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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...

UN talks to protect high seas continue into early morning 04 Mar 2023 - 04:08 pm

United Nations, United States: UN member states were still hard at work on Saturday morning after a sleepless night spent trying to finalize...

EU parliament chief urges Ukraine membership talks this year 04 Mar 2023 - 03:57 pm

Lviv, Ukraine: The president of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola called on Saturday, during a visit to Ukraine, for the country to be...

Hundreds of migrants flee Tunisia after president's crackdown 04 Mar 2023 - 03:52 pm

Tunis: More than 100 Malians left Tunisia Saturday, a diplomat told AFP, the first of two repatriation flights carrying West African migrants fearful...

Greek station master due in court as anger boils over rail disaster 04 Mar 2023 - 01:26 pm

Athens: The station master involved in Greece's worst-ever train disaster was due to appear in court on Saturday after mass protests broke out...

Indonesia fuel depot fire kills 16, over dozen missing 04 Mar 2023 - 12:26 pm

Jakarta: Indonesian rescuers and firefighters on Saturday searched for more than a dozen missing under the rubble of charred houses and buildings, after...

Philippine governor, 5 others killed in brazen attack 04 Mar 2023 - 12:02 pm

Manila: Gunmen in military uniforms fatally shot a governor and five civilians on Saturday while the provincial leader was meeting villagers at his...

Thousands march in Greece as anger builds over train deaths 04 Mar 2023 - 12:16 am

ATHENS: Protests have intensified in Greece days after the country's deadliest rail disaster, as thousands of students took to the streets in several...

Black Vietnam veteran finally honored with Medal of Honor 03 Mar 2023 - 11:57 pm

WASHINGTON: Nearly 60 years after he was recommended for the nation’s highest military award, retired Col. Paris Davis, one of the first Black...

World Bank: Quake caused damage worth $5.1 billion in Syria 03 Mar 2023 - 10:49 pm

BEIRUT: The World Bank said on Friday that Syria sustained an estimated $5.1 billion in damages in last month's massive earthquake that struck...

US announces $400 million in new Ukraine security assistance 03 Mar 2023 - 10:11 pm

Washington: The United States announced a new $400 million security aid package for Ukraine on Friday that features various types of ammunition for...