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Vietnam relishes role as peace maker as it seeks to balance ties 24 Feb 2019 - 01:10 pm

HANOI: While the leaders of North Korea and the United States debate banishing nuclear bombs from the Korean peninsula, the host of their...

Harry and Meghan to champion girls' education in Morocco's Atlas Mountains 24 Feb 2019 - 12:46 pm

ASNI, Morocco, Britain's Prince Harry and his pregnant wife Meghan will show their support for rural girls' education in Morocco's Atlas Mountains on...

Explainer: Britain's next Brexit flashpoint: What happens in parliament on Feb. 26-27? 24 Feb 2019 - 11:46 am

LONDON, British Prime Minister Theresa May faces another trial by parliament this week when she must tell lawmakers what progress she has made...

Moldovans vote for new government amid talk of protests and poisoning 24 Feb 2019 - 11:38 am

Chisinau: Moldovans voted in an election on Sunday that is likely to produce a hung parliament, splitting the eastern European country between pro-Western...

North Korean leader rides train on way to Vietnam 24 Feb 2019 - 10:33 am

Beijing: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's armoured train chugged across China on Sunday as he headed to his highly anticipated second summit...

Highest recorded number of Afghan civilians killed in 2018 -UN report 24 Feb 2019 - 10:31 am

KABUL, A record number of Afghan civilians were killed last year due to stepped up aerial attacks by US-led forces and more suicide...

India toxic alcohol deaths jump to 133: police 24 Feb 2019 - 10:22 am

Guwahati: At least 35 more workers have died in northeastern India after drinking toxic liquor, police said Sunday, taking the death toll from...

S.Koreans fearful of 'nightmare' US troop withdrawal 24 Feb 2019 - 09:31 am

Pyeongtaek: Sales at Kim Chang-bae's hardware shop in South Korea rise every year thanks to Camp Humphreys, an enormous US military base he...

Venezuela's Guaido says "all options open" after Maduro blocks aid 24 Feb 2019 - 07:39 am

URENA, Venezuela/CUCUTA, Colombia: Troops loyal to President Nicolas Maduro violently drove back foreign aid convoys from Venezuela's border on Saturday, killing two protesters...

Pentagon chief getting firsthand look at US-Mexico border 23 Feb 2019 - 09:24 pm

EL PASO, Texas: Top defense officials toured sections of the U.S.-Mexico border Saturday to see how the military could reinforce efforts to block...

Macron visits French farm fair amid rural anger, decline 23 Feb 2019 - 08:45 pm

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron pledged Saturday to protect European farming standards and culinary traditions threatened by aggressive foreign trade practices that see...

Sudan appoints first vice president, prime minister 23 Feb 2019 - 07:34 pm

KHARTOUM, Sudan: Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir has appointed Minister of Defense Awad Ibn Oaf as first vice president of the country, a presidential...

Strong winds hit Italy, Croatia, causing 3 deaths 23 Feb 2019 - 05:56 pm

ROME: Winds gusting to 50 kilometres (32 miles) per hour toppled trees and walls in Italy Saturday, causing at least three deaths. Gale...

Poland leader vows more social benefits ahead of elections 23 Feb 2019 - 05:18 pm

WARSAW, Poland: Poland's ruling party leader has pledged more social benefits for families with children as he opened the party's campaign ahead of...

New Ebola case in eastern DR Congo, first in 23 days 23 Feb 2019 - 04:57 pm

Kinshasa: A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in an area where authorities believed the...

Egypt high court cancels ban on Uber and Careem 23 Feb 2019 - 04:46 pm

Egypt’s supreme administrative court ruled that Uber Technologies Inc. and ride-sharing rival Careem Networks FZ can continue operating in the most populous Arab...

20 killed in China mining accident 23 Feb 2019 - 04:11 pm

Shanghai: Twenty mining staff were killed in northern China on Saturday and another 30 injured when a vehicle that was transporting them underground...