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British lecturers go on strike over pension changes 23 Feb 2018 - 10:32 am

LONDON: lecturers at universities across Britain began a strike on Thursday in a row over changes to pensions, the first of a series...

PML nominees to run in Senate election independently 23 Feb 2018 - 10:22 am

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday announced that all the ruling party nominees for the upcoming Senate election would be running...

Hillside crashes onto Indonesian farmers; 5 dead, 18 missing 23 Feb 2018 - 10:14 am

BREBES, Indonesia: Farmers were working in their rice paddies on the Indonesian island of Java, when the soggy hillside above them collapsed under...

Hundreds of African migrants protest Israel detentions 23 Feb 2018 - 10:03 am

Holot, Israel: Hundreds of African migrants protested Thursday outside an Israeli prison where at least nine others have been incarcerated under Israel's controversial...

Five-day assault on Syria enclave kills more than 400 23 Feb 2018 - 09:55 am

Douma: Fresh bombardment on Eastern Ghouta killed dozens Thursday, bringing the number of dead civilians in a five-day assault by the Syrian government...

Air strikes hammer Syria's Ghouta for fifth day, UN mulling ceasefire resolution 22 Feb 2018 - 09:20 pm

AMMAN: Warplanes pounded the last rebel enclave near Syria's capital for a fifth day running on Thursday as the U.N. Security Council considered...

US educators lash out at idea of arming teachers 22 Feb 2018 - 09:08 pm

Washington: US President Donald Trump has proposed arming "highly trained" teachers to deter school shootings but the idea has drawn little support from...

Gun free' schools are magnets for 'bad people': Trump 22 Feb 2018 - 04:18 pm

Washington: A "gun free" school is nothing but a "magnet" for criminals, President Donald Trump said Thursday, a day after proposing to train...

India seizes billionaire jeweller's Rolls-Royce, Porsche in bank fraud probe 22 Feb 2018 - 03:54 pm

MUMBAI: An Indian financial crime-fighting agency said on Thursday it has seized a Rolls-Royce Ghost, a Porsche Panamera and some half a dozen...

Duterte bans reporter from presidential palace compound 22 Feb 2018 - 03:36 pm

MANILA, Philippines: The Philippine president has banned a reporter from entering the presidential palace compound to attend news briefings because her online news...

Drug overdose at private school hospitalizes Australian boys 22 Feb 2018 - 11:24 am

Gold Coast, Australia: Five teenage boys remained in an Australian hospital on Thursday, a day after suffering drug overdoses at a private school....

UN envoy sees difficult talks on Syria ceasefire deal 22 Feb 2018 - 11:19 am

GENEVA: UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday he hoped the U.N. Security Council would agree a resolution to end fighting...

Fresh rocket fire on Syria enclave kills 13: monitor 22 Feb 2018 - 11:17 am

Beirut: Rockets fired by Syrian regime forces killed at least 13 civilians in the besieged rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus on...

French police clear nuclear waste protest site in pre-dawn swoop 22 Feb 2018 - 11:07 am

Paris: French police launched a surprise operation at dawn on Thursday to evict protesters from a site earmarked for storage of nuclear waste...

Soul-searching as symbol of 70s Singapore faces demolition 22 Feb 2018 - 11:02 am

Singapore: The looming demolition of a horseshoe-shaped tower block that symbolised Singapore's growth from a port town to an affluent city-state has sparked...

Trailing rivals, Mexico ruling party candidate insists he can win 22 Feb 2018 - 10:54 am

Mexico City: Jose Antonio Meade, the presidential candidate trying to keep Mexico's deeply unpopular ruling party in power, insisted Wednesday he can still...

Blinded investigator to Indonesia graft fighters: Stay brave 22 Feb 2018 - 10:35 am

JAKARTA, Indonesia: An anti-corruption investigator blinded by an acid attack is urging graft fighters to "stay brave" as he returns to Indonesia after...

Afghan official: Taliban attack local police, killing 8 22 Feb 2018 - 10:28 am

KABUL, Afghanistan: An Afghan official says Taliban fighters have attacked a police security post in central Ghazni province, killing eight local police. Arif...