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Heavy snow in Japan traps 1,000 cars 06 Feb 2018 - 10:03 am

TOKYO, A heavy snowfall in central Japan brought road traffic to a standstill on Tuesday, trapping some 1,000 cars, local officials said, adding...

Maldives' ex-president Nasheed urges India to intervene to resolve crisis 06 Feb 2018 - 09:54 am

NEW DELHI, Maldives ex-president Mohamed Nasheed on Tuesday called for India to send an envoy backed by its military to free Supreme Court...

One Turkish soldier killed, five wounded in attack in Syria's Idlib - army 06 Feb 2018 - 09:19 am

ISTANBUL, One Turkish soldier was killed and five were wounded on Monday in a rocket and mortar attack by militants as the Turkish...

China urges Cambodia to use yuan in bilateral trade 06 Feb 2018 - 09:00 am

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia is considering a proposal by China to use the yuan currency instead of the US dollar for bilateral trade, a...

Bad day turns terrifying as Dow suffers worst point plunge ever 06 Feb 2018 - 08:40 am

Even before the opening bell, Monday looked like a bad day for the US stock market. But not even pessimists were prepared for...

Bannon is said to refuse to testify before House committee 06 Feb 2018 - 08:26 am

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon is planning to skip a closed-door interview on Tuesday with a US House committee looking into Russian...

N.Korean Olympics ferry tacks past sanctions with karaoke, ice cream on board 06 Feb 2018 - 08:15 am

SEOUL, A North Korean ferry is set to arrive in South Korea on Tuesday carrying a 140-strong orchestra to perform at the Winter...

Beijing holds successful missile defense test 06 Feb 2018 - 08:09 am

Beijing: China said Tuesday it successfully conducted a test of a ground-based missile defence system amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula. Concern...

Fate of South Africa's Zuma hangs on Wednesday ANC meeting 05 Feb 2018 - 11:02 pm

Johannesburg: South Africa's ANC party will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday, officials said, in a move that could force Jacob Zuma from...

Abdulla Yameen tightens grip on power in Maldives 05 Feb 2018 - 10:43 pm

MALE/COLOMBO: Maldives President Abdulla Yameen on Monday declared a state of emergency for 15 days and security forces stormed the Supreme Court in...

Germany to compensate Algeria Jews under Vichy rule 05 Feb 2018 - 10:15 pm

Jerusalem: Germany is to pay compensation to Jews persecuted in Algeria under the rule of Vichy France in World War II, a group...

Maldives police arrest former president Gayoom 05 Feb 2018 - 10:01 pm

MALE: Maldives police arrested former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on Monday, his spokesman Abdul Aleem told Reuters, hours after President Abdulla Yameen declared...

'Rohingya crisis could spark regional conflict' 05 Feb 2018 - 09:57 pm

JAKARTA, Indonesia: The UN human rights chief on Monday warned that Myanmar's persecution of the Rohingya Muslims has the potential to cause regional...

Myanmar: Mystery shrouds Muslim lawyer's assassination 05 Feb 2018 - 09:43 pm

YANGON, Myanmar: It has been a year since prominent Muslim lawyer Ko Ni was assassinated, however, Aung San Suu Kyi is yet to...

Sweden condemns China's 'brutal' snatching of Swedish bookseller 05 Feb 2018 - 08:51 pm

Stockholm: Stockholm on Monday condemned Beijing over the grabbing of its citizen and book publisher Gui Minhai in mainland China while being accompanied...

Heavy snow disrupts flights, classes in Spain 05 Feb 2018 - 08:31 pm

Madrid: More than 40 flights were cancelled in Madrid and tens of thousands of schoolchildren around Spain had to skip class Monday as...

Denmark's biggest party wants to cap 'non-Western' asylum seekers 05 Feb 2018 - 08:20 pm

Stockholm: Denmark's Social Democrats, part of the left-wing opposition and the country's largest party, on Monday proposed slashing the number of "non-Western" foreigners...