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Russia votes as Vladimir Putin eyes 4th presidential term 18 Mar 2018 - 08:28 am

YEKATERINBURG, Russia: Vladimir Putin's victory in Russia's presidential election Sunday isn't in doubt. The only real question is whether voters will turn out...

Mueller now has memos McCabe kept on Trump dealings 18 Mar 2018 - 07:47 am

Washington: Andrew McCabe, the onetime FBI deputy director long scorned by President Donald Trump and just fired by the attorney general, kept personal...

Turkish army moves to Aleppo to set observation points 17 Mar 2018 - 05:13 pm

IDLIB, Syria: A convoy of Turkish Armed Forces entered Syria on Saturday to establish a new observation point in northwestern Aleppo, according to...

UN 'failed to prevent' Syria crimes: opposition 17 Mar 2018 - 04:12 pm

Riyadh: The head of Syria's main opposition group on Saturday accused the United Nations of failing to prevent violence raging in the war-wracked...

Rohingya returnees won't be kept in camps 'forever': Myanmar official 17 Mar 2018 - 03:55 pm

Maungdaw, Myanmar: A Myanmar official in Rakhine state said Saturday that Rohingya refugees who return will not be held in newly-built camps "forever,"...

New icy blast cancels over 100 flights at London Heathrow 17 Mar 2018 - 02:05 pm

London, A fresh bout of snow on Saturday forced the cancellation of more than 100 flights in and out of London's Heathrow Airport,...

Britain says its priority is looking after staff in Russia 17 Mar 2018 - 01:55 pm

LONDON: Britain said on Saturday its priority was looking after its staff in Russia, after Moscow expelled 23 British diplomats in a escalating...

North Korean minister meets again with Swedish counterpart 17 Mar 2018 - 01:52 pm

STOCKHOLM, North Korea's foreign minister met again Saturday with his Swedish counterpart amid growing speculation about a possible meeting in the Scandinavian country...

4 missing in building collapse near Kenya capital 17 Mar 2018 - 01:40 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya, A Kenya police official says at least four people are feared trapped in rubble after a four-story building collapsed in the...

More than 200,000 civilians flee Syria's Afrin in three days: monitor 17 Mar 2018 - 01:36 pm

Beirut: More than 200,000 civilians have fled the city of Afrin in northern Syria in less than three days to escape a Turkish-led...

At least 14 migrants die as boat capsizes off Greece: police 17 Mar 2018 - 01:34 pm

Athens: At least 14 migrants, including four children, died when a boat carrying about 20 people capsized overnight in the Aegean Sea, Greek...

Xi reappointed as China's president with no term limits 17 Mar 2018 - 01:00 pm

BEIJING, China's rubber-stamp legislature on Saturday unanimously approved the reappointment of Xi Jinping as president with no limit on the number of terms...

Emirates flight attendant who fell from emergency exit dies 17 Mar 2018 - 12:51 pm

Long-haul carrier Emirates says a flight attendant who fell from an emergency exit of a Boeing 777 parked in Uganda has died. Emirates...

Ten dead as Philippine plane crashes into house 17 Mar 2018 - 12:41 pm

Manila: Ten people were killed when a small plane crashed into a house just outside the Philippine capital on Saturday, police and aviation...

Australia warns on encrypted apps as Southeast Asia vows terror cooperation 17 Mar 2018 - 12:33 pm

Sydney: Use of encrypted messaging apps to plan terrorist attacks is the greatest threat facing intelligence agencies in modern times, Australia warned Saturday...

Former Vietnam Prime Minister Phan Van Khai dies at 84 17 Mar 2018 - 12:33 pm

HANOI, Vietnam: Phan Van Khai, an architect of Vietnam's economic rise and the country's first prime minister to visit the United States after...

Spring comes to Tokyo with first cherry blossoms 17 Mar 2018 - 12:18 pm

Tokyo: Spring officially arrived in Tokyo on Saturday as Japan's weather agency declared the start of the cherry blossom season, prompting viewers to...