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US warns Philippines' Duterte over rhetoric, crime war 24 Oct 2016 - 12:09 pm

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's fiery rhetoric and deadly crime war are becoming a growing concern around the world, the top US envoy...

Zimbabweans fear cholera outbreak amid drought 24 Oct 2016 - 12:00 pm

HARARE, Zimbabwe: The water crisis facing Zimbabwe’s capital Harare has sparked fears of an outbreak of diseases such as cholera, which led to...

Israeli air force targets Palestinian resistance site 24 Oct 2016 - 11:30 am

Gaza: The Israeli Force targeted on Monday morning a site of the Palestinian resistance, east of Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of...

Historic Indian mosque agrees to lift ban on women 24 Oct 2016 - 11:15 am

New Delhi: An historic mosque in India agreed Monday to scrap a ban on women entering its inner sanctum, after a bitter legal...

Gunmen kill Pakistani intelligence officer, IS claim attack 24 Oct 2016 - 10:56 am

Peshawar, Pakistan: Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead an intelligence officer in northwest Pakistan on Monday, police said, in an attack claimed...

Hong Kong judge warns of "torture" images as British banker's trial begins 24 Oct 2016 - 10:47 am

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong judge warned jurors that they will have to view video filmed by former British banker Rurik Jutting of...

Haiti storm victims, in makeshift camps, bemoan aid chaos 24 Oct 2016 - 10:28 am

Jérémie, Haiti: Rickety structures made of sheet metal and scrap wood are clustered along the road to the Haitian city of Jeremie, which...

Plane thought to be carrying EU border officials crashes in Malta, five dead 24 Oct 2016 - 10:16 am

VALLETTA: A light aircraft believed to be carrying officials from EU border agency Frontex crashed shortly after take-off from Malta on Monday, killing...

Insight: Battle for Mosul can shape or break Iraq further 24 Oct 2016 - 10:07 am

ERBIL: It has taken two years of training a demoralised army, backed up by the air cover and special forces of the world's...

At least three killed in India-Pakistan cross-border shelling 24 Oct 2016 - 09:54 am

ISLAMABAD/SRINAGAR: Shelling across the border between India and Pakistan killed two Pakistani civilians and an Indian soldier, military officials from the two sides ...

Israeli forces hit Gaza after rocket launch 24 Oct 2016 - 09:45 am

Jerusalem: Israel's air force hit a Hamas post in the Gaza Strip on Monday after a rocket was fired from the Palestinian enclave...

Prominent anti-Vietnam War activist Tom Hayden dead at 76 - reports 24 Oct 2016 - 09:16 am

Tom Hayden, a 1960s anti-war activist and one of the era's most prominent, counter-culture radicals who went on to serve in the California...

India police kill at least 21 Maoists in shoot-out 24 Oct 2016 - 09:10 am

New Delhi: Indian police on Monday killed at least 21 rebels in a shoot-out in eastern India, a local officer said, one of...

Ruffalo calls Obama 'immoral' at climate rally 24 Oct 2016 - 09:04 am

Los Angeles: Hollywood star Mark Ruffalo accused US President Barack Obama on Sunday of hypocrisy for allowing fracking and other fossil fuel extraction...

Pakistan's plan to cut disaster risk aims at a new target: schools 24 Oct 2016 - 08:48 am

SAJAWAL, Pakistan: When seven hours of non-stop rain led to a flash flood that swept through his village school, leaving it heavily damaged, ...

D-Day for Calais 'Jungle' camp clearance 24 Oct 2016 - 08:43 am

Calais, France: French authorities are set to begin Monday moving thousands of people out of the notorious Calais Jungle before demolishing the camp...

Niger town fears for abducted US aid worker 'Jeff' 23 Oct 2016 - 10:01 pm

Abalak, Niger: For people living in the small city of Abalak in central Niger, the abduction of a longtime US aid worker over...

Venezuela congress presses for Maduro trial in rowdy session 23 Oct 2016 - 09:51 pm

CARACAS: Venezuela’s opposition-led National Assembly in a rowdy session on Sunday vowed to put Nicolas Maduro on trial for violating democracy, days after...