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Trump proposal for terrorist listing of Iran Revolutionary Guard in limbo 25 Feb 2017 - 08:26 am

WASHINGTON: A proposal the Trump administration is considering to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization has stalled over warnings from...

Bus collision kills 13 in Argentina 25 Feb 2017 - 08:23 am

Buenos Aires: Thirteen people were killed and 34 injured when two buses collided head-on in eastern Argentina on Friday, the emergency services said....

Over 50 dead in Syria Car bomb attack 25 Feb 2017 - 02:42 am

Beirut: An Islamic State car bomb killed more than 50 people yesterday in a Syrian village held by rebels, a war monitor said,...

West Mosul breached as war on IS rages in Iraq and Syria 25 Feb 2017 - 02:42 am

Mosul, Iraq: Iraqi forces on Friday entered west Mosul neighbourhoods, a key stronghold in the shrinking "caliphate" of the Islamic State group, which...

Desert walk across the Hameem desert 25 Feb 2017 - 02:42 am

South African police fire at anti-immigrant march 25 Feb 2017 - 02:41 am

Pretoria: South African police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and stun grenades to break up clashes between local protesters and immigrants in Pretoria...

Couple jailed for killing spouses wed in Nepal prison 25 Feb 2017 - 02:25 am

Kathmandu: A man and a woman each serving time for killing their first spouses have married in a prison in western Nepal --...

Top Philippine drug war critic arrested, but defiant 25 Feb 2017 - 02:25 am

Manila: The highest-profile critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal drug war was arrested Friday on charges she said were meant to silence...

Pakistan blast that killed 10 in Lahore probably a gas explosion, officials say 25 Feb 2017 - 02:25 am

LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistani officials on Friday said a blast that killed 10 people at a shopping centre in the eastern city of Lahore...

Abe denies participation in government land deal 25 Feb 2017 - 02:25 am

Tokyo: Rare scandal was swirling around Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday as he was forced to deny involvement in a shady land...

Man jailed for Facebook threat to Cambodian PM 25 Feb 2017 - 02:25 am

Phnom Penh: A Cambodian court yesterday sentenced a 27-year-old to two years in jail for Facebook posts that threatened strongman Prime Minister Hun...

UK Conservatives embarrass Labour in by-poll 25 Feb 2017 - 02:21 am

London: Britain’s governing Conservative Party dealt a humiliating blow yesterday to the opposition Labour Party and its struggling leader Jeremy Corbyn by winning...

Bangladeshi Muslim hardliners seek removal of Justice statue 25 Feb 2017 - 01:53 am

DHAKA, Bangladesh: Thousands of people marched in Bangladesh's capital on Friday to demand a Lady Justice statue be removed from the Supreme Court...

Democrats set to pick new leader today 25 Feb 2017 - 01:50 am

Washington: US Democrats, licking their wounds from last year's election debacle, will pick a new leader today to take the fight to President...

New State Secretary for the fight against poverty 25 Feb 2017 - 01:50 am

Brazil's poorest region suffers worst drought in a century 25 Feb 2017 - 01:45 am

Quixeramobim, Brazil: A cow's skull lies baking in the sun and nearby another dead cow rots, symbols of the desolation gripping northeastern Brazil...

US promises Mexico no mass deportations 25 Feb 2017 - 01:42 am

Mexico City: US officials promised Mexico no "mass deportations" or use of military force to expel immigrants, moving to calm tensions over President...