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US ready to offer Kabul more support under Trump 03 Dec 2016 - 01:14 pm

Kabul: US President-elect Donald Trump has assured Afghanistan's leader in a phone call that his administration stands ready to up support to the...

Toll rises to 13 in southeast US wildfires 03 Dec 2016 - 11:51 am

Miami: The death toll from wildfires in a popular tourist area in the southeastern US state of Tennessee has risen to 13, authorities...

Obama bars China's Fujian from buying Aixtron's U.S. business 03 Dec 2016 - 11:39 am

FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama blocked a Chinese investment fund from acquiring the U.S. business of German semiconductor equipment maker Aixtron because the deal...

3 men try to remove Muslim teen's hijab in NYC metro 03 Dec 2016 - 10:42 am

NEW YORK: The city’s police is investigating a bias crime after three men attempted to remove the headscarf of a Muslim teen at...

Fidel Castro's ashes return to cradle of revolution 03 Dec 2016 - 10:17 am

Santiago de Cuba, Cuba: The convoy carrying the ashes of Cuba's late communist leader Fidel Castro ends an island-wide journey on Saturday in...

In San Bernardino, solemn ceremony marks mass shooting 03 Dec 2016 - 10:17 am

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.: The sound of a bell tolled through loudspeakers on Friday outside a building in Southern California, ringing once for each...

Berta Caceres: Slain Honduran activist gets top UN prize 03 Dec 2016 - 09:32 am

Cancun, Mexico: Berta Caceres, a Honduran activist murdered early this year, was posthumously awarded Friday one of the UN's top prizes for the...

Brazil grieves for football team killed in crash 03 Dec 2016 - 08:59 am

Chapecó, Brazil: A small Brazilian city will hold a massive funeral Saturday to honor its football team, wiped out at the height of...

Johnson stands firm on immigration policy 03 Dec 2016 - 12:27 am

London: British foreign minister Boris Johnson (pictured) yesterday denied contradicting government policy on immigration during private conversations with EU ambassadors, saying “we have...

Obama lights National Christmas Tree for final time 03 Dec 2016 - 12:09 am

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Thursday marked his final time lighting the National Christmas Tree with a wish that Americans will care for...

US House passes $611bn defence policy bill by wide margin 03 Dec 2016 - 12:07 am

Washington: Republican-led House yesterday overwhelmingly backed a $611bn defence policy bill that rejects a number of President Barack Obama’s key proposals for managing...

Tennessee wildfire toll reaches 13 03 Dec 2016 - 12:06 am

Gatlinburg, Tennessee: People in cars and trucks rolled into wildfire-ravaged city of Gatlinburg yesterday to get a first look at what remained of...

One dead in Peru as mob tries to lynch poll workers 03 Dec 2016 - 12:05 am

Lima: A WOMAN was killed and some forty people were arrested in a Peruvian shantytown after an angry mob tried to lynch two...

Trump backers to block vote recount in three states 03 Dec 2016 - 12:04 am

Washington/New York: MICHIGAN’S attorney general said yesterday he had filed a lawsuit to halt the Green Party’s requested recount of presidential votes in...

World cities seek $375 bn to fight climate change 02 Dec 2016 - 10:05 am

Mexico City: The world's big cities will need $375 billion of investment to curb climate change, a large gathering of mayors heard in...

Trump taps 'Mad Dog' Mattis for defense secretary 02 Dec 2016 - 09:55 am

Cincinnati: US President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he has picked the tough-talking retired general James Mattis to be his defense secretary as he...