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Indonesia mobilizes to combat health-damaging forest fires 21 Feb 2018 - 08:48 am

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Four Indonesian provinces have declared emergencies in anticipation of worsening forest fires that each year spread health-damaging haze across much of...

Human rights groups say Mexico not investigating spyware claims 21 Feb 2018 - 08:14 am

MEXICO CITY, A group of human and digital rights activists said on Tuesday that the Mexican government had failed to properly investigate allegations...

Storm system brings flooding, freezing rain, snow to Midwest 21 Feb 2018 - 08:02 am

CHICAGO, A storm system that's brought rain, ice and snow to the Midwest and Great Plains was blamed for fatal crashes in three...

Syria, Russia pound rebel enclave, put clinic out of service 21 Feb 2018 - 07:28 am

Arbin, Syria, Syrian and Russian air strikes on the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta enclave have killed more than 100 civilians for the second straight...

Man who used racial slurs in road rage case gets probation 20 Feb 2018 - 06:58 pm

LANCASTER, Pa: A man who admitted using racial slurs and threatening a woman in a road rage incident in Pennsylvania last year has...

Turkey considers chemical castration for child abusers 20 Feb 2018 - 06:48 pm

Ankara: Turkey's government said on Tuesday it would consider introducing chemical castration for child abusers after several cases of sexual assault on children...

UK won't be like 'Mad Max' after Brexit, minister says 20 Feb 2018 - 06:36 pm

LONDON: The U.K. does not want to undermine the EU and it won’t be "plunged into a Mad Max-style world borrowed from dystopian...

Syria Kurds say regime forces will deploy on Turkey border 20 Feb 2018 - 06:29 pm

Beirut: Pro-regime fighters deployed to Syria's Afrin region will take up positions along the border with Turkey, which is waging an assault on...

Student shoots self in Ohio middle school, no one else hurt 20 Feb 2018 - 06:27 pm

MASSILLON, Ohio: Police in Ohio say a 7th-grader apparently brought a gun to school and shot himself inside a bathroom. Investigators say no...

Maldives parliament approves extension of state of emergency by 30 days 20 Feb 2018 - 05:43 pm

Malé, Maldives: Maldives President Abdulla Yameen extended a draconian state of emergency by another month on Tuesday, ignoring a growing chorus of international...

Ex-Caracas mayor calls for Venezuela 'intervention' 20 Feb 2018 - 05:34 pm

Geneva: The exiled former mayor of Caracas told AFP Tuesday that the time for diplomacy in Venezuela is over, as he urged the...

UN Syria envoy sees risk of "second Aleppo" in Eastern Ghouta 20 Feb 2018 - 04:39 pm

GENEVA: The escalating battle for the besieged Syrian enclave of Eastern Ghouta could turn into a repeat of the battle for Aleppo, Syria's...

Five security forces killed in Tehran protests 20 Feb 2018 - 04:21 pm

TEHRAN: The death toll of Iranian security forces killed in clashes with a Shia religious group in capital Tehran rose to five, according...

Over 5 million seek to vote in controversial Burundi poll 20 Feb 2018 - 03:37 pm

Nairobi: More than five million people have signed up to vote in Burundi's controversial constitutional referendum in May and elections in 2020, which...

Kenya allows opposition figures to travel after barring them overnight 20 Feb 2018 - 03:14 pm

NAIROBI: Two prominent supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga were allowed to leave the country on Tuesday a day after authorities prevented...