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South Korea party leader quits over new graft scandal 07 Sep 2017 - 09:17 am

Seoul: A South Korean opposition party which split from president Park Geun-Hye's grouping as she was engulfed in a corruption scandal last year...

North Korea celebrates nuclear test 07 Sep 2017 - 09:13 am

Pyongyang: North Korea held a mass celebration for the scientists involved in carrying out its largest nuclear blast to date, with fireworks and...

EU to discuss further sanctions on North Korea after nucler test 07 Sep 2017 - 09:04 am

TALLINN: The European Union's foreign and defence ministers will discuss further sanctions for North Korea, the bloc's top diplomat said, part of increasing...

Pope to urge Colombians to come together around peace deal 07 Sep 2017 - 09:03 am

BOGOTA: Pope Francis will use his first full day in Colombia to send a message of unity, planting a tree of peace and...

S.Korea's Moon asks Russia to continue supporting sanctions on N.Korea 07 Sep 2017 - 08:59 am

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia: South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday said he wanted Russia to continue supporting sanctions against North Korea after Pyongyang conducted...

India's army chief says China 'testing limits' after stand-off 07 Sep 2017 - 08:56 am

New Delhi: India's army chief has said his country must be prepared for war and accused China of "testing our limits", days after...

Fire at building in India's Mumbai kills at least six 07 Sep 2017 - 08:52 am

MUMBAI: A blaze in a building under construction in a suburb of the Indian city of Mumbai killed at least six people, most...

Two Indonesian hostages walk free in Philippines: army 07 Sep 2017 - 08:48 am

JOLO, Philippines: Two Indonesian sailors kidnapped by Islamist militants off the southern Philippines walked free on Thursday after a firefight that left five...

Hurricane Irma kills at least six on French island of Saint-Martin 07 Sep 2017 - 08:43 am

PARIS: Hurricane Irma, described as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, has killed at least six people in the...

World's happiest country, Norway, mulls change of course 07 Sep 2017 - 08:37 am

Oslo: You can be the happiest people in the world and still toy with the idea of change: oil-rich Norway votes Monday in...

Iran hackers demand women be allowed to watch football 06 Sep 2017 - 11:51 pm

Tehran: The website of Iran's main stadium was hacked on Wednesday with a demand that women be allowed to watch football matches, a...

Czech lawmakers vote to force PM candidate Babis to face fraud charges 06 Sep 2017 - 07:26 pm

PRAGUE: Czech lawmakers voted on Wednesday to let police bring fraud charges against Andrej Babis, the leading candidate to become prime minister in...

Post-Harvey Houston faces a car crunch 06 Sep 2017 - 06:35 pm

New York: As Houston residents contend with flooded homes and lost belongings in the upheaval left in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, many...

Hashtag politics: Merkel tries to get in with Germany’s kids 06 Sep 2017 - 05:54 pm

BERLIN: After 12 years in power, Chancellor Angela Merkel is presenting herself as more than just Germany’s ‘Mutti’, campaigning in cyberspace to get...

France’s Macron plans end to retire-young rail pensions 06 Sep 2017 - 05:43 pm

PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron wants to scrap rules allowing some state rail workers to retire on a full pension up to 10 years...

Irma sweeps over Caribbean as Florida braces for powerful storm 06 Sep 2017 - 05:42 pm

Irma passed over islands in the Caribbean and barreled toward Puerto Rico with Florida in its sights as the Category 5 hurricane threatens...

Syrian army fights to secure corridor into Deir al-Zor 06 Sep 2017 - 02:25 pm

BEIRUT: The Syrian army and its allies are fighting to secure and expand a precarious corridor to their comrades in Deir al-Zor a...

Syria govt behind sarin gas attack in April: UN probe 06 Sep 2017 - 01:11 pm

Geneva: United Nations war crimes investigators on Wednesday said they had evidence that Syrian government forces were behind the chemical attack that killed...