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Seven Niger troops killed in Boko Haram attack 20 Jan 2018 - 08:29 am

Niamey: At least seven Niger soldiers were killed and more than a dozen others wounded this week in an attack by suspected Boko...

Trump can travel to Davos even if gov't shuts down: official 20 Jan 2018 - 08:16 am

Washington: US President Donald Trump can still travel to the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland next week even if the government shuts...

UK could join reconfigured EU in future: minister 20 Jan 2018 - 08:14 am

London: Britain could take part in a new model of European cooperation after Brexit but is unlikely to rejoin the EU in its...

WHO airlifts 200 tonnes of health supplies to Yemen 20 Jan 2018 - 08:10 am

Geneva: The World Health Organization has delivered 200 tonnes of life-saving medicines and health supplies to Yemen. Four United Nations planes carrying the...

Brasilia closes Latin America’s largest rubbish dump 20 Jan 2018 - 07:59 am

BRASILIA: One thing the designers of Brazil’s modernistic capital Brasilia forgot to map out in their intricate plans was where to put the...

1.3 million children displaced by Iraq’s war with IS: Unicef 20 Jan 2018 - 01:19 am

GENEVA: About half the 2.6 million people displaced in Iraq after a three-year war with Islamic State militants are children and persisting violence...

Egypt’s Sisi announces intention to run for second term 19 Jan 2018 - 10:58 pm

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced on Friday his intention to run for a second term in office in a March election....

Pentagon strategy drops climate change as a security threat 19 Jan 2018 - 08:25 pm

Washington: Climate change and the impact it has on national and international security was not included in the US national defense strategy, unveiled...

10 Syrians die of cold trying to flee into Lebanon 19 Jan 2018 - 08:20 pm

Beirut: Ten Syrians have died trying to flee their war-torn country into neighbouring Lebanon after they were caught in a fierce snowstorm, the...

UN warns of “lost generation” in South Sudan’s grinding conflict 19 Jan 2018 - 08:08 pm

JUBA: Seventy percent of South Sudan’s children are out of school and the young country risks losing a generation that would make it...

Amazon's indigenous people 'never so threatened': pope 19 Jan 2018 - 08:01 pm

Puerto Maldonado, Peru: Pope Francis sounded a stark warning about the future of the Amazon and its peoples during a visit to the...

Amid wet weather, Zimbabwe’s Mutare sees hike in malaria deaths 18 Jan 2018 - 09:09 pm

MUTARE, Zimbabwe: After years in which the disease presented only a limited threat, this city in eastern Zimbabwe is seeing a hike in...

Israel unveils details of new underground wall along Gaza Strip 18 Jan 2018 - 08:01 pm

Kissufim, Israel: The Israeli army on Thursday revealed details of a massive underground barrier being built along the border with the Gaza Strip...

Baby dies amid migrant rescue chaos at sea off Libya 18 Jan 2018 - 07:43 pm

Rome: A three-month old baby has died after being picked up by rescuers at sea off Libya, because bad weather and a lack...

Turkey’s parliament votes to extend emergency rule for 3 more months 18 Jan 2018 - 07:18 pm

ANKARA: The Turkish parliament on Thursday voted in favour of extending a state of emergency imposed shortly after the 2016 coup attempt for...

Italy’s Berlusconi says he is ready to be premier if European court lifts ban 18 Jan 2018 - 07:07 pm

ROME: Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Thursday he was ready to lead Italy again if the European Court of Human Rights...

Russia starts S-400 missile system delivery to China 18 Jan 2018 - 04:23 pm

MOSCOW: Russia has made its first delivery of S-400 missile system components to China under a contract signed in 2014, a source close...

Islamic State poses threat to Iraq one month after 'liberation' 18 Jan 2018 - 04:13 pm

Mosul, Iraq: Barely a month after Baghdad declared victory over the Islamic State group, the jihadists could still recapture areas of Iraq, especially...