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Italy's bitter political foes unite in bid to foil Salvini 29 Aug 2019 - 07:50 pm

ROME: Ex-Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte accepted the role of premier-designate on Thursday in a bid to cobble together a new government of long-time...

Teen activist sails across Atlantic to go to climate meeting 29 Aug 2019 - 06:36 pm

NEW YORK: Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in New York City to chants and cheers Wednesday after a trans-Atlantic trip on...

Hurricane on track for Florida after strike in Caribbean 29 Aug 2019 - 06:14 pm

MIAMI: Hurricane Dorian posed an increasing menace to Florida as it pushed over open waters Thursday after leaving limited damage in Puerto Rico...

New hope for child rights after India gets tough on traffickers 29 Aug 2019 - 06:03 pm

CHENNAI: Campaigners hailed new hope for child rights on Thursday after a trafficker who tricked five Indian boys into menial work with the...

UN agency urges US to reinstate funds to protect women 29 Aug 2019 - 06:03 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: The United Nations' family planning agency has urged the United States to reinstate its funding, which has been cut for the...

Village by village, the quest to stop female genital cutting in Somaliland 29 Aug 2019 - 06:03 pm

HARGEISA: When Mumtas Khadar turned nine she couldn't wait for the ritual undertaken by every woman in her village in Somaliland in northeast...

Designer death? South Africa struggles to bury inequality 29 Aug 2019 - 06:03 pm

JOHANNESBURG: If death is the great equaliser, South Africa's designer graveyards look like one of the best ends on offer. With hot tea,...

Sudan awaits new cabinet as premier mulls line-up 29 Aug 2019 - 05:24 pm

Khartoum: Sudan's new prime minister was Thursday locked in talks to form the first cabinet since the ouster of veteran leader Omar al-Bashir,...

Leave or remain? Brexit bind could hurt Britain's Labour in a snap election 29 Aug 2019 - 04:58 pm

SOUTHAMPTON, England: Retired electrician Steve Oliver has voted for Britain's opposition Labour Party all his life but if the political crisis over leaving...

Colombia's FARC dissident leader issues new call to arms, three years after peace deal 29 Aug 2019 - 04:58 pm

BOGOTA: A group of former rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) said in a video posted overnight that it will...

Rioters torch buildings as chaos erupts again in Indonesia's Papua 29 Aug 2019 - 04:58 pm

Jayapura, Indonesia: Indonesia's Papua plunged into chaos again Thursday as angry protesters torched buildings in its capital after nearly two weeks of riots...

Thai court upholds death sentence for Myanmar men over Brit killings 29 Aug 2019 - 04:58 pm

Nonthaburi, Thailand: Two Myanmar migrant workers sentenced to death for the brutal murder of a pair of British backpackers in Thailand lost their...

Deaths caused by drivers running red lights at 10-year high 29 Aug 2019 - 04:58 pm

DETROIT: The number of people killed by drivers running red lights has hit a 10-year high, and AAA is urging drivers and pedestrians...

Ukraine president proposes young lawyer as prime minister 29 Aug 2019 - 04:24 pm

Kiev: Ukraine's new parliament met on Thursday with President Volodymyr Zelensky asking lawmakers to approve a little-known 35-year-old lawyer as the country's next...

Syrian army presses on in Idlib province as death toll rises 29 Aug 2019 - 01:44 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian state-run media and a war monitor say government forces are pressing ahead with their military offensive in Idlib province, seizing a...

Spain saves more than 200 migrants heading to Europe by boat 29 Aug 2019 - 01:34 pm

MADRID: Spain's maritime rescue service says it has rescued 208 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea in 24 hours. The agency said Thursday the...

Incoming premier Conte vows 'more united, inclusive' Italy 29 Aug 2019 - 01:09 pm

Rome: Italy's Giuseppe Conte vowed "a fairer, more competitive, more united, more inclusive country" after being asked to form a new government which...