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At least 10 dead and 10 missing as landslide and flash floods hit Indonesia’s Sumatra island 09 Mar 2024 - 04:33 pm

Torrential rains have triggered flash floods and a landslide onIndonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 10 people and leaving 10 others missing, officials...

Pakistan's Asif Ali Zardari voted president for second time: local media 09 Mar 2024 - 04:06 pm

Islamabad: Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Pakistan's slain first female leader Benazir Bhutto, was voted in as president for a second time...

UK's Cameron opposes sending troops to Ukraine, even for training 09 Mar 2024 - 03:55 pm

Berlin: British foreign minister David Cameron said he opposes sending Western troops to Ukraine, even for training missions, in an interview with German...

Sweden, Canada resume funding for UNRWA 09 Mar 2024 - 03:15 pm

Stockholm: Sweden announced Saturday the resumption of funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East...

Gaza war has "ruptured any sense of a shared humanity": ICRC 09 Mar 2024 - 02:31 pm

Geneva: The war in Gaza has "ruptured any sense of a shared humanity," the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross...

Bayer working to replace controversial chemical in weed killer 09 Mar 2024 - 01:53 pm

Berlin: Bayer is hoping to introduce a substitute for glyphosate -- the active ingredient in controversial weed killer Roundup -- within four years,...

Aid ship set to sail from Cyprus to Gaza on new corridor: charity 09 Mar 2024 - 11:49 am

Nicosia: A US charity said it was loading aid for Gaza onto a boat in Cyprus, the first shipment to the war-ravaged territory...

Pakistan enters fourth week of nationwide X disruption 09 Mar 2024 - 11:28 am

Islamabad: Pakistan entered on Saturday its fourth week of nationwide disruption to social media platform X, with activists waging a court battle to...

Plans to get aid into Gaza by sea gain pace as airdrop mishap kills five 09 Mar 2024 - 09:57 am

Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: An international effort is gathering pace to get desperately needed humanitarian relief into Gaza by sea in a bid...

Gunshots ring out as gang crisis brings Haiti to 'standstill' 09 Mar 2024 - 09:39 am

Port-au-Prince: Sporadic gunfire rang out in Port-au-Prince Friday night, an AFP correspondent there heard, as residents desperately sought shelter amid the recent explosion...

Cambodia earns new world record for largest 'bridal carry' 09 Mar 2024 - 08:28 am

Phnom Penh: Hundreds of Cambodians braved sticky tropical heat to set an unusual new world record: for the most people performing a "bridal...

Apple ends block on EU app store for Fortnite-maker Epic 09 Mar 2024 - 12:00 am

Washington: Apple reversed course on Friday and will allow Epic Games to develop a competing European app store for iPhones after a feud...

UN Security Council calls for Sudan Ramadan ceasefire 08 Mar 2024 - 11:53 pm

New York: The United Nations Security Council called on Friday for a ceasefire in Sudan to coincide with the holy month of Ramadan...

Erdogan says March local elections will be his 'last' 08 Mar 2024 - 11:45 pm

Istanbul: Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said that the country's March local elections would be his last, suggesting an end to...

Rights activist detained in Chad, says lawyer 08 Mar 2024 - 10:47 pm

N'Djamena: A rights activist has been arrested in military-ruledChadand detained by the intelligence service, his lawyer said Friday, ahead of presidential elections in...

Honduras ex-president convicted in US of aiding drug traffickers 08 Mar 2024 - 10:40 pm

New York: Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted Friday in New York of charges that he conspired with drug traffickers and...

Trump daughter-in-law takes senior Republican Party role 08 Mar 2024 - 10:37 pm

Houston: The Republican National Committee elected Donald Trump allies, including his daughter-in-law, to top leadership positions Friday, tightening the former president's grip over...