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Far-right Greek MP gets suspended sentence for mayor assault 12 Mar 2018 - 07:14 pm

ATHENS: A lawmaker from Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party was given a suspended prison sentence on Monday for trying to hit the mayor...

Indian farmers call off protest after Maharashtra government bows to demands 12 Mar 2018 - 07:01 pm

Tens of thousands of farmers gathered in India’s financial capital called off their agitation late on Monday after the Maharashtra government accepted their...

Women farmers join 'long march' to Mumbai to demand land, forest rights 12 Mar 2018 - 06:50 pm

BANGKOK: Thousands of women farmers marched into Mumbai alongside their male peers on Monday demanding the government recognises their rights over forests and...

France will strike Syria chemical arms sites if used to kill: Macron 12 Mar 2018 - 05:17 pm

PARIS: France is prepared to launch targeted strikes against any site in Syria used to deploy chemical attacks that result in the deaths...

Merkel says she will visit Macron to discuss EU reform 12 Mar 2018 - 05:09 pm

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday, two days before she is to launch a new government, that she would quickly visit French...

Helicopter crashes in NYC's East River, 5 passengers dead 12 Mar 2018 - 04:24 pm

NEW YORK: A private charter helicopter hired for a photo shoot crashed into New York City's East River on Sunday night and flipped...

Cash for killing your wife ends as Brazil shuts down loophole 12 Mar 2018 - 02:56 pm

Late one evening in March 2013, Claudenice Josefa Olimpia, a 33 year-old shop assistant in Brazil’s Northeast, was shooting the breeze with neighbors...

Nepal plane crash kills at least 50 - army spokesman 12 Mar 2018 - 02:50 pm

New Delhi: A Bangladeshi airliner with 71 people on board crashed on Monday while coming in to land at the airport in the...

Afghan forces retake district offices from Taliban; 8 killed 12 Mar 2018 - 02:37 pm

Kabul, Afghanistan: Afghan security forces recaptured a district headquarters in western Farah province on Monday, just hours after the Taliban overrun the police...

Seoul envoy thanks Xi for 'big role' in N. Korea nuclear talks 12 Mar 2018 - 02:18 pm

Beijing: South Korea's national security adviser on Monday thanked Chinese President Xi Jinping for his "big role" in the diplomatic process that has...

Bangladesh court grants bail to former leader Khaleda Zia 12 Mar 2018 - 02:17 pm

DHAKA, Bangladesh: Bangladesh's High Court has granted bail for four months to opposition leader and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who was jailed...

Syria's Douma faces catastrophe, says council, as assault grinds on 12 Mar 2018 - 02:10 pm

AMMAN/BEIRUT: Syria's rebel-held city of Douma faces a "catastrophic" situation after becoming the main haven for thousands of people fleeing advances by government...

Bangladeshi passenger plane with 67 passengers crashes in Nepal 12 Mar 2018 - 01:05 pm

Kathmandu: A Bangladeshi plane with 67 passengers on board crashed near Kathmandu airport Monday as it was coming in to land, officials said,...

Japan minister admits files altered in scandal dogging Abe 12 Mar 2018 - 12:55 pm

Tokyo: Japan's finance minister admitted Monday that official papers related to a favouritism scandal dogging Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had been altered, but...

Iran recovers black box from Turkish plane crash killing 11 12 Mar 2018 - 10:35 am

Tehran, Iran: Investigators on Monday found the "black box" from a Turkish private jet that crashed in an Iranian mountain range on its...

Thousands of Indian farmers protest in Mumbai 12 Mar 2018 - 10:31 am

Mumbai: Tens of thousands of Indian farmers protested in Mumbai on Monday after walking more than a hundred kilometres to demand better crop...

NYPD confirms 5 passengers in NYC helicopter crash are dead 12 Mar 2018 - 09:04 am

NEW YORK: A helicopter crashed into New York City's East River Sunday night and flipped upside down in the water, killing all five...

Knife attacker shot outside Iranian ambassador's residence in Vienna 12 Mar 2018 - 08:37 am

VIENNA: Heightened security measures have been ordered at embassies and other diplomatic buildings in Vienna after a soldier stationed outside the residence of...