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Nepal convicts soldiers of killing girl during civil war 17 Apr 2017 - 12:25 pm

Kathmandu: Three Nepali soldiers have each been sentenced to 20 years in jail for the killing of a teenage girl, only the second...

Pakistan police arrest 22 in 'blasphemy' mob killing 17 Apr 2017 - 12:15 pm

Peshawar, Pakistan: Pakistan police announced Monday they had arrested 22 people after the lynching of a university student accused of blasphemy, but observers...

Students clash with police in Indian Kashmir protests 17 Apr 2017 - 11:49 am

Srinagar, India: Students clashed with government forces in Indian Kashmir on Monday as they protested a police raid on a college, in the...

China's economy grows 6.9% in first quarter of 2017: govt 17 Apr 2017 - 11:42 am

Beijing: China's economy grew 6.9 percent in the first quarter of 2017, government data showed Monday, beating expectations in the latest sign of...

Japan volcanic island may hold key to coral survival 17 Apr 2017 - 11:38 am

Aboard the schooner Tara, Japan: The key to the survival of the world's threatened coral reefs may lie in the waters surrounding a...

US police search for man who broadcast deadly shooting on Facebook 17 Apr 2017 - 11:30 am

Chicago: Cleveland police issued an arrest warrant Monday for a gunman they said murdered a man in a crime he broadcast live on...

Qassam brigades fighter killed in Gaza tunnel collapse 17 Apr 2017 - 11:07 am

Gaza: The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) issued a statement revealing that one of its fighters was...

Land mine explosion kills Saudi soldier in Jazan 16 Apr 2017 - 08:52 pm

Riyadh: Saudi Ministry of the Interior announced on Sunday that a soldier was martyred and two others were injured in a land mine...

Islamic State attacked Iraq forces with chemical weapons: military 16 Apr 2017 - 07:33 pm

Baghdad: The Islamic State group used chemical weapons against Iraqi forces taking part in the operation to recapture Mosul, injuring some security personnel,...

Mother, daughter die in sauna accident 16 Apr 2017 - 06:26 pm

Prague: Two women died in a sauna in the northern Czech Republic after the door handle came off, trapping them inside, police said...

'Yes' leads with 57% in Turkey referendum: partial count 16 Apr 2017 - 06:23 pm

Istanbul: The 'Yes' campaign to give Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expanded powers was ahead in a bitterly-contested referendum on Sunday that will...

China `Working With Us' on North Korean Issue: Trump 16 Apr 2017 - 05:58 pm

President Donald Trump explained the decision to not label China a currency manipulator, which reversed a promise he made during the election campaign,...

Flooding cuts off aid supplies, escape route from west Mosul 16 Apr 2017 - 05:19 pm

THIBANIYA, Iraq: Flooding has made all bridges across the Tigris in and out of western Mosul impassable, cutting off aid supplies and escape...

Philippines says Abu Sayyaf militants execute Filipino captive 16 Apr 2017 - 05:08 pm

MANILA: The Philippine army said Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf militants have beheaded one of four Filipino fishermen they took captive in December. Brigadier...

ETA launches internal debate after disarm move 16 Apr 2017 - 05:04 pm

Madrid: The Basque separatist group ETA said on Sunday it would consult its members on "future decisions" following its unilateral disarmament, a Basque...

Yes or No? Divided Turks vote on expanding president's power 16 Apr 2017 - 04:44 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkish voters were deciding in a historic referendum Sunday whether to approve constitutional changes that would greatly expand the powers of President...

68 children among dead in bomb attack on Syria evacuees 16 Apr 2017 - 04:32 pm

Beirut: At least 68 children were among those killed in the car bomb attack on a convoy carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns...

Evacuations from besieged towns of Syria completed 16 Apr 2017 - 03:34 pm

ALEPPO, Syria/ANKARA: The process of evacuating thousands of civilians and fighters from besieged parts of Syria -- in line with an earlier agreement...