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1,400 arrested at Moscow election protest: monitor 28 Jul 2019 - 01:29 pm

Moscow, Russian police arrested almost 1,400 people as they gathered in Moscow at the weekend to demand free and fair elections, a monitor...

22 religious students injured in Pakistan accident 28 Jul 2019 - 01:24 pm

Peshawar, Pakistan, Twenty-two students of a religious seminary in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region were injured when the tractor trailer they were travelling aboard...

Iran invites Pompeo for interview by reporter once detained in US 28 Jul 2019 - 12:58 pm

Tehran, Iran on Sunday invited Mike Pompeo to be interviewed by a state television anchor who was once detained in America, after the...

World powers meet Iran in Vienna to salvage nuclear deal 28 Jul 2019 - 12:51 pm

VIENNA, Representatives from Europe, China and Russia, nations that are still committed to the Iran nuclear deal, plan to meet with Iran's representative...

Attacks on security forces in Pakistan kill 10 soldiers 27 Jul 2019 - 09:10 pm

DERA ISMIAL KHAN, Pakistan: At least 10 soldiers have been killed in separate attacks within hours on Pakistan security forces. A military vehicle...

Sudan generals, protest leaders, to meet rebel chief in South Sudan 27 Jul 2019 - 08:02 pm

Sudanese generals and protest leaders, who signed a power-sharing agreement, arrived in neighbouring South Sudan Saturday for talks with at least one rebel...

Russia detains more than 600 people over election protest - monitor 27 Jul 2019 - 07:12 pm

Moscow: Russian police arrested more than 600 people on Saturday, including prominent activists, around a political protest in Moscow to demand that members...

Trump calls Cummings a ‘brutal bully' and his district rat-infested 27 Jul 2019 - 07:10 pm

President Donald Trump unloaded on Representative Elijah Cummings, calling the Maryland Democrat a "brutal bully” and his Baltimore district "a disgusting, rat and...

Supreme Court: Trump can use Pentagon funds for border wall 27 Jul 2019 - 02:39 pm

WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to tap billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build sections of...

Oman's top diplomat in Iran for talks amid Gulf tensions 27 Jul 2019 - 02:39 pm

Oman’s minister responsible for foreign affairs held talks with Iran's foreign minister on Saturday, Iranian state media reported, as tensions mount in the...

Young American suspected of killing Rome policeman: media 27 Jul 2019 - 11:35 am

Rome, A young American tourist confessed overnight to the murder of an Italian policeman probing a theft at a tony neighbourhood near the...

Hong Kongers defy police ban with mass 'anti-triad' rally 27 Jul 2019 - 11:17 am

Hong Kong, Thousands of Hong Kong protesters defied a police ban on Saturday and marched through a town near the Chinese border to...

"Very unhelpful": Ireland scolds British PM Johnson over Brexit 26 Jul 2019 - 07:57 pm

BELFAST: Ireland said on Friday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's approach to Brexit was "very unhelpful" and that the new British leader appeared...

Pelosi downplays differences with Ocasio-Cortez after talk 26 Jul 2019 - 07:40 pm

WASHINGTON: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is downplaying any differences with high-profile progressive lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, saying she had a "nice meeting" Friday with...

Sri Lanka says illegal UK waste offloaded to India, Dubai 26 Jul 2019 - 07:29 pm

Colombo: A Sri Lankan investigation into nearly 3,000 tonnes of illegally imported hazardous waste has shown that some of it was sent on...

Europe's heat wave wreaks travel havoc across the continent 26 Jul 2019 - 06:52 pm

LONDON: Travelers faced a second day of travel disruptions in Britain on Friday after a heat wave gave way to thunderstorms, and technical...

Broken promise: Philippines Duterte vetoes bill on short-term contracts 26 Jul 2019 - 11:23 am

MANILA, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has vetoed a measure that would have ended companies' practice of hiring workers on short-term contracts, his spokesman...