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Quarantine questioned as Japan woman tests positive after leaving ship 23 Feb 2020 - 08:50 am

Tokyo: Japan on Sunday confirmed that a woman who tested negative and disembarked from the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship later tested positive,...

Sanders scores decisive win in Nevada, Biden headed for second-place finish 23 Feb 2020 - 08:46 am

Las Vegas: Bernie Sanders strengthened his front-runner position for the Democratic presidential nomination with a decisive victory in the Nevada caucuses on Saturday,...

New Kosovo PM ready to revoke tariffs for Serbian goods 23 Feb 2020 - 08:33 am

Pristina: A few years ago, the newly elected Kosovo prime minister overturned Serbian trucks. But Albin Kurti now says he is ready to...

Togo goes to polls as president seeks likely fourth term 22 Feb 2020 - 06:57 pm

Lome: Togo went to the polls Saturday in an election widely expected to see President Faure Gnassingbe claim a fourth term in power...

Turkish soldier killed by regime fire in Syria's Idlib: ministry 22 Feb 2020 - 06:13 pm

Istanbul: One Turkish soldier died on Saturday after shelling by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime on the last rebel holdout of Idlib, the...

Japanese emperor, on birthday, expresses coronavirus concern, looks forward to Olympics 22 Feb 2020 - 06:08 pm

TOKYO: Japanese Emperor Naruhito said on Sunday that he was looking forward to the Tokyo Olympics in summer but that he was concerned...

Londoners rally for Assange ahead of extradition hearing 22 Feb 2020 - 05:51 pm

London: A few hundred protesters marched across central London Saturday to call on Britain to reject WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition to the...

India, US struggling to bridge trade dispute as Trump visits 22 Feb 2020 - 05:41 pm

WASHINGTON: American dairy farmers, distillers and drugmakers have been eager to break into India, the world’s seventh-biggest economy but a tough-to-penetrate colossus of...

Iran closes schools in two cities over coronavirus: state TV 22 Feb 2020 - 05:19 pm

Tehran: Iran will close schools, universities and educational centres in two central cities to prevent a deadly coronavirus outbreak spreading, state TV reported...

Turkish, Russian defense ministers discuss Idlib, Syria 22 Feb 2020 - 05:12 pm

ANKARA: Turkish and Russian defence ministers held a phone conversation on Saturday to discuss the situation in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib....

Thousands hit streets of Algiers on protest movement anniversary 22 Feb 2020 - 04:48 pm

Algiers: Several thousand people gathered in the Algerian capital Saturday on the first anniversary of a protest movement that seeks an overhaul of...

100 passengers in close contact with infected leave Japan ship 22 Feb 2020 - 03:56 pm

Tokyo: Some 100 passengers who were in close contact with infected people on board began disembarking from the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship...

France begins shutting down oldest nuclear plant 22 Feb 2020 - 03:40 pm

Fessenheim, France: French state-owned energy giant EDF on Saturday began shutting down the country's oldest nuclear power plant after 43 years in operation....

India says discovers fields with over 3,000 tonnes of gold ore 22 Feb 2020 - 02:54 pm

LUCKNOW, India: India, the world's second-biggest gold consumer, has discovered gold fields with reserves of over 3,000 tonnes in its most populous northern...

Zambia mobs kill 43 suspected gas-spray attackers 22 Feb 2020 - 02:37 pm

Police in Zambia say 43 people were killed and 23 others injured in mob violence across the country on people suspected of being...

Back to blue: UK passports revert to old colour from next month 22 Feb 2020 - 02:29 pm

Britain will start re-introducing traditional blue passports next month, the interior ministry said on Saturday, replacing the burgundy European Union documents that have...