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Facing far-right protest, Merkel pledges action over failed asylum seekers 17 Aug 2018 - 04:13 am

DRESDEN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday her government would step up efforts to deport rejected asylum seekers faster, after hundreds of...

US newspapers to Trump: We're not enemies of the people 17 Aug 2018 - 04:13 am

NEW YORK: Newspapers from Maine to Hawaii pushed back against President Donald Trump's attacks on "fake news" with a coordinated series of editorials...

Rally for universal rent control in NY 17 Aug 2018 - 04:13 am

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon speaks to attendees during a rally for universal rent control on August 16, 2018 in New York City....

Doctors, nurses protest rule of Venezuela's socialist leader 17 Aug 2018 - 04:13 am

CARACAS: Riot police have blocked hundreds of doctors and nurses from marching to Venezuela's presidential palace to protest low pay and shortages of...

Celebrating 50 years and more 17 Aug 2018 - 04:12 am

Participants pose at a photo shoot event organized to recreate wedding photos for elderly couples, who have been married for more than 50...

Flood misery in Kerala: Death toll touches 114; armed forces mount massive recue operation 17 Aug 2018 - 03:44 am

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 16 (IANS) With the death toll in the devastating floods rising to 114 in Kerala, and more than one lakh people...

Egypt finalising details of long-term Hamas-Israel truce: source 17 Aug 2018 - 03:44 am

CAIRO: Egypt is finalising details of a long-term truce deal between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, an Egyptian security source said...

Nukes and nationalism: Former Indian PM Vajpayee 17 Aug 2018 - 03:44 am

New Delhi: Former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who died Thursday aged 93, will be remembered for declaring India a nuclear-armed state...

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita re-elected Mali president by a landslide 17 Aug 2018 - 02:56 am

Bamako: Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been elected for a second five-year term after winning a runoff ballot by a landslide, according...

No handshakes, no helmets in eastern Congo city preparing for Ebola 16 Aug 2018 - 08:33 pm

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo: A mobile blood-testing lab. Hand-washing stations on street corners. Motorcycle taxi drivers forbidden from sharing spare helmets. If...

Kerala flood toll jumps to 106, nearly 150,000 homeless 16 Aug 2018 - 06:47 pm

Kochi: The death toll from major floods in India's tourist hotspot Kerala has jumped to 106, officials said Thursday, with nearly 150,000 people...

India's three-time prime minister Vajpayee dead at 93 16 Aug 2018 - 04:08 pm

NEW DELHI: Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a Hindu nationalist who set off a nuclear arms race with rival Pakistan but...

Philippines' Duterte could resign if Marcos Jr becomes VP - spokesman 16 Aug 2018 - 10:09 am

MANILA, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte could step down if the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos succeeds in overturning his 2016 vice presidential...

Trump makes good on threat to revoke former CIA chief Brennan's clearance 15 Aug 2018 - 10:04 pm

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is revoking the security clearance of former CIA director John Brennan, who served in the Obama administration. White House...

Heavy monsoon rains kill 67 in Kerala, airport closed 15 Aug 2018 - 08:42 pm

NEW DELHI: Torrential monsoon rains have disrupted air and train services in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where flooding, landslides and bridge...

Khan ally elected speaker of Pakistan parliament, PM vote on Friday 15 Aug 2018 - 05:23 pm

ISLAMABAD: A staunch ally of cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan was elected speaker of Pakistan's lower house on Wednesday, a key position to support...

At least 25 killed as suicide attacker targets school in Kabul 15 Aug 2018 - 05:13 pm

Kabul: At least 25 people, many believed to be students, were killed when a suicide blast ripped through a school in a Shiite...

Turkey slaps retaliatory tariff hikes on key US products 15 Aug 2018 - 02:41 pm

Istanbul, Turkey hiked Wednesday tariffs on imports of several key US products in retaliation for American sanctions against Ankara, as a bitter dispute...