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Thai family buries baby murdered on Facebook Live 29 Apr 2017 - 12:29 pm

Phuket, Thailand: Tearful relatives gathered outside a Thai temple on Saturday to bury an 11-month-old girl killed by her father in a harrowing...

4 dead, 20 missing after landslide sweeps over Kyrgyz village 29 Apr 2017 - 12:20 pm

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: A huge landslide swept over houses in a village in Kyrgyzstan on Saturday killing four people, with more than 20 others...

Violence erupts in Brazil's first general strike in 20 years 29 Apr 2017 - 11:41 am

Brasilia: Violence has erupted in Brazil at the end of the country's first general strike in more than 20 years. Buses and cars...

Powerful earthquake hits off northern Indonesia 29 Apr 2017 - 11:36 am

TUBAN, Indonesia: A powerful earthquake struck Molucca Sea off northern Indonesia on early Saturday. The magnitude 7.2 tremor hit 210 kilometers (130 miles)...

Air attacks kill 4 in Syria's Idlib 29 Apr 2017 - 11:32 am

DAMASCUS/IDLIB, Syria: At least four people were killed and 11 others injured in airstrikes reportedly carried out by the Bashar al-Assad regime in...

17 killed as Myanmar bus plunges into ravine 29 Apr 2017 - 11:28 am

YANGON, Myanmar: A bus fell into a deep ravine near Myanmar’s southeastern border with Thailand on Friday, killing 17 people and injuring 22...

Thousands of Egypt Catholics gather for Pope 29 Apr 2017 - 11:24 am

Cairo: Thousands of Egyptian Catholics waving the colours of the Vatican flag gathered amid tight security Saturday in a Cairo stadium where Pope...

US Congress passes spending bill to avert shutdown 29 Apr 2017 - 11:23 am

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Congress on Friday moved to avert a looming government shutdown with just hours remaining before funding ran out. The overwhelming...

First Britain-China direct freight train arrives back in China 29 Apr 2017 - 11:19 am

YIWU, China: The first freight train to run from Britain to China arrived in the city of Yiwu in eastern China on Saturday,...

Tanzania fires 10,000 civil servants 29 Apr 2017 - 11:17 am

MWANZA, Tanzania: Tanzanian President John Magufuli Friday afternoon dismissed nearly 10,000 civil servants, including high ranking officers, for forging or using other people’s...

Turkish internet users unable to access Wikipedia 29 Apr 2017 - 11:13 am

ISTANBUL: An internet censorship-monitoring network says Turkey has blocked Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia. Turkey Blocks, which calls itself an independent "digital transparency...

Five key moments in Venezuela crisis 29 Apr 2017 - 11:10 am

Caracas: Venezuela on Monday marks a month since the start of a wave of deadly protests against President Nicolas Maduro. Opponents started rallying...

Macron hunts for France's rural vote 29 Apr 2017 - 11:10 am

PARIS: French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron is hunting for votes in rural areas of France where his far-right opponent, Marine Le Pen, has...

Philippines blast injures 14 as ASEAN leaders gather 29 Apr 2017 - 10:58 am

Manila: Fourteen people were wounded in a pipe bomb blast in Manila, Philippine police said Saturday, but authorities dismissed any link to an...

US Marines return to Afghanistan's volatile Helmand 29 Apr 2017 - 10:53 am

Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan: US Marines returned to Afghanistan's volatile Helmand Saturday, where American troops faced heated fighting until NATO's combat mission ended in...

N.Korea fires missile, defying US push for new sanctions 29 Apr 2017 - 10:50 am

Seoul: North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile Saturday in apparent defiance of a concerted US push for tougher international sanctions to curb Pyongyang's...

Southeast Asia faces 'massive' drugs menace: Duterte 29 Apr 2017 - 10:43 am

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned Southeast Asian leaders on Saturday they were facing a "massive" illegal drug menace that could destroy their...

IS claims responsibility for Baghdad bomb that kills 4 29 Apr 2017 - 10:39 am

BAGHDAD: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a bombing that targeted a police station in Baghdad's center Friday night, and Iraqi officials...