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Afghan blast casualty toll rises to 95 dead, 158 wounded: Official 27 Jan 2018 - 07:24 pm

kabul: A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at least 95 people and wounded about 158 in the Afghan capital kabul on Saturday...

Activists say Bahrain human rights deteriorate as world looks away 27 Jan 2018 - 05:07 pm

BEIRUT: Human rights in Bahrain have deteriorated significantly in the past year because international pressure on the kingdom has weakened, activists said on...

Ambulance bomb kills 63, wounds 151 in Kabul: Officials 27 Jan 2018 - 03:42 pm

Kabul: An explosives-packed ambulance blew up in a crowded area of Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 63 people and wounding 151 others,...

Scores killed, wounded in ambulance blast in Afghan capital Kabul 27 Jan 2018 - 03:06 pm

Kabul: A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at least 40 people and wounded about 140 in Afghanistan on Saturday when it blew...

Philippines warns of volcanic mudflows from heavy rains 27 Jan 2018 - 02:58 pm

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines: Residents around an erupting volcano in the central Philippines have should prepare to flee to safer areas because of risks...

Tillerson insists Russia to blame for Syria chemical attacks 27 Jan 2018 - 02:54 pm

Warsaw: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Saturday said he stands by his claim that Russia bears responsibility for recent chemical attacks...

Turkey says U.S. needs to withdraw from Syria's Manbij region immediately 27 Jan 2018 - 02:30 pm

ANKARA: The United States needs to withdraw from northern Syria's Manbij region immediately, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday. President Tayyip...

U.S. says Russian gas link to Germany hurts European security 27 Jan 2018 - 02:26 pm

The expansion of Russia’s gas pipeline to Germany under the Baltic Sea, which bypasses a number of east European nations, will allow the...

North Korea condemns latest US sanctions 27 Jan 2018 - 12:37 pm

SEOUL, North Korea on Saturday condemned the latest US sanctions announced this week aimed at curbing the isolated nation's development nuclear weapons. The...

US tells Turkey it will end weapons support for Syrian Kurdish YPG - Anadolu 27 Jan 2018 - 12:04 pm

ANKARA, The United States has told Turkey it will not provide any more weapons to the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, Turkish state media...

Nameless heroes of South Korea fire disaster 27 Jan 2018 - 11:50 am

Miryang, South Korea, The deadly hospital blaze in Miryang killed 37 people and injured more than 100 in South Korea's worst fire disaster...

Eight dead as US strike hits Iraq forces: provincial official 27 Jan 2018 - 11:46 am

Baghdad, Eight Iraqis were killed on Saturday, most of them security personnel, in a US air strike that apparently targeted them by mistake,...

Huge blast rocks Kabul: AFP 27 Jan 2018 - 11:37 am

A huge blast rocked Kabul on Saturday, AFP reporters and witnesses said, in the latest apparent attack in the capital of war-torn Afghanistan....

Flu widespread across US for third straight week 27 Jan 2018 - 11:25 am

NEW YORK, Sick with the flu? You've got a lot of company. The flu blanketed the US again last week for the third...

Baboons end escapade, allowing Paris zoo to reopen 27 Jan 2018 - 11:10 am

PARIS, Three baboons who went on the run, prompting the evacuation and closure of a zoo in Paris, ended their escapade and were...

Finland's president Niinisto on course for second term 27 Jan 2018 - 10:56 am

Helsinki, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto is a pragmatic pro-EU conservative whose skill at balancing relations with Moscow and Washington amid heightened tensions is...

Bombardment continues in Syria's Ghouta after ceasefire talk 27 Jan 2018 - 10:36 am

BEIRUT: Bombardment of the rebel-held eastern Ghouta area of Syria continued early on Saturday, a war monitor said after an insurgent spokesman said...

Trump seeing the light on free trade? Perhaps 27 Jan 2018 - 10:34 am

Washington, President Donald Trump may have realized his "America First" policy risks leaving the US alone on trade, but analysts are skeptical his...