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Ariana Grande to return to Manchester for star-studded benefit gig 30 May 2017 - 08:20 pm

Manchester, United Kingdom: US pop star Ariana Grande announced Tuesday she would return to Manchester to headline a star-studded benefit concert for the...

Call for ban of Wonder Woman in Lebanon due to presence of Israeli actress 30 May 2017 - 05:49 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanon's ministry of economy is seeking to ban the 2017 Wonder Woman movie because its lead actress — Gal Gadot — is...

UN urges Algeria, Morocco to release trapped Syrian refugees 30 May 2017 - 05:32 pm

RABAT: Algeria and Morocco should to take action to assure safe passage to 41 Syrian refugees stranded along the border between both countries...

Indian court suspends controversial cow slaughter ban 30 May 2017 - 05:21 pm

New Delhi: An Indian court Tuesday temporarily suspended a ban imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on the sale of cattle for...

Russian military plane crash kills one, injures five 30 May 2017 - 05:17 pm

Moscow: A Russian serviceman was killed and five others were injured Tuesday when their transport plane crash landed and caught fire after a...

EU puts sanctions on 9 Congo government officials 30 May 2017 - 02:27 pm

ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo: The European Union Monday adopted sanctions against another nine senior government officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo...

Iraqi forces reach Syria border from western Mosul 30 May 2017 - 02:25 pm

NINEVEH, Mosul: Iraqi forces have advanced from western Mosul in the northern Nineveh province to the border with Syria, an Iraqi military source...

C. Africa violence forces 88,000 people to flee homes in May: UN 30 May 2017 - 02:19 pm

Geneva: Surging violence in Central African Republic has killed hundreds and forced some 88,000 people to flee their homes since the beginning of...

50 still in hospital, 17 in critical care after Manchester attack 30 May 2017 - 01:59 pm

LONDON: Fifty patients are still being treated in hospital for injuries sustained in last week's Manchester attack, including 17 who are in critical...

Nepal army plane crashes, killing pilot 30 May 2017 - 01:51 pm

Kathmandu: A Nepal army plane crashed Tuesday, killing the pilot and injuring the two other crew members on board, a local official said. ...

Poland extradites Austrian over Ukraine atrocities 30 May 2017 - 01:37 pm

Vienna: An Austrian suspected of war crimes in eastern Ukraine's civil war pitting government forces against Russian-backed separatists has been extradited from Poland,...

Angolan president returns home after health checks 30 May 2017 - 01:32 pm

Luanda: Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has been dogged by reports of poor health, has returned to Luanda after nearly a...

Shut-down for 50th anniversary of Biafra declaration 30 May 2017 - 01:22 pm

Onitsha, Nigeria: Shops, schools and businesses were shut in southeast Nigeria on Tuesday, 50 years to the day since an independent republic of...

UK journalist faces Thai jail for carrying protective gear to Iraq 30 May 2017 - 01:17 pm

Bangkok: A British journalist faces up to five years in a Thai jail after he was arrested for carrying a gas mask and...

S.Sudan troops tried for rape, murder in Juba compound attack 30 May 2017 - 01:11 pm

Juba: A South Sudan military court on Tuesday opened the trial of 13 soldiers accused of raping foreign aid workers and murdering a...

First Japanese to report Hiroshima atomic bomb dies at 86 30 May 2017 - 12:59 pm

Tokyo: Yoshie Oka, the first person to raise the alarm outside Hiroshima that the Japanese city had been hit by an atomic bomb,...

Tobacco kills 7 million a year, wreaks environmental havoc: WHO 30 May 2017 - 12:28 pm

Geneva: Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, also warning of...

Two dead, hundreds of thousands flee as cyclone batters Bangladesh 30 May 2017 - 12:18 pm

Dhaka: Cyclone Mora battered Bangladesh on Tuesday, killing two people, ripping through camps housing Rohingya refugees and forcing 450,000 people to flee coastal...