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S. Africa's Zuma replaces key ministers 01 Apr 2017 - 11:26 am

JOHANNESBURG: South African President Jacob Zuma replaced several high-profile ministers in a cabinet reshuffle announced Friday, leading to a five-percent drop in the...

At least 10 killed in explosion in NW Pakistan 01 Apr 2017 - 11:21 am

KARACHI, Pakistan: At least 10 people have been killed and dozens injured in an explosion in a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan on...

5 members of group organizing Jakarta protests arrested 01 Apr 2017 - 11:15 am

TUBAN, Indonesia: Indonesian police arrested on Friday the leader of an umbrella group that has been organizing mass protests against the Jakarta governor...

Sri Lanka stops jumbo flying to New Zealand 01 Apr 2017 - 11:06 am

Colombo: A Sri Lankan baby elephant gifted to New Zealand has been prevented from leaving the South Asian island after animal activists said...

Canada extends mission against ISIS to June 01 Apr 2017 - 11:03 am

Ottawa: Canada will extend its training mission within the international alliance against the ISIS organization in Iraq and Syria by three months. Canadian...

Philippine communist rebels agree to discuss ceasefire 01 Apr 2017 - 10:55 am

Manila: Communist rebels waging one of the world's longest-running insurgencies in the Philippines say they are willing to discuss a formal ceasefire proposed...

Kuwaiti woman held for filming maid attempting suicide 01 Apr 2017 - 10:52 am

Kuwait City: Kuwaiti police have detained a woman for filming her Ethiopian maid falling from the seventh floor in an apparent suicide attempt...

Brazil court to decide whether presidential vote was valid 01 Apr 2017 - 10:52 am

Brasília: Brazilian President Michel Temer already has a world of trouble to deal with and next week a court could in theory annul...

Suu Kyi's new govt faces first test at Myanmar polls 01 Apr 2017 - 10:36 am

Yangon: Aung San Suu Kyi's government faced its first test at the ballot box on Saturday in by-elections around Myanmar seen as a...

Trump Signs Two Decrees on Trade Policy 01 Apr 2017 - 10:22 am

Washington: US President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders aiming at combating foreign trade abuses that contribute to the US half-trillion-dollar trade...

From South Korean president to prisoner 503, Park in jail 01 Apr 2017 - 09:20 am

Seoul: Ousted South Korean president Park Geun-Hye is now just prisoner 503, incarcerated in a spartan cell while prosecutors decide whether to indict...

Suu Kyi's new govt faces first test at Myanmar polls 01 Apr 2017 - 08:55 am

Yangon: Aung San Suu Kyi's government will face its first test at the ballot box on Saturday in by-elections around Myanmar seen as...

Soros-backed university is 'cheating': Hungary PM 01 Apr 2017 - 08:49 am

Budapest: Hungary's combative Prime Minister Viktor Orban deepened his row with George Soros on Friday, saying a prestigious Budapest university founded by the...

Germany balks at Tillerson call for more European NATO spending 01 Apr 2017 - 08:49 am

BRUSSELS: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reassured his nervous European counterparts over Washington’s commitment to NATO on Friday and pressed them again...

Australia floods still rising with two dead, four missing 01 Apr 2017 - 08:48 am

Beenleigh, Australia: Flooded rivers were still rising Saturday in two Australian states with two women dead and four people missing after torrential rains...

French election race tightening three weeks from vote, poll shows 01 Apr 2017 - 08:45 am

PARIS: France’s presidential election race is looking tighter than it was seven days ago with three weeks to run before voting starts, an...

Protests brew as Venezuela leader denies coup 01 Apr 2017 - 08:42 am

Caracas: Venezuela faces calls for street protests Saturday at the tensest moment yet in a political and economic crisis that has brought it...

Why is Maduro still in power in Venezuela? 01 Apr 2017 - 08:38 am

Caracas: With his popularity battered by food shortages, economic chaos and rampant crime, it is hard to understand how Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro...