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Philippine peasants fight for land 30 years after reform 31 May 2018 - 11:22 pm

TAGUM CITY, Philippines: A dozen bamboo and tarpaulin tents are pitched on the pavement, festooned with washing and banners - the department in...

Regrets and relief one year after US ditched global climate deal 31 May 2018 - 10:30 pm

NEW YORK: A year after President Donald Trump vowed to pull the United States out of a global pact to fight climate change,...

Lebanon working for return of thousands of Syrian refugees: security official 31 May 2018 - 10:30 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanon is working with Damascus for the return of thousands of refugees who want to go back to Syria, a Lebanese official...

Nipah virus death toll rises to 15, two new cases found in Kerala 31 May 2018 - 09:43 pm

KOCHI/MUMBAI: Two new cases of the deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus have been confirmed in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where another two...

Denmark bans full-face veil in public spaces 31 May 2018 - 06:27 pm

Stockholm: Denmark on Thursday became the latest European country to ban the full-face veil in public spaces in a move slammed by human...

Hamburg becomes 1st German city to impose limited diesel ban 31 May 2018 - 03:13 pm

BERLIN: Drivers of older diesel-powered trucks are now prohibited from using two road sections in Hamburg, the first German city to implement such...

Police firing wounds two migrant children in Croatia 31 May 2018 - 01:48 pm

Zagreb: Croatian police said Thursday they seriously wounded two 12-year-old migrants from Iraq and Afghanistan after opening fire on a van which refused...

UN agencies for Syria refugees warn of critical cash crunch 31 May 2018 - 01:31 pm

AMMAN, Jordan: Regional heads of U.N. agencies helping some 5.5 million Syrian refugees say they've received only 20 percent of $5.6 billion promised...

'A city like no other': hopes on hold for model Indian capital 31 May 2018 - 12:17 pm

Amaravati, India: It promised to be "an Indian city like no other" -- a modern, leafy metropolis modelled on Singapore, where citizens would...

Red Cross sends surgeons, supplies to Gaza to treat wounded 31 May 2018 - 11:53 am

GENEVA: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday it was sending two surgical teams to Gaza and setting up...

Hotel valet has lucky escape, but Porsche gets crunched 31 May 2018 - 11:14 am

SYDNEY: A hotel valet had a lucky escape - but the luxury sports car he was trying to park did not. Australian media...

UN reports unprecedented fighting in Libyan city of Derna 31 May 2018 - 11:12 am

GENEVA: Fighting in the Libyan city of Derna has reached unprecedented levels, with air raids, shelling of residential areas and heavy ground clashes,...

Afghan troops free prisoners held by Taliban; bomb wounds 6 31 May 2018 - 10:30 am

KABUL, Afghanistan: An Afghan military spokesman says elite commando units have freed dozens of prisoners held by the Taliban, including women and children,...

Assad says U.S. must leave Syria, vows to recover SDF areas 31 May 2018 - 10:13 am

BEIRUT: President Bashar al-Assad said the United States should learn the lesson of Iraq and withdraw from Syria, and promised to recover areas...

Polls show most Italians want to stay in euro 31 May 2018 - 09:56 am

Rome: Two polls show that between 60-72 percent of Italians want the country to remain part of the euro while 23-24 percent would...

Assad says US will leave Syria, vows to retake SDF-held areas 31 May 2018 - 09:38 am

BEIRUT: President Bashar al-Assad said he would recover areas of Syria held by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and that U.S. forces...

Spectacular blaze engulfs office building in Australia's Sydney 31 May 2018 - 08:49 am

SYDNEY: Flames raced up scaffolding at a Sydney building site on Thursday, in a morning rush-hour fire that prompted the evacuation of nearby...