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India says hopes new Pakistan govt will work for terror-free South Asia 28 Jul 2018 - 08:26 pm

NEW DELHI: India on Saturday said it hoped the new government of Pakistan would "work constructively" to end militancy in South Asia, in...

Funerals held for Gaza boy killed at border by Israel fire 28 Jul 2018 - 05:44 pm

Gaza CITY, Gaza Strip: A Palestinian teen died Saturday of wounds sustained by Israel army fire at a border protest a day earlier,...

Monsoon rains collapse houses in northern India, killing 37 28 Jul 2018 - 02:21 pm

LUCKNOW, India: At least 37 people have been killed in the past two days as monsoon rains triggered house collapses and flooded wide...

Disaster-hit Japan braces for powerful typhoon 28 Jul 2018 - 10:30 am

Tokyo: A powerful typhoon hurtled towards Japan on Saturday, prompting local authorities to issue early evacuation orders, with western areas recently devastated by...

Blasts, gunshots reported in eastern Afghan city 28 Jul 2018 - 09:57 am

JALALABAD, Afghanistan: A number of explosions were reported in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad and gunshots could be heard in the area...

Wildfire destroys 500 structures, nearly levels community 28 Jul 2018 - 09:30 am

REDDING, California: In the small northern California community of Keswick, only a handful of homes remain. The air is thick with the smell...

Iraq cleric Sistani urges government action on corruption amid further protests 28 Jul 2018 - 04:24 am

BAGHDAD: Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called for a government to be formed as soon as possible to tackle corruption...

Forest fires, barbecue bans: heatwave scorches Europe 28 Jul 2018 - 04:12 am

Paris: A heatwave scorched much of Europe on Friday, with near-record temperatures leading to firefighters battling forest blazes and authorities banning barbecues, however...

Syrians celebrate retaking town near Israel-occupied Golan 28 Jul 2018 - 04:10 am

Quneitra: Syrian officials on Friday celebrated the recapture of this symbolic southern town near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, raising a flag and playing...

Israel to build new settler homes in occupied West Bank after deadly knife attack 28 Jul 2018 - 04:10 am

Kobar, Palestinian Territories: Israel is to build hundreds of new homes in a settlement in the occupied West Bank where a Palestinian stabbed...

Israeli police raid al-Aqsa mosque after clashes; two dead in Gaza 28 Jul 2018 - 01:05 am

JERUSALEM/GAZA: Israeli troopers entered Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque, the third-holiest shrine in Islam, and carried out arrests on Friday in what police described as...

Historic win for Imran Khan breaks Pakistan's dynastic rule 27 Jul 2018 - 12:13 pm

Breaking the dynastic hold on Pakistani politics, former cricket hero Imran Khan won the most seats in an election tarred by widespread allegations...

Iraqi Airways suspends pilots who fought in-flight over food 27 Jul 2018 - 10:42 am

Baghdad: Iraqi Airways has suspended two of its pilots for getting into a fight -- over a food tray -- during an international...

US races to meet migrant reunification deadline 27 Jul 2018 - 08:38 am

The U.S. government scrambled to meet a Thursday court-ordered deadline for reuniting hundreds of immigrant children and parents who had been separated at...

Donald Trump Jr, wife resolve child custody amid divorce 27 Jul 2018 - 08:38 am

NEW YORK: A New York judge congratulated Donald Trump Jr. and his estranged wife, Vanessa, Thursday for resolving child custody issues as they...

House Speaker Ryan opposes Rosenstein impeachment try, dooming it for now 27 Jul 2018 - 08:37 am

WASHINGTON: House Speaker Paul Ryan spoke out against an effort by a small group of conservatives to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein...