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Hundreds of Indonesians hold solidarity rally for Uighurs 27 Dec 2019 - 05:01 pm

Jakarta: Hundreds of Muslims in Indonesia held a protest Friday against China's treatment of Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang in front of China's embassy...

India clamps down on marches, internet after deadly protests 27 Dec 2019 - 05:01 pm

NEW DELHI: A group of protesters in New Delhi was beaten and shoved into buses by police on Friday as they attempted to...

Venezuela's poorest struggle to take care of their dead 27 Dec 2019 - 05:01 pm

MARACAIBO, Venezuela: The last time anybody in Nerio García’s family heard his voice was on a crackly call from jail outside Maracaibo, Venezuela’s...

12 killed, 49 hurt after plane crashes in Kazakhstan 27 Dec 2019 - 11:39 am

ALMATY, Kazakhstan: A jetliner with 98 people aboard struggled to get airborne and crashed shortly after takeoff Friday in Kazakhstan, killing at least...

Norwegian, 71, told to leave India after joining citizenship law protest 27 Dec 2019 - 11:39 am

KOCHI, India: A Norwegian woman on holiday in India's southern state of Kerala has been told to leave the country after she joined...

Sizzling temperatures hit Australia as wildfires persist 27 Dec 2019 - 11:22 am

PERTH, Australia: A code red was issued in South Australia on Friday as temperatures hit 42 degrees Celsius (108 Fahrenheit) in the state’s...

Flushed with fear: South Africa's sewage system collapse a 'time bomb' 26 Dec 2019 - 10:08 pm

EMFULENI, South Africa: Methane bubbles popping on the river's surface, sewage pipes clogged with tampons, diapers and toilet paper, and the smell of...

Oxygen bar to fake rain: 10 ways India tried to beat its 'airpocalypse' 26 Dec 2019 - 08:28 pm

NEW DELHI: From an oxygen bar to artificial rain, a number of initiatives and ideas were floated in 2019 to battle India's pollution...

Tears flow as politicians fail to dispel 'climate darkness' 26 Dec 2019 - 08:28 pm

MADRID: Standing before a captive audience at this month's climate change conference in Madrid after entertaining them with a dance in her traditional...

71 migrants intercepted in English Channel: authorities 26 Dec 2019 - 07:19 pm

Lille: Seventy-one migrants were intercepted on several boats in the English Channel overnight, with some needing hospitalisation for hyperthermia, French and British authorities...

Honest German returns bag with 16,000 euros 26 Dec 2019 - 06:59 pm

Frankfurt am Main: A 63-year-old man in Germany had a very Merry Christmas indeed after an honest finder returned the backpack he had...

Drunk driver rides e-scooter on German Autobahn 26 Dec 2019 - 06:59 pm

Frankfurt am Main: German police on Thursday stopped an inebriated 27-year-old man who was caught riding an electric scooter on a motorway. Police...

After Cabinet opposed Mexican cartel policy, Trump forged ahead 26 Dec 2019 - 06:59 pm

Washington: In the weeks before U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration this month that he would forge ahead with designating Mexican drug cartels as...

Iraqi pres threatens to quit in defiance of Iran's allies in parliament 26 Dec 2019 - 06:59 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraqi President Barham Salih refused on Thursday to designate the nominee of an Iran-backed parliamentary bloc for prime minister, saying he would...

3 teens killed in Christmas night crash in Alabama 26 Dec 2019 - 06:59 pm

GENEVA, Ala.: Three 16-year-olds were killed and a fourth was seriously injured when a vehicle left a road and ran into trees on...

Morocco jails YouTuber, detains journalist 26 Dec 2019 - 06:59 pm

Rabat: A Moroccan YouTuber was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for "insulting the king" in a video broadcast on social networks,...

Notre-Dame restoration enters risky phase with scaffolding removal 26 Dec 2019 - 06:59 pm

PARIS: The operation to shore up fire-ravaged Notre-Dame Cathedral is entering a risky stage as engineers resume preparations for the removal of scaffolding...