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IS Afghanistan leader killed: US, Afghan officials 08 May 2017 - 07:41 am

Kabul: The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan -- believed to be the mastermind behind several high-profile attacks including an assault on a...

Macron victory: The verdict of the world's media 08 May 2017 - 07:27 am

Paris: The world's media largely hailed the thumping victory of pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron in France's presidential election on Sunday, but sounded a...

Pro-EU Macron wins France's presidency, Le Pen hopes dashed 08 May 2017 - 07:21 am

PARIS: Ripping up France's political map, French voters elected independent centrist Emmanuel Macron as the country's youngest president Sunday, delivering a resounding victory...

Outcry at Moscow plan to raze thousands of communist-era flats 07 May 2017 - 08:03 pm

Moscow: Valeriya Yevseyeva and her husband Alexei bought a flat last year in a five-storey brick building near a Moscow park where they...

Vietnam fires a top Communist Party official for misconduct 07 May 2017 - 06:53 pm

HANOI: Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party on Sunday dismissed a high-profile party official from his politburo position for misconduct while he headed the country’s...

50,000 evacuated in Hanover over unexploded WWII bombs 07 May 2017 - 06:43 pm

Berlin: German police on Sunday evacuated 50,000 people from the northern city of Hanover in one of the country's largest post-war operations to...

85-year-old Everest record seeker died of altitude sickness 07 May 2017 - 02:32 pm

Kathmandu: An 85-year-old ex-Gurkha who was attempting to reclaim his title as the world's oldest person to summit Mount Everest died of altitude...

Iran's Rouhani faces protests at site of deadly mine collapse 07 May 2017 - 02:21 pm

Tehran: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani faced angry protests from victims' families on Sunday when he visited the site of a mine accident that...

Macron, Le Pen face off in watershed French election 07 May 2017 - 02:11 pm

Paris: Frenchvoters went to the polls Sunday to pick a new president, choosing between centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen...

Mozambique's gas boom dream under threat 07 May 2017 - 01:49 pm

Palma, Mozambique: The small, palm-fringed fishing town of Palma was meant to become a symbol of Mozambique's glittering future, transformed by one of...

French hostage freed in Sudan: Paris 07 May 2017 - 01:00 pm

Paris: A French mineworker who was kidnapped in Chad and taken to neighbouring Sudan has been freed after more than six weeks in...

Afghan families flee as Taliban take key northern district 07 May 2017 - 12:18 pm

Kunduz, Afghanistan: Hundreds of Afghan families have fled fighting between the Taliban and government forces near the northern city of Kunduz as the...

IS attack kills 2 Kurdish soldiers in Kirkuk 07 May 2017 - 12:10 pm

BAGHDAD: Two Kurdish soldiers were killed in a Islamic State attack on a military base in Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Sunday, according...

Macron, Le Pen face off as France elects president 07 May 2017 - 11:35 am

Paris: French voters went to the polls Sunday to pick a new president, choosing between young centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine...

50,000 evacuated in Germany over unexploded WWII bombs 07 May 2017 - 11:17 am

Berlin: German police on Sunday evacuated some 50,000 people from the northern city of Hanover in one of the largest post-war operations to...

US service member killed in Somalia 07 May 2017 - 10:54 am

MOGADISHU, Somalia: A U.S. service member was killed during operations against al-Shabaab militants in southern Somalia, the U.S. military announced Friday. The service...