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French protesters block roads over higher fuel taxes, one dead in accident 17 Nov 2018 - 02:35 pm

PARIS: A motorist accidentally hit and killed a protester taking part in a campaign of road blockades across France on Saturday, as thousands...

US-China divisions dominate APEC summit 17 Nov 2018 - 10:36 am

PORT MORESBY: The United States and China swapped barbs over trade, investment and regional security at an Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit...

Pence quashes Trump rift reports 17 Nov 2018 - 10:29 am

Port Moresby: US Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday dismissed reports of a rift with his boss President Donald Trump, saying the pair...

Cyclone kills 13 in southern India, 80K people evacuated 17 Nov 2018 - 12:11 am

NEW DELHI: A cyclone hit the coast of southern India on Friday, killing at least 13 people, damaging homes and forcing the evacuation...

Trump agree no 'cover-up' of Khashoggi murder should be allowed: Turkish presidency 16 Nov 2018 - 11:46 pm

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Donald Trump agreed on Friday that no cover up of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's...

Number of hungry children in Africa's Sahel hits 10-year high: UN 16 Nov 2018 - 08:46 pm

LONDON: The number of hungry children in West Africa's Sahel region reached a 10-year high in 2018 due to poor rains, conflict and...

Ibero-American leaders meet amid economic, political woes 16 Nov 2018 - 08:46 pm

ANTIGUA: More than a dozen presidents and a king are meeting in Guatemala for a summit of Ibero-American nations at a time of...

Indonesia's vigilante mobs deliver brutal 'justice' 16 Nov 2018 - 08:46 pm

Jakarta: It was just after dawn prayers when the caretaker at a Jakarta mosque noticed a man stealing from the donation box, prompting...

Remembering the sweet life of a town wiped out by wildfire 16 Nov 2018 - 08:46 pm

PARADISE, Calif.: There's a sweet legend about this town: On a blazing summer day in the 1850s, a lumber mill crew with wagon...

UN says British government in 'state of denial' on poverty 16 Nov 2018 - 08:20 pm

London: The United Nations accused the British government Friday of being in a "state of denial" about a growing rich-poor divide that was...

Irish PM says hard border highly likely without Brexit deal 16 Nov 2018 - 08:20 pm

DUBLIN: Ireland's prime minister on Friday said for the first time his government would find it very difficult to avoid imposing a hard...

UK PM May defends Brexit deal as opponents plot no-confidence vote 16 Nov 2018 - 08:20 pm

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May won the backing of the most prominent Brexiteer in her government on Friday as she fought to...

May's Brexit deal sparks defiance and divisions in unionist Belfast 16 Nov 2018 - 08:20 pm

BELFAST: At Sandy Row Band Supplies in the heart of Belfast's pro-British unionist community, it is easy to understand the uncompromising resistance of...

Pope critic Italian archbishop ordered to pay 1.8m euros to disabled brother: newspaper 16 Nov 2018 - 07:34 pm

Vatican City: An Italian archbishop who called on Pope Francis to resign has been hit with a court order to pay his disabled...

Duterte defends need to 'power nap' after summit no-shows 16 Nov 2018 - 07:32 pm

Singapore: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday made light of his penchant for daytime dozes after his office said "power naps" had caused...