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'World is watching' Hong Kong protests, Biden warns China 14 Jun 2019 - 09:16 pm

Washington: Top Democratic US presidential contender Joe Biden expressed support Friday for protesters engaged in Hong Kong's deepest political unrest in two decades,...

Trump administration unlikely to move on Hong Kong barring dramatic escalation: US official 14 Jun 2019 - 09:16 pm

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is unlikely to move to revise a 1992 act that gives Hong Kong special trade and business privileges unless...

UN chief urges probe into Gulf of Oman attacks 14 Jun 2019 - 09:16 pm

WASHINGTON: UN Chief Antonio Guterres urged Friday an independent probe to investigate recent attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman....

Britain blames Iran for attacks on tankers in Gulf of Oman 14 Jun 2019 - 09:16 pm

LONDON: Britain blamed Iran and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Friday for attacks on tankers in the Gulf of Oman, saying no...

Trump gets harpooned for 'Prince of Whales' spelling error 14 Jun 2019 - 07:08 pm

Washington: There he blows again. President Donald Trump's erratic spelling habits on Twitter spouted again Thursday when he wrote about having recently met...

Indian police accuse man of spreading Islamic State ideology 14 Jun 2019 - 02:26 pm

NEW DELHI: Indian police said they have arrested a Facebook friend of the suspected mastermind of the Easter Sunday bomb attacks in Sri...

Iran sends team to tanker in Gulf to see if rescued crew can return -Tasnim 14 Jun 2019 - 02:11 pm

DUBAI: Iran said on Friday it had dispatched experts to one oil tanker from which it rescued crew members from a fire caused...

Two pilots killed in Vietnam military plane crash 14 Jun 2019 - 10:35 am

Hanoi: Two pilots were killed in Vietnam Friday after their military plane crashed during a training session, an official told AFP. Though Vietnam...

US government watchdog: Trump aide Conway should be fired for political comments 13 Jun 2019 - 11:30 pm

WASHINGTON: A U.S. government watchdog agency on Thursday recommended Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, be fired for repeatedly violating...

Pelosi: No debt increase until spending limits are raised 13 Jun 2019 - 10:51 pm

WASHINGTON: Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the Democratic-controlled House won't pass must-do legislation to increase the government's borrowing cap until the Trump...

UN seeks to verify reports of gang-rape by Sudan militias 13 Jun 2019 - 10:49 pm

United Nations, United States: The United Nations raised concerns on Thursday over reports that Sudan's militias and Rapid Support Forces gang-raped women protesters...

Memphis police clash with protesters after killing of 20-year-old black man 13 Jun 2019 - 08:40 pm

U.S. Marshals Service agents fatally shot a young black man in Memphis, Tennessee during an attempted arrest, triggering overnight clashes with protesters that...

Mali president urges restraint after massacre 13 Jun 2019 - 08:40 pm

Bamako: President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Thursday appealed for an end to tit-for-tat ethnic violence as he visited the site of a massacre...

Syria Kurds hand over 5 Belgian orphans from IS families 13 Jun 2019 - 08:40 pm

Beirut: Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria on Thursday handed over five orphans born to families belonging to the Islamic State group to the...

Congo pastor likely sparked Ebola outbreak spread to Uganda 13 Jun 2019 - 08:40 pm

BWERA, Uganda: The Congolese pastor who is thought to have caused the Ebola outbreak's spread into Uganda was unknown to health officials before...

Albania busts gang trafficking migrants into EU, arrests 8 13 Jun 2019 - 08:40 pm

TIRANA: Albanian police said on Wednesday they had broken up a criminal gang trafficking Syrian, Turkish and Iraqi migrants to western Europe from...

Johnson dominates race to be UK leader after first round 13 Jun 2019 - 08:40 pm

Pro-Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson took a huge lead in the race to become Britain’s next prime minister, after his Conservative colleagues in Parliament...