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Bangladesh to press for Muslim refugees' return to Myanmar 02 Oct 2017 - 09:28 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh opens talks with neighbouring Myanmar on Monday with the aim of securing the return home of more than half a million...

Police responding to shooter in Las Vegas 02 Oct 2017 - 09:23 am

Los Angeles: Police swarmed the Las Vegas strip late Sunday following reports of multiple shots fired from the Mandalay Bay casino, police and...

Service member with the US-led coalition killed in Iraq 02 Oct 2017 - 09:12 am

Washington: A roadside bomb blast killed a military member of the US-led coalition in Iraq fighting the Islamic State group, the US military...

Boy killed as India, Pakistan trade fire in Kashmir 02 Oct 2017 - 08:55 am

Srinagar, India: A 10-year-old boy was killed early Monday in an exchange of fire between Indian and Pakistani troops in disputed Kashmir, Indian...

Mountains of garbage and despair in India's dirtiest city 02 Oct 2017 - 08:45 am

Gonda City, India: Flies throng over piles of faeces, the drains overflow with sewage and the foul smell in the air is inescapable....

Women plead not guilty to murdering N. Korea leader's half-brother 02 Oct 2017 - 08:31 am

Shah Alam, Malaysia: Two women pleaded not guilty Monday to murdering the half-brother of North Korea's leader, at the start of their trial...

Makeshift, open-air police station shows Puerto Rico's rebuild challenge 02 Oct 2017 - 08:11 am

CAGUAS, Puerto Rico: If the people of the Puerto Rican city of Caguas need to find the police in coming weeks and maybe...

Monarch Airlines ceases operations, flights cancelled - CAA 02 Oct 2017 - 08:08 am

UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said on Monday Britain's Monarch Airlines ceased operations with immediate effect, leaving 110,000 customers stranded overseas and about...

Raging wild boar wreaks havoc in Japan, injuring three 02 Oct 2017 - 08:04 am

Tokyo: A wild boar spread havoc in a peaceful residential area in southern Japan, upending a man in a wheelchair, biting two pensioners...

'Skin and bones': doctors fear for malnourished Rohingya kids 02 Oct 2017 - 08:00 am

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh: The five-year-old Rohingya boy was so emaciated that doctors could not insert a drip into his tiny arm, one of...

Egyptian officials in Gaza ahead of Palestinian unity talks 01 Oct 2017 - 11:01 pm

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Egyptian delegates arrived in Gaza Sunday on the eve of a fresh attempt at reconciliation between the strip's Hamas...

Rajoy says rule of law prevailed in Catalonia by blocking referendum 01 Oct 2017 - 09:58 pm

Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Sunday that the rule of law had prevailed in Catalonia because an independence referendum in the...

Leftist politicians call on Spain PM to resign over Catalonia 01 Oct 2017 - 07:23 pm

Madrid: Several left-wing Spanish politicians on Sunday demanded Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy resign after police used force to block voting in a banned...

Catalonia courts receive complaints against local police 01 Oct 2017 - 07:15 pm

MADRID: Catalonia’s High Court said on Sunday that courts in the region had received several complaints over the local police’s failure to close...

Spectre of Zimbabwe hyperinflation triggers panic-buying 01 Oct 2017 - 07:15 pm

Harare: Driving to work last week, Dennis Zhemi found his usually busy neighbourhood garage in the Zimbabwean capital Harare deserted and a forecourt...

Uzbek dissident writer released from jail 01 Oct 2017 - 07:08 pm

TASHKENT: Uzbek police released a prominent dissident writer on Sunday after detaining him last week on his return from exile on charges of...

Tight security as Cameroon awaits symbolic anglophone 'independence' 01 Oct 2017 - 06:54 pm

Buea, Cameroon: Police patrolled empty streets in Cameroon's restive anglophone belt as a separatist group made a symbolic proclamation of independence on Sunday,...