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Gun shops eye busy Black Friday despite Hillary Clinton loss 21 Nov 2016 - 09:14 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Christmas came early for U.S. gun shop owners - who saw a rush of firearms purchases ahead of the presidential election...

Texas police officer slain during traffic stop; manhunt underway 21 Nov 2016 - 09:11 am

SAN ANTONIO: A manhunt was underway in Texas on Sunday for a gunman who shot and killed a San Antonio police detective sitting...

Trump wraps up weekend cabinet search, no new picks 21 Nov 2016 - 08:57 am

Bedminster, United States: US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday wrapped up a busy weekend of meetings with cabinet hopefuls at his golf club...

India crash raises concerns of underinvestment in railway as toll hits 133 21 Nov 2016 - 08:42 am

PUKHRAYAN, India/NEW DELHI: Indian rescue workers picked their way through the last of the mangled carriages of a derailed train on Monday to...

Police clash with North Dakota pipeline protesters, arrest one 21 Nov 2016 - 08:39 am

Hundreds of protesters opposed to a North Dakota oil pipeline project they say threatens water resources and sacred tribal lands clashed with police...

Fed-up MH370 families to hunt for debris in Madagascar 21 Nov 2016 - 08:32 am

Kuala Lumpur: Relatives of MH370 passengers will travel to Madagascar next month in hopes of re-kindling efforts to find and recover seaborne debris...

Taiwan says sees exchange with China's leader in APEC as positive 21 Nov 2016 - 08:18 am

TAIPEI: A brief exchange between representatives from Taiwan and China at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' meeting is a "positive" development for...

Sarkozy knocked out of French presidential race 21 Nov 2016 - 03:01 am

Paris: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy crashed out of the presidential election on Sunday, suffering a humiliating defeat in the first round of...

UN warns time 'running out' in Aleppo 21 Nov 2016 - 12:29 am

Damascus: The United Nations warned Sunday that time was "running out" for efforts to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in Syria's war-battered Aleppo, as...

Yemen rebels prevent food aid from reaching besieged city 21 Nov 2016 - 12:23 am

SANAA: Yemeni security officials say Houthi rebels are blocking humanitarian aid to the besieged western city of Taiz. The officials say 18 trucks...

French celebs in impassioned plea against 'Hollande bashing' 20 Nov 2016 - 08:57 pm

Paris: Oscar-winning actress Juliette Binoche and French cinema queen Catherine Deneuve have joined dozens of celebrities in rallying to the defence of the...

VP-elect downplays flap over 'Hamilton' appeal on diversity 20 Nov 2016 - 08:47 pm

New York: The US vice president-elect insisted Sunday he was not offended when the cast of the Broadway hit "Hamilton" expressed worries to...

Trump touts retired general James Mattis as potential defense secretary 20 Nov 2016 - 08:38 pm

Bedminster, United States: US President-elect Donald Trump praised James Mattis as a potential defense secretary Sunday, calling the retired military commander a "true...

Netanyahu defends German submarine sale in face of 'scandal' 20 Nov 2016 - 08:26 pm

Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended Israel's decision to buy three more submarines from Germany, in the face of a potential...

Melania Trump and son may stay in New York for now 20 Nov 2016 - 08:04 pm

Washington: Donald Trump's wife Melania and young son Barron will probably stay in New York when the president-elect moves into the White House,...

British-Iranian jailed for sedition 'at breaking point': husband 20 Nov 2016 - 06:29 pm

London: A British-Iranian woman serving a five-year jail sentence after being accused of sedition in Iran has reached "breaking point" and considered suicide,...

Iraqi forces dig in as Mosul battle rages 20 Nov 2016 - 05:47 pm

MOSUL, Iraq: Iraqi troops on Sunday fortified their positions in Mosul neighborhoods retaken from the Islamic State group as their advance toward the...

Stop the sprawl, teach slum dwellers to build skywards: leading Pakistani architect 20 Nov 2016 - 05:17 pm

LONDON: Architects and planners in rapidly growing cities must work with slum dwellers to build skywards and create high-rise, self-built housing blocks, a...