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Rajapakse bows out, ending Sri Lanka power struggle 15 Dec 2018 - 02:33 pm

Colombo: Sri Lanka's crisis looked over on Saturday as strongman Mahinda Rajapakse bowed out of a power battle that had crippled the island...

2 female suicide bombers die in northern Cameroon attack 15 Dec 2018 - 02:32 pm

YAOUNDE, Cameroon: A Cameroon official says two female suicide bombers have died after detonating in a northern town near the Nigerian border. The...

Ukrainians await historic synod decision on independent church 15 Dec 2018 - 01:24 pm

Kiev: Several thousand Ukrainians rallied outside one of Kiev's main cathedrals Saturday ahead of a historic synod expected to establish an Orthodox church...

Sri Lanka's disputed prime minister resigns to end impasse 15 Dec 2018 - 11:54 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's disputed prime minister resigned on Saturday, saying he wanted to end a long political impasse over his appointment and allow...

Eleven die after eating 'toxic' rice at Indian temple 15 Dec 2018 - 10:10 am

New Delhi: Eleven people have died after eating rice that had likely been contaminated with a toxic substance at a Hindu temple ceremony,...

Australia recognises west Jerusalem as capital of Israel 15 Dec 2018 - 09:59 am

Sydney: Australia now recognises west Jerusalem as Israel's capital, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Saturday, but a contentious embassy shift from Tel Aviv...

US judge rules Obamacare unconstitutional, Democrats vow to appeal 15 Dec 2018 - 09:52 am

Washington: A federal judge in Texas ruled Friday that the US health care law known as Obamacare is unconstitutional -- a ruling that...

Christie off list of White House chief of staff candidates 15 Dec 2018 - 01:17 am

WASHINGTON: Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took himself out of contention for White House chief of staff on Friday as President Donald...

Japan begins reclamation at disputed US base despite protest 15 Dec 2018 - 01:16 am

TOKYO: Japan's central government started main reclamation work Friday at a disputed U.S. military base relocation site on the southern island of Okinawa...

Macron visits Strasbourg as police probe potential accomplices 15 Dec 2018 - 01:16 am

Strasbourg: French President Emmanuel Macron visited Strasbourg on Friday, a day after police shot dead a gunman who killed four people at the...

Serbia talks up armed intervention as Kosovo OKs new army 15 Dec 2018 - 01:16 am

PRISTINA, Kosovo: Serbia threatened a possible armed intervention in Kosovo after the Kosovo parliament on Friday overwhelmingly approved the formation of an army....

Kim Jong murder accused produced before court 15 Dec 2018 - 12:41 am

Indonesian national Siti Aisyah (C) and Vietnamese national Doan Thi Huong (top C) are escorted by Malaysian police after a special court session...

Tunisia 'truth commission' calls for govt to back courts judging torturers 15 Dec 2018 - 12:41 am

Tunis: A Tunisian commission tasked with securing justice for victims of decades of dictatorship called Friday at its final congress for authorities to...

Gehlot to pilot Rajasthan again 15 Dec 2018 - 12:41 am

New Delhi: Ending the intense jockeying for power in Rajasthan, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday picked party veteran Ashok Gehlot as the...

SC junks pleas seeking court-monitored probe into Rafale deal 15 Dec 2018 - 12:41 am

New Delhi: In a huge relief to the government, the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed four petitions seeking court-monitored probe into the purchase...

Public education suffocates under surging population in Pakistan 15 Dec 2018 - 12:41 am

Tanjai Cheena, Pakistan: At the Tanjai Cheena school in northwest Pakistan students squeeze into makeshift classrooms where plastic tarps serve as walls and...