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Myanmar social media anger after Pope uses 'Rohingya' word 03 Dec 2017 - 12:48 pm

Yangon: Pope Francis's embrace of the Rohingya during a trip to Bangladesh has sparked some angry comment on social media in Myanmar, where...

Yemen's Houthi group says fires missile toward Abu Dhabi nuclear reactor 03 Dec 2017 - 12:47 pm

DUBAI: Yemen's Houthi group has fired a cruise missile towards a nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, the...

Joshua Wong leads 'anti-authoritarian' march in Hong Kong 03 Dec 2017 - 12:24 pm

Hong Kong: Around 1,000 people marched through Hong Kong Sunday, led by some of the city's high-profile democracy campaigners including Joshua Wong, in...

America First or America Alone? The withdrawal agenda 03 Dec 2017 - 11:53 am

Washington: Since President Donald Trump took office in January, the US has abandoned or threatened to quit several international accords under his "America...

UK warns its citizens of terrorist attacks in Nigeria 03 Dec 2017 - 10:56 am

LAGOS, Nigeria: The United Kingdom has asked its citizens to avoid traveling to Nigeria during the Christmas and New Year holiday period, owing...

Tropical storm in Indonesia kills 20 03 Dec 2017 - 10:46 am

JAKARTA: A tropical storm in Indonesia killed 20 people Sunday, according to Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) statement. BNPB said that...

France calls for national dialogue in Iraq 03 Dec 2017 - 10:39 am

PARIS: France’s objectives are peace and stability in Iraq and full implementation of an inclusive national government according to the 2005 constitution, French...

Shots fired at Tanzanian opposition leader's home 03 Dec 2017 - 10:31 am

MWANZA, Tanzania: Tanzanian opposition leader Joshua Nassari narrowly escaped death after unidentified gunmen invaded his home in Arusha, in the north of the...

US defense secretary arrives in Egypt 03 Dec 2017 - 10:05 am

CAIRO: U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis arrived in Egypt on Saturday as part of a tour of the Middle East. Mattis will...

Pope says he 'wept' while meeting Rohingya refugees 03 Dec 2017 - 09:40 am

Vatican City: Pope Francis on Saturday said he wept hearing the plight first-hand of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, adding that this meeting was...

American tourist killed in Costa Rica shark attack 03 Dec 2017 - 09:23 am

San José, A 49-year-old US female tourist was killed by a tiger shark this week while diving off a Costa Rican island in...

US pulls out of UN's Global Compact on Migration 03 Dec 2017 - 09:22 am

United Nations, United States: The administration of President Donald Trump has withdrawn the United States from a United Nations pact to improve the...

North Koreans face Mongolia exit as UN sanctions bite 03 Dec 2017 - 09:17 am

Ulaanbaatar: North Koreans have toiled and slept at construction sites in Mongolia, they have operated cashmere sewing machines, and their acupuncture skills are...

Liberian economy struggles as election crisis drags on 03 Dec 2017 - 09:12 am

Monrovia: Businesses in Liberia's dual-currency economy are feeling the pinch as customers stay home and the exchange rate keeps climbing in the absence...

Thirteen dead in S. Korea fishing boat crash 03 Dec 2017 - 09:00 am

Seoul: Thirteen people were killed and two were missing after a fishing boat collided with a tanker off South Korea's west coast and...

Obama takes on Trump and men in general at Paris event 03 Dec 2017 - 08:57 am

Paris, Former US president Barack Obama on Saturday took a new swipe at his successor Donald Trump over the Paris climate accord at...

Militia chief arrest 'dangerous moment' for Sudan's Darfur 03 Dec 2017 - 08:53 am

Khartoum: By arresting Darfur's powerful militia chief Musa Hilal, Khartoum has tightened its control over Sudan's strife-torn region but analysts say it might...