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Indian fan dies in car crash in Russia near World Cup city Sochi, Interfax says 30 Jun 2018 - 03:03 pm

MOSCOW: An Indian soccer fan, in Russia for the World Cup, died in a car crash on Saturday on a road near the...

Eight south Syria towns return to regime control under deals: monitor 30 Jun 2018 - 02:48 pm

Beirut: At least eight battered rebel-held towns in southern Syria on Saturday returned to regime control under Russian-brokered deals after nearly two weeks...

Syrian girl walking with tin cans as prosthetic limbs finds hope in Turkey 30 Jun 2018 - 01:45 pm

Istanbul: Earlier this month, Maya Merhi, 8, who was born with no legs due to a congenital condition, was moving around a Syrian...

Prank caller talks to Trump aboard Air Force One 30 Jun 2018 - 12:55 pm

Washington: A prank caller talking to the leader of the world's most powerful country aboard Air Force One? It's apparently possible. Posing as...

Mumbai's Victorian Gothic and Art Deco buildings win UNESCO status 30 Jun 2018 - 12:40 pm

Manama: Mumbai's Art Deco buildings -- believed to be the world's second largest collection after Miami -- were added on Saturday to UNESCO's...

Militants attack African military base in Mali, at least six dead 30 Jun 2018 - 09:52 am

BAMAKO: Militants armed with rockets and explosives raided the headquarters of an African military taskforce in central Mali, leaving at least six people...

Trump administration says longstanding court decree allows detaining migrant families 30 Jun 2018 - 09:01 am

Washington: The White House intends to detain migrant families together but might therefore hold children longer than previously allowed, according to new court...

Supreme Court's Roberts is the new man at the 'center' 30 Jun 2018 - 08:51 am

WASHINGTON: Chief Justice John Roberts is the Supreme Court's new man in the middle. It's just that the middle may have moved well...

Syria slams global chemical arms body's new powers 29 Jun 2018 - 09:28 pm

Damascus: Damascus on Friday slammed a decision to grant the world's chemical watchdog the power to identify perpetrators of attacks, ahead of results...

Jordan source reports south Syria truce; State Dept cannot confirm 29 Jun 2018 - 09:28 pm

BEIRUT/AMMAN: A ceasefire has been agreed for southern Syria between the government and rebels, a Jordanian official source said on Friday, amid fears...

EU moves on migrant plans, while 100 reported missing at sea 29 Jun 2018 - 07:08 pm

BRUSSELS: European Union leaders Friday drew up new plans to screen migrants in North Africa for eligibility to enter Europe, saying they set...

Cracks emerge in EU migrant deal 29 Jun 2018 - 07:01 pm

Brussels: Cracks emerged Friday in Europe's hard-fought summit deal on migration, as EU President Donald Tusk warned there was no guarantee it would...

Merkel eases German migrant row with EU accords 29 Jun 2018 - 06:53 pm

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel sealed key deals with EU partners on stemming migrant flows Friday, in a crucial breakthrough ahead of a...

Portugal's Vitorino beats Trump pick to lead UN migration agency 29 Jun 2018 - 06:48 pm

Geneva: Decades of American leadership at the United Nations migration agency was broken on Friday as voters rejected President Donald Trump's nominee for...

Jarrod Ramos, Maryland man charged with 5 murders in shotgun attack on Capital Gazette newsroom 29 Jun 2018 - 06:29 pm

ANNAPOLIS, Md.: A Maryland man was charged with multiple counts of murder on Friday, a day after police say he rampaged through a...

Hundreds of Syrians leave Lebanon for long-awaited reunions 28 Jun 2018 - 11:59 pm

ARSAL: Hundreds of displaced Syrians left Lebanon for their war-torn homeland Thursday in a repatriation that will reunite them with relatives they have...