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'Action!' US campaign videos go viral in 2018 17 Oct 2018 - 08:43 am

Washington: An eye-popping $4.5 billion is projected to pour into US political advertising in 2018, but a few thousand bucks last spring may...

Pakistan hangs child killer after death sparked riots 17 Oct 2018 - 08:36 am

Lahore: Pakistani authorities Wednesday executed a man convicted of raping and murdering a six-year-old girl, in an incident that shocked the country and...

Harry and Meghan 'gift' rain to drought-stricken Aussie outback 17 Oct 2018 - 08:30 am

Dubbo, Australia, Prince Harry and his expectant wife Meghan visited a drought-stricken region of Australia Wednesday, bringing a rare and welcome rainstorm with...

Kremlin: No plans for Putin-Trump meeting in Paris 16 Oct 2018 - 04:34 pm

MOSCOW: The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Paris for an event that President Donald Trump is also set to...

At least 6 killed as train derails in Morocco 16 Oct 2018 - 04:14 pm

RABAT, Morocco: A Moroccan official says at least six people have been killed and dozens are injured in a passenger train derailment. Abdellatif...

Moscow says Syria buffer going ahead despite missed deadline 16 Oct 2018 - 02:55 pm

Beirut: A day after jihadists missed a deadline under a demilitarisation deal for Syria's Idlib, key powerbroker Russia said the deal was still...

War drills on the school curriculum in eastern Ukraine 16 Oct 2018 - 12:59 pm

Sartana, Ukraine: Huddled in a basement, dozens of children cover their heads with their hands, practising what to do if their school comes...

The female car mechanic driving change in patriarchal Pakistan 16 Oct 2018 - 11:24 am

Multan, Pakistan, Since picking up a wrench as one of the first female car mechanics in conservative Pakistan, Uzma Nawaz has faced two...

Dozens of Afghan police killed or wounded as election nears 16 Oct 2018 - 11:18 am

MAZAR-I SHARIF, Afghanistan, Dozens of Afghan police were killed or wounded in heavy fighting in northern and central provinces overnight, officials said on...

Kanye West meets Uganda's president, gifts pair of sneakers 16 Oct 2018 - 11:09 am

KAMPALA, Uganda: Kanye West handed Uganda's president a pair of his autographed sneakers during a visit to the East African nation in which...

Rescuers in Florida Panhandle search for missing people, bodies after hurricane 16 Oct 2018 - 11:07 am

LYNN HAVEN, Fla., Rescue workers and volunteers searched for more than 1,000 people still missing in the Florida Panhandle and tens of thousands...

Macron moves ruling party chief to Interior Ministry in reshuffle 16 Oct 2018 - 10:52 am

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron reshuffled his government on Tuesday, naming loyalist and head of his ruling party Christophe Castaner to the post...

Nicaragua frees 30 arrested for staging protest 16 Oct 2018 - 10:51 am

Managua, Nicaragua's government on Monday freed 30 protesters who had been detained in a violent police intervention as they tried to march in...

Iranian border guards kidnapped on border with Pakistan - IRNA 16 Oct 2018 - 09:50 am

LONDON, Fourteen Iranian border guards were kidnapped on the border with Pakistan on Tuesday, an official was quoted as saying by state news...

Aussie government blames admin error for 'okay to be white' vote 16 Oct 2018 - 09:45 am

Sydney: Embarrassed officials scrambled Tuesday to explain how members of Australia's conservative government backed a parliamentary motion declaring "it is okay to be...

Trump tells Mattis he is 100 pct behind him after "Democrat" jab 16 Oct 2018 - 09:18 am

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said President Donald Trump has reassured him of his full support after the...