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TOKYO: A Japan Airlines (JAL) plane made an emergency landing at Tokyo's Haneda International Airport shortly after takeoff on Tuesday following an apparent...

Manila: Accused murderer Manuel Cerna has languished in a Philippine jail for 15 years without a verdict, one of countless inmates enduring interminable...

Quetta, Pakistan: Eight people including four security personnel have been killed in three separate clashes with militants in southwest Pakistan and Karachi, officials...

STORM/IRMA: Hurricane Irma, a powerful Category 4 storm, plowed toward the Caribbean and the southern United States on Tuesday as islands in its...

ANKARA: Turkey’s foreign minister on Monday criticized German politicians sparring in a weekend debate for focusing on Turkey rather than Germany’s own pressing...

Tripoli:  French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian held talks in Tripoli yesterday pledging his country’s support for efforts to resolve Libya’s political and...

XIAMEN, China:  The BRICS group of five major emerging economies called Monday for reform of the United Nations and tougher measures against terrorist...

Ramallah: Clashes broke out in the village of Nabi Salih north of Ramallah after the Israeli occupation forces stormed into the village and...

BERLIN: Germany sought to cool tempers over Turkey’s EU accession prospects on Monday after Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Social Democrat (SPD) rival...

BARCELONA, Spain: Spain warned Catalonia’s separatist government against empowering a new Catalan tax agency as part of its plan for an independent state,...

SANTIAGO: Taxi drivers protesting the growth of mobile ride hailing applications such as Uber and Cabify blocked the main road to Chile’s principal...

Barcelona: Catalonia's pro-separatist government said Monday it has set up its own tax agency that is ready for action if the pro-independence camp...

Forbach, France: French President Emmanuel Macron accused French journalists of being "too interested in themselves" on Monday amid criticism by some media groups...

Yangon:  Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai and mainly Muslim countries in Asia led a growing chorus of criticism on Monday aimed at Myanmar...

DHAKA: Indonesia’s foreign minister will fly to Bangladesh on Tuesday for talks following her visit to Myanmar where she urged national leader Aung...

COX'S BAZAR:  With thousands of Rohingya refugees streaming daily across the swampy border into Bangladesh, one hospital was struggling Monday to treat dozens...

Rome:  A Maltese charity which was the first to launch privately-funded migrant rescue missions in the Mediterranean said Monday it was transferring its...

Seoul: South Korea's Defense Ministry said on Monday that it has picked up signs that North Korea is launching a ballistic missile following...