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Catalan leader defiant a year after failed independence declaration 27 Oct 2018 - 04:44 pm

BARCELONA: Catalan separatists marked the first anniversary of a failed independence declaration on Saturday with protests and vows to press ahead with their...

Four-nation Syria summit begins in Istanbul 27 Oct 2018 - 03:58 pm

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened a summit in Istanbul on Saturday with the leaders of Russia, Germany and France aimed at...

Islamic State kills 41 US-backed fighters in eastern Syria: monitor 27 Oct 2018 - 03:19 pm

Beirut: The Islamic State group has killed 41 US-backed fighters in Syria battling to oust the jihadists from their eastern holdout of Hajin...

Turkey hosts summit to seek solutions to end war in Syria 27 Oct 2018 - 02:56 pm

ISTANBUL: The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany were gathering for a summit Saturday about Syria, hoping to lay the groundwork for...

More violence feared as Brazil braces for far-right presidency 27 Oct 2018 - 02:22 pm

SAO PAULO: After a presidential campaign that has seen political violence overshadow policy debate, many Brazilians fear attacks will continue after the likely...

Afghans vote in south Kandahar's delayed elections 27 Oct 2018 - 12:59 pm

KABUL, Afghanistan: Security was tight in southern Kandahar on Saturday as voters waited hours in line to cast their ballots in parliamentary elections...

Radicals attack Hindu retreat as gender protests mount 27 Oct 2018 - 12:32 pm

New Delhi: Suspected Hindu radicals on Saturday attacked a spiritual retreat founded by a preacher who backed letting women enter a renowned Indian...

US mail bombing suspect an ardent Trump supporter 27 Oct 2018 - 10:04 am

Plantation, United States: Cesar Altieri Sayoc, the Florida man accused of sending pipe bombs to critics of Donald Trump, had plastered his social...

Trump says bomb alerts harming Republican vote 'momentum' 26 Oct 2018 - 07:37 pm

Washington: President Donald Trump claimed Friday that the explosive devices mailed to his rivals were slowing Republican "momentum" ahead of November's midterm elections,...

Sri Lanka President sacks PM, installs former strongman 26 Oct 2018 - 07:26 pm

Colombo: Maithripala Sirisena installed Sri Lanka's controversial former strongman leader Mahinda Rajapakse as the country's new prime minister Friday, the president's office said,...

FBI arrests man suspected in spree of parcel bombs 26 Oct 2018 - 07:03 pm

MIAMI: Federal authorities arrested a man in Florida on Friday in connection with at least a dozen parcel bombs sent to high-profile critics...

Two more Trump critics get suspicious packages as manhunt focuses on Florida 26 Oct 2018 - 05:48 pm

MIAMI: Police found two more suspicious packages on Friday addressed to U.S. Senator Cory Booker and James Clapper, the former U.S. director of...

North and South Korea agree to scrap 22 guard posts at border next month 26 Oct 2018 - 11:52 am

SEOUL, North and South Korea agreed on Friday to "completely destroy" by next month 22 guard posts near their heavily fortified border, the...

6.8 magnitude quake causes Greek island damage, no injuries 26 Oct 2018 - 10:49 am

Athens, A powerful 6.8-magnitude undersea earthquake struck early Friday off the Ionian Sea island of Zante, causing structural damage but no injuries, officials...

Philippines opens cleaner, stricter Boracay to tourists 26 Oct 2018 - 10:32 am

Boracay, Philippines, Tourists landed by the boatload Friday on the Philippines' Boracay island, which re-opened with a slew of new rules after a...

Knife attacker wounds 14 children in Chinese kindergarten 26 Oct 2018 - 10:01 am

Beijing, A knife-wielding woman attacked and injured 14 children at a kindergarten in China's southwestern Sichuan province on Friday, authorities said. The 39-year-old...

UK military to open up all roles to women 25 Oct 2018 - 08:29 pm

London: Women will soon be able to apply for any role in the British military, including in previously off-limits elite units like the...

Putin: Russia's new weapons will be unrivaled everywhere 25 Oct 2018 - 08:08 pm

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia plans to commission new military weapons that would be unrivaled throughout the world. Putin's statement...