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No warning: Witnesses describe how Thoothukudi police shot and killed Vedanta smelter protesters 29 May 2018 - 11:18 pm

THOOTHUKUDI: Police in the port city of Thoothukudi in southern India gave No warning last Tuesday before firing with live ammunition on protesters...

Israeli hits dozens of Gaza targets after mortar barrage 29 May 2018 - 10:13 pm

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Israel said it hit dozens of military targets in Gaza on Tuesday in response to a barrage of mortar...

Rejected asylum-seeker sets himself on fire in German town 29 May 2018 - 09:11 pm

BERLIN: A rejected asylum-seeker from Iran suffered serious injuries when he set fire to himself Tuesday at a town office in Germany, authorities...

Hurricane Maria killed 4,600 in Puerto Rico: Study 29 May 2018 - 08:10 pm

Washington: Hurricane Maria killed 4,600 people in Puerto Rico - more than 70 times the official death toll of 64 - according to...

UAE bans fruits from Indian state after Nipah virus outbreak 29 May 2018 - 06:43 pm

DUBAI/MUMBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has banned imports of fresh vegetables and fruits from the southern Indian state of Kerala where 13...

Man kills 3 in Belgium with guns of stabbed police officers 29 May 2018 - 04:40 pm

LIEGE, Belgium: A knife-wielding man stabbed two police officers Tuesday in the Belgian city of Liege, stole their weapons and shot them and...

Belgium police officers shot dead: What we know 29 May 2018 - 04:22 pm

Liege, Belgium: A gunman killed three people including two female officers in Belgium's eastern city of Liege on Tuesday, before being shot dead...

Over 2,200 migrants rescued in Mediterranean: UN 29 May 2018 - 04:17 pm

GENEVA: More than 2,200 migrants have been rescued since last Friday in the Mediterranean Sea between Northern Africa and Italy, the UN migration...

Syrian army ready for southern battle: Pro-Assad commander 29 May 2018 - 03:42 pm

BEIRUT: The Syrian army has completed preparations for an imminent offensive against rebel-held areas in southwestern Syria, a non-Syrian commander in a military...

Trump says top N.Korean official headed to New York to discuss summit 29 May 2018 - 02:38 pm

SEOUL: A senior North Korean official is headed to New York to discuss an upcoming summit, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday,...

Three dead plus gunman in shootout in Belgian city 29 May 2018 - 01:10 pm

Brussels: A gunman shot dead three people, two of them policemen, in the eastern Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday before being killed...

Gunman shoots police in Liege, four dead -Belgian media 29 May 2018 - 12:11 pm

BRUSSELS: A gunman killed two police officers and a passer-by on Tuesday before being shot dead in the centre of the Belgian city...

Ivanka Trump's China trademarks raise ethical issues: group 29 May 2018 - 11:10 am

Shanghai, Ivanka Trump was granted five business trademarks in China earlier in May, just days before her father suddenly scrapped a US technology...

Russia, USA and Jordan to meet in southern Syria amid tensions - RIA 29 May 2018 - 11:00 am

MOSCOW: Russia, the United States and Jordan have agreed to hold a meeting in Syria's southern "de-escalation" zone, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail...

10 injured after man falsely claims bomb on Indonesia plane 29 May 2018 - 10:45 am

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Police say 10 passengers on an Indonesian flight preparing to take off from Borneo island were injured, mostly with broken bones...

Leader of failed MH370 wreckage hunt hopes to search again 29 May 2018 - 10:26 am

CANBERRA, Australia: The head of a U.S. technology company that scoured the Indian Ocean seabed for more than three months looking for Malaysia...

Once mighty storm Alberto fizzles, but can still soak U.S. 29 May 2018 - 09:04 am

Former subtropical storm Alberto, which threatened to clobber the southeastern United States on Memorial Day, fizzled into a subtropical depression, with winds dropping...