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Syrians in government areas vote in first local polls since 2011 16 Sep 2018 - 04:00 pm

Damascus: Syrians in government-controlled areas cast their ballots on Sunday in the first local elections there since 2011, when the country's ill-fated uprising...

Three Indonesian hostages freed in Philippines: army 16 Sep 2018 - 02:58 pm

Jolo, Philippines: Three Indonesian fishermen held by members of a notorious Islamist kidnap-for-ransom group have walked free 18 months after they were abducted...

Archaeologists discover ancient sphinx in Egypt 16 Sep 2018 - 02:42 pm

CAIRO: Egypt says archaeologists have discovered a statue of a lion's body and a human head in the southern city of Aswan. The...

Power outages to stop health services in Gaza hospital 16 Sep 2018 - 02:17 pm

GAZA CITY, Palestine: An official at the Palestinian Ministry of Health warned on Sunday that medical services provided by the largest hospital in...

Super typhoon slams into China after pummelling Philippines 16 Sep 2018 - 01:14 pm

HONG KONG/MANILA: A super typhoon made landfall in China's Guangdong on Sunday, the country's most populous province, after wreaking havoc in Hong Kong...

London mayor calls for second referendum on Brexit 16 Sep 2018 - 11:51 am

LONDON: London mayor Sadiq Khan has called for another referendum on Britain's European Union membership, saying the prime minister's handling of Brexit negotiations...

Australia to start powerful public inquiry into aged-care sector 16 Sep 2018 - 11:15 am

MELBOURNE: Australia will begin a public inquiry, or Royal Commission, into the country's aged-care sector as a spike in cases of elderly abuse...

Samsung heir in South Korea's delegation to North: Seoul 16 Sep 2018 - 11:14 am

Seoul, The heir to the Samsung empire and the leaders of several other South Korean conglomerates will go to Pyongyang this week for...

Moon seeks to break nuclear deadlock at Pyongyang summit 16 Sep 2018 - 11:08 am

Seoul: South Korean President Moon Jae-in travels to Pyongyang this week for his third summit with Kim Jong Un, looking to break the...

Indonesia's quake-hit Lombok battles with malaria, 137 infected 16 Sep 2018 - 10:27 am

Mataram, Indonesia, A malaria outbreak has infected at least 137 people in Indonesia's West Lombok after the island was rocked by a series...

Killer storm far from over, US officials warn as 'epic' rain falls 16 Sep 2018 - 10:11 am

New Bern, United States, Authorities on Saturday warned residents displaced by a killer hurricane that its devastation was far from over, as Florence...

Polls open in Syrian local elections: state media 16 Sep 2018 - 09:39 am

Damascus, Voting began across government-controlled parts of Syria on Sunday for the war-ravaged country's first local elections since 2011, state news agency SANA...

Militants free 3 Indonesian hostages in southern Philippines 16 Sep 2018 - 09:02 am

MANILA, Philippines: Officials say Muslim militants in the southern Philippines have freed three Indonesian men they kidnapped at sea early last year. Police...

US expert says Trump should pare Korea peace talks from nuclear issue 16 Sep 2018 - 07:52 am

Washington: One of the top US experts on North Korea says President Donald Trump should agree to separating talks for a formal peace...

Florence pours on the rain in the Carolinas; death toll at 5 15 Sep 2018 - 09:50 pm

NEW BERN, N.C.: Thousands of people living near North Carolina's rising rivers were ordered evacuated Saturday as hurricane-turned-tropical storm Florence practically parked itself...

Iran accuses French police of slow reaction to attack on Paris embassy 15 Sep 2018 - 06:28 pm

LONDON: Iran said on Saturday that Kurdish activists attacked its embassy in Paris and it accused French police of arriving late on the...

Super Typhoon Mangkhut claims first victims in the Philippines 15 Sep 2018 - 06:02 pm

Tuguegarao, Philippines: Super Typhoon Mangkhut smashed through the Philippines on Saturday, as the biggest storm to hit the region this year claimed the...