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Flames ravage Greek seaside as wildfires kill 74 24 Jul 2018 - 06:16 pm

Athens: Raging wildfires killed 74 people including small children in Greece, devouring homes and forests as terrified residents fled to the sea to...

Turkey told U.S. it opposes sanctions on Iran -foreign minister 24 Jul 2018 - 06:04 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkey has told American officials it opposes U.S. sanctions on Iran and is not obliged to implement them, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu...

Wildfire kills at least 50 near Athens, families flee to beaches 24 Jul 2018 - 11:36 am

MATI, Greece: A wildfire killed at least 50 people and injured scores more as it swept through a small resort town near Athens,...

Military fans out across Pakistan ahead of elections 24 Jul 2018 - 10:14 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's military fanned out across the country ahead of Wednesday's election, deploying hundreds of thousands of troops to oversee polling stations in...

North Korea dismantling key missile test facility, says report 24 Jul 2018 - 09:14 am

North Korea has begun to dismantle a key rocket and engine-testing facility, according to an independent analysis of satellite imagery, a move that...

Journalist murdered in Mexico near tourist hotspot Cancun 24 Jul 2018 - 12:07 am

Mexico City: A journalist was murdered Tuesday in southeast Mexico, not far from tourist hotspot Cancun, the government said -- the seventh such...

Lawmakers urge reform in Northern Ireland as more women seek abortions abroad 23 Jul 2018 - 09:24 pm

LONDON: British and Irish parliamentarians have called for "urgent" reform to Northern Ireland's highly restrictive abortion law after a surge in the number...

Thousands of British families homeless despite being in work 23 Jul 2018 - 09:24 pm

LONDON: More than half of homeless families in Britain now have at least one adult in work after a sharp rise in the...

Venezuelans fleeing to Trinidad expose cracks in island refugee policy 23 Jul 2018 - 09:24 pm

PORT OF SPAIN: Underneath a sign reading "Jesus was a refugee", a line of Venezuelan asylum seekers 30 people long stretches in front...

Despair as bulldozers destroy hundreds of homes in Kenya's biggest slum 23 Jul 2018 - 09:23 pm

NAIROBI: Kenya's largest slum was woken on Monday by the sounds of cranes and bulldozers that demolished hundreds of shanties overnight to make...

Russia detains six prison guards after video circulates showing torture of inmate 23 Jul 2018 - 08:10 pm

MOSCOW: Russian authorities detained six prison guards on Monday after a video circulated online that shows at least 10 guards torturing and beating...

Indian police widen investigation into shelter where girls allegedly raped 23 Jul 2018 - 08:09 pm

NEW DELHI: Police on Monday widened an investigation to include the possible murder of a girl at a shelter in eastern India, where...

Britain on heatwave alert as rare hot spell continues 23 Jul 2018 - 07:30 pm

LONDON: Britain is experiencing a severe heatwave which has prompted its national weather service to issue an alert for people to 'stay out...

Greek residents told "just leave" as wildfire rages near Athens 23 Jul 2018 - 07:20 pm

Kineta: Greek authorities urged residents of a coastal region west of Athens to abandon their homes as a massive wildfire raged uncontrolled on...

Sweden faces 'extreme' fire risk in coming days 23 Jul 2018 - 07:09 pm

Stockholm: Sweden warned Monday of an "extreme" risk of fresh forest fires as much of Scandinavia baked in a heatwave and dozens of...

Philippines' Duterte pledges 'unrelenting' drug war 23 Jul 2018 - 06:44 pm

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte pledged on Monday to press ahead with a war on drugs that has already killed thousands, and castigated...

Toronto shooting leaves 2 dead including gunman, 13 hurt 23 Jul 2018 - 01:46 pm

Toronto, Canada: Two people including the gunman are dead and 13 wounded in Toronto after a shooting Sunday in the bustling Greektown neighborhood,...