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Emergency services attending 'incident' at London Underground station 15 Sep 2017 - 11:45 am

London: Emergency services said they were responding to an "incident" in which people were injured at an Underground station in west London on...

Is your chocolate bar fuelling deforestation in West Africa? 14 Sep 2017 - 07:54 pm

LONDON: Your afternoon chocolate bar may be fuelling climate change, destroying protected forests and threatening elephants, chimpanzees and hippos in West Africa, research...

Iranians among 52 dead in Iraq attacks claimed by IS 14 Sep 2017 - 06:14 pm

Nasiriyah, Iraq: Gunmen and suicide car bombers on Thursday killed at least 52 people including Iranians near the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah,...

Finnish woman kidnapped in Afghanistan freed 14 Sep 2017 - 06:08 pm

Helsinki: A Finnish woman who was kidnapped in an attack on an international guest house in Afghanistan has been freed, the foreign ministry...

Two Russian submarines target Islamic State in Syria 14 Sep 2017 - 05:35 pm

Two Russian submarines have fired Kalibr cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea, ISIS targets in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a...

Rohingya exodus to Bangladesh reaches 389,000: UN 14 Sep 2017 - 03:29 pm

Dhaka: The number of Muslim Rohingya who have crossed into Bangladesh to escape ethnic unrest in Myanmar since August 25 hit 389,000 on...

Singapore swears in first female president 14 Sep 2017 - 03:05 pm

Singapore: Singapore on Thursday inaugurated its first female president amid stinging criticism that she is taking office without a vote. Halimah Yacob, a...

Uruguay's first female vice president is convicted ex-guerrilla 14 Sep 2017 - 02:20 pm

Montevideo: Uruguay's new vice president is a 72-year-old formerly imprisoned ex-guerrilla who is also the wife of popular former president Jose Mujica. Lucia...

Malaysia school fire kills 23 children and teachers 14 Sep 2017 - 01:34 pm

Kuala Lumpur: Twenty-three people, mostly children, were killed Thursday by a blaze that tore through a Malaysian religious school, trapping them in a...

9 killed in coal mine gas explosion in China 14 Sep 2017 - 01:00 pm

Beijing: Nine people were killed in coal mine gas explosion in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, local authorities said Thursday. The explosion occurred on...

China industrial output drops again in August 14 Sep 2017 - 10:38 am

Beijing: China's economy revealed fresh signs of headwinds in August as data showed on Thursday that industrial output and retail sales unexpectedly slowed...

Canada urges Myanmar leader to end Rohingya violence 14 Sep 2017 - 09:53 am

TRENTON, Ontario: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Myanmar’s de facto leader Wednesday and “conveyed his deep concerns” over the persecution of...

Head of world's largest meatpacker arrested in Brazil 14 Sep 2017 - 09:49 am

MEXICO CITY: Federal police in Brazil on Wednesday arrested the head of the JBS meatpacking giant amid allegations of insider trading. The arrest...

Spain investigates 700 pro-independence Catalan mayors 14 Sep 2017 - 09:46 am

MADRID: Spain’s state prosecutor ordered local authorities to investigate 712 pro-independence mayors in Catalonia on Wednesday, and for police to detain mayors who...

Suicide attack outside Kabul cricket stadium kills 3 14 Sep 2017 - 09:30 am

KABUL, Afghanistan: At least three people have been killed in a suicide attack aimed at targeting a cricket stadium in downtown Kabul Wednesday,...

At least 20 dead as boat capsizes in India 14 Sep 2017 - 09:21 am

Lucknow, India: At least 20 people died on Thursday when a boat packed with labourers capsized on the Yamuna river in northern India,...

Trump, Democrats agree on DACA, but no border wall for now 14 Sep 2017 - 09:15 am

Washington: Top US congressional Democrats emerged from a meeting with President Donald Trump Wednesday claiming progress on a deal that protects young immigrants...