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Australia foils 'terror plot' to bring down airplane 30 Jul 2017 - 10:38 am

Sydney: Australia has foiled a "terrorist plot" to bring down an airplane with an improvised explosive, authorities said Sunday, after four people were...

AIDS burdens Zimbabwe’s old with orphans and illness 29 Jul 2017 - 09:46 pm

NORTON, Zimbabwe: Jabulani Zilawe lost all 11 of his children to AIDS. Now he is the only one left to care for their...

Crowdfunding restores ponds in drought-hit south India 29 Jul 2017 - 09:18 pm

NAGAPATTINAM, India: T he worst drought in more than a century in southern India has led to protests, farmer suicides, and clashes at...

Boko Haram ambush death toll hits 69 29 Jul 2017 - 06:04 pm

Kano, Nigeria: At least 69 people are known to have died in a Boko Haram ambush of an oil exploration team in northeast...

Pakistan's ex-PM Sharif names brother Shahbaz as successor 29 Jul 2017 - 05:51 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif named his brother Shahbaz, the chief minister of Punjab province, as his successor and nominated ex-oil...

Pakistan to appoint Abbasi as interim PM: Sources 29 Jul 2017 - 03:53 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ruling party will appoint Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as interim prime minister after the ouster of Nawaz Sharif, two sources close to...

Hamburg stabbing suspect known as radical, mentally unstable 29 Jul 2017 - 03:42 pm

BERLIN: A Palestinian man who allegedly stabbed one person to death and wounded six others in Hamburg was known to authorities as a...

Trump replaces chief of staff Priebus with retired General Kelly 29 Jul 2017 - 01:34 pm

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump replaced his beleaguered White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, after only six months on the job on Friday,...

Arab League rejects Jerusalem’s status change 29 Jul 2017 - 10:16 am

Arab League Council has strongly condemned the serious Israeli escalation in the occupied city of Jerusalem and Al Aqsa Mosque, expressing absolute rejection...

Venezuela opposition blocks streets as controversial assembly vote looms 28 Jul 2017 - 10:02 pm

CARACAS: Venezuelan opposition sympathizers on Friday began blocking streets as part of a mobilization against a legislative super-body to be elected on Sunday...

North Korea fires missile, possibly ICBM, into sea off east coast 28 Jul 2017 - 09:53 pm

SEOUL/TOKYO: North Korea fired a missile on Friday in an unusual late-night test launch, and details from Japanese, South Korean and U.S. officials...

Macron's go-it-alone style raises eyebrows in Europe 28 Jul 2017 - 08:19 pm

Paris: France's Emmanuel Macron, a europhile who celebrated his election to the strains of the EU's anthem "Ode to Joy", has caused surprise...

One dead in knife attack in Hamburg supermarket, motive unclear 28 Jul 2017 - 08:10 pm

BERLIN: One person was killed in an attack by a lone knifeman in a supermarket in the northern German city of Hamburg on...

Pakistan’s Supreme Court ousts PM Sharif over corruption claims 28 Jul 2017 - 12:45 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday toppled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who resigned after the court ruled he was unfit to hold office...

Netanyahu wants execution of Palestinian who stabbed to death 3 Israelis 27 Jul 2017 - 07:31 pm

Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called for the execution of a Palestinian who stabbed to death three Israelis last week as...

Dubai website, magazine banned over 'false news' allegation 27 Jul 2017 - 05:38 pm

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: The United Arab Emirates banned a popular Mideast website and magazine on Wednesday for publishing what the authorities alleged...

Swedish PM removes two ministers in data scandal 27 Jul 2017 - 02:02 pm

STOCKHOLM: Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven replaced two ministers on Thursday in a scandal over the leaking of sensitive data, trying to avoid...