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Three US drone strikes target militants in Somalia 13 Nov 2017 - 09:42 am

Washington: The US forces said that they have carried out three drone strikes within 24 hours in Somalia, stepping up their campaign against...

Singapore founder's grandson names lawyer in contempt case 13 Nov 2017 - 09:17 am

SINGAPORE/CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts: A nephew of Singapore's prime minister said a contempt of court proceeding against him, stemming from comments he made about the...

Junior drag driver, 8, killed in Australia race crash 13 Nov 2017 - 09:05 am

Sydney: An eight-year-old girl has died after crashing her junior dragster during her first official test run in the West Australia capital of...

A year after Trump's election, coal's future remains bleak 13 Nov 2017 - 09:05 am

WASHINGTON, A year after Donald Trump was elected president on a promise to revive the ailing US coal industry, the sector’s long-term prospects...

Peru fire ravages ancient archaeological site 13 Nov 2017 - 08:55 am

Lima, A fire destroyed a 2,000-year-old mural and much of the vestiges of an archaeological site in northern Peru on Sunday, the director...

Fuel removal device installed at meltdown-hit Fukushima reactor 13 Nov 2017 - 08:53 am

Tokyo: Workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have installed a device to remove nuclear fuel from a meltdown-hit reactor nearly...

Six months on, Macron unpopular but in control 13 Nov 2017 - 08:35 am

Paris: In his first six months in power, French President Emmanuel Macron has chalked up one reform after another in a whirlwind that...

White powder found at US consulate in Hong Kong 13 Nov 2017 - 08:30 am

Hong Kong: Police in hazmat suits entered the US Consulate General in Hong Kong Monday after an envelope containing white powder sparked a...

Trump vaunts trade progress, red carpets on "fruitful" Asia trip 13 Nov 2017 - 08:29 am

MANILA, US President Donald Trump said on Monday he had made significant progress on trade issues during a fruitful trip across Asia that...

Trump breaks the link as handshake photo op goes awry 13 Nov 2017 - 08:11 am

Manila, Donald Trump was all fingers and thumbs during a carefully choreographed photo op Monday at a summit of world leaders, failing to...

Kuwait assures earthquake left no damage 13 Nov 2017 - 08:03 am

Kuwait: The earthquake which jolted Kuwait on Sunday evening has caused no damage or security repercussions, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior assured. In...

Powerful earthquake on Iran-Iraq border kills more than 140 13 Nov 2017 - 07:45 am

TEHRAN: A powerful earthquake shook the Iran-Iraq border late Sunday, killing more than 140 people and injuring 860 in the mountainous region of...

Trump to meet Philippines' controversial Duterte 13 Nov 2017 - 12:26 am

Manila: Donald Trump sits down Monday with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who boasts about personally killing people and is waging a drug war...

Schwarzenegger: Let’s slap a public health warning on fossil fuels 12 Nov 2017 - 10:15 pm

BONN, Germany: Arnold Schwarzenegger, former California governor and Hollywood actor and film producer, issued a challenge on Sunday to governments to start labelling...

Quake strikes Iran’s border towns with Iraq, several killed 12 Nov 2017 - 09:54 pm

ANKARA: Several people were killed and many others were injured in border areas of Iran when an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck neighbouring...

Some Iranian villages damaged by earthquake of 7.3 in Iraq 12 Nov 2017 - 09:53 pm

ANKARA: At least eight villages were damaged in Iran after an earthquake with magnitude of 7.3 struck Iraq on Sunday, Iran’s state TV...

Last exit from Myanmar, Rohingya wait for weeks on beach 12 Nov 2017 - 09:34 pm

AH LEI THAN KYAW, Myanmar: Some 1,000 Rohingya Muslims desperate to leave Myanmar are camped on this exposed, sun-baked beach on the Bay...

Israel signals free hand in Syria as US, Russia expand truce 12 Nov 2017 - 09:24 pm

JERUSALEM: Israel signalled on Sunday that it would keep up military strikes across its frontier with Syria to prevent any encroachment by Iranian-allied...