Thursday blocked roads from Iraqi Kurdistan to the country's second city Mosul in response to Iraqi troop...

Kaspersky in focus as US-Russia cyber-tensions rise 12 Oct 2017 - 11:10 am

Washington: The security software firm Kaspersky has become the focal point in an escalating conflict in cyberspace between the United States and Russia....

Suicide bombers kills 11 in Iraq’s Anbar: Army source 12 Oct 2017 - 10:24 am

ANBAR, Iraq: At least 11 people were killed and 15 others were injured Wednesday during a suicide attack in Iraq’s western Anbar province,...

Kenya building collapse leaves 7 dead 12 Oct 2017 - 10:21 am

NAIROBI, Kenya: A five-story building collapsed on Wednesday in Kenya’s southwestern Kisii county, killing at least seven people and burying around 50 people...

US: Fed officials split on interest rate increase 12 Oct 2017 - 10:17 am

NEW YORK: Federal Reserve officials were divided on a rate hike decision last month, according to minutes from the group’s meeting that were...

DR Congo elections not likely to take place this year 12 Oct 2017 - 10:11 am

ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo: Although the presidential elections in Democratic Republic of Congo are supposed to take place at the end of...

Death toll from storm in South Africa reaches 8 12 Oct 2017 - 10:07 am

JOHANNESBURG: At least eight people were killed when a storm hit South Africa’s coastal province KwaZulu-Natal, an official said Wednesday. Lennox Mabaso, spokesman...

Colombia peace deal cannot be modified for 12 years, court rules 12 Oct 2017 - 09:43 am

BOGOTA: Colombia's next three governments must comply with a 2016 peace deal signed with the Marxist FARC rebel group, the Constitutional Court said...

Bulgaria's tough test in bringing Roma back to school 12 Oct 2017 - 09:35 am

Plovdiv, Bulgaria: Small armies of teachers, social workers and police officers are swarming across Bulgaria to carry out a Herculean task -- convince...

Floods, landslides kill 37 in Vietnam, scores missing 12 Oct 2017 - 09:29 am

Hanoi: At least 37 people were killed and another 40 are missing as floods and landslides ravaged northern and central Vietnam, disaster officials...

Bulgaria's tough test in bringing Roma back to school 12 Oct 2017 - 09:24 am

Plovdiv, Bulgaria: Small armies of teachers, social workers and police officers are swarming across Bulgaria to carry out a Herculean task -- convince...

At least 23 dead, hundreds missing as winds fan California wildfires 12 Oct 2017 - 09:15 am

SONOMA, Calif.: Firefighters facing a resurgence of high winds on Wednesday struggled to halt wildfires that have killed at least 23 people, destroyed...