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Canada to stick to guns at NAFTA talks despite Trump pressure 05 Sep 2018 - 08:43 am

WASHINGTON/OTTAWA: Canada heads into talks in Washington on Wednesday to renew NAFTA determined not to back down on key issues despite threats from...

Israel breaks up demo for detained Palestine journalist 05 Sep 2018 - 12:58 am

RAMALLAH, Palestine: Several Palestinian journalists suffered from teargas after Israeli forces dispersed a protest in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on...

Egypt police arrest man with homemade bomb near US embassy 04 Sep 2018 - 03:48 pm

CAIRO: Police on Tuesday arrested a man carrying a crude explosive device near the heavily fortified U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt's capital, according...

Nike shares dip as Kaepernick ad spurs boycott 04 Sep 2018 - 03:07 pm

Shares of Nike Inc fell nearly 2 percent on Tuesday as calls for a boycott of the sportswear giant gained traction on social...

Indian police say highway overpass collapses in Calcutta 04 Sep 2018 - 03:01 pm

NEW DELHI: Indian police say a highway overpass has collapsed in the crowded city of Calcutta, but there was no immediate word on...

Libya says death toll from Tripoli clashes climbs to 50 04 Sep 2018 - 02:51 pm

BENGHAZI, Libya: The death toll from fighting between rival armed groups in Libya's capital Tripoli has climbed to at least 50 people including...

Second resignation as Macron shuffles cabinet 04 Sep 2018 - 02:29 pm

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron was hit by a second resignation in a week on Tuesday as his sports minister quit, forcing him...

EU ombudsman slams hiring process of top Juncker aide 04 Sep 2018 - 02:13 pm

Brussels: The EU ombudsman on Tuesday savaged the rushed and murky procedure that saw Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's chief of staff promoted to...

Nineteen killed in fresh violence in central Nigeria 04 Sep 2018 - 01:25 pm

Jos, Nigeria, Nineteen people have been killed and scores of homes burnt in fresh violence in central Nigeria, police said, after weeks of...

Powerful typhoon slams into western Japan, flooding airport 04 Sep 2018 - 12:40 pm

Tokyo: A powerful typhoon blew through western Japan on Tuesday, causing heavy rain to flood the region's main offshore international airport and high...

Russia resumes Idlib air strikes: Syrian Observatory 04 Sep 2018 - 12:15 pm

BEIRUT: A Syrian rebel and a war monitor said Russian air strikes had resumed against insurgents in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on Tuesday...

India convicts two over 2007 blasts that killed 44 04 Sep 2018 - 12:03 pm

New Delhi: An Indian court Tuesday convicted two members of a banned Islamist militant group over bomb blasts in August 2007 in the...

Fire breaks out at primary school in London's Dagenham 04 Sep 2018 - 08:25 am

A fire broke out in a primary school in London's Dagenham and 12 fire engines and around 80 fire fighters are trying to...

Gunmen kill 11 people in central Nigeria 03 Sep 2018 - 08:17 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: At least 11 people were killed and 12 others injured when unknown gunmen opened fire at locals in central Nigeria, police...

Romania gov't advisor compares president to Hitler 03 Sep 2018 - 06:55 pm

Bucharest: A Romanian government advisor sparked outrage Monday after posting a video clip comparing the country's president to Hitler as political tensions simmer...

Lebanon's Hariri gives new cabinet details to President 03 Sep 2018 - 06:31 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanon's Prime Minister designate Saad al-Hariri on Monday handed President Michel Aoun the "formula" for a new cabinet after nearly four months...