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Finland is about to get the world’s youngest Prime Minister 09 Dec 2019 - 11:12 am

At just 34 years old, Sanna Marin is about to make history as she becomes the world’s youngest prime minister. The Finnish Social...

S.Sudan speaker resigns under pressure over mismanagement 09 Dec 2019 - 10:50 am

Juba, South Sudan's parliamentary speaker has resigned after lawmakers threatened to impeach him for blocking efforts to fight corruption and mismanagement, local media...

Cherry blossoms prompt full-blown scandal for Japan's PM 09 Dec 2019 - 10:37 am

Tokyo, It might be the most Japanese of political scandals: a furore over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's guest list at a party to...

Peaceful Hong Kong march marred by fire outside court, police say 09 Dec 2019 - 10:24 am

Hong Kong: Hong Kong protesters set fire outside court buildings, threw petrol bombs and spray-painted graffiti on government buildings, marring what was otherwise...

Rockets hit Iraq military complex housing US forces: army 09 Dec 2019 - 10:09 am

Baghdad: Several rockets slammed into an Iraqi military complex that hosts US forces next to Baghdad International Airport on Monday, wounding six Iraqi...

Sri Lanka arrives for first test in a decade in Pakistan 09 Dec 2019 - 09:59 am

Islamabad - Sri Lanka's cricket team arrived in Pakistan on Monday to play two-test series that will be the first test in Pakistan...

At Least 16 People Dead in Uganda Floods 09 Dec 2019 - 09:13 am

Kampala - Flooding in Uganda has claimed at least 16 lives, the Red Cross said, as the region reels from weeks of rain....

Five dead as popular New Zealand volcano erupts 09 Dec 2019 - 08:51 am

Wellington - The death toll from an eruption at the popular White Island volcano in New Zealand has risen to five with many...

Factory owner, manager nabbed after Indian capital's deadliest fire in 20 yrs 09 Dec 2019 - 08:25 am

New Delhi - Police in New Delhi have arrested the owner and manager at a factory where 43 people perished in the Indian...

Screams and goodbyes as death toll mounts to 43 in devastating New Delhi fire 08 Dec 2019 - 11:16 pm

New Delhi: At least 43 people were killed Sunday in a devastatin fire that ripped through a bag factory in the congested old...

Ukrainians are sick of Trump, impeachment and being talked about 08 Dec 2019 - 08:17 pm

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy is getting used to being peppered with questions about Donald Trump. At a briefing during a recent tour of...

Merkel allies wary as coalition partner seeks concessions 08 Dec 2019 - 06:49 pm

Frankfurt am Main: Chancellor Angela Merkel's party on Sunday reacted coolly to concessions sought by the new, leftist leaders of the Social Democrats...

Indonesia arrests 5 suspected poachers of pregnant tigers 08 Dec 2019 - 06:49 pm

PEKANBARU, Indonesia: Indonesian authorities have arrested five suspected poachers of a pair of critically endangered pregnant Sumatran tigers and seized four fetuses that...

UK parties in final push for votes ahead of Thursday's vote 08 Dec 2019 - 06:49 pm

LONDON: Britain's political candidates embarked Sunday on a final drive ahead of this week's general election, making last-ditch appeals to shore up support...

Trump impeachment gains momentum as vote on charges possible this week 08 Dec 2019 - 06:49 pm

WASHINGTON: Democrats in the House of Representatives are drafting articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump and the Judiciary Committee may hold a...

Lebanon's Hariri reemerges as PM candidate as Khatib withdraws 08 Dec 2019 - 06:49 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanon's leading Sunni Muslim politician, Saad al-Hariri, re-emerged as a candidate for prime minister on Sunday when businessman Samir Khatib withdrew his...

Lebanon's Khatib says Sunnis want Hariri to be PM again 08 Dec 2019 - 06:34 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanese Sunnis want Saad al-Hariri to be prime minister of the next government, businessman Samir Khatib said on Sunday after meeting Lebanon's...