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Germany's Merkel seen shaking for second time this month 27 Jun 2019 - 10:57 am

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seen shaking as she met President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday, her second such bout within two weeks,...

Heavy security as Indonesia court set to rule on election-rigging claims 27 Jun 2019 - 10:23 am

Jakarta: A top Indonesian court was set to rule Thursday on a defeated presidential election challenger's claims that the 2019 race was rigged...

Two killed, 7 injured as Russian plane makes emergency landing in Siberia 27 Jun 2019 - 10:08 am

Moscow: Two people were killed and seven injured when an Antonov An-24 passenger plane made an emergency landing on Thursday at an airport...

Spain battles wildfire amid European heatwave 26 Jun 2019 - 11:35 pm

Barcelona: Hundreds of firefighters and soldiers battled a wind-fuelled forest fire in Spain on Wednesday amid a Europe-wide heatwave that has sent temperatures...

Boris Johnson predicts ‘million-to-one’ chance of no-deal Brexit 26 Jun 2019 - 11:35 pm

Boris Johnson once again softened his Brexit rhetoric Wednesday evening saying there was "a million to one” chance of leaving the European Union...

Top restaurateur cleared in pregnancy discrimination trial 26 Jun 2019 - 11:35 pm

SAN FRANCISCO: A jury has found the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group not guilty of pregnancy discrimination. Wednesday's verdict exonerates the famous chef and...

Photo of drowned migrants triggers fight over Trump asylum clampdown 26 Jun 2019 - 11:35 pm

MATAMOROS, Mexico: A harrowing photo of a Salvadoran migrant and his young daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border...

Senate to pass $4.6 billion border aid measure; Pelosi seeks talks 26 Jun 2019 - 09:26 pm

WASHINGTON: The GOP-held Senate is poised to pass a bipartisan $4.6 billion measure to deliver aid to the southern border before the government...

Photos of migrant father and daughter spark global anguish 26 Jun 2019 - 09:26 pm

WASHINGTON: From the Vatican to the U.S. Congress and campaign trail, expressions of anguish, empathy and outrage poured out Wednesday over the photos...

'I told him not to' go, mother of drowned Salvadoran migrant laments 26 Jun 2019 - 09:26 pm

SAN SALVADOR, June 26 (Reuters) - The mother of a Salvadoran man who drowned with his young daughter while trying to reach U.S....

Breakouts, burns and zingers: What to watch in Dem debates 26 Jun 2019 - 09:26 pm

WASHINGTON: Sixty seconds for answers, a television audience of millions and, for some candidates, a first chance to introduce themselves to voters. The...

Canada investigating meat banned by China: trade minister 26 Jun 2019 - 06:55 pm

OTTAWA: The Canadian government does not know whether shipments of meat that sparked a temporary Chinese import ban actually come from Canada, Trade...

Malaysia detains 4 Indians, seizes drugs, 5,255 turtles 26 Jun 2019 - 06:55 pm

SEPANG, Malaysia: Malaysia authorities have arrested four Indians and seized more than 14 kilograms of drugs and over 5,000 turtles from their luggage...

Iraq sentences Indonesian IS woman to 15 years in jail 26 Jun 2019 - 06:55 pm

Baghdad: A top Iraqi court has sentenced an Indonesian woman to 15 years in jail for joining the Islamic State group. A statement...

Putin, May to meet at G20 after spy scandal: Kremlin 26 Jun 2019 - 06:28 pm

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet in Japan this week for the first time since the...

Ethiopia: 37 killed in another region after coup attempt 26 Jun 2019 - 05:54 pm

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: Thirty-seven people were killed in an attack Sunday in Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz region, the governor said Wednesday. Benishangul-Gumuz borders the Amhara...

Cigarette, electric fault among possible causes of Notre-Dame fire: prosecutors 26 Jun 2019 - 05:34 pm

Paris: A badly stubbed-out cigarette or an electrical fault could have started the devastating fire that ripped through Notre-Dame cathedral in April, Paris...