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Car bomb outside Somali hotel kills at least 11 28 Mar 2019 - 03:21 pm

MOGADISHU: A car bomb exploded near a hotel and restaurants in Mogadishu on Thursday, killing at least 11 people in a busy area...

Czech police arrest 2 suspects in German train attack case 28 Mar 2019 - 03:18 pm

BERLIN: Austria's top security official says Czech authorities have arrested two men suspected of forming a terror cell with a man detained over...

Comoros police arrest defeated presidential hopeful 28 Mar 2019 - 03:14 pm

Moroni, Comoros: Police in Comoros arrested defeated presidential hopeful Soilihi Mohamed on Thursday, a campaign official told AFP, as officers also broke up...

Trump threatens to shut Mexico border, again 28 Mar 2019 - 03:08 pm

Washington: President Donald Trump renewed Thursday his threat to close the vital US-Mexico border, claiming America's southern neighbor was doing "NOTHING" to slow...

Dhaka office block inferno kills five with many feared trapped 28 Mar 2019 - 02:33 pm

Dhaka: A huge fire tore through a Dhaka office block Thursday killing at least five people with many others feared trapped in the...

Fire crews battling blaze in Dhaka skyscraper: official 28 Mar 2019 - 12:13 pm

Dhaka: Fire crews rushed to the scene of a huge blaze that broke out in a 19-storey commercial building in Dhaka on Thursday,...

Maltese navy takes control of tanker hijacked by migrants: statement 28 Mar 2019 - 10:37 am

Valletta: Malta's armed forces said Thursday they had taken control of a tanker that was hijacked by migrants it had rescued off Libya....

Truck ploughs into crowd in Guatemala killing more than 30 28 Mar 2019 - 07:42 am

MEXICO CITY: A truck crashed into a crowd of people in western Guatemala on Wednesday evening, killing more than 30 and injuring at...

Brexit in numbers: How did the British parliament vote on Wednesday? 28 Mar 2019 - 12:50 am

LONDON: British lawmakers wrested control of the Brexit process from the government on Wednesday to try to find a majority for an alternative...

Man pleads guilty to kidnapping Jayme Closs, killing parents 27 Mar 2019 - 11:06 pm

BARRON, Wis.: A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty Wednesday to kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents, in a move that spares the...

First cyclone, then slavery: risks abound for Mozambique children 27 Mar 2019 - 11:05 pm

NAIROBI: Thousands of children who survived a cyclone in southeast Africa face fresh risks in its aftermath - being sold into slavery by...

Faeces in the kitchen: South Africans call for better sewage systems 27 Mar 2019 - 11:05 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Raw excrement, condoms and sanitary products regularly spill into homes and parks, South Africans said ahead of Friday's World Water Day -...

Win for women's rights as UK puts mothers' names on marriage certificates 27 Mar 2019 - 10:17 pm

LONDON: British couples will be able to include their mothers' names on their marriage certificate under a change in law hailed as a...

Half urban population of sub-Saharan Africa still living in slums 27 Mar 2019 - 10:17 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Housing conditions in sub-Saharan Africa have improved dramatically since 2000, but nearly half the urban population still lives in slums, according to...

Urban middle class may offer lifeline to rural Africa 27 Mar 2019 - 10:17 pm

ROME: The rise of an urban middle class across much of Africa is stoking demand for food that could curb hunger and cut...

Storm-slammed Mozambique must rebuild for 'tomorrow's climate' 27 Mar 2019 - 10:17 pm

BARCELONA: The destruction wrought by Cyclone Idai in southern Africa this month shows weather warnings must spur action and infrastructure has to be...

Cambodia returns land taken from indigenous people in 'unprecedented' move 27 Mar 2019 - 10:17 pm

BANGKOK: Cambodia has returned land taken a decade ago from indigenous communities for a Vietnamese company's rubber plantation, a sign that foreign investors...