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Station master in Greece train crash delays court appearance 05 Mar 2023 - 12:01 am

Athens: The station master involved in Greece’s deadliest train crash is set to appear before a prosecutor and an examining magistrate on Sunday...

Senegal activists and MP arrested at Tunisia embassy 04 Mar 2023 - 11:51 pm

Dakar: More than a dozen activists and a member of parliament were arrested outside the Tunisian embassy in Senegal's capital on Saturday, the...

Self-help author Marianne Williamson announces White House challenge to Biden 04 Mar 2023 - 11:46 pm

Washington: Marianne Williamson, a self-help author, activist and spiritual advisor, announced on Saturday that she is a candidate for the US presidency in...

US military commander in Syria briefed on anti-IS operations 04 Mar 2023 - 11:39 pm

Beirut: The top US military commander on Saturday visited northeast Syria where American troops and their allies are launching a campaign against the...

Biden expected to tighten rules on US investment in China 04 Mar 2023 - 11:26 pm

Wilmington: The Biden administration is close to tightening rules on some overseas investments by US companies in an effort to limit China's ability...

More Iranian schoolgirls sickened in suspected poisoning wave 04 Mar 2023 - 09:49 pm

Tehran: Hundreds of schoolgirls were taken to hospitals across Iran on Saturday, state media reported, as suspected chemical attacks on the country’s girls...

UN nuclear chief says Iran visit could produce 'important agreements' 04 Mar 2023 - 09:34 pm

Tehran: UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Saturday he had "constructive" talks with Iranian officials in Tehran after the discovery of...

Mediterranean countries push for EU solidarity on migration 04 Mar 2023 - 09:23 pm

Valletta: Less than a week after a deadly migrant shipwreck off Italy, five European Union countries on the Mediterranean Sea pushed back on...

Macron lauds DR Congo ceasefire as EU sets up air bridge 04 Mar 2023 - 09:11 pm

Kinshasa: Brussels said on Saturday it was setting up a "humanitarian air bridge" to deliver aid to conflict-hit eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,...

Bus with 40 children crashes in French Alps; 21 injured 04 Mar 2023 - 07:17 pm

Paris: A bus carrying 40 elementary school students home from a trip to the French Alps plunged down a wooded slope into a...

Friends, family remember Thai football boy rescued from cave 04 Mar 2023 - 06:48 pm

Chiang Rai: To the chant of Buddhist prayers, friends and family of one of the football boys rescued from a flooded cave in...

Cameroon charges tycoon in reporter killing case: lawyer 04 Mar 2023 - 06:38 pm

Yaoundé: A prominent Cameroonian businessman was charged on Saturday with complicity in the torture of a journalist who was murdered in a high-profile...

Oxygen plant blast kills five in Bangladesh 04 Mar 2023 - 05:41 pm

Chittagong: At least five people were killed and dozens were injured in an explosion at an oxygen plant outside Bangladesh's port city of...

Indonesians search charred homes after fuel depot fire kills 18 04 Mar 2023 - 05:15 pm

Jakarta: Residents searched through the remains of their charred homes on Saturday as Indonesian state energy firm Pertamina apologised for a fire at...

Paris airports hit by border control IT outage 04 Mar 2023 - 05:05 pm

Bobigny: A computer glitch at Paris' main Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports hobbled border controls on Saturday, causing long queues for passengers....

Deadly fire at Shell Nigeria pipeline that feeds Bonny crude 04 Mar 2023 - 04:44 pm

Bonny: A fire on an oil pipeline operated by Shell Plc in Nigeria that feeds crude to the key Bonny export terminal killed...

Macron lauds DR Congo ceasfire as EU sets up air bridge 04 Mar 2023 - 04:15 pm

Kinshasa: Brussels said Saturday it was setting up a "humanitarian air bridge" to deliver aid to conflict-hit eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as...