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Powerful quake hits Indonesia's Lombok, 12 killed, houses damaged 29 Jul 2018 - 10:48 am

SEMBALUN, Indonesia: A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the popular tourist island of Lombok in Indonesia on Sunday killing 12 people and sending...

Palestinian protest icon Ahed Tamimi out of Israeli prison 29 Jul 2018 - 09:49 am

NABI SALEH, West Bank: Israel released 17-year-old Palestinian protest icon Ahed Tamimi from prison early on Sunday, after she served her eight-month sentence...

Lebanon sinks old tanks to create underwater dive ‘park’ 29 Jul 2018 - 04:48 am

Sidon: Lebanese environmentalists yesterday sank 10 old tanks and armoured vehicles to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea in a novel attempt to...

8 buses torched in northeastern Brazil 28 Jul 2018 - 10:59 pm

SAO PAULO: Police in Brazil say eight public buses have been firebombed with Molotov cocktails in the northeastern state of Ceara. The buses...

Mother and 5 of her children die in Michigan motel fire 28 Jul 2018 - 10:59 pm

SODUS TOWNSHIP: A fire that swept through a southwestern Michigan motel early Saturday killed five children and their mother, authorities said. The Cosmo...

Tweets scorn Egypt's Sisi in renewed online criticism 28 Jul 2018 - 10:59 pm

CAIRO: Egyptians renewed online criticism of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday, hours after he said he was "saddened" by a similar campaign...

Israel arrests Italian graffiti artists in West Bank: Palestinians 28 Jul 2018 - 10:12 pm

RAMALLAH: Israeli border police on Saturday arrested two Italian graffiti artists who were painting a mural of a jailed Palestinian teenager, Ahed Tamimi,...

Ex-pastor sentenced to 18 years in child sexual abuse case 28 Jul 2018 - 10:12 pm

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J: A former pastor who co-founded a Christian music festival before admitting he had sexual contact with children and being branded...

Deep 6.0 magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia: USGS 28 Jul 2018 - 10:12 pm

Washington: A deep 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami...

Dolls, bicycles among charred belongings from Greek blaze 28 Jul 2018 - 10:12 pm

MATI, Greece: The soot-smothered mermaid doll lying among the detritus of a fire-gutted home may have been in a child's hands just before...

West Bank village prepares for homecoming of Ahed Tamimi 28 Jul 2018 - 10:12 pm

NABI SALEH, West Bank: On the eve of Ahed Tamimi's release from prison, the father of the Palestinian protest icon said Saturday that...

Munich airport cancels 200 flights after intruder alert 28 Jul 2018 - 09:00 pm

Berlin: Around 200 flights had to be cancelled and two terminals evacuated at Munich airport on Saturday after an unidentified person entered a...

Anadolu Agency films FETO-linked businessmen in US 28 Jul 2018 - 09:00 pm

NEW YORK: Anadolu Agency has captured on film the luxurious lives of two Turkish businessmen in California, who are being sought by Turkey...

Israeli Arab lawmaker quits 'racist' parliament over Jewish nation-state law 28 Jul 2018 - 09:00 pm

Jerusalem: - An Israeli Arab lawmaker resigned on Saturday and branded the parliament "racist" after it passed a controversial new law which declares...

Deadly Northern California wildfire grows by two-thirds overnight 28 Jul 2018 - 08:26 pm

REDDING, California: Nine people were reportedly missing as a monster wildfire in Northern California grew by two-thirds overnight after killing two firefighters, destroying...

US cardinal caught up in abuse scandal resigns 28 Jul 2018 - 08:26 pm

Vatican City: Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a prominent US cardinal who is accused of sexually abusing a teenager nearly five...

Typhoon slams into Japan, approaches disaster-hit regions 28 Jul 2018 - 08:26 pm

Tokyo: A powerful typhoon slammed into central Japan early Sunday, prompting local authorities to issue evacuation orders, with western areas recently devastated by...