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Swiss prepare tit-for-tat measure on stocks in spat with EU 24 Jun 2019 - 08:49 pm

GENEVA: Switzerland is preparing to hit back against the European Union in a standoff over bilateral relations between the rich Alpine country and...

Mueller's Russia report gets celebrity staged reading in New York 24 Jun 2019 - 08:49 pm

Robert Mueller's report on Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election is getting a star-studded staged reading on Monday. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mark Hamill,...

Israel will do 'everything' to stop Iran going nuclear: Netanyahu 24 Jun 2019 - 07:24 pm

Jerusalem: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday his country will do "everything" to prevent arch-rival Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, during a...

Fake Twitter account for new UN food agency chief shut down 24 Jun 2019 - 07:24 pm

Rome: A fake Twitter account opened immediately after the weekend election of China's Qu Dongyu to head the Food and Agriculture Organization has...

Polish driving test candidate runs over and kills examiner 24 Jun 2019 - 06:35 pm

WARSAW: An examiner was run over and killed by a 68-year-old woman taking her driving test in the southern Polish city of Rybnik...

France's Macron says to discuss Iran tensions with Trump at G20 24 Jun 2019 - 06:35 pm

Marseille: French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said he would discuss the current flare-up of tensions between Iran and the United States with...

Palestinians protest against Bahrain peace conference 24 Jun 2019 - 04:59 pm

Ramallah, Palestinian Territories: Hundreds of Palestinians protested on Monday against a US economic peace proposal, a day ahead of an American-led conference in...

Ethiopia says plotter of failed coup is killed by military 24 Jun 2019 - 04:07 pm

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: The Ethiopian army brigadier general accused of leading a failed coup against a regional government has been killed in a...

Suspected World War II bomb blasts crater in German field 24 Jun 2019 - 04:01 pm

Berlin: A bomb likely dating to World War II exploded in a field in western Germany leaving a huge crater but no injuries,...

Turkey unafraid of US sanctions over S-400 deal: minister 24 Jun 2019 - 03:55 pm

Ankara: Turkey said Monday it does not fear US sanctions over its decision to buy a Russian missile defence system that has frayed...

Death toll in Indian encephalitis outbreak rises to 152 24 Jun 2019 - 03:27 pm

PATNA, India: Authorities say 152 children have now died in an encephalitis outbreak this month in India's eastern state of Bihar. India's Supreme...

Cambodia building collapse kills 28 24 Jun 2019 - 03:21 pm

ANKARA: At least 28 people were killed following an under-construction building collapse in the southwestern Cambodian province of Sihanoukville, local media reported Monday. ...

Putin extends ban on European food imports until end of 2020 24 Jun 2019 - 02:41 pm

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday extending a Russian ban on food imports from the European Union until the end...

Iraqi official: Parliament approves 3 key Cabinet ministers 24 Jun 2019 - 02:27 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraq's deputy parliament speaker says the legislature has approved three Cabinet ministers whose posts have been vacant since the formation of the...

Trump is willing to talk to Iran, top US adviser says 24 Jun 2019 - 02:24 pm

Brussels: US President Donald Trump is ready to talk to Iran about a deal that would lift American sanctions but Tehran would need...

Bangladesh train derails over bridge; five people killed 24 Jun 2019 - 02:19 pm

Dhaka: A passenger train carrying at least 2,000 people derailed as it was crossing a bridge in Bangladesh on Monday killing five people...

Death toll from building collapse in Cambodia rises to 28 24 Jun 2019 - 01:02 pm

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia, Rescuers on Monday continued to search the rubble of a building that collapsed while under construction in a Cambodian beach town,...