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176 migrants rescued off Libya, 110 others turned back 13 Oct 2019 - 05:10 pm

ROME: Humanitarian groups on Sunday said they rescued 176 migrants on two rubber boats in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya...

Pentagon says up to 1,000 US troops to withdraw from northern Syria 13 Oct 2019 - 04:41 pm

Washington: US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday that President Donald Trump had ordered the withdrawal of up to 1,000 troops from northern...

Mortars fired at Somalia's Mogadishu airport: sources 13 Oct 2019 - 03:29 pm

Mogadishu: At least three mortars were fired at Mogadishu’s international airport on Sunday, injuring six people, a diplomatic source said. The airport serves...

Media mogul, academic face off as Tunisians choose president 13 Oct 2019 - 10:17 am

Tunis: Tunisians began voting on Sunday in a presidential runoff pitting a conservative academic against a media magnate fresh out of jail, reflecting...

Ecuador protest talks set for Sunday as capital locks down 13 Oct 2019 - 08:59 am

Quito: A first meeting between Ecuador's president and indigenous leaders will take place on Sunday, the United Nations said, after Lenin Moreno ordered...

Japan sends in thousands of troops after massive typhoon hammers Tokyo 13 Oct 2019 - 08:54 am

Tokyo: Japan sent tens of thousands of troops and rescue workers on Sunday to save stranded residents and fight floods caused by one...

Populists eye victory in deeply divided Poland 13 Oct 2019 - 08:41 am

Warsaw: Poles began voting on Sunday in a polarising election which the governing populists look set to win on the back of welfare...

Two dead as Typhoon Hagibis batters Japan with 'unprecedented' rain 12 Oct 2019 - 07:10 pm

Tokyo: Powerful Typhoon Hagibis barrelled through Japan Saturday, killing at least two people and lashing large parts of the country with "unprecedented" rain...

Catalan separatist leaders to get up to 15 years in jail 12 Oct 2019 - 04:48 pm

MADRID: Spain's Supreme Court plans to convict and sentence Catalan separatist leaders to a maximum of 15 years in prison over a 2017...

Xi becomes 1st Chinese president in 2 decades to visit Nepal 12 Oct 2019 - 04:26 pm

KATHMANDU, Nepal: Xi Jinping has become the first Chinese president in more than two decades to visit Nepal, where he's expected to sign...

4 dead, 3 injured in shooting in New York City 12 Oct 2019 - 03:13 pm

NEW YORK: New York City police say four people have been killed in a shooting in Brooklyn that also injured three others. An...

Iran offers to mediate between Syrian Kurds, Turkey 12 Oct 2019 - 02:40 pm

DUBAI: Iran offered on Saturday to engage Syrian Kurds, Syria's government and Turkey in talks to establish security along the Turkish-Syrian border following...

First female head of Nobel's literature award body has died 12 Oct 2019 - 02:12 pm

HELSINKI: Sara Danius, the first female head of the prestigious Swedish body that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died. She was...

Iran decries 'cowardly attack' on oil tanker; vows response after facts probed 12 Oct 2019 - 01:44 pm

An Iranian government spokesman on Saturday described as a "cowardly attack" an incident that Iranian media have called the apparent targeting by missiles...

Syria Kurds deny Turkey has taken battleground border town 12 Oct 2019 - 01:36 pm

Beirut: Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria denied on Saturday claims by the Turkish defence ministry that its forces had taken the battleground border...

Heavy rain, winds lash Tokyo as powerful typhoon approaches 12 Oct 2019 - 11:48 am

TOKYO: A heavy downpour and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday as a powerful typhoon forecast as the worst in...

China's president in India for summit amid Kashmir tensions 11 Oct 2019 - 08:20 pm

MAMALLAPURAM, India: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in India on Friday for meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a time of tensions...

Terror probe after mass stabbing at UK shopping centre 11 Oct 2019 - 08:01 pm

Manchester, United Kingdom: Police arrested a man on terror charges Friday after a mass stabbing at a shopping centre in Manchester, northwest England,...