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Macron, 39-year-old French prodigy eyeing presidency 22 Mar 2017 - 10:17 am

Paris: "Neither of the right, nor the left" in his own words, Emmanuel Macron is a 39-year-old former banker hoping to convince the...

New Syria peace talks as fight comes to Damascus 22 Mar 2017 - 10:03 am

Beirut: A fifth round of UN-backed Syria peace talks begins Thursday in Geneva with scant hope of a breakthrough against a backdrop of...

US to charge Malaysia businessman in 1MDB scandal: report 22 Mar 2017 - 09:55 am

Kuala Lumpur: US authorities plan to file criminal charges against a businessman suspected to be at the centre of a major corruption scandal...

N.Korea missile test fails, US and South say, as tensions simmer 22 Mar 2017 - 09:49 am

SEOUL: A North Korean missile appeared to have exploded on Wednesday just after it was launched, the U.S. and South Korean militaries said...

S.Korea's Park goes home after 14-hour interrogation in graft probe 22 Mar 2017 - 09:24 am

SEOUL: Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye left prosecutors' offices early on Wednesday after being questioned in an investigation into a corruption scandal...

For Ugandan children, hunger and HIV make a deadly mix 22 Mar 2017 - 09:09 am

KATAKWI, Uganda: Seven-year-old Esther Agutti weighs 7 kilos - a third of the weight of the average child her age. She has been...

Is there life after 60 for the EU? 22 Mar 2017 - 09:03 am

Brussels: As the EU turns 60 amid a divorce from Britain and other mid-life crises, the question is increasingly not how it can...

Trump to reaffirm NATO 'commitment' at May summit 22 Mar 2017 - 08:53 am

Washington: The White House confirmed Tuesday that President Donald Trump will join fellow NATO leaders for a key May summit in Brussels, as...

Indian police arrest four over smuggling 18 human skeletons 21 Mar 2017 - 09:12 pm

Kolkata: Indian police have arrested four suspected corpse smugglers and recovered 18 intact skeletons and other bones believed exhumed from cemeteries in a...

UK issues laptop, tablet flight ban for six countries 21 Mar 2017 - 09:10 pm

Britain tightened airline security on flights from Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa on Tuesday, banning laptops and tablet computers from the...

Dijsselbloem 'mail bomb target', says spokesman 21 Mar 2017 - 07:46 pm

The Hague, March 21, 2017 (AFP) - Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem was targeted by a mail bomb which had been "intercepted," his spokesman...

Rail union to hold strikes across UK on Grand National race day 21 Mar 2017 - 07:40 pm

LONDON: Britain's RMT transport union said on Tuesday its members would go on strike on rail networks across the country on April 8,...

Trump twists arms on Obamacare repeal before House vote 21 Mar 2017 - 07:16 pm

Washington: President Donald Trump went to Congress Tuesday to win support for a bill to dismantle Obamacare, warning Republican lawmakers that they risk...

Thailand and Philippines agree to strengthen military links 21 Mar 2017 - 07:12 pm

BANGKOK: Thailand’s junta leader and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte agreed on Tuesday to strengthen military ties and cooperate against cross-border criminality, including illegal...

Gunmen storm Amazon hospital, murder Brazil land activist: local media 21 Mar 2017 - 07:02 pm

RIO DE JANEIRO: Five armed men burst into a small town hospital in the Brazilian Amazon, surrounded security guards and shot dead a...

Tillerson to skip NATO meeting next month 21 Mar 2017 - 06:09 pm

Washington: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will skip a NATO meeting in April but travel to Russia the same month, officials said...

Indian court declares 2 rivers as 'human entities' 21 Mar 2017 - 05:13 pm

NEW DELHI, India: A court in northern India has declared two rivers as “living entities”, complete with their own rights and values. This...

Islamic Jihad denies attempt on leader’s life in Beirut 21 Mar 2017 - 05:08 pm

GAZA CITY, Palestine: The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group has denied reports about an assassination attempt on the group leader in Lebanon. Arab media...