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Biden: Trump has 'no idea' about working-class struggles 23 Oct 2019 - 07:40 pm

SCRANTON: Joe Biden hammered President Donald Trump's treatment of the middle class as he campaigned Wednesday in his childhood hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania,...

Republican lawmakers disrupt Democratic-led Trump impeachment inquiry 23 Oct 2019 - 07:40 pm

WASHINGTON: Republican lawmakers, encouraged by President Donald Trump to get tougher in fighting the impeachment inquiry against him, on Wednesday disrupted the Democratic-led...

Feds detain ex Russian Olympic official in South Florida 23 Oct 2019 - 07:40 pm

MIAMI: A former Russian Olympic Committee official who fled his country and claimed to have been poisoned after being criticized by Russian President...

Azeri leader dismisses head of administration in deepening shake-up 23 Oct 2019 - 07:40 pm

BAKU: Azerbaijan's president dismissed the influential head of his presidential administration on Wednesday, part of a reshuffle since he criticised the pace of...

History, islets and rulings behind tension between South Korea, Japan 23 Oct 2019 - 06:30 pm

SEOUL: The animosity between Japan and South Korea is entwined with the history of Japan's 1910-45 occupation of the Korean peninsula, the mobilisation...

Murder probe in Britain after 39 dead found in back of cargo truck 23 Oct 2019 - 05:20 pm

LONDON: Police in southeastern England launched a murder investigation after 39 people were found dead early Wednesday inside a large cargo truck that...

2 being charged in death of missing girl found in trash 23 Oct 2019 - 05:20 pm

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Police say they will charge two people in the death of a 3-year-old Alabama girl whose body was found amid trash...

Trump says will remove US sanctions on Turkey 23 Oct 2019 - 05:20 pm

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday Turkey was making a ceasefire in northern Syria permanent, prompting the United States to lift...

Missouri farmer charged in killing of Wisconsin brothers 23 Oct 2019 - 05:20 pm

KANSAS CITY: A Missouri cattle farmer was charged Wednesday with two counts of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of two brothers from...

Bolivia's Morales says coup underway as rivals dispute vote 23 Oct 2019 - 05:20 pm

LA PAZ, Bolivia: Bolivian President Evo Morales said Wednesday his opponents are trying to stage a coup against him as protests grew over...

Trump hails 'big success' with safe zone at Turkey-Syria border 23 Oct 2019 - 04:20 pm

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday hailed a deal struck between Russia and Turkey to remove Kurdish fighters from the Syria-Turkey border,...

New Tunisia president sworn in after upstart poll win 23 Oct 2019 - 03:17 pm

Tunis: Tunisia's new President Kais Saied took the oath of office on Wednesday after his surprise election victory over champions of the political...

The diplomat took notes; then he told a story 23 Oct 2019 - 02:20 pm

Washington: A secret cable. A disembodied voice. A coded threat. William Taylor, a career diplomat, went behind closed doors in the basement of...

Lebanon paralysed for 7th day, army opens some roads 23 Oct 2019 - 01:23 pm

Beirut: Lebanese army troops scuffled with demonstrators on Wednesday as they struggled to unblock main roads, after economic reforms proposed by the government...