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Detention of Canadians in China a worrying precedent: Canada 22 Dec 2018 - 06:16 pm

TORONTO: Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland says China's detention of two Canadian citizens in apparent retaliation for the arrest of a top Chinese...

Guyana government falls in no-confidence vote 22 Dec 2018 - 05:54 pm

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: A lawmaker from the ruling coalition in Guyana voted late Friday with the opposition for a no-confidence motion, bringing down the...

Five dead in DR Congo landslide 22 Dec 2018 - 05:34 pm

Bukavu, DR Congo: Four women and a child died when a landslide flattened their houses after heavy rain in Bukavu in eastern DR...

Vienna shooting 'linked to Balkan mafia': police 22 Dec 2018 - 05:09 pm

Vienna: A shooting which left one man dead and another seriously injured in central Vienna on Friday is thought to be linked to...

9 Russian miners trapped by salt mine fire 22 Dec 2018 - 04:36 pm

MOSCOW: Russian officials say nine miners are trapped following a fire in a mine in the Perm region near the Ural Mountains. Officials...

Philippine lawmaker shot dead at Christmas event 22 Dec 2018 - 03:53 pm

Manila: A Philippine congressman was gunned down at a Christmas celebration Saturday, police said, the latest violence in a country notorious for deadly...

Turkey says nearly 300,000 Syrians return home after military operations 22 Dec 2018 - 03:45 pm

ISTANBUL: Nearly 300,000 Syrians have returned to their country after Turkey's two cross-border operations in northern Syria, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu was quoted...

Sudan opposition leader says 22 killed in bread protests 22 Dec 2018 - 03:29 pm

Omdurman: Protests this week in Sudan over the rising cost of bread have claimed 22 lives, Sudanese opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi said on...

Syrian rebels say U.S. troops remain in key garrison near Iraq 22 Dec 2018 - 02:44 pm

AMMAN: U.S. troops have not left the strategic Tanf garrison on the Iraq-Jordan border following President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of...

'Yellow vest' protest numbers fall in run-up to Christmas 22 Dec 2018 - 02:41 pm

Paris: French "yellow vests" turned out in small numbers for a sixth Saturday of nationwide demonstrations, with one person killed in a road...

Fresh anti-India protests in Kashmir as troops kill 6 rebels 22 Dec 2018 - 02:28 pm

SRINAGAR, India: A gunbattle between Indian troops and Kashmiri rebels early Saturday left six militants dead and triggered a new round of anti-India...

Respite in Paris as yellow vest movement abates 22 Dec 2018 - 02:06 pm

PARIS: The yellow vest protests, which have brought particular chaos to Paris over the past few weeks, clearly abated Saturday, as the Christmas...

UN ceasefire monitors arrive in Yemen: AFP 22 Dec 2018 - 01:44 pm

Aden: A United Nations team tasked with monitoring Yemen's fragile ceasefire in the port city of Hodeida arrived in Aden on Saturday, an...

A renegotiated Brexit would go ahead under Labour government-Corbyn 22 Dec 2018 - 01:38 pm

LONDON, Britain's opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn would push ahead with Brexit and seek to renegotiate the terms if he won a snap election...

Taiwan pro-independence band cancels Hong Kong show over visa delay 22 Dec 2018 - 01:29 pm

Hong Kong, A popular Taiwanese heavy metal band which advocates independence for the island announced Saturday it had been forced to cancel a...

Accident in Western Kenya kills 17 people 22 Dec 2018 - 01:24 pm

Nairobi: At least 17 people have been killed in western Kenya after a petrol tanker collided with a stationary minibus. St John Ambulance...

Somalia blast kills at least 6 near presidential palace 22 Dec 2018 - 01:10 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya: An explosives-packed vehicle detonated at a military checkpoint near Somalia's presidential palace, killing at least six people and wounding several others,...