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Melania Trump stuns in first lady fashion stakes 21 Jan 2017 - 08:01 am

Washington: First Lady Melania Trump stunned fashion watchers by donning a sleek, off-the-shoulder cream dress with a daring thigh-high slit to dance with...

Merkel to host France’s Fillon for talks 21 Jan 2017 - 01:11 am

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (pictured) will host French presidential hopeful Francois Fillon for talks in Berlin on Monday, but rules out any...

Washington protests turn violent 21 Jan 2017 - 01:08 am

Washington: Black-clad activists angry about US President Donald Trump’s inauguration smashed store and car windows in Washington yesterday and fought with police in...

Trump takes aim at Obama Climate Action Plan 21 Jan 2017 - 01:08 am

Washington: The administration of President Donald Trump is committed to eliminating former President Barack Obama’s Climate Action Plan and other environmental initiatives, according...

New vision to govern our land: Trump 21 Jan 2017 - 01:05 am

Washington: Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of United States yesterday, issuing a staunchly nationalist vow to put “America first”...

Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman extradited to US 21 Jan 2017 - 01:02 am

New York: Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, one of the world’s most notorious drug kingpins, is finally headed for a court date the United...

Kenya's electoral commission sworn in 21 Jan 2017 - 12:58 am

Nairobi: Kenya's new electoral commission was sworn in yesterday to replace a team forced to quit after violent protests by opponents who accused...

Death toll at 90 in Nigeria air strike 21 Jan 2017 - 12:56 am

Kano: The death toll from a botched Nigerian air strike against Boko Haram that hit a camp for displaced people has risen to...

40 dead in Mozambique rainy season 21 Jan 2017 - 12:56 am

Maputo: At least 40 people have been killed and 76,000 others affected by floods and storms since Mozambique's rainy season started in October,...

Car bomb wounds 12 in Benghazi 21 Jan 2017 - 12:55 am

Benghazi: A car bomb exploded yesterday near a mosque in Libya's second city of Benghazi, wounding 12 people including a former interior minister,...

Netanyahu seeks stronger ties with Trump 21 Jan 2017 - 12:53 am

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday he wants relations with the United States to be "stronger than ever" after Donald Trump...

Israel's supreme court asked to release body of Bedouin 21 Jan 2017 - 12:53 am

Jerusalem: Lawyers for a Bedouin Arab man killed during clashes in southern Israel announced yesterday they had filed a petition calling for his...

Japan drill to simulate China-Taiwan clash 21 Jan 2017 - 12:52 am

Tokyo: Japan will carry out a tabletop exercise next week to simulate its response in the event of a military clash between China...

Indonesia court jails Briton for abusing teen 21 Jan 2017 - 12:51 am

Mataram: A COURT in the eastern Indonesian holiday island of Lombok sentenced a British man to five years in prison for abusing a...

Korea prosecutors summon another Samsung official 21 Jan 2017 - 12:50 am

Seoul: South Korea's special prosecutor's office said yesterday it summoned a Samsung Electronics Co Ltd executive for questioning as it investigates a widening...

Filipino gunmen abduct three Indonesians 21 Jan 2017 - 12:48 am

Zamboanga City:Suspected IS-linked gunmen have taken three Indonesians from a fishing vessel in the Sulu Sea, in the southwestern Philippines, the military said...

Three dead in Afghan Buzkashi match explosion 21 Jan 2017 - 12:48 am

Mazar-i-Sharif:A BLAST hit spectators after a game of buzkashi, or polo with a carcass, in northern Afghanistan yesterday, killing at least three people...

Pakistan bans NGOs over anti-state activities 21 Jan 2017 - 12:46 am

Islamabad: Authorities in Pakistan's largest province have ordered several women's and human rights groups to shut down, accusing them of unspecified "anti-state" activities,...