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Erdogan warns Iran, Russia against ‘lake of blood’ 07 Sep 2018 - 06:34 pm

Russia rejected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s call for a cease-fire in Syria after he warned of a looming "catastrophe” as the Damascus...

Obama: 'Stakes really are higher' in next election 07 Sep 2018 - 06:34 pm

URBANA: Former President Barack Obama on Friday implored Americans to vote in the November midterm elections, saying the future of democracy in the...

Palestinians reject Trump bid to force talks through aid cut 07 Sep 2018 - 06:00 pm

Jericho: A senior Palestinian official hit back at Donald Trump on Friday after the US president said he would withhold aid to the...

Erdogan and Putin clash over Idlib 'ceasefire' 07 Sep 2018 - 05:57 pm

Tehran: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday openly disagreed about a "ceasefire" in Syria's Idlib province, highlighting...

Dallas police officer mistakes apartment for own, kills neighbor 07 Sep 2018 - 04:04 pm

DALLAS: A Dallas police officer returning home from work shot and killed a neighbor after she said she mistook his apartment for her...

Zimbabwe Mnangagwa names former banker Mthuli Ncube as finance minister 07 Sep 2018 - 03:51 pm

HARARE: Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday appointed former banker Mthuli Ncube as finance minister and said Winston Chitando would remain as mines...

Major quake hits Fiji bit no tsunami warning issued 06 Sep 2018 - 08:47 pm

Hong Kong: A major 7.8 magnitude quake struck off the Fiji coast early Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, but no tsunami...

Spain restores free healthcare for illegal migrants 06 Sep 2018 - 07:55 pm

Madrid: Spain's parliament approved Thursday a draft law tabled by the country's new Socialist government which restores free healthcare for undocumented migrants, a...

'A horrific situation": 4 dead in Cincinnati bank shooting 06 Sep 2018 - 07:50 pm

CINCINNATI: A gunman opened fire Thursday morning in a building in the heart of Cincinnati in an attack that left him and three...

Dozens of Venezuelans in Peru seek to return home despite crisis 06 Sep 2018 - 07:44 pm

LIMA: Dozens of Venezuelans who fled their crisis-stricken country for Peru are seeking to take up a Caracas offer to fly them home,...

Brazil judge rejects jailed ex-president Lula's appeal on election ban 06 Sep 2018 - 07:36 pm

Brasília: A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Thursday rejected an appeal by jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to overturn his...

Italian justice probes 20 over bridge disaster 06 Sep 2018 - 05:40 pm

Rome: Italian magistrates said Thursday they are investigating 20 people and the company that manages the Genoa motorway bridge that collapsed last month...

Libya to reopen Tripoli airport on Friday-government 06 Sep 2018 - 05:39 pm

TRIPOLI: Libya will reopen on Friday its only functioning airport in the capital Tripoli, a week after it closed because of fighting among...

Big quake hits northern Japan, leaving 9 dead, 30 missing 06 Sep 2018 - 05:06 pm

SAPPORO, Japan: A powerful earthquake Thursday on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido triggered dozens of landslides that crushed houses under torrents of...

US says not seeking to punish India for its Russia arms purchases 06 Sep 2018 - 01:57 pm

New Delhi: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday the United States was not seeking to punish India for its proposed...

Pompeo denies being author of 'sad' NYT op-ed on Trump 06 Sep 2018 - 01:46 pm

New Delhi: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denied Thursday being the author of a damning, anonymous op-ed in the New York Times...

Attacks kill 19 Afghan forces after twin bombings in Kabul 06 Sep 2018 - 01:38 pm

Kabul, Afghanistan: Insurgents killed 19 security personnel in separate assaults in Afghanistan, officials said Thursday, a day after twin bombings in Kabul killed...