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Myanmar police shoot dead seven protesters in troubled Rakhine 17 Jan 2018 - 08:50 am

YANGON: Myanmar police shot dead seven demonstrators and 12 were injured in troubled Rakhine State, after a local gathering celebrating an ancient Buddhist...

Central America fears for US remittances as deportations loom 17 Jan 2018 - 08:42 am

San Isidro, El Salvador: Uncertainty and fear are rising in Central American countries over how many families will manage to get by when...

Palestinians see Gaza peace dividend pass them by 16 Jan 2018 - 11:05 pm

GAZA: Life began to look up for Gaza’s Palestinians when reconciliation between its Hamas Islamist rulers and the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority in...

UN rapporteur on Myanmar to meet refugees in Bangladesh 16 Jan 2018 - 11:05 pm

GENEVA: A UN investigator who was denied access to Myanmar will be visiting Bangladesh and Thailand on Jan. 18-30. In December, Myanmar had...

US withholds $65 mn from UN agency for Palestinians 16 Jan 2018 - 10:47 pm

Washington: The United States sent $60 million to keep the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees operating Tuesday but withheld a further $65...

Israel neglecting severely burned prisoner's needs 16 Jan 2018 - 10:47 pm

"I feel scared when I look at my face in the mirror, so imagine what others must feel when they look at me."...

Pope in Chile seeks forgiveness for sex abuse scandals 16 Jan 2018 - 08:28 pm

Santiago: Pope Francis on Tuesday opened his visit to Chile by asking forgiveness for child sexual abuse scandals that have rocked the Catholic...

Venezuela says rebel pilot Oscar Perez killed in police operation 16 Jan 2018 - 07:57 pm

CARACAS, Venezuela: Officials in Venezuela confirmed Tuesday that a rebellious police officer who led a brazen helicopter attack in Caracas last year was...

Missing Briton's belongings found in Israel desert: police 16 Jan 2018 - 07:43 pm

Jerusalem: Israeli police said Tuesday they have found sheets of paper with prayers in the country's desert south believed to belong to a...

Uber limits driver hours in Britain to 10 16 Jan 2018 - 07:33 pm

London: US ride-hailing app Uber on Tuesday said it would cap the number of hours its drivers can work in Britain from next...

Nearly two million lose mobile access in war-torn east Ukraine 16 Jan 2018 - 07:27 pm

Donetsk, Ukraine: Almost two million people lost mobile phone access in war-torn eastern Ukraine after the last major provider in the devastated region...

Nobel peace laureate group urges Japan to join nuclear arms ban treaty 16 Jan 2018 - 07:21 pm

TOKYO: The leader of the campaign group that won last year’s Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday urged Japan to join a United Nations...

Morocco sentences man to death over MP killing 16 Jan 2018 - 07:05 pm

Rabat: A Moroccan court sentenced to death a man over the murder of a member of parliament and jailed his widow, in a...

Border army suits US goals in Syria: Russian experts 16 Jan 2018 - 04:50 pm

MOSCOW: The U.S. is pursuing several goals by forming a border army in Syria, Russian experts told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday. On Sunday,...

US opens London embassy after Trump snubs inauguration 16 Jan 2018 - 04:13 pm

London: The new US embassy in London opened with little fanfare on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump refused to attend the inauguration...

Indonesian teen jailed for insulting president on Facebook 16 Jan 2018 - 04:06 pm

Medan, Indonesia: An Indonesian teenager was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison for "insulting" President Joko Widodo on Facebook. The 18-year-old high...

Romania looks for third PM in seven months 16 Jan 2018 - 03:54 pm

Bucharest: Romania's ruling Social Democrats met Tuesday to nominate a new prime minister after power struggles within the party forced out the impoverished...

Sudanese police fire tear gas, arrest protesters in Khartoum 16 Jan 2018 - 01:43 pm

KHARTOUM: Sudanese police fired tear gas, struck demonstrators with batons and arrested several people at a protest against soaring living costs in the...