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Qatar Executive breaks the world circumnavigation speed record on Gulfstream G650ER 11 Jul 2019 - 07:38 pm

Doha: Qatar Executive (QE), together with the One More Orbit team, has made history by beating the world circumnavigation speed record for any...

Death toll in migrant ship disaster off Tunisia coast rises to 58 11 Jul 2019 - 07:38 pm

TUNIS: The death toll from a ship packed with African migrants that sank off the Tunisian coast last week has risen to 58...

'Our lost son': Migrant boy still separated from parents 11 Jul 2019 - 07:38 pm

BUDA, Texas: There were water balloons at Byron Xol's birthday party - bunches of them, filled a dozen at a time. He squeezed...

French energy minister stays on despite lobster scandal 11 Jul 2019 - 07:38 pm

PARIS: France's environment minister is prepared to reimburse any undue expense from lavish lobster-and-wine dinners he hosted when parliament speaker, his boss said...

Huge fire erupts at power station outside Moscow 11 Jul 2019 - 06:21 pm

Moscow: A blaze raged for hours at a gas-fired power station outside Moscow Thursday, killing a worker overseeing a substation and damaging a...

UK: Iranian vessels tried to block British vessel in Gulf 11 Jul 2019 - 08:32 am

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Britain says three Iranian vessels unsuccessfully tried to impede the passage of a British commercial vessel through the Strait...

Portugal PM says open to new alliance with far left 10 Jul 2019 - 07:20 pm

LISBON: Portugal's prime minister said on Wednesday he is ready to renew his Socialist party's alliance with two far-left parties following a general...

Acosta to take questions on his handling of Epstein case 10 Jul 2019 - 07:20 pm

WASHINGTON: Hoping to stave off intensifying calls for his resignation, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta plans to hold a news conference Wednesday to defend...

Pelosi: 'No regrets about anything' as feud tests Dem unity 10 Jul 2019 - 07:20 pm

WASHINGTON: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez don't talk to each other much. But lately they're speaking at one another in...

Iran, Russia pour scorn on US moves at UN nuclear watchdog 10 Jul 2019 - 07:20 pm

Vienna: Iran and Russia on Wednesday poured scorn on America's call for Tehran to adhere to limits in a 2015 nuclear deal with...

Accuser says Jeffrey Epstein raped her when she was 15 10 Jul 2019 - 07:20 pm

NEW YORK: A new accuser of Jeffrey Epstein said Wednesday that the wealthy financier raped her in his New York mansion when she...

El Salvador set to reopen abortion trial of teen rape victim 10 Jul 2019 - 07:20 pm

BOGOTA: A teenage rape victim in El Salvador who was convicted for murdering her child and jailed for nearly three years after a...

British ambassador to Washington resigns after leaked memo spat 10 Jul 2019 - 02:09 pm

LONDON: Britain's ambassador to Washington quit on Wednesday after days of stinging criticism from Donald Trump, leading to accusations that Boris Johnson, the...

Brexit: Ex-PM vows legal action if UK Parliament suspended 10 Jul 2019 - 01:56 pm

London: A former British prime minister threatened Wednesday to take Conservative Party leadership candidate Boris Johnson to court if he tries to suspend...

Iran enriching uranium to 4.5% purity, IAEA tells member states 10 Jul 2019 - 01:38 pm

Vienna: Iran is enriching uranium to 4.5% fissile purity, above the 3.67% limit set by its deal with major powers, the U.N. nuclear...

Sri Lanka government faces no-confidence vote over attacks 10 Jul 2019 - 01:08 pm

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka's Parliament on Wednesday began debating a no-confidence motion against the government for failing to prevent Easter suicide bombings...

France to halt pay-outs for homeopathy from 2021: minister 10 Jul 2019 - 11:17 am

Paris: France will stop reimbursing patients for homeopathic treatment from 2021, the health minister said in an interview published Wednesday, after the national...