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New tropical storm off Mexican Pacific; no threat to land 01 Jul 2018 - 03:14 pm

MEXICO CITY: A new tropical storm has formed well off Mexico's Pacific Coast and forecasters say it could grow into a major hurricane,...

Overcrowded bus plunges into gorge in India, killing 48 01 Jul 2018 - 03:00 pm

LUCKNOW, India: At least 48 people were killed on Sunday when an overcrowded bus plunged off a mountain road into a gorge in...

Migrant rescue boat heads for Spain after Italy, Malta reject it 01 Jul 2018 - 02:53 pm

ROME: A humanitarian boat carrying 59 migrants rescued off Libya was heading for Barcelona on Sunday after Italy and Malta, both much closer...

44 dead in bus crash in northern India: police 01 Jul 2018 - 09:51 am

Dehradun, India, At least 44 people were killed in northern India Sunday when a passenger bus crashed into a gorge in the Himalayan...

Car bomb near ballot box site in Iraq's Kirkuk kills one - police 01 Jul 2018 - 09:46 am

KIRKUK, Iraq, A car bomb blast in Iraq's Kirkuk near a storage site housing ballot boxes from elections in May killed one person,...

Thai rescuers establish base deep inside cave where boys trapped 01 Jul 2018 - 09:42 am

Mae Sai, Thailand, Thai officials leading a massive effort to rescue 12 boys and their assistant football coach from a flooded cave said...

Eleven people killed in India's capital, police probe link to gang war 01 Jul 2018 - 09:38 am

MUMBAI, Eleven members of a family were found dead in India's capital on Sunday, most of them hanging from the ceiling of their...

Trump ally Giuliani says end is near for Iran's rulers 01 Jul 2018 - 08:48 am

VILLEPINTE, France: US President Donald Trump will suffocate Iran’s “dictatorial ayatollahs”, his close ally Rudy Giuliani said on Saturday, suggesting his move to...

Thousands in US march against immigration policy 30 Jun 2018 - 09:05 pm

Washington: Thousands of demonstrators, baking in the heat and boiling mad at US immigration policy, marched across the country Saturday to protest the...

Ethiopia set to remove 3 armed groups from terror list 30 Jun 2018 - 06:25 pm

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: Ethiopia's cabinet has passed a resolution to remove three armed groups from a terror list as part of sweeping reforms...

Mudslide kills 5 Indian paramilitary soldiers in northeast 30 Jun 2018 - 05:18 pm

GAUHATI, India: Five Indian paramilitary soldiers were killed and another six injured as huge boulders rolled down on their bus following a mudslide...

Iraq to begin manual recount of national election votes on Tuesday 30 Jun 2018 - 04:58 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraq will begin a manual recount of votes on Tuesday from a May parliamentary election clouded by allegations of fraud, a step...

Thailand cave rescue efforts pick up pace as flooding eases 30 Jun 2018 - 04:04 pm

MAE SAI, Thailand: The effort to locate 12 boys and their soccer coach missing in a cave in Thailand for a week picked...

Ugandans protest surge in violence against women 30 Jun 2018 - 03:53 pm

Kampala: Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of Uganda's capital Saturday demanding police action to stop a spate of kidnappings and murders...

Afghan forces resume offensive operations after govt ceasefire ends 30 Jun 2018 - 03:22 pm

Kabul: Afghan security forces resumed offensive operations on Saturday after President Ashraf Ghani declared an end to the government's unilateral ceasefire with the...

Indian fan dies in car crash in Russia near World Cup city Sochi, Interfax says 30 Jun 2018 - 03:03 pm

MOSCOW: An Indian soccer fan, in Russia for the World Cup, died in a car crash on Saturday on a road near the...

Eight south Syria towns return to regime control under deals: monitor 30 Jun 2018 - 02:48 pm

Beirut: At least eight battered rebel-held towns in southern Syria on Saturday returned to regime control under Russian-brokered deals after nearly two weeks...