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Ecuadorean judge orders Swedish citizen close to Assange jailed pending trial 13 Apr 2019 - 07:05 pm

QUITO: An Ecuadorean judge ordered a Swedish citizen, who according to the Andean country's government was linked to WikiLeaks, jailed pending trial for...

Bosnian Serb wrongly calls Srebrenica massacre a 'myth' 13 Apr 2019 - 06:56 pm

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina: A Bosnian Serb leader has wrongly called the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, where over 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed by...

Five injured in Sweden as rally car crashes into crowd 13 Apr 2019 - 06:51 pm

Stockholm: Five people were injured in Sweden on Saturday when a rallycross car veered off a racetrack during a race and crashed into...

Indonesians flock to final presidential campaign rallies 13 Apr 2019 - 06:45 pm

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Tens of thousands of Indonesians flocked to presidential campaign rallies Saturday ahead of a final debate between the two candidates, and...

Fighting across Afghanistan as Taliban opens offensive before talks 13 Apr 2019 - 05:12 pm

KABUL: Taliban forces attacked the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, a day after the launch of their annual spring offensive, as...

Nigeria President Buhari says election rival was not a citizen 13 Apr 2019 - 04:56 pm

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari told an election tribunal the candidate he beat in a February vote was not a citizen of Nigeria by...

Modi allies in soup over threats to Indian voters 13 Apr 2019 - 04:52 pm

New Delhi: Two top members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party including an estranged member of the Gandhi dynasty were in hot water...

Damaging storms and possibly tornadoes threaten US South 13 Apr 2019 - 04:33 pm

Severe thunderstorms that could produce tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail will slam a swathe of the U.S. South on Saturday from eastern...

Syria Kurds return 25 Yazidis freed from IS to Iraq 13 Apr 2019 - 04:03 pm

Qazlajokh, Syria: Syrian Kurds on Saturday repatriated 25 women and children from Iraq's Yazidi minority after freeing them during the final push against...

Migrants break border gate, force their way into Mexico 13 Apr 2019 - 03:25 pm

MEXICO CITY: Mexican authorities said a group of about 350 migrants broke the locks on a gate at the Guatemalan border Friday and...

Making a splash: Centenarian runs for office in German town 13 Apr 2019 - 12:37 pm

KIRCHHEIMBOLANDEN: For most people, reaching 100 would be reason enough to put one's feet up and take things easy, but Lisel Heise has...

Head of Sudan's military council steps down 13 Apr 2019 - 09:59 am

KHARTOUM: Sudan's defence minister stepped down abruptly on Friday as head of the country's transitional ruling military council after only a day in...

Assange faces time in ‘Britain’s Guantanamo’ after years in embassy 12 Apr 2019 - 08:47 pm

Without consistent internet access, medical attention or the ability to go outside, Julian Assange complained that his almost seven-year stay in the Ecuadorian...

Sudanese army refuses to extradite ousted president 12 Apr 2019 - 08:47 pm

CAIRO: The Sudanese military on Friday rejected calls that it hand over ousted President Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court where he...

Battles intensify around Libya capital as thousands displaced 12 Apr 2019 - 08:47 pm

Tripoli: Forces answering to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar battled units that back Tripoli's unity government on the edge of the capital Friday, days...

In north Cameroon, the struggle to save youngsters from Boko Haram 12 Apr 2019 - 07:59 pm

Mozogo, Cameroon: "My life changed completely," said 14-year-old Ina Viche, recalling the day in 2016 when her parents were killed by Boko Haram...

'Mikhail Gorbachev' running for office in Indonesia polls 12 Apr 2019 - 06:54 pm

Jakarta: Mikhail Gorbachev is running for office in Indonesian elections next week, but it's not the octogenarian ex-Soviet leader who helped bring an...

Sudan's military council promises civilian government 12 Apr 2019 - 01:28 pm

KHARTOUM: Sudan's ruling military council on Friday promised the country would have a new civilian government, a day after the armed forces overthrew...