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A workout, a horse ride, a song: a day in Turkmen leader's life 16 Dec 2019 - 10:59 pm

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan: Effortlessly bowling a strike, netting a basketball and riding a horse before thrashing out a new song with his grandson --...

Ten dead in latest massacre in eastern DR Congo 16 Dec 2019 - 10:50 pm

Beni, DR Congo: Ten people were killed overnight Sunday in eastern DR Congo, where massacres of civilians carried out by a rebel group...

Man whose info found on kosher market attacker due in court 16 Dec 2019 - 10:50 pm

NEWARK: FBI agents were at a second pawnshop Monday that is connected to a man whose number was found in the pocket of...

9 die in wintry crashes in several Midwestern states 16 Dec 2019 - 10:50 pm

BONNE TERRE: At least nine people have died in weather-related crashes in several Midwestern states amid a storm that dumped nearly a foot...

Moroccan military: 7 migrants dead, 70 saved from shipwreck 16 Dec 2019 - 10:50 pm

RABAT, Morocco: African migrants died Monday and 70 other people were rescued when their boat sank while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea...

Pro-Brexit candidate jailed for harassing pro-EU opponent 16 Dec 2019 - 10:50 pm

London: A pro-Brexit candidate was jailed for 28 days on Monday for harassing a prominent pro-EU candidate in the run-up to last week's...

In an Indian village, a woman's killing and alleged rape opens caste divides 16 Dec 2019 - 09:04 pm

HINDU NAGAR, India: When the young woman limped toward shopkeeper Ravindra Prakash, pleading for help on a dark and foggy morning in the...

How one deadly day prompted Iraqi leader's exit 16 Dec 2019 - 08:56 pm

NAJAF: In the pre-dawn hours of Nov. 28, after Iraqi demonstrators set the Iranian consulate in the southern holy city of Najaf ablaze,...

Estonia apologises after minister taunts Finnish PM as "sales girl" 16 Dec 2019 - 08:22 pm

HELSINKI/TALLINN: Estonia apologised to Finland on Monday after Estonia's interior minister mocked Finland's new prime minister -- the world's youngest-serving government leader --...

Uganda's refugee farmers sow seeds of change 16 Dec 2019 - 08:05 pm

BIDI BIDI, Uganda: One of the few possessions refugee Emily Bronte carried with him when he fled war in South Sudan for Uganda...

The case for Trump's impeachment - and the case against it 16 Dec 2019 - 08:05 pm

WASHINGTON: The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives could vote as soon as Wednesday to formally charge President Donald Trump, a Republican, with "high...

Bond granted for Mississippi man tried 6 times in killings 16 Dec 2019 - 08:05 pm

WINONA, Miss: A Mississippi man whose murder conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court for racial bias was granted bond Monday and...

Scots' independence hopes roar back to life following UK election 16 Dec 2019 - 08:05 pm

LONDON: How the results of the December election will shape Brexit -- the U.K.’s biggest political and social shift since the last world...

Ethiopia tensions could force election delay: report 16 Dec 2019 - 08:05 pm

Addis Ababa: Ethnic violence and mounting rancour among political elites could force Ethiopia to postpone landmark elections set for May, according to a...

Across India, opposition building against citizenship law 16 Dec 2019 - 07:05 pm

NEW DELHI: Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India's capital, while a southern state government led a march and demonstrators held...

India court convicts former ruling lawmaker of teen rape 16 Dec 2019 - 07:05 pm

New Delhi: A former ruling party lawmaker was convicted Monday of raping a teenager in a high-profile case that underscored India's rampant sexual...

India's Hindu nationalist trajectory under Modi 16 Dec 2019 - 07:05 pm

New Delhi: India's new citizenship law has stoked fears that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to remould the world's largest democracy as a...

British journalist Ian Bailey faces extradition hearing over 1996 murder 16 Dec 2019 - 07:05 pm

DUBLIN: An Irish court ordered British journalist Ian Bailey to face an extradition hearing in connection with his conviction in France for murdering...