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Sri Lanka President sacks PM, installs former strongman 26 Oct 2018 - 07:26 pm

Colombo: Maithripala Sirisena installed Sri Lanka's controversial former strongman leader Mahinda Rajapakse as the country's new prime minister Friday, the president's office said,...

FBI arrests man suspected in spree of parcel bombs 26 Oct 2018 - 07:03 pm

MIAMI: Federal authorities arrested a man in Florida on Friday in connection with at least a dozen parcel bombs sent to high-profile critics...

Two more Trump critics get suspicious packages as manhunt focuses on Florida 26 Oct 2018 - 05:48 pm

MIAMI: Police found two more suspicious packages on Friday addressed to U.S. Senator Cory Booker and James Clapper, the former U.S. director of...

North and South Korea agree to scrap 22 guard posts at border next month 26 Oct 2018 - 11:52 am

SEOUL, North and South Korea agreed on Friday to "completely destroy" by next month 22 guard posts near their heavily fortified border, the...

6.8 magnitude quake causes Greek island damage, no injuries 26 Oct 2018 - 10:49 am

Athens, A powerful 6.8-magnitude undersea earthquake struck early Friday off the Ionian Sea island of Zante, causing structural damage but no injuries, officials...

Philippines opens cleaner, stricter Boracay to tourists 26 Oct 2018 - 10:32 am

Boracay, Philippines, Tourists landed by the boatload Friday on the Philippines' Boracay island, which re-opened with a slew of new rules after a...

Knife attacker wounds 14 children in Chinese kindergarten 26 Oct 2018 - 10:01 am

Beijing, A knife-wielding woman attacked and injured 14 children at a kindergarten in China's southwestern Sichuan province on Friday, authorities said. The 39-year-old...

UK military to open up all roles to women 25 Oct 2018 - 08:29 pm

London: Women will soon be able to apply for any role in the British military, including in previously off-limits elite units like the...

Putin: Russia's new weapons will be unrivaled everywhere 25 Oct 2018 - 08:08 pm

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia plans to commission new military weapons that would be unrivaled throughout the world. Putin's statement...

At least 10 school children killed, 16 missing in Jordan flash flood 25 Oct 2018 - 07:53 pm

AMMAN: At least 10 school children died and 16 were missing after a flash flood near Jordan's Dead Sea, where around 40 children...

Istanbul airport prepares for inauguration 25 Oct 2018 - 05:56 pm

Istanbul: Final preparations were underway Thursday at the new international airport in Istanbul, four days ahead of its inauguration by President Recep Tayyip...

Millions of passengers hit in worst ever airline data hack 25 Oct 2018 - 05:41 pm

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. said a hacker accessed personal information of 9.4 million customers, becoming the target of the world’s biggest airline data...

Putin calls for tighter gun control after Crimea attack 25 Oct 2018 - 05:25 pm

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday urged tighter gun control after a teenager in Crimea attacked his college with a licensed shotgun,...

China denies Trump spying report, suggests change of phones 25 Oct 2018 - 04:22 pm

BEIJING: China on Thursday denounced a U.S. newspaper report that it is listening to President Donald Trump's phone calls as "fake news," and...

Mozambique opposition suspends peace talks amid poll dispute 25 Oct 2018 - 04:19 pm

Mozambique’s biggest opposition party froze peace talks with the government after challenging some results of this month’s local elections that gave the former...

Two more bombs sent to former US Vice President Biden, actor De Niro 25 Oct 2018 - 04:02 pm

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Authorities discovered another wave of suspicious packages on Thursday targeting high-profile Democrats and critics of U.S. President Donald Trump as a...